Current Goal - Activity

Outcomes Achieved to Date

Future Goals/ Strategies

Monitoring/ Evaluation Measures

Stake-holder Involve-ment and Awareness:

Communities have begun to identify and determine their own educational / training needs. A greater degree of communication, cooperation and links between KNL, local ATSI communities, groups and USQ.

Where feasible, develop relevant courses/units to meet current and future community/ industry needs through consultation with stakeholders.

Continue to consult with ATSI communities.

Level of support and involvement by ATSI communities.

Enrolments. Active participation in or facilitation of workshops and research projects.

Marketing Higher Education / Recruitment in appropriate regional, rural and urban areas of Queensland.

In 1999 KNL staff visited 60 Secondary schools and attended ATSI oriented careers markets and USQ Open Day displays.

Increased intake of ATSI students, particularly Year 12 leavers.

Increased access and participation of Indigenous students on the Wide Bay campus.

Increased enrolments of students in Education courses ­ Certificate in Education.

Increase the contact with secondary schools in appropriate areas through a diversity of means.

Be involved in careers and study projects with ATSI Year 8-12 students.

Work with the Faculty of Education to seek Academic Board approval for a certificate-level course in University Studies and with the Faculty of Sciences for an ATSI Mental Health course. Ensure these courses will be available to all students as appropriate.

Increase student support for external students in S/W Queensland.

Positive feedback from communities and schools.

Increased enrolments, especially Year 12 school leavers.

Increasing numbers of ATSI graduates through USQ.

Access, participation, retention and success of ATSI students improves.

Student Support: Improving administ- ration, enrolment and student support procedures.

Supporting 240 enrolled students through improved ATAS planning, strategies and coordination; employment of qualified staff; and flexible course delivery.

Monitoring and analysis of each student’s participation at unit level to improve overall success.

Increase access to ATAS for external students. Employ a Student Support Officer on the Toowoomba campus to cater to internal and external students’ academic needs, in addition to the academic support normally provided by other staff in KNL.

Increased number of external students accessing ATAS. Employment of a Student Support Officer.

Successful completion of degrees by students.

Involve-ment in Research:

KNL membership on the USQ Human Research Ethics Committee.

KNL staff successful in obtaining external grants.

Identify Indigenous research projects in conjunction with USQ and Indigenous communities. Staff to submit applications for external research grants.

Cooperative research programs underway.

Success in obtaining external research grants.

Develop- ment of: Indigenous Studies Units: Cross-cultural awareness.

Lecturers delivered the Australian Indigenous Studies (AIS) unit to a total of 650 mainstream students (mainly pre-service teachers) at USQ.

Three new Indigenous Studies unit specifications under development.

Improve unit presentation and delivery to facilitate greater cross-cultural awareness to students studying AIS.

Indigenous Studies major on offer to all students.

Increased retention.

Positive feedback from students.

Culturally sensitive teachers.

Implementation of new units.

Goal/Planned Outcomes of Activities

Strategies to Achieve Goal / Activities

Monitoring / Evaluation

Effective consultation with USQ Faculties, Indigenous communities, other education providers and Indigenous students.

Active membership on USQ’s ATSIECC and Student Equity Committee. KNL staff to be active participants in education debate in community Indigenous Network committees, Advisory committees, Indigenous local, State and National Education Committees.

Level of consultation and identification of areas needing to be addressed.

Membership by KNL staff of appropriate committees.

Investigate the feasibility of developing courses to cater for Indigenous peoples and communities’ needs, in partnership with Faculties, other education providers and community groups.

USQ Faculty of Sciences and KNL to develop an Indigenous Mental Health program. Receive accreditation for a certificate-level course in University Studies.

Consult with Faculties for offering of Indigenous Studies units within their courses. Investigate the feasibility of developing Indigenous Cultural Heritage and Eco-Tourism units for offer to interested students at Wide Bay.

Consultations to ensure pedagogy appropriate to training needs of Indigenous Health/Mental Health workers, in line with Qld. Health Mental Health policies and approved academically. Increased success in certificate-level course to encourage successful transfer to and completion of degrees. Increased level of enrolment in Indigenous Studies/ Indigenous Cultural Heritage units.

Offer quality support to all USQ Indigenous students to ensure increased participation, retention and success by Indigenous students.

Seek increases in the level of ATAS funding each year.

Employ a Student Support Officer for the Toowoomba Campus and Southwest Queensland.

Maintain the current full-time position on the Wide Bay campus, identifying the support service separately by name to distinguish it from KNL on the Toowoomba campus.

Strategic planning of KNL’s budget to provide appropriate staffing for student support.

Increased enrolments and graduations through USQ Wide Bay campus.

KNL staff to undertake research with Indigenous and non-Indigenous communities.

Staff to develop research skills.

Develop good communications and networks with communities, organisations and groups.

Identify research areas and apply for external grants.

Develop staff profiles via the website, media, and professional membership of organisations/ bodies.

Staff to supervise student research where they are qualified to do so.

Level and quality of research outcomes through collaborative arrangements or individually.

Publication of research by KNL staff in refereed journals of international standing.

Increased number of postgraduate students supervised by KNL academics.

Increase the access to USQ courses by Indigenous people in appropriate rural and regional areas of Queensland in order to contribute to over-coming educational disadvantage.

Develop networks with schools in appropriate areas of Queensland.

Promote the Indigenous Mental Health course, certificate-level course in University Studies, Indigenous Studies major and other USQ courses to Indigenous people, once accredited.

Participation in appropriate schools and career markets.

Participation by Indigenous secondary students in ‘Uni taster programs’.

Increased enrolment of Indigenous students into USQ courses.

Develop in USQ and the wider community.

Develop cross-cultural awareness programs for both internal and external delivery.

Implementation.

Indigenous perspectives in curriculum and teaching.

Audit of staff skills and qualifications.

Identify staff development programs that will enhance student retention and success.

Undertake strategic planning for KNL in light of USQ’s new Workplace Agreement.

Continual re-assessment of KNL’s operations and functions.

Develop Indigenous-specific promotional materials ­ posters, brochures, and video.

Liaise with marketing and USQ printery staff to develop promotional resources depicting Indigenous students and graduates.

Completed set of brochures and posters, and a promotional video

Student’s

1996

1997

1998

1999

2000

National B’marks^*

Access

2.30%

1.85%

1.69%

1.36%

1.78%

1.80%

Participation

0.61

0.53

0.50

0.44

0.53

0.78

Retention

0.64

0.50

0.51

0.61

0.69

0.77

Success

0.36

0.42

0.54

0.54

-

0.74

total Indigenous support funding allocation

Academic F/T Staff

$140,037

Academic P/T and Temp Staff

$153,295

Total Academic Staff

$293,332

General Staff

$ 89,840

Total Staff

$383,172

Teaching & Research

$ 3,984

Staff Development

$ 395

Promotional Activities

$ 12,730

Staff Recruitment

$ 8,311

Administration & Overheads

$ 64,161

Total Non-Salary

$ 89,581

Orientation Program Costs

$ 2,471

Pathways Conference (2)

$ 9,242

Total Indigenous support funding expenditure

$484,466