Distinctiveness and Leadership

Community Engagement: Values, Leadership and Relationships

Australian Catholic University (ACU) is recognised nationally and internationally for its distinctiveness and leadership in community engagement. This leadership is based upon:

• the values, capacity, scholarship and sustained commitment ACU brings to communities and its community engagement; and
• the University's strategic role in national and international community engagement programs such as Clemente Australia, the Catholic Alliance for International Development (CAID) and the "University for Refugees".

Community engagement is seen as a core function of ACU supported through appropriate policies, planning, structures and personnel to ensure effectiveness.

ACU recognises that through community engagement, we contribute to

• the common good,
• promoting social inclusion and cohesion through engaged citizenship and
• enriching our learning, teaching and research endeavours.

Consulting Services

IACE offers a range of Community Engagement consulting services. These services include, but are not limited, to:

• Professional development for staff;
• Working with community and organisations on their engagements;
• Research; and
• Best practices review.

Community Engagement Resources

• Memorandum of Understanding for Community Engagement (PDF, 206kb)
• Community Engagement Mapping and Reporting (PDF, 94kb)
• Community Engagement Best Practices
  • Community Engagement Risk Management (PDF, 322kb)
  • Community Engagement Risk Management Framework (PDF, 412kb)
  • Community Engagement Risk Management Self Assessment (PDF, 281kb)
  • Community Engagement Professional Boundaries (PDF, 212kb)
  • Community Engagement Performance Indicators (PDF, 352kb)

Contact Us

Please contact us to discuss your Commmunity Engagement requirements:
Professor Jude Butcher cfc AM
61 2 9701 4335
or iace@acu.edu.au

Beyond Today

IACE is leading the University's community engagement to be a source of hope through its Beyond Today agenda.

Beyond Disadvantage

Social inclusion and wellbeing by reaching out to those most in need.
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Beyond Borders

Development and capacity building beyond our national boundaries.
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Beyond Differences

Social cohesion and participation enriched by inter-faith and inter-cultural understandings.
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