Spotlight Series: Managing Engagement and Collaboration in an Australian University-Industry Research Partnership in Education and Architecture

 
Please join us as we welcome to campus Joann Cattlin. Joann is currently a research project manager for a cross-disciplinary (architecture and education) research project based at the University of Melbourne funded by the Australian government and 16 industry partners. Her role involves coordinating and participating in research activities, partner and stakeholder engagement, external communications and administration. The project has been highly successful in building international and local engagement, which have been acknowledged through Melbourne Graduate School of Education awards to Joann and the research team in the last 2 years. Joann holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in history and literature from La Trobe University (Melbourne) and a Master of Information Management from RMIT University (Melbourne). Her work in universities over the last 15 years as a researcher, project manager and research librarian has given her broad range of skills and knowledge across several discipline areas. She has co-authored a number of articles, book chapter, project reports, conference papers and websites and undertakes practice-based research in research engagement and knowledge mobilization. 

During this Spotlight session, Joann will highlight a successful University of Melbourne-Industry project. In Australia, the Australian Research Council Linkage Projects are a major initiative to support increased collaboration between industry and universities. The key to their success can often lie in the relationships between the researchers and partners, how they respond to the different cultures and priorities of academia and industry and how the benefits of research are shared in tangible ways.  This Spotlight will detail one approach to resourcing and supporting collaborative relationships within a large research project at The University of Melbourne. The project has achieved significant engagement with industry, community and government through actively involving partners in the co-production of new knowledge, sharing research findings early and openly and developing an interactive network of professionals, academics and policy makers who can both contribute to and disseminate project outputs.  

In Australia and New Zealand there has been significant investment in the last 10 years in building new schools with ‘innovative learning environments’ - spaces that are flexible, multi modal and student centered. Many have raised concerns that these spaces are not contributing to improved learning and that there is little evidence to guide their design and use. The Innovative Learning Environment and Teacher Change project (ILETC) is a 4 year, AUD$2million research project funded by the Australian government and 16 (soon to be 17) industry, government and education partners.  It brings together researchers from architecture, education and design with the aim of bridging the gap between the educational potential of innovative learning environment (ILE) design, and their actual performance. This complex issue necessarily involves the perspectives of a wide range of stakeholders including students, teachers, principals, architects, government and independent education authorities. The project is due to finish in mid 2020.
Event-Date: 
Thursday, June 13, 2019 - 2:00pm to 3:00pm
Location: 

1310B, Marie Mount Hall

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