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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Overview

Charles Darwin University is an institution based on the firm foundations of four institutions*, which have a long history of delivering value through education in both Vocational Education and Training (VET) and Higher Education (HED), research and community engagement.

*The four institutions were the Northern Territory University, Northern Territory Rural College, Centralian College and the Menzies School of Health Research, the latter being a School of Charles Darwin University Institute of Advanced Studies.

Vision

To be a thriving university that dares to be different and takes advantage of its unique geography and demography to benefit the whole community through education, research and community engagement.

Mission

To be:

• The regional leader in education and research
• An asset to the broader community, supporting the social, cultural, intellectual and economic development of northern Australia and surrounding areas
• To leverage our knowledge and know how internationally for appropriate socioeconomic returns.

Attributes

The attributes that underpin what we will do and how we will do it:

• Professional: A university with proven professional standards in education, career development and research
• Personal: Access to a personal, supportive environment that provides a catalyst for people to succeed
• Unique: The unique environments in which we live, work, teach and study provides diverse and exciting opportunities and lifestyle
• Bold: A dynamic, innovative and confident organisation delivering intellectual leadership
• Savvy: An ambitious university with a reputation for providing solutions to society's needs
• Recognition: Dedication to high standards, social involvement and new thinking creating a strong profile nationally and internationally.

Overarching Goal

To build a reputation based on excellence in:

• Competence: by operating at the highest standards
• Capacity building: by providing a stimulating and relevant education for all of our students and enthusing them with a love of learning
• Concepts: through staff who are across the best and latest knowledge and able to generate and capture ideas to deliver value
• Connections: by building the best relationships, which enable the university to draw on stakeholder views, recognise opportunities and provide access to the resources of other people and other organisations locally and around the globe to the ultimate benefit of the institution and community at large.