Deakin University presents a symposium on
Universities for health: Improving wellbeing for all communities

Monday 20th November 2006
Mercure Hotel Geelong

Universities have long been identified as settings for promoting health and wellbeing, and promoting a holistic notion of people as members of civic society. Recently, in both Australia and the United States, this focus has faced numerous threats, including: funding cuts, corporatisation, and international competition, a loss of student vitality, and loss of community citizenship. University-community partnerships are critical for:

• community interventions that seek to improve the health of communities;
• urban regeneration programs;
• the delivery of health and social services; and
• the preparation of students as members of a civic society.

Healthy partnerships are critical to the representation of the university as a community member, engaged with its civic responsibilities. They are a critical mechanism for achieving societal based aspirations for the contributions that universities can make in shaping future societies. This Symposium will explore international best practice in promoting community health and wellbeing through innovative forms of university-community engagement.

This symposium will explore international best practice in promoting community health and wellbeing through innovative forms of university-community engagement. The program aims to stimulate a national campaign to change the way Australian universities think about, and engage with, their communities.

We aim to:

• Explore how universities can engage in action to promote, and document civic participation and wellbeing;
• Develop innovative, locally-relevant models of universitycommunity engagement;
• Strengthen the research and policy agenda in Universities as a Setting for Health; and
• Establish joint Australian/US research programs around the topic of health promoting universities.

Guest speakers and facilitators will be Professor Judith Ramaley and Dr. Mara Adelman. To find out more information on our guest speakers please visit the guest speakers webpage.

Program

To obtain program details please visit the program webpage

Cost

$150 Day Registration for Monday 20 November or $75 Concession
$150 Day Registration for Tuesday 21 November or $75 Concession

*All above rates are GST inclusive

Important informaton

For program enquiries contact Dr Iain Butterworth

For further registration or payment details, please contact Anne Griffiths