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uts annual report 2007 report annual uts UTS ANNUAL REPORT 2007 VoluMe 1 university of technology, uts: International CrICos provider code 00099F sydney 1800 774 816 (within australia) aBn 77 257 686 961 +61 2 9514 2000 +61 3 9627 4816 (international) Issn 1031-8690 PO Box 123 Broadway, Sydney, [email protected] New South Wales, 2007, Media Inquiries Australia +61 2 9514 1734 Course Information www.uts.edu.au +61 2 9514 1222 tHiS page HaS Been left BlanK intentionally Letter of submission The Hon. John Della Bosca, MLC Contact details NSW Minister for Education and Training Level 30 City campus Governor Macquarie Tower 15 Broadway, Ultimo 1 Farrer Place 702-730 Harris Street, Ultimo Sydney NSW 2000 745 Harris Street, Ultimo 755 Harris Street, Ultimo 235 Jones Street, Ultimo Dear Minister 1-59 Quay Street, Haymarket On behalf of the Council of the University of Technology, Sydney, we present a report Kuring-gai campus of the operations and finances of the University for the year ended 31 December 2007, Eton Road, Lindfield for tabling in Parliament. access This has been prepared in accordance with the Annual Reports (Statutory Bodies) Act The University is open for general business 1984 (NSW). The UTS Council endorsed the Financial Statements of the University, from 9.00am to 5.00pm weekdays. Many published as part of the Annual Report, at its April 2008 meeting. sections of UTS are open at other times. Contact the University to check particular The University celebrated many successes during the year, including hosting the section opening times. centennial exhibition of the Nobel Prizes and achieving top ranking in all discipline bands of the Learning and Teaching Performance Fund 2008. Significant reviews Course inquiries of our courses, academic structure and research strengths resulted in substantial within Australia, telephone (02) 9514 1222 changes across UTS to underpin a bold new vision as we enter our third decade. Service Desk: https://servicedesk.uts.edu.au/ Acknowledgements Yours faithfully The UTS Annual Report 2007 was produced by Publications in the Governance Support Unit, which is part of the Division of the Deputy Vice-Chancellor and Vice-President (External Relations) and Registrar. Editor: Byron Smith Design: Hoc Ngo Professor Vicki Sara Professor Ross Milbourne (Marketing and Communication Unit) Chancellor Vice-Chancellor and President Layout: Paul Hannah (Hannah Design) April 2008 Printing: Ligare Pty Ltd Availability and details of the Annual Report The Annual Report is available by request to: > Publications Coordinator Governance Support Unit University of Technology, Sydney PO Box 123 Broadway, Sydney It is available in downloadable PDF at: www.gsu.uts.edu.au/publications/ utsannualreport.html Total external costs incurred in the production of the Annual Report were $22,800.00: > cost per copy (Volumes 1 and 2): $11.40 > number of copies printed: 2,000. Contents Profile of UTS 2 Chancellor’s message 3 Organisational charts 4-5 Performance report 6-7 Vice-Chancellor’s message 8-9 Chapter 1: Governance and strategy 10 Chapter 2: The teaching year 24 Chapter 3: The research year 40 Chapter 4: External engagement 52 Chapter 5: Students and staff 68 Chapter 6: Managing resources 84 Index 99-100 Cover photo of Beautiful Minds exhibition, and UTS Tower this page by Garth Knight 1 UTS ANNUAL REPORT 2007 Profile of UTS In the 20 years since it was created, The purpose of the University is outlined the University of Technology, Sydney, in the University of Technology, Sydney has earned a strong reputation for Act, 1989, and in the constitutions of our innovative research and teaching for controlled entities. vocational relevance, for its international perspective, and for the practical and We are the only member of the World beneficial outcomes of the work of our City Universities network in the Sydney students and staff. metropolitan area, with a large campus in the vibrant inner city. Our Kuring-gai Our central focus is to prepare graduates campus is in Sydney’s Upper North Shore for global careers and research that suburb of Lindfield. benefits humanity by offering challenging professionally-oriented higher education. In the mid-1990s we increased our This is enhanced by our effective focus on building the international engagement with professions, industry profile and market of UTS, particularly and the community, and our strong with the establishment of the Institute international culture, global partnerships for International Studies and through and activities. offering international language programs and experience to our students. Equally importantly, we continue to develop an ethical, friendly, collaborative, Today, with more than 2000 continuing egalitarian and