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Fellow:Qiaochu Yang

2019-10-17T08:44:19Z

U3188699:

Qiaochu Yang is University Innovation Fellow and a second year architecture student at the University of Canberra.                                      

 

[[File:Qiaochu Yang UIF profile photo.jpeg|thumb|right|Qiaochu Yang UIF profile photo.jpeg]]Once lost and confused, Qiaochu made many poor life decisions after graduating from high school, one of which is the time consuming restoration of a 1976 British sports saloon. He finally quit his degree in geological science after performing poorly but learnt the importance of passion and dedication. 

 

Since then he found a profound sense of fulfillment after commencing his journey in architecture at the University of Canberra. Architecture really should have been his first choice as Andrew grew up experiencing diverse cultures and ideas. Since a young age he sought to use drawings, paintings and models as a way to represent real and imaginary worlds. During his final year at high school, these skills aided him to win a design award and internship opportunity at Thomson Adsett Architects, an international architecture firm based in Brisbane. 

 

With help of many other students at the University of Canberra, he is able to initiate a program to integrate students from different year levels to share knowledge and a platform for peer learning support. Beyond his dedication to the university, he is working on a collection of hypothetical projects and writings where much of his time goes to exploring concepts of postmodernism, technology and mass fabrication of architecture within the framework of critical theory. Drawing similarity between architecture and garment making, he is currently designing and prototyping a line of menswear that criticize marginalization of tectonic/construction methods in the age of mass production. 

 

In his private life he also a vintage motoring enthusiast, covering a 2000km rally on a 63 years old motorcycle in 2018. As an avid film and digital photographer his photograph documenting his journey were requested by the Classic BMW Motorrader Magazine.

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| [http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/University_of_Canberra University of Canberra]
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| [http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/University_of_Canberra_Student_Priorities#.E2.80.8BRelated_Links Strategic Priorities] 
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| [http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Amannda_huot Amannda Huot] Spring 2018 
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| [http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Belinda_harris Belinda Harris] Fall 2019
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[[Category:Student Contributors|Student_Contributors]]

Fellow:Qiaochu Yang

2019-10-17T07:01:25Z

U3188699:

Qiaochu Yang is University Innovation Fellow and a second year architecture student at the University of Canberra.                                      

 

[[File:Qiaochu Yang UIF profile photo.jpeg|thumb|right]]Once lost and confused, Qiaochu made many poor life decisions after graduating from high school, one of which is the time consuming restoration of a 1976 British sports saloon. He finally quit his degree in geological science after performing poorly but learnt the importance of passion and dedication. 

 

Since then he found a profound sense of fulfillment after commencing his journey in architecture at the University of Canberra. Architecture really should have been his first choice as Andrew grew up experiencing diverse cultures and ideas. Since a young age he sought to use drawings, paintings and models as a way to represent real and imaginary worlds. During his final year at high school, these skills aided him to win a design award and internship opportunity at Thomson Adsett Architects, an international architecture firm based in Brisbane. 

 

With help of many other students at the University of Canberra, he is able to initiate a program to integrate students from different year levels to share knowledge and a platform for peer learning support. Beyond his dedication to the university, he is working on a collection of hypothetical projects and writings where much of his time goes to exploring concepts of postmodernism, technology and mass fabrication of architecture within the framework of critical theory. Drawing similarity between architecture and garment making, he is currently designing and prototyping his own line of clothing that criticize marginalization of tectonic/construction methods in age of mass production. 

 

In his private life he also a vintage motoring enthusiast, covering a 2000km rally on a 63 years old motorcycle in 2018. As an avid film and digital photographer his photograph documenting his journey were requested by the Classic BMW Motorrader Magazine.

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| [http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/University_of_Canberra University of Canberra]
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| [http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/University_of_Canberra_Student_Priorities#.E2.80.8BRelated_Links Strategic Priorities] 
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| [http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Amannda_huot Amannda Huot] Spring 2018 
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| [http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Belinda_harris Belinda Harris] Fall 2019
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[[Category:Student Contributors|Student_Contributors]]

Fellow:Qiaochu Yang

2019-10-17T01:29:16Z

U3188699:

Qiaochu Yang is University Innovation Fellow and a second year architecture student at the University of Canberra.                                      

 

[[File:Qiaochu Yang UIF profile photo.jpeg|thumb|right|Qiaochu Yang UIF profile photo.jpeg]]Once lost and confused, Qiaochu made many poor life decisions after graduating from high school, one of which is the time consuming restoration of a 1976 British sports saloon. He finally quit his degree in geological science after performing poorly but learnt the importance of passion and dedication. 

 

Since then he found a profound sense of fulfillment after commencing his journey in architecture at the University of Canberra. Architecture really should have been his first choice as Andrew grew up experiencing diverse cultures and ideas. Since a young age he sought to use drawings, paintings and models as a way to represent real and imaginary worlds. During his final year at high school, these skills aided him to win a design award and internship opportunity at Thomson Adsett Architects, an international architecture firm based in Brisbane. 

 

With help of many other students at the University of Canberra, he is able to initiate a program to integrate students from different year levels to share knowledge and a platform for peer learning support. Beyond his dedication to the university, he is working on a collection of hypothetical projects and writings where much of his time goes to exploring concepts of postmodernism, technology and mass fabrication of architecture within the framework of critical theory. Drawing similarity between architecture and garment making, he is currently designing and prototyping his own line of clothing that criticize marginalization of tectonic/construction methods in age of mass production. 

 

In his private life he also a vintage motoring enthusiast, covering a 2000km rally on a 63 years old motorcycle in 2018. As an avid film and digital photographer his photograph documenting his journey were requested by the Classic BMW Motorrader Magazine.

[[Category:Student Contributors|Student_Contributors]]

Fellow:Qiaochu Yang

2019-10-17T01:29:01Z

U3188699:

Qiaochu Yang is University Innovation Fellow and a second year architecture student at the University of Canberra.                                      

 

[[File:Qiaochu Yang UIF profile photo.jpeg|thumb|right]]Once lost and confused, Qiaochu made many poor life decisions after graduating from high school, one of which is the time consuming restoration of a 1976 British sports saloon. He finally quit his degree in geological science after performing poorly but learnt the importance of passion and dedication. 

 

Since then he found a profound sense of fulfillment after commencing his journey in architecture at the University of Canberra. Architecture really should have been his first choice as Andrew grew up experiencing diverse cultures and ideas. Since a young age he sought to use drawings, paintings and models as a way to represent real and imaginary worlds. During his final year at high school, these skills aided him to win a design award and internship opportunity at Thomson Adsett Architects, an international architecture firm based in Brisbane. 

 

With help of many other students at the University of Canberra, he is able to initiate a program to integrate students from different year levels to share knowledge and a platform for peer learning support. Beyond his dedication to the university, he is working on a collection of hypothetical projects and writings where much of his time goes to exploring concepts of postmodernism, technology and mass fabrication of architecture within the framework of critical theory. Drawing similarity between architecture and garment making, he is currently designing and prototyping his own line of clothing that criticize marginalization of tectonic/construction methods in age of mass production. 

 

In his private life he also a vintage motoring enthusiast, covering a 2000km rally on a 63 years old motorcycle in 2018. As an avid film and digital photographer his photograph documenting his journey were requested by the Classic BMW Motorrader Magazine.

[[Category:Student Contributors|Student_Contributors]]

File:Qiaochu Yang UIF profile photo.jpeg

2019-10-17T01:27:18Z

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School:University of Canberra

2019-10-17T01:22:54Z

U3188699:

= Overview =

[[File:UC Campus new.jpg]]

The [https://www.canberra.edu.au/ <span style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">University of Canberra](UC), was established in 1967 and is located in the heart of the nation’s capital Canberra, Australian Capital Territory. An institution with a keen focus on work-integrated learning is shared across UC's five faculties: Science and Technology; Education; Arts and Design; Businesses, Government and Law and Health.University of Canberra has continued to rise to sit at number 34 in the 2019 <span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: medium; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-style: italic; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Times Higher Education (THE) Young University Rankings

With the release of its latest [https://www.canberra.edu.au/about-uc/strategic-plan <span style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204); font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">strategic plan] for 2018-2022, the University of Canberra will be endeavoring for a renewed emphasis on entrepreneurship and innovation through integrated learning and research:

"UC will make authentic experiential and entrepreneurial learning a distinctive feature of every student's education, striving to national leadership in this field. This will prepare graduates who are fit not just for finding employment but also creating it"

= <span style="font-size: 16pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Promoting student innovation and entrepreneurship =

Interest in Entrepreneurship amongst students has been steadily growing at The University of Canberra over the last decade with a recent spiking of societies that cater towards the growing interest. There are now various clubs forged by students that continue to bring awareness and facilitate I&E ties with community, including;

Entrepreneurial Based Student Societies

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Innovation, Entrepreneurship and Business Group provide a ground for idea exchange and encourage entrepreneurship and innovation within Canberra and its surrounds. The group hosts and supports various events in I&E.

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A Student Undergraduate developer organisation at UC. Their mission statement: To Develop. That’s it. Whether it’s your app, or your new Facebook or a less hackable Census, the University of Canberra Student Developer Organisation exists for you.

= Encouraging Faculty Innovation and Entrepreneurship =

The University of Canberra is currently transitioning through their strategic plan for 2018-2022. A key goal is to make new models of authentic and entrepreneurial learning to be a feature of all courses, including the use of co-working spaces and start-up training. Currently the University of Canberra has several undergraduate and postgraduate degrees, majors and individual units available with more scheduled for 2020 enrollment. Flexible study options empower students to design their degrees incorporating majors across faculties including double degrees. University of Canberra is bridging the divide between education and business by facilitating experiential and entrepreneurial learning, with opportunities for course driven work placements and internships across business, government, not-for profit and start up sectors.

=== <span style="font-size: 14pt; color: rgb(67, 67, 67); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Degrees ===

●          Master of Design Strategies (2020)

●          Master of Business Administration (2020)

●          Bachelor of Business (Entrepreneurship & Innovation)

●          Bachelor of Business/ Bachelor of Information Technology

●          Bachelor of Business/ Bachelor of Science in Psychology

●          Bachelor of Politics and International Relations/ Bachelor of Business

  

=== <span style="font-size: 14pt; color: rgb(67, 67, 67); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Courses ===

In an Australian first, the University of Canberra has begun a course in Indigenous and Cultural Entrepreneurship. This program utilizes a multi-disciplinary approach to Indigenous entrepreneurship. Students explore historical accounts and practices of Indigenous peoples from around the globe focusing on Australia, Pacifica and North America.The unit holistically reviews entrepreneurial aspects of social interaction that predates and often operates outside of western accepted management and modern entrepreneurial theory, examining the socio-economic attributes of entrepreneurial or commercial activity within an Indigenous understanding or standpoint.

*Indigenous and Cultural Entrepreneurship
*Innovation Toolbox
*Strategic Design for New Economies
*Design Incubator
*Design Led Innovation
*Creative Thinking
*Designpreneurship
*Social Enterprise
*Business Start Up Essentials

 

Along with 31 [https://search.canberra.edu.au/s/search.html?collection=CAPS&form=unit-search&profile=_default&meta_I_and=UNIT&sort=metat&query=entrepreneurship&course-search__submit=&meta_D_and=&course-search-type=units courses] whose basis lies in entrepreneurship: 

As UC offers a broad range of study patterns to it's students, in recognition of this the university has courses delivered in partnership with [https://www.ducere.edu.au/courses/ Ducere Global Business school], with degrees that offer industry-focused learning experiences based on a global business curriculum.



= <span style="font-size: 16pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Facilitating university-industry collaboration =

UC provides a range of pathway options for students who wish to pursue their entrepreneurial start-up venture, some of which are on-campus whilst others remain in close proximity to the Canberra region. This continual encouragement of innovation and co-creation is evident it's growing prominence around campus.

=== '''<span style="font-size: 14pt; color: rgb(67, 67, 67); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The Millhouse Clinic.''' ===

The [https://www.millhouseventures.com.au/ Mill House Ventures] is committed to supporting the business growth and impact of Indigenous and social enterprise including not-for-profit and for-profit social ventures. Offering a place for new-ventures to thrive, clients can choose to work collaboratively through skills development initiatives in the Accelerator as well as access professional services through the student-led Mill House Clinic, newly located on campus

A social enterprise accelerator whose mission is to grow a high-quality pipeline of investible social venture. Another major focus of the Millhouse is to improve student’s connectivity with business resources in and outside the campus. The Millhouse acts as a connectivity node at the University of Canberra, bridging the divide between students' study and passions for entrepreneurship and innovation. The Millhouse works in partnership with Faculty to place students in start-up ventures and social enterprise ventures. The Millhouse is able to assist students with their entrepreneurship ventures by connecting them to mentors, coaching and accelerator programs and VC, both in-house and through the wider Canberra business region, including the [https://cbrin.com.au/ CBR Innovation Network].

 

=== '''<span style="font-size: 14pt; color: rgb(67, 67, 67); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">CBR Innovation Network:  ''' ===

A community of innovators and entrepreneurs working together towards a vision of Canberra globally recognized as a clever, connected creative city where innovation and entrepreneurship fuel social and economic growth.

== <span style="font-size: 14pt; color: rgb(67, 67, 67); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Mentorship and accelerator programs ==

●        [https://okrdy.com/ OK RDY]: a mentorship and skilled-volunteer matching platform with an initial focus on connecting students to professionals and organizations

●        [https://www.entry29.org.au/ E29]. A co-working space for start ups and entrepreneurs in Canberra

●        UC workshop: a manufacturing facility accessible to all students with a range of 3D printer, laser cutter, CNC machine and a comprehensive range of tools for metal, plastic and wood works.

 

== <span style="font-size: 14pt; color: rgb(67, 67, 67); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Incubator Programs: ==
<ul style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;">
<li>[https://www.millhouseventures.com.au/ The Millhouse Clinic] (Commercial - is integrated into several courses)</li>
<li>[http://www.kilnincubator.com/ KILN incubator]: Supports early stage technology startups (Commercial)</li>
<li>[http://www.oninnovation.com.au/ CSIRO’s ON] (Government)</li>
<li>[https://www.innovyz.com/ Innovyz] - Circular Economy Commercialisation Program (Commercial)</li>
</ul>

= <span style="font-size: 16pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Engaging with Regional and Local Economic Development Efforts =

The University of Canberra is renowned for their work integrated learning (WIL) and strong ties to Industry. With practical work-based projects in every course, UC's commitment to preparing professional and highly employable graduates is paramount to ensuring it places its students in a prime position upon graduation.

An action proposed by UC that is currently in development is to redevelop their intellectual property policies to create a sector-leading environment for IP ownership and enable student and staff to more easily participate in commercial and social venture. Some examples of past, present and continuing industry collaboration project include
<ul style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;">
<li>The Studio Project for Industrial Design students that will be run in collaboration with Breville (Sydney) which occurs annually with third-year students.</li>
<li>Lower Limb Proprioception device (AMEDA) -Developed in collaboration with Industrial Design Professors and UC Physiotherapy honors students-  along with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) </li>
<li>UC hospital offer placement and hand on experience to medical students.</li>
<li>A partnership with Innovyz, Circular Economy Commercialisation Program</li>
<li>CSIRO - ON. Australia's national science and technology accelerator program, powered by CSIRO.</li>
</ul>

= Start- Up Companies =

As of present (September 2019) , there are no start-up companies that have occurred out of UC.

= Landscape Canvas =

[https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1VtGQN1tRcZjL_FuGXwfNK8Oh-Hn-Obmp6OTpB_45EA4/edit?usp=sharing Landscape Canvas Fall 2019]

[https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1e8_CJWrzhhoKzso4BdiaS5-Q9wwyCsk72Bq84pi2Dvc/edit?usp=sharing  Landscape Canvas Spring 2018]

= Change Story =

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6k6Tsfhd9Q0

= Related Links =

UC Home Page:

[http://www.canberra.edu.au/ http://www.canberra.edu.au/]

UC Facebook Page :

[https://www.facebook.com/UniversityOfCanberra/ https://www.facebook.com/UniversityOfCanberra/]

Student Priorities:

[[University of Canberra Student Priorities|University_of_Canberra_Student_Priorities]]

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Fellow:Qiaochu Yang

2019-10-17T00:58:29Z

U3188699:

Qiaochu Yang is University Innovation Fellow and a second year architecture student at the University of Canberra. 

 

Once lost and confused, Qiaochu made many poor life decisions after graduating from high school, one of which is the time consuming restoration of a 1976 British sports saloon. He finally quit his degree in geological science after performing poorly but learnt the importance of passion and dedication. 

 

Since then he found a profound sense of fulfillment after commencing his journey in architecture at the University of Canberra. Architecture really should have been his first choice as Andrew grew up experiencing diverse cultures and ideas. Since a young age he sought to use drawings, paintings and models as a way to represent real and imaginary worlds. During his final year at high school, these skills aided him to win a design award and internship opportunity at Thomson Adsett Architects, an international architecture firm based in Brisbane. 

 

With help of many other students at the University of Canberra, he is able to initiate a program to integrate students from different year levels to share knowledge and a platform for peer learning support. Beyond his dedication to the university, he is working on a collection of hypothetical projects and writings where much of his time goes to exploring concepts of postmodernism, technology and mass fabrication of architecture within the framework of critical theory. Drawing similarity between architecture and garment making, he is currently designing and prototyping his own line of clothing that criticize marginalization of tectonic/construction methods in age of mass production. 

 

In his private life he also a vintage motoring enthusiast, covering a 2000km rally on a 63 years old motorcycle in 2018. As an avid film and digital photographer his photograph documenting his journey were requested by the Classic BMW Motorrader Magazine.

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Fellow:Qiaochu Yang

2019-10-17T00:57:23Z

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Priorities:University of Canberra Student Priorities

2019-10-04T01:22:27Z

U3188699:

= 2019 Strategic Priorities =

= 2019 Strategy # 1 UC Resources Map =

We recognized that the resources on campus are fragmented with no easily accessible information for students. To foster I&E culture on campus it is a critical to connect these resources as well as highlighting their presence. A simple website and/or app that serves as a navigation tool for students to learn more about I&E resources on and off campus is one method to address this issue. The key goal of this website/app is to improve connectivity of existing

resources and to encourage and promote I&E culture on a broad spectrum. This project takes the multifaceted approach addressing multiple issues at once. The website/app will have different subpages to meet different functional requirement. However, the project can also be considered incremental and be implemented in stages as followed:

 A physical map of campus that identify key locations related to I&E. E.g. location of workshop, maker space, millhouse, working spaces.

 A list of off campus resources and supporting organizations including E24, CBR innovation network, KILN incubator this is essentially the landscape canvas organized and visualized. However, this can also include external services run by graduated or current UC students, for example, “Interation”, a 3D printing service by Jon Clever a recent graduate offering discount to current students. Linking these key resources can allow student to easily access services they need for their ideas.

 A list of coming events related to I&E, information and location of those events. This list should include details like accessibility, ticket requirement and related event.

 Once I&E culture are more grounded at UC, it is expected that the user base for this website will increase along with number of student projects in I&E. In reality, this page can also expand beyond I&E and reach into research projects. With sufficient number of users, students seeking collaboration can be listed as well as available idea and projects open to students to join. For example, architecture student seeking sociology student and urban planning student to participate in an international competition or industrial design student seeking business student to collaborate to commercialize designs. This is aimed to break down barrier and improve cross-disciplinary collaboration and further facilitate campus connectivity.

 A search function from a data base that includes key words and topics of above information, so that students can quickly find resources/events/other students and projects.

 An interlinked community with strong presence is successfully established.

'''Milestones'''

==Location key resources and key project participants==

Finding students/staffs from different faculty to locate and report key resources to list in the website. Students and staff members can be approached through emails, posters or simple spread of words. In this manner, locate IT students and visual communication students to form a collaboration group. Design and build the website. Architecture students can be recruited to model a 3D interactive campus map. All student participants can be rewarded by project experience and friendship. Alternatively, construction of this project can be offered as an experimental course testing collaboration and design initiatives of students.

==Listing projects and events Finding student with real or proposed project to list on the website==

List ongoing research projects at UC, thus the website/app can also be used publicly to promote UC projects. List I&E events on the website with comprehensive details so students can easily access information about future I&E events.

==Promotion and building a positive cycle==

Promote the website through events, lectures and workshops. The website itself will promote events and as such forms a reinforcing cycle of connectivity.

==Maintenance and updates==

Select students to run the website, this is potentially linked to students in the proposed committee/taskforce. Potential to generate income from advertising local business and start-ups purely for the purpose of maintaining website. This is critical because many groups failed to maintain activity, this is potentially due to lack of financial support. Update on a semester basis at the minimal

= 2019 Strategy # 2 UC Student I&E committee =

As identified by Innovation Fellow Amannda Huot, disjointed of resources inhibits uninitiated students to experience I&E opportunities. Where a strong, student-led Innovation committee of students would be incredibly beneficial in promoting the various entrepreneurship resources. Where this student-led innovation committee effectively takes on managerial and promotion responsibilities of I&E on campus. During our research on the current ecosystem we noticed many past on campus I&E projects since 2018 are now inactive. We recognized the importance of continuity of I&E projects, this highlights the importance of updating and maintenance of projects on a timely manner as well as recognizing currently active students will eventually graduate and thus selecting successor is a key step to preserve and further growth of I&E culture. We propose an update on Student Led Innovation Committee that specifically address the issue of ongoing maintenance. Considering UC has assigned staff to manage I&E resources on campus, an I&E taskforce consisting of student representatives and professional staffs is a way to directly manage and control I&E resources, promotion and projects. However, we believe the bottom-up student approach should be maintained in order to maintain that student perspective. However, university staff can select or offer the student representative position to students deemed capable and passionate. With periodic meeting and reports to ensure ongoing maintenance and updates.

'''Milestones'''

== Selecting student representatives ==

An issue the current clubs and societies faced by the university is that some presidents in the club only wanted to obtain the title to display in CV. Selecting student representatives can be conducted by open offer to students and/or selecting passionate students. Regularly meeting should be set between university staff and the student representatives to ensure project and goals are successfully implemented.

== Clearly define roles to student representatives ==

Specific roles should be assigned to student representatives. As an alternative to Amannda Hout’s proposed structure. We suggest a flat structure with specializations. The roles we currently propose include event organizer(s), promotion and media manager(s), projects manager(s) and maintenance officer(s) each having distinctive duties that complements each other.

 Event Organizer(s) – Organization and coordination of I&E events, however the event organizer is also tasked with finding out suitable events and designing them in the context of UC.

 Promotion and media manager(s) – Produce promotional material and media releases on I&E of UC. He or she is also responsible for promoting a general awareness of I&E culture on campus.

 Project manager(s) – Tasked to discover and organizing student I&E projects. The project manager(s) are also capable I&E thinkers who can guide students to imitate their own I&E projects.

 Maintenance officer(s) – are students tasked with collection information from other student representatives. They work closely with all other representatives and university staff to provide continuous updates on I&E culture.

==Ongoing projects and changeovers==
The taskforce’s continuous effort in constructing I&E culture should result in more I&E exposure to students in general. This in turn increases student’s interest in I&E activities, this potentially add new member to the taskforce building a positive cycle. However changeovers are necessary and should be conducted on a yearly basis to ensure long-term sustainability and longevity of I&E culture on campus.

= 2019 Strategy # 3 Cross-disciplinary lectures and workshops =

During our interview with students and meetings with university staff members we discovered that student engagement and education silo are major issues faced by University of Canberra students. From I&E perspective, we noticed that uninitiated students have very little knowledge of I&E resources and opportunities. With no current cross-disciplinary workshop and lectures, we were able to ideate a solution to promote more student engagement with I&E culture and the opportunity to be exposed to other disciplines as well as staff and students from different faculties. The solution we propose are series of cross-disciplinary lectures and workshops focused on I&E concepts. Establish a topic of conversation/lecture or workshop series which is open to all students. For example, a screening of a series of documentaries and films on I&E. “Foundation”, where lecturers from faculty of education, arts and design, science and technology and business are invited to discuss, comment and critic I&E concepts as shown in the film in relation to University of Canberra. While the documentaries can be a way of promoting I&E idea to students, the discussion following the film provides opportunity for student to learn more about I&E in context of Canberra and available local resources. This is also a way of promoting cross disciplinary connection and engagement.

'''Milestones'''

== Deciding suitable events ==

I&E events including lectures and workshops shouldn’t be selected at random. Carefully planned lectures and workshop series should be selected in the suitable context (Canberra) in order to maximize student engagement. Once the topic has been established, identify key participants (including staff from relevant faculties, local I&E network and entrepreneurs) as lecturer/mentors is the next critical stage.

== Promote event through various media ==

One of the biggest issues of UC is lack of cross media promotion of events. To ensure student participation, the lecture/workshop events should be promoted in multiple channels including social media, flyers, emails, newsletters as well as the resource map and I&E task force as suggested in other strategic priorities.

== Review of the event ==

It is very important to review the event to gauge student participating and learning experience. Content, lecturer/mentor of the workshop and lectures can then be modified to improve the coming events. A positive cycle of I&E engagement can only be built with consistent effort.

= Strategy # 4 - UC Cross-Faculty Class =

From our interviews with students we discovered students were not socializing or meeting students from outside their area of study, this has created the effect of ‘educational silos’. A cross-faculty class would enhance connection and engagement and give rise to collaboration

opportunities for I&E across faculties. To address this, a class or program could be designed to bridge the Faculties of Arts & Design (FAD) and Business, Government & Law (BGL). This would give students the opportunity to meet new people, introduce them to new thinking styles, strategies and behaviours and expose them to a broader range of agile skills placing them on a stronger footing when they move forward in their professional journeys.

Milestones

==Approval and support of stakeholders==
Gain permission from important stakeholders from FAD and BGL for a small-scale workshop/prototype, this could be held during orientation week or week 8 of the semester.
==Market research + Prototype==
Interview students and potential teachers to refine topics of interest for class. Organise a small group of interested students/teachers to put protype class together. Hold Prototype Workshop Market event to target students and hold prototype event and take on board feedback for further refinement. Report event results to faculty stakeholders and the chancellor, discuss opportunities for refinement and further events.
==Report Findings and feasibility==
If event is successful organise discussions with university stakeholders for potential to be included in the long term (5+ year) curriculum planning.
==Take it further==
After implementation and review reach out to other faculties and stakeholders (include students) for further collaboration opportunities. How could this be rolled out to create further unique learning and collaboration with areas such as Education, Health and Technology.

= 2018 Overview =

[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6k6Tsfhd9Q0 &nbsp https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6k6Tsfhd9Q0 &nbsp];

= 2018 Strategy #1 - Create a student led Innovation Committee =

Following the research involved in the landscape canvas of UC's current Entrepreneurship and Innovation ecosystem, it becomes clear that UC offers a range of I&E resources that is catered towards the wider entrepreneurship community, that already contain ties to industry. Whilst this is important and beneficial towards the UC community, there is an obvious disconnect of these resources towards students who want an introductory "taste" of I&E, and don't necessarily have any established venture ideas in mind.

This is where the formation of a strong, student-led Innovation committee of students would be incredibly beneficial in promoting the various entrepreneurship resources that we have right on campus. By forming a study body committee from all faculties, marketing and promoting can significantly drive an increase of students coming from a diverse breadth of disciplines and majors. This promotion will come in the form of events, activities, guerilla marketing, which will occur over a cross-platform social media and in conjunction with relevant UC marketing officers  

'''Milestones:'''

== Recruit and elect suitable student leaders who will form an Innovation Committee ==

Upon initially starting UIF training, I spoke to many students who were interested in design thinking, yet didn’t know which avenues to pursue these interests. By having a nominated  current student in their faculty whom can be easily approached and contacted via e-mail, students can have a casual person to contact to ease any hesitations that may have occurred prior when having to contact a faculty member. 

== Allocate roles to recruited student leaders (President, Vice-President, treasurer, 1st Year Leader, Event Organiser etc.) ==

Once student change agents have been nominated, contacted and have accepted their position and responsibilities we can start allocating certain roles they would fulfill. This will occur in conjunction with meetings and brainstorming sessions discussing what problems they have encountered in their own faculty and what possible solutions the group can brainstorm and collaborate on. 

== Plan a series of related events that highlight and advertise UC's Entrepreneurship resources ==

A 3 day event that could tie in with Innovation Week that includes pop-up stalls on the concourse that highlights design thinking and inclusion. These stalls/classes/events would be promoted as low-cost and in general a fun introduction to what design thinking can entail. 

== Involve local industry to promote UC's E&I ecosystem ==

Once the committee has established itself as a strong student innovation committee driving a student movement through events,  the committee can then start approaching local industry to start bridging the gap between student and industry before graduation.

== Perform effective changeover of roles to incoming students as current student leaders graduate. ==

Annually, a changeover should occur in which current student change agents should handover the roles. This process would involve mentoring, in order to continue developing projects so that there is long-term sustainability and longevity of student innovation and entrepreneurship at UC.  

= 2018 Strategy #2 - Women in STEM and design summit =

Examining the current innovation and entrepreneurial clubs and societies during Market Day on O'Week, I was disappointed to see no female representation. From ICT, coding, and entrepreneurship  based societies, no females were present in promoting the clubs awareness. Having stayed and observed a society that promoted entrepreneurship/design thinking, the two most common things spoken by women when expressing their hesitations to join was “My idea in mind isn’t to be an entrepreneur” or “ I wouldn’t fit in well”. Another common quote spoken was  "I'm not an entrepreneurial type person, but I am interested in design thinking”. Having interviewed the president of this club in regards to female representation, he said that there are actually more female members than male, yet when it got to the stage of pursuing a start up, women tended to drop off towards the later stages.

By having a UC Women in STEM and Design Summit we are providing a platform for female ambassadors who are trailblazer's in their respective fields to share their stories and experiences towards the UC community, specifically young women who previously may have been disadvantaged and had to overcome obstacles and challenges as a woman in a male dominated industry. 

'''Milestones:'''

== Organise an initial meeting with faculty members ==

Undergoing UIF training encouraged me to seek and pursue all resources on campus leading to innovation and entrepreneurship, uncovering networks of faculties whom are highly interested In the student experience and are willing to help student initiatives. By having an early meeting, faculty will be able to give us links to networks whom can help facilitate and aid our event.

== Allocate an appropriate date location and time for event ==

Once the event has been discussed with relevant administration and faculty, we can then start allocating a date that fits in appropriately with the academic calendar for  the incoming (or next) year. From there an appropriate location will be booked with times to be later confirmed

== Reach out to female community leaders for interest ==

This will either occur via e-mail or ideally in person through community events, such as the SheLeads conferences whereby we can pitch our idea to female trailblazers in hope that they too share the passion for advocacy at a higher education level.

== Write up attendee list and agenda ==

After having previously contacted and communicated interest from relevant leader, start organizing attendee list and agenda which should be immersive and experiential in the design thinking process.

== Formally invite guest speakers to attend summit ==

== Prepare resources and materials for summit  ==

= 2018 Strategy #3 - Establishing an Entrepreneurship & Innovation Help Centre for students on campus =

With the release of UC's latest strategic plan 'Distinctive by Design' which outlines UC's own milestone endeavors for the years 2018-2022, Entrepreneurship and Innovation  was at the forefront for strategic importance to the Institution. Therefore, an invested interest should occur in the establishment of an E&I Help Centre on campus, a common hub whereby students can receive advice whilst developing a passion for I&E principles. This goal can easily occur in a pre-established location on campus.

This facility will possess a wide range of built in amenities and facilitative collaboration spaces, from engineering styled labs to open conference room where students can convene to work on group assessments.  It will be a multi purpose space for students, and by students, which can home all club and society meetings and events.  This space can also be used to incubate the beginnings of UC's first startup's in the future.  UPDATE : After further investigation an opening  branch of innovation and entrepreneurship help style center for students called Engage UC, has occurred as a very recent development, opening an avenue for students to be involved.  

 '''Milestones:'''

== Seek whether there is sufficient demand from students and faculty ==

Uncover a thorough analysis amongst students across campus on their level of interest in this type of support and whether they would use it, after having explained and shown how I&E can be highly relevant and useful towards their own degrees.

== Establish rapport with relevant faculty and administration  ==

Schedule a meeting with faculty leaders to pitch ideas of an innovation space for students with the sole purpose of generating feedback and the feasibility of the on the prospect of either utilizing a pre-existing space or seeking  the foundations of a new space.

== Locate sufficient funding (grants, Student Services and Amenities Fee etc.)  ==

Go to the government homepage and scour the website to help find sources towards grants towards innovation and entrepreneurship for students in higher education, and apply for the relevant  grants.

