John Curtin Leadership Academy
The John Curtin Leadership Academy is named in honour of Australia’s World War II Prime Minister, John Curtin, after whom the University is named. Participants are selected on the basis that they have the potential to embody John Curtin’s values of Vision, Leadership and Community Service.
The Academy has been designed to address three questions:
- What do clubs and societies need to know to operate successfully?
- What do students need to know to be successful in their club or society and later career?
- What are employers looking for when they consider a student as a potential employee?
It should also help our participants get the job they’ve always dreamed about.
The program runs across two semesters, with two intakes per year. It begins with a 4-day residential workshop "Foundations of Leadership" and the final semester begins with a 3-day Advanced Workshop. In addition there are regular seminars or Modules during each semester organised at a time convenient to all participants.
Each semester participants work on a group project that provides a benefit to the community, and reinforces the skills learned during the workshops and at the module seminars. Each semester concludes with a Poster Presentation, which report the progress made with these projects. Future employers are invited to attend the presentations, as this allows them to evaluate the integrity of the participants and to consider them as a potentially valuable asset to their organisation.
In order to be considered for the Academy, students must either be nominated by a Curtin club or society president, or by a Curtin staff member.
Contact
Jarrad Brown
Senior Student Advisor
Phone: +61 8 9266 3424
Fax: +61 8 9266 3847
Email: Jarrad.Brown@curtin.edu.au
Building 599, Curtin University of Technology, GPO Box U1987, Perth WA, 6845
