CQUniversity Annual Report - Central Queensland University

CQUniversity ANNUAL REPORT 2012
STRONG TO GREAT
CQUNIVERSITY RECOGNISED AS ONE OF AUSTRALIA’S TRULY
GREAT UNIVERSITIES BY 2020
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OUR FUTURE
By 2020, CQUniversity will be recognised as one of Australia’s
great universities. It will be Australia’s most engaged university by
partnering with its students, staff, alumni and all of the communities
and industries it serves.
By partnering with its communities, the University will have a positive
impact on the communities it serves and enable them to reach their
goals, and vice versa. In doing this, CQUniversity will have reached its
primary objective.
CQUniversity will provide the highest quality student experience
possible. We will offer a great learning and teaching experience
for our students. A primary focus of the student experience will be
the innovative and student-centred ways in which the University
engages with its students. Our learning activities will be focussed
on authentic learning, which is informed by collaboration with
employers and our communities.
CQUniversity will be an inclusive university. It will be known as
the university that prides itself on the types of students it embraces,
rather than one which defi nes its success on its elitism and exclusivity.
The University will have grown in stature but it will not have forgotten
its roots. It will be proud of the diverse range of students it attracts
and helps succeed. CQUniversity will provide a comprehensive range
of post-school education and training and ensure multiple pathways
are available for its students spanning from enabling, to vocational
education and training (VET), to higher education. Students will be
enabled to reach their full potential and have clear pathways between
all parts of the University. The University will be a leading provider
of VET through delivery at its campuses and via distance education,
and will form partnerships throughout Australia and internationally to
enable communities to meet their post-school educational needs.
CQUniversity will be a university that celebrates all of its students’
successes equally regardless of the nature of their endeavours. By
being an inclusive university it will engage with the widest possible
spectrum of students and will break down barriers between them.
CQUniversity will be one of Australia’s leading distance education
providers. The University will be one of the largest providers of
distance education and training in terms of student numbers and one
of the best in terms of student satisfaction. Through being Australia’s
leading provider of distance education, the University will be engaging
with many students who would not otherwise have access to its
quality education and training.
No university can be truly great unless it is a research-focused
university. CQUniversity will be such a university. It will be a
university that knows its power of place and uses it to contribute to
stronger, more vibrant communities through the engaged research it
undertakes. Research will be focused on areas where the greatest
contributions to our communities can be made.
CQUniversity will be a university that gives back. The University
will demonstrate a distinct moral, ethical conscience and a strong
ethos of philanthropy and humanity that inspires our students, staff
and communities. The University will contribute to the development
of all its communities including those overseas. The University will
utilise its student, staff, physical and fi nancial resources to make
the communities it serves – both locally and globally – better
places to live, work and learn. The University will focus its giving
on underserved communities. By being a university that gives
back, CQUniversity will engage with many people who are often
forgotten by others.
CQUniversity will be a national university. It will be a
university with a physical presence right across Australia.
While its foundations and origins are in Central Queensland,
CQUniversity will provide quality education and training in
campuses and study centres across the country. By operating
as a national university, CQUniversity will engage with
communities outside of its traditional base. All campuses will
be a mix of Australian and international students; by being a
national university CQUniversity will engage with people around
the nation – and the world – by exporting its power of place.
The new Multi-Faith Centre at CQUniversity Rockhampton provides a location
where students and staff can gather for prayer and meditation.
CQuniversity’s $1.8m partnership with mining giant BHP Billiton Mitsubishi
Alliance (BMA), to fund a BMA Chair in Indigenous Engagement and a number
of student scholarships, was welcomed in April 2012 with the help
of the Darumbal Waru dance group.