Public scholarship is underpinned by the notion that the scholarly teaching, learning and research activities of the University are most meaningful when closely aligned to authentic problems in the public domain.

Engagement in public scholarship is a conceptual and practical way of realising the distinctive vision underpinning Learning for Success at Griffith. Academic programs at Griffith actively support the interpretation of scholarship as a public good that facilitates knowledge exchanges with industry, professional and government bodies, and communities at local, national and international levels. Examples of public scholarship include:

• design and evaluation of work-integrated learning and workplace experiences that address authentic community problems
• Student involvement in community-based research projects
• community engagement and enhancing the participation and success rates of students from disadvantaged backgrounds

GIHE supports academic staff in conceptualising and embedding experiences of public scholarship into curricula through workshops and seminars that explore the nature of learning and teaching in real world contexts and provide strategies for designing and assessing learning activities enacted in the public domain.

Public Scholarship policies:

• Academic Plan 3