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The Duke of Edinburgh’s Award at ACU: Expand Your Horizons, Stand Out

The International Award for Young People, now available at ACU Community Engagement, offers a diverse range of experiences to enhance your CV, showcase your skills, and demonstrate your initiative. This non-competitive program allows you to choose your own activities and set challenging goals, tailored to your future aspirations. With internationally recognized recognition, the Award is a leadership program that focuses on personal excellence and achievement.

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The Duke of Edinburgh’s Award at ACU: Expand Your Horizons, Stand Out

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  1. The Duke of Edinburgh’s AwardTHE INTERNATIONAL AWARD FOR YOUNG PEOPLE …now at ACU Community Engagement at ACU

  2. When the mind is stretched by new experiencesIt can never return to itsformer dimensions Dr Kurt Hahn, German Educationalist 1886-1974 (one of the founders of The Duke of Edinburgh’s Award)

  3. The Award is relevant to you because: • looks great on your CV • gives you and demonstrates a diverse base of experience • you can tailor your Award according to your future • aspirations • it showcases your talents and skills • it is recognition for your initiative and participation • it is internationally recognised -run in schools and community organisations in Victoria, Australia and in over 120 countries worldwide • it is now offered at your University

  4. The Award is a leadership program in which you… 1. Choose your own activities in 5 Sections • these can be activities that you’re already doing • your course Community Engagement component can be one of these 2. Choose someone to mentor you in each activity - can be your lecturer, coach, a friend who is more skilled or experienced than you in that activity 3. Set yourself a realistic but challenging goal in each activity 4. Undertake the activities for the minimum time required 5. Endeavour to achieve your personal best in all of these

  5. Towards the end… 6. On completion of each activity, note down your hours in your Record book and get your mentor to write a short Assessor’s report 7. Once you’ve completed all five Sections, hand in your Record book to your Award Coordinator to be sent to the Award Office for approval 8. Turn up to be applauded and adored at the Award Ceremony

  6. You are not comparing yourself with anyone; youare not competing with anyone; what you areactually doing is creating yourself.Brendan Kelly, Irish poet

  7. The Award is… non-competitive it is about achieving personal excellence not meeting any set benchmarks flexible you have until your 25th birthday to complete your Award so you decide: • what activities you want to do and when • how many Sections you want to undertake at any one time • how you want to approach the program available to all • any student aged under 25 years is eligible to register for The Award • this includes international, study abroad and exchange students

  8. Use The Award to demonstrate… • Community engagement • Experience • Communication • Critical thinking • Negotiation skills your personal qualities and your professional skills your CV more likely to survive an employer’s first cut

  9. Overall Structure

  10. Gold Award requirements Note: All Sections must be completed by your 25th birthday. If all Sections are undertaken concurrently, minimum time to complete this level is 18 months (if you have not completed Silver) or 12 months if you are a Silver Award holder

  11. Service For example you could: ● Volunteer technical or specialised skills eg tutoring at Atherton Gardens ● Coach or Referee ● Volunteer at your University ● Club/Society Committee membership ● Tutor migrants/refugees

  12. Skill A passive recreation to gain or increase knowledge For example you could: ● Add value to professional capacitywith enhanced proficiency in: - Presentations & public speaking -Computer & web use & design - Office & business skills - Management skills ● Learna second language ● Learn team-building activities ● Film Production

  13. Physical Recreation Focus on your physical wellbeing: Choose activities that cause: increased heart rate, flexibility, muscle tone, sweat etc

  14. Regular Participation Participation in each of Service, Skill and Physical Recreation must be regular: about 1 hour per week what does “about 1 hr a week” mean? 2 x 30mins/ week -1 hr/ week -2 hrs / fortnight not more irregular than fortnightly

  15. Adventurous Journey AJ requires you to: Work in a team Plan an expedition or exploration Prepare & train for it Undertake : at least 1 Practice Journey of 4 days 3 nights + Qualifying Journey of 4 days 3 nights

  16. Residential Project 5 days 4 nights For example you could: ●attend professionalconferences/seminars ● assist at school camp ●undertakeInternational/ interstate internship/ Work placement ● Youth Parliament ● undertake a residentialLeadership training course ● attend Inter-faith/ Inter-culturalconference

  17. Section Activity Ideas

  18. Where to now? The Award is now offered at Australian Catholic University St Patrick’s Campus Community Engagement www.iace.acu.edu.au/dukeofed

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