progressive university and fixed-term staff and 32,200 culture, to make studying and working enrolled students (36 per cent from a at UTS a fulfilling experience for our non-English-speaking background), we students and staff. are a richly diverse city-based university with high student demand. We have The University was created in 1988 from developed an international reputation the former New South Wales Institute of and excellent research performance Technology and the Sydney College of the in key areas of technology, science and Arts’ School of Design, and was extended health, business, and the arts and social in 1990 when we merged with the Kuring- sciences; and in 2007 our research gai College of Advanced Education and income grew by 16 per cent. the Institute of Technical and Adult Teacher Education. 2 UTS ANNUAL REPORT 2007 Chancellor’s message Early in 2007 the UTS Council spent two the Australian who developed penicillin days deliberating on strategies to fulfil into a medically recognised product. the University’s objective to become Australia’s premier university for Many UTS staff and students were business, industry and the professions. involved in the exhibition, which was a focal point for the UTS community During the next strategic planning from April to June. To the staff that cycle UTS will focus on enhancing organised the logistics and set-up of the University’s excellent teaching and the exhibition, those who participated learning performance. There are three in the public program accompanying elements in our plan to achieve this: it, and the students who acted as tour strengthening teaching and learning, guides, I express my thanks for their improving research performance, and committed involvement, which ensured making external engagement a priority the exhibition’s success. in these areas. Beautiful Minds was also a focal point The recognition and funding UTS has for the wider Sydney community: with received through its success in the 25,000 visitors attending throughout its Learning and Teaching Performance duration, the exhibition attracted people Fund 2008 will enable the University from government, higher education, to continue to invest in innovative business and the general public. It Photo: Chris Bennett Chris Photo: approaches to teaching and learning. reinforced our research-oriented positioning to this diverse community UTS is also committed to strengthening UTS Chancellor Professor Vicki Sara and strengthened our profile as an its profile and performance in research. accessible city-based university. To guide this the University will implement a strategy that recognises The exhibition also reinforced our UTS’s mission as a research technology international focus, which was a university, a city university that has strong dominant theme throughout 2007, links to industry and the professions, being integral to the review of UTS’s and a university that integrates teaching academic profile and the development and research. of international strategic partnerships. The integration of an external focus For their achievements this year in and activity in teaching and research is shaping the vision of UTS and reviewing equally important. Through research that its profile I thank the various members promotes innovation in key industries, of the University’s Council for their the education of employment-ready effective contribution. I also extend my graduates to be next-generation leaders, congratulations to our two Honorary and a dialogue with industry that informs Award recipients this year: our former UTS of real-world challenges it can help Deputy Chancellor Ken Rennie and solve, UTS will be well placed to fulfil former Registrar Dr Jeff FitzGerald, its objective. who both made significant contributions to UTS over the years. The opening of ‘Beautiful Minds: the Centennial Exhibition of the Nobel Prizes’ The resourcing and strengthening of in April gave the University an opportunity UTS’s research will be a challenge during to celebrate its distinctiveness. Our city the next few years, as will the shaping campus was the only Australian venue and development of the campus to meet in the world tour of this exhibition, which the University’s future needs. Looking featured a variety of displays of the Nobel back on the progress we have made to laureates and the process surrounding date, I am confident these goals will be the awarding of the prizes. met and surpassed in the years ahead. Among the laureates are some of the most brilliant researchers of the 20th century, including French chemists Frédéric and Irène Joliot-Curie, whose achievements led to the discovery of the neutron; Albert Einstein, who made important and well-known discoveries Professor Vicki Sara in physics; and Sir Howard Walter Florey, Chancellor