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== Strategy 1- Integrative Calendar 'My Uni' ==
<div dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:small;">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/></span></div><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:small;"><br/></span></div><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:small;">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/></span></div><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:small;"><br/></span></div><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:small;">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/></span></div><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:small;"><br/></span></div><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:small;">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/></span></div><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:small;"><br/></span></div><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:small;">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.</span></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 style="font-size:small;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-0ac027f5-7fff-4c96-26d6-a3f4055ac51e"><span style="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></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; text-align: justify; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 22pt;"><span style="font-size:small;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-0ac027f5-7fff-4c96-26d6-a3f4055ac51e"><span style="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></span></p>