== Source the relevant people to mange the help centre ==

== Utalise the center as a connection point to resources both on and off campus. ==

== Launch of the E&I help centre  ==

= 2018 Strategy #4 - Incorporate a UIFresh approach to curriculum for first year's =

During interviews with incoming first year students at UC, it was found that whilst many said they would be interested in learning about Entrepreneurship and Innovation , they wouldn't necessarily go out of their way to seek various avenue's and pathways. This can be amended by bringing the E&I to first years,  during orientation week, where they are initially discovering what UC has to offer.

The incorporation of design thinking into the curriculum of first year students in all faculties will be incredibly beneficial, as the design thinking skills learned will produce a significant impact on the entrepreneurship and innovation landscape at UC, which will bring long term and continual benefits to students own professional careers.

 

'''Milestones:'''

== Gain faculty permission to run a UIFresh inspired design thinking workshop for incoming students as part of orientation week. ==

== Oraganise a planning committee of dedicated students who have a vested interest in E&I from a range of background majors. ==

== Analyse existing curriculum for first years and  see what need improvements and amendments. ==

== Introduce new E&I introductory elective courses for first year students ==

== Present a report findings to the faculty and chancellor for implementation ==

== Advise any implementation of changes to the course. ==

= Related Links =

UC UIF Wiki 

[[University of Canberra|University_of_Canberra]]

Spring 2018 UIF

[[Amannda huot|Amannda_huot]]

[[Category:Student Priorities|u]]

Priorities:University of Canberra Student Priorities

2019-10-04T01:22:15Z

U3188699:

= 2019 Strategic Priorities =

= 2019 Strategy # 1 UC Resources Map =

We recognized that the resources on campus are fragmented with no easily accessible information for students. To foster I&E culture on campus it is a critical to connect these resources as well as highlighting their presence. A simple website and/or app that serves as a navigation tool for students to learn more about I&E resources on and off campus is one method to address this issue. The key goal of this website/app is to improve connectivity of existing

resources and to encourage and promote I&E culture on a broad spectrum. This project takes the multifaceted approach addressing multiple issues at once. The website/app will have different subpages to meet different functional requirement. However, the project can also be considered incremental and be implemented in stages as followed:

 A physical map of campus that identify key locations related to I&E. E.g. location of workshop, maker space, millhouse, working spaces.

 A list of off campus resources and supporting organizations including E24, CBR innovation network, KILN incubator this is essentially the landscape canvas organized and visualized. However, this can also include external services run by graduated or current UC students, for example, “Interation”, a 3D printing service by Jon Clever a recent graduate offering discount to current students. Linking these key resources can allow student to easily access services they need for their ideas.

 A list of coming events related to I&E, information and location of those events. This list should include details like accessibility, ticket requirement and related event.

 Once I&E culture are more grounded at UC, it is expected that the user base for this website will increase along with number of student projects in I&E. In reality, this page can also expand beyond I&E and reach into research projects. With sufficient number of users, students seeking collaboration can be listed as well as available idea and projects open to students to join. For example, architecture student seeking sociology student and urban planning student to participate in an international competition or industrial design student seeking business student to collaborate to commercialize designs. This is aimed to break down barrier and improve cross-disciplinary collaboration and further facilitate campus connectivity.

 A search function from a data base that includes key words and topics of above information, so that students can quickly find resources/events/other students and projects.

 An interlinked community with strong presence is successfully established.

'''Milestones'''

==Location key resources and key project participants==

Finding students/staffs from different faculty to locate and report key resources to list in the website. Students and staff members can be approached through emails, posters or simple spread of words. In this manner, locate IT students and visual communication students to form a collaboration group. Design and build the website. Architecture students can be recruited to model a 3D interactive campus map. All student participants can be rewarded by project experience and friendship. Alternatively, construction of this project can be offered as an experimental course testing collaboration and design initiatives of students.

==Listing projects and events Finding student with real or proposed project to list on the website==

List ongoing research projects at UC, thus the website/app can also be used publicly to promote UC projects. List I&E events on the website with comprehensive details so students can easily access information about future I&E events.

==Promotion and building a positive cycle==

Promote the website through events, lectures and workshops. The website itself will promote events and as such forms a reinforcing cycle of connectivity.

==Maintenance and updates==

Select students to run the website, this is potentially linked to students in the proposed committee/taskforce. Potential to generate income from advertising local business and start-ups purely for the purpose of maintaining website. This is critical because many groups failed to maintain activity, this is potentially due to lack of financial support. Update on a semester basis at the minimal

= 2019 Strategy # 2 UC Student I&E committee =

As identified by Innovation Fellow Amannda Huot, disjointed of resources inhibits uninitiated students to experience I&E opportunities. Where a strong, student-led Innovation committee of students would be incredibly beneficial in promoting the various entrepreneurship resources. Where this student-led innovation committee effectively takes on managerial and promotion responsibilities of I&E on campus. During our research on the current ecosystem we noticed many past on campus I&E projects since 2018 are now inactive. We recognized the importance of continuity of I&E projects, this highlights the importance of updating and maintenance of projects on a timely manner as well as recognizing currently active students will eventually graduate and thus selecting successor is a key step to preserve and further growth of I&E culture. We propose an update on Student Led Innovation Committee that specifically address the issue of ongoing maintenance. Considering UC has assigned staff to manage I&E resources on campus, an I&E taskforce consisting of student representatives and professional staffs is a way to directly manage and control I&E resources, promotion and projects. However, we believe the bottom-up student approach should be maintained in order to maintain that student perspective. However, university staff can select or offer the student representative position to students deemed capable and passionate. With periodic meeting and reports to ensure ongoing maintenance and updates.

'''Milestones'''

== Selecting student representatives ==

An issue the current clubs and societies faced by the university is that some presidents in the club only wanted to obtain the title to display in CV. Selecting student representatives can be conducted by open offer to students and/or selecting passionate students. Regularly meeting should be set between university staff and the student representatives to ensure project and goals are successfully implemented.

== Clearly define roles to student representatives ==

Specific roles should be assigned to student representatives. As an alternative to Amannda Hout’s proposed structure. We suggest a flat structure with specializations. The roles we currently propose include event organizer(s), promotion and media manager(s), projects manager(s) and maintenance officer(s) each having distinctive duties that complements each other.

 Event Organizer(s) – Organization and coordination of I&E events, however the event organizer is also tasked with finding out suitable events and designing them in the context of UC.

 Promotion and media manager(s) – Produce promotional material and media releases on I&E of UC. He or she is also responsible for promoting a general awareness of I&E culture on campus.

 Project manager(s) – Tasked to discover and organizing student I&E projects. The project manager(s) are also capable I&E thinkers who can guide students to imitate their own I&E projects.

 Maintenance officer(s) – are students tasked with collection information from other student representatives. They work closely with all other representatives and university staff to provide continuous updates on I&E culture.

==Ongoing projects and changeovers==
The taskforce’s continuous effort in constructing I&E culture should result in more I&E exposure to students in general. This in turn increases student’s interest in I&E activities, this potentially add new member to the taskforce building a positive cycle. However changeovers are necessary and should be conducted on a yearly basis to ensure long-term sustainability and longevity of I&E culture on campus.

= 2019 Strategy # 3 Cross-disciplinary lectures and workshops =

During our interview with students and meetings with university staff members we discovered that student engagement and education silo are major issues faced by University of Canberra students. From I&E perspective, we noticed that uninitiated students have very little knowledge of I&E resources and opportunities. With no current cross-disciplinary workshop and lectures, we were able to ideate a solution to promote more student engagement with I&E culture and the opportunity to be exposed to other disciplines as well as staff and students from different faculties. The solution we propose are series of cross-disciplinary lectures and workshops focused on I&E concepts. Establish a topic of conversation/lecture or workshop series which is open to all students. For example, a screening of a series of documentaries and films on I&E. “Foundation”, where lecturers from faculty of education, arts and design, science and technology and business are invited to discuss, comment and critic I&E concepts as shown in the film in relation to University of Canberra. While the documentaries can be a way of promoting I&E idea to students, the discussion following the film provides opportunity for student to learn more about I&E in context of Canberra and available local resources. This is also a way of promoting cross disciplinary connection and engagement.

'''Milestones'''

== Deciding suitable events ==

I&E events including lectures and workshops shouldn’t be selected at random. Carefully planned lectures and workshop series should be selected in the suitable context (Canberra) in order to maximize student engagement. Once the topic has been established, identify key participants (including staff from relevant faculties, local I&E network and entrepreneurs) as lecturer/mentors is the next critical stage.

== Promote event through various media ==

One of the biggest issues of UC is lack of cross media promotion of events. To ensure student participation, the lecture/workshop events should be promoted in multiple channels including social media, flyers, emails, newsletters as well as the resource map and I&E task force as suggested in other strategic priorities.

== Review of the event ==

It is very important to review the event to gauge student participating and learning experience. Content, lecturer/mentor of the workshop and lectures can then be modified to improve the coming events. A positive cycle of I&E engagement can only be built with consistent effort.

= Strategy # 4 - UC Cross-Faculty Class =

From our interviews with students we discovered students were not socializing or meeting students from outside their area of study, this has created the effect of ‘educational silos’. A cross-faculty class would enhance connection and engagement and give rise to collaboration

opportunities for I&E across faculties. To address this, a class or program could be designed to bridge the Faculties of Arts & Design (FAD) and Business, Government & Law (BGL). This would give students the opportunity to meet new people, introduce them to new thinking styles, strategies and behaviours and expose them to a broader range of agile skills placing them on a stronger footing when they move forward in their professional journeys.

Milestones

==Approval and support of stakeholders==
Gain permission from important stakeholders from FAD and BGL for a small-scale workshop/prototype, this could be held during orientation week or week 8 of the semester.
==Market research + Prototype==
Interview students and potential teachers to refine topics of interest for class. Organise a small group of interested students/teachers to put protype class together. Hold Prototype Workshop Market event to target students and hold prototype event and take on board feedback for further refinement. Report event results to faculty stakeholders and the chancellor, discuss opportunities for refinement and further events.
==Report Findings and feasibility==
If event is successful organise discussions with university stakeholders for potential to be included in the long term (5+ year) curriculum planning.
==Take it further==
After implementation and review reach out to other faculties and stakeholders (include students) for further collaboration opportunities. How could this be rolled out to create further unique learning and collaboration with areas such as Education, Health and Technology.

= 2018 Overview =

[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6k6Tsfhd9Q0 &nbsp https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6k6Tsfhd9Q0 &nbsp];

= 2018 Strategy #1 - Create a student led Innovation Committee =

Following the research involved in the landscape canvas of UC's current Entrepreneurship and Innovation ecosystem, it becomes clear that UC offers a range of I&E resources that is catered towards the wider entrepreneurship community, that already contain ties to industry. Whilst this is important and beneficial towards the UC community, there is an obvious disconnect of these resources towards students who want an introductory "taste" of I&E, and don't necessarily have any established venture ideas in mind.

This is where the formation of a strong, student-led Innovation committee of students would be incredibly beneficial in promoting the various entrepreneurship resources that we have right on campus. By forming a study body committee from all faculties, marketing and promoting can significantly drive an increase of students coming from a diverse breadth of disciplines and majors. This promotion will come in the form of events, activities, guerilla marketing, which will occur over a cross-platform social media and in conjunction with relevant UC marketing officers  

'''Milestones:'''

== Recruit and elect suitable student leaders who will form an Innovation Committee ==

Upon initially starting UIF training, I spoke to many students who were interested in design thinking, yet didn’t know which avenues to pursue these interests. By having a nominated  current student in their faculty whom can be easily approached and contacted via e-mail, students can have a casual person to contact to ease any hesitations that may have occurred prior when having to contact a faculty member. 

== Allocate roles to recruited student leaders (President, Vice-President, treasurer, 1st Year Leader, Event Organiser etc.) ==

Once student change agents have been nominated, contacted and have accepted their position and responsibilities we can start allocating certain roles they would fulfill. This will occur in conjunction with meetings and brainstorming sessions discussing what problems they have encountered in their own faculty and what possible solutions the group can brainstorm and collaborate on. 

== Plan a series of related events that highlight and advertise UC's Entrepreneurship resources ==

A 3 day event that could tie in with Innovation Week that includes pop-up stalls on the concourse that highlights design thinking and inclusion. These stalls/classes/events would be promoted as low-cost and in general a fun introduction to what design thinking can entail. 

== Involve local industry to promote UC's E&I ecosystem ==

Once the committee has established itself as a strong student innovation committee driving a student movement through events,  the committee can then start approaching local industry to start bridging the gap between student and industry before graduation.

== Perform effective changeover of roles to incoming students as current student leaders graduate. ==

Annually, a changeover should occur in which current student change agents should handover the roles. This process would involve mentoring, in order to continue developing projects so that there is long-term sustainability and longevity of student innovation and entrepreneurship at UC.  

= 2018 Strategy #2 - Women in STEM and design summit =

Examining the current innovation and entrepreneurial clubs and societies during Market Day on O'Week, I was disappointed to see no female representation. From ICT, coding, and entrepreneurship  based societies, no females were present in promoting the clubs awareness. Having stayed and observed a society that promoted entrepreneurship/design thinking, the two most common things spoken by women when expressing their hesitations to join was “My idea in mind isn’t to be an entrepreneur” or “ I wouldn’t fit in well”. Another common quote spoken was  "I'm not an entrepreneurial type person, but I am interested in design thinking”. Having interviewed the president of this club in regards to female representation, he said that there are actually more female members than male, yet when it got to the stage of pursuing a start up, women tended to drop off towards the later stages.

By having a UC Women in STEM and Design Summit we are providing a platform for female ambassadors who are trailblazer's in their respective fields to share their stories and experiences towards the UC community, specifically young women who previously may have been disadvantaged and had to overcome obstacles and challenges as a woman in a male dominated industry. 

'''Milestones:'''

== Organise an initial meeting with faculty members ==

Undergoing UIF training encouraged me to seek and pursue all resources on campus leading to innovation and entrepreneurship, uncovering networks of faculties whom are highly interested In the student experience and are willing to help student initiatives. By having an early meeting, faculty will be able to give us links to networks whom can help facilitate and aid our event.

== Allocate an appropriate date location and time for event ==

Once the event has been discussed with relevant administration and faculty, we can then start allocating a date that fits in appropriately with the academic calendar for  the incoming (or next) year. From there an appropriate location will be booked with times to be later confirmed

== Reach out to female community leaders for interest ==

This will either occur via e-mail or ideally in person through community events, such as the SheLeads conferences whereby we can pitch our idea to female trailblazers in hope that they too share the passion for advocacy at a higher education level.

== Write up attendee list and agenda ==

After having previously contacted and communicated interest from relevant leader, start organizing attendee list and agenda which should be immersive and experiential in the design thinking process.

== Formally invite guest speakers to attend summit ==

== Prepare resources and materials for summit  ==

= 2018 Strategy #3 - Establishing an Entrepreneurship & Innovation Help Centre for students on campus =

With the release of UC's latest strategic plan 'Distinctive by Design' which outlines UC's own milestone endeavors for the years 2018-2022, Entrepreneurship and Innovation  was at the forefront for strategic importance to the Institution. Therefore, an invested interest should occur in the establishment of an E&I Help Centre on campus, a common hub whereby students can receive advice whilst developing a passion for I&E principles. This goal can easily occur in a pre-established location on campus.

This facility will possess a wide range of built in amenities and facilitative collaboration spaces, from engineering styled labs to open conference room where students can convene to work on group assessments.  It will be a multi purpose space for students, and by students, which can home all club and society meetings and events.  This space can also be used to incubate the beginnings of UC's first startup's in the future.  UPDATE : After further investigation an opening  branch of innovation and entrepreneurship help style center for students called Engage UC, has occurred as a very recent development, opening an avenue for students to be involved.  

 '''Milestones:'''

== Seek whether there is sufficient demand from students and faculty ==

Uncover a thorough analysis amongst students across campus on their level of interest in this type of support and whether they would use it, after having explained and shown how I&E can be highly relevant and useful towards their own degrees.

== Establish rapport with relevant faculty and administration  ==

Schedule a meeting with faculty leaders to pitch ideas of an innovation space for students with the sole purpose of generating feedback and the feasibility of the on the prospect of either utilizing a pre-existing space or seeking  the foundations of a new space.

== Locate sufficient funding (grants, Student Services and Amenities Fee etc.)  ==

Go to the government homepage and scour the website to help find sources towards grants towards innovation and entrepreneurship for students in higher education, and apply for the relevant  grants.

== Source the relevant people to mange the help centre ==

== Utalise the center as a connection point to resources both on and off campus. ==

== Launch of the E&I help centre  ==

= Strategy #4 - Incorporate a UIFresh approach to curriculum for first year's =

During interviews with incoming first year students at UC, it was found that whilst many said they would be interested in learning about Entrepreneurship and Innovation , they wouldn't necessarily go out of their way to seek various avenue's and pathways. This can be amended by bringing the E&I to first years,  during orientation week, where they are initially discovering what UC has to offer.

The incorporation of design thinking into the curriculum of first year students in all faculties will be incredibly beneficial, as the design thinking skills learned will produce a significant impact on the entrepreneurship and innovation landscape at UC, which will bring long term and continual benefits to students own professional careers.

 

'''Milestones:'''

== Gain faculty permission to run a UIFresh inspired design thinking workshop for incoming students as part of orientation week. ==

== Oraganise a planning committee of dedicated students who have a vested interest in E&I from a range of background majors. ==

== Analyse existing curriculum for first years and  see what need improvements and amendments. ==

== Introduce new E&I introductory elective courses for first year students ==

== Present a report findings to the faculty and chancellor for implementation ==

== Advise any implementation of changes to the course. ==

= Related Links =

UC UIF Wiki 

[[University of Canberra|University_of_Canberra]]

Spring 2018 UIF

[[Amannda huot|Amannda_huot]]

[[Category:Student Priorities|u]]

Priorities:University of Canberra Student Priorities

2019-10-04T01:22:04Z

U3188699:

= 2019 Strategic Priorities =

= 2019 Strategy # 1 UC Resources Map =

We recognized that the resources on campus are fragmented with no easily accessible information for students. To foster I&E culture on campus it is a critical to connect these resources as well as highlighting their presence. A simple website and/or app that serves as a navigation tool for students to learn more about I&E resources on and off campus is one method to address this issue. The key goal of this website/app is to improve connectivity of existing

resources and to encourage and promote I&E culture on a broad spectrum. This project takes the multifaceted approach addressing multiple issues at once. The website/app will have different subpages to meet different functional requirement. However, the project can also be considered incremental and be implemented in stages as followed:

 A physical map of campus that identify key locations related to I&E. E.g. location of workshop, maker space, millhouse, working spaces.

 A list of off campus resources and supporting organizations including E24, CBR innovation network, KILN incubator this is essentially the landscape canvas organized and visualized. However, this can also include external services run by graduated or current UC students, for example, “Interation”, a 3D printing service by Jon Clever a recent graduate offering discount to current students. Linking these key resources can allow student to easily access services they need for their ideas.

 A list of coming events related to I&E, information and location of those events. This list should include details like accessibility, ticket requirement and related event.

 Once I&E culture are more grounded at UC, it is expected that the user base for this website will increase along with number of student projects in I&E. In reality, this page can also expand beyond I&E and reach into research projects. With sufficient number of users, students seeking collaboration can be listed as well as available idea and projects open to students to join. For example, architecture student seeking sociology student and urban planning student to participate in an international competition or industrial design student seeking business student to collaborate to commercialize designs. This is aimed to break down barrier and improve cross-disciplinary collaboration and further facilitate campus connectivity.

 A search function from a data base that includes key words and topics of above information, so that students can quickly find resources/events/other students and projects.

 An interlinked community with strong presence is successfully established.

'''Milestones'''

==Location key resources and key project participants==

Finding students/staffs from different faculty to locate and report key resources to list in the website. Students and staff members can be approached through emails, posters or simple spread of words. In this manner, locate IT students and visual communication students to form a collaboration group. Design and build the website. Architecture students can be recruited to model a 3D interactive campus map. All student participants can be rewarded by project experience and friendship. Alternatively, construction of this project can be offered as an experimental course testing collaboration and design initiatives of students.

==Listing projects and events Finding student with real or proposed project to list on the website==

List ongoing research projects at UC, thus the website/app can also be used publicly to promote UC projects. List I&E events on the website with comprehensive details so students can easily access information about future I&E events.

==Promotion and building a positive cycle==

Promote the website through events, lectures and workshops. The website itself will promote events and as such forms a reinforcing cycle of connectivity.

==Maintenance and updates==

Select students to run the website, this is potentially linked to students in the proposed committee/taskforce. Potential to generate income from advertising local business and start-ups purely for the purpose of maintaining website. This is critical because many groups failed to maintain activity, this is potentially due to lack of financial support. Update on a semester basis at the minimal

= 2019 Strategy # 2 UC Student I&E committee =

As identified by Innovation Fellow Amannda Huot, disjointed of resources inhibits uninitiated students to experience I&E opportunities. Where a strong, student-led Innovation committee of students would be incredibly beneficial in promoting the various entrepreneurship resources. Where this student-led innovation committee effectively takes on managerial and promotion responsibilities of I&E on campus. During our research on the current ecosystem we noticed many past on campus I&E projects since 2018 are now inactive. We recognized the importance of continuity of I&E projects, this highlights the importance of updating and maintenance of projects on a timely manner as well as recognizing currently active students will eventually graduate and thus selecting successor is a key step to preserve and further growth of I&E culture. We propose an update on Student Led Innovation Committee that specifically address the issue of ongoing maintenance. Considering UC has assigned staff to manage I&E resources on campus, an I&E taskforce consisting of student representatives and professional staffs is a way to directly manage and control I&E resources, promotion and projects. However, we believe the bottom-up student approach should be maintained in order to maintain that student perspective. However, university staff can select or offer the student representative position to students deemed capable and passionate. With periodic meeting and reports to ensure ongoing maintenance and updates.

'''Milestones'''

== Selecting student representatives ==

An issue the current clubs and societies faced by the university is that some presidents in the club only wanted to obtain the title to display in CV. Selecting student representatives can be conducted by open offer to students and/or selecting passionate students. Regularly meeting should be set between university staff and the student representatives to ensure project and goals are successfully implemented.

== Clearly define roles to student representatives ==

Specific roles should be assigned to student representatives. As an alternative to Amannda Hout’s proposed structure. We suggest a flat structure with specializations. The roles we currently propose include event organizer(s), promotion and media manager(s), projects manager(s) and maintenance officer(s) each having distinctive duties that complements each other.

 Event Organizer(s) – Organization and coordination of I&E events, however the event organizer is also tasked with finding out suitable events and designing them in the context of UC.

 Promotion and media manager(s) – Produce promotional material and media releases on I&E of UC. He or she is also responsible for promoting a general awareness of I&E culture on campus.

 Project manager(s) – Tasked to discover and organizing student I&E projects. The project manager(s) are also capable I&E thinkers who can guide students to imitate their own I&E projects.

 Maintenance officer(s) – are students tasked with collection information from other student representatives. They work closely with all other representatives and university staff to provide continuous updates on I&E culture.

==Ongoing projects and changeovers==
The taskforce’s continuous effort in constructing I&E culture should result in more I&E exposure to students in general. This in turn increases student’s interest in I&E activities, this potentially add new member to the taskforce building a positive cycle. However changeovers are necessary and should be conducted on a yearly basis to ensure long-term sustainability and longevity of I&E culture on campus.

= 2019 Strategy # 3 Cross-disciplinary lectures and workshops =

During our interview with students and meetings with university staff members we discovered that student engagement and education silo are major issues faced by University of Canberra students. From I&E perspective, we noticed that uninitiated students have very little knowledge of I&E resources and opportunities. With no current cross-disciplinary workshop and lectures, we were able to ideate a solution to promote more student engagement with I&E culture and the opportunity to be exposed to other disciplines as well as staff and students from different faculties. The solution we propose are series of cross-disciplinary lectures and workshops focused on I&E concepts. Establish a topic of conversation/lecture or workshop series which is open to all students. For example, a screening of a series of documentaries and films on I&E. “Foundation”, where lecturers from faculty of education, arts and design, science and technology and business are invited to discuss, comment and critic I&E concepts as shown in the film in relation to University of Canberra. While the documentaries can be a way of promoting I&E idea to students, the discussion following the film provides opportunity for student to learn more about I&E in context of Canberra and available local resources. This is also a way of promoting cross disciplinary connection and engagement.

'''Milestones'''

== Deciding suitable events ==

I&E events including lectures and workshops shouldn’t be selected at random. Carefully planned lectures and workshop series should be selected in the suitable context (Canberra) in order to maximize student engagement. Once the topic has been established, identify key participants (including staff from relevant faculties, local I&E network and entrepreneurs) as lecturer/mentors is the next critical stage.

== Promote event through various media ==

One of the biggest issues of UC is lack of cross media promotion of events. To ensure student participation, the lecture/workshop events should be promoted in multiple channels including social media, flyers, emails, newsletters as well as the resource map and I&E task force as suggested in other strategic priorities.

== Review of the event ==

It is very important to review the event to gauge student participating and learning experience. Content, lecturer/mentor of the workshop and lectures can then be modified to improve the coming events. A positive cycle of I&E engagement can only be built with consistent effort.

= Strategy # 4 - UC Cross-Faculty Class =

From our interviews with students we discovered students were not socializing or meeting students from outside their area of study, this has created the effect of ‘educational silos’. A cross-faculty class would enhance connection and engagement and give rise to collaboration

opportunities for I&E across faculties. To address this, a class or program could be designed to bridge the Faculties of Arts & Design (FAD) and Business, Government & Law (BGL). This would give students the opportunity to meet new people, introduce them to new thinking styles, strategies and behaviours and expose them to a broader range of agile skills placing them on a stronger footing when they move forward in their professional journeys.

Milestones

==Approval and support of stakeholders==
Gain permission from important stakeholders from FAD and BGL for a small-scale workshop/prototype, this could be held during orientation week or week 8 of the semester.
==Market research + Prototype==
Interview students and potential teachers to refine topics of interest for class. Organise a small group of interested students/teachers to put protype class together. Hold Prototype Workshop Market event to target students and hold prototype event and take on board feedback for further refinement. Report event results to faculty stakeholders and the chancellor, discuss opportunities for refinement and further events.
==Report Findings and feasibility==
If event is successful organise discussions with university stakeholders for potential to be included in the long term (5+ year) curriculum planning.
==Take it further==
After implementation and review reach out to other faculties and stakeholders (include students) for further collaboration opportunities. How could this be rolled out to create further unique learning and collaboration with areas such as Education, Health and Technology.

= 2018 Overview =

[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6k6Tsfhd9Q0 &nbsp https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6k6Tsfhd9Q0 &nbsp];

= 2018 Strategy #1 - Create a student led Innovation Committee =

Following the research involved in the landscape canvas of UC's current Entrepreneurship and Innovation ecosystem, it becomes clear that UC offers a range of I&E resources that is catered towards the wider entrepreneurship community, that already contain ties to industry. Whilst this is important and beneficial towards the UC community, there is an obvious disconnect of these resources towards students who want an introductory "taste" of I&E, and don't necessarily have any established venture ideas in mind.

This is where the formation of a strong, student-led Innovation committee of students would be incredibly beneficial in promoting the various entrepreneurship resources that we have right on campus. By forming a study body committee from all faculties, marketing and promoting can significantly drive an increase of students coming from a diverse breadth of disciplines and majors. This promotion will come in the form of events, activities, guerilla marketing, which will occur over a cross-platform social media and in conjunction with relevant UC marketing officers  

'''Milestones:'''

== Recruit and elect suitable student leaders who will form an Innovation Committee ==

Upon initially starting UIF training, I spoke to many students who were interested in design thinking, yet didn’t know which avenues to pursue these interests. By having a nominated  current student in their faculty whom can be easily approached and contacted via e-mail, students can have a casual person to contact to ease any hesitations that may have occurred prior when having to contact a faculty member. 

== Allocate roles to recruited student leaders (President, Vice-President, treasurer, 1st Year Leader, Event Organiser etc.) ==

Once student change agents have been nominated, contacted and have accepted their position and responsibilities we can start allocating certain roles they would fulfill. This will occur in conjunction with meetings and brainstorming sessions discussing what problems they have encountered in their own faculty and what possible solutions the group can brainstorm and collaborate on. 

== Plan a series of related events that highlight and advertise UC's Entrepreneurship resources ==

A 3 day event that could tie in with Innovation Week that includes pop-up stalls on the concourse that highlights design thinking and inclusion. These stalls/classes/events would be promoted as low-cost and in general a fun introduction to what design thinking can entail. 

== Involve local industry to promote UC's E&I ecosystem ==

Once the committee has established itself as a strong student innovation committee driving a student movement through events,  the committee can then start approaching local industry to start bridging the gap between student and industry before graduation.

== Perform effective changeover of roles to incoming students as current student leaders graduate. ==

Annually, a changeover should occur in which current student change agents should handover the roles. This process would involve mentoring, in order to continue developing projects so that there is long-term sustainability and longevity of student innovation and entrepreneurship at UC.  

= 2018 Strategy #2 - Women in STEM and design summit =

Examining the current innovation and entrepreneurial clubs and societies during Market Day on O'Week, I was disappointed to see no female representation. From ICT, coding, and entrepreneurship  based societies, no females were present in promoting the clubs awareness. Having stayed and observed a society that promoted entrepreneurship/design thinking, the two most common things spoken by women when expressing their hesitations to join was “My idea in mind isn’t to be an entrepreneur” or “ I wouldn’t fit in well”. Another common quote spoken was  "I'm not an entrepreneurial type person, but I am interested in design thinking”. Having interviewed the president of this club in regards to female representation, he said that there are actually more female members than male, yet when it got to the stage of pursuing a start up, women tended to drop off towards the later stages.

By having a UC Women in STEM and Design Summit we are providing a platform for female ambassadors who are trailblazer's in their respective fields to share their stories and experiences towards the UC community, specifically young women who previously may have been disadvantaged and had to overcome obstacles and challenges as a woman in a male dominated industry. 

'''Milestones:'''

== Organise an initial meeting with faculty members ==

Undergoing UIF training encouraged me to seek and pursue all resources on campus leading to innovation and entrepreneurship, uncovering networks of faculties whom are highly interested In the student experience and are willing to help student initiatives. By having an early meeting, faculty will be able to give us links to networks whom can help facilitate and aid our event.

== Allocate an appropriate date location and time for event ==

Once the event has been discussed with relevant administration and faculty, we can then start allocating a date that fits in appropriately with the academic calendar for  the incoming (or next) year. From there an appropriate location will be booked with times to be later confirmed

== Reach out to female community leaders for interest ==

This will either occur via e-mail or ideally in person through community events, such as the SheLeads conferences whereby we can pitch our idea to female trailblazers in hope that they too share the passion for advocacy at a higher education level.

== Write up attendee list and agenda ==

After having previously contacted and communicated interest from relevant leader, start organizing attendee list and agenda which should be immersive and experiential in the design thinking process.

== Formally invite guest speakers to attend summit ==

== Prepare resources and materials for summit  ==

= Strategy #3 - Establishing an Entrepreneurship & Innovation Help Centre for students on campus =

With the release of UC's latest strategic plan 'Distinctive by Design' which outlines UC's own milestone endeavors for the years 2018-2022, Entrepreneurship and Innovation  was at the forefront for strategic importance to the Institution. Therefore, an invested interest should occur in the establishment of an E&I Help Centre on campus, a common hub whereby students can receive advice whilst developing a passion for I&E principles. This goal can easily occur in a pre-established location on campus.

This facility will possess a wide range of built in amenities and facilitative collaboration spaces, from engineering styled labs to open conference room where students can convene to work on group assessments.  It will be a multi purpose space for students, and by students, which can home all club and society meetings and events.  This space can also be used to incubate the beginnings of UC's first startup's in the future.  UPDATE : After further investigation an opening  branch of innovation and entrepreneurship help style center for students called Engage UC, has occurred as a very recent development, opening an avenue for students to be involved.  

 '''Milestones:'''

== Seek whether there is sufficient demand from students and faculty ==

Uncover a thorough analysis amongst students across campus on their level of interest in this type of support and whether they would use it, after having explained and shown how I&E can be highly relevant and useful towards their own degrees.

== Establish rapport with relevant faculty and administration  ==

Schedule a meeting with faculty leaders to pitch ideas of an innovation space for students with the sole purpose of generating feedback and the feasibility of the on the prospect of either utilizing a pre-existing space or seeking  the foundations of a new space.

== Locate sufficient funding (grants, Student Services and Amenities Fee etc.)  ==

Go to the government homepage and scour the website to help find sources towards grants towards innovation and entrepreneurship for students in higher education, and apply for the relevant  grants.

