İLE KURULMUŞTUR Based on an array of Australian as well as international research concluding an overwhelming majority millennials were keen to make positive contributions to our society CQUniversity officials recognized how our rich experience of engagement with communities could be combined with a growing concentration on social innovation to prepare students with the tools to make a difference for their lifetime. Based on its determination to be the most engaged university, CQUniversity began using strategies to incorporate social innovation into its curriculum, programming, extracurricular activities and research, as well as involvement in the community, as well as University operations. The University was designated an Ashoka U Changemaker campus in the year 2016, which is currently the only one campus in Australia. The vision comes to life by fostering the development of a sustainable culture and impact that is in line in accordance with seventeen United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) as well as recognized by our inclusion within the Times Higher Education Impact Rankings.
Staff are obligated to make a difference for the community through specific key performance indicators, such as social procurement goals, donating time and knowledge to community groups through the use or "engaged service leave," or conducting applied research that has positive outcomes on our communities. Academic staff are also required to are required to have an KPI to incorporate teaching about social innovation in the education, making sure that every undergraduate student from 100 programs is exposed to skills for changemaking and has the option to develop their expertise through additional for-credit or co-curricular activities. Co-Curricular Foundations When they are admitted to the university, CQUniversity students are encouraged to begin their journey by engaging in social innovation: through consultation with students CQUniversity has developed an online program for social innovation orientation, iChange(c) . This optional program is offered for free to all staff and students and has launched more than 3,000 journeys of changemakers from 2018. Beginning in the year 2020 iChange can also be integrated into a foundational inter-disciplinary unit that is available to all undergraduate courses as well as a requirement for specific units in the first year (such as engineering and psychology). iChange explores a variety of approaches to social innovation and provides students with the four different levels that impact: Direct Service; Scaled Direct Service and Systems Change as well as Framework Change. Senior academics present their research projects in conservation biology, public transport accessibility for those physically disabled, as well as the story of Indigenous people. In addition, the program is delivered by students to inspire students to participate in a variety of co-curricular activities, such as the Big Idea national social enterprise contest and an Annual Festival of Change, and engaging community-building and volunteering activities that are led by the university's Change Champ student ambassadors. Giving students the opportunity to learn through hands-on experiences is a key element of the work we carry out. The variety of community-based programs enable students to collaborate alongside industry experts in deep design processes that help them develop the fundamental skills needed for actions research and design-led methods of solving problems. CQUniversity has created an Social Innovation Workshop model featuring an intensive residential experience lasting for several days that connects students to non-profit organizations and assists them to solve real-world social problems. The model was developed in collaboration with community partners from regional Queensland This process has identified the challenges faced by small regional organizations when it comes to the allocation of time and resources for development and planning, as well as in obtaining support to ensure the future of their products. The University has linked a variety of organizations to national leaders in social enterprise in the past five years. It has also provided over 100 students an opportunity to participate in design and development processes that are human-centered, which have been designed to be effective and have a direct impact on the operations of the organisations. Recent results have included a human-centered housing design to address the future homeless youth requirements, as well as processes to allow Indigenous land care professionals to share their knowledge with the agricultural industry. Through these extra-curricular, hands-on activities, students are exposed to the benefits of collaboration across disciplines as well as the practice of apprenticing to a problem and the potential of empathy and self-awareness as they apply their knowledge and the community networks into their next career paths. In the middle of COVID-19 crisis The University continues to stay in touch with community members, staff and students through the creation of virtual professional training networks for social entrepreneurs from regional areas Gerontology research examining the application of technology to lessen social isolation among older adults as well as pop-up welfare and food banks on campus hubs to help international students who are facing loss of income and food insecurity as a result of the economic decline.