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Regional Learning and College Partnerships Team

Central to the University’s place-based mission, outlined in the University’s Strategic Plan, is the ability to work in partnership with communities to create a prosperous, inclusive and sustainable future for Tasmania.

The University of Tasmania Regional Learning and College Partnerships (RLCP) Team co-creates and conducts education, learning and engagement programs with university colleges, regional organisations and local communities with a focus on regional Tasmania.

By offering regional support, the Team champions regional distinctiveness and responds to the opportunities and needs of people, that seek to achieve stronger educational outcomes, improve the well-being of North West Tasmanians as well as contribute to the economic prosperity of the state.

Our purpose

The overall purpose of the RLCP program is to improve economic, social and cultural opportunities for regional people through access to higher education and supporting research development. This will be achieved by facilitating and brokering collaborative work to achieve university outcomes in regions.

Our strategies

The Program has two strategies (below) with each having focus topics and targeted collaborative projects.

  • Enabling colleges to achieve their strategic outcomes in regions
  • Lifting our engagement with internal stakeholders and facilitate college engagement in regions (via college stakeholders)
  • Increasing educational aspiration, access and participation to higher education in remote areas, particularly in the West Coast and Circular Head regions

Our work

  • Engaging academics with regional communities – in collaboration with colleges host masterclasses and stakeholder engagement events to support research and teaching
  • Groundwork for new course - working with colleges to engage industry and community stakeholders in the new offerings
  • Engagement events - facilitate many public events, partnered with colleges including Seminar Series, CafeLabs, HealthFest
  • Support for Regional Study Hubs - a collaborative partnership develop with the Study Hub West Coast and the Study Centre Circular Head
  • The Makers Technology and Innovation Hub - involved in ongoing stakeholder engagement and the co-design of a public program of events at the Makers
  • Regional stakeholder engagement - fosters relationships, and brokers college connections with a wide range of industry and community organisations

To share your work happening in the Northwest, discuss partnership opportunities or to find out more, contact regional.partnerships@utas.edu.au.