Let the world have an impact on you

All LIT Search News Topics Latest news Media statements Media contacts Topics Latest news Media statements Media contacts LIT Impact Latest news 2020 Uniview Let the world have an impact on you Let the world have an impact on you 10/08/2020 | 3 MINS Students typically take up volunteering for one of three reasons ΓÇô they want to develop skills, meet people, or make an impact. These reasons map roughly on to three types of volunteer. Those who want to make an impact are the most interesting kind of volunteers. While universities have always been about making an impact, only volunteering explicitly connects students to this mission. Education and research defer impact to a far-flung future, sitting in the realm of esoteric research or specialised consulting. Volunteering shifts the timeline forward, putting feet on the ground and hands in the soil. It helps students to feel as though their skills and ideas are both important and useful. ΓÇ£A loose grip is required to make an impact on complex problems. It requires compassion, equanimity, patience, hope, and a willingness to sit in uncertainty. This attitude is less about you having an impact on the world, and more about allowing the wor

All LIT Search News Topics Latest news Media statements Media contacts Topics Latest news Media statements Media contacts LIT Impact Latest news 2020 Uniview Let the world have an impact on you Let the world have an impact on you 10/08/2020 | 3 MINS Students typically take up volunteering for one of three reasons ΓÇô they want to develop skills, meet people, or make an impact.

These reasons map roughly on to three types of volunteer.

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