Partnerships and community

Delivering shared value and community impact.

Transforming tomorrow starts with harnessing aligned ambitions to deliver positive change.

Partnerships are anything but transactional at Southern Cross University. The more we collaborate, the greater value we deliver to a wider group of stakeholders, from our students to local industry and the broader community.

Innovation often comes from unlikely partners

When it comes to partnerships, there’s no one formula for success. If your ambition is transforming tomorrow, let’s explore how we can do it together.

Students and alumni

From scholarships to supporting entrepreneurial endeavours to industry placement programs, we’ll help you get to the next level.

Community support

Our community engagements and pro bono services are formed based on a mutually beneficial exchange of knowledge and expertise.

Schools

Our educational programs are designed to develop skills across a range of topics to inspire the next generation of change-makers.

Industry and government

From research to innovation grants to student placement programs, we’re invested in forging an innovation community with like-minded organisations.

Partnerships with purpose

Project GRASP

Project GRASP is a collaboration between Southern Cross University, WWF Australia and the NSW Government’s Saving our Species Program. With additional assistance from the Commonwealth Bushfire recovery program for wildlife and their habitat, we are undertaking vital conservation actions to conserve our unique rainforest frogs.

VRM Biologik

In partnership with VRM Biologik, our collective research teams are forging new ground in regenerative agriculture to help solve tomorrow’s precarious food and ecological balance. They offer a Scholarship for students studying the Graduate Certificate in Regenerative Agriculture.

More about the scholarships

Live Ideas

Live Ideas is a place for the thinkers, problem-solvers and change-makers. It’s designed to enable industry, community, researchers and educators to activate their ideas and create positive change.

Find out more

Sponsorship and Outreach

At Southern Cross, we seek to drive sustainable, long-term partnerships with a shared vision and goals. We welcome collaborations that have a positive impact on our communities and create meaningful opportunities for engagement with current and prospective students locally, nationally and globally.

View our sponsorship guidelines and criteria

Our sponsorship framework:

Align

Synergy with strategic goals, direction and outcomes

Reach

Connection with relevant audience groups through numerous channels

Impact

Positive social, economic and environmental outcomes locally, nationally and globally

Connect

Opportunities for student and staff engagement

a speaker and crowd at the Byron Writers festival

Four steps for sponsorship application

Take a look at our values, vision and strategic goals.

Find out more

Review our sponsorship framework to understand our philosophy and approach.

View our framework

Use our Sponsorship Evaluation Tool to guide your application and the development of your proposal.

Sponsorship Evaluation Tool

Complete and submit the application form along with a detailed proposal for review that addresses our criteria for sponsorship.

Sponsorship application form

Let’s kickstart a collaboration, contact us on:

partnerships@scu.edu.au

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Transforming tomorrow starts with harnessing aligned ambitions to deliver positive change.

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