== Source the relevant people to mange the help centre ==

== Utalise the center as a connection point to resources both on and off campus. ==

== Launch of the E&I help centre  ==

= Strategy #4 - Incorporate a UIFresh approach to curriculum for first year's =

During interviews with incoming first year students at UC, it was found that whilst many said they would be interested in learning about Entrepreneurship and Innovation , they wouldn't necessarily go out of their way to seek various avenue's and pathways. This can be amended by bringing the E&I to first years,  during orientation week, where they are initially discovering what UC has to offer.

The incorporation of design thinking into the curriculum of first year students in all faculties will be incredibly beneficial, as the design thinking skills learned will produce a significant impact on the entrepreneurship and innovation landscape at UC, which will bring long term and continual benefits to students own professional careers.

 

'''Milestones:'''

== Gain faculty permission to run a UIFresh inspired design thinking workshop for incoming students as part of orientation week. ==

== Oraganise a planning committee of dedicated students who have a vested interest in E&I from a range of background majors. ==

== Analyse existing curriculum for first years and  see what need improvements and amendments. ==

== Introduce new E&I introductory elective courses for first year students ==

== Present a report findings to the faculty and chancellor for implementation ==

== Advise any implementation of changes to the course. ==

= Related Links =

UC UIF Wiki 

[[University of Canberra|University_of_Canberra]]

Spring 2018 UIF

[[Amannda huot|Amannda_huot]]

[[Category:Student Priorities|u]]

Priorities:University of Canberra Student Priorities

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= 2019 Strategic Priorities =

= 2019 Strategy # 1 UC Resources Map =

We recognized that the resources on campus are fragmented with no easily accessible information for students. To foster I&E culture on campus it is a critical to connect these resources as well as highlighting their presence. A simple website and/or app that serves as a navigation tool for students to learn more about I&E resources on and off campus is one method to address this issue. The key goal of this website/app is to improve connectivity of existing

resources and to encourage and promote I&E culture on a broad spectrum. This project takes the multifaceted approach addressing multiple issues at once. The website/app will have different subpages to meet different functional requirement. However, the project can also be considered incremental and be implemented in stages as followed:

 A physical map of campus that identify key locations related to I&E. E.g. location of workshop, maker space, millhouse, working spaces.

 A list of off campus resources and supporting organizations including E24, CBR innovation network, KILN incubator this is essentially the landscape canvas organized and visualized. However, this can also include external services run by graduated or current UC students, for example, “Interation”, a 3D printing service by Jon Clever a recent graduate offering discount to current students. Linking these key resources can allow student to easily access services they need for their ideas.

 A list of coming events related to I&E, information and location of those events. This list should include details like accessibility, ticket requirement and related event.

 Once I&E culture are more grounded at UC, it is expected that the user base for this website will increase along with number of student projects in I&E. In reality, this page can also expand beyond I&E and reach into research projects. With sufficient number of users, students seeking collaboration can be listed as well as available idea and projects open to students to join. For example, architecture student seeking sociology student and urban planning student to participate in an international competition or industrial design student seeking business student to collaborate to commercialize designs. This is aimed to break down barrier and improve cross-disciplinary collaboration and further facilitate campus connectivity.

 A search function from a data base that includes key words and topics of above information, so that students can quickly find resources/events/other students and projects.

 An interlinked community with strong presence is successfully established.

'''Milestones'''

==Location key resources and key project participants==

Finding students/staffs from different faculty to locate and report key resources to list in the website. Students and staff members can be approached through emails, posters or simple spread of words. In this manner, locate IT students and visual communication students to form a collaboration group. Design and build the website. Architecture students can be recruited to model a 3D interactive campus map. All student participants can be rewarded by project experience and friendship. Alternatively, construction of this project can be offered as an experimental course testing collaboration and design initiatives of students.

==Listing projects and events Finding student with real or proposed project to list on the website==

List ongoing research projects at UC, thus the website/app can also be used publicly to promote UC projects. List I&E events on the website with comprehensive details so students can easily access information about future I&E events.

==Promotion and building a positive cycle==

Promote the website through events, lectures and workshops. The website itself will promote events and as such forms a reinforcing cycle of connectivity.

==Maintenance and updates==

Select students to run the website, this is potentially linked to students in the proposed committee/taskforce. Potential to generate income from advertising local business and start-ups purely for the purpose of maintaining website. This is critical because many groups failed to maintain activity, this is potentially due to lack of financial support. Update on a semester basis at the minimal

= 2019 Strategy # 2 UC Student I&E committee =

As identified by Innovation Fellow Amannda Huot, disjointed of resources inhibits uninitiated students to experience I&E opportunities. Where a strong, student-led Innovation committee of students would be incredibly beneficial in promoting the various entrepreneurship resources. Where this student-led innovation committee effectively takes on managerial and promotion responsibilities of I&E on campus. During our research on the current ecosystem we noticed many past on campus I&E projects since 2018 are now inactive. We recognized the importance of continuity of I&E projects, this highlights the importance of updating and maintenance of projects on a timely manner as well as recognizing currently active students will eventually graduate and thus selecting successor is a key step to preserve and further growth of I&E culture. We propose an update on Student Led Innovation Committee that specifically address the issue of ongoing maintenance. Considering UC has assigned staff to manage I&E resources on campus, an I&E taskforce consisting of student representatives and professional staffs is a way to directly manage and control I&E resources, promotion and projects. However, we believe the bottom-up student approach should be maintained in order to maintain that student perspective. However, university staff can select or offer the student representative position to students deemed capable and passionate. With periodic meeting and reports to ensure ongoing maintenance and updates.

'''Milestones'''

== Selecting student representatives ==

An issue the current clubs and societies faced by the university is that some presidents in the club only wanted to obtain the title to display in CV. Selecting student representatives can be conducted by open offer to students and/or selecting passionate students. Regularly meeting should be set between university staff and the student representatives to ensure project and goals are successfully implemented.

== Clearly define roles to student representatives ==

Specific roles should be assigned to student representatives. As an alternative to Amannda Hout’s proposed structure. We suggest a flat structure with specializations. The roles we currently propose include event organizer(s), promotion and media manager(s), projects manager(s) and maintenance officer(s) each having distinctive duties that complements each other.

 Event Organizer(s) – Organization and coordination of I&E events, however the event organizer is also tasked with finding out suitable events and designing them in the context of UC.

 Promotion and media manager(s) – Produce promotional material and media releases on I&E of UC. He or she is also responsible for promoting a general awareness of I&E culture on campus.

 Project manager(s) – Tasked to discover and organizing student I&E projects. The project manager(s) are also capable I&E thinkers who can guide students to imitate their own I&E projects.

 Maintenance officer(s) – are students tasked with collection information from other student representatives. They work closely with all other representatives and university staff to provide continuous updates on I&E culture.

==Ongoing projects and changeovers==
The taskforce’s continuous effort in constructing I&E culture should result in more I&E exposure to students in general. This in turn increases student’s interest in I&E activities, this potentially add new member to the taskforce building a positive cycle. However changeovers are necessary and should be conducted on a yearly basis to ensure long-term sustainability and longevity of I&E culture on campus.

= 2019 Strategy # 3 Cross-disciplinary lectures and workshops =

During our interview with students and meetings with university staff members we discovered that student engagement and education silo are major issues faced by University of Canberra students. From I&E perspective, we noticed that uninitiated students have very little knowledge of I&E resources and opportunities. With no current cross-disciplinary workshop and lectures, we were able to ideate a solution to promote more student engagement with I&E culture and the opportunity to be exposed to other disciplines as well as staff and students from different faculties. The solution we propose are series of cross-disciplinary lectures and workshops focused on I&E concepts. Establish a topic of conversation/lecture or workshop series which is open to all students. For example, a screening of a series of documentaries and films on I&E. “Foundation”, where lecturers from faculty of education, arts and design, science and technology and business are invited to discuss, comment and critic I&E concepts as shown in the film in relation to University of Canberra. While the documentaries can be a way of promoting I&E idea to students, the discussion following the film provides opportunity for student to learn more about I&E in context of Canberra and available local resources. This is also a way of promoting cross disciplinary connection and engagement.

'''Milestones'''

== Deciding suitable events ==

I&E events including lectures and workshops shouldn’t be selected at random. Carefully planned lectures and workshop series should be selected in the suitable context (Canberra) in order to maximize student engagement. Once the topic has been established, identify key participants (including staff from relevant faculties, local I&E network and entrepreneurs) as lecturer/mentors is the next critical stage.

== Promote event through various media ==

One of the biggest issues of UC is lack of cross media promotion of events. To ensure student participation, the lecture/workshop events should be promoted in multiple channels including social media, flyers, emails, newsletters as well as the resource map and I&E task force as suggested in other strategic priorities.

== Review of the event ==

It is very important to review the event to gauge student participating and learning experience. Content, lecturer/mentor of the workshop and lectures can then be modified to improve the coming events. A positive cycle of I&E engagement can only be built with consistent effort.

= Strategy # 4 - UC Cross-Faculty Class =

From our interviews with students we discovered students were not socializing or meeting students from outside their area of study, this has created the effect of ‘educational silos’. A cross-faculty class would enhance connection and engagement and give rise to collaboration

opportunities for I&E across faculties. To address this, a class or program could be designed to bridge the Faculties of Arts & Design (FAD) and Business, Government & Law (BGL). This would give students the opportunity to meet new people, introduce them to new thinking styles, strategies and behaviours and expose them to a broader range of agile skills placing them on a stronger footing when they move forward in their professional journeys.

Milestones

==Approval and support of stakeholders==
Gain permission from important stakeholders from FAD and BGL for a small-scale workshop/prototype, this could be held during orientation week or week 8 of the semester.
==Market research + Prototype==
Interview students and potential teachers to refine topics of interest for class. Organise a small group of interested students/teachers to put protype class together. Hold Prototype Workshop Market event to target students and hold prototype event and take on board feedback for further refinement. Report event results to faculty stakeholders and the chancellor, discuss opportunities for refinement and further events.
==Report Findings and feasibility==
If event is successful organise discussions with university stakeholders for potential to be included in the long term (5+ year) curriculum planning.
==Take it further==
After implementation and review reach out to other faculties and stakeholders (include students) for further collaboration opportunities. How could this be rolled out to create further unique learning and collaboration with areas such as Education, Health and Technology.

= 2018 Overview =

[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6k6Tsfhd9Q0 &nbsp https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6k6Tsfhd9Q0 &nbsp];

= 2018 Strategy #1 - Create a student led Innovation Committee =

Following the research involved in the landscape canvas of UC's current Entrepreneurship and Innovation ecosystem, it becomes clear that UC offers a range of I&E resources that is catered towards the wider entrepreneurship community, that already contain ties to industry. Whilst this is important and beneficial towards the UC community, there is an obvious disconnect of these resources towards students who want an introductory "taste" of I&E, and don't necessarily have any established venture ideas in mind.

This is where the formation of a strong, student-led Innovation committee of students would be incredibly beneficial in promoting the various entrepreneurship resources that we have right on campus. By forming a study body committee from all faculties, marketing and promoting can significantly drive an increase of students coming from a diverse breadth of disciplines and majors. This promotion will come in the form of events, activities, guerilla marketing, which will occur over a cross-platform social media and in conjunction with relevant UC marketing officers  

'''Milestones:'''

== Recruit and elect suitable student leaders who will form an Innovation Committee ==

Upon initially starting UIF training, I spoke to many students who were interested in design thinking, yet didn’t know which avenues to pursue these interests. By having a nominated  current student in their faculty whom can be easily approached and contacted via e-mail, students can have a casual person to contact to ease any hesitations that may have occurred prior when having to contact a faculty member. 

== Allocate roles to recruited student leaders (President, Vice-President, treasurer, 1st Year Leader, Event Organiser etc.) ==

Once student change agents have been nominated, contacted and have accepted their position and responsibilities we can start allocating certain roles they would fulfill. This will occur in conjunction with meetings and brainstorming sessions discussing what problems they have encountered in their own faculty and what possible solutions the group can brainstorm and collaborate on. 

== Plan a series of related events that highlight and advertise UC's Entrepreneurship resources ==

A 3 day event that could tie in with Innovation Week that includes pop-up stalls on the concourse that highlights design thinking and inclusion. These stalls/classes/events would be promoted as low-cost and in general a fun introduction to what design thinking can entail. 

== Involve local industry to promote UC's E&I ecosystem ==

Once the committee has established itself as a strong student innovation committee driving a student movement through events,  the committee can then start approaching local industry to start bridging the gap between student and industry before graduation.

== Perform effective changeover of roles to incoming students as current student leaders graduate. ==

Annually, a changeover should occur in which current student change agents should handover the roles. This process would involve mentoring, in order to continue developing projects so that there is long-term sustainability and longevity of student innovation and entrepreneurship at UC.  

= Strategy #2 - Women in STEM and design summit =

Examining the current innovation and entrepreneurial clubs and societies during Market Day on O'Week, I was disappointed to see no female representation. From ICT, coding, and entrepreneurship  based societies, no females were present in promoting the clubs awareness. Having stayed and observed a society that promoted entrepreneurship/design thinking, the two most common things spoken by women when expressing their hesitations to join was “My idea in mind isn’t to be an entrepreneur” or “ I wouldn’t fit in well”. Another common quote spoken was  "I'm not an entrepreneurial type person, but I am interested in design thinking”. Having interviewed the president of this club in regards to female representation, he said that there are actually more female members than male, yet when it got to the stage of pursuing a start up, women tended to drop off towards the later stages.

By having a UC Women in STEM and Design Summit we are providing a platform for female ambassadors who are trailblazer's in their respective fields to share their stories and experiences towards the UC community, specifically young women who previously may have been disadvantaged and had to overcome obstacles and challenges as a woman in a male dominated industry. 

'''Milestones:'''

== Organise an initial meeting with faculty members ==

Undergoing UIF training encouraged me to seek and pursue all resources on campus leading to innovation and entrepreneurship, uncovering networks of faculties whom are highly interested In the student experience and are willing to help student initiatives. By having an early meeting, faculty will be able to give us links to networks whom can help facilitate and aid our event.

== Allocate an appropriate date location and time for event ==

Once the event has been discussed with relevant administration and faculty, we can then start allocating a date that fits in appropriately with the academic calendar for  the incoming (or next) year. From there an appropriate location will be booked with times to be later confirmed

== Reach out to female community leaders for interest ==

This will either occur via e-mail or ideally in person through community events, such as the SheLeads conferences whereby we can pitch our idea to female trailblazers in hope that they too share the passion for advocacy at a higher education level.

== Write up attendee list and agenda ==

After having previously contacted and communicated interest from relevant leader, start organizing attendee list and agenda which should be immersive and experiential in the design thinking process.

== Formally invite guest speakers to attend summit ==

== Prepare resources and materials for summit  ==

= Strategy #3 - Establishing an Entrepreneurship & Innovation Help Centre for students on campus =

With the release of UC's latest strategic plan 'Distinctive by Design' which outlines UC's own milestone endeavors for the years 2018-2022, Entrepreneurship and Innovation  was at the forefront for strategic importance to the Institution. Therefore, an invested interest should occur in the establishment of an E&I Help Centre on campus, a common hub whereby students can receive advice whilst developing a passion for I&E principles. This goal can easily occur in a pre-established location on campus.

This facility will possess a wide range of built in amenities and facilitative collaboration spaces, from engineering styled labs to open conference room where students can convene to work on group assessments.  It will be a multi purpose space for students, and by students, which can home all club and society meetings and events.  This space can also be used to incubate the beginnings of UC's first startup's in the future.  UPDATE : After further investigation an opening  branch of innovation and entrepreneurship help style center for students called Engage UC, has occurred as a very recent development, opening an avenue for students to be involved.  

 '''Milestones:'''

== Seek whether there is sufficient demand from students and faculty ==

Uncover a thorough analysis amongst students across campus on their level of interest in this type of support and whether they would use it, after having explained and shown how I&E can be highly relevant and useful towards their own degrees.

== Establish rapport with relevant faculty and administration  ==

Schedule a meeting with faculty leaders to pitch ideas of an innovation space for students with the sole purpose of generating feedback and the feasibility of the on the prospect of either utilizing a pre-existing space or seeking  the foundations of a new space.

== Locate sufficient funding (grants, Student Services and Amenities Fee etc.)  ==

Go to the government homepage and scour the website to help find sources towards grants towards innovation and entrepreneurship for students in higher education, and apply for the relevant  grants.

== Source the relevant people to mange the help centre ==

== Utalise the center as a connection point to resources both on and off campus. ==

== Launch of the E&I help centre  ==

= Strategy #4 - Incorporate a UIFresh approach to curriculum for first year's =

During interviews with incoming first year students at UC, it was found that whilst many said they would be interested in learning about Entrepreneurship and Innovation , they wouldn't necessarily go out of their way to seek various avenue's and pathways. This can be amended by bringing the E&I to first years,  during orientation week, where they are initially discovering what UC has to offer.

The incorporation of design thinking into the curriculum of first year students in all faculties will be incredibly beneficial, as the design thinking skills learned will produce a significant impact on the entrepreneurship and innovation landscape at UC, which will bring long term and continual benefits to students own professional careers.

 

'''Milestones:'''

== Gain faculty permission to run a UIFresh inspired design thinking workshop for incoming students as part of orientation week. ==

== Oraganise a planning committee of dedicated students who have a vested interest in E&I from a range of background majors. ==

== Analyse existing curriculum for first years and  see what need improvements and amendments. ==

== Introduce new E&I introductory elective courses for first year students ==

== Present a report findings to the faculty and chancellor for implementation ==

== Advise any implementation of changes to the course. ==

= Related Links =

UC UIF Wiki 

[[University of Canberra|University_of_Canberra]]

Spring 2018 UIF

[[Amannda huot|Amannda_huot]]

[[Category:Student Priorities|u]]

Priorities:University of Canberra Student Priorities

2019-10-04T01:21:40Z

U3188699:

= 2019 Strategic Priorities =

= 2019 Strategy # 1 UC Resources Map =

We recognized that the resources on campus are fragmented with no easily accessible information for students. To foster I&E culture on campus it is a critical to connect these resources as well as highlighting their presence. A simple website and/or app that serves as a navigation tool for students to learn more about I&E resources on and off campus is one method to address this issue. The key goal of this website/app is to improve connectivity of existing

resources and to encourage and promote I&E culture on a broad spectrum. This project takes the multifaceted approach addressing multiple issues at once. The website/app will have different subpages to meet different functional requirement. However, the project can also be considered incremental and be implemented in stages as followed:

 A physical map of campus that identify key locations related to I&E. E.g. location of workshop, maker space, millhouse, working spaces.

 A list of off campus resources and supporting organizations including E24, CBR innovation network, KILN incubator this is essentially the landscape canvas organized and visualized. However, this can also include external services run by graduated or current UC students, for example, “Interation”, a 3D printing service by Jon Clever a recent graduate offering discount to current students. Linking these key resources can allow student to easily access services they need for their ideas.

 A list of coming events related to I&E, information and location of those events. This list should include details like accessibility, ticket requirement and related event.

 Once I&E culture are more grounded at UC, it is expected that the user base for this website will increase along with number of student projects in I&E. In reality, this page can also expand beyond I&E and reach into research projects. With sufficient number of users, students seeking collaboration can be listed as well as available idea and projects open to students to join. For example, architecture student seeking sociology student and urban planning student to participate in an international competition or industrial design student seeking business student to collaborate to commercialize designs. This is aimed to break down barrier and improve cross-disciplinary collaboration and further facilitate campus connectivity.

 A search function from a data base that includes key words and topics of above information, so that students can quickly find resources/events/other students and projects.

 An interlinked community with strong presence is successfully established.

'''Milestones'''

==Location key resources and key project participants==

Finding students/staffs from different faculty to locate and report key resources to list in the website. Students and staff members can be approached through emails, posters or simple spread of words. In this manner, locate IT students and visual communication students to form a collaboration group. Design and build the website. Architecture students can be recruited to model a 3D interactive campus map. All student participants can be rewarded by project experience and friendship. Alternatively, construction of this project can be offered as an experimental course testing collaboration and design initiatives of students.

==Listing projects and events Finding student with real or proposed project to list on the website==

List ongoing research projects at UC, thus the website/app can also be used publicly to promote UC projects. List I&E events on the website with comprehensive details so students can easily access information about future I&E events.

==Promotion and building a positive cycle==

Promote the website through events, lectures and workshops. The website itself will promote events and as such forms a reinforcing cycle of connectivity.

==Maintenance and updates==

Select students to run the website, this is potentially linked to students in the proposed committee/taskforce. Potential to generate income from advertising local business and start-ups purely for the purpose of maintaining website. This is critical because many groups failed to maintain activity, this is potentially due to lack of financial support. Update on a semester basis at the minimal

= 2019 Strategy # 2 UC Student I&E committee =

As identified by Innovation Fellow Amannda Huot, disjointed of resources inhibits uninitiated students to experience I&E opportunities. Where a strong, student-led Innovation committee of students would be incredibly beneficial in promoting the various entrepreneurship resources. Where this student-led innovation committee effectively takes on managerial and promotion responsibilities of I&E on campus. During our research on the current ecosystem we noticed many past on campus I&E projects since 2018 are now inactive. We recognized the importance of continuity of I&E projects, this highlights the importance of updating and maintenance of projects on a timely manner as well as recognizing currently active students will eventually graduate and thus selecting successor is a key step to preserve and further growth of I&E culture. We propose an update on Student Led Innovation Committee that specifically address the issue of ongoing maintenance. Considering UC has assigned staff to manage I&E resources on campus, an I&E taskforce consisting of student representatives and professional staffs is a way to directly manage and control I&E resources, promotion and projects. However, we believe the bottom-up student approach should be maintained in order to maintain that student perspective. However, university staff can select or offer the student representative position to students deemed capable and passionate. With periodic meeting and reports to ensure ongoing maintenance and updates.

'''Milestones'''

== Selecting student representatives ==

An issue the current clubs and societies faced by the university is that some presidents in the club only wanted to obtain the title to display in CV. Selecting student representatives can be conducted by open offer to students and/or selecting passionate students. Regularly meeting should be set between university staff and the student representatives to ensure project and goals are successfully implemented.

== Clearly define roles to student representatives ==

Specific roles should be assigned to student representatives. As an alternative to Amannda Hout’s proposed structure. We suggest a flat structure with specializations. The roles we currently propose include event organizer(s), promotion and media manager(s), projects manager(s) and maintenance officer(s) each having distinctive duties that complements each other.

 Event Organizer(s) – Organization and coordination of I&E events, however the event organizer is also tasked with finding out suitable events and designing them in the context of UC.

 Promotion and media manager(s) – Produce promotional material and media releases on I&E of UC. He or she is also responsible for promoting a general awareness of I&E culture on campus.

 Project manager(s) – Tasked to discover and organizing student I&E projects. The project manager(s) are also capable I&E thinkers who can guide students to imitate their own I&E projects.

 Maintenance officer(s) – are students tasked with collection information from other student representatives. They work closely with all other representatives and university staff to provide continuous updates on I&E culture.

==Ongoing projects and changeovers==
The taskforce’s continuous effort in constructing I&E culture should result in more I&E exposure to students in general. This in turn increases student’s interest in I&E activities, this potentially add new member to the taskforce building a positive cycle. However changeovers are necessary and should be conducted on a yearly basis to ensure long-term sustainability and longevity of I&E culture on campus.

= 2019 Strategy # 3 Cross-disciplinary lectures and workshops =

During our interview with students and meetings with university staff members we discovered that student engagement and education silo are major issues faced by University of Canberra students. From I&E perspective, we noticed that uninitiated students have very little knowledge of I&E resources and opportunities. With no current cross-disciplinary workshop and lectures, we were able to ideate a solution to promote more student engagement with I&E culture and the opportunity to be exposed to other disciplines as well as staff and students from different faculties. The solution we propose are series of cross-disciplinary lectures and workshops focused on I&E concepts. Establish a topic of conversation/lecture or workshop series which is open to all students. For example, a screening of a series of documentaries and films on I&E. “Foundation”, where lecturers from faculty of education, arts and design, science and technology and business are invited to discuss, comment and critic I&E concepts as shown in the film in relation to University of Canberra. While the documentaries can be a way of promoting I&E idea to students, the discussion following the film provides opportunity for student to learn more about I&E in context of Canberra and available local resources. This is also a way of promoting cross disciplinary connection and engagement.

'''Milestones'''

== Deciding suitable events ==

I&E events including lectures and workshops shouldn’t be selected at random. Carefully planned lectures and workshop series should be selected in the suitable context (Canberra) in order to maximize student engagement. Once the topic has been established, identify key participants (including staff from relevant faculties, local I&E network and entrepreneurs) as lecturer/mentors is the next critical stage.

== Promote event through various media ==

One of the biggest issues of UC is lack of cross media promotion of events. To ensure student participation, the lecture/workshop events should be promoted in multiple channels including social media, flyers, emails, newsletters as well as the resource map and I&E task force as suggested in other strategic priorities.

== Review of the event ==

It is very important to review the event to gauge student participating and learning experience. Content, lecturer/mentor of the workshop and lectures can then be modified to improve the coming events. A positive cycle of I&E engagement can only be built with consistent effort.

= Strategy # 4 - UC Cross-Faculty Class =

From our interviews with students we discovered students were not socializing or meeting students from outside their area of study, this has created the effect of ‘educational silos’. A cross-faculty class would enhance connection and engagement and give rise to collaboration

opportunities for I&E across faculties. To address this, a class or program could be designed to bridge the Faculties of Arts & Design (FAD) and Business, Government & Law (BGL). This would give students the opportunity to meet new people, introduce them to new thinking styles, strategies and behaviours and expose them to a broader range of agile skills placing them on a stronger footing when they move forward in their professional journeys.

Milestones

==Approval and support of stakeholders==
Gain permission from important stakeholders from FAD and BGL for a small-scale workshop/prototype, this could be held during orientation week or week 8 of the semester.
==Market research + Prototype==
Interview students and potential teachers to refine topics of interest for class. Organise a small group of interested students/teachers to put protype class together. Hold Prototype Workshop Market event to target students and hold prototype event and take on board feedback for further refinement. Report event results to faculty stakeholders and the chancellor, discuss opportunities for refinement and further events.
==Report Findings and feasibility==
If event is successful organise discussions with university stakeholders for potential to be included in the long term (5+ year) curriculum planning.
==Take it further==
After implementation and review reach out to other faculties and stakeholders (include students) for further collaboration opportunities. How could this be rolled out to create further unique learning and collaboration with areas such as Education, Health and Technology.

= 2018 Overview =

[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6k6Tsfhd9Q0 &nbsp https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6k6Tsfhd9Q0 &nbsp];

= Strategy #1 - Create a student led Innovation Committee =

Following the research involved in the landscape canvas of UC's current Entrepreneurship and Innovation ecosystem, it becomes clear that UC offers a range of I&E resources that is catered towards the wider entrepreneurship community, that already contain ties to industry. Whilst this is important and beneficial towards the UC community, there is an obvious disconnect of these resources towards students who want an introductory "taste" of I&E, and don't necessarily have any established venture ideas in mind.

This is where the formation of a strong, student-led Innovation committee of students would be incredibly beneficial in promoting the various entrepreneurship resources that we have right on campus. By forming a study body committee from all faculties, marketing and promoting can significantly drive an increase of students coming from a diverse breadth of disciplines and majors. This promotion will come in the form of events, activities, guerilla marketing, which will occur over a cross-platform social media and in conjunction with relevant UC marketing officers  

'''Milestones:'''

== Recruit and elect suitable student leaders who will form an Innovation Committee ==

Upon initially starting UIF training, I spoke to many students who were interested in design thinking, yet didn’t know which avenues to pursue these interests. By having a nominated  current student in their faculty whom can be easily approached and contacted via e-mail, students can have a casual person to contact to ease any hesitations that may have occurred prior when having to contact a faculty member. 

== Allocate roles to recruited student leaders (President, Vice-President, treasurer, 1st Year Leader, Event Organiser etc.) ==

Once student change agents have been nominated, contacted and have accepted their position and responsibilities we can start allocating certain roles they would fulfill. This will occur in conjunction with meetings and brainstorming sessions discussing what problems they have encountered in their own faculty and what possible solutions the group can brainstorm and collaborate on. 

== Plan a series of related events that highlight and advertise UC's Entrepreneurship resources ==

A 3 day event that could tie in with Innovation Week that includes pop-up stalls on the concourse that highlights design thinking and inclusion. These stalls/classes/events would be promoted as low-cost and in general a fun introduction to what design thinking can entail. 

== Involve local industry to promote UC's E&I ecosystem ==

Once the committee has established itself as a strong student innovation committee driving a student movement through events,  the committee can then start approaching local industry to start bridging the gap between student and industry before graduation.

== Perform effective changeover of roles to incoming students as current student leaders graduate. ==

Annually, a changeover should occur in which current student change agents should handover the roles. This process would involve mentoring, in order to continue developing projects so that there is long-term sustainability and longevity of student innovation and entrepreneurship at UC.  

= Strategy #2 - Women in STEM and design summit =

Examining the current innovation and entrepreneurial clubs and societies during Market Day on O'Week, I was disappointed to see no female representation. From ICT, coding, and entrepreneurship  based societies, no females were present in promoting the clubs awareness. Having stayed and observed a society that promoted entrepreneurship/design thinking, the two most common things spoken by women when expressing their hesitations to join was “My idea in mind isn’t to be an entrepreneur” or “ I wouldn’t fit in well”. Another common quote spoken was  "I'm not an entrepreneurial type person, but I am interested in design thinking”. Having interviewed the president of this club in regards to female representation, he said that there are actually more female members than male, yet when it got to the stage of pursuing a start up, women tended to drop off towards the later stages.

By having a UC Women in STEM and Design Summit we are providing a platform for female ambassadors who are trailblazer's in their respective fields to share their stories and experiences towards the UC community, specifically young women who previously may have been disadvantaged and had to overcome obstacles and challenges as a woman in a male dominated industry. 

'''Milestones:'''

== Organise an initial meeting with faculty members ==

Undergoing UIF training encouraged me to seek and pursue all resources on campus leading to innovation and entrepreneurship, uncovering networks of faculties whom are highly interested In the student experience and are willing to help student initiatives. By having an early meeting, faculty will be able to give us links to networks whom can help facilitate and aid our event.

== Allocate an appropriate date location and time for event ==

Once the event has been discussed with relevant administration and faculty, we can then start allocating a date that fits in appropriately with the academic calendar for  the incoming (or next) year. From there an appropriate location will be booked with times to be later confirmed

== Reach out to female community leaders for interest ==

This will either occur via e-mail or ideally in person through community events, such as the SheLeads conferences whereby we can pitch our idea to female trailblazers in hope that they too share the passion for advocacy at a higher education level.

== Write up attendee list and agenda ==

After having previously contacted and communicated interest from relevant leader, start organizing attendee list and agenda which should be immersive and experiential in the design thinking process.

== Formally invite guest speakers to attend summit ==

== Prepare resources and materials for summit  ==

= Strategy #3 - Establishing an Entrepreneurship & Innovation Help Centre for students on campus =

With the release of UC's latest strategic plan 'Distinctive by Design' which outlines UC's own milestone endeavors for the years 2018-2022, Entrepreneurship and Innovation  was at the forefront for strategic importance to the Institution. Therefore, an invested interest should occur in the establishment of an E&I Help Centre on campus, a common hub whereby students can receive advice whilst developing a passion for I&E principles. This goal can easily occur in a pre-established location on campus.

This facility will possess a wide range of built in amenities and facilitative collaboration spaces, from engineering styled labs to open conference room where students can convene to work on group assessments.  It will be a multi purpose space for students, and by students, which can home all club and society meetings and events.  This space can also be used to incubate the beginnings of UC's first startup's in the future.  UPDATE : After further investigation an opening  branch of innovation and entrepreneurship help style center for students called Engage UC, has occurred as a very recent development, opening an avenue for students to be involved.  

 '''Milestones:'''

== Seek whether there is sufficient demand from students and faculty ==

Uncover a thorough analysis amongst students across campus on their level of interest in this type of support and whether they would use it, after having explained and shown how I&E can be highly relevant and useful towards their own degrees.

== Establish rapport with relevant faculty and administration  ==

Schedule a meeting with faculty leaders to pitch ideas of an innovation space for students with the sole purpose of generating feedback and the feasibility of the on the prospect of either utilizing a pre-existing space or seeking  the foundations of a new space.

== Locate sufficient funding (grants, Student Services and Amenities Fee etc.)  ==

Go to the government homepage and scour the website to help find sources towards grants towards innovation and entrepreneurship for students in higher education, and apply for the relevant  grants.

