Transcript UC Futures - Christchurch College of Education

The First New Zealand
Tertiary Community
Engagement Summit
30 August 2013
Welcome & Acknowledgements
Supporters in the Welcome Letter
Volunteer Army Foundation
The Eastern
UC’s Motivation to Host the
Summit
People prepared to
make a difference
UC’s Motivation to Host the
Summit
UC is recognized as having a distinctive
graduate profile reflecting researchinformed teaching & value adding elements
of employability and innovation,
community mindedness, global experience
and bi-cultural competence that are valued
by staff, students, employers & the
community.
To Become a Citizen…
According to the Ancient Greeks, and idiot
is:
• A person lacking professional skill
• A private citizen
• Not concerned with public affairs
• Self-centered
A person is born an idiot and is made a
citizen through education.
New Zealand can’t afford many idiots
These are and will be our students:
•8,500 (out of 10,000) volunteer firefighters
•12,690 volunteer School Boards of Trustees
•3,000 volunteer surf lifesaving guards > 1600 lives
•1.2 million volunteers overall (25% of population), 270 million
hours of labour = $6.95 billion (4.9% of GDP)
•NZ tied with Australia as #1 in World Giving Index
•54,134 volunteer jurors (321,832 called; 199,760 excused;
67,938 no-shows)
•$435 million in unpaid taxes (2012), $6 billion total
•$400 million in unpaid student loans
Guiding Questions
• What can/does tertiary community engagement look like in New
Zealand?
• What are the key elements of effective tertiary community
engagement at Tulane and in New Zealand?
• What are the key constraints or barriers to effective tertiary
community engagement, and how can these be managed?
• Thinking about our education system as a whole (primary,
secondary, and tertiary), what aren’t we currently doing that
would promote useful and relevant community engagement?