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<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 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.

== Strategy 3 - Innovation in Sustainability  ==

<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;">Students study at university because they want to learn to apply their skills to real-world problems. The current problem faced in today’s current political landscape is the ongoing social, environmental, and economic impacts of climate change. By sticking to the conventional methods of learning in lecture theatres and having pen and paper exams, it does not give students the opportunity and experience come up with a solution to tackling these real-world issues. Adopting the Innovation and Entrepreneurship concept in student’s learning will give them the experience to evolve in their learning and work collaboratively to produce an effective solution. Fortunately, by completing the current landscape canvas, we found that UTS is progressive in weaving I&E understandings throughout the courses. However, we also noticed that these opportunities are not properly projected in subjects with the fundamental goal of solving new world problems came from. Thus, the idea of ‘Innovation in Sustainability’ was born; a compulsory studio subject directed to penultimate and final year university students to work collaboratively and solve the issues of climate change. Climate Change is global issue that will have detrimental impacts on the environment if an immediate solution is not implemented in the coming years. Innovation in Sustainability will be achieved through a variety of ways including, teaching students the scientific method and how to source reliable information so that in the future they uphold a high level of credibility. Students will have the opportunity of practicing this methodology through a variety of case studies. This will give them the ability to take the initiative to learn more on their own and apply their relevant technical skills. Some other aspects of the course would include background and context of global warming; renewable energy options; sustainability and chemical sustainability; as well as people's perceptions on climate change and how it can impact the process of solving problems. Jasmina will be in charge of this project, with assistance from the other UIF’s. In order for this project to run successfully, there will need to be huge support from the university administration, as well as feedback from students to improve this new method of learning. A number of university tutors and professors will need to be involved and onboard with this idea to implement it into the course. The idea is to pitch this idea to students and to gather as much feedback as possible to accommodate their needs.

== Strategy 4 ==

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