1. participation and community engagement PACE

2. what is pace? part of the new-look degrees at macquarie participation
planet
people

3. what does PACE look like?
local, regional, international
Internships and work-integrated-learning
Field trips with a partnership component
Community panels with project mentoring
Professional experience & practicums
Community development projects
Service learning by volunteering
Project-based learning
Community-based research
Mentoring and peer-assisted learning

4. capabilities
learn
engage & contribute
change

5. enhanced employability
employers value graduates who bring more than technical competence to a job:
“we look for graduates who have a sense of the social impact of the work they do—not just the business impact. The people we hire need to demonstrate social responsibility, as well as their professional skills. Good communication skills are vital as well—both written and oral.”

6. what students say about pace ...

7. pathways to participation inter-disciplinary teams
discipline-based
pathways to participation
inter-disciplinary teams

8. psychology: developed a youth strategy for a local council on the north shore
public relations: developed communications strategies for an organisation providing training, jobs and shelter to homeless young men in the western suburbs of sydney
business: various internships with leading companies, not-for-profit organisations, and government agencies
health: helped establish and evaluate a community garden project in a local primary school
media: assisted with camera work at a national tv channel
sociology: completed a social research project with a local ngo

9. pathways to participation inter-disciplinary teams
discipline-based
pathways to participation
inter-disciplinary teams

10. pace international projects
build community infrastructure and work with school children in peru
empower street children in the philippines
improve the health of young people in india
support indigenous communities in sabah
work with young people on welfare projects in vietnam

11. scaffolding for skills development
common elements
community engagement: mutually beneficial partnership
rigorous academic framework to develop key graduate capabilities
orientation
requirements
expectations
preparatory sessions
any preparatory assessment tasks
experience/project
experience itself
assessment tasks
reflection
final wrap-up
debrief, reflection
post-experience assessment tasks
scaffolding for skills development

12. what options are there? creative arts major human geography major
in some degrees and majors, a PACE unit is already a core requirement:
bachelor of social science
bachelor of business administration
ba-/bsc- psychology
bachelor of engineering
bachelor of health
bachelor of teaching (0-5 years)
bachelor of laws and all combined LLB programs
bachelor of planning
with many more to come in ….
or students can take a PACE unit as an elective in ANY Macquarie degree
creative arts major
human geography major
museum studies major
photonics major
psychological science major
spatial information science major

13. pace
career – community - credit