Student Partnerships – Draft

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LaSource social enterprise is building opportunities and resources for tertiary students to undertake real world projects. LaSource Social Enterprise will provide a range of services to support students starting with providing ideas and opportunities for projects through to providing resources, accommodation and support to students. With special attention given to provide achievable targets, LaSource Social Enterprise will develop a range of linked sub-projects that allows a student to complete one part of a larger project, for more information on Student partnerships and this innovative opportunity. Along with Joint Ventures LaSource Social Enterprise will be an active participant in seeking relevant grants and development support.

Overview – The Opportunity for students

Students are increasingly undertaking studies with more and more specialisation, this tends to make their course work increasingly theoretical. Whilst this knowledge is very important students find it harder to demonstrate their increased knowledge practically and it can be difficult to find industry placements.

Industry placements can be valuable however projects within such placements are usually restricted to the businesses core business or projects. It can be hard to identify both a business and a project within that business that suits the student’s objectives.

Practical projects often require access to resources that students just can’t access and as a result find it difficult to find real and practical projects. Please see below the “LaSource Social Enterprise Offer to students” for possible resources available.

LaSource Social Enterprise offer to Educational institutions

LaSource Social Enterprise can bring substantial resources as well as ideas and opportunities to educational institutions and there need to find practical placements and projects for students during their studies.

A low cost alternative with some self funding LaSource social enterprise plans to make it easy for students to be place in practical projects. This will reduce your need to organise such activities by providing multiple opportunities with a single organisation operating in a social enterprise model. You will be able to benefit from participation in joint ventures and co-operative research without the complexities and costs of cooperative research centers.

If we have the opportunity to work with you in advance we can establish suitable projects that meet the student and your organisations needs, including forward planning of opportunities such as phased projects for which one or more students can participate in a single phase and fir into the academic periods available. You and your organisation may benefit equally to your students so please see below “LaSource Social Enterprise offer to students”. This offer details the resources LaSource Social Enterprise can deliver and can assist you in determining its fit with your course of education. Please see the section “Overview of Potential projects” for a possible fit with your requirements.

You will also find many of the resources will suit you when it comes to assessment time and later for successful projects to help you demonstrate that success.

LaSource Social Enterprise offer to students

LaSource offers students both support and resources to reduce the costs of any project and may contribute funds, labour and other services including assisting in fund raising through grants, crowdsourcing, Joint Ventures and donations. Of course where LaSource Social Enterprise will gain infrastructure or services that suit our particular requirements, we will be contributing cash or in kind to projects.

Project Resources

LaSource Social Enterprise aims to address the problems faced by students in part by providing resources that we control and are building through other Joint Ventures and Partners. In addition we will be building a participant network who may contribute where needed to student projects.

Onsite Resources may include;

Access to and use of LaSource Country – a 40 hectare (100 Acre) property in the NSW Southern Tablelands 2 hours 15 minutes from Campbelltown (on the outskirts of Sydney) and by arrangement other crown land and neighbour’s properties by agreement.
Accommodation at LaSource for multiple day activities for the student, assistants and academic staff. In some cases food and drinks.
Cooking and washing facilities
Onsite computer and internet access
Volunteer assistance on site by LaSource Social Enterprise staff and others.
Additional accommodation including tent accommodation for larger numbers
Site assessment and selection support and advice
Measurement and monitoring tools such as temperature loggers and camera monitoring.
Tools, materials and workshop access
Location of local heavy machinery and equipment if required
Project planning and logistics support
Car share transport
Minibus or other shared transport arrangements
Follow-up maintenance, monitoring, measurement and reporting
Information on additional local accommodation
Location maps and volunteer co-ordination
Promotion through community and Sustainability groups and organisation
Linking to local organisations such as Catchment Authority and Landcare groups
Opportunities for students to participate in a single phase of a project to suit the academic timeframes
Assistance and participation in project planning and development
Online resources and tools to assist project success
As required for the integration with LaSource Social Enterprise plans and objectives
Developing agreements including Occupational Health and safety plans
Support with Photographic and video recordings of activities
Support with monitoring, measurement and reporting
Review and references
Website documentation
Provide ideas for projects to suit area of study
Local knowledge and advice on environment and resources available
Participation as need in students project development and the identification of collaborative opportunities
Please see the section “Overview of Potential projects” for a possible fit with your requirements.
Provide right of return, for students to review results
Permission to use as a reference site
Provide follow up documentation and reporting of project results in the long term individually or as part of a larger project.
Pre-emptive project planning and identification to provide fast startup projects to suit academic timeframes.
Permission to bring visitors
Building connections with other interested individuals, organisations and specialists where possible to provide students with additional support and learning.
Provision of opportunities to share results and celebrate successes.
Assistance and involvement in city based workgroups including identifying additional participants
Possible nomination to awards and public recognition
Where applicable contacts for the student to present to a larger audience.

Organisational Resources

Project planning and logistics support
Car share transport
Minibus or other shared transport arrangements
Follow-up maintenance, monitoring, measurement and reporting
Information on additional local accommodation
Location maps and volunteer co-ordination
Promotion through community and Sustainability groups and organisation
Linking to local organisations such as Catchment Authority and Landcare groups
Opportunities for students to participate in a single phase of a project to suit the academic timeframes
Assistance and participation in project planning and development
Online resources and tools to assist project success
As required for the integration with LaSource Social Enterprise plans and objectives

Project management Resources

Opportunities for students to participate in a single phase of a project to suit the academic timeframes
Assistance and participation in project planning and development
Online resources and tools to assist project success
As required for the integration with LaSource Social Enterprise plans and objectives

Documentation

Developing agreements including Occupational Health and safety plans
Support with Photographic and video recordings of activities
Support with monitoring, measurement and reporting
Review and references
Website documentation
Provide ideas for projects to suit area of study
Local knowledge and advice on environment and resources available
Participation as need in students project development and the identification of collaborative opportunities
Please see the section “Overview of Potential projects” for a possible fit with your requirements.
Provide right of return, for students to review results
Permission to use as a reference site
Provide follow up documentation and reporting of project results in the long term individually or as part of a larger project.
Pre-emptive project planning and identification to provide fast startup projects to suit academic timeframes.
Permission to bring visitors ny arrangment
Building connections with other interested individuals, organisations and specialists where possible to provide students with additional support and learning.
Provision of opportunities to share results and celebrate successes.
Assistance and involvement in city based workgroups including identifying additional participants
Possible nomination to awards and public recognition
Where applicable contacts for the student to present to a larger audience.

Inspiration and project ideas development

Provide ideas for projects to suit area of study
Local knowledge and advice on environment and resources available
Participation as need in students project development and the identification of collaborative opportunities
Please see the section “Overview of Potential projects” for a possible fit with your requirements.

Long term support

Provide right of return, for students to review results
Permission to use as a reference site
Provide follow up documentation and reporting of project results in the long term individually or as part of a larger project.
Pre-emptive project planning and identification to provide fast startup projects to suit academic timeframes.
Permission to bring visitors

Social and Network support

Building connections with other interested individuals, organisations and specialists where possible to provide students with additional support and learning.
Provision of opportunities to share results and celebrate successes.
Assistance and involvement in city based workgroups including identifying additional participants
Possible nomination to awards and public recognition
Where applicable contacts for the student to present to a larger audience.

La Source Social Enterprise