Unit Statistics and Highlights
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In 2023, Monash offered 55 units directly related to SDG17 with 3,506 total enrolments.
The units highlighted below are a small sample of the units at Monash relating to partnerships for the goals:
Global Immersion Guarantee
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The Global Immersion Guarantee (GIG) is Monash University’s flagship international study initiative bringing students together with sustainability practitioners in Asia, the Pacific and Europe to understand the impact of human activities on environments and to implement actions to advance the SDGs.
Participation in the Global Immersion Guarantee program expanded further in 2023, with the support of unprecedented funding under the New Colombo Plan. In total, 1245 students took part in GIG in 2023. Aligning with the University’s endeavour to advance its engagement with the Pacific, the GIG program also expanded to two new Pacific locations: Samoa and Vanuatu.
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Monash Innovation Guarantee
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Monash delivered the Monash Innovation Guarantee (MIG) for the first time in 2023. One of the University’s Flagship Rich Educational Experiences, the MIG is a three-week, credit-bearing industry experience that enables students from 93 degrees to work together with industry leaders and Australian innovators in developing solutions to major global challenges. Students are allocated to a small team to deliver solutions to challenges experienced by industry partner organisations, gaining hands-on, job-ready skills and the ability to collaboratively lead positive change through innovation.
The MIG program attracted 17 industry partners and students across eight faculties during its inaugural year, adding to the depth and breadth of industry-based experiences available to students. Students surveyed following completion of the MIG overwhelmingly saw themselves as entrepreneurs, innovators and changemakers, and reported substantial improvements across a range of key employability skills. All partner organisations intend to participate again in 2024.
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Research, Experimentation and Discovery
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Monash University launched the Research, Experimentation and Discovery (RED) unit in 2023, an interdisciplinary study program available to undergraduate students at Australian campuses. One of the University’s Flagship Rich Educational Experiences, the RED program enables students to embed research in their degree and acquire skills to make a positive, transformative impact in their future careers. The RED program attracted an inaugural cohort of 78 students from seven faculties, with students being assigned to interdisciplinary teams.
The RED curriculum combines research narratives with theories of change and transformation, empowering students to explore how to make a genuine impact in the world. To achieve this, RED draws upon participatory practices and co-design, design thinking and Indigenous ways of knowing that connect learning to specific locations, experiences and groups of people.
After completing the unit, RED participants reported increased confidence across a range of key employability skills, a greater understanding of the research Monash is undertaking to address global challenges and a markedly stronger sense of belonging to the University.
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