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== Strategy 1- Integrative Calendar 'My Uni' ==
<div dir="ltr">Whilst researching the different I&E programs, courses, funding opportunities and events offered at university we were surprised that so many students in our interviews had highlighted that there are not many avenues to pursue innovation in their experience at UTS other than in class.<br/></div><div dir="ltr"><br/></div><div dir="ltr">We have developed an Integrative Calendar based platform for students to Subscribe to different filter of I&E Events, programs, competitions and other opportunities to develop their I&E skills and develop their own ideas. The filter that students select and subscribe to will automatically sync with the application calendar and the students class schedule. This platform will funnel all events ranging from various university groups such as UTS Startups, University Societies, University Faculties and UTS Careers who all run events and programs relevant to students.<br/></div><div dir="ltr"><br/></div><div dir="ltr">To ensure this strategy is executable, these entities must all be contacted to provide information for their events and programs. Furthermore, an automatic channel should be developed for these entities to funnel in their programs automatically rather than manually. <br/></div><div dir="ltr"><br/></div><div dir="ltr">This ‘My Uni’ App will also benefit by being included in the ‘UTS’ Application that has been launched by the university containing direct access to student enrollment pages, class timetables, grade centres and Exam information. This will ensure that a greater amount of students will have access to the application and will view it as a legitimate tool supported by the university. As such, the UIF team will need to contact the University department which has developed this platform and gain access and permission to integrate with it. <br/></div><div dir="ltr"><br/></div><div dir="ltr">This application, which will increase student participation in I&E, will stimulate growth in such events and programs due to the student demand and interest. This will further develop the I&E canvas at university as well as enrich the environment, I&E culture and student perception of I&E.</div><div><br/></div>
== Strategy 2 - Innovative Case Challenge ==
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; text-align: justify; margin-top: 15pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 22pt;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-0ac027f5-7fff-4c96-26d6-a3f4055ac51e"><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">What was found during the Landscape Canvassing process and the peer interviews that have occured thu far, is that students often lost a sense of worth and value regarding I&E principals at an early level due to the lack of perceived impact and valuation of the skills and methodologies learnt under the Structures of I&E. Despite UTS approaching I&E in a fantastic way, these introductory issues have caused a shift in the perceptions of later students views towards I&E. Having established this idea and problem area, the solution that has been developed is the Innovative Case Challenge. The ICC will give students the opportunity to put I&E into practice to shape the UTS campus to be a better place by applying these principles to solve problems identified by either the students themselves or the faculty and will occur monthly. During this monthly period students will form teams and work on the assigned problem for that month period before presenting their idea at the end of that period, the winning team will receive resources and support needed to put their ideas into practice. By applying these methods to solve problems on campus and create a measurable and visible impact within the students ecosystem, students will gain a far greater appreciation and value perception of I&E both at an introductory level and into the future</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; text-align: justify; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 22pt;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-0ac027f5-7fff-4c96-26d6-a3f4055ac51e"><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Joshua will oversee the creation of this monthly competition. It will require campus involvement namely through the iHub, marketing, activateUTS and access to problem spaces for students to come forward and identify these issues. UTS recently held a summer hackathon with can be used as a base plate for the development of this future program. The goal will be to get an initial event to occur over the summer study period at UTS or early Autumn session next year after the initial stakeholder meetings. After this initial event, feedback can be obtained and used to improve the event before moving along to a larger trial period during the entirety of the Autumn session.</span></span></p>
== Strategy 3 ==
== Strategy 4 ==
= 2019 Fall Postgraduate UIFs =
== Strategy 1: Personas ==
Through our interviews and talking with other postgraduate students we were able to identify common backgrounds of those who entered a higher degree by research (HDR). We thought a user-centred approach would greatly benefit UTS in its ability to deliver an improved HDR journey, and that a key component of that was to develop the personas that best represent the incoming candidates. We also extended this approach to create personas that were representative of where candidates could see themselves after graduation.
Strategy Leader: Jess
== Strategy 2: Journeys ==
We were able to discern that whatever the stage an HDR student is at in their candidature, the process is messy: induction processes were inadequate, information was missed and hard to locate, and many were confused across multiple platforms. We thought more tailored support would benefit UTS in its ability to deliver the required information. This spoke directly to our development of personas! By identifying incoming student backgrounds, their development throughout the HDR journey could better suit their needs and direct them to the information they would benefit from most. A student having come from an industry background, for example, would likely benefit from workshops directed at academic-style writing; a student having undertaken only study might benefit from industry linkages; and those reinventing their careers might require advice from career personnel. Through prototyping, we were able to improve the model by adding in check-in points that allowed for candidates to re-assess their desired destination and add in necessary components (training modules, network growth, etc.) to help them reach their fullest potential.
Strategy Leader: Mel
== Strategy 3: Communication ==
The I&E ecosystem at UTS is already very rich - what’s missing (and this has been identified by our UTS UIF predecessors already) is the awareness of the available opportunities - this could be because students are either not connected to many/any information channels or the opposite - they can’t sift through all the information they receive.
Establishing the Personas and the Journeys led us to re-envisioning the communication strategy:
Content curation is key
Incoming students will start with self-assessment - where they’re coming from and what their goal is (to establish their incoming and outgoing personas)
Students will receive regular ‘newsletters’ with curated listings appropriate for their persona - exploration will be encouraged by linking out to HDRConnect (Strategy 4).
Information needs to be delivered at the right time to the right people
Students needs and their focus depends on where they are in their Journey - pre-Stage 1 students might need to connect with resources on methods but Stage 3 student is well passed that point - they might want to connect with commercialisation experts.
Regular check-ins will allow communication adjustments
Social networks need to be built early
Every incoming student after their self-assessment will be able to opt in to a BuddyConnect program - where they’ll be able to connect with the more experienced students
Strategy Leader: Anna
== Strategy 4: HDRConnect (Canvas) ==
Common theme that kept appearing in our interviews and informal talks with students was the need for an HDR-dedicated online space. As noted earlier, research students maneuver across several platforms to find resources and information - often struggling to find what they need at the time.
To enable current and future PhD / HDR students to access relevant information across their entire PhD journey, a learning management platform will be leveraged to CONNECT PEOPLE, CONNECT CONTENT and CONNECT learning experiences across faculties, schools and industry partners.
Strategy Leader: Ephraim
= <span style="font-size:xx-large;">2018 Fall UIF's </span> =
