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PARTNERS
One of the strengths of Ninti One is the
breadth and diversity of our partnerships and
resulting on-ground collaborative activities.
Collaborations help define and plan our
work, from conception and design through
to development and output, increasing the
impact of our work on the ground.
Ninti One has 65 partners across
Australia, ranging from large to small,
federal government to local community,
international to micro business, and
academia to hands-on end users.
There are many benefits in partnering with
Ninti One. Together with our partners we:
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deliver new knowledge in the form of
research results and research training
•
work with our partners to broker new
opportunities, services and employment
•
share our research results and
their application
•
collaborate on the implementation of
practical, on-the-ground projects that
deliver benefits to end users
•
deliver intellectual property, commercial
outcomes and information in a form that
facilitates adoption.
A recent example is our research undertaken
for Rio Tinto regarding their regional long-
distance commuting (LDC) hubs in Western
Australia, which aimed to understand what
support for an LDC lifestyle, from an
employee perspective, is valued both in the
workplace and in the source community and
what the impact is on community services.
The partner approach benefits our
researchers too, providing the opportunity
to work in remote Australia across very large
distances and to network successfully with
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people
and remote organisations and industries.
Throughout 2013–14, a comprehensive
online survey and individual interviews were
conducted to review, monitor and improve
our partner engagement. The results paint
a picture of an organisation whose research
is valued by its partners and is considered
to be performing well across key measures
of effectiveness.