Vice-Chancellor and Principal Information Pack
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DEPUTY VICE-CHANCELLOR (EDUCATION) Information pack sydney.edu.au The University of Sydney acknowledges that its campuses and facilities sit on the ancestral lands of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, who have for thousands of generations exchanged knowledge for the benefit of all. DEPUTY VICE-CHANCELLOR (EDUCATION) Information pack Welcome from the Vice-Chancellor ....3 About the University of Sydney .............4 Organisational structure .......................10 Strategic achievements .......................... 11 Higher education in Australia ...............12 Living and working in Sydney ................ 14 About the role ......................................... 16 How to apply ........................................... 20 Cover: Looking across Eastern Avenue from the New Law Building to the Anderson Stuart Building and the Quadrangle Left (and inside back cover): Spine 3, 2018, concrete, concrete oxide, hematite, artwork on the side of the Carslaw Building by Dale Harding, descendant of the Bidjara, Ghungalu and Garingbal peoples Page 2 Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Education) - Information Pack sydney.edu.au WELCOME FROM THE VICE-CHANCELLOR Thank you for expressing an interest in the key leadership role of Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Education) at the University of Sydney. The position oversees our whole-of-University Education Portfolio, the hallmarks of which are its deep commitment to continued innovation in teaching and learning and providing our students with an optimal University experience. continue to broaden our footprint with the local communities in Sydney and to ensure Unsurprisingly, the start of the 2021 academic an outstanding student experience while year has been affected by the circumstances responding to ever-changing conditions, of the ongoing pandemic, including the need including COVID-19. We also remain committed to ensure a smooth ‘return to campus’ and to ensuring that all students are able to achieve hybrid learning opportunities for our students their full potential irrespective of background, here in Australia and to continue to provide with a range of initiatives in place to support an excellent remote learning experience for this aim. those still overseas. It is however also a time of cautious optimism, thanks to the easing It is a time of consolidation, adaptation and of public health restrictions and the start of renewal here at Sydney and the next Deputy Australia’s vaccination program. Vice-Chancellor (Education) will have an opportunity to build on the solid foundations It is a uniquely exciting time to join with the of an Education portfolio that has already University of Sydney, as the University builds on been largely reinvigorated at a university its strategic achievements to date and prepares that continues to strengthen and innovate its to enter a new strategic planning cycle. In students’ educational experience. the education space, the last five years have been marked by significant undergraduate Thank you again for your interest in the curriculum reform as well as closer alignment University of Sydney, I look forward to hearing The University of Sydney of the educational offering with the University’s from you soon. enterprise and engagement agenda. We have delivered this along with an investment in research (people, equipment, and physical infrastructure), and an emphasis on a values- based University-wide culture. Recently ranked first in Australia and amongst the top five in the world for both impact Professor Stephen Garton AM (THE 2020) and employability (QS 2020), we Vice-Chancellor and Principal Page 3 ABOUT THE UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY As Australia’s first university, we have been harnessing sydney.edu.au the power of education and research to transform the world for nearly 170 years. Proud as we are of our history, we are even more excited about our future. The University of Sydney is one of but by supporting the development We are a diverse community of the world’s leading comprehensive of knowledge and innovation with students and staff from more than research and teaching universities – genuine benefit to society. 170 countries. Our values – courage ranked 2nd in the world for impact1 Year after year, we are ranked and creativity; respect and integrity; and 4th in the world for graduate among the top universities in diversity and inclusion; openness employability.2 the world for the quality of our and engagement – are embedded We teach and research across teaching and research, graduate into everything we do, creating a an incredible breadth and depth employability, breadth of subjects, culture in which every member of subjects and disciplines with student mobility, and generosity of our community is valued and the aim of making lives better, of scholarships. supported to thrive. not just by producing leaders, Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Education) - Information Pack Page 4 Our rankings 1st 2nd in Australia and 4th in the world in the world for social and 1 for graduate employability2 economic impact 2nd 74th in Australia and 40th in the in the world in academic world in university rankings3 rankings5 30 100% of our subjects ranked among of our research ranked at 4 the top 50 in the world world standard or above6 1. Times Higher Education Impact Rankings 2020 2. QS Graduate Employability Rankings 2020 3. QS World University Rankings 2021 4. QS World University Rankings by Subject 2021 5. Academic Ranking of World Universities 2020 6. Australian Research Council Excellence in Research for Australia 2018–19 report The University of Sydney Page 5 Our teaching Recognised as leaders in education and student We also have the largest global student mobility experience, the University of Sydney is ranked program in Australia, partnering with more than 4th in the world and 1st in Australia for graduate 250 universities in more than 40 countries to provide employability1. Looking ahead to a future of work wide opportunities for exchange and study abroad. that will be very different, it is our ambition that We offer our students an unforgettable student our students will complete their degrees with the experience through a diverse range of community confidence and ability to think critically, collaborate and co-curricular opportunities. Our student productively and influence the world. union has been the heart of campus life since 1874, Over the past four years, we have transformed organising events and programs through more than our undergraduate curricula with our future 250 student clubs and societies. sydney.edu.au students front of mind. The reimagined framework Paving the way for the future of our executive embeds all undergraduate degrees with graduate education and postgraduate coursework is our qualities for the 21st century, an emphasis on first micro-credential, the new Sydney Professional industry experience and global perspectives and Certificate. We will be delivering more opportunities common components to support flexibility and for mid-career postgraduate education and lifelong cross-disciplinary learning. learning, high quality online and hybrid models for We have created a new high achiever’s stream postgraduate teaching, and shorter-form award to extend enrichment opportunities, and a and non-award postgraduate programs. new double degree option. Through one extra We are also introducing a new coursework year of study, students have greater access to component to our PhD degrees – a first of its kind advanced coursework and research pathways. in Australia – and broadening the coursework Our courses connect students with industry options for our other postgraduate research experts and potential employers through degrees to support research capabilities and the internships and collaborative projects. success of our students in a changing world. 1. QS Graduate Employability Rankings 2020 Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Education) - Information Pack Page 6 Our distinctive alumni Key statistics Our alumni have achieved remarkable feats and are consistently ranked among the world's most employable graduates. 75,605 29,225 They include Nobel laureates, Pulitzer total student postgraduate prize winners, Australian prime ministers, enrolments1 coursework students1 humanitarians, teachers, inventors, medical innovators, and thousands like them who have changed lives all around the world – people like Eddie Woo, who is revolutionising 33,772 16:1 the way we teach mathematics; Dr Anna Lau, international student:staff who is making inroads in the fight against enrolments1 ratio2 Ebola; Colin Sullivan, who invented the CPAP machine, a life-saving device for sleep apnoea; Jack Manning Bancroft, Indigenous mentor and founder of the AIME program; 41,464 9,523 and Marie Bashir, former chancellor of the undergraduate staff (full-time University and governor of New South Wales. students1 equivalent)3 − sydney.edu.au/about-us/famous-alumni 4,916 380k postgraduate alumni across more research students1 than 170 countries4 1. Student enrolments as at 31 August 2020 2. Student Staff Ratio by Faculty and School as at 31 March 2019 3. Staff(FT/FFT & Casual) FTE by Classification & Appointment Term, as at 31 March 2020 4. University website March 2021 The University of Sydney Page 7 Our research The University of Sydney is recognised as one of the and biological analysis; and Sydney Imaging, with top research universities in the world. All of our 22 a comprehensive suite of preclinical and clinical broad fields of research are ranked at world standard imaging modalities and a hybrid theatre.