Research
Faculty of Arts and Education
The Faculty of Arts and Education currently holds a number of exciting grants
with government agencies and industry partners. These grants exemplify
the Faculty's commitment to integrating practice and theory in research
that "makes
a difference".
The Corporate Citizenship Research Unit continued its long-standing relationship with Rio Tinto with particular reference to review and evaluation of partnerships within the Rio Tinto Business with Communities Program in Australia, selected partnerships in the UK and the provision of on-going advice on relevant aspects of corporate citizenship and corporate social responsibility, the running of workshops, seminars and in-house events, and the continuation of the jointly run National Conference on Corporate Citizenship between the Corporate Citizenship Research Unit and Rio Tinto.
The Corporate Citizenship Research Unit continued its partnership with Transfield Services begun formally in 2002 with a further three year partnership beginning 1 July 2003. This partnership includes in-field and desk top research on corporate citizenship; the evaluation of corporate citizenship related areas to Transfield Services' core business; the development and implementation of a range of tools for Transfield Services in the preparation and implementation of corporate citizenship related issues for existing and new business; the development of strategies for the development of corporate citizenship policies and protocols within Transfield Services and the writing of relevant reports, in-house publications and the running of workshops and seminars in relevant areas of corporate citizenship.
The Corporate Citizenship Research Unit entered into a formal research agreement with ANZ in December 2003 following an earlier agreement which covered a review and evaluation of the ANZ Community Fund Program. This involves an annual review of the ANZ Community Fund Program, six monthly reviews and evaluation of the partnership between the ANZ and the Brotherhood of St Laurence, Berry Street Victoria and The Benevolent Society of NSW and the research component of the Saver Plus Program currently undertaken by RMIT. This agreement also involves the review and evaluation of the ANZ Staff Foundation and assistance in the development and writing of relevant reports, the running of seminars and workshops and other relevant corporate citizenship related activities.
S. Burchill
Development of new knowledge in the fields of International Relations, Global Security and Peace - Australia Asia Contact in Education
F. Mansouri
Managing Cultural Diversity in Ethnic Schools -
Brencorp Foundation in association with Victorian Arabic Social Services
Cultural Diversity and Educational Outcomes in Multi-cultural Schools -
Telstra Community Fund in association with Victorian Arabic Social Services
Prof. S. Kenny, F. Mansouri, L. Kerr
Arabic Communities and Wellbeing: Supports and Barriers to Social Connectedness -
VicHealth
W. Logan, J. Beaumont, G. Smith et al
Australian Heritage Commission Research Project 'Australians at War' -
Dept of Environment & Heritage
W. Logan, C. Long et al
Contemporary Australian Identity, Memory and Heritage -
Special Research Initiatives
F. Mansouri
Applying a multicultural education model in culturally diverse schools -
The Buckland Foundation
K. O'Toole
Community Building: Growing Communities Together: Evaluation Research -
Warrnambool City Council
