Annual Report 2008 - Central Queensland University

CQUniversity Jazz
student drummer
Alex Nesevski
attended America’s
renowned University
of Louisville Jazz
School in 2008 on
Student Exchange.
He played at a
gospel church each
weekend, was part
of the University’s
marching band
and supported
the Louisville
Jazz Society and
maintained good
grades in his lessons
while attending
tutorials.
Institutional
Competitiveness
Strategic Plan 2007-2011
Aim: CQU will maintain its success in the international
student market and continue to refine its success in the
domestic market.
International Student Market
CQUniversity Australia and Singapore’s Melior Business School (MBS) reached an
agreement in 2008 to deliver at least three programs - the Bachelor of Hospitality
Management, the Bachelor of Science (Psychology) and the Bachelor of Bio-
Medical Science - to international students at MBS’s premises in Singapore. Both
organisations are also considering the introduction of the Master of Business
Administration and/or the Master of Management (International Business) in
2009. The new agreement followed the wind-down, in 2007, of the University’s
agreement to deliver programs in Singapore with Raffles Education Corporation
(The Raffles College Group of Singapore/LaSalle-DHU [Shanghai] & The Hartford
Institute) due to differences regarding organisational objectives and expectations.
This arrangement is currently the only active overseas education partnership, though
the University is undertaking further investigations of prospective ventures in India.
Reporting against the
Strategic Plan
2007-2011:
Organisational Academic
Focus, Sustainability,
Capacity and
Competitiveness
Whilst India and China remain our top markets, the University sees Nepal, the United
Arab Emirates, Iran, Saudi Arabia and Canada among its top 10 growth markets.
The University’s Outbound Exchange Scholarship Programs became effective in 2008,
with students going to Buffalo State College, New Mexico State University and the
University of Louisville in the United States; the Paris Graduate School of Management
in France and the International School of Management Dortmund in Germany.
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