2014 ANNUAL REPORT Trinity College Annual Report 2014 2014© Trinity College, Royal Parade, Parkville, Victoria 3052 Photography: Kit Haselden, Mark Chew. CONTENTS Overview 0 3 Provost’s Report 0 4 Residential College 0 8 Trinity College Foundation Studies 010 Trinity College Theological School 012 Trinity Institute 13 Advancement 14 Other College-wide Departments 15 Appendix 19 Cover: The Revd Canon Professor Dorothy Lee, Dean of the Trinity College Theological School 1 2 OVERVIEW Founded in 1872 as the first college of the University of Melbourne, Trinity College is a unique tertiary institution that provides a diverse range of academic programs to talented students from across Australia and around the world. Trinity College programs include: RESIDENTIAL COLLEGE • the Residential College for undergraduate and postgraduate Resident students 329 students of the University of Melbourne and of the Trinity Non-resident students 17 College Theological School, both resident and non-resident Total 346 • Trinity College Theological School (TCTS), a centre for Anglican theology and ministry that educates people, lay and THEOLOGICAL SCHOOL ordained, to work for the transformation of church and society Ministry Formation 42 • Trinity College Foundation Studies (TCFS), which offers Online 125 a range of one-year courses that prepare able overseas Certificate 376 students for undergraduate entry to the University of Total 543 Melbourne and other leading Australian universities • the Trinity Institute, which offers inspirational leadership FOUNDATION STUDIES COMMENCEMENTS programs for high school students, innovative professional February Main 424 development, and thought-provoking open learning July Fast Track 79 opportunities for all August Main 299 August Comprehensive Extended 345 Trinity College actively contributes to the academic, sporting and Specialised and cultural life of the wider community. Its main campus is located adjacent to the University of Melbourne grounds. October Fast Track 63 Total 1,210 An Anglican institution, Trinity welcomes people of all faiths and none. The College celebrates, and is TRINITY INSTITUTE enriched by, the diversity of backgrounds of its staff and students. Young Leaders Program (July) 145 Young Leaders Program (December) 85 New York Jazz Symposium 39 Yalari Year 10 Orientation Program 35 Global Leaders in Science 83 Residential Indigenous Science 52 Experience (Rise) Strengthening Engagement and Achievement 56 in Mathematics and Science (Seams) Junior Total 495 STUDENT COHORT DURING 2014 2,594 3 PROVOST’S REPORT IT IS AN HONOUR TO REPORT By almost all measures it was a fine year, and there is ON THE ACHIEVEMENTS AND good reason to see the future with a sense of optimism and great possibility. THE GOOD STANDING OF THE The dark moments in our lives were the untimely deaths COLLEGE AT THE END OF 2014. by misadventure of Joshua Hardy, a third-year resident student from Darwin, and Kevin Soetjipto from Indonesia, a recent graduate of Foundation Studies. We give thanks for their lives and celebrate their scholarship and friendship while at Trinity. 4 The report that follows is rich and detailed, but let me made in policies and services in young adult mental health recommend some highlights from the year past: and wellbeing. • There was continuing and remarkable growth of • There was good progress in engagement with young admissions of international students in Foundation Studies. Indigenous women and men from across the nation, Over the past four years the student numbers have doubled, including through the short-term Young Leaders and there was well over 1,000 students in the program in Programs for school students, and partnerships with 2014. The growth has strengthened the College in many the University of Melbourne and Yalari in hosting short ways, including in its partnership with the University of courses for high-achieving students. Trinity also made Melbourne, its place as a leading education provider, its an important contribution to building a Bachelor of relationship with Asia, and in greater financial security and Science Extended degree that will give greater access opportunities for development. to Indigenous students keen to pursue science and • A new teaching and staff facility for Foundation Studies health fields. was developed at 200 Victoria Street, Carlton, adjacent to • The College achieved a very strong financial result and is the Queen Victoria Market. Established through a 10-year ready to finance the Gateway building and other development lease of the top two floors of the EPA Building, this is a projects. The financial operations were complemented first-class addition to the College. importantly by the continuing generosity of the many donors • Construction commenced on the Gateway building on the to Trinity, to whom we extend sincere appreciation. southern precinct of the College grounds. This is the most 2014 also saw the departure of the seventh Warden, important capital project for many years, and will establish the Revd Professor Andrew McGowan, who took up excellent resources for education, cultural