Year 2001 - University of Canberra

UNIVERSITY OF CANBERRA ANNUAL REPORT 2001
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Mission, values, history, objectives
Mission
Our mission is to develop a university which
is continuously engaged with the needs of
the community it serves through educating
professionals professionally, and generating
knowledge and research to address present
and anticipated needs.
Values
The University of Canberra’s values are
embraced in its sense of purpose and
commitment to:
> producing graduates with the knowledge
and skills which equip them for success
in professional life;
> producing graduates who accept service
to the community as the primary purpose
for professional life;
> producing graduates whose commitment
to equity principles will enable them to
play an important part in the processes
of reconciliation;
> producing excellent scholarship and research;
> maintaining and enhancing a harmonious
and collegial university community;
> recognising that UC has responsibilities
that are at once local, regional, national
and international.
“producing graduates
who accept service to the
community as the primary
purpose for professional life”
History
The University of Canberra was established by the Commonwealth
Government in 1967 as the Canberra College of Advanced Education.
Students were enrolled on a part-time basis in 1968 and full-time
teaching began the following year.
The Bill for an Act to establish and incorporate a University of
Canberra under the sponsorship of Monash University and to
repeal the Canberra College of Advanced Education Act 1967 was
assented to by the Governor-General on 28 December 1989. The
University of Canberra Act 1989 came into effect on 1 January 1990.
Sponsorship by Monash University concluded at the end of 1993.
The University passed to the jurisdiction of the government of the
Australian Capital Territory on 1 December 1997. The University
is a member of the Unified National System, and of the Association
of Commonwealth Universities.
Objectives from Strategic Plan 1999-2003
1. To provide a learning climate in which undergraduate, postgraduate
and continuing education programs focus on students’ needs,
are intellectually stimulating, are appropriate to the professions,
and develop the capacity for lifelong learning.
2. To create, collect, advance and disseminate knowledge and enquiry
in ways which are closely linked with and enrich the University’s
professional focus and that strengthen the knowledge and
intellectual base of the professions.
3. To maintain and develop support systems which will improve and
enhance the work of the University.
4. To ensure that the University’s academic programs, infrastructure
and facilities provide for flexible learning practices which maintain
quality and focus on student needs to ensure the wide availability
of the University’s professional education.
5. To provide intellectual leadership and service to the professions,
industry, governments and to the wider society, particularly
Canberra and the Australian Capital Region.
6. To provide a complete intellectual resource, from training for
admission to the professions, to continuing education within
the professions, and research for the professions to enable
them to serve the society from which they are drawn.