Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Academic) INFORMATION for PROSPECTIVE CANDIDATES
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ANU wants you INFORMATION FOR PROSPECTIVE CANDIDATES Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Academic) INFORMATION FOR PROSPECTIVE CANDIDATES Welcome to ANU Thank you for considering the position of Deputy Vice Chancellor (Academic) at the Australian National University (ANU). For over 72 years, the Australian National University has Central to achieving this goal is the role of Deputy Vice- been the educational home to some of the most remarkable Chancellor (Academic). As a member of my highly people from across the world: visionaries, influential leaders, collaborative senior Executive team, your strategic leadership researchers and individuals creating impact and change will ensure ANU advances its reputation as one of the world’s nationally, regionally and globally. great universities. This coupled with our role as the national university means we We are looking for an inspirational leader with a strong track have a responsibility to be ambitious, bold and transformative record in delivering on strategic priorities across academic in our approaches to teaching and learning. We are poised to performance, teaching and learning, and student experience; provide the next generation of leaders and global citizens with someone who has the passion to drive new, innovative ideas the skills required for the challenges and jobs of the future. and the tenacity to bring them to life. If this opportunity excites and inspires you, then we look forward to speaking Our proud history has shaped our strategic plan which makes with you. clear our commitment to continuing our legacy of excellence in education. I am excited about the plan and our ambition to be known as a world-leader in innovative teaching, and to provide students with an exceptional student experience that is second to none. 1 The Australian National University INFORMATION FOR PROSPECTIVE CANDIDATES Message from Provost The Australian National University occupies a special position in Australia. While located in Australia’s capital, the University sits regenerate our approaches to curriculum, teaching and digital alongside the best in the world in terms of its research output and physical learning space design. As part of the University’s and the educational experience it offers to students (Ranked Executive Leadership, you will also contribute to the broader in top 25 globally in 2018 QS World University Rankings). strategic direction of ANU and shape its distinctive role as a Since its establishment in 1946 as part of Australia’s post- national institution and world-class university. war nation-building effort, the University’s ground-breaking We want to provide a career step into the heartland of research has changed the world and our understanding of education that also provides you with opportunities to lead Australia’s place in it. Five of the eight Nobel Prizes awarded strategy in a portfolio that spans from management of student for work undertaken in Australia went to ANU researchers, administration and services from enrolment to graduation. In including to our Vice-Chancellor Professor Brian Schmidt. this position you will also have responsibility for the campus More broadly, our expertise has influenced policy in Australia experience of students, staff and visitors – with an array and across the Asia Pacific region. of student accommodation (exceeding 6,000 beds) and The pursuit of excellence underpins everything we do. This University House accommodation and conference facilities. excellence is encapsulated in our five-year Strategic Plan, You will bridge new frontiers in learning environments, digital which makes clear our commitment to world-leading research education and engaging beyond graduation. that will have impact. Through our influential research, If you are a university leader of distinction, and want to be a our engagement with public policy and our transformative part of shaping the future at Australia’s national university, we education, we will prepare Australia for the challenges and would welcome your application. opportunities of the twenty-first century. The Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Academic) plays a vital role in realising this vision. The position will oversee the University’s education priorities and strategies to improve performance and impact. We are looking for an exceptional leader who can 2 The Australian National University INFORMATION FOR PROSPECTIVE CANDIDATES The University 3 The Australian National University INFORMATION FOR PROSPECTIVE CANDIDATES Australia’s #1 university The Australian National University is one of the world’s foremost research universities. Distinguished by its relentless pursuit of excellence, the University attracts leading academics and outstanding students from Australia and around the world. History Research-intensive education The University was established by the Commonwealth As the specially-chartered national university, the Parliament in 1946 specifically to lead the development University conducts research at the highest levels in all of of the intellectual capacity of the nation through research its colleges, and offers a unique research-led education and research training in line with the best international to undergraduate and postgraduate students as well as standards. It is the only Australian university established by postdoctoral fellows. a Commonwealth Act of Parliament. In 1960, the University The University advances the national intellectual and accepted responsibility for undergraduate education along creative capacity in three key ways: with an expectation that the highest standards of education would be achieved. 1. Through broad-based research and research- intensive education in the disciplines fundamental to all knowledge: the humanities, the sciences and the Scale social sciences, The University has 4,094 staff, 12,827 undergraduates and 2. By supporting research and research-intensive 12,534 postgraduate students. Its annual revenue exceeds education in a spectrum of professional disciplines, and $1.0 billion and consolidated assets are worth $2.5 billion. 3. By studying Australia in its various contexts. It is the aim of the University to achieve its objectives by Partnerships creating an inspirational working environment for all its staff, The University has strong links with leading research students and visitors. institutions in Australia and overseas. It is a founding In each of its endeavours, the University strives to achieve member of the International Alliance of Research at the levels of the world’s great universities. Universities, a co-operative network of 10 eminent international research-intensive universities which includes: Location > University of Cambridge > University of Oxford The University campus has over 200 buildings and occupies 145 hectares adjacent to the city centre of Canberra. The > University of California, Berkeley University also has a number of smaller campuses: > Yale University > Mount Stromlo Observatory (west of Canberra) > Peking University > Siding Spring Observatory (near Coonabarabran, > National University of Singapore western New South Wales) > University of Tokyo > North Australia Research Unit (Darwin, Northern Territory) > University of Copenhagen > Kioloa (coastal campus near Bawley Point, on the New > ETH Zurich South Wales South Coast) > ANU Medical School – The Canberra Hospital campus > ANU Medical School – Calvary Hospital > Health Facilities in South East New South Wales Further information about ANU can be found at anu.edu.au/about 4 The Australian National University INFORMATION FOR PROSPECTIVE CANDIDATES University Colleges ANU has seven academic colleges, each housing the schools and research centres that contribute to the various broad disciplines. The ANU Colleges link research and teaching at undergraduate, postgraduate and higher degree levels. They undertake world-class research and provide education programs at the highest standards. The University recognises the need to strengthen strategic planning, align administrative support with these plans and ensure consistency of policy and procedure. The aim of the college structure is to promote and formalise cooperation among the different contributors to disciplines in ANU and to remove barriers in their path. 5 The Australian National University INFORMATION FOR PROSPECTIVE CANDIDATES ANU College of Arts ANU College of Engineering & Social Sciences & Computer Science The ANU College of Arts and Social Sciences (CASS) is the The ANU College of Engineering and Computer Science research and education college for the broad disciplines of the (CECS) comprises of the Research Schools of Engineering creative arts, humanities and the social sciences. The College and Computer Science, and the 3Ai and Cyber Institutes. has two research schools - the Research School of Social It offers undergraduate degrees in engineering, information Sciences and the Research School of Humanities and the Arts technology and computer science along with masters and – that cover the main disciplines to deliver leading research doctoral postgraduate programs. The College undertakes and degree programs. basic and applied research in information and communications technologies, materials and manufacturing, formal methods > cass.anu.edu.au and logic, machine learning and vision, robotics and energy systems. ANU College of Asia & the Pacific > cecs.anu.edu.au The ANU College of Asia and the Pacific (CAP) hosts the largest assembly of scholars dedicated to working on Asia ANU College of Law and the Pacific in the English-speaking