life, art and appointment as Dean and President of the Berkeley archives, and public engagement. It is expected that the Divinity School at Yale, an Episcopal seminary. Andrew’s building will be completed mid-2016. splendid contribution to Trinity was celebrated and • Alongside regret at the decision to close the United acclaimed, and he and Dr Felicity Harley McGowan left Faculty of Theology (UFT) that has served the cause of with the College’s deep thanks and best wishes. ecumenical theological education so well for more than In my role as Provost and Acting Warden of Trinity, I 40 years, there was cause for celebration on 7 July when sincerely thank Mr Jim Craig as Chair and all members the Trinity College Theological School formally became an of the Board and the subcommittees for their wise counsel independent College of the University of Divinity. The School and clear governance, and the Archbishop of Melbourne, also recruited some further excellent staff, and is well Dr Philip Freier, for his leadership of the Council, and the placed to take the next step as a more comprehensive and members of Council for their deliberations. The College independent academic faculty than was the case in the UFT. is blessed to have so many engaged and effective leaders • The students of the residential College continued to and volunteers. achieve very strong academic results, and enjoyed a full and rich year of community endeavour in social service, Campbell Bairstow sport and cultural pursuits. Important advances were Provost and Acting Warden 5 COUNCIL THE 40-MEMBER COUNCIL CONSISTS In May, it considered and approved the 2013 Annual Report OF REPRESENTATIVES OF ALL of the College. Council re-appointed the Rt Revd John Parkes for a further two-year term as a member of the MAJOR SECTORS OF THE TRINITY Board. In October the Council appointed Mr Bill Cowan AM COLLEGE COMMUNITY, INCLUDING to the Council, and re-elected Professor Kenneth Hinchcliff STUDENTS, STAFF, ALUMNI, for a third term of three years. The Council elected Ms DONORS, THE CHURCH AND THE Rowena Armstrong AO QC, Dr Graeme Leslie Blackman OAM, Associate Professor Alison Inglis and the Rt Revd UNIVERSITY, PRESIDED OVER BY THE Andrew William Curnow AM as new Honorary Fellows ARCHBISHOP OF MELBOURNE. THE of the College. The Council heard a presentation by the COUNCIL MEETS TWICE EACH YEAR. Revd Canon Dr Ray Cleary and the Revd Canon Professor Dorothy Lee regarding the Trinity College Theological School’s new structure and curriculum as a College of the University of Divinity. BOARD REGULAR PRESENTATIONS CONTINUE TO strategic risk. The Education Strategy Committee moved BE MADE TO THE BOARD BY THE VARIOUS from being a regular standing committee to a series of project-specific working groups. TEACHING AND SUPPORT DIVISIONS OF During 2014 the Board held nine meetings. Key discussions THE COLLEGE, AS WELL AS BY EXTERNAL included International Strategy, the Gateway Building, CONSULTANTS AS REQUIRED. the Annual Risk Review, Operating and Capital Budgets, Fundraising, and future arrangements with the University of Melbourne related to Foundation Studies. The Board also approved a range of major infrastructure projects including The Board monitors the College’s performance by the Behan Stage 2 renovations and Bishops’ building way of monthly financial and executive reports, and bathroom renovations, development of a multi-purpose through the deliberations and reports of the various court and the leasing and associated fit-out of 200 Victoria subcommittees. The Board also undertakes an annual Street, Carlton to accommodate increased Foundation self-evaluation survey. Studies enrolments. The Board has committees that oversee Buildings The Board was pleased to appoint Ms Susanna King, and Grounds, Education Strategy, Finance, Governance, and reappoint Mr Stuart Gooley and Bishop John Parkes. Investment Management, Risk Management, including Mr Jack Young followed Ms Anna Traill as Senior Student OH&S, and the Theological School. In 2014 the Board of the College, an ex officio position on the Board. The reviewed and considered the governance structure Board farewelled and thanked Ms Oshana De Silva at the of the College and the continuing contribution of conclusion of her term of eight years on the Board in July. all committees. The Risk Management and Audit Ms De Silva was instrumental in establishing for the College Committee was disbanded, and the responsibilities good practice in risk management. for operational risk were taken up by the Senior Upon the resignation of the Revd Professor Andrew Management Team and the Finance Committee. McGowan, the Board commenced the search for the next The Board assumed responsibility for matters of Warden of the College. 6 FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE THE COLLEGE HAD A GOOD YEAR teaching and lectureships, educational programs and FINANCIALLY. THE RESIDENTIAL COLLEGE for capital works including the Gateway building among other things. WAS FULL, AND FOUNDATION STUDIES In 2014 the College spent some $11.4 million on capital works ENROLMENTS CONTINUED TO INCREASE.