Community Engagement
Source: https://employability.uq.edu.au/community-engagement Parent: https://employability.uq.edu.au/digital-enrichment-badges
The Get Set Mentoring Program is designed to help new students connect,with peers, mentors and the wider community. Volunteer mentors guide new UQ students through the first 6 weeks of semester, sharing tips for study and campus life. Mentors empower and support new students to navigate university life and settle into their studies.
Through participation in the Get Set Mentoring Program as a Peer Mentor, students have demonstrated their ability to:
- Model positive mentoring capabilities such as active listening, compassion, responsiveness, sensitivity to concerns, and confidentiality in real interactions with new students.
- Communicate effectively by adapting their style to different mentee needs, offering clear guidance and providing constructive, strengths focussed feedback.
- Apply critical thinking to support mentees through challenges; offering creative, practical solutions that promote studen success.
- Lead with integrity, cultual competency, teamwork and empathy, embodying the Get Set ethos of providing personalised, responsive and positive support.
Participation as a Peer Mentor in the Get Set Mentoring Program also contributes to the development of the following UQ Graduate Attributes:
- Connected citizens
- Respectful leaders
- Influential communicators
Student-Staff Partnership Projects connect students and staff as equal partners and collaborators on projects that seek to enhance the UQ community - effecting positive change within the teaching and learning, student experience and governance/strategy environments. Students engage in up to 21 weeks of collaboration on their project in their partnership teams.
Through participation in a Student-Staff Partnership Project students have demonstrated their ability to:
- Understand the partnership ethos, premised upon respect, mutual learning, accountability and shared responsibility.
- Integrate diverse perspectives to enable collaborative partnership
- Apply project management strategies and tools
- Communicate confidently across diverse contexts
- Effect transformational change and value continuous improvement
Participation in Student Staff Partnership projects also contributes to the development of the following UQ Graduate Attributes:
- Courageous thinkers
- Connected citizens
- Influential communicators
The EAIT Leaders Extension Program is a diverse community of highly-engaged undergraduate and postgraduate coursework student leaders within the Faculty of Engineering, Architecture and IT, aiming to develop their leadership skills, contribute to the University and improve the student experience for others. Students are invited to join the program after completing the Leaders a EAIT pathway program.
Students continue their journey of leadership and development through shaping and assisting with the delivery of events, representing EAIT at faculty engagement and student experience sessions, mentoring and providing guidance to Leaders at EAIT pathway participants, and attending regular training and debrief sessions to reflect on their leadership growth.
Through completion of the EAIT Leaders Extension program, students have demonstrated their ability to:
- Apply leadership skills in practical, dynamic environments
- Mentor peers and foster inclusive leadership development
- Contribute to the planning and logistics of events in a professional manner
- Facilitate reflection and feedback to support program improvement
- Represent the EAIT Faculty with integrity and professionalism
- Strengthen employability through demonstrated leadership in faculty-wide initiatives
Participation in the EAIT Leaders Extension program also contributes to the development of the following UQ Graduate Attributes:
- Connected citizens
- Influential communicators
- Respectful leaders
http://www.eait.uq.edu.au/leaders-at-eait
The Get Involved Volunteering program connects students with meaningful on-campus volunteering opportunities aligned with their personal interests and career goals. Through volunteering, students broaden their social and professional networks, develop communication and collaboration and leadership skills and make a positive impact with the wider UQ community.
Through completion of a minimum of 10 hours of Get Involved Volunteering, students have demonstrated their ability to:
Communicate clearly and listen actively to peers, staff, and community members in varied contexts.
- Build meaningful connections across diverse groups, strengthening their identity as engaged and connected citizens.
- Collaborate effectively in teams, showing empathy, adaptability, and respect for different perspectives
- Represent UQ with professionalism and integrity, contributing positively to the wider community
- Translate personal initiative into collective impact, reinforcing both civic responsibility and communication confidence
Participation in the Get Involved Volunteering program also contributes to the development of the following UQ Graduate Attributes:
- Connected citizens
- Influential communicators