Together for Good is a festival powered by our values: Be Good and Be Well.
Only nine years remain before the UN reaches its 2030 deadline for the Sustainable Development Goals.
As a B Corporation committed to public good, there has never been a more critical time to care and positively impact our world.
This is what Together for Good Festival is all about.A festival for Torrens Global Education to celebrate and amplify our values – Be Good and Be Well.
The Main Event – October
11 October - 12.00-1.30pm AEDT | Join three workshops designed to show you what you have, what you are capable of, and how we can better connect and support each other – featuring special guest external speakers. |
| Step Together For Good Challenge 1-31 October | The challenge begins! Teams will compete to take the highest amount of ‘steps’ (which can include wheelchair/yoga/gardening/surfing and more!) in October. The winners will donate prize money (from TGES) to a charity of their choice. |
| 1-31 October | An invitation for teams, campuses and divisions to lead your own Together For Good initiative – online trivia, fundraisers, lip-sync competitions, your imagination is the limit. Time to unleash your creativity for a good cause! |
| Wednesdays + Fridays in October 8.30-9am AEST/AEDT | Each week of October, there’ll be two special radio broadcasts focusing on the voices who live and breathe our Be Good ethos. Full program to be revealed soon. |
| | We re-launch our ‘Days of Service’ initiative – inviting staff to choose a charity or social enterprise to volunteer their skills for one day of paid leave. |
| 8 October | Linda Brown joins SEI’s ‘Women In Leadership’ series for a live Q & A about her experience, challenges and inspiration as a woman in leadership. |
Graduate Attributes Hackathon 26 October & 28 October | Help determine our future Graduate Attributes by joining one of our hackathons, being held on Monday 18 October and Thursday 28 October |
| Australian Academic Integrity Network Forum 19 October – 11am-5pm AEDT | Torrens University Australia hosts the inaugural Australian Academic Integrity Network Forum 2021, welcoming higher education institutions from across Australia and New Zealand. |
The After Party – November
| Virtual Book Launch 9 November | You are invited to a virtual book launch. |
15 November | Compassion is one of the cornerstones to good business and good life. That's why we are so excited to host the 2021 Compassion Conference at our Wakefield Campus in Adelaide and online. This is significant because of the strong alignment with our Be Good and Be Well values and it is where we will launch our 2020/21 Social Impact Report. |
15 November | |
| 17 November | A special broadcast of student storytelling on International Student Day – celebrating and getting to know our students from across the globe. |
Over ten weeks, starting now, with a range of events.
Everyone in the Torrens Global Education community is invited to take part to
- Connect and discover
- Amplify and celebrate two key values: Be Good & Be Well.
- Spark big conversations
- Consider our impact
- Take action
- Explore the power of caring and how to Be Good – locally, nationally and globally.
Events are mostly virtual and online, but with chance for you to also get outside and moving. Teams will be invited to lead their own initiatives.
Check out the Together For Good Festival program or navigate to each website section to find out more.
For more information contact our engagement team.