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<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-0f60218e-7fff-4989-c1f7-151d7450abdb"><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.&nbsp;</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; text-align: justify; margin-top: 15pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 22pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.5pt; white-space: pre-wrap;">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.&nbsp;</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; text-align: justify; margin-top: 15pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 22pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.5pt; white-space: pre-wrap;">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.&nbsp;</span></p>

<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; text-align: justify; margin-top: 15pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 15pt;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-0b96c124-7fff-a07c-c590-3cf67c06d0b8"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(29, 33, 38); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">When investigating the issue of maintaining collaboration and consistent engagement in Innovation and Entrepreneurship (I&E) at university, we found that though the culture of I&E is prospering at UTS, sometimes students lose interest or are not made aware of opportunities such as panels, industry talks and more. Many students have also expressed that there is lack of a strong incentive to pursue I&E and if it will go on to help them in their respective fields and long-term career.&nbsp;</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; text-align: justify; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 15pt;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-0b96c124-7fff-a07c-c590-3cf67c06d0b8"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(29, 33, 38); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Through our Landscape Canvas process, we were able to understand the process of recognising and addressing campus issues and truly regarding the issues that students particularly are facing by conducting peer interviews and receiving feedback. This allowed us to further understand the state of I&E at UTS and how we can improve the culture to student collaboration and engagement. Through this process, one of the key issues we identified is the lack of collaboration and consistency in I&E engagement at UTS.</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; text-align: justify; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 15pt;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-0b96c124-7fff-a07c-c590-3cf67c06d0b8"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(29, 33, 38); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">With a defined problem, we focused on gathering ideas and established the solution to create an ‘I&E Badge’. The I&E Badge Program works like a rewards program. To complete the program successfully, students will be required to attend introductory, core workshops and events and will also be expected to engage in a range of I&E related opportunities such as hackathons, case competitions, project development and more. The Badge will have a range of levels to be completed: Bronze, Silver, Gold, Platinum and will have additional awards to be handed out to students who excel in their pursuit of I&E at university. Additionally, the core of the program will be to integrate real-world examples and relevant industry challenges to address the mentioned engagement issues.&nbsp;</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; text-align: justify; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 15pt;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-0b96c124-7fff-a07c-c590-3cf67c06d0b8"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(29, 33, 38); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">With this program, as it is relevant to students with real-world engagement, there is a bigger incentive for student participation. Furthermore, with the flexibility of completing the award on a range of levels, students will be able to engage on a level that is comfortable for them. We also found that this program would foster collaboration across different faculties as I&E opportunities can be interdisciplinary and will allow students to build stronger team work as they can complete the program alongside their friends. Some of the milestones in regards to the program are highlighted below:</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; text-align: justify; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 15pt;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-0b96c124-7fff-a07c-c590-3cf67c06d0b8"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(29, 33, 38); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Milestone #1: Develop the I&E Badge using current university spaces and programs (hackathons, case competitions, etc.)</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; text-align: justify; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 15pt;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-0b96c124-7fff-a07c-c590-3cf67c06d0b8"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(29, 33, 38); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Milestone #2: Introduce inter-university events and programs to encourage collaboration</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; text-align: justify; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 15pt;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-0b96c124-7fff-a07c-c590-3cf67c06d0b8"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(29, 33, 38); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Milestone #3: Engage and partner with relevant industry to create additional programs such as long-term case competitions and innovation challenges.&nbsp;</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; text-align: justify; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 15pt;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-0b96c124-7fff-a07c-c590-3cf67c06d0b8"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(29, 33, 38); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Satya will oversee this program with assistance from other UIFs. This program would also utilise existing spaces such as the iHub, Innovation Labs and UTS StartUp space so that students are further exposed to the available facilities on campus, fostering further innovation even after they complete the program. The program will be run on a yearly basis with specific hour requirements and a graduation ceremony. This idea will cater to the needs of students while giving them the flexibility to explore I&E on their terms.</span></span></p>