PD Sessions @ Zoom: Changing the culture around engagement and impact – how are others doing it?
Wondering how to change conversations and attitudes about engagement and impact at your University? The Research Impact SIG will be hosting a special panel session focusing on culture change on engagement and impact – what it’s like, the challenges and opportunities it has presented, how different organisations in the sector are trying to change it – and signs of change so far. Our three speakers will share their stories of engagement and impact culture change as a precursor to a facilitated discussion with members of the Impact SIG.
DATE: 16 November 2022
TIME: 12 PM - 1 PM AEDT
SESSION PRESENTER(S):
Ranjit Gajendra Nadarajah
Swinburne University of Technology
Ranjit Gajendra Nadarajah is a senior executive acknowledged for leadership, governance, strategy-making, collaboration and meaningful engagement for innovation and impact, with experience of higher education, research, not-for-profits and social enterprise in complex international settings and cultures, including in Glasgow and the Gulf. He leads and facilitates knowledge creation and translation for human capital development, community wellbeing and social capital enhancement, nurturing university-industry-community collaborations to generate economic, health and social benefits.
KPMG trained with postgraduate qualifications in education management, innovation and entrepreneurship Ranjit is a Fellow of the Institute of Governance, with finance and program management expertise and is a PhD candidate studying transnational research collaboration.
Ranjit is Manager, strategic research, knowledge translation and engagement with Swinburne University of Technology, Chairperson of Eastern Volunteers, a not-for-profit serving communities along the eastern corridor, Advisor to UN-WHO Academy and Expert member of the Research for Development Impact of the Australian Council for International Development and most recently co-authored Actions to address health literacy and equity in social housing, Victoria (August, 2022)
Lia Sherwood
University of Wollongong
Lia Sherwood is the Research Development and Impact Manager at the University of Wollongong. She is responsible for coordinating all aspects of strategic research impact and engagement reporting, analysis, and training across the university, and embedding the UN Sustainable Development Goals in the university’s research activities and reporting. Lia facilitated the commitment of UOW to the SDGs and works with academics and professional staff on the university THE Impact data collection. Lia has worked in a variety of research and research support roles and settings for over 25 years.
Julie Ward
University of the Sunshine Coast
Julie Ward is the Research Impact Coordinator in the Office of Research at the University of the Sunshine Coast. Julie has worked in the higher education sector for over 15 years and her primary responsibility at USC is to coordinate USC’s annual submission to the THE Impact Rankings along with the ARC 2024 Engagement and Impact Assessment.
CPD: Accredited members (ARMAs and ARMFs) will automatically accrue 1 CPD hour per session.
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