2015 ANNUAL REPORT FURTHER INFORMATION Deakin University Headquarters Melbourne City Centre deakin.edu.au Geelong Waterfront Campus +61 03 9918 9120 1 Gheringhap Street, Geelong
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[email protected] +61 03 9244 6100 Warrnambool Campus Princes Highway, Warrnambool Victoria 3280, Australia +61 03 5563 3100 Front Cover: Centre for Advanced Design in Engineering (CADET) Waurn Ponds Campus CONTENTS Letter to the Minister 4 Chancellor’s Foreword 5 Vice-Chancellor’s Overview 6 About Deakin 8 Deakin at a glance 9 Progress and achievements in 2015 11 The Deakin Vision 12 Learning at Deakin 13 Ideas at Deakin 22 Value at Deakin 32 Experience at Deakin 41 Organisation and Governance 48 Council 49 Committees of Council 51 Council members in office 2015 52 Academic governance 55 Management and organisational structure 55 Organisational chart 56 Statutory reporting 58 Risk management 59 Attestation of compliance 59 Register of commercial activities 60 Statutory compliance 61 Financial report 63 Independent audit report 104 Principal Activities 106 Disclosure Index 109 Glossary 113 LETTER TO THE MINISTER The Hon Steve Herbert MLC Minister for Training and Skills Level 1, 2 Treasury Place East Melbourne, Victoria 3002 3 March 2016 Dear Minister On behalf of the Council of Deakin University and in accordance with the requirements of regulations under the Financial Management Act 1994, I am pleased to submit for your information and presentation to Parliament the Deakin University Annual Report for the year ending 31 December 2015.