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Principles

The university endorses the following principles:

  • Community engagement is to be a whole-of-university commitment that involves academic and administrative staff.
  • Community engagement, because of its significance for the University, has discernible effects on the structures as well as the functioning of the university.
  • Community engagement moves from a stance of compassion for those in need to solidarity with and sustained commitment to them.
  • Community engagement is to be expressed at the local, national, and international levels.
  • Community engagement must involve reflection and the capacity to form new knowledge as a result of engagement.

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