Futures Framework

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Benchmark Areas

• Indigenous participation & relevance
• Pathways for learning
• Professional, globally oriented education & training
• Knowledge to solve complex problems
• Expanding capacity through partnerships

Academic Units' Directions

Breakthrough Objectives
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Bold Initiatives
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Expanding our capacity through partnerships

Rationale

Excellence in the creation and sustenance of partnerships to enhance capacity and reach, and where appropriate reduce costs is essential for achieving the Charles Darwin University (CDU) vision. Enhancing our role in social, economic and cultural development leads to a natural focus on enhanced engagement, including formal alliances with other educational institutions, industry and business, professional associations, government funded research agencies, not-for-profit organisations and communities.

The University will encourage and embrace many forms of partnership, networking and collaboration internally and externally. A wide range of initiatives that may further expand our reach through partnerships include:

• Partnerships with industry and business both local, regional, national and international, including the outsourcing of some functions
• Regional partnerships
• Partnerships in community service
• Partnerships with professional associations
• Partnerships with other tertiary institutions (domestic and international).

A major partnership initiative has been to enter into a partnership agreement with the Northern Territory Government. The CDU/NTG Partnership Agreement provides for the economic and social development of the Northern Territory to be supported by a robust and resilient University working in partnership with government agencies and the wider community to contribute to education, research, policy development and program delivery.

Key Elements

Over the next 10 years, CDU will achieve the following:

• Establishment of value adding partnerships across all benchmark areas (2010)
• Meaningful stakeholder engagement as a fundamental principle of university core business activities (2010)
• Development of economies of scale through partnerships to enable work to be undertaken that would otherwise have not been possible in our region, which is of direct benefit to our region (2013).

Enabling Objectives

In order to achieve the Key Elements, CDU will:

• Have an increased commitment to learner-centred approaches to education and to further engage with the professional community in the development and delivery of programs (TL)
• Enhance partnerships to deliver profitable consulting and contract research activities to the University particularly in areas of research and training strengths (BD)
• Use university strengths to increase fundraising from donations and bequests (BD)
• Enable, develop and grow partnerships for profitable and value-adding fee paying, contract and off shore delivery of educational programs (BD)
• Ensure whole-of-university engagement with the community in a manner that is purposeful and planned which leads to value-adding interactions (CA)
• Build and maintain a strong relationship with all Northern Territory secondary schools, and schools and colleges in other regions as appropriate, to provide customised access to its programs and services for target equity groups (CA)
• Enhance national and international research partnerships in areas of strength (R)
• Enhance partnerships to deliver economies of size and scale in the areas of corporate administrative services (CS).

Trend Indicators

Over the next 10 years, CDU will measure success by:

• Increasing value of work undertaken through partnerships
• Expanding philanthropic support for university activities.