CQUniversity Annual Report - Central Queensland University

CQUniversity ANNUAL REPORT 2012OUR VISION, VALUES, MISSION ANDOBJECTIVESOUR VISIONOur vision is for CQUniversity Australia to become one ofAustralia’s truly great universities through partnership withindustry, students and the community.Our greatness will be demonstrated through engagementin Learning and Teaching, Research and Innovation, and ourCommunities.OUR VALUESCQUniversity has organisational values which underpin its dailyactivities. The University’s Code of Conduct is one way in whichCQUniversity puts its collective values into practice. The Codeis a statement of principles designed to inform the actions of allmembers and to establish and guide what conduct is expected andwhat conduct is to be avoided. CQUniversity has fi ve core values:11OUR ORGANISATION AND STRUCTUREOUR MISSIONEngagement will become the dominant methodology anddriving force that directs the activities of the University to fulfi lits vision to enable stakeholders, partners, communities andstudents to ‘be what they want to be’.Engagement underpins the relationships between CQUniversityand its communities (local, regional, state, national,international) for the mutually benefi cial exchange of knowledgeand resources in a context of partnership and reciprocity.Our promise is to collaborate with our communities to assureour mutual wellbeing.Our partnerships will address community identifi ed needs,enhance community wellbeing, deepen students’ civic andacademic learning, enrich the scholarship of the organisationand lead to discovery in the co-creation of knowledge.Ultimately, engagement at CQUniversity aims to support thedevelopment of sustainable communities and an equallysustainable university.ENGAGEMENTWe connect to ourstakeholders andcommunities by havingstrong relationships andproductive partnershipswhich deliver mutuallybenefi cial outcomes.A CAN-DOAPPROACHWe focus on and achieveour goals, we ‘thinkbig’, aspire to greatnessand apply innovation ineverything we do.LEADERSHIPWe lead by consistentlydemonstratingexcellence in learningand teaching, research,engagement andgovernance.INCLUSIVENESSWe respect and seekfull participation from,and engagement with,all staff, students andthe community withoutdiscrimination towardany individual or group.OPENNESSWe promote transparencyin processes, proceduresand decision-making andemphasise consistency,fairness and probityas integral to ourrelationships, individualand collective, with allstakeholders.