Community Fellows Program Wins Engagement Australia's Excellence Award for Community Engagement
Image: Nicholas Hill and Bosede Adetifa at the Awards Dinner held at Commbank Stadium in Parramatta.
Melbourne Social Equity Institute's Community Fellows Program has been named the winner of the Award for Excellence in Community Engagement at Engagement Australia's Excellence Awards held in Parramatta on 21 November 2023.
The Engagement Australia Awards focus on outstanding nation-building initiatives, demonstrating far-reaching impact and innovation, in all sectors and aspects of the Australian economy and community.
Director of Melbourne Social Equity Institute, Professor Jo Barraket, said, “The Community Fellows Program disrupts the typical researcher-researched relationship, putting knowledge creation and access to the research infrastructure of the University of Melbourne in the hands of the community leaders and organisations we seek to serve. I am very proud of all involved.”
Melbourne Social Equity Institute was represented at the event by Bosede Adetifa, the Yoruba Heritage and Cultural Association of Victoria's Program Facilitator and a 2023 Community Fellow; and Dr Nicholas Hill, a McKenzie Postdoctoral Fellow in the School of Social and Political Sciences and a 2023 Community Fellows Program Academic Mentor.
Congratulations to all of the winners and finalists, including the three other winners from the University of Melbourne:
Award for Excellence in Indigenous Engagement
Budj Bim On Country Learning and Research (Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology)
Award for Outstanding Engagement for Research Impact
Students with Additional Needs (SWANs)/ Abilities Based Learning and Education Support (ABLES) (Faculty of Education)
Award for Outstanding Engagement for Student Learning
Innovation Practice Program (Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology)
To see all of the winners and finalists, visit the Engagement Australia website.
If you are interested in learning more about supporting the Community Fellows Program and our plans to develop and expand its impact, please read the Case for Support or contact Charlene Edwards.