What does an impactful community-centred learning experience look like? Hosted by the Division of Societal Impact, Equity & Engagement

Link to join online: https://unsw.zoom.us/j/83601913153

Join us for the launch of the video Community-centred learning experiences: Who benefits? introduced by Vice President Societal Impact, Equity & Engagement (SIEE) Professor Verity Firth and followed by a discussion panel with UNSW staff and students.

UNSW Sydney has a long history of providing immersive education experiences for students, including through community-centred learning programs in disciplines such as the built environment and engineering.  The University’s commitment to such initiatives is reflected in the new Societal Impact Framework.

SIEE and the Yuwaya Ngarra-li Partnership have produced a video featuring reflections and lessons from staff and students involved in community-centred learning initiatives on what it takes to ensure such initiatives are genuinely collaborative and impactful. The video features:

• Professor Greg Leslie (Director of the Global Water Institute, Faculty of Engineering), Eva Lloyd (Senior Lecturer in the School of Built Environment, Faculty of Art, Design & Architecture) and Samantha Rich (Housing Project Manager, Yuwaya Ngarra-li Partnership—and UNSW MArch Graduate, where she completed a community-centred WIL project)
• Community members and students involved in programs in Walgett, Bourke, and the Chen Dan Daek neighbourhood in Phnom Penh, Cambodia).

To celebrate the launch of the video, this screening will be followed by a panel discussing the key themes of the video, community-university partnerships and UNSW’s Societal Impact Framework. The panel will include:

• Pro-Vice Chancellor Societal Impact & Inclusion Professor Bruce Watson
• Yuwaya Ngarra-li Senior Research Fellow Peta MacGillivray
• Graduates who have completed a community-centred learning experience at UNSW, Dehan Silva and Rory Lewis.

We can’t wait to see you in person at UNSW Sydney and online.