Changes

= 2019 Strategic Priorities =

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

 An interlinked community with strong presence is successfully established.

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.

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.

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

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

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.

 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.

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.

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

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.

<span style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;">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.&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></span>

<span style="font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;">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&nbsp; 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&nbsp; "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.</span>

== <span style="font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:medium;">Prepare resources and materials for summit&nbsp;</span></span><br/> ==

<span style="font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:small;">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&nbsp; 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.</span></span>

== <!--StartFragment-->Launch of the E&I help centre&nbsp; ==

<span style="font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;">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,&nbsp; during orientation week, where they are initially discovering what UC has to offer.</span>

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