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Coat of Arms
The coat of arms, conferred on Swinburne by the College of Arms on 25 June
1969, is based on the coat of arms of the Swinburne family.
At a period during the 12th-13th centuries, when the northern counties of England
were ruled by the Scots, a knight of France came to the aid of Queen Margaret of
Scotland. She rewarded him with a grant of land in what is now Northumberland,
on the banks of the Swin Burn, a small river that flows into the North Tyne, where
he built a castle. He became known as William Swinburn(e) and soon the county
reverted to the crown of England.
The Swinburne family coat of arms in medieval times was silver with three boars'
heads in triangular formation. In the 17th century, during the wars between the
Stuart Kings and the Parliament of England, the Swinburnes fought for the
royalists. After the restoration of Charles II in 1660, the head of the family was
created a baronet for his services. The crest became a baronet's coronet, with the
boar's head rising from it and the coat of arms, divided horizontally red and silver,
was charged three cinquefoils counter-charged.
Swinburne holds a unique place among educational institutions in Australia in the
link that persists between it and the founder and his family. The conferring of a
modification of the family's coat of arms preserves and strengthens that link.
The arms: the basic colours of red and white, and the cinquefoils charged on the
shield, commemorate the arms of the Swinburne family. The omission of the third
cinquefoil which appears in the family coat and the addition of the Bordure and
the Mullets (Stars) are what are known heraldically as 'differences', which may
often serve to indicate an association with another armigerous body or family. The
four Mullets in Cross symbolise the Southern Cross.
The crest: the demi-Boar and the cinquefoil perpetuate the Swinburne connection;
the book is symbolic of learning.
The motto: the College of Arms' translation of the motto is:
Achievement through learning
A Proud History
The 1992 proclamation by the Parliament of Victoria of the Swinburne University
of Technology Act marked not only recognition of its distinguished history, but the
beginning of a new period of growth and innovation for Swinburne. From its
establishment in 1908 in Melbourne's eastern suburb of Hawthorn, Swinburne has
grown from being a local provider of technical education into a multidisciplined,
multicampus provider of higher education of national and international
significance.
Swinburne was established as the Eastern Suburbs Technical College by George
Swinburne and the first students were enrolled in 1909, when classes began in
carpentry, plumbing and blacksmithing. Soon afterwards, a boys' junior technical
school and the first girls' technical school in Victoria, were established.
In 1913 the institution changed its name to Swinburne Technical College, to
commemorate the Honourable George Swinburne, a former Mayor of Hawthorn
and a member of the Parliament of Victoria who was responsible for the initial
establishment of the college.
In 1965 Swinburne affiliated with the Victoria Institute of Colleges, which was
established in that year by an Act of the Parliament of Victoria, to 'foster the
development and improvement of tertiary education in technical. agricultural,
commercial and other fields of learning (including the liberal arts and the
humanities) in institutions other than in the universities of Victoria'.
The range of courses and the various levels at which they were offered grew to
such an extent that in 1969, the boys' and girls' technical schools were taken over
by the Victorian Education Department while the college remained as an
autonomous institution.
An extensive reorganisation of advanced education took place in Victoria in the
period 1976-78 culminating in the passing of the Victorian Post-Secondary
Education Act. Under the Act the Victoria Institute of Colleges was dissolved and
the Victorian Post-Secondary Education Commission established. Under the new
arrangements, Swinburne Council was given power to grant bachelor degrees.
The first of these was awarded at a conferring ceremony held on Thursday 21 May
1981 atthe Camberwell Civic Centre.
Swinburne University of Technology was proclaimed on 1 July 1992. Noted
Australian businessman Mr Richard Pratt AD was installed as Swinburne's
Foundation Chancellor on 15 March 1993.
Swinburne Today
Swinburne has a strong reputation in Australia and overseas as a provider of
career orientated education and as a university with a commitment to research.
The University maintains a strong technology base and important links with
industry, complemented by a number of innovative specialist research centres
which attract a great deal of international interest.
A feature of many Swinburne undergraduate courses is the applied vocational
emphasis and direct industry application through Industry-Based Learning (lBL)
programs. Swinburne was a pioneer of IBL, a program which places students
directly in industry for vocational employment as an integral part of the course
structure.
Swinburne is now one of a few Australian universities whose responsibilities
span the range of programs from apprenticeships to PhDs. In keeping with this
breadth of involvement, the University continues to playa leading role in creating
new approaches to integration between sectors.
The creation of study Pathways between sectors and courses is firmly in place at
Swinburne. Current Pathways involve moving either from the TAFE sector into
Higher Education or from TAFE based VCE studies into full TAFE courses. A limited
number of Pathways are available for students to move from degree courses into
TAFE studies, and this will increase in the future. This process of articulation
provides students with greater flexibility to complete tertiary qualifications.
Teaching and learning enhancement is a strategic priority for the University, and
Swinburne is committed to the transfer of lifelong learning skills.
Swinburne was founded to provide expanded and more accessible educational
opportunities to the residents of Melbourne's eastern suburbs. Due to the
amalgamation with Eastern TAFE on 1 July 1998, Swinburne's operations are now
conducted at six campuses: Croydon, Hawthorn, Healesville, Lilydale, Prahran and
Wantirna.
While focusing on its regional responsibilities, Swinburne is heavily involved in
international initiatives and plays a significant part in the internationalisation of
Australia's tertiary education system. In 1998 Swinburne established the Laem
Chabang School of Engineering in Thailand providing VET programs in electrical/
electronic and mechanical engineering, information technology and English
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