== Source the relevant people to mange the help centre ==

== Utalise the center as a connection point to resources both on and off campus. ==

== Launch of the E&I help centre  ==

= Strategy #4 - Incorporate a UIFresh approach to curriculum for first year's =

During interviews with incoming first year students at UC, it was found that whilst many said they would be interested in learning about Entrepreneurship and Innovation , they wouldn't necessarily go out of their way to seek various avenue's and pathways. This can be amended by bringing the E&I to first years,  during orientation week, where they are initially discovering what UC has to offer.

The incorporation of design thinking into the curriculum of first year students in all faculties will be incredibly beneficial, as the design thinking skills learned will produce a significant impact on the entrepreneurship and innovation landscape at UC, which will bring long term and continual benefits to students own professional careers.

 

'''Milestones:'''

== Gain faculty permission to run a UIFresh inspired design thinking workshop for incoming students as part of orientation week. ==

== Oraganise a planning committee of dedicated students who have a vested interest in E&I from a range of background majors. ==

== Analyse existing curriculum for first years and  see what need improvements and amendments. ==

== Introduce new E&I introductory elective courses for first year students ==

== Present a report findings to the faculty and chancellor for implementation ==

== Advise any implementation of changes to the course. ==

= Related Links =

UC UIF Wiki 

[[University of Canberra|University_of_Canberra]]

Spring 2018 UIF

[[Amannda huot|Amannda_huot]]

[[Category:Student Priorities|u]]

Priorities:University of Canberra Student Priorities

2019-10-04T01:19:58Z

U3188699:

= 2019 Strategic Priorities =

= 2019 Strategy # 1 UC Resources Map =

We recognized that the resources on campus are fragmented with no easily accessible information for students. To foster I&E culture on campus it is a critical to connect these resources as well as highlighting their presence. A simple website and/or app that serves as a navigation tool for students to learn more about I&E resources on and off campus is one method to address this issue. The key goal of this website/app is to improve connectivity of existing

resources and to encourage and promote I&E culture on a broad spectrum. This project takes the multifaceted approach addressing multiple issues at once. The website/app will have different subpages to meet different functional requirement. However, the project can also be considered incremental and be implemented in stages as followed:

 A physical map of campus that identify key locations related to I&E. E.g. location of workshop, maker space, millhouse, working spaces.

 A list of off campus resources and supporting organizations including E24, CBR innovation network, KILN incubator this is essentially the landscape canvas organized and visualized. However, this can also include external services run by graduated or current UC students, for example, “Interation”, a 3D printing service by Jon Clever a recent graduate offering discount to current students. Linking these key resources can allow student to easily access services they need for their ideas.

 A list of coming events related to I&E, information and location of those events. This list should include details like accessibility, ticket requirement and related event.

 Once I&E culture are more grounded at UC, it is expected that the user base for this website will increase along with number of student projects in I&E. In reality, this page can also expand beyond I&E and reach into research projects. With sufficient number of users, students seeking collaboration can be listed as well as available idea and projects open to students to join. For example, architecture student seeking sociology student and urban planning student to participate in an international competition or industrial design student seeking business student to collaborate to commercialize designs. This is aimed to break down barrier and improve cross-disciplinary collaboration and further facilitate campus connectivity.

 A search function from a data base that includes key words and topics of above information, so that students can quickly find resources/events/other students and projects.

 An interlinked community with strong presence is successfully established.

'''Milestones'''

==Location key resources and key project participants==

Finding students/staffs from different faculty to locate and report key resources to list in the website. Students and staff members can be approached through emails, posters or simple spread of words. In this manner, locate IT students and visual communication students to form a collaboration group. Design and build the website. Architecture students can be recruited to model a 3D interactive campus map. All student participants can be rewarded by project experience and friendship. Alternatively, construction of this project can be offered as an experimental course testing collaboration and design initiatives of students.

==Listing projects and events Finding student with real or proposed project to list on the website==

List ongoing research projects at UC, thus the website/app can also be used publicly to promote UC projects. List I&E events on the website with comprehensive details so students can easily access information about future I&E events.

==Promotion and building a positive cycle==

Promote the website through events, lectures and workshops. The website itself will promote events and as such forms a reinforcing cycle of connectivity.

==Maintenance and updates==

Select students to run the website, this is potentially linked to students in the proposed committee/taskforce. Potential to generate income from advertising local business and start-ups purely for the purpose of maintaining website. This is critical because many groups failed to maintain activity, this is potentially due to lack of financial support. Update on a semester basis at the minimal

= 2019 Strategy # 2 UC Student I&E committee =

As identified by Innovation Fellow Amannda Huot, disjointed of resources inhibits uninitiated students to experience I&E opportunities. Where a strong, student-led Innovation committee of students would be incredibly beneficial in promoting the various entrepreneurship resources. Where this student-led innovation committee effectively takes on managerial and promotion responsibilities of I&E on campus. During our research on the current ecosystem we noticed many past on campus I&E projects since 2018 are now inactive. We recognized the importance of continuity of I&E projects, this highlights the importance of updating and maintenance of projects on a timely manner as well as recognizing currently active students will eventually graduate and thus selecting successor is a key step to preserve and further growth of I&E culture. We propose an update on Student Led Innovation Committee that specifically address the issue of ongoing maintenance. Considering UC has assigned staff to manage I&E resources on campus, an I&E taskforce consisting of student representatives and professional staffs is a way to directly manage and control I&E resources, promotion and projects. However, we believe the bottom-up student approach should be maintained in order to maintain that student perspective. However, university staff can select or offer the student representative position to students deemed capable and passionate. With periodic meeting and reports to ensure ongoing maintenance and updates.

'''Milestones'''

== Selecting student representatives ==

An issue the current clubs and societies faced by the university is that some presidents in the club only wanted to obtain the title to display in CV. Selecting student representatives can be conducted by open offer to students and/or selecting passionate students. Regularly meeting should be set between university staff and the student representatives to ensure project and goals are successfully implemented.

== Clearly define roles to student representatives ==

Specific roles should be assigned to student representatives. As an alternative to Amannda Hout’s proposed structure. We suggest a flat structure with specializations. The roles we currently propose include event organizer(s), promotion and media manager(s), projects manager(s) and maintenance officer(s) each having distinctive duties that complements each other.

 Event Organizer(s) – Organization and coordination of I&E events, however the event organizer is also tasked with finding out suitable events and designing them in the context of UC.

 Promotion and media manager(s) – Produce promotional material and media releases on I&E of UC. He or she is also responsible for promoting a general awareness of I&E culture on campus.

 Project manager(s) – Tasked to discover and organizing student I&E projects. The project manager(s) are also capable I&E thinkers who can guide students to imitate their own I&E projects.

 Maintenance officer(s) – are students tasked with collection information from other student representatives. They work closely with all other representatives and university staff to provide continuous updates on I&E culture.

==Ongoing projects and changeovers==
The taskforce’s continuous effort in constructing I&E culture should result in more I&E exposure to students in general. This in turn increases student’s interest in I&E activities, this potentially add new member to the taskforce building a positive cycle. However changeovers are necessary and should be conducted on a yearly basis to ensure long-term sustainability and longevity of I&E culture on campus.

= 2019 Strategy # 3 Cross-disciplinary lectures and workshops =

During our interview with students and meetings with university staff members we discovered that student engagement and education silo are major issues faced by University of Canberra students. From I&E perspective, we noticed that uninitiated students have very little knowledge of I&E resources and opportunities. With no current cross-disciplinary workshop and lectures, we were able to ideate a solution to promote more student engagement with I&E culture and the opportunity to be exposed to other disciplines as well as staff and students from different faculties. The solution we propose are series of cross-disciplinary lectures and workshops focused on I&E concepts. Establish a topic of conversation/lecture or workshop series which is open to all students. For example, a screening of a series of documentaries and films on I&E. “Foundation”, where lecturers from faculty of education, arts and design, science and technology and business are invited to discuss, comment and critic I&E concepts as shown in the film in relation to University of Canberra. While the documentaries can be a way of promoting I&E idea to students, the discussion following the film provides opportunity for student to learn more about I&E in context of Canberra and available local resources. This is also a way of promoting cross disciplinary connection and engagement.

'''Milestones'''

== Deciding suitable events ==

I&E events including lectures and workshops shouldn’t be selected at random. Carefully planned lectures and workshop series should be selected in the suitable context (Canberra) in order to maximize student engagement. Once the topic has been established, identify key participants (including staff from relevant faculties, local I&E network and entrepreneurs) as lecturer/mentors is the next critical stage.

== Promote event through various media ==

One of the biggest issues of UC is lack of cross media promotion of events. To ensure student participation, the lecture/workshop events should be promoted in multiple channels including social media, flyers, emails, newsletters as well as the resource map and I&E task force as suggested in other strategic priorities.

== Review of the event ==

It is very important to review the event to gauge student participating and learning experience. Content, lecturer/mentor of the workshop and lectures can then be modified to improve the coming events. A positive cycle of I&E engagement can only be built with consistent effort.

= Strategy # 4 - UC Cross-Faculty Class =

From our interviews with students we discovered students were not socializing or meeting students from outside their area of study, this has created the effect of ‘educational silos’. A cross-faculty class would enhance connection and engagement and give rise to collaboration

opportunities for I&E across faculties. To address this, a class or program could be designed to bridge the Faculties of Arts & Design (FAD) and Business, Government & Law (BGL). This would give students the opportunity to meet new people, introduce them to new thinking styles, strategies and behaviours and expose them to a broader range of agile skills placing them on a stronger footing when they move forward in their professional journeys.

== Milestones ==

Approval and support of stakeholders Gain permission from important stakeholders from FAD and BGL for a small-scale workshop/prototype, this could be held during orientation week or week 8 of the semester. Market research + Prototype Interview students and potential teachers to refine topics of interest for class. Organise a small group of interested students/teachers to put protype class together. Hold Prototype Workshop Market event to target students and hold prototype event and take on board feedback for further refinement. Report event results to faculty stakeholders and the chancellor, discuss opportunities for refinement and further events. Report Findings and feasibility If event is successful organise discussions with university stakeholders for potential to be included in the long term (5+ year) curriculum planning. Take it further After implementation and review reach out to other faculties and stakeholders (include students) for further collaboration opportunities. How could this be rolled out to create further unique learning and collaboration with areas such as Education, Health and Technology.

= 2018 Overview =

[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6k6Tsfhd9Q0 &nbsp https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6k6Tsfhd9Q0 &nbsp];

= Strategy #1 - Create a student led Innovation Committee =

Following the research involved in the landscape canvas of UC's current Entrepreneurship and Innovation ecosystem, it becomes clear that UC offers a range of I&E resources that is catered towards the wider entrepreneurship community, that already contain ties to industry. Whilst this is important and beneficial towards the UC community, there is an obvious disconnect of these resources towards students who want an introductory "taste" of I&E, and don't necessarily have any established venture ideas in mind.

This is where the formation of a strong, student-led Innovation committee of students would be incredibly beneficial in promoting the various entrepreneurship resources that we have right on campus. By forming a study body committee from all faculties, marketing and promoting can significantly drive an increase of students coming from a diverse breadth of disciplines and majors. This promotion will come in the form of events, activities, guerilla marketing, which will occur over a cross-platform social media and in conjunction with relevant UC marketing officers  

'''Milestones:'''

== Recruit and elect suitable student leaders who will form an Innovation Committee ==

Upon initially starting UIF training, I spoke to many students who were interested in design thinking, yet didn’t know which avenues to pursue these interests. By having a nominated  current student in their faculty whom can be easily approached and contacted via e-mail, students can have a casual person to contact to ease any hesitations that may have occurred prior when having to contact a faculty member. 

== Allocate roles to recruited student leaders (President, Vice-President, treasurer, 1st Year Leader, Event Organiser etc.) ==

Once student change agents have been nominated, contacted and have accepted their position and responsibilities we can start allocating certain roles they would fulfill. This will occur in conjunction with meetings and brainstorming sessions discussing what problems they have encountered in their own faculty and what possible solutions the group can brainstorm and collaborate on. 

== Plan a series of related events that highlight and advertise UC's Entrepreneurship resources ==

A 3 day event that could tie in with Innovation Week that includes pop-up stalls on the concourse that highlights design thinking and inclusion. These stalls/classes/events would be promoted as low-cost and in general a fun introduction to what design thinking can entail. 

== Involve local industry to promote UC's E&I ecosystem ==

Once the committee has established itself as a strong student innovation committee driving a student movement through events,  the committee can then start approaching local industry to start bridging the gap between student and industry before graduation.

== Perform effective changeover of roles to incoming students as current student leaders graduate. ==

Annually, a changeover should occur in which current student change agents should handover the roles. This process would involve mentoring, in order to continue developing projects so that there is long-term sustainability and longevity of student innovation and entrepreneurship at UC.  

= Strategy #2 - Women in STEM and design summit =

Examining the current innovation and entrepreneurial clubs and societies during Market Day on O'Week, I was disappointed to see no female representation. From ICT, coding, and entrepreneurship  based societies, no females were present in promoting the clubs awareness. Having stayed and observed a society that promoted entrepreneurship/design thinking, the two most common things spoken by women when expressing their hesitations to join was “My idea in mind isn’t to be an entrepreneur” or “ I wouldn’t fit in well”. Another common quote spoken was  "I'm not an entrepreneurial type person, but I am interested in design thinking”. Having interviewed the president of this club in regards to female representation, he said that there are actually more female members than male, yet when it got to the stage of pursuing a start up, women tended to drop off towards the later stages.

By having a UC Women in STEM and Design Summit we are providing a platform for female ambassadors who are trailblazer's in their respective fields to share their stories and experiences towards the UC community, specifically young women who previously may have been disadvantaged and had to overcome obstacles and challenges as a woman in a male dominated industry. 

'''Milestones:'''

== Organise an initial meeting with faculty members ==

Undergoing UIF training encouraged me to seek and pursue all resources on campus leading to innovation and entrepreneurship, uncovering networks of faculties whom are highly interested In the student experience and are willing to help student initiatives. By having an early meeting, faculty will be able to give us links to networks whom can help facilitate and aid our event.

== Allocate an appropriate date location and time for event ==

Once the event has been discussed with relevant administration and faculty, we can then start allocating a date that fits in appropriately with the academic calendar for  the incoming (or next) year. From there an appropriate location will be booked with times to be later confirmed

== Reach out to female community leaders for interest ==

This will either occur via e-mail or ideally in person through community events, such as the SheLeads conferences whereby we can pitch our idea to female trailblazers in hope that they too share the passion for advocacy at a higher education level.

== Write up attendee list and agenda ==

After having previously contacted and communicated interest from relevant leader, start organizing attendee list and agenda which should be immersive and experiential in the design thinking process.

== Formally invite guest speakers to attend summit ==

== Prepare resources and materials for summit  ==

= Strategy #3 - Establishing an Entrepreneurship & Innovation Help Centre for students on campus =

With the release of UC's latest strategic plan 'Distinctive by Design' which outlines UC's own milestone endeavors for the years 2018-2022, Entrepreneurship and Innovation  was at the forefront for strategic importance to the Institution. Therefore, an invested interest should occur in the establishment of an E&I Help Centre on campus, a common hub whereby students can receive advice whilst developing a passion for I&E principles. This goal can easily occur in a pre-established location on campus.

This facility will possess a wide range of built in amenities and facilitative collaboration spaces, from engineering styled labs to open conference room where students can convene to work on group assessments.  It will be a multi purpose space for students, and by students, which can home all club and society meetings and events.  This space can also be used to incubate the beginnings of UC's first startup's in the future.  UPDATE : After further investigation an opening  branch of innovation and entrepreneurship help style center for students called Engage UC, has occurred as a very recent development, opening an avenue for students to be involved.  

 '''Milestones:'''

== Seek whether there is sufficient demand from students and faculty ==

Uncover a thorough analysis amongst students across campus on their level of interest in this type of support and whether they would use it, after having explained and shown how I&E can be highly relevant and useful towards their own degrees.

== Establish rapport with relevant faculty and administration  ==

Schedule a meeting with faculty leaders to pitch ideas of an innovation space for students with the sole purpose of generating feedback and the feasibility of the on the prospect of either utilizing a pre-existing space or seeking  the foundations of a new space.

== Locate sufficient funding (grants, Student Services and Amenities Fee etc.)  ==

Go to the government homepage and scour the website to help find sources towards grants towards innovation and entrepreneurship for students in higher education, and apply for the relevant  grants.

== Source the relevant people to mange the help centre ==

== Utalise the center as a connection point to resources both on and off campus. ==

== Launch of the E&I help centre  ==

= Strategy #4 - Incorporate a UIFresh approach to curriculum for first year's =

During interviews with incoming first year students at UC, it was found that whilst many said they would be interested in learning about Entrepreneurship and Innovation , they wouldn't necessarily go out of their way to seek various avenue's and pathways. This can be amended by bringing the E&I to first years,  during orientation week, where they are initially discovering what UC has to offer.

The incorporation of design thinking into the curriculum of first year students in all faculties will be incredibly beneficial, as the design thinking skills learned will produce a significant impact on the entrepreneurship and innovation landscape at UC, which will bring long term and continual benefits to students own professional careers.

 

'''Milestones:'''

== Gain faculty permission to run a UIFresh inspired design thinking workshop for incoming students as part of orientation week. ==

== Oraganise a planning committee of dedicated students who have a vested interest in E&I from a range of background majors. ==

== Analyse existing curriculum for first years and  see what need improvements and amendments. ==

== Introduce new E&I introductory elective courses for first year students ==

== Present a report findings to the faculty and chancellor for implementation ==

== Advise any implementation of changes to the course. ==

= Related Links =

UC UIF Wiki 

[[University of Canberra|University_of_Canberra]]

Spring 2018 UIF

[[Amannda huot|Amannda_huot]]

[[Category:Student Priorities|u]]

Priorities:University of Canberra Student Priorities

2019-10-04T01:18:48Z

U3188699:

= 2019 Strategic Priorities =

= 2019 Strategy # 1 UC Resources Map =

We recognized that the resources on campus are fragmented with no easily accessible information for students. To foster I&E culture on campus it is a critical to connect these resources as well as highlighting their presence. A simple website and/or app that serves as a navigation tool for students to learn more about I&E resources on and off campus is one method to address this issue. The key goal of this website/app is to improve connectivity of existing

resources and to encourage and promote I&E culture on a broad spectrum. This project takes the multifaceted approach addressing multiple issues at once. The website/app will have different subpages to meet different functional requirement. However, the project can also be considered incremental and be implemented in stages as followed:

 A physical map of campus that identify key locations related to I&E. E.g. location of workshop, maker space, millhouse, working spaces.

 A list of off campus resources and supporting organizations including E24, CBR innovation network, KILN incubator this is essentially the landscape canvas organized and visualized. However, this can also include external services run by graduated or current UC students, for example, “Interation”, a 3D printing service by Jon Clever a recent graduate offering discount to current students. Linking these key resources can allow student to easily access services they need for their ideas.

 A list of coming events related to I&E, information and location of those events. This list should include details like accessibility, ticket requirement and related event.

 Once I&E culture are more grounded at UC, it is expected that the user base for this website will increase along with number of student projects in I&E. In reality, this page can also expand beyond I&E and reach into research projects. With sufficient number of users, students seeking collaboration can be listed as well as available idea and projects open to students to join. For example, architecture student seeking sociology student and urban planning student to participate in an international competition or industrial design student seeking business student to collaborate to commercialize designs. This is aimed to break down barrier and improve cross-disciplinary collaboration and further facilitate campus connectivity.

 A search function from a data base that includes key words and topics of above information, so that students can quickly find resources/events/other students and projects.

 An interlinked community with strong presence is successfully established.

'''Milestones'''

==Location key resources and key project participants==

Finding students/staffs from different faculty to locate and report key resources to list in the website. Students and staff members can be approached through emails, posters or simple spread of words. In this manner, locate IT students and visual communication students to form a collaboration group. Design and build the website. Architecture students can be recruited to model a 3D interactive campus map. All student participants can be rewarded by project experience and friendship. Alternatively, construction of this project can be offered as an experimental course testing collaboration and design initiatives of students.

==Listing projects and events Finding student with real or proposed project to list on the website==

List ongoing research projects at UC, thus the website/app can also be used publicly to promote UC projects. List I&E events on the website with comprehensive details so students can easily access information about future I&E events.

==Promotion and building a positive cycle==

Promote the website through events, lectures and workshops. The website itself will promote events and as such forms a reinforcing cycle of connectivity.

==Maintenance and updates==

Select students to run the website, this is potentially linked to students in the proposed committee/taskforce. Potential to generate income from advertising local business and start-ups purely for the purpose of maintaining website. This is critical because many groups failed to maintain activity, this is potentially due to lack of financial support. Update on a semester basis at the minimal

= 2019 Strategy # 2 UC Student I&E committee =

As identified by Innovation Fellow Amannda Huot, disjointed of resources inhibits uninitiated students to experience I&E opportunities. Where a strong, student-led Innovation committee of students would be incredibly beneficial in promoting the various entrepreneurship resources. Where this student-led innovation committee effectively takes on managerial and promotion responsibilities of I&E on campus. During our research on the current ecosystem we noticed many past on campus I&E projects since 2018 are now inactive. We recognized the importance of continuity of I&E projects, this highlights the importance of updating and maintenance of projects on a timely manner as well as recognizing currently active students will eventually graduate and thus selecting successor is a key step to preserve and further growth of I&E culture. We propose an update on Student Led Innovation Committee that specifically address the issue of ongoing maintenance. Considering UC has assigned staff to manage I&E resources on campus, an I&E taskforce consisting of student representatives and professional staffs is a way to directly manage and control I&E resources, promotion and projects. However, we believe the bottom-up student approach should be maintained in order to maintain that student perspective. However, university staff can select or offer the student representative position to students deemed capable and passionate. With periodic meeting and reports to ensure ongoing maintenance and updates.

'''Milestones'''

== Selecting student representatives ==

An issue the current clubs and societies faced by the university is that some presidents in the club only wanted to obtain the title to display in CV. Selecting student representatives can be conducted by open offer to students and/or selecting passionate students. Regularly meeting should be set between university staff and the student representatives to ensure project and goals are successfully implemented.

== Clearly define roles to student representatives ==

Specific roles should be assigned to student representatives. As an alternative to Amannda Hout’s proposed structure. We suggest a flat structure with specializations. The roles we currently propose include event organizer(s), promotion and media manager(s), projects manager(s) and maintenance officer(s) each having distinctive duties that complements each other.

 Event Organizer(s) – Organization and coordination of I&E events, however the event organizer is also tasked with finding out suitable events and designing them in the context of UC.

 Promotion and media manager(s) – Produce promotional material and media releases on I&E of UC. He or she is also responsible for promoting a general awareness of I&E culture on campus.

 Project manager(s) – Tasked to discover and organizing student I&E projects. The project manager(s) are also capable I&E thinkers who can guide students to imitate their own I&E projects.

 Maintenance officer(s) – are students tasked with collection information from other student representatives. They work closely with all other representatives and university staff to provide continuous updates on I&E culture.

==Ongoing projects and changeovers==
The taskforce’s continuous effort in constructing I&E culture should result in more I&E exposure to students in general. This in turn increases student’s interest in I&E activities, this potentially add new member to the taskforce building a positive cycle. However changeovers are necessary and should be conducted on a yearly basis to ensure long-term sustainability and longevity of I&E culture on campus.

= Strategy # 3 Cross-disciplinary lectures and workshops =

During our interview with students and meetings with university staff members we discovered that student engagement and education silo are major issues faced by University of Canberra students. From I&E perspective, we noticed that uninitiated students have very little knowledge of I&E resources and opportunities. With no current cross-disciplinary workshop and lectures, we were able to ideate a solution to promote more student engagement with I&E culture and the opportunity to be exposed to other disciplines as well as staff and students from different faculties. The solution we propose are series of cross-disciplinary lectures and workshops focused on I&E concepts. Establish a topic of conversation/lecture or workshop series which is open to all students. For example, a screening of a series of documentaries and films on I&E. “Foundation”, where lecturers from faculty of education, arts and design, science and technology and business are invited to discuss, comment and critic I&E concepts as shown in the film in relation to University of Canberra. While the documentaries can be a way of promoting I&E idea to students, the discussion following the film provides opportunity for student to learn more about I&E in context of Canberra and available local resources. This is also a way of promoting cross disciplinary connection and engagement.

== Milestones ==

Deciding suitable events I&E events including lectures and workshops shouldn’t be selected at random. Carefully planned lectures and workshop series should be selected in the suitable context (Canberra) in order to maximize student engagement. Once the topic has been established, identify key participants (including staff from relevant faculties, local I&E network and entrepreneurs) as lecturer/mentors is the next critical stage. Promote event through various media One of the biggest issues of UC is lack of cross media promotion of events. To ensure student participation, the lecture/workshop events should be promoted in multiple channels including social media, flyers, emails, newsletters as well as the resource map and I&E task force as suggested in other strategic priorities. Review of the event It is very important to review the event to gauge student participating and learning experience. Content, lecturer/mentor of the workshop and lectures can then be modified to improve the coming events. A positive cycle of I&E engagement can only be built with consistent effort.

= Strategy # 4 - UC Cross-Faculty Class =

From our interviews with students we discovered students were not socializing or meeting students from outside their area of study, this has created the effect of ‘educational silos’. A cross-faculty class would enhance connection and engagement and give rise to collaboration

opportunities for I&E across faculties. To address this, a class or program could be designed to bridge the Faculties of Arts & Design (FAD) and Business, Government & Law (BGL). This would give students the opportunity to meet new people, introduce them to new thinking styles, strategies and behaviours and expose them to a broader range of agile skills placing them on a stronger footing when they move forward in their professional journeys.

== Milestones ==

Approval and support of stakeholders Gain permission from important stakeholders from FAD and BGL for a small-scale workshop/prototype, this could be held during orientation week or week 8 of the semester. Market research + Prototype Interview students and potential teachers to refine topics of interest for class. Organise a small group of interested students/teachers to put protype class together. Hold Prototype Workshop Market event to target students and hold prototype event and take on board feedback for further refinement. Report event results to faculty stakeholders and the chancellor, discuss opportunities for refinement and further events. Report Findings and feasibility If event is successful organise discussions with university stakeholders for potential to be included in the long term (5+ year) curriculum planning. Take it further After implementation and review reach out to other faculties and stakeholders (include students) for further collaboration opportunities. How could this be rolled out to create further unique learning and collaboration with areas such as Education, Health and Technology.

= 2018 Overview =

[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6k6Tsfhd9Q0 &nbsp https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6k6Tsfhd9Q0 &nbsp];

= Strategy #1 - Create a student led Innovation Committee =

Following the research involved in the landscape canvas of UC's current Entrepreneurship and Innovation ecosystem, it becomes clear that UC offers a range of I&E resources that is catered towards the wider entrepreneurship community, that already contain ties to industry. Whilst this is important and beneficial towards the UC community, there is an obvious disconnect of these resources towards students who want an introductory "taste" of I&E, and don't necessarily have any established venture ideas in mind.

This is where the formation of a strong, student-led Innovation committee of students would be incredibly beneficial in promoting the various entrepreneurship resources that we have right on campus. By forming a study body committee from all faculties, marketing and promoting can significantly drive an increase of students coming from a diverse breadth of disciplines and majors. This promotion will come in the form of events, activities, guerilla marketing, which will occur over a cross-platform social media and in conjunction with relevant UC marketing officers  

'''Milestones:'''

== Recruit and elect suitable student leaders who will form an Innovation Committee ==

Upon initially starting UIF training, I spoke to many students who were interested in design thinking, yet didn’t know which avenues to pursue these interests. By having a nominated  current student in their faculty whom can be easily approached and contacted via e-mail, students can have a casual person to contact to ease any hesitations that may have occurred prior when having to contact a faculty member. 

== Allocate roles to recruited student leaders (President, Vice-President, treasurer, 1st Year Leader, Event Organiser etc.) ==

Once student change agents have been nominated, contacted and have accepted their position and responsibilities we can start allocating certain roles they would fulfill. This will occur in conjunction with meetings and brainstorming sessions discussing what problems they have encountered in their own faculty and what possible solutions the group can brainstorm and collaborate on. 

== Plan a series of related events that highlight and advertise UC's Entrepreneurship resources ==

A 3 day event that could tie in with Innovation Week that includes pop-up stalls on the concourse that highlights design thinking and inclusion. These stalls/classes/events would be promoted as low-cost and in general a fun introduction to what design thinking can entail. 

== Involve local industry to promote UC's E&I ecosystem ==

Once the committee has established itself as a strong student innovation committee driving a student movement through events,  the committee can then start approaching local industry to start bridging the gap between student and industry before graduation.

== Perform effective changeover of roles to incoming students as current student leaders graduate. ==

Annually, a changeover should occur in which current student change agents should handover the roles. This process would involve mentoring, in order to continue developing projects so that there is long-term sustainability and longevity of student innovation and entrepreneurship at UC.  

= Strategy #2 - Women in STEM and design summit =

Examining the current innovation and entrepreneurial clubs and societies during Market Day on O'Week, I was disappointed to see no female representation. From ICT, coding, and entrepreneurship  based societies, no females were present in promoting the clubs awareness. Having stayed and observed a society that promoted entrepreneurship/design thinking, the two most common things spoken by women when expressing their hesitations to join was “My idea in mind isn’t to be an entrepreneur” or “ I wouldn’t fit in well”. Another common quote spoken was  "I'm not an entrepreneurial type person, but I am interested in design thinking”. Having interviewed the president of this club in regards to female representation, he said that there are actually more female members than male, yet when it got to the stage of pursuing a start up, women tended to drop off towards the later stages.

By having a UC Women in STEM and Design Summit we are providing a platform for female ambassadors who are trailblazer's in their respective fields to share their stories and experiences towards the UC community, specifically young women who previously may have been disadvantaged and had to overcome obstacles and challenges as a woman in a male dominated industry. 

'''Milestones:'''

== Organise an initial meeting with faculty members ==

Undergoing UIF training encouraged me to seek and pursue all resources on campus leading to innovation and entrepreneurship, uncovering networks of faculties whom are highly interested In the student experience and are willing to help student initiatives. By having an early meeting, faculty will be able to give us links to networks whom can help facilitate and aid our event.

== Allocate an appropriate date location and time for event ==

Once the event has been discussed with relevant administration and faculty, we can then start allocating a date that fits in appropriately with the academic calendar for  the incoming (or next) year. From there an appropriate location will be booked with times to be later confirmed

== Reach out to female community leaders for interest ==

This will either occur via e-mail or ideally in person through community events, such as the SheLeads conferences whereby we can pitch our idea to female trailblazers in hope that they too share the passion for advocacy at a higher education level.

== Write up attendee list and agenda ==

After having previously contacted and communicated interest from relevant leader, start organizing attendee list and agenda which should be immersive and experiential in the design thinking process.

== Formally invite guest speakers to attend summit ==

== Prepare resources and materials for summit  ==

= Strategy #3 - Establishing an Entrepreneurship & Innovation Help Centre for students on campus =

With the release of UC's latest strategic plan 'Distinctive by Design' which outlines UC's own milestone endeavors for the years 2018-2022, Entrepreneurship and Innovation  was at the forefront for strategic importance to the Institution. Therefore, an invested interest should occur in the establishment of an E&I Help Centre on campus, a common hub whereby students can receive advice whilst developing a passion for I&E principles. This goal can easily occur in a pre-established location on campus.

This facility will possess a wide range of built in amenities and facilitative collaboration spaces, from engineering styled labs to open conference room where students can convene to work on group assessments.  It will be a multi purpose space for students, and by students, which can home all club and society meetings and events.  This space can also be used to incubate the beginnings of UC's first startup's in the future.  UPDATE : After further investigation an opening  branch of innovation and entrepreneurship help style center for students called Engage UC, has occurred as a very recent development, opening an avenue for students to be involved.  

 '''Milestones:'''

== Seek whether there is sufficient demand from students and faculty ==

Uncover a thorough analysis amongst students across campus on their level of interest in this type of support and whether they would use it, after having explained and shown how I&E can be highly relevant and useful towards their own degrees.

== Establish rapport with relevant faculty and administration  ==

Schedule a meeting with faculty leaders to pitch ideas of an innovation space for students with the sole purpose of generating feedback and the feasibility of the on the prospect of either utilizing a pre-existing space or seeking  the foundations of a new space.

== Locate sufficient funding (grants, Student Services and Amenities Fee etc.)  ==

Go to the government homepage and scour the website to help find sources towards grants towards innovation and entrepreneurship for students in higher education, and apply for the relevant  grants.

