Reduce disadvantage: ensure people in need benefit from access to good health, education and other services. Increase social, civic and economic participation: help everyone to get the skills and support they need so they work and connect with the community. Give a greater voice, combined with greater responsibility: governments and other organisations giving people a say on what services they need and how they work, and people taking responsibility to make the best use of the opportunities available. Build on individual and community strengths: make the most of people’s strengths, including the strengths of Aboriginal and Torres Straight Islanders and people from other cultures. Develop tailored services: services working together in new and flexible ways to meet each different needs. person’s Early intervention/prevention: preventing problems by understanding root causes and intervening early. Use evidence and integrated data to inform policy: finding out what programs work well and understanding why so that good ideas can be shared and to put into effect things that work. Planning for sustainability: doing things to help people and communities deal with problems they face now and in the future. The major focus of the Strategic Directions is to enhance participation by the whole community, with priority groups being identified as those from low SES (socio-economic status) backgrounds and Indigenous students. As a consequence, these objectives were identified specifically for Macquarie University as fundamental to effective social inclusion5: enhance levels of engagement with regional and Indigenous communities expand our scholarships program, particularly for those in financial need develop the curriculum so that student experience is enriched from both local and global perspectives provide additional support for students at risk. Culturally inclusive learning and teaching policy at Macquarie Macquarie University policy6 also incorporates a further commitment: that of ensuring that staff and students from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds have equal opportunity to participate fully in the university community. People from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds may self-identify on the basis of: ethnic background country of birth or descent linguistic diversity ethno-religious and/or cultural background. The University aims to encourage cross-cultural understanding by providing global perspectives and developing local and international students’ connectedness, for instance through the People, Planet and Participation units. Objectives for these units include:
Reduce disadvantage: ensure people in need benefit from access to good health, education and other services. Increase social, civic and economic participation: help everyone to get the skills and support they need so they work and connect with the community. Give a greater voice, combined with greater responsibility: governments and other organisations giving people a say on what services they need and how they work, and people taking responsibility to make the best use of the opportunities available. Build on individual and community strengths: make the most of people’s strengths, including the strengths of Aboriginal and Torres Straight Islanders and people from other cultures. Develop tailored services: services working together in new and flexible ways to meet each person’s different needs. Early intervention/prevention: preventing problems by understanding root causes and intervening early. Use evidence and integrated data to inform policy: finding out what programs work well and understanding why so that good ideas can be shared and to put into effect things that work. Planning for sustainability: doing things to help people and communities deal with problems they face now and in the future. The major focus of the Strategic Directions is to enhance participation by the whole community, with priority groups being identified as those from low SES (socio-economic status) backgrounds and Indigenous students. As a consequence, these objectives were identified specifically for Macquarie University as fundamental to effective social inclusion5: enhance levels of engagement with regional and Indigenous communities expand our scholarships program, particularly for those in financial need develop the curriculum so that student experience is enriched from both local and global perspectives provide additional support for students at risk. Culturally inclusive learning and teaching policy at Macquarie Macquarie University policy6 also incorporates a further commitment: that of ensuring that staff and students from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds have equal opportunity to participate fully in the university community. People from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds may self-identify on the basis of: ethnic background country of birth or descent linguistic diversity ethno-religious and/or cultural background. The University aims to encourage cross-cultural understanding by providing global perspectives and developing students’ local and international connectedness, for instance through the People, Planet and Participation units. Objectives for these units include: