A success/failure paradox

Reflection on a university-community engagement in Australia

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ID4545752
AutoresDaniel Murphy (0000-0001-8644-3707, Charles Sturt University, autor correspondente), Dianne Mcgrath (0000-0003-2186-0942, Charles Sturt University)
Ano2018
Volume40
Fascículo4
Páginas321-341
Data de publicação2018-07-04
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessNão
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoJournal of Higher Education Policy and Management (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 1360-080X • E-ISSN: 1469-9508
EditoraInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/1360080x.2018.1482102
OpenAlexW2807369663
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas7
Referências citadas19

There has been an increasing interest within the academic literature on the role played by Higher Education Institutions in the social and economic development of their communities. The Australia Government has recently released its National Science and Innovation Agenda (NISA) which is designed to incentivise university-community research partnerships. In this article, the identified lack of Australian university-community engagement will be problematised through the experience of academics who undertook such an engagement in a regional university setting. A completed research project is used as a lens through which institutional factors impacting on collaborative projects between universities and their communities are identified. The difficulties of university-community engagement are unpacked and problematised so that the various forces contributing to the shortage of university-community partnerships can be better identified and understood. The unitary manner in which university-community research is to be reported under NISA is highlighted as a key barrier to regional research partnerships

Community development · Community engagement · Economic growth · Economic shortage · Economics · Government (linguistics · Higher education · Political science · Public relations · Sociology · Higher Education and Employability · Higher Education Practises and Engagement · Public Administration · Service-Learning and Community Engagement