Category Archives: draft strategy

Research

We live in a world in which research is increasingly interdisciplinary, international and collaborative, yet one in which discipline differences coupled with technological change are driving even more marked differences in the ways in which scholarly information is created and disseminated across different disciplines. We have seen tremendous growth in scholarly information, in all forms. [...]

Learning and teaching

The Melbourne Model defines the shape of Melbourne’s curriculum through to 2020. Our undergraduates will be exposed to, and learn about, different domains of knowledge, different methods of inquiry and different ‘ways of knowing’. They will have direct exposure to leading research and knowledge transfer projects on campus, as well as opportunities for off-campus experiences [...]

Knowledge transfer

Melbourne aspires to be known locally and globally as a University deeply embedded in its communities. Through knowledge transfer activities we seek to enrich the Melbourne experience for students. As a public-spirited institution Melbourne seeks to engage communities in collective experiences, providing opportunities for reflection and conversation, for co-production in which academic forms of knowledge [...]

Linking the strands

Melbourne has a unique opportunity to truly differentiate itself through the way in which it links the strands of the helix through scholarly information. Employing leading international practices in the ways in which our research data and our scholarship is managed we can build great opportunities for enhanced teaching, learning and knowledge transfer.
Our research data [...]

By 2020 we’ll know we are on track if…

Melbourne is known for the depth of its disciplinary research and its innovative interdisciplinary research, profiled through open access to our scholarly output and recognised through attracting great scholars and improved international research rankings.
Our graduates will be equipped for lives and careers in which knowledge boundaries are more permeable and issues of professional practice often [...]