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Activities and Initiatives

Our Activities for 2011-2015

  • Monitor and evaluate existing courses to ensure content, delivery and assessment has academic vigour, relevance and evidenced based.
  • Monitor, evaluate and be responsive to student feedback about subjects and courses.
  • Develop and deliver a range of short courses that will target industry and community participants.
  • Implement new structure in Bachelor of Indigenous Studies to open more elective unit specialisations and options.
  • Develop strategies to attract honours students like scholarships, prizes and bursaries.
  • Re-introduce Master of Research, Doctor of Indigenous Philosophies and Doctor of Philosophies that requires significantly detailed proposal prior to acceptance into these programs.
  • Identify and pursue research funding that seeks to address challenges faced by Indigenous communities and organisations.
  • Work collaboratively with SCU researchers to undertake applied research relevant to Indigenous communities.
  • Establish collaborative networks of researchers to work in partnership at regional, national and international level to undertake applied research that Indigenous and the wider community identify as significant and beneficial.
  • Undertake research capacity building, skills development and professional activities with Indigenous researchers and organisations.
  • Seek and identify synergies between Indigenous researchers that value add to Indigenous organisational and community development.
  • Assist in the establishment of an International Indigenous Studies Network with USA, New Zealand and Canada.
  • Establish and implement a Cultural Safety Charter within Gnibi and offer cultural safety training and development.
  • Standardise policy and procedures for teaching, learning and assessment practices across the College based on best practice for SCU.
  • Be responsive to public policy on higher education, government and community priorities to new initiatives in Indigenous education and research.
  • Work collaboratively with other Schools and sections of the University to develop effective ways of working with Indigenous populations.
  • Attract leaders in Indigenous research to collaborate, support, encourage and develop a research agenda that is responsive to the needs and aspirations of Indigenous communities and organisations.
  • Undertake and develop community engagement activities and programs with Elders and community groups.
  • Identify scales of economy in teaching and research opportunities within SCU and external to the University.
  • Identify ways to effectively use of existing resources of the University that are not currently utilised in teaching, learning and research activities.
  • Identify and reduce duplication in Gnibi's current educational and non-educational activities in relation to other departments of the University.

New Initiatives

  • Develop and deliver a range of short courses that will target industry and community participants.
  • International Indigenous Researchers Workshop.
  • International Indigenous Research Program.
  • Assist in the development of an International Indigenous Studies Network with USA, New Zealand and Canada.
  • Establishment of an on-line journal focusing on Indigenous knowledges.

Updated: 30 January 2013