== Source the relevant people to mange the help centre ==

== Utalise the center as a connection point to resources both on and off campus. ==

== Launch of the E&I help centre  ==

= Strategy #4 - Incorporate a UIFresh approach to curriculum for first year's =

During interviews with incoming first year students at UC, it was found that whilst many said they would be interested in learning about Entrepreneurship and Innovation , they wouldn't necessarily go out of their way to seek various avenue's and pathways. This can be amended by bringing the E&I to first years,  during orientation week, where they are initially discovering what UC has to offer.

The incorporation of design thinking into the curriculum of first year students in all faculties will be incredibly beneficial, as the design thinking skills learned will produce a significant impact on the entrepreneurship and innovation landscape at UC, which will bring long term and continual benefits to students own professional careers.

 

'''Milestones:'''

== Gain faculty permission to run a UIFresh inspired design thinking workshop for incoming students as part of orientation week. ==

== Oraganise a planning committee of dedicated students who have a vested interest in E&I from a range of background majors. ==

== Analyse existing curriculum for first years and  see what need improvements and amendments. ==

== Introduce new E&I introductory elective courses for first year students ==

== Present a report findings to the faculty and chancellor for implementation ==

== Advise any implementation of changes to the course. ==

= Related Links =

UC UIF Wiki 

[[University of Canberra|University_of_Canberra]]

Spring 2018 UIF

[[Amannda huot|Amannda_huot]]

[[Category:Student Priorities|u]]

Priorities:University of Canberra Student Priorities

2019-10-04T01:18:36Z

U3188699:

= 2019 Strategic Priorities =

= 2019 Strategy # 1 UC Resources Map =

We recognized that the resources on campus are fragmented with no easily accessible information for students. To foster I&E culture on campus it is a critical to connect these resources as well as highlighting their presence. A simple website and/or app that serves as a navigation tool for students to learn more about I&E resources on and off campus is one method to address this issue. The key goal of this website/app is to improve connectivity of existing

resources and to encourage and promote I&E culture on a broad spectrum. This project takes the multifaceted approach addressing multiple issues at once. The website/app will have different subpages to meet different functional requirement. However, the project can also be considered incremental and be implemented in stages as followed:

 A physical map of campus that identify key locations related to I&E. E.g. location of workshop, maker space, millhouse, working spaces.

 A list of off campus resources and supporting organizations including E24, CBR innovation network, KILN incubator this is essentially the landscape canvas organized and visualized. However, this can also include external services run by graduated or current UC students, for example, “Interation”, a 3D printing service by Jon Clever a recent graduate offering discount to current students. Linking these key resources can allow student to easily access services they need for their ideas.

 A list of coming events related to I&E, information and location of those events. This list should include details like accessibility, ticket requirement and related event.

 Once I&E culture are more grounded at UC, it is expected that the user base for this website will increase along with number of student projects in I&E. In reality, this page can also expand beyond I&E and reach into research projects. With sufficient number of users, students seeking collaboration can be listed as well as available idea and projects open to students to join. For example, architecture student seeking sociology student and urban planning student to participate in an international competition or industrial design student seeking business student to collaborate to commercialize designs. This is aimed to break down barrier and improve cross-disciplinary collaboration and further facilitate campus connectivity.

 A search function from a data base that includes key words and topics of above information, so that students can quickly find resources/events/other students and projects.

 An interlinked community with strong presence is successfully established.

'''Milestones'''

==Location key resources and key project participants==

Finding students/staffs from different faculty to locate and report key resources to list in the website. Students and staff members can be approached through emails, posters or simple spread of words. In this manner, locate IT students and visual communication students to form a collaboration group. Design and build the website. Architecture students can be recruited to model a 3D interactive campus map. All student participants can be rewarded by project experience and friendship. Alternatively, construction of this project can be offered as an experimental course testing collaboration and design initiatives of students.

==Listing projects and events Finding student with real or proposed project to list on the website==

List ongoing research projects at UC, thus the website/app can also be used publicly to promote UC projects. List I&E events on the website with comprehensive details so students can easily access information about future I&E events.

==Promotion and building a positive cycle==

Promote the website through events, lectures and workshops. The website itself will promote events and as such forms a reinforcing cycle of connectivity.

==Maintenance and updates==

Select students to run the website, this is potentially linked to students in the proposed committee/taskforce. Potential to generate income from advertising local business and start-ups purely for the purpose of maintaining website. This is critical because many groups failed to maintain activity, this is potentially due to lack of financial support. Update on a semester basis at the minimal

= 2019 Strategy # 2 UC Student I&E committee =

As identified by Innovation Fellow Amannda Huot, disjointed of resources inhibits uninitiated students to experience I&E opportunities. Where a strong, student-led Innovation committee of students would be incredibly beneficial in promoting the various entrepreneurship resources. Where this student-led innovation committee effectively takes on managerial and promotion responsibilities of I&E on campus. During our research on the current ecosystem we noticed many past on campus I&E projects since 2018 are now inactive. We recognized the importance of continuity of I&E projects, this highlights the importance of updating and maintenance of projects on a timely manner as well as recognizing currently active students will eventually graduate and thus selecting successor is a key step to preserve and further growth of I&E culture. We propose an update on Student Led Innovation Committee that specifically address the issue of ongoing maintenance. Considering UC has assigned staff to manage I&E resources on campus, an I&E taskforce consisting of student representatives and professional staffs is a way to directly manage and control I&E resources, promotion and projects. However, we believe the bottom-up student approach should be maintained in order to maintain that student perspective. However, university staff can select or offer the student representative position to students deemed capable and passionate. With periodic meeting and reports to ensure ongoing maintenance and updates.

'''Milestones'''

== Selecting student representatives ==

An issue the current clubs and societies faced by the university is that some presidents in the club only wanted to obtain the title to display in CV. Selecting student representatives can be conducted by open offer to students and/or selecting passionate students. Regularly meeting should be set between university staff and the student representatives to ensure project and goals are successfully implemented.

== Clearly define roles to student representatives ==

Specific roles should be assigned to student representatives. As an alternative to Amannda Hout’s proposed structure. We suggest a flat structure with specializations. The roles we currently propose include event organizer(s), promotion and media manager(s), projects manager(s) and maintenance officer(s) each having distinctive duties that complements each other.

 Event Organizer(s) – Organization and coordination of I&E events, however the event organizer is also tasked with finding out suitable events and designing them in the context of UC.

 Promotion and media manager(s) – Produce promotional material and media releases on I&E of UC. He or she is also responsible for promoting a general awareness of I&E culture on campus.

 Project manager(s) – Tasked to discover and organizing student I&E projects. The project manager(s) are also capable I&E thinkers who can guide students to imitate their own I&E projects.

 Maintenance officer(s) – are students tasked with collection information from other student representatives. They work closely with all other representatives and university staff to provide continuous updates on I&E culture.

==Ongoing projects and changeovers== The taskforce’s continuous effort in constructing I&E culture should result in more I&E exposure to students in general. This in turn increases student’s interest in I&E activities, this potentially add new member to the taskforce building a positive cycle. However changeovers are necessary and should be conducted on a yearly basis to ensure long-term sustainability and longevity of I&E culture on campus.

= Strategy # 3 Cross-disciplinary lectures and workshops =

During our interview with students and meetings with university staff members we discovered that student engagement and education silo are major issues faced by University of Canberra students. From I&E perspective, we noticed that uninitiated students have very little knowledge of I&E resources and opportunities. With no current cross-disciplinary workshop and lectures, we were able to ideate a solution to promote more student engagement with I&E culture and the opportunity to be exposed to other disciplines as well as staff and students from different faculties. The solution we propose are series of cross-disciplinary lectures and workshops focused on I&E concepts. Establish a topic of conversation/lecture or workshop series which is open to all students. For example, a screening of a series of documentaries and films on I&E. “Foundation”, where lecturers from faculty of education, arts and design, science and technology and business are invited to discuss, comment and critic I&E concepts as shown in the film in relation to University of Canberra. While the documentaries can be a way of promoting I&E idea to students, the discussion following the film provides opportunity for student to learn more about I&E in context of Canberra and available local resources. This is also a way of promoting cross disciplinary connection and engagement.

== Milestones ==

Deciding suitable events I&E events including lectures and workshops shouldn’t be selected at random. Carefully planned lectures and workshop series should be selected in the suitable context (Canberra) in order to maximize student engagement. Once the topic has been established, identify key participants (including staff from relevant faculties, local I&E network and entrepreneurs) as lecturer/mentors is the next critical stage. Promote event through various media One of the biggest issues of UC is lack of cross media promotion of events. To ensure student participation, the lecture/workshop events should be promoted in multiple channels including social media, flyers, emails, newsletters as well as the resource map and I&E task force as suggested in other strategic priorities. Review of the event It is very important to review the event to gauge student participating and learning experience. Content, lecturer/mentor of the workshop and lectures can then be modified to improve the coming events. A positive cycle of I&E engagement can only be built with consistent effort.

= Strategy # 4 - UC Cross-Faculty Class =

From our interviews with students we discovered students were not socializing or meeting students from outside their area of study, this has created the effect of ‘educational silos’. A cross-faculty class would enhance connection and engagement and give rise to collaboration

opportunities for I&E across faculties. To address this, a class or program could be designed to bridge the Faculties of Arts & Design (FAD) and Business, Government & Law (BGL). This would give students the opportunity to meet new people, introduce them to new thinking styles, strategies and behaviours and expose them to a broader range of agile skills placing them on a stronger footing when they move forward in their professional journeys.

== Milestones ==

Approval and support of stakeholders Gain permission from important stakeholders from FAD and BGL for a small-scale workshop/prototype, this could be held during orientation week or week 8 of the semester. Market research + Prototype Interview students and potential teachers to refine topics of interest for class. Organise a small group of interested students/teachers to put protype class together. Hold Prototype Workshop Market event to target students and hold prototype event and take on board feedback for further refinement. Report event results to faculty stakeholders and the chancellor, discuss opportunities for refinement and further events. Report Findings and feasibility If event is successful organise discussions with university stakeholders for potential to be included in the long term (5+ year) curriculum planning. Take it further After implementation and review reach out to other faculties and stakeholders (include students) for further collaboration opportunities. How could this be rolled out to create further unique learning and collaboration with areas such as Education, Health and Technology.

= 2018 Overview =

[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6k6Tsfhd9Q0 &nbsp https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6k6Tsfhd9Q0 &nbsp];

= Strategy #1 - Create a student led Innovation Committee =

Following the research involved in the landscape canvas of UC's current Entrepreneurship and Innovation ecosystem, it becomes clear that UC offers a range of I&E resources that is catered towards the wider entrepreneurship community, that already contain ties to industry. Whilst this is important and beneficial towards the UC community, there is an obvious disconnect of these resources towards students who want an introductory "taste" of I&E, and don't necessarily have any established venture ideas in mind.

This is where the formation of a strong, student-led Innovation committee of students would be incredibly beneficial in promoting the various entrepreneurship resources that we have right on campus. By forming a study body committee from all faculties, marketing and promoting can significantly drive an increase of students coming from a diverse breadth of disciplines and majors. This promotion will come in the form of events, activities, guerilla marketing, which will occur over a cross-platform social media and in conjunction with relevant UC marketing officers  

'''Milestones:'''

== Recruit and elect suitable student leaders who will form an Innovation Committee ==

Upon initially starting UIF training, I spoke to many students who were interested in design thinking, yet didn’t know which avenues to pursue these interests. By having a nominated  current student in their faculty whom can be easily approached and contacted via e-mail, students can have a casual person to contact to ease any hesitations that may have occurred prior when having to contact a faculty member. 

== Allocate roles to recruited student leaders (President, Vice-President, treasurer, 1st Year Leader, Event Organiser etc.) ==

Once student change agents have been nominated, contacted and have accepted their position and responsibilities we can start allocating certain roles they would fulfill. This will occur in conjunction with meetings and brainstorming sessions discussing what problems they have encountered in their own faculty and what possible solutions the group can brainstorm and collaborate on. 

== Plan a series of related events that highlight and advertise UC's Entrepreneurship resources ==

A 3 day event that could tie in with Innovation Week that includes pop-up stalls on the concourse that highlights design thinking and inclusion. These stalls/classes/events would be promoted as low-cost and in general a fun introduction to what design thinking can entail. 

== Involve local industry to promote UC's E&I ecosystem ==

Once the committee has established itself as a strong student innovation committee driving a student movement through events,  the committee can then start approaching local industry to start bridging the gap between student and industry before graduation.

== Perform effective changeover of roles to incoming students as current student leaders graduate. ==

Annually, a changeover should occur in which current student change agents should handover the roles. This process would involve mentoring, in order to continue developing projects so that there is long-term sustainability and longevity of student innovation and entrepreneurship at UC.  

= Strategy #2 - Women in STEM and design summit =

Examining the current innovation and entrepreneurial clubs and societies during Market Day on O'Week, I was disappointed to see no female representation. From ICT, coding, and entrepreneurship  based societies, no females were present in promoting the clubs awareness. Having stayed and observed a society that promoted entrepreneurship/design thinking, the two most common things spoken by women when expressing their hesitations to join was “My idea in mind isn’t to be an entrepreneur” or “ I wouldn’t fit in well”. Another common quote spoken was  "I'm not an entrepreneurial type person, but I am interested in design thinking”. Having interviewed the president of this club in regards to female representation, he said that there are actually more female members than male, yet when it got to the stage of pursuing a start up, women tended to drop off towards the later stages.

By having a UC Women in STEM and Design Summit we are providing a platform for female ambassadors who are trailblazer's in their respective fields to share their stories and experiences towards the UC community, specifically young women who previously may have been disadvantaged and had to overcome obstacles and challenges as a woman in a male dominated industry. 

'''Milestones:'''

== Organise an initial meeting with faculty members ==

Undergoing UIF training encouraged me to seek and pursue all resources on campus leading to innovation and entrepreneurship, uncovering networks of faculties whom are highly interested In the student experience and are willing to help student initiatives. By having an early meeting, faculty will be able to give us links to networks whom can help facilitate and aid our event.

== Allocate an appropriate date location and time for event ==

Once the event has been discussed with relevant administration and faculty, we can then start allocating a date that fits in appropriately with the academic calendar for  the incoming (or next) year. From there an appropriate location will be booked with times to be later confirmed

== Reach out to female community leaders for interest ==

This will either occur via e-mail or ideally in person through community events, such as the SheLeads conferences whereby we can pitch our idea to female trailblazers in hope that they too share the passion for advocacy at a higher education level.

== Write up attendee list and agenda ==

After having previously contacted and communicated interest from relevant leader, start organizing attendee list and agenda which should be immersive and experiential in the design thinking process.

== Formally invite guest speakers to attend summit ==

== Prepare resources and materials for summit  ==

= Strategy #3 - Establishing an Entrepreneurship & Innovation Help Centre for students on campus =

With the release of UC's latest strategic plan 'Distinctive by Design' which outlines UC's own milestone endeavors for the years 2018-2022, Entrepreneurship and Innovation  was at the forefront for strategic importance to the Institution. Therefore, an invested interest should occur in the establishment of an E&I Help Centre on campus, a common hub whereby students can receive advice whilst developing a passion for I&E principles. This goal can easily occur in a pre-established location on campus.

This facility will possess a wide range of built in amenities and facilitative collaboration spaces, from engineering styled labs to open conference room where students can convene to work on group assessments.  It will be a multi purpose space for students, and by students, which can home all club and society meetings and events.  This space can also be used to incubate the beginnings of UC's first startup's in the future.  UPDATE : After further investigation an opening  branch of innovation and entrepreneurship help style center for students called Engage UC, has occurred as a very recent development, opening an avenue for students to be involved.  

 '''Milestones:'''

== Seek whether there is sufficient demand from students and faculty ==

Uncover a thorough analysis amongst students across campus on their level of interest in this type of support and whether they would use it, after having explained and shown how I&E can be highly relevant and useful towards their own degrees.

== Establish rapport with relevant faculty and administration  ==

Schedule a meeting with faculty leaders to pitch ideas of an innovation space for students with the sole purpose of generating feedback and the feasibility of the on the prospect of either utilizing a pre-existing space or seeking  the foundations of a new space.

== Locate sufficient funding (grants, Student Services and Amenities Fee etc.)  ==

Go to the government homepage and scour the website to help find sources towards grants towards innovation and entrepreneurship for students in higher education, and apply for the relevant  grants.

== Source the relevant people to mange the help centre ==

== Utalise the center as a connection point to resources both on and off campus. ==

== Launch of the E&I help centre  ==

= Strategy #4 - Incorporate a UIFresh approach to curriculum for first year's =

During interviews with incoming first year students at UC, it was found that whilst many said they would be interested in learning about Entrepreneurship and Innovation , they wouldn't necessarily go out of their way to seek various avenue's and pathways. This can be amended by bringing the E&I to first years,  during orientation week, where they are initially discovering what UC has to offer.

The incorporation of design thinking into the curriculum of first year students in all faculties will be incredibly beneficial, as the design thinking skills learned will produce a significant impact on the entrepreneurship and innovation landscape at UC, which will bring long term and continual benefits to students own professional careers.

 

'''Milestones:'''

== Gain faculty permission to run a UIFresh inspired design thinking workshop for incoming students as part of orientation week. ==

== Oraganise a planning committee of dedicated students who have a vested interest in E&I from a range of background majors. ==

== Analyse existing curriculum for first years and  see what need improvements and amendments. ==

== Introduce new E&I introductory elective courses for first year students ==

== Present a report findings to the faculty and chancellor for implementation ==

== Advise any implementation of changes to the course. ==

= Related Links =

UC UIF Wiki 

[[University of Canberra|University_of_Canberra]]

Spring 2018 UIF

[[Amannda huot|Amannda_huot]]

[[Category:Student Priorities|u]]

Priorities:University of Canberra Student Priorities

2019-10-04T01:17:31Z

U3188699:

= 2019 Strategic Priorities =

= 2019 Strategy # 1 UC Resources Map =

We recognized that the resources on campus are fragmented with no easily accessible information for students. To foster I&E culture on campus it is a critical to connect these resources as well as highlighting their presence. A simple website and/or app that serves as a navigation tool for students to learn more about I&E resources on and off campus is one method to address this issue. The key goal of this website/app is to improve connectivity of existing

resources and to encourage and promote I&E culture on a broad spectrum. This project takes the multifaceted approach addressing multiple issues at once. The website/app will have different subpages to meet different functional requirement. However, the project can also be considered incremental and be implemented in stages as followed:

 A physical map of campus that identify key locations related to I&E. E.g. location of workshop, maker space, millhouse, working spaces.

 A list of off campus resources and supporting organizations including E24, CBR innovation network, KILN incubator this is essentially the landscape canvas organized and visualized. However, this can also include external services run by graduated or current UC students, for example, “Interation”, a 3D printing service by Jon Clever a recent graduate offering discount to current students. Linking these key resources can allow student to easily access services they need for their ideas.

 A list of coming events related to I&E, information and location of those events. This list should include details like accessibility, ticket requirement and related event.

 Once I&E culture are more grounded at UC, it is expected that the user base for this website will increase along with number of student projects in I&E. In reality, this page can also expand beyond I&E and reach into research projects. With sufficient number of users, students seeking collaboration can be listed as well as available idea and projects open to students to join. For example, architecture student seeking sociology student and urban planning student to participate in an international competition or industrial design student seeking business student to collaborate to commercialize designs. This is aimed to break down barrier and improve cross-disciplinary collaboration and further facilitate campus connectivity.

 A search function from a data base that includes key words and topics of above information, so that students can quickly find resources/events/other students and projects.

 An interlinked community with strong presence is successfully established.

'''Milestones'''

==Location key resources and key project participants==

Finding students/staffs from different faculty to locate and report key resources to list in the website. Students and staff members can be approached through emails, posters or simple spread of words. In this manner, locate IT students and visual communication students to form a collaboration group. Design and build the website. Architecture students can be recruited to model a 3D interactive campus map. All student participants can be rewarded by project experience and friendship. Alternatively, construction of this project can be offered as an experimental course testing collaboration and design initiatives of students.

==Listing projects and events Finding student with real or proposed project to list on the website==

List ongoing research projects at UC, thus the website/app can also be used publicly to promote UC projects. List I&E events on the website with comprehensive details so students can easily access information about future I&E events.

==Promotion and building a positive cycle==

Promote the website through events, lectures and workshops. The website itself will promote events and as such forms a reinforcing cycle of connectivity.

==Maintenance and updates==

Select students to run the website, this is potentially linked to students in the proposed committee/taskforce. Potential to generate income from advertising local business and start-ups purely for the purpose of maintaining website. This is critical because many groups failed to maintain activity, this is potentially due to lack of financial support. Update on a semester basis at the minimal

= Strategy # 2 UC Student I&E committee =

As identified by Innovation Fellow Amannda Huot, disjointed of resources inhibits uninitiated students to experience I&E opportunities. Where a strong, student-led Innovation committee of students would be incredibly beneficial in promoting the various entrepreneurship resources. Where this student-led innovation committee effectively takes on managerial and promotion responsibilities of I&E on campus. During our research on the current ecosystem we noticed many past on campus I&E projects since 2018 are now inactive. We recognized the importance of continuity of I&E projects, this highlights the importance of updating and maintenance of projects on a timely manner as well as recognizing currently active students will eventually graduate and thus selecting successor is a key step to preserve and further growth of I&E culture. We propose an update on Student Led Innovation Committee that specifically address the issue of ongoing maintenance. Considering UC has assigned staff to manage I&E resources on campus, an I&E taskforce consisting of student representatives and professional staffs is a way to directly manage and control I&E resources, promotion and projects. However, we believe the bottom-up student approach should be maintained in order to maintain that student perspective. However, university staff can select or offer the student representative position to students deemed capable and passionate. With periodic meeting and reports to ensure ongoing maintenance and updates.

== Milestones ==

Selecting student representatives. An issue the current clubs and societies faced by the university is that some presidents in the club only wanted to obtain the title to display in CV. Selecting student representatives can be conducted by open offer to students and/or selecting passionate students. Regularly meeting should be set between university staff and the student representatives to ensure project and goals are successfully implemented.

Clearly define roles to student representatives. Specific roles should be assigned to student representatives. As an alternative to Amannda Hout’s proposed structure. We suggest a flat structure with specializations. The roles we currently propose include event organizer(s), promotion and media manager(s), projects manager(s) and maintenance officer(s) each having distinctive duties that complements each other.

 Event Organizer(s) – Organization and coordination of I&E events, however the event organizer is also tasked with finding out suitable events and designing them in the context of UC.

 Promotion and media manager(s) – Produce promotional material and media releases on I&E of UC. He or she is also responsible for promoting a general awareness of I&E culture on campus.

 Project manager(s) – Tasked to discover and organizing student I&E projects. The project manager(s) are also capable I&E thinkers who can guide students to imitate their own I&E projects.

 Maintenance officer(s) – are students tasked with collection information from other student representatives. They work closely with all other representatives and university staff to provide continuous updates on I&E culture.

Ongoing projects and changeovers. The taskforce’s continuous effort in constructing I&E culture should result in more I&E exposure to students in general. This in turn increases student’s interest in I&E activities, this potentially add new member to the taskforce building a positive cycle. However changeovers are necessary and should be conducted on a yearly basis to ensure long-term sustainability and longevity of I&E culture on campus.

= Strategy # 3 Cross-disciplinary lectures and workshops =

During our interview with students and meetings with university staff members we discovered that student engagement and education silo are major issues faced by University of Canberra students. From I&E perspective, we noticed that uninitiated students have very little knowledge of I&E resources and opportunities. With no current cross-disciplinary workshop and lectures, we were able to ideate a solution to promote more student engagement with I&E culture and the opportunity to be exposed to other disciplines as well as staff and students from different faculties. The solution we propose are series of cross-disciplinary lectures and workshops focused on I&E concepts. Establish a topic of conversation/lecture or workshop series which is open to all students. For example, a screening of a series of documentaries and films on I&E. “Foundation”, where lecturers from faculty of education, arts and design, science and technology and business are invited to discuss, comment and critic I&E concepts as shown in the film in relation to University of Canberra. While the documentaries can be a way of promoting I&E idea to students, the discussion following the film provides opportunity for student to learn more about I&E in context of Canberra and available local resources. This is also a way of promoting cross disciplinary connection and engagement.

== Milestones ==

Deciding suitable events I&E events including lectures and workshops shouldn’t be selected at random. Carefully planned lectures and workshop series should be selected in the suitable context (Canberra) in order to maximize student engagement. Once the topic has been established, identify key participants (including staff from relevant faculties, local I&E network and entrepreneurs) as lecturer/mentors is the next critical stage. Promote event through various media One of the biggest issues of UC is lack of cross media promotion of events. To ensure student participation, the lecture/workshop events should be promoted in multiple channels including social media, flyers, emails, newsletters as well as the resource map and I&E task force as suggested in other strategic priorities. Review of the event It is very important to review the event to gauge student participating and learning experience. Content, lecturer/mentor of the workshop and lectures can then be modified to improve the coming events. A positive cycle of I&E engagement can only be built with consistent effort.

= Strategy # 4 - UC Cross-Faculty Class =

From our interviews with students we discovered students were not socializing or meeting students from outside their area of study, this has created the effect of ‘educational silos’. A cross-faculty class would enhance connection and engagement and give rise to collaboration

opportunities for I&E across faculties. To address this, a class or program could be designed to bridge the Faculties of Arts & Design (FAD) and Business, Government & Law (BGL). This would give students the opportunity to meet new people, introduce them to new thinking styles, strategies and behaviours and expose them to a broader range of agile skills placing them on a stronger footing when they move forward in their professional journeys.

== Milestones ==

Approval and support of stakeholders Gain permission from important stakeholders from FAD and BGL for a small-scale workshop/prototype, this could be held during orientation week or week 8 of the semester. Market research + Prototype Interview students and potential teachers to refine topics of interest for class. Organise a small group of interested students/teachers to put protype class together. Hold Prototype Workshop Market event to target students and hold prototype event and take on board feedback for further refinement. Report event results to faculty stakeholders and the chancellor, discuss opportunities for refinement and further events. Report Findings and feasibility If event is successful organise discussions with university stakeholders for potential to be included in the long term (5+ year) curriculum planning. Take it further After implementation and review reach out to other faculties and stakeholders (include students) for further collaboration opportunities. How could this be rolled out to create further unique learning and collaboration with areas such as Education, Health and Technology.

= 2018 Overview =

[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6k6Tsfhd9Q0 &nbsp https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6k6Tsfhd9Q0 &nbsp];

= Strategy #1 - Create a student led Innovation Committee =

Following the research involved in the landscape canvas of UC's current Entrepreneurship and Innovation ecosystem, it becomes clear that UC offers a range of I&E resources that is catered towards the wider entrepreneurship community, that already contain ties to industry. Whilst this is important and beneficial towards the UC community, there is an obvious disconnect of these resources towards students who want an introductory "taste" of I&E, and don't necessarily have any established venture ideas in mind.

This is where the formation of a strong, student-led Innovation committee of students would be incredibly beneficial in promoting the various entrepreneurship resources that we have right on campus. By forming a study body committee from all faculties, marketing and promoting can significantly drive an increase of students coming from a diverse breadth of disciplines and majors. This promotion will come in the form of events, activities, guerilla marketing, which will occur over a cross-platform social media and in conjunction with relevant UC marketing officers  

'''Milestones:'''

== Recruit and elect suitable student leaders who will form an Innovation Committee ==

Upon initially starting UIF training, I spoke to many students who were interested in design thinking, yet didn’t know which avenues to pursue these interests. By having a nominated  current student in their faculty whom can be easily approached and contacted via e-mail, students can have a casual person to contact to ease any hesitations that may have occurred prior when having to contact a faculty member. 

== Allocate roles to recruited student leaders (President, Vice-President, treasurer, 1st Year Leader, Event Organiser etc.) ==

Once student change agents have been nominated, contacted and have accepted their position and responsibilities we can start allocating certain roles they would fulfill. This will occur in conjunction with meetings and brainstorming sessions discussing what problems they have encountered in their own faculty and what possible solutions the group can brainstorm and collaborate on. 

== Plan a series of related events that highlight and advertise UC's Entrepreneurship resources ==

A 3 day event that could tie in with Innovation Week that includes pop-up stalls on the concourse that highlights design thinking and inclusion. These stalls/classes/events would be promoted as low-cost and in general a fun introduction to what design thinking can entail. 

== Involve local industry to promote UC's E&I ecosystem ==

Once the committee has established itself as a strong student innovation committee driving a student movement through events,  the committee can then start approaching local industry to start bridging the gap between student and industry before graduation.

== Perform effective changeover of roles to incoming students as current student leaders graduate. ==

Annually, a changeover should occur in which current student change agents should handover the roles. This process would involve mentoring, in order to continue developing projects so that there is long-term sustainability and longevity of student innovation and entrepreneurship at UC.  

= Strategy #2 - Women in STEM and design summit =

Examining the current innovation and entrepreneurial clubs and societies during Market Day on O'Week, I was disappointed to see no female representation. From ICT, coding, and entrepreneurship  based societies, no females were present in promoting the clubs awareness. Having stayed and observed a society that promoted entrepreneurship/design thinking, the two most common things spoken by women when expressing their hesitations to join was “My idea in mind isn’t to be an entrepreneur” or “ I wouldn’t fit in well”. Another common quote spoken was  "I'm not an entrepreneurial type person, but I am interested in design thinking”. Having interviewed the president of this club in regards to female representation, he said that there are actually more female members than male, yet when it got to the stage of pursuing a start up, women tended to drop off towards the later stages.

By having a UC Women in STEM and Design Summit we are providing a platform for female ambassadors who are trailblazer's in their respective fields to share their stories and experiences towards the UC community, specifically young women who previously may have been disadvantaged and had to overcome obstacles and challenges as a woman in a male dominated industry. 

'''Milestones:'''

== Organise an initial meeting with faculty members ==

Undergoing UIF training encouraged me to seek and pursue all resources on campus leading to innovation and entrepreneurship, uncovering networks of faculties whom are highly interested In the student experience and are willing to help student initiatives. By having an early meeting, faculty will be able to give us links to networks whom can help facilitate and aid our event.

== Allocate an appropriate date location and time for event ==

Once the event has been discussed with relevant administration and faculty, we can then start allocating a date that fits in appropriately with the academic calendar for  the incoming (or next) year. From there an appropriate location will be booked with times to be later confirmed

== Reach out to female community leaders for interest ==

This will either occur via e-mail or ideally in person through community events, such as the SheLeads conferences whereby we can pitch our idea to female trailblazers in hope that they too share the passion for advocacy at a higher education level.

== Write up attendee list and agenda ==

After having previously contacted and communicated interest from relevant leader, start organizing attendee list and agenda which should be immersive and experiential in the design thinking process.

== Formally invite guest speakers to attend summit ==

== Prepare resources and materials for summit  ==

= Strategy #3 - Establishing an Entrepreneurship & Innovation Help Centre for students on campus =

With the release of UC's latest strategic plan 'Distinctive by Design' which outlines UC's own milestone endeavors for the years 2018-2022, Entrepreneurship and Innovation  was at the forefront for strategic importance to the Institution. Therefore, an invested interest should occur in the establishment of an E&I Help Centre on campus, a common hub whereby students can receive advice whilst developing a passion for I&E principles. This goal can easily occur in a pre-established location on campus.

This facility will possess a wide range of built in amenities and facilitative collaboration spaces, from engineering styled labs to open conference room where students can convene to work on group assessments.  It will be a multi purpose space for students, and by students, which can home all club and society meetings and events.  This space can also be used to incubate the beginnings of UC's first startup's in the future.  UPDATE : After further investigation an opening  branch of innovation and entrepreneurship help style center for students called Engage UC, has occurred as a very recent development, opening an avenue for students to be involved.  

 '''Milestones:'''

== Seek whether there is sufficient demand from students and faculty ==

Uncover a thorough analysis amongst students across campus on their level of interest in this type of support and whether they would use it, after having explained and shown how I&E can be highly relevant and useful towards their own degrees.

== Establish rapport with relevant faculty and administration  ==

Schedule a meeting with faculty leaders to pitch ideas of an innovation space for students with the sole purpose of generating feedback and the feasibility of the on the prospect of either utilizing a pre-existing space or seeking  the foundations of a new space.

== Locate sufficient funding (grants, Student Services and Amenities Fee etc.)  ==

Go to the government homepage and scour the website to help find sources towards grants towards innovation and entrepreneurship for students in higher education, and apply for the relevant  grants.

