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Mahidol University
Sustainability Report 2018
Mahidol Engagement
Mahidol University is committed to driving its public engagement as a true stakeholder of the surrounding community by working in collaboration with institutional parties of the areas in long-term partnership. In addition, the university has been carrying on development of internal manpower with the following goals:
1) Theuniversityhasastrongmanagement system for driving its public engagement as well as integration of the core missions for the society.
2) The university has human resource development of committed staff members who have idealistic mindset, social knowledge and academic skills to work for society systematically and continuously.
3) The university can enhance the level of academic works from social performances resulting in academic quality assurance system as well as staff’s professional development.
Four Basic Principles of Working with the Community are:
1) Partnership: Think and work together in partnership.
2) Mutual bene t: Create mutual bene ts for all parties involved.
3) Scholarship of engagement: Apply knowledge and learn together.
4) Social impact: Generate assessable social impacts.
In the beginning, Mahidol University started driving its engagement operation as follows:
1) Appointed coordinators for Mahidol engagement for each area of the campus.
2) Appointed research and community
development groups of the university as a central unit to be responsible for the engagement in the university and coordination of the community and Mahidol University.
3) Prepared databases of research works, projects and activities in accordance with Mahidol Engagement and also prepared its website for further public communication.
Driven-Development SEP-based Project by Student Power (Social Contributing and T-Shape Graduates)
In scal year 2017, a driven- development Suf ciency Economy Philosophy/ SEP-based proj- ect by Student Power was implemented in three target areas including Maha Sawat Subdistrict,