Serving communities by engaged teaching and research

Verity Firth as Chair of Engagement Australia and Vice-President of Societal Impact, Equity and Engagement at UNSW joins with guest host Alphia Possamai-Inesedy PVC of Student Success of WSU. They discuss the challenges universities face in maintaining or seeking to regain social licence and to serve community needs. They explore how the Accord considered this issue and how the new ATEC will be a circuit breaker in measuring research impact and creating mission based compacts. It gives a comprehensive policy-informed overview and insight into the landscape of community engagement in Australia ahead of the exciting next conference of Engagement Australia hosted at The University of Queensland on July 22-23.