== Source the relevant people to mange the help centre ==

== Utalise the center as a connection point to resources both on and off campus. ==

== Launch of the E&I help centre  ==

= Strategy #4 - Incorporate a UIFresh approach to curriculum for first year's =

During interviews with incoming first year students at UC, it was found that whilst many said they would be interested in learning about Entrepreneurship and Innovation , they wouldn't necessarily go out of their way to seek various avenue's and pathways. This can be amended by bringing the E&I to first years,  during orientation week, where they are initially discovering what UC has to offer.

The incorporation of design thinking into the curriculum of first year students in all faculties will be incredibly beneficial, as the design thinking skills learned will produce a significant impact on the entrepreneurship and innovation landscape at UC, which will bring long term and continual benefits to students own professional careers.

 

'''Milestones:'''

== Gain faculty permission to run a UIFresh inspired design thinking workshop for incoming students as part of orientation week. ==

== Oraganise a planning committee of dedicated students who have a vested interest in E&I from a range of background majors. ==

== Analyse existing curriculum for first years and  see what need improvements and amendments. ==

== Introduce new E&I introductory elective courses for first year students ==

== Present a report findings to the faculty and chancellor for implementation ==

== Advise any implementation of changes to the course. ==

= Related Links =

UC UIF Wiki 

[[University of Canberra|University_of_Canberra]]

Spring 2018 UIF

[[Amannda huot|Amannda_huot]]

[[Category:Student Priorities|u]]

Priorities:University of Canberra Student Priorities

2019-10-04T01:07:11Z

U3188699:

= 2019 Strategic Priorities =

= Strategy # 1 UC Resources Map =

We recognized that the resources on campus are fragmented with no easily accessible information for students. To foster I&E culture on campus it is a critical to connect these resources as well as highlighting their presence. A simple website and/or app that serves as a navigation tool for students to learn more about I&E resources on and off campus is one method to address this issue. The key goal of this website/app is to improve connectivity of existing

resources and to encourage and promote I&E culture on a broad spectrum. This project takes the multifaceted approach addressing multiple issues at once. The website/app will have different subpages to meet different functional requirement. However, the project can also be considered incremental and be implemented in stages as followed:

 A physical map of campus that identify key locations related to I&E. E.g. location of workshop, maker space, millhouse, working spaces.

 A list of off campus resources and supporting organizations including E24, CBR innovation network, KILN incubator this is essentially the landscape canvas organized and visualized. However, this can also include external services run by graduated or current UC students, for example, “Interation”, a 3D printing service by Jon Clever a recent graduate offering discount to current students. Linking these key resources can allow student to easily access services they need for their ideas.

 A list of coming events related to I&E, information and location of those events. This list should include details like accessibility, ticket requirement and related event.

 Once I&E culture are more grounded at UC, it is expected that the user base for this website will increase along with number of student projects in I&E. In reality, this page can also expand beyond I&E and reach into research projects. With sufficient number of users, students seeking collaboration can be listed as well as available idea and projects open to students to join. For example, architecture student seeking sociology student and urban planning student to participate in an international competition or industrial design student seeking business student to collaborate to commercialize designs. This is aimed to break down barrier and improve cross-disciplinary collaboration and further facilitate campus connectivity.

 A search function from a data base that includes key words and topics of above information, so that students can quickly find resources/events/other students and projects.

 An interlinked community with strong presence is successfully established.

== Milestones ==

Location key resources and key project participants Finding students/staffs from different faculty to locate and report key resources to list in the website. Students and staff members can be approached through emails, posters or simple spread of words. In this manner, locate IT students and visual communication students to form a collaboration group. Design and build the website. Architecture students can be recruited to model a 3D interactive campus map. All student participants can be rewarded by project experience and friendship. Alternatively, construction of this project can be offered as an experimental course testing collaboration and design initiatives of students.

Listing projects and events Finding student with real or proposed project to list on the website. List ongoing research projects at UC, thus the website/app can also be used publicly to promote UC projects. List I&E events on the website with comprehensive details so students can easily access information about future I&E events.

Promotion and building a positive cycle Promote the website through events, lectures and workshops. The website itself will promote events and as such forms a reinforcing cycle of connectivity.

aintenance and updates Select students to run the website, this is potentially linked to students in the proposed committee/taskforce. Potential to generate income from advertising local business and start-ups purely for the purpose of maintaining website. This is critical because many groups failed to maintain activity, this is potentially due to lack of financial support. Update on a semester basis at the minimal

= Strategy # 2 UC Student I&E committee =

As identified by Innovation Fellow Amannda Huot, disjointed of resources inhibits uninitiated students to experience I&E opportunities. Where a strong, student-led Innovation committee of students would be incredibly beneficial in promoting the various entrepreneurship resources. Where this student-led innovation committee effectively takes on managerial and promotion responsibilities of I&E on campus. During our research on the current ecosystem we noticed many past on campus I&E projects since 2018 are now inactive. We recognized the importance of continuity of I&E projects, this highlights the importance of updating and maintenance of projects on a timely manner as well as recognizing currently active students will eventually graduate and thus selecting successor is a key step to preserve and further growth of I&E culture. We propose an update on Student Led Innovation Committee that specifically address the issue of ongoing maintenance. Considering UC has assigned staff to manage I&E resources on campus, an I&E taskforce consisting of student representatives and professional staffs is a way to directly manage and control I&E resources, promotion and projects. However, we believe the bottom-up student approach should be maintained in order to maintain that student perspective. However, university staff can select or offer the student representative position to students deemed capable and passionate. With periodic meeting and reports to ensure ongoing maintenance and updates.

== Milestones ==

Selecting student representatives. An issue the current clubs and societies faced by the university is that some presidents in the club only wanted to obtain the title to display in CV. Selecting student representatives can be conducted by open offer to students and/or selecting passionate students. Regularly meeting should be set between university staff and the student representatives to ensure project and goals are successfully implemented.

Clearly define roles to student representatives. Specific roles should be assigned to student representatives. As an alternative to Amannda Hout’s proposed structure. We suggest a flat structure with specializations. The roles we currently propose include event organizer(s), promotion and media manager(s), projects manager(s) and maintenance officer(s) each having distinctive duties that complements each other.

 Event Organizer(s) – Organization and coordination of I&E events, however the event organizer is also tasked with finding out suitable events and designing them in the context of UC.

 Promotion and media manager(s) – Produce promotional material and media releases on I&E of UC. He or she is also responsible for promoting a general awareness of I&E culture on campus.

 Project manager(s) – Tasked to discover and organizing student I&E projects. The project manager(s) are also capable I&E thinkers who can guide students to imitate their own I&E projects.

 Maintenance officer(s) – are students tasked with collection information from other student representatives. They work closely with all other representatives and university staff to provide continuous updates on I&E culture.

Ongoing projects and changeovers. The taskforce’s continuous effort in constructing I&E culture should result in more I&E exposure to students in general. This in turn increases student’s interest in I&E activities, this potentially add new member to the taskforce building a positive cycle. However changeovers are necessary and should be conducted on a yearly basis to ensure long-term sustainability and longevity of I&E culture on campus.

= Strategy # 3 Cross-disciplinary lectures and workshops =

During our interview with students and meetings with university staff members we discovered that student engagement and education silo are major issues faced by University of Canberra students. From I&E perspective, we noticed that uninitiated students have very little knowledge of I&E resources and opportunities. With no current cross-disciplinary workshop and lectures, we were able to ideate a solution to promote more student engagement with I&E culture and the opportunity to be exposed to other disciplines as well as staff and students from different faculties. The solution we propose are series of cross-disciplinary lectures and workshops focused on I&E concepts. Establish a topic of conversation/lecture or workshop series which is open to all students. For example, a screening of a series of documentaries and films on I&E. “Foundation”, where lecturers from faculty of education, arts and design, science and technology and business are invited to discuss, comment and critic I&E concepts as shown in the film in relation to University of Canberra. While the documentaries can be a way of promoting I&E idea to students, the discussion following the film provides opportunity for student to learn more about I&E in context of Canberra and available local resources. This is also a way of promoting cross disciplinary connection and engagement.

== Milestones ==

Deciding suitable events I&E events including lectures and workshops shouldn’t be selected at random. Carefully planned lectures and workshop series should be selected in the suitable context (Canberra) in order to maximize student engagement. Once the topic has been established, identify key participants (including staff from relevant faculties, local I&E network and entrepreneurs) as lecturer/mentors is the next critical stage. Promote event through various media One of the biggest issues of UC is lack of cross media promotion of events. To ensure student participation, the lecture/workshop events should be promoted in multiple channels including social media, flyers, emails, newsletters as well as the resource map and I&E task force as suggested in other strategic priorities. Review of the event It is very important to review the event to gauge student participating and learning experience. Content, lecturer/mentor of the workshop and lectures can then be modified to improve the coming events. A positive cycle of I&E engagement can only be built with consistent effort.

= Strategy # 4 - UC Cross-Faculty Class =

From our interviews with students we discovered students were not socializing or meeting students from outside their area of study, this has created the effect of ‘educational silos’. A cross-faculty class would enhance connection and engagement and give rise to collaboration

opportunities for I&E across faculties. To address this, a class or program could be designed to bridge the Faculties of Arts & Design (FAD) and Business, Government & Law (BGL). This would give students the opportunity to meet new people, introduce them to new thinking styles, strategies and behaviours and expose them to a broader range of agile skills placing them on a stronger footing when they move forward in their professional journeys.

== Milestones ==

Approval and support of stakeholders Gain permission from important stakeholders from FAD and BGL for a small-scale workshop/prototype, this could be held during orientation week or week 8 of the semester. Market research + Prototype Interview students and potential teachers to refine topics of interest for class. Organise a small group of interested students/teachers to put protype class together. Hold Prototype Workshop Market event to target students and hold prototype event and take on board feedback for further refinement. Report event results to faculty stakeholders and the chancellor, discuss opportunities for refinement and further events. Report Findings and feasibility If event is successful organise discussions with university stakeholders for potential to be included in the long term (5+ year) curriculum planning. Take it further After implementation and review reach out to other faculties and stakeholders (include students) for further collaboration opportunities. How could this be rolled out to create further unique learning and collaboration with areas such as Education, Health and Technology.

= 2018 Overview =

[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6k6Tsfhd9Q0 &nbsp https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6k6Tsfhd9Q0 &nbsp];

= Strategy #1 - Create a student led Innovation Committee =

Following the research involved in the landscape canvas of UC's current Entrepreneurship and Innovation ecosystem, it becomes clear that UC offers a range of I&E resources that is catered towards the wider entrepreneurship community, that already contain ties to industry. Whilst this is important and beneficial towards the UC community, there is an obvious disconnect of these resources towards students who want an introductory "taste" of I&E, and don't necessarily have any established venture ideas in mind.

This is where the formation of a strong, student-led Innovation committee of students would be incredibly beneficial in promoting the various entrepreneurship resources that we have right on campus. By forming a study body committee from all faculties, marketing and promoting can significantly drive an increase of students coming from a diverse breadth of disciplines and majors. This promotion will come in the form of events, activities, guerilla marketing, which will occur over a cross-platform social media and in conjunction with relevant UC marketing officers  

'''Milestones:'''

== Recruit and elect suitable student leaders who will form an Innovation Committee ==

Upon initially starting UIF training, I spoke to many students who were interested in design thinking, yet didn’t know which avenues to pursue these interests. By having a nominated  current student in their faculty whom can be easily approached and contacted via e-mail, students can have a casual person to contact to ease any hesitations that may have occurred prior when having to contact a faculty member. 

== Allocate roles to recruited student leaders (President, Vice-President, treasurer, 1st Year Leader, Event Organiser etc.) ==

Once student change agents have been nominated, contacted and have accepted their position and responsibilities we can start allocating certain roles they would fulfill. This will occur in conjunction with meetings and brainstorming sessions discussing what problems they have encountered in their own faculty and what possible solutions the group can brainstorm and collaborate on. 

== Plan a series of related events that highlight and advertise UC's Entrepreneurship resources ==

A 3 day event that could tie in with Innovation Week that includes pop-up stalls on the concourse that highlights design thinking and inclusion. These stalls/classes/events would be promoted as low-cost and in general a fun introduction to what design thinking can entail. 

== Involve local industry to promote UC's E&I ecosystem ==

Once the committee has established itself as a strong student innovation committee driving a student movement through events,  the committee can then start approaching local industry to start bridging the gap between student and industry before graduation.

== Perform effective changeover of roles to incoming students as current student leaders graduate. ==

Annually, a changeover should occur in which current student change agents should handover the roles. This process would involve mentoring, in order to continue developing projects so that there is long-term sustainability and longevity of student innovation and entrepreneurship at UC.  

= Strategy #2 - Women in STEM and design summit =

Examining the current innovation and entrepreneurial clubs and societies during Market Day on O'Week, I was disappointed to see no female representation. From ICT, coding, and entrepreneurship  based societies, no females were present in promoting the clubs awareness. Having stayed and observed a society that promoted entrepreneurship/design thinking, the two most common things spoken by women when expressing their hesitations to join was “My idea in mind isn’t to be an entrepreneur” or “ I wouldn’t fit in well”. Another common quote spoken was  "I'm not an entrepreneurial type person, but I am interested in design thinking”. Having interviewed the president of this club in regards to female representation, he said that there are actually more female members than male, yet when it got to the stage of pursuing a start up, women tended to drop off towards the later stages.

By having a UC Women in STEM and Design Summit we are providing a platform for female ambassadors who are trailblazer's in their respective fields to share their stories and experiences towards the UC community, specifically young women who previously may have been disadvantaged and had to overcome obstacles and challenges as a woman in a male dominated industry. 

'''Milestones:'''

== Organise an initial meeting with faculty members ==

Undergoing UIF training encouraged me to seek and pursue all resources on campus leading to innovation and entrepreneurship, uncovering networks of faculties whom are highly interested In the student experience and are willing to help student initiatives. By having an early meeting, faculty will be able to give us links to networks whom can help facilitate and aid our event.

== Allocate an appropriate date location and time for event ==

Once the event has been discussed with relevant administration and faculty, we can then start allocating a date that fits in appropriately with the academic calendar for  the incoming (or next) year. From there an appropriate location will be booked with times to be later confirmed

== Reach out to female community leaders for interest ==

This will either occur via e-mail or ideally in person through community events, such as the SheLeads conferences whereby we can pitch our idea to female trailblazers in hope that they too share the passion for advocacy at a higher education level.

== Write up attendee list and agenda ==

After having previously contacted and communicated interest from relevant leader, start organizing attendee list and agenda which should be immersive and experiential in the design thinking process.

== Formally invite guest speakers to attend summit ==

== Prepare resources and materials for summit  ==

= Strategy #3 - Establishing an Entrepreneurship & Innovation Help Centre for students on campus =

With the release of UC's latest strategic plan 'Distinctive by Design' which outlines UC's own milestone endeavors for the years 2018-2022, Entrepreneurship and Innovation  was at the forefront for strategic importance to the Institution. Therefore, an invested interest should occur in the establishment of an E&I Help Centre on campus, a common hub whereby students can receive advice whilst developing a passion for I&E principles. This goal can easily occur in a pre-established location on campus.

This facility will possess a wide range of built in amenities and facilitative collaboration spaces, from engineering styled labs to open conference room where students can convene to work on group assessments.  It will be a multi purpose space for students, and by students, which can home all club and society meetings and events.  This space can also be used to incubate the beginnings of UC's first startup's in the future.  UPDATE : After further investigation an opening  branch of innovation and entrepreneurship help style center for students called Engage UC, has occurred as a very recent development, opening an avenue for students to be involved.  

 '''Milestones:'''

== Seek whether there is sufficient demand from students and faculty ==

Uncover a thorough analysis amongst students across campus on their level of interest in this type of support and whether they would use it, after having explained and shown how I&E can be highly relevant and useful towards their own degrees.

== Establish rapport with relevant faculty and administration  ==

Schedule a meeting with faculty leaders to pitch ideas of an innovation space for students with the sole purpose of generating feedback and the feasibility of the on the prospect of either utilizing a pre-existing space or seeking  the foundations of a new space.

== Locate sufficient funding (grants, Student Services and Amenities Fee etc.)  ==

Go to the government homepage and scour the website to help find sources towards grants towards innovation and entrepreneurship for students in higher education, and apply for the relevant  grants.

== Source the relevant people to mange the help centre ==

== Utalise the center as a connection point to resources both on and off campus. ==

== Launch of the E&I help centre  ==

= Strategy #4 - Incorporate a UIFresh approach to curriculum for first year's =

During interviews with incoming first year students at UC, it was found that whilst many said they would be interested in learning about Entrepreneurship and Innovation , they wouldn't necessarily go out of their way to seek various avenue's and pathways. This can be amended by bringing the E&I to first years,  during orientation week, where they are initially discovering what UC has to offer.

The incorporation of design thinking into the curriculum of first year students in all faculties will be incredibly beneficial, as the design thinking skills learned will produce a significant impact on the entrepreneurship and innovation landscape at UC, which will bring long term and continual benefits to students own professional careers.

 

'''Milestones:'''

== Gain faculty permission to run a UIFresh inspired design thinking workshop for incoming students as part of orientation week. ==

== Oraganise a planning committee of dedicated students who have a vested interest in E&I from a range of background majors. ==

== Analyse existing curriculum for first years and  see what need improvements and amendments. ==

== Introduce new E&I introductory elective courses for first year students ==

== Present a report findings to the faculty and chancellor for implementation ==

== Advise any implementation of changes to the course. ==

= Related Links =

UC UIF Wiki 

[[University of Canberra|University_of_Canberra]]

Spring 2018 UIF

[[Amannda huot|Amannda_huot]]

[[Category:Student Priorities|u]]

Priorities:University of Canberra Student Priorities

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= 2019 Strategic Priorities =

= Strategy # 1 UC Resources Map =

We recognized that the resources on campus are fragmented with no easily accessible information for students. To foster I&E culture on campus it is a critical to connect these resources as well as highlighting their presence. A simple website and/or app that serves as a navigation tool for students to learn more about I&E resources on and off campus is one method to address this issue. The key goal of this website/app is to improve connectivity of existing

resources and to encourage and promote I&E culture on a broad spectrum. This project takes the multifaceted approach addressing multiple issues at once. The website/app will have different subpages to meet different functional requirement. However, the project can also be considered incremental and be implemented in stages as followed:

 A physical map of campus that identify key locations related to I&E. E.g. location of workshop, maker space, millhouse, working spaces.

 A list of off campus resources and supporting organizations including E24, CBR innovation network, KILN incubator this is essentially the landscape canvas organized and visualized. However, this can also include external services run by graduated or current UC students, for example, “Interation”, a 3D printing service by Jon Clever a recent graduate offering discount to current students. Linking these key resources can allow student to easily access services they need for their ideas.

 A list of coming events related to I&E, information and location of those events. This list should include details like accessibility, ticket requirement and related event.

 Once I&E culture are more grounded at UC, it is expected that the user base for this website will increase along with number of student projects in I&E. In reality, this page can also expand beyond I&E and reach into research projects. With sufficient number of users, students seeking collaboration can be listed as well as available idea and projects open to students to join. For example, architecture student seeking sociology student and urban planning student to participate in an international competition or industrial design student seeking business student to collaborate to commercialize designs. This is aimed to break down barrier and improve cross-disciplinary collaboration and further facilitate campus connectivity.

 A search function from a data base that includes key words and topics of above information, so that students can quickly find resources/events/other students and projects.

 An interlinked community with strong presence is successfully established.

== Milestones ==

Location key resources and key project participants Finding students/staffs from different faculty to locate and report key resources to list in the website. Students and staff members can be approached through emails, posters or simple spread of words. In this manner, locate IT students and visual communication students to form a collaboration group. Design and build the website. Architecture students can be recruited to model a 3D interactive campus map. All student participants can be rewarded by project experience and friendship. Alternatively, construction of this project can be offered as an experimental course testing collaboration and design initiatives of students.

Listing projects and events Finding student with real or proposed project to list on the website. List ongoing research projects at UC, thus the website/app can also be used publicly to promote UC projects. List I&E events on the website with comprehensive details so students can easily access information about future I&E events.

Promotion and building a positive cycle Promote the website through events, lectures and workshops. The website itself will promote events and as such forms a reinforcing cycle of connectivity.

aintenance and updates Select students to run the website, this is potentially linked to students in the proposed committee/taskforce. Potential to generate income from advertising local business and start-ups purely for the purpose of maintaining website. This is critical because many groups failed to maintain activity, this is potentially due to lack of financial support. Update on a semester basis at the minimal

= Strategy # 2 UC Student I&E committee =

As identified by Innovation Fellow Amannda Huot, disjointed of resources inhibits uninitiated students to experience I&E opportunities. Where a strong, student-led Innovation committee of students would be incredibly beneficial in promoting the various entrepreneurship resources. Where this student-led innovation committee effectively takes on managerial and promotion responsibilities of I&E on campus. During our research on the current ecosystem we noticed many past on campus I&E projects since 2018 are now inactive. We recognized the importance of continuity of I&E projects, this highlights the importance of updating and maintenance of projects on a timely manner as well as recognizing currently active students will eventually graduate and thus selecting successor is a key step to preserve and further growth of I&E culture. We propose an update on Student Led Innovation Committee that specifically address the issue of ongoing maintenance. Considering UC has assigned staff to manage I&E resources on campus, an I&E taskforce consisting of student representatives and professional staffs is a way to directly manage and control I&E resources, promotion and projects. However, we believe the bottom-up student approach should be maintained in order to maintain that student perspective. However, university staff can select or offer the student representative position to students deemed capable and passionate. With periodic meeting and reports to ensure ongoing maintenance and updates.

== Milestones ==

Selecting student representatives An issue the current clubs and societies faced by the university is that some presidents in the club only wanted to obtain the title to display in CV. Selecting student representatives can be conducted by open offer to students and/or selecting passionate students. Regularly meeting should be set between university staff and the student representatives to ensure project and goals are successfully implemented. Clearly define roles to student representatives Specific roles should be assigned to student representatives. As an alternative to Amannda Hout’s proposed structure. We suggest a flat structure with specializations. The roles we currently propose include event organizer(s), promotion and media manager(s), projects manager(s) and maintenance officer(s) each having distinctive duties that complements each other.  Event Organizer(s) – Organization and coordination of I&E events, however the event organizer is also tasked with finding out suitable events and designing them in the context of UC.  Promotion and media manager(s) – Produce promotional material and media releases on I&E of UC. He or she is also responsible for promoting a general awareness of I&E culture on campus.  Project manager(s) – Tasked to discover and organizing student I&E projects. The project manager(s) are also capable I&E thinkers who can guide students to imitate their own I&E projects.  Maintenance officer(s) – are students tasked with collection information from other

student representatives. They work closely with all other representatives and university staff to provide continuous updates on I&E culture. Ongoing projects and changeovers The taskforce’s continuous effort in constructing I&E culture should result in more I&E exposure to students in general. This in turn increases student’s interest in I&E activities, this potentially add new member to the taskforce building a positive cycle. However changeovers are necessary and should be conducted on a yearly basis to ensure long-term sustainability and longevity of I&E culture on campus.

= Strategy # 3 Cross-disciplinary lectures and workshops =

During our interview with students and meetings with university staff members we discovered that student engagement and education silo are major issues faced by University of Canberra students. From I&E perspective, we noticed that uninitiated students have very little knowledge of I&E resources and opportunities. With no current cross-disciplinary workshop and lectures, we were able to ideate a solution to promote more student engagement with I&E culture and the opportunity to be exposed to other disciplines as well as staff and students from different faculties. The solution we propose are series of cross-disciplinary lectures and workshops focused on I&E concepts. Establish a topic of conversation/lecture or workshop series which is open to all students. For example, a screening of a series of documentaries and films on I&E. “Foundation”, where lecturers from faculty of education, arts and design, science and technology and business are invited to discuss, comment and critic I&E concepts as shown in the film in relation to University of Canberra. While the documentaries can be a way of promoting I&E idea to students, the discussion following the film provides opportunity for student to learn more about I&E in context of Canberra and available local resources. This is also a way of promoting cross disciplinary connection and engagement.

== Milestones ==

Deciding suitable events I&E events including lectures and workshops shouldn’t be selected at random. Carefully planned lectures and workshop series should be selected in the suitable context (Canberra) in order to maximize student engagement. Once the topic has been established, identify key participants (including staff from relevant faculties, local I&E network and entrepreneurs) as lecturer/mentors is the next critical stage. Promote event through various media One of the biggest issues of UC is lack of cross media promotion of events. To ensure student participation, the lecture/workshop events should be promoted in multiple channels including social media, flyers, emails, newsletters as well as the resource map and I&E task force as suggested in other strategic priorities. Review of the event It is very important to review the event to gauge student participating and learning experience. Content, lecturer/mentor of the workshop and lectures can then be modified to improve the coming events. A positive cycle of I&E engagement can only be built with consistent effort.

= Strategy # 4 - UC Cross-Faculty Class =

From our interviews with students we discovered students were not socializing or meeting students from outside their area of study, this has created the effect of ‘educational silos’. A cross-faculty class would enhance connection and engagement and give rise to collaboration

opportunities for I&E across faculties. To address this, a class or program could be designed to bridge the Faculties of Arts & Design (FAD) and Business, Government & Law (BGL). This would give students the opportunity to meet new people, introduce them to new thinking styles, strategies and behaviours and expose them to a broader range of agile skills placing them on a stronger footing when they move forward in their professional journeys.

== Milestones ==

Approval and support of stakeholders Gain permission from important stakeholders from FAD and BGL for a small-scale workshop/prototype, this could be held during orientation week or week 8 of the semester. Market research + Prototype Interview students and potential teachers to refine topics of interest for class. Organise a small group of interested students/teachers to put protype class together. Hold Prototype Workshop Market event to target students and hold prototype event and take on board feedback for further refinement. Report event results to faculty stakeholders and the chancellor, discuss opportunities for refinement and further events. Report Findings and feasibility If event is successful organise discussions with university stakeholders for potential to be included in the long term (5+ year) curriculum planning. Take it further After implementation and review reach out to other faculties and stakeholders (include students) for further collaboration opportunities. How could this be rolled out to create further unique learning and collaboration with areas such as Education, Health and Technology.

= 2018 Overview =

[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6k6Tsfhd9Q0 &nbsp https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6k6Tsfhd9Q0 &nbsp];

= Strategy #1 - Create a student led Innovation Committee =

Following the research involved in the landscape canvas of UC's current Entrepreneurship and Innovation ecosystem, it becomes clear that UC offers a range of I&E resources that is catered towards the wider entrepreneurship community, that already contain ties to industry. Whilst this is important and beneficial towards the UC community, there is an obvious disconnect of these resources towards students who want an introductory "taste" of I&E, and don't necessarily have any established venture ideas in mind.

This is where the formation of a strong, student-led Innovation committee of students would be incredibly beneficial in promoting the various entrepreneurship resources that we have right on campus. By forming a study body committee from all faculties, marketing and promoting can significantly drive an increase of students coming from a diverse breadth of disciplines and majors. This promotion will come in the form of events, activities, guerilla marketing, which will occur over a cross-platform social media and in conjunction with relevant UC marketing officers  

'''Milestones:'''

== Recruit and elect suitable student leaders who will form an Innovation Committee ==

Upon initially starting UIF training, I spoke to many students who were interested in design thinking, yet didn’t know which avenues to pursue these interests. By having a nominated  current student in their faculty whom can be easily approached and contacted via e-mail, students can have a casual person to contact to ease any hesitations that may have occurred prior when having to contact a faculty member. 

== Allocate roles to recruited student leaders (President, Vice-President, treasurer, 1st Year Leader, Event Organiser etc.) ==

Once student change agents have been nominated, contacted and have accepted their position and responsibilities we can start allocating certain roles they would fulfill. This will occur in conjunction with meetings and brainstorming sessions discussing what problems they have encountered in their own faculty and what possible solutions the group can brainstorm and collaborate on. 

== Plan a series of related events that highlight and advertise UC's Entrepreneurship resources ==

A 3 day event that could tie in with Innovation Week that includes pop-up stalls on the concourse that highlights design thinking and inclusion. These stalls/classes/events would be promoted as low-cost and in general a fun introduction to what design thinking can entail. 

== Involve local industry to promote UC's E&I ecosystem ==

Once the committee has established itself as a strong student innovation committee driving a student movement through events,  the committee can then start approaching local industry to start bridging the gap between student and industry before graduation.

== Perform effective changeover of roles to incoming students as current student leaders graduate. ==

Annually, a changeover should occur in which current student change agents should handover the roles. This process would involve mentoring, in order to continue developing projects so that there is long-term sustainability and longevity of student innovation and entrepreneurship at UC.  

= Strategy #2 - Women in STEM and design summit =

Examining the current innovation and entrepreneurial clubs and societies during Market Day on O'Week, I was disappointed to see no female representation. From ICT, coding, and entrepreneurship  based societies, no females were present in promoting the clubs awareness. Having stayed and observed a society that promoted entrepreneurship/design thinking, the two most common things spoken by women when expressing their hesitations to join was “My idea in mind isn’t to be an entrepreneur” or “ I wouldn’t fit in well”. Another common quote spoken was  "I'm not an entrepreneurial type person, but I am interested in design thinking”. Having interviewed the president of this club in regards to female representation, he said that there are actually more female members than male, yet when it got to the stage of pursuing a start up, women tended to drop off towards the later stages.

By having a UC Women in STEM and Design Summit we are providing a platform for female ambassadors who are trailblazer's in their respective fields to share their stories and experiences towards the UC community, specifically young women who previously may have been disadvantaged and had to overcome obstacles and challenges as a woman in a male dominated industry. 

'''Milestones:'''

== Organise an initial meeting with faculty members ==

Undergoing UIF training encouraged me to seek and pursue all resources on campus leading to innovation and entrepreneurship, uncovering networks of faculties whom are highly interested In the student experience and are willing to help student initiatives. By having an early meeting, faculty will be able to give us links to networks whom can help facilitate and aid our event.

== Allocate an appropriate date location and time for event ==

Once the event has been discussed with relevant administration and faculty, we can then start allocating a date that fits in appropriately with the academic calendar for  the incoming (or next) year. From there an appropriate location will be booked with times to be later confirmed

== Reach out to female community leaders for interest ==

This will either occur via e-mail or ideally in person through community events, such as the SheLeads conferences whereby we can pitch our idea to female trailblazers in hope that they too share the passion for advocacy at a higher education level.

== Write up attendee list and agenda ==

After having previously contacted and communicated interest from relevant leader, start organizing attendee list and agenda which should be immersive and experiential in the design thinking process.

== Formally invite guest speakers to attend summit ==

== Prepare resources and materials for summit  ==

= Strategy #3 - Establishing an Entrepreneurship & Innovation Help Centre for students on campus =

With the release of UC's latest strategic plan 'Distinctive by Design' which outlines UC's own milestone endeavors for the years 2018-2022, Entrepreneurship and Innovation  was at the forefront for strategic importance to the Institution. Therefore, an invested interest should occur in the establishment of an E&I Help Centre on campus, a common hub whereby students can receive advice whilst developing a passion for I&E principles. This goal can easily occur in a pre-established location on campus.

This facility will possess a wide range of built in amenities and facilitative collaboration spaces, from engineering styled labs to open conference room where students can convene to work on group assessments.  It will be a multi purpose space for students, and by students, which can home all club and society meetings and events.  This space can also be used to incubate the beginnings of UC's first startup's in the future.  UPDATE : After further investigation an opening  branch of innovation and entrepreneurship help style center for students called Engage UC, has occurred as a very recent development, opening an avenue for students to be involved.  

 '''Milestones:'''

== Seek whether there is sufficient demand from students and faculty ==

Uncover a thorough analysis amongst students across campus on their level of interest in this type of support and whether they would use it, after having explained and shown how I&E can be highly relevant and useful towards their own degrees.

== Establish rapport with relevant faculty and administration  ==

Schedule a meeting with faculty leaders to pitch ideas of an innovation space for students with the sole purpose of generating feedback and the feasibility of the on the prospect of either utilizing a pre-existing space or seeking  the foundations of a new space.

== Locate sufficient funding (grants, Student Services and Amenities Fee etc.)  ==

Go to the government homepage and scour the website to help find sources towards grants towards innovation and entrepreneurship for students in higher education, and apply for the relevant  grants.

== Source the relevant people to mange the help centre ==

== Utalise the center as a connection point to resources both on and off campus. ==

== Launch of the E&I help centre  ==

= Strategy #4 - Incorporate a UIFresh approach to curriculum for first year's =

During interviews with incoming first year students at UC, it was found that whilst many said they would be interested in learning about Entrepreneurship and Innovation , they wouldn't necessarily go out of their way to seek various avenue's and pathways. This can be amended by bringing the E&I to first years,  during orientation week, where they are initially discovering what UC has to offer.

