Engagement

As a world-class civic university, our engagement with civil society is integral to ensuring that our academic and professional activities have genuine economic, social and cultural benefits.

Our engagement activities are firmly based on our academic expertise and experience and form an integral part of our work throughout the University. Our students and graduates play an important role, for example through placements and volunteering.

Our engagement activities are regional, national and international.

Regional:

  • Contributing to our community
  • Promoting diversity
  • Contributing to the economy and success of the region

National:

  • Activities which enrich intellectual culture
  • Influencing public policy development
  • Promoting commercial enterprise

International:

  • Using our teaching and research activities to address global societal and economic challenges
  • Promoting intercultural understanding under the leadership of world-class academics

Cultural and scientific engagement is integral to ensuring that our academic and professional activities have genuine economic, social and cultural benefit, in support of all of our institutional objectives.