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Notre Dame's Place Leadership Micro Credentials offer masters-level learning experiences for professionals in the place sector, focusing on sustainable and resilient strategies for intergenerational communities.
Notre Dame's partnership with Place Leaders Asia Pacific offers short courses in Place Leadership that are high quality, masters-level learning experiences for place-sector professionals.
Place leadership is the capacity to view a spatial area through many 'place based' lenses to review, analyse and develop legacy based strategies that will deliver sustainable and resilient places for intergenerational communities. Place leaders are found across community, government and industry sectors. Discipline backgrounds range from built environment professions (planning, architecture) to community development and beyond.
This suite of micro credentials in Place Leadership builds on postgraduate curriculum in Built Environment that was developed by the Myer Foundation project, in which Place Leaders partnered with a consortium of universities lead by the University of Melbourne. Universities involved included Curtin University and the Universities of Adelaide, New South Wales, Technology Sydney, Queensland, and Notre Dame Australia.
These micro credentials will build internal capacity of organisations, support place professions and industry leaders, and boost capacity for future operations in both public and private sector.
The micro credentials are designed for members of the Place Leaders national and international networks and other professionals in relevant areas and at all levels of leadership within organisations, from operational to executive.
Entry will normally be to those with both current or recent experience in the sector, and existing Bachelor qualifications; however, admission will also be offered to those with demonstrated and sufficient professional experience in a relevant area.
Successful completion of each micro credential will earn a student 5 units of credit. By completing 5 micro credentials, and thereby earning 25 units of credit, a student may apply for credit towards an elective in selected Notre Dame programs.
Assessment for each micro credential will be summative - a single, small (approx. 1,200 words) assignment to be submitted in the week after the final class. Some micro credentials will require group work, and reflection on current or previous place leadership experiences.
At the completion of all ten micro credentials, participants will demonstrate four learning outcomes. Each micro credential will be assessed against at least one of these outcomes:
Place leaders are found across community, government and industry sectors. Discipline backgrounds range from built environment professions (planning, architecture) to community development.
PLAC5000 Design-led Place Approaches This module reviews design-led approaches to enabling place-based change. Design-led approaches differ in aims, process and scale. The module compares design-led approaches for various contexts.
PLAC5001 Engagement & Place This module explores the process and value of community engagement for place-based projects. Foundational concepts of engagement are introduced.
PLAC5002 Indigenous Perspectives & Place This module engages with and deepens understandings of Indigenous perspectives on place. Recognising Indigenous connection to place is important for place practitioners worldwide, but this module takes an Australian focus.
PLAC5003 Leadership & Place This module focuses on approaches to place leadership in place-based projects. Different models of leadership suit different situations and stakeholders. Models of leadership are interrogated to assess their suitability in a variety of contexts.
PLAC5004 Measuring & Monitoring Place This module explores the reasons and methods to monitor place-based projects. Specific approaches to tracking actions and progress towards key place aims are considered in the context of specific scenarios.
PLAC5005 Place Concepts This module engages with fundamental ideas about places, how they are produced, and why people value them. The module draws from scholarly papers and Australian industry leaders' perspectives.
PLAC5006 Place Economics This module examines costs and benefits within the economics of place. Fundamentals of place economics are introduced as well as some contemporary practices for valuing place.
PLAC5007 Place Management in Government This module examines the responsibilities, capabilities and approaches of government in managing places. Grounded case studies provide opportunities to look in-depth at government-led approaches.
PLAC5008 Place Resilience This module reflects on the contribution of nature to place identity and resilience.
PLAC5009 Policy & Place This module examines the role of policy and strategic planning in implementing place goals. Approaches to place exist across a continuum. The module focuses on top-down approaches.
Successful completion of each micro credential will earn a student 5 units of credit. By completing 5 micro credentials, and thereby earning 25 units of credit, a student may apply for credit towards an elective in selected Notre Dame programs.
Enrol now for 2024 Short Course offerings.
Leadership & Place: 4, 11 and 18 September 2024
Measuring & Monitoring Place: 23 and 30 October 2024, and 6 November 2024