The incorporation of design thinking into the curriculum of first year students in all faculties will be incredibly beneficial, as the design thinking skills learned will produce a significant impact on the entrepreneurship and innovation landscape at UC, which will bring long term and continual benefits to students own professional careers.

 

'''Milestones:'''

== Gain faculty permission to run a UIFresh inspired design thinking workshop for incoming students as part of orientation week. ==

== Oraganise a planning committee of dedicated students who have a vested interest in E&I from a range of background majors. ==

== Analyse existing curriculum for first years and  see what need improvements and amendments. ==

== Introduce new E&I introductory elective courses for first year students ==

== Present a report findings to the faculty and chancellor for implementation ==

== Advise any implementation of changes to the course. ==

= Related Links =

UC UIF Wiki 

[[University of Canberra|University_of_Canberra]]

Spring 2018 UIF

[[Amannda huot|Amannda_huot]]

[[Category:Student Priorities|u]]

Priorities:University of Canberra Student Priorities

2019-10-04T01:05:28Z

U3188699:

= 2019 Strategic Priorities =

= Strategy # 1 UC Resources Map =

We recognized that the resources on campus are fragmented with no easily accessible information for students. To foster I&E culture on campus it is a critical to connect these resources as well as highlighting their presence. A simple website and/or app that serves as a navigation tool for students to learn more about I&E resources on and off campus is one method to address this issue. The key goal of this website/app is to improve connectivity of existing

resources and to encourage and promote I&E culture on a broad spectrum. This project takes the multifaceted approach addressing multiple issues at once. The website/app will have different subpages to meet different functional requirement. However, the project can also be considered incremental and be implemented in stages as followed:

 A physical map of campus that identify key locations related to I&E. E.g. location of workshop, maker space, millhouse, working spaces.  A list of off campus resources and supporting organizations including E24, CBR innovation network, KILN incubator this is essentially the landscape canvas organized and visualized. However, this can also include external services run by graduated or current UC students, for example, “Interation”, a 3D printing service by Jon Clever a recent graduate offering discount to current students. Linking these key resources can allow student to easily access services they need for their ideas.

 A list of coming events related to I&E, information and location of those events. This list should include details like accessibility, ticket requirement and related event.

 Once I&E culture are more grounded at UC, it is expected that the user base for this website will increase along with number of student projects in I&E. In reality, this page can also expand beyond I&E and reach into research projects. With sufficient number of users, students seeking collaboration can be listed as well as available idea and projects open to students to join. For example, architecture student seeking sociology student and urban planning student to participate in an international competition or industrial design student seeking business student to collaborate to commercialize designs. This is aimed to break down barrier and improve cross-disciplinary collaboration and further facilitate campus connectivity.

 A search function from a data base that includes key words and topics of above information, so that students can quickly find resources/events/other students and projects.

 An interlinked community with strong presence is successfully established.

== Milestones ==

Location key resources and key project participants Finding students/staffs from different faculty to locate and report key resources to list in the website. Students and staff members can be approached through emails, posters or simple spread of words. In this manner, locate IT students and visual communication students to form a collaboration group. Design and build the website. Architecture students can be recruited to model a 3D interactive campus map. All student participants can be rewarded by project experience and friendship. Alternatively, construction of this project can be offered as an experimental course testing collaboration and design initiatives of students.

Listing projects and events Finding student with real or proposed project to list on the website. List ongoing research projects at UC, thus the website/app can also be used publicly to promote UC projects. List I&E events on the website with comprehensive details so students can easily access information about future I&E events.

Promotion and building a positive cycle Promote the website through events, lectures and workshops. The website itself will promote events and as such forms a reinforcing cycle of connectivity.

aintenance and updates Select students to run the website, this is potentially linked to students in the proposed committee/taskforce. Potential to generate income from advertising local business and start-ups purely for the purpose of maintaining website. This is critical because many groups failed to maintain activity, this is potentially due to lack of financial support. Update on a semester basis at the minimal

= Strategy # 2 UC Student I&E committee =

As identified by Innovation Fellow Amannda Huot, disjointed of resources inhibits uninitiated students to experience I&E opportunities. Where a strong, student-led Innovation committee of students would be incredibly beneficial in promoting the various entrepreneurship resources. Where this student-led innovation committee effectively takes on managerial and promotion responsibilities of I&E on campus. During our research on the current ecosystem we noticed many past on campus I&E projects since 2018 are now inactive. We recognized the importance of continuity of I&E projects, this highlights the importance of updating and maintenance of projects on a timely manner as well as recognizing currently active students will eventually graduate and thus selecting successor is a key step to preserve and further growth of I&E culture. We propose an update on Student Led Innovation Committee that specifically address the issue of ongoing maintenance. Considering UC has assigned staff to manage I&E resources on campus, an I&E taskforce consisting of student representatives and professional staffs is a way to directly manage and control I&E resources, promotion and projects. However, we believe the bottom-up student approach should be maintained in order to maintain that student perspective. However, university staff can select or offer the student representative position to students deemed capable and passionate. With periodic meeting and reports to ensure ongoing maintenance and updates.

== Milestones ==

Selecting student representatives An issue the current clubs and societies faced by the university is that some presidents in the club only wanted to obtain the title to display in CV. Selecting student representatives can be conducted by open offer to students and/or selecting passionate students. Regularly meeting should be set between university staff and the student representatives to ensure project and goals are successfully implemented. Clearly define roles to student representatives Specific roles should be assigned to student representatives. As an alternative to Amannda Hout’s proposed structure. We suggest a flat structure with specializations. The roles we currently propose include event organizer(s), promotion and media manager(s), projects manager(s) and maintenance officer(s) each having distinctive duties that complements each other.  Event Organizer(s) – Organization and coordination of I&E events, however the event organizer is also tasked with finding out suitable events and designing them in the context of UC.  Promotion and media manager(s) – Produce promotional material and media releases on I&E of UC. He or she is also responsible for promoting a general awareness of I&E culture on campus.  Project manager(s) – Tasked to discover and organizing student I&E projects. The project manager(s) are also capable I&E thinkers who can guide students to imitate their own I&E projects.  Maintenance officer(s) – are students tasked with collection information from other

student representatives. They work closely with all other representatives and university staff to provide continuous updates on I&E culture. Ongoing projects and changeovers The taskforce’s continuous effort in constructing I&E culture should result in more I&E exposure to students in general. This in turn increases student’s interest in I&E activities, this potentially add new member to the taskforce building a positive cycle. However changeovers are necessary and should be conducted on a yearly basis to ensure long-term sustainability and longevity of I&E culture on campus.

= Strategy # 3 Cross-disciplinary lectures and workshops =

During our interview with students and meetings with university staff members we discovered that student engagement and education silo are major issues faced by University of Canberra students. From I&E perspective, we noticed that uninitiated students have very little knowledge of I&E resources and opportunities. With no current cross-disciplinary workshop and lectures, we were able to ideate a solution to promote more student engagement with I&E culture and the opportunity to be exposed to other disciplines as well as staff and students from different faculties. The solution we propose are series of cross-disciplinary lectures and workshops focused on I&E concepts. Establish a topic of conversation/lecture or workshop series which is open to all students. For example, a screening of a series of documentaries and films on I&E. “Foundation”, where lecturers from faculty of education, arts and design, science and technology and business are invited to discuss, comment and critic I&E concepts as shown in the film in relation to University of Canberra. While the documentaries can be a way of promoting I&E idea to students, the discussion following the film provides opportunity for student to learn more about I&E in context of Canberra and available local resources. This is also a way of promoting cross disciplinary connection and engagement.

== Milestones ==

Deciding suitable events I&E events including lectures and workshops shouldn’t be selected at random. Carefully planned lectures and workshop series should be selected in the suitable context (Canberra) in order to maximize student engagement. Once the topic has been established, identify key participants (including staff from relevant faculties, local I&E network and entrepreneurs) as lecturer/mentors is the next critical stage. Promote event through various media One of the biggest issues of UC is lack of cross media promotion of events. To ensure student participation, the lecture/workshop events should be promoted in multiple channels including social media, flyers, emails, newsletters as well as the resource map and I&E task force as suggested in other strategic priorities. Review of the event It is very important to review the event to gauge student participating and learning experience. Content, lecturer/mentor of the workshop and lectures can then be modified to improve the coming events. A positive cycle of I&E engagement can only be built with consistent effort.

= Strategy # 4 - UC Cross-Faculty Class =

From our interviews with students we discovered students were not socializing or meeting students from outside their area of study, this has created the effect of ‘educational silos’. A cross-faculty class would enhance connection and engagement and give rise to collaboration

opportunities for I&E across faculties. To address this, a class or program could be designed to bridge the Faculties of Arts & Design (FAD) and Business, Government & Law (BGL). This would give students the opportunity to meet new people, introduce them to new thinking styles, strategies and behaviours and expose them to a broader range of agile skills placing them on a stronger footing when they move forward in their professional journeys.

== Milestones ==

Approval and support of stakeholders Gain permission from important stakeholders from FAD and BGL for a small-scale workshop/prototype, this could be held during orientation week or week 8 of the semester. Market research + Prototype Interview students and potential teachers to refine topics of interest for class. Organise a small group of interested students/teachers to put protype class together. Hold Prototype Workshop Market event to target students and hold prototype event and take on board feedback for further refinement. Report event results to faculty stakeholders and the chancellor, discuss opportunities for refinement and further events. Report Findings and feasibility If event is successful organise discussions with university stakeholders for potential to be included in the long term (5+ year) curriculum planning. Take it further After implementation and review reach out to other faculties and stakeholders (include students) for further collaboration opportunities. How could this be rolled out to create further unique learning and collaboration with areas such as Education, Health and Technology.

= 2018 Overview =

[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6k6Tsfhd9Q0 &nbsp https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6k6Tsfhd9Q0 &nbsp];

= Strategy #1 - Create a student led Innovation Committee =

Following the research involved in the landscape canvas of UC's current Entrepreneurship and Innovation ecosystem, it becomes clear that UC offers a range of I&E resources that is catered towards the wider entrepreneurship community, that already contain ties to industry. Whilst this is important and beneficial towards the UC community, there is an obvious disconnect of these resources towards students who want an introductory "taste" of I&E, and don't necessarily have any established venture ideas in mind.

This is where the formation of a strong, student-led Innovation committee of students would be incredibly beneficial in promoting the various entrepreneurship resources that we have right on campus. By forming a study body committee from all faculties, marketing and promoting can significantly drive an increase of students coming from a diverse breadth of disciplines and majors. This promotion will come in the form of events, activities, guerilla marketing, which will occur over a cross-platform social media and in conjunction with relevant UC marketing officers  

'''Milestones:'''

== Recruit and elect suitable student leaders who will form an Innovation Committee ==

Upon initially starting UIF training, I spoke to many students who were interested in design thinking, yet didn’t know which avenues to pursue these interests. By having a nominated  current student in their faculty whom can be easily approached and contacted via e-mail, students can have a casual person to contact to ease any hesitations that may have occurred prior when having to contact a faculty member. 

== Allocate roles to recruited student leaders (President, Vice-President, treasurer, 1st Year Leader, Event Organiser etc.) ==

Once student change agents have been nominated, contacted and have accepted their position and responsibilities we can start allocating certain roles they would fulfill. This will occur in conjunction with meetings and brainstorming sessions discussing what problems they have encountered in their own faculty and what possible solutions the group can brainstorm and collaborate on. 

== Plan a series of related events that highlight and advertise UC's Entrepreneurship resources ==

A 3 day event that could tie in with Innovation Week that includes pop-up stalls on the concourse that highlights design thinking and inclusion. These stalls/classes/events would be promoted as low-cost and in general a fun introduction to what design thinking can entail. 

== Involve local industry to promote UC's E&I ecosystem ==

Once the committee has established itself as a strong student innovation committee driving a student movement through events,  the committee can then start approaching local industry to start bridging the gap between student and industry before graduation.

== Perform effective changeover of roles to incoming students as current student leaders graduate. ==

Annually, a changeover should occur in which current student change agents should handover the roles. This process would involve mentoring, in order to continue developing projects so that there is long-term sustainability and longevity of student innovation and entrepreneurship at UC.  

= Strategy #2 - Women in STEM and design summit =

Examining the current innovation and entrepreneurial clubs and societies during Market Day on O'Week, I was disappointed to see no female representation. From ICT, coding, and entrepreneurship  based societies, no females were present in promoting the clubs awareness. Having stayed and observed a society that promoted entrepreneurship/design thinking, the two most common things spoken by women when expressing their hesitations to join was “My idea in mind isn’t to be an entrepreneur” or “ I wouldn’t fit in well”. Another common quote spoken was  "I'm not an entrepreneurial type person, but I am interested in design thinking”. Having interviewed the president of this club in regards to female representation, he said that there are actually more female members than male, yet when it got to the stage of pursuing a start up, women tended to drop off towards the later stages.

By having a UC Women in STEM and Design Summit we are providing a platform for female ambassadors who are trailblazer's in their respective fields to share their stories and experiences towards the UC community, specifically young women who previously may have been disadvantaged and had to overcome obstacles and challenges as a woman in a male dominated industry. 

'''Milestones:'''

== Organise an initial meeting with faculty members ==

Undergoing UIF training encouraged me to seek and pursue all resources on campus leading to innovation and entrepreneurship, uncovering networks of faculties whom are highly interested In the student experience and are willing to help student initiatives. By having an early meeting, faculty will be able to give us links to networks whom can help facilitate and aid our event.

== Allocate an appropriate date location and time for event ==

Once the event has been discussed with relevant administration and faculty, we can then start allocating a date that fits in appropriately with the academic calendar for  the incoming (or next) year. From there an appropriate location will be booked with times to be later confirmed

== Reach out to female community leaders for interest ==

This will either occur via e-mail or ideally in person through community events, such as the SheLeads conferences whereby we can pitch our idea to female trailblazers in hope that they too share the passion for advocacy at a higher education level.

== Write up attendee list and agenda ==

After having previously contacted and communicated interest from relevant leader, start organizing attendee list and agenda which should be immersive and experiential in the design thinking process.

== Formally invite guest speakers to attend summit ==

== Prepare resources and materials for summit  ==

= Strategy #3 - Establishing an Entrepreneurship & Innovation Help Centre for students on campus =

With the release of UC's latest strategic plan 'Distinctive by Design' which outlines UC's own milestone endeavors for the years 2018-2022, Entrepreneurship and Innovation  was at the forefront for strategic importance to the Institution. Therefore, an invested interest should occur in the establishment of an E&I Help Centre on campus, a common hub whereby students can receive advice whilst developing a passion for I&E principles. This goal can easily occur in a pre-established location on campus.

This facility will possess a wide range of built in amenities and facilitative collaboration spaces, from engineering styled labs to open conference room where students can convene to work on group assessments.  It will be a multi purpose space for students, and by students, which can home all club and society meetings and events.  This space can also be used to incubate the beginnings of UC's first startup's in the future.  UPDATE : After further investigation an opening  branch of innovation and entrepreneurship help style center for students called Engage UC, has occurred as a very recent development, opening an avenue for students to be involved.  

 '''Milestones:'''

== Seek whether there is sufficient demand from students and faculty ==

Uncover a thorough analysis amongst students across campus on their level of interest in this type of support and whether they would use it, after having explained and shown how I&E can be highly relevant and useful towards their own degrees.

== Establish rapport with relevant faculty and administration  ==

Schedule a meeting with faculty leaders to pitch ideas of an innovation space for students with the sole purpose of generating feedback and the feasibility of the on the prospect of either utilizing a pre-existing space or seeking  the foundations of a new space.

== Locate sufficient funding (grants, Student Services and Amenities Fee etc.)  ==

Go to the government homepage and scour the website to help find sources towards grants towards innovation and entrepreneurship for students in higher education, and apply for the relevant  grants.

== Source the relevant people to mange the help centre ==

== Utalise the center as a connection point to resources both on and off campus. ==

== Launch of the E&I help centre  ==

= Strategy #4 - Incorporate a UIFresh approach to curriculum for first year's =

During interviews with incoming first year students at UC, it was found that whilst many said they would be interested in learning about Entrepreneurship and Innovation , they wouldn't necessarily go out of their way to seek various avenue's and pathways. This can be amended by bringing the E&I to first years,  during orientation week, where they are initially discovering what UC has to offer.

The incorporation of design thinking into the curriculum of first year students in all faculties will be incredibly beneficial, as the design thinking skills learned will produce a significant impact on the entrepreneurship and innovation landscape at UC, which will bring long term and continual benefits to students own professional careers.

 

'''Milestones:'''

== Gain faculty permission to run a UIFresh inspired design thinking workshop for incoming students as part of orientation week. ==

== Oraganise a planning committee of dedicated students who have a vested interest in E&I from a range of background majors. ==

== Analyse existing curriculum for first years and  see what need improvements and amendments. ==

== Introduce new E&I introductory elective courses for first year students ==

== Present a report findings to the faculty and chancellor for implementation ==

== Advise any implementation of changes to the course. ==

= Related Links =

UC UIF Wiki 

[[University of Canberra|University_of_Canberra]]

Spring 2018 UIF

[[Amannda huot|Amannda_huot]]

[[Category:Student Priorities|u]]

Priorities:University of Canberra Student Priorities

2019-10-04T01:04:32Z

U3188699:

= 2019 Strategic Priorities =

= Strategy # 1 UC Resources Map =

We recognized that the resources on campus are fragmented with no easily accessible information for students. To foster I&E culture on campus it is a critical to connect these resources as well as highlighting their presence. A simple website and/or app that serves as a navigation tool for students to learn more about I&E resources on and off campus is one method to address this issue. The key goal of this website/app is to improve connectivity of existing

resources and to encourage and promote I&E culture on a broad spectrum. This project takes the multifaceted approach addressing multiple issues at once. The website/app will have different subpages to meet different functional requirement. However, the project can also be considered incremental and be implemented in stages as followed:

 A physical map of campus that identify key locations related to I&E. E.g. location of workshop, maker space, millhouse, working spaces.  A list of off campus resources and supporting organizations including E24, CBR innovation network, KILN incubator this is essentially the landscape canvas organized and visualized. However, this can also include external services run by graduated or current UC students, for example, “Interation”, a 3D printing service by Jon Clever a recent graduate offering discount to current students. Linking these key resources can allow student to easily access services they need for their ideas.
 A list of coming events related to I&E, information and location of those events. This list should include details like accessibility, ticket requirement and related event.
 Once I&E culture are more grounded at UC, it is expected that the user base for this website will increase along with number of student projects in I&E. In reality, this page can also expand beyond I&E and reach into research projects. With sufficient number of users, students seeking collaboration can be listed as well as available idea and projects open to students to join. For example, architecture student seeking sociology student and urban planning student to participate in an international competition or industrial design student seeking business student to collaborate to commercialize designs. This is aimed to break down barrier and improve cross-disciplinary collaboration and further facilitate campus connectivity.
 A search function from a data base that includes key words and topics of above information, so that students can quickly find resources/events/other students and projects.
 An interlinked community with strong presence is successfully established.

== Milestones ==

Location key resources and key project participants Finding students/staffs from different faculty to locate and report key resources to list in the website. Students and staff members can be approached through emails, posters or simple spread of words. In this manner, locate IT students and visual communication students to form a collaboration group. Design and build the website. Architecture students can be recruited to model a 3D interactive campus map. All student participants can be rewarded by project experience and friendship. Alternatively, construction of this project can be offered as an experimental course testing collaboration and design initiatives of students.

Listing projects and events Finding student with real or proposed project to list on the website. List ongoing research projects at UC, thus the website/app can also be used publicly to promote UC projects. List I&E events on the website with comprehensive details so students can easily access information about future I&E events.

Promotion and building a positive cycle Promote the website through events, lectures and workshops. The website itself will promote events and as such forms a reinforcing cycle of connectivity.

aintenance and updates Select students to run the website, this is potentially linked to students in the proposed committee/taskforce. Potential to generate income from advertising local business and start-ups purely for the purpose of maintaining website. This is critical because many groups failed to maintain activity, this is potentially due to lack of financial support. Update on a semester basis at the minimal

= Strategy # 2 UC Student I&E committee =

As identified by Innovation Fellow Amannda Huot, disjointed of resources inhibits uninitiated students to experience I&E opportunities. Where a strong, student-led Innovation committee of students would be incredibly beneficial in promoting the various entrepreneurship resources. Where this student-led innovation committee effectively takes on managerial and promotion responsibilities of I&E on campus. During our research on the current ecosystem we noticed many past on campus I&E projects since 2018 are now inactive. We recognized the importance of continuity of I&E projects, this highlights the importance of updating and maintenance of projects on a timely manner as well as recognizing currently active students will eventually graduate and thus selecting successor is a key step to preserve and further growth of I&E culture. We propose an update on Student Led Innovation Committee that specifically address the issue of ongoing maintenance. Considering UC has assigned staff to manage I&E resources on campus, an I&E taskforce consisting of student representatives and professional staffs is a way to directly manage and control I&E resources, promotion and projects. However, we believe the bottom-up student approach should be maintained in order to maintain that student perspective. However, university staff can select or offer the student representative position to students deemed capable and passionate. With periodic meeting and reports to ensure ongoing maintenance and updates.

== Milestones ==

Selecting student representatives An issue the current clubs and societies faced by the university is that some presidents in the club only wanted to obtain the title to display in CV. Selecting student representatives can be conducted by open offer to students and/or selecting passionate students. Regularly meeting should be set between university staff and the student representatives to ensure project and goals are successfully implemented. Clearly define roles to student representatives Specific roles should be assigned to student representatives. As an alternative to Amannda Hout’s proposed structure. We suggest a flat structure with specializations. The roles we currently propose include event organizer(s), promotion and media manager(s), projects manager(s) and maintenance officer(s) each having distinctive duties that complements each other.  Event Organizer(s) – Organization and coordination of I&E events, however the event organizer is also tasked with finding out suitable events and designing them in the context of UC.  Promotion and media manager(s) – Produce promotional material and media releases on I&E of UC. He or she is also responsible for promoting a general awareness of I&E culture on campus.  Project manager(s) – Tasked to discover and organizing student I&E projects. The project manager(s) are also capable I&E thinkers who can guide students to imitate their own I&E projects.  Maintenance officer(s) – are students tasked with collection information from other

student representatives. They work closely with all other representatives and university staff to provide continuous updates on I&E culture. Ongoing projects and changeovers The taskforce’s continuous effort in constructing I&E culture should result in more I&E exposure to students in general. This in turn increases student’s interest in I&E activities, this potentially add new member to the taskforce building a positive cycle. However changeovers are necessary and should be conducted on a yearly basis to ensure long-term sustainability and longevity of I&E culture on campus.

= Strategy # 3 Cross-disciplinary lectures and workshops =

During our interview with students and meetings with university staff members we discovered that student engagement and education silo are major issues faced by University of Canberra students. From I&E perspective, we noticed that uninitiated students have very little knowledge of I&E resources and opportunities. With no current cross-disciplinary workshop and lectures, we were able to ideate a solution to promote more student engagement with I&E culture and the opportunity to be exposed to other disciplines as well as staff and students from different faculties. The solution we propose are series of cross-disciplinary lectures and workshops focused on I&E concepts. Establish a topic of conversation/lecture or workshop series which is open to all students. For example, a screening of a series of documentaries and films on I&E. “Foundation”, where lecturers from faculty of education, arts and design, science and technology and business are invited to discuss, comment and critic I&E concepts as shown in the film in relation to University of Canberra. While the documentaries can be a way of promoting I&E idea to students, the discussion following the film provides opportunity for student to learn more about I&E in context of Canberra and available local resources. This is also a way of promoting cross disciplinary connection and engagement.

== Milestones ==

Deciding suitable events I&E events including lectures and workshops shouldn’t be selected at random. Carefully planned lectures and workshop series should be selected in the suitable context (Canberra) in order to maximize student engagement. Once the topic has been established, identify key participants (including staff from relevant faculties, local I&E network and entrepreneurs) as lecturer/mentors is the next critical stage. Promote event through various media One of the biggest issues of UC is lack of cross media promotion of events. To ensure student participation, the lecture/workshop events should be promoted in multiple channels including social media, flyers, emails, newsletters as well as the resource map and I&E task force as suggested in other strategic priorities. Review of the event It is very important to review the event to gauge student participating and learning experience. Content, lecturer/mentor of the workshop and lectures can then be modified to improve the coming events. A positive cycle of I&E engagement can only be built with consistent effort.

= Strategy # 4 - UC Cross-Faculty Class =

From our interviews with students we discovered students were not socializing or meeting students from outside their area of study, this has created the effect of ‘educational silos’. A cross-faculty class would enhance connection and engagement and give rise to collaboration

opportunities for I&E across faculties. To address this, a class or program could be designed to bridge the Faculties of Arts & Design (FAD) and Business, Government & Law (BGL). This would give students the opportunity to meet new people, introduce them to new thinking styles, strategies and behaviours and expose them to a broader range of agile skills placing them on a stronger footing when they move forward in their professional journeys.

== Milestones ==

Approval and support of stakeholders Gain permission from important stakeholders from FAD and BGL for a small-scale workshop/prototype, this could be held during orientation week or week 8 of the semester. Market research + Prototype Interview students and potential teachers to refine topics of interest for class. Organise a small group of interested students/teachers to put protype class together. Hold Prototype Workshop Market event to target students and hold prototype event and take on board feedback for further refinement. Report event results to faculty stakeholders and the chancellor, discuss opportunities for refinement and further events. Report Findings and feasibility If event is successful organise discussions with university stakeholders for potential to be included in the long term (5+ year) curriculum planning. Take it further After implementation and review reach out to other faculties and stakeholders (include students) for further collaboration opportunities. How could this be rolled out to create further unique learning and collaboration with areas such as Education, Health and Technology.

= 2018 Overview =

[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6k6Tsfhd9Q0 &nbsp https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6k6Tsfhd9Q0 &nbsp];

= Strategy #1 - Create a student led Innovation Committee =

Following the research involved in the landscape canvas of UC's current Entrepreneurship and Innovation ecosystem, it becomes clear that UC offers a range of I&E resources that is catered towards the wider entrepreneurship community, that already contain ties to industry. Whilst this is important and beneficial towards the UC community, there is an obvious disconnect of these resources towards students who want an introductory "taste" of I&E, and don't necessarily have any established venture ideas in mind.

This is where the formation of a strong, student-led Innovation committee of students would be incredibly beneficial in promoting the various entrepreneurship resources that we have right on campus. By forming a study body committee from all faculties, marketing and promoting can significantly drive an increase of students coming from a diverse breadth of disciplines and majors. This promotion will come in the form of events, activities, guerilla marketing, which will occur over a cross-platform social media and in conjunction with relevant UC marketing officers  

'''Milestones:'''

== Recruit and elect suitable student leaders who will form an Innovation Committee ==

Upon initially starting UIF training, I spoke to many students who were interested in design thinking, yet didn’t know which avenues to pursue these interests. By having a nominated  current student in their faculty whom can be easily approached and contacted via e-mail, students can have a casual person to contact to ease any hesitations that may have occurred prior when having to contact a faculty member. 

== Allocate roles to recruited student leaders (President, Vice-President, treasurer, 1st Year Leader, Event Organiser etc.) ==

Once student change agents have been nominated, contacted and have accepted their position and responsibilities we can start allocating certain roles they would fulfill. This will occur in conjunction with meetings and brainstorming sessions discussing what problems they have encountered in their own faculty and what possible solutions the group can brainstorm and collaborate on. 

== Plan a series of related events that highlight and advertise UC's Entrepreneurship resources ==

A 3 day event that could tie in with Innovation Week that includes pop-up stalls on the concourse that highlights design thinking and inclusion. These stalls/classes/events would be promoted as low-cost and in general a fun introduction to what design thinking can entail. 

== Involve local industry to promote UC's E&I ecosystem ==

Once the committee has established itself as a strong student innovation committee driving a student movement through events,  the committee can then start approaching local industry to start bridging the gap between student and industry before graduation.

== Perform effective changeover of roles to incoming students as current student leaders graduate. ==

Annually, a changeover should occur in which current student change agents should handover the roles. This process would involve mentoring, in order to continue developing projects so that there is long-term sustainability and longevity of student innovation and entrepreneurship at UC.  

= Strategy #2 - Women in STEM and design summit =

Examining the current innovation and entrepreneurial clubs and societies during Market Day on O'Week, I was disappointed to see no female representation. From ICT, coding, and entrepreneurship  based societies, no females were present in promoting the clubs awareness. Having stayed and observed a society that promoted entrepreneurship/design thinking, the two most common things spoken by women when expressing their hesitations to join was “My idea in mind isn’t to be an entrepreneur” or “ I wouldn’t fit in well”. Another common quote spoken was  "I'm not an entrepreneurial type person, but I am interested in design thinking”. Having interviewed the president of this club in regards to female representation, he said that there are actually more female members than male, yet when it got to the stage of pursuing a start up, women tended to drop off towards the later stages.

By having a UC Women in STEM and Design Summit we are providing a platform for female ambassadors who are trailblazer's in their respective fields to share their stories and experiences towards the UC community, specifically young women who previously may have been disadvantaged and had to overcome obstacles and challenges as a woman in a male dominated industry. 

'''Milestones:'''

== Organise an initial meeting with faculty members ==

Undergoing UIF training encouraged me to seek and pursue all resources on campus leading to innovation and entrepreneurship, uncovering networks of faculties whom are highly interested In the student experience and are willing to help student initiatives. By having an early meeting, faculty will be able to give us links to networks whom can help facilitate and aid our event.

== Allocate an appropriate date location and time for event ==

Once the event has been discussed with relevant administration and faculty, we can then start allocating a date that fits in appropriately with the academic calendar for  the incoming (or next) year. From there an appropriate location will be booked with times to be later confirmed

== Reach out to female community leaders for interest ==

This will either occur via e-mail or ideally in person through community events, such as the SheLeads conferences whereby we can pitch our idea to female trailblazers in hope that they too share the passion for advocacy at a higher education level.

== Write up attendee list and agenda ==

After having previously contacted and communicated interest from relevant leader, start organizing attendee list and agenda which should be immersive and experiential in the design thinking process.

== Formally invite guest speakers to attend summit ==

== Prepare resources and materials for summit  ==

= Strategy #3 - Establishing an Entrepreneurship & Innovation Help Centre for students on campus =

With the release of UC's latest strategic plan 'Distinctive by Design' which outlines UC's own milestone endeavors for the years 2018-2022, Entrepreneurship and Innovation  was at the forefront for strategic importance to the Institution. Therefore, an invested interest should occur in the establishment of an E&I Help Centre on campus, a common hub whereby students can receive advice whilst developing a passion for I&E principles. This goal can easily occur in a pre-established location on campus.

This facility will possess a wide range of built in amenities and facilitative collaboration spaces, from engineering styled labs to open conference room where students can convene to work on group assessments.  It will be a multi purpose space for students, and by students, which can home all club and society meetings and events.  This space can also be used to incubate the beginnings of UC's first startup's in the future.  UPDATE : After further investigation an opening  branch of innovation and entrepreneurship help style center for students called Engage UC, has occurred as a very recent development, opening an avenue for students to be involved.  

 '''Milestones:'''

== Seek whether there is sufficient demand from students and faculty ==

Uncover a thorough analysis amongst students across campus on their level of interest in this type of support and whether they would use it, after having explained and shown how I&E can be highly relevant and useful towards their own degrees.

== Establish rapport with relevant faculty and administration  ==

Schedule a meeting with faculty leaders to pitch ideas of an innovation space for students with the sole purpose of generating feedback and the feasibility of the on the prospect of either utilizing a pre-existing space or seeking  the foundations of a new space.

== Locate sufficient funding (grants, Student Services and Amenities Fee etc.)  ==

Go to the government homepage and scour the website to help find sources towards grants towards innovation and entrepreneurship for students in higher education, and apply for the relevant  grants.

== Source the relevant people to mange the help centre ==

== Utalise the center as a connection point to resources both on and off campus. ==

== Launch of the E&I help centre  ==

= Strategy #4 - Incorporate a UIFresh approach to curriculum for first year's =

During interviews with incoming first year students at UC, it was found that whilst many said they would be interested in learning about Entrepreneurship and Innovation , they wouldn't necessarily go out of their way to seek various avenue's and pathways. This can be amended by bringing the E&I to first years,  during orientation week, where they are initially discovering what UC has to offer.

The incorporation of design thinking into the curriculum of first year students in all faculties will be incredibly beneficial, as the design thinking skills learned will produce a significant impact on the entrepreneurship and innovation landscape at UC, which will bring long term and continual benefits to students own professional careers.

