Agreed Return on Investment or Outcomes – University of Tasmania

Qualitative Returns

  1. Make the focus relevant to the supporting School
  2. Developing strong linkages between the School of Agricultural Science, school teachers and school students
  3. Increasing the School’s profile within the local community
  4. Provide school students with examples of pathways from school to university to industry
  5. Promote the SAS through the PICSE program in Victoria.
  6. Publicise the availability and value of scholarships (both PICSE, industry sponsored and SAS) to students and parents
  7. Help facilitate and develop activities to allow the SAS to show case its facilities and research to a range of visiting students

Quantitative Returns

  1. Provide an annual Portfolio of evidence of community involvement
  2. Each year maintain the:
    1. links between the program and industry (both PDs and camps)
    2. numbers of students exposed to the program (school presentations)
    3. numbers of industry partners involved in the program
    4. numbers of teachers involved in the PD days
    5. development, promotion and distribution of teaching resources
    6. SAS presence in schools
    7. exposure of students to postgraduate pathways offered at the SAS
  3. Reaching more Yr 7 – 12 students in schools using the PICSE SAS Science Investigation Awards.