ProgressSome outstanding initiatives and outcomes have been achieved under the Plan’s external engagement targets. The University regularly convenes conversations with policy, industry and academic leaders to tackle critical issues of cultural, economic and environmental sustainability, and some exceptional efforts were undertaken during 2020 – including the University’s leadership role in the development of a national COVID-19 Roadmap to Recovery. |
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A ‘partially met’ status reflects the fact that there is greater opportunity to leverage our considerable convening power to bring policy, industry and community leaders together for change.
Similarly, values and principles of sustainability have been embodied and advanced through several initiatives under the University’s Keystone Engagement Programs. A ‘partially met’ status acknowledges that further effort is required to more deeply and systematically integrate sustainability considerations into engagement strategy at the highest level.
Highlights to date
2020: The University Chairs the Go8 group of interdisciplinary experts to develop and deliver a national COVID-19 Roadmap to Recovery to the Australian Government.
2020: Co-development, with the region, of the Goulburn Valley Action Plan. The Plan identifies priority areas including sustainable agriculture, water and climate challenges, and improved health and wellbeing outcomes, and is an outcome the University’s long-term partnership with the Goulburn Valley region.
2019: Our Pathways to Politics Program for Women sees its first alumna elected to Federal Parliament, and six alumni stand in Victoria’s local government elections.
2019: An assessment of the University’s commitment to reconciliation indicates 21 of 25 target measures in the University’s Reconciliation Action Plan have been met or exceeded to date.