 

'''Milestones:'''

== Gain faculty permission to run a UIFresh inspired design thinking workshop for incoming students as part of orientation week. ==

== Oraganise a planning committee of dedicated students who have a vested interest in E&I from a range of background majors. ==

== Analyse existing curriculum for first years and  see what need improvements and amendments. ==

== Introduce new E&I introductory elective courses for first year students ==

== Present a report findings to the faculty and chancellor for implementation ==

== Advise any implementation of changes to the course. ==

= Related Links =

UC UIF Wiki 

[[University of Canberra|University_of_Canberra]]

Spring 2018 UIF

[[Amannda huot|Amannda_huot]]

[[Category:Student Priorities|u]]

Priorities:University of Canberra Student Priorities

2019-10-04T01:01:46Z

U3188699:

= 2019 Strategic Priorities =

= Strategy # 1 UC Resources Map =

We recognized that the resources on campus are fragmented with no easily accessible information for students. To foster I&E culture on campus it is a critical to connect these resources as well as highlighting their presence. A simple website and/or app that serves as a navigation tool for students to learn more about I&E resources on and off campus is one method to address this issue. The key goal of this website/app is to improve connectivity of existing

resources and to encourage and promote I&E culture on a broad spectrum. This project takes the multifaceted approach addressing multiple issues at once. The website/app will have different subpages to meet different functional requirement. However, the project can also be considered incremental and be implemented in stages as followed:  A physical map of campus that identify key locations related to I&E. E.g. location of workshop, maker space, millhouse, working spaces.  A list of off campus resources and supporting organizations including E24, CBR innovation network, KILN incubator this is essentially the landscape canvas organized and visualized. However, this can also include external services run by graduated or current UC students, for example, “Interation”, a 3D printing service by Jon Clever a recent graduate offering discount to current students. Linking these key resources can allow student to easily access services they need for their ideas.  A list of coming events related to I&E, information and location of those events. This list should include details like accessibility, ticket requirement and related event.  Once I&E culture are more grounded at UC, it is expected that the user base for this website will increase along with number of student projects in I&E. In reality, this page can also expand beyond I&E and reach into research projects. With sufficient number of users, students seeking collaboration can be listed as well as available idea and projects open to students to join. For example, architecture student seeking sociology student and urban planning student to participate in an international competition or industrial design student seeking business student to collaborate to commercialize designs. This is aimed to break down barrier and improve cross-disciplinary collaboration and further facilitate campus connectivity.  A search function from a data base that includes key words and topics of above information, so that students can quickly find resources/events/other students and projects.  An interlinked community with strong presence is successfully established.

== Milestones ==

Location key resources and key project participants Finding students/staffs from different faculty to locate and report key resources to list in the website. Students and staff members can be approached through emails, posters or simple spread of words. In this manner, locate IT students and visual communication students to form a collaboration group. Design and build the website. Architecture students can be recruited to model a 3D interactive campus map. All student participants can be rewarded by project experience and friendship. Alternatively, construction of this project can be offered as an experimental course testing collaboration and design initiatives of students. Listing projects and events Finding student with real or proposed project to list on the website. List ongoing research projects at UC, thus the website/app can also be used publicly to promote UC projects. List I&E events on the website with comprehensive details so students can easily access information about future I&E events. Promotion and building a positive cycle Promote the website through events, lectures and workshops. The website itself will promote events and as such forms a reinforcing cycle of connectivity. Maintenance and updates Select students to run the website, this is potentially linked to students in the proposed committee/taskforce. Potential to generate income from advertising local business and start-ups

purely for the purpose of maintaining website. This is critical because many groups failed to maintain activity, this is potentially due to lack of financial support. Update on a semester basis at the minimal

= Strategy # 2 UC Student I&E committee =

As identified by Innovation Fellow Amannda Huot, disjointed of resources inhibits uninitiated students to experience I&E opportunities. Where a strong, student-led Innovation committee of students would be incredibly beneficial in promoting the various entrepreneurship resources. Where this student-led innovation committee effectively takes on managerial and promotion responsibilities of I&E on campus. During our research on the current ecosystem we noticed many past on campus I&E projects since 2018 are now inactive. We recognized the importance of continuity of I&E projects, this highlights the importance of updating and maintenance of projects on a timely manner as well as recognizing currently active students will eventually graduate and thus selecting successor is a key step to preserve and further growth of I&E culture. We propose an update on Student Led Innovation Committee that specifically address the issue of ongoing maintenance. Considering UC has assigned staff to manage I&E resources on campus, an I&E taskforce consisting of student representatives and professional staffs is a way to directly manage and control I&E resources, promotion and projects. However, we believe the bottom-up student approach should be maintained in order to maintain that student perspective. However, university staff can select or offer the student representative position to students deemed capable and passionate. With periodic meeting and reports to ensure ongoing maintenance and updates.

== Milestones ==

Selecting student representatives An issue the current clubs and societies faced by the university is that some presidents in the club only wanted to obtain the title to display in CV. Selecting student representatives can be conducted by open offer to students and/or selecting passionate students. Regularly meeting should be set between university staff and the student representatives to ensure project and goals are successfully implemented. Clearly define roles to student representatives Specific roles should be assigned to student representatives. As an alternative to Amannda Hout’s proposed structure. We suggest a flat structure with specializations. The roles we currently propose include event organizer(s), promotion and media manager(s), projects manager(s) and maintenance officer(s) each having distinctive duties that complements each other.  Event Organizer(s) – Organization and coordination of I&E events, however the event organizer is also tasked with finding out suitable events and designing them in the context of UC.  Promotion and media manager(s) – Produce promotional material and media releases on I&E of UC. He or she is also responsible for promoting a general awareness of I&E culture on campus.  Project manager(s) – Tasked to discover and organizing student I&E projects. The project manager(s) are also capable I&E thinkers who can guide students to imitate their own I&E projects.  Maintenance officer(s) – are students tasked with collection information from other

student representatives. They work closely with all other representatives and university staff to provide continuous updates on I&E culture. Ongoing projects and changeovers The taskforce’s continuous effort in constructing I&E culture should result in more I&E exposure to students in general. This in turn increases student’s interest in I&E activities, this potentially add new member to the taskforce building a positive cycle. However changeovers are necessary and should be conducted on a yearly basis to ensure long-term sustainability and longevity of I&E culture on campus.

= Strategy # 3 Cross-disciplinary lectures and workshops =

During our interview with students and meetings with university staff members we discovered that student engagement and education silo are major issues faced by University of Canberra students. From I&E perspective, we noticed that uninitiated students have very little knowledge of I&E resources and opportunities. With no current cross-disciplinary workshop and lectures, we were able to ideate a solution to promote more student engagement with I&E culture and the opportunity to be exposed to other disciplines as well as staff and students from different faculties. The solution we propose are series of cross-disciplinary lectures and workshops focused on I&E concepts. Establish a topic of conversation/lecture or workshop series which is open to all students. For example, a screening of a series of documentaries and films on I&E. “Foundation”, where lecturers from faculty of education, arts and design, science and technology and business are invited to discuss, comment and critic I&E concepts as shown in the film in relation to University of Canberra. While the documentaries can be a way of promoting I&E idea to students, the discussion following the film provides opportunity for student to learn more about I&E in context of Canberra and available local resources. This is also a way of promoting cross disciplinary connection and engagement.

== Milestones ==

Deciding suitable events I&E events including lectures and workshops shouldn’t be selected at random. Carefully planned lectures and workshop series should be selected in the suitable context (Canberra) in order to maximize student engagement. Once the topic has been established, identify key participants (including staff from relevant faculties, local I&E network and entrepreneurs) as lecturer/mentors is the next critical stage. Promote event through various media One of the biggest issues of UC is lack of cross media promotion of events. To ensure student participation, the lecture/workshop events should be promoted in multiple channels including social media, flyers, emails, newsletters as well as the resource map and I&E task force as suggested in other strategic priorities. Review of the event It is very important to review the event to gauge student participating and learning experience. Content, lecturer/mentor of the workshop and lectures can then be modified to improve the coming events. A positive cycle of I&E engagement can only be built with consistent effort.

= Strategy # 4 - UC Cross-Faculty Class =

From our interviews with students we discovered students were not socializing or meeting students from outside their area of study, this has created the effect of ‘educational silos’. A cross-faculty class would enhance connection and engagement and give rise to collaboration

opportunities for I&E across faculties. To address this, a class or program could be designed to bridge the Faculties of Arts & Design (FAD) and Business, Government & Law (BGL). This would give students the opportunity to meet new people, introduce them to new thinking styles, strategies and behaviours and expose them to a broader range of agile skills placing them on a stronger footing when they move forward in their professional journeys.

== Milestones ==

Approval and support of stakeholders Gain permission from important stakeholders from FAD and BGL for a small-scale workshop/prototype, this could be held during orientation week or week 8 of the semester. Market research + Prototype Interview students and potential teachers to refine topics of interest for class. Organise a small group of interested students/teachers to put protype class together. Hold Prototype Workshop Market event to target students and hold prototype event and take on board feedback for further refinement. Report event results to faculty stakeholders and the chancellor, discuss opportunities for refinement and further events. Report Findings and feasibility If event is successful organise discussions with university stakeholders for potential to be included in the long term (5+ year) curriculum planning. Take it further After implementation and review reach out to other faculties and stakeholders (include students) for further collaboration opportunities. How could this be rolled out to create further unique learning and collaboration with areas such as Education, Health and Technology.

= 2018 Overview =

[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6k6Tsfhd9Q0 &nbsp https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6k6Tsfhd9Q0 &nbsp];

= Strategy #1 - Create a student led Innovation Committee =

Following the research involved in the landscape canvas of UC's current Entrepreneurship and Innovation ecosystem, it becomes clear that UC offers a range of I&E resources that is catered towards the wider entrepreneurship community, that already contain ties to industry. Whilst this is important and beneficial towards the UC community, there is an obvious disconnect of these resources towards students who want an introductory "taste" of I&E, and don't necessarily have any established venture ideas in mind.

This is where the formation of a strong, student-led Innovation committee of students would be incredibly beneficial in promoting the various entrepreneurship resources that we have right on campus. By forming a study body committee from all faculties, marketing and promoting can significantly drive an increase of students coming from a diverse breadth of disciplines and majors. This promotion will come in the form of events, activities, guerilla marketing, which will occur over a cross-platform social media and in conjunction with relevant UC marketing officers  

'''Milestones:'''

== Recruit and elect suitable student leaders who will form an Innovation Committee ==

Upon initially starting UIF training, I spoke to many students who were interested in design thinking, yet didn’t know which avenues to pursue these interests. By having a nominated  current student in their faculty whom can be easily approached and contacted via e-mail, students can have a casual person to contact to ease any hesitations that may have occurred prior when having to contact a faculty member. 

== Allocate roles to recruited student leaders (President, Vice-President, treasurer, 1st Year Leader, Event Organiser etc.) ==

Once student change agents have been nominated, contacted and have accepted their position and responsibilities we can start allocating certain roles they would fulfill. This will occur in conjunction with meetings and brainstorming sessions discussing what problems they have encountered in their own faculty and what possible solutions the group can brainstorm and collaborate on. 

== Plan a series of related events that highlight and advertise UC's Entrepreneurship resources ==

A 3 day event that could tie in with Innovation Week that includes pop-up stalls on the concourse that highlights design thinking and inclusion. These stalls/classes/events would be promoted as low-cost and in general a fun introduction to what design thinking can entail. 

== Involve local industry to promote UC's E&I ecosystem ==

Once the committee has established itself as a strong student innovation committee driving a student movement through events,  the committee can then start approaching local industry to start bridging the gap between student and industry before graduation.

== Perform effective changeover of roles to incoming students as current student leaders graduate. ==

Annually, a changeover should occur in which current student change agents should handover the roles. This process would involve mentoring, in order to continue developing projects so that there is long-term sustainability and longevity of student innovation and entrepreneurship at UC.  

= Strategy #2 - Women in STEM and design summit =

Examining the current innovation and entrepreneurial clubs and societies during Market Day on O'Week, I was disappointed to see no female representation. From ICT, coding, and entrepreneurship  based societies, no females were present in promoting the clubs awareness. Having stayed and observed a society that promoted entrepreneurship/design thinking, the two most common things spoken by women when expressing their hesitations to join was “My idea in mind isn’t to be an entrepreneur” or “ I wouldn’t fit in well”. Another common quote spoken was  "I'm not an entrepreneurial type person, but I am interested in design thinking”. Having interviewed the president of this club in regards to female representation, he said that there are actually more female members than male, yet when it got to the stage of pursuing a start up, women tended to drop off towards the later stages.

By having a UC Women in STEM and Design Summit we are providing a platform for female ambassadors who are trailblazer's in their respective fields to share their stories and experiences towards the UC community, specifically young women who previously may have been disadvantaged and had to overcome obstacles and challenges as a woman in a male dominated industry. 

'''Milestones:'''

== Organise an initial meeting with faculty members ==

Undergoing UIF training encouraged me to seek and pursue all resources on campus leading to innovation and entrepreneurship, uncovering networks of faculties whom are highly interested In the student experience and are willing to help student initiatives. By having an early meeting, faculty will be able to give us links to networks whom can help facilitate and aid our event.

== Allocate an appropriate date location and time for event ==

Once the event has been discussed with relevant administration and faculty, we can then start allocating a date that fits in appropriately with the academic calendar for  the incoming (or next) year. From there an appropriate location will be booked with times to be later confirmed

== Reach out to female community leaders for interest ==

This will either occur via e-mail or ideally in person through community events, such as the SheLeads conferences whereby we can pitch our idea to female trailblazers in hope that they too share the passion for advocacy at a higher education level.

== Write up attendee list and agenda ==

After having previously contacted and communicated interest from relevant leader, start organizing attendee list and agenda which should be immersive and experiential in the design thinking process.

== Formally invite guest speakers to attend summit ==

== Prepare resources and materials for summit  ==

= Strategy #3 - Establishing an Entrepreneurship & Innovation Help Centre for students on campus =

With the release of UC's latest strategic plan 'Distinctive by Design' which outlines UC's own milestone endeavors for the years 2018-2022, Entrepreneurship and Innovation  was at the forefront for strategic importance to the Institution. Therefore, an invested interest should occur in the establishment of an E&I Help Centre on campus, a common hub whereby students can receive advice whilst developing a passion for I&E principles. This goal can easily occur in a pre-established location on campus.

This facility will possess a wide range of built in amenities and facilitative collaboration spaces, from engineering styled labs to open conference room where students can convene to work on group assessments.  It will be a multi purpose space for students, and by students, which can home all club and society meetings and events.  This space can also be used to incubate the beginnings of UC's first startup's in the future.  UPDATE : After further investigation an opening  branch of innovation and entrepreneurship help style center for students called Engage UC, has occurred as a very recent development, opening an avenue for students to be involved.  

 '''Milestones:'''

== Seek whether there is sufficient demand from students and faculty ==

Uncover a thorough analysis amongst students across campus on their level of interest in this type of support and whether they would use it, after having explained and shown how I&E can be highly relevant and useful towards their own degrees.

== Establish rapport with relevant faculty and administration  ==

Schedule a meeting with faculty leaders to pitch ideas of an innovation space for students with the sole purpose of generating feedback and the feasibility of the on the prospect of either utilizing a pre-existing space or seeking  the foundations of a new space.

== Locate sufficient funding (grants, Student Services and Amenities Fee etc.)  ==

Go to the government homepage and scour the website to help find sources towards grants towards innovation and entrepreneurship for students in higher education, and apply for the relevant  grants.

== Source the relevant people to mange the help centre ==

== Utalise the center as a connection point to resources both on and off campus. ==

== Launch of the E&I help centre  ==

= Strategy #4 - Incorporate a UIFresh approach to curriculum for first year's =

During interviews with incoming first year students at UC, it was found that whilst many said they would be interested in learning about Entrepreneurship and Innovation , they wouldn't necessarily go out of their way to seek various avenue's and pathways. This can be amended by bringing the E&I to first years,  during orientation week, where they are initially discovering what UC has to offer.

The incorporation of design thinking into the curriculum of first year students in all faculties will be incredibly beneficial, as the design thinking skills learned will produce a significant impact on the entrepreneurship and innovation landscape at UC, which will bring long term and continual benefits to students own professional careers.

 

'''Milestones:'''

== Gain faculty permission to run a UIFresh inspired design thinking workshop for incoming students as part of orientation week. ==

== Oraganise a planning committee of dedicated students who have a vested interest in E&I from a range of background majors. ==

== Analyse existing curriculum for first years and  see what need improvements and amendments. ==

== Introduce new E&I introductory elective courses for first year students ==

== Present a report findings to the faculty and chancellor for implementation ==

== Advise any implementation of changes to the course. ==

= Related Links =

UC UIF Wiki 

[[University of Canberra|University_of_Canberra]]

Spring 2018 UIF

[[Amannda huot|Amannda_huot]]

[[Category:Student Priorities|u]]

Priorities:University of Canberra Student Priorities

2019-10-04T00:58:45Z

U3188699:

= 2019 Strategic Priorities =

== Strategy # 1 UC Resources Map ==

We recognized that the resources on campus are fragmented with no easily accessible information for students. To foster I&E culture on campus it is a critical to connect these resources as well as highlighting their presence. A simple website and/or app that serves as a navigation tool for students to learn more about I&E resources on and off campus is one method to address this issue. The key goal of this website/app is to improve connectivity of existing

resources and to encourage and promote I&E culture on a broad spectrum. This project takes the multifaceted approach addressing multiple issues at once. The website/app will have different subpages to meet different functional requirement. However, the project can also be considered incremental and be implemented in stages as followed:  A physical map of campus that identify key locations related to I&E. E.g. location of workshop, maker space, millhouse, working spaces.  A list of off campus resources and supporting organizations including E24, CBR innovation network, KILN incubator this is essentially the landscape canvas organized and visualized. However, this can also include external services run by graduated or current UC students, for example, “Interation”, a 3D printing service by Jon Clever a recent graduate offering discount to current students. Linking these key resources can allow student to easily access services they need for their ideas.  A list of coming events related to I&E, information and location of those events. This list should include details like accessibility, ticket requirement and related event.  Once I&E culture are more grounded at UC, it is expected that the user base for this website will increase along with number of student projects in I&E. In reality, this page can also expand beyond I&E and reach into research projects. With sufficient number of users, students seeking collaboration can be listed as well as available idea and projects open to students to join. For example, architecture student seeking sociology student and urban planning student to participate in an international competition or industrial design student seeking business student to collaborate to commercialize designs. This is aimed to break down barrier and improve cross-disciplinary collaboration and further facilitate campus connectivity.  A search function from a data base that includes key words and topics of above information, so that students can quickly find resources/events/other students and projects.  An interlinked community with strong presence is successfully established. Milestones: Location key resources and key project participants Finding students/staffs from different faculty to locate and report key resources to list in the website. Students and staff members can be approached through emails, posters or simple spread of words. In this manner, locate IT students and visual communication students to form a collaboration group. Design and build the website. Architecture students can be recruited to model a 3D interactive campus map. All student participants can be rewarded by project experience and friendship. Alternatively, construction of this project can be offered as an experimental course testing collaboration and design initiatives of students. Listing projects and events Finding student with real or proposed project to list on the website. List ongoing research projects at UC, thus the website/app can also be used publicly to promote UC projects. List I&E events on the website with comprehensive details so students can easily access information about future I&E events. Promotion and building a positive cycle Promote the website through events, lectures and workshops. The website itself will promote events and as such forms a reinforcing cycle of connectivity. Maintenance and updates Select students to run the website, this is potentially linked to students in the proposed committee/taskforce. Potential to generate income from advertising local business and start-ups

purely for the purpose of maintaining website. This is critical because many groups failed to maintain activity, this is potentially due to lack of financial support. Update on a semester basis at the minimal

== Strategy # 2 UC Student I&E committee ==

As identified by Innovation Fellow Amannda Huot, disjointed of resources inhibits uninitiated students to experience I&E opportunities. Where a strong, student-led Innovation committee of students would be incredibly beneficial in promoting the various entrepreneurship resources. Where this student-led innovation committee effectively takes on managerial and promotion responsibilities of I&E on campus. During our research on the current ecosystem we noticed many past on campus I&E projects since 2018 are now inactive. We recognized the importance of continuity of I&E projects, this highlights the importance of updating and maintenance of projects on a timely manner as well as recognizing currently active students will eventually graduate and thus selecting successor is a key step to preserve and further growth of I&E culture. We propose an update on Student Led Innovation Committee that specifically address the issue of ongoing maintenance. Considering UC has assigned staff to manage I&E resources on campus, an I&E taskforce consisting of student representatives and professional staffs is a way to directly manage and control I&E resources, promotion and projects. However, we believe the bottom-up student approach should be maintained in order to maintain that student perspective. However, university staff can select or offer the student representative position to students deemed capable and passionate. With periodic meeting and reports to ensure ongoing maintenance and updates. Milestones: Selecting student representatives An issue the current clubs and societies faced by the university is that some presidents in the club only wanted to obtain the title to display in CV. Selecting student representatives can be conducted by open offer to students and/or selecting passionate students. Regularly meeting should be set between university staff and the student representatives to ensure project and goals are successfully implemented. Clearly define roles to student representatives Specific roles should be assigned to student representatives. As an alternative to Amannda Hout’s proposed structure. We suggest a flat structure with specializations. The roles we currently propose include event organizer(s), promotion and media manager(s), projects manager(s) and maintenance officer(s) each having distinctive duties that complements each other.  Event Organizer(s) – Organization and coordination of I&E events, however the event organizer is also tasked with finding out suitable events and designing them in the context of UC.  Promotion and media manager(s) – Produce promotional material and media releases on I&E of UC. He or she is also responsible for promoting a general awareness of I&E culture on campus.  Project manager(s) – Tasked to discover and organizing student I&E projects. The project manager(s) are also capable I&E thinkers who can guide students to imitate their own I&E projects.  Maintenance officer(s) – are students tasked with collection information from other

student representatives. They work closely with all other representatives and university staff to provide continuous updates on I&E culture. Ongoing projects and changeovers The taskforce’s continuous effort in constructing I&E culture should result in more I&E exposure to students in general. This in turn increases student’s interest in I&E activities, this potentially add new member to the taskforce building a positive cycle. However changeovers are necessary and should be conducted on a yearly basis to ensure long-term sustainability and longevity of I&E culture on campus.

== Strategy # 3 Cross-disciplinary lectures and workshops ==

During our interview with students and meetings with university staff members we discovered that student engagement and education silo are major issues faced by University of Canberra students. From I&E perspective, we noticed that uninitiated students have very little knowledge of I&E resources and opportunities. With no current cross-disciplinary workshop and lectures, we were able to ideate a solution to promote more student engagement with I&E culture and the opportunity to be exposed to other disciplines as well as staff and students from different faculties. The solution we propose are series of cross-disciplinary lectures and workshops focused on I&E concepts. Establish a topic of conversation/lecture or workshop series which is open to all students. For example, a screening of a series of documentaries and films on I&E. “Foundation”, where lecturers from faculty of education, arts and design, science and technology and business are invited to discuss, comment and critic I&E concepts as shown in the film in relation to University of Canberra. While the documentaries can be a way of promoting I&E idea to students, the discussion following the film provides opportunity for student to learn more about I&E in context of Canberra and available local resources. This is also a way of promoting cross disciplinary connection and engagement. Milestones: Deciding suitable events I&E events including lectures and workshops shouldn’t be selected at random. Carefully planned lectures and workshop series should be selected in the suitable context (Canberra) in order to maximize student engagement. Once the topic has been established, identify key participants (including staff from relevant faculties, local I&E network and entrepreneurs) as lecturer/mentors is the next critical stage. Promote event through various media One of the biggest issues of UC is lack of cross media promotion of events. To ensure student participation, the lecture/workshop events should be promoted in multiple channels including social media, flyers, emails, newsletters as well as the resource map and I&E task force as suggested in other strategic priorities. Review of the event It is very important to review the event to gauge student participating and learning experience. Content, lecturer/mentor of the workshop and lectures can then be modified to improve the coming events. A positive cycle of I&E engagement can only be built with consistent effort.

== Strategy # 4 - UC Cross-Faculty Class ==

From our interviews with students we discovered students were not socializing or meeting students from outside their area of study, this has created the effect of ‘educational silos’. A cross-faculty class would enhance connection and engagement and give rise to collaboration

opportunities for I&E across faculties. To address this, a class or program could be designed to bridge the Faculties of Arts & Design (FAD) and Business, Government & Law (BGL). This would give students the opportunity to meet new people, introduce them to new thinking styles, strategies and behaviours and expose them to a broader range of agile skills placing them on a stronger footing when they move forward in their professional journeys. Milestones: Approval and support of stakeholders Gain permission from important stakeholders from FAD and BGL for a small-scale workshop/prototype, this could be held during orientation week or week 8 of the semester. Market research + Prototype Interview students and potential teachers to refine topics of interest for class. Organise a small group of interested students/teachers to put protype class together. Hold Prototype Workshop Market event to target students and hold prototype event and take on board feedback for further refinement. Report event results to faculty stakeholders and the chancellor, discuss opportunities for refinement and further events. Report Findings and feasibility If event is successful organise discussions with university stakeholders for potential to be included in the long term (5+ year) curriculum planning. Take it further After implementation and review reach out to other faculties and stakeholders (include students) for further collaboration opportunities. How could this be rolled out to create further unique learning and collaboration with areas such as Education, Health and Technology.



2018 Overiview 

[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6k6Tsfhd9Q0 &nbsp https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6k6Tsfhd9Q0 &nbsp];

= Strategy #1 - Create a student led Innovation Committee =

Following the research involved in the landscape canvas of UC's current Entrepreneurship and Innovation ecosystem, it becomes clear that UC offers a range of I&E resources that is catered towards the wider entrepreneurship community, that already contain ties to industry. Whilst this is important and beneficial towards the UC community, there is an obvious disconnect of these resources towards students who want an introductory "taste" of I&E, and don't necessarily have any established venture ideas in mind.

This is where the formation of a strong, student-led Innovation committee of students would be incredibly beneficial in promoting the various entrepreneurship resources that we have right on campus. By forming a study body committee from all faculties, marketing and promoting can significantly drive an increase of students coming from a diverse breadth of disciplines and majors. This promotion will come in the form of events, activities, guerilla marketing, which will occur over a cross-platform social media and in conjunction with relevant UC marketing officers  

'''Milestones:'''

== Recruit and elect suitable student leaders who will form an Innovation Committee ==

Upon initially starting UIF training, I spoke to many students who were interested in design thinking, yet didn’t know which avenues to pursue these interests. By having a nominated  current student in their faculty whom can be easily approached and contacted via e-mail, students can have a casual person to contact to ease any hesitations that may have occurred prior when having to contact a faculty member. 

== Allocate roles to recruited student leaders (President, Vice-President, treasurer, 1st Year Leader, Event Organiser etc.) ==

Once student change agents have been nominated, contacted and have accepted their position and responsibilities we can start allocating certain roles they would fulfill. This will occur in conjunction with meetings and brainstorming sessions discussing what problems they have encountered in their own faculty and what possible solutions the group can brainstorm and collaborate on. 

== Plan a series of related events that highlight and advertise UC's Entrepreneurship resources ==

A 3 day event that could tie in with Innovation Week that includes pop-up stalls on the concourse that highlights design thinking and inclusion. These stalls/classes/events would be promoted as low-cost and in general a fun introduction to what design thinking can entail. 

== Involve local industry to promote UC's E&I ecosystem ==

Once the committee has established itself as a strong student innovation committee driving a student movement through events,  the committee can then start approaching local industry to start bridging the gap between student and industry before graduation.

== Perform effective changeover of roles to incoming students as current student leaders graduate. ==

Annually, a changeover should occur in which current student change agents should handover the roles. This process would involve mentoring, in order to continue developing projects so that there is long-term sustainability and longevity of student innovation and entrepreneurship at UC.  

= Strategy #2 - Women in STEM and design summit =

Examining the current innovation and entrepreneurial clubs and societies during Market Day on O'Week, I was disappointed to see no female representation. From ICT, coding, and entrepreneurship  based societies, no females were present in promoting the clubs awareness. Having stayed and observed a society that promoted entrepreneurship/design thinking, the two most common things spoken by women when expressing their hesitations to join was “My idea in mind isn’t to be an entrepreneur” or “ I wouldn’t fit in well”. Another common quote spoken was  "I'm not an entrepreneurial type person, but I am interested in design thinking”. Having interviewed the president of this club in regards to female representation, he said that there are actually more female members than male, yet when it got to the stage of pursuing a start up, women tended to drop off towards the later stages.

By having a UC Women in STEM and Design Summit we are providing a platform for female ambassadors who are trailblazer's in their respective fields to share their stories and experiences towards the UC community, specifically young women who previously may have been disadvantaged and had to overcome obstacles and challenges as a woman in a male dominated industry. 

'''Milestones:'''

== Organise an initial meeting with faculty members ==

Undergoing UIF training encouraged me to seek and pursue all resources on campus leading to innovation and entrepreneurship, uncovering networks of faculties whom are highly interested In the student experience and are willing to help student initiatives. By having an early meeting, faculty will be able to give us links to networks whom can help facilitate and aid our event.

== Allocate an appropriate date location and time for event ==

Once the event has been discussed with relevant administration and faculty, we can then start allocating a date that fits in appropriately with the academic calendar for  the incoming (or next) year. From there an appropriate location will be booked with times to be later confirmed

== Reach out to female community leaders for interest ==

This will either occur via e-mail or ideally in person through community events, such as the SheLeads conferences whereby we can pitch our idea to female trailblazers in hope that they too share the passion for advocacy at a higher education level.

== Write up attendee list and agenda ==

After having previously contacted and communicated interest from relevant leader, start organizing attendee list and agenda which should be immersive and experiential in the design thinking process.

== Formally invite guest speakers to attend summit ==

== Prepare resources and materials for summit  ==

= Strategy #3 - Establishing an Entrepreneurship & Innovation Help Centre for students on campus =

With the release of UC's latest strategic plan 'Distinctive by Design' which outlines UC's own milestone endeavors for the years 2018-2022, Entrepreneurship and Innovation  was at the forefront for strategic importance to the Institution. Therefore, an invested interest should occur in the establishment of an E&I Help Centre on campus, a common hub whereby students can receive advice whilst developing a passion for I&E principles. This goal can easily occur in a pre-established location on campus.

This facility will possess a wide range of built in amenities and facilitative collaboration spaces, from engineering styled labs to open conference room where students can convene to work on group assessments.  It will be a multi purpose space for students, and by students, which can home all club and society meetings and events.  This space can also be used to incubate the beginnings of UC's first startup's in the future.  UPDATE : After further investigation an opening  branch of innovation and entrepreneurship help style center for students called Engage UC, has occurred as a very recent development, opening an avenue for students to be involved.  

 '''Milestones:'''

== Seek whether there is sufficient demand from students and faculty ==

Uncover a thorough analysis amongst students across campus on their level of interest in this type of support and whether they would use it, after having explained and shown how I&E can be highly relevant and useful towards their own degrees.

== Establish rapport with relevant faculty and administration  ==

Schedule a meeting with faculty leaders to pitch ideas of an innovation space for students with the sole purpose of generating feedback and the feasibility of the on the prospect of either utilizing a pre-existing space or seeking  the foundations of a new space.

== Locate sufficient funding (grants, Student Services and Amenities Fee etc.)  ==

Go to the government homepage and scour the website to help find sources towards grants towards innovation and entrepreneurship for students in higher education, and apply for the relevant  grants.

== Source the relevant people to mange the help centre ==

== Utalise the center as a connection point to resources both on and off campus. ==

== Launch of the E&I help centre  ==

= Strategy #4 - Incorporate a UIFresh approach to curriculum for first year's =

During interviews with incoming first year students at UC, it was found that whilst many said they would be interested in learning about Entrepreneurship and Innovation , they wouldn't necessarily go out of their way to seek various avenue's and pathways. This can be amended by bringing the E&I to first years,  during orientation week, where they are initially discovering what UC has to offer.

The incorporation of design thinking into the curriculum of first year students in all faculties will be incredibly beneficial, as the design thinking skills learned will produce a significant impact on the entrepreneurship and innovation landscape at UC, which will bring long term and continual benefits to students own professional careers.

 

'''Milestones:'''

== Gain faculty permission to run a UIFresh inspired design thinking workshop for incoming students as part of orientation week. ==

== Oraganise a planning committee of dedicated students who have a vested interest in E&I from a range of background majors. ==

== Analyse existing curriculum for first years and  see what need improvements and amendments. ==

== Introduce new E&I introductory elective courses for first year students ==

== Present a report findings to the faculty and chancellor for implementation ==

== Advise any implementation of changes to the course. ==

= Related Links =

UC UIF Wiki 

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Spring 2018 UIF

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