The University of Melbourne Annual Report of Melbourne Annual Report The University 2019 2019 ANNUAL REPORT Part One: Overview 1 MESSAGE FROM THE CHANCELLOR The Hon Gayle Tierney MP Minister for Training and Skills and Minister for Higher Education Level 1, 2 Treasury Place East Melbourne Vic 3002 31 March 2020 Dear Minister I am pleased to submit the Annual Report of the University The University’s leadership position in Australian higher of Melbourne for the year ending 31 December 2019. education was retained with strong performances in both the Academic Ranking of World Universities and the Times The Annual Report is prepared in accordance with the Higher Education World University Rankings. requirements of the financial reporting directions under the Financial Management Act 1994. The University of Melbourne In 2019 the University Council was also pleased to endorse Council endorsed this Annual Report at its meeting on 13 March a new strategy for the University as it looks to the decade ahead. 2020. The Council exercises broad oversight of the University’s As Chancellor of the University of Melbourne, I submit this operations, whose day-to-day work is the responsibility Annual Report to you for your information and presentation of the Vice-Chancellor and the University’s staff members. to Parliament. The Council members, as you know, are a diverse group of leaders who are mindful of their important public duty to serve Yours sincerely the University and the broader society of which it is part. As you may note from this Annual Report, in 2019 the University continued on its path of recent years in effectively fulfilling its broad social responsibilities. This included new steps to strengthen its relationship with Indigenous communities, close attention to supporting and strengthening the academic enterprise both in teaching Allan J Myers AC QC and research, and continuing to work with philanthropists Chancellor to support the University’s educational mission. 2 Annual Report 2019 MESSAGE FROM THE VICE-CHANCELLOR 31 March 2020 In my first full year as Vice-Chancellor, I was honoured to meet a large number of University staff, students and alumni and friends In May, the University’s Old Quadrangle Building was of the institution. No experience was more memorable than ceremonially re-opened by the Governor of Victoria, attending my first Garma Festival of Traditional Cultures in the Hon Linda Dessau AC, after a Welcome to Country East Arnhem Land, where I announced the University’s by Wurundjeri Elder Aunty Dianne Kerr AM. The occasion commitment to a new Indigenous Knowledge Institute. followed an inspired architectural renovation of the I was also delighted to lead the process which, by year’s end, University’s original buildings from the 19th century. had settled a new strategy for the University’s next decade. This important moment also marked a recommitment I look forward to leading the next stage as we affirm this by the University to outstanding teaching and learning, institution’s place as a university of excellence in a great city ground-breaking research and discovery, and deepening and the wider world. partnerships with many communities, beginning here at the heart of the University and city of Melbourne, Yours sincerely and expanding outwards around the world. During 2019 the University also opened a number of other outstanding new teaching and research spaces across its campuses: the Western Edge Biosciences Building at Parkville, the Melbourne Conservatorium of Music’s Ian Potter Southbank Centre and the U-Vet Animal Professor Duncan Maskell Hospital and campus redevelopment at Werribee. Vice-Chancellor Part One: Overview 3 AT AD GLANCE 4 Annual Report 2019 #1 in Australia in the 54,000+ THE Global Rankings #32 students (EFTSL)1 in the world in the THE 8,258 Global Rankings 44% research international publications2 students $500m HERDC research 420,000+ income3 7,000+ living alumni participants in alumni mentor 9,380 programs 150+ staff4 student nationalities 22,405 #41 total award in the world in the completions 51% ARWU rankings5 undergraduate 49% graduate 1. Equivalent full-time administered student load (EFTSL) 2. Web of Science indexed publications 3. Estimated from 2019 results, confirmation from Higher Education Research Data Collection (HERDC) due June 2020 4. Total staff full-time equivalent (FTE) including continuing, fixed-term and casual staff 5. Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU) Part One: Overview 5 The graphic star device used throughout this Annual Report is inspired by an aerial view of the patterns formed by paths and landscaping of the System Garden on the Parkville campus. This iconic garden, with its rare botanical collection, attracts students, staff and visitors and is a popular spot for contemplation. During 2019 this garden was renewed and integrated into the new, state-of-the-art WEBS building. 6 Annual Report 2019 CONTENTS Part 1: Overview Message from the Chancellor 2 Message from the Vice-Chancellor 3 At a glance 4 Locations 8 Our history 10 Year in review 12 Awards and achievements 14 Part 2: Key achievements and milestones Growing Esteem 2015–2020 strategic objectives 16 Strategic roundup 17 Teaching, Learning and the Student Experience 18 Research 34 Engagement 50 Sustainability 66 Organisational and student statistics 76 Part 3: Governance University governance 78 Statutory reporting 94 Diversity and inclusion 107 Information governance 113 Ethical and responsible decision making 115 Part 4: Financials Financial statement overview 120 Five-year financial summary 123 Financial statements 126 Disclosure index 187 Glossary 190 Index 193 Part One: Overview 7 LOCATIONS 1 Parkville 2 Southbank 3 Burnley 4 Hawthorn 9 8 5 Fishermans Bend 6 Werribee 7 Creswick 7 8 Shepparton 1 4 5 9 Dookie 2 3 6 For full listing of campuses, academic departments, clinical schools and institutes, see pages 91–93. 8 Annual Report 2019 Australia Victoria The University of Melbourne acknowledges and pays respect to the Traditional Owners of the lands on which our campuses are situated: • Wurundjeri and Boon Wurrung peoples (Parkville, Southbank, Werribee and Burnley campuses) • Yorta Yorta Nation (Shepparton and Dookie campuses) • Dja Dja Wurrung people (Creswick campus). Part One: Overview 9 OUR HISTORY LAYING A FOUNDATION FOR EXCELLENCE The University of Melbourne was constituted by the newly formed Parliament 1853 of Victoria in 1853 and its foundation stone laid in 1854. The University has been synonymous with Melbourne’s intellectual growth and global reputation ever since. WELCOMING WOMEN TO AN ALL-MALE BASTION In 1880 the University of Melbourne admitted women for the first time. Australia’s 1880 first female graduate, Julia ‘Bella’ Guerin, graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in 1883. The country’s first registered female medical students graduated from the University of Melbourne in 1891. FIRST UNIVERSITY APPEAL CONDUCTED 1904 Lady Janet Clarke, for whom Janet Clarke Hall residential college is named, was appointed president of the University’s first fund-raising campaign. The project succeeded in drawing £13,326 in seven months to support research projects. FIRST PHD OFFERED BY AN AUSTRALIAN UNIVERSITY The University of Melbourne became the first Australian university to offer 1948 a PhD, conferring the first two in 1948 to Erica Wolff in Arts, and RH Myers in Science. The development of the PhD reflected the increasing importance placed on research. 10 Annual Report 2019 HELPING THE DEAF TO HEAR Professor Graeme Clark led a pioneering research team in the University 1982 of Melbourne’s Department of Otolaryngology to engineer the world’s first bionic ear, an invention that has since provided the gift of hearing to more than 180 000 people worldwide. INTRODUCING AN INNOVATIVE NEW CURRICULUM In 2008 the introduction of a new Melbourne curriculum marked another historic 2008 transformation of the University, delivering broad undergraduate programs followed by professional qualifications offered at masters level, smaller class sizes, team-based learning and an enhanced university experience. COMMITTED TO RECONCILIATION With its first Reconciliation Action Plan (RAP) in 2010, the University of Melbourne made an official commitment to using its teaching and learning, research and 2010 engagement expertise and resources to make a sustainable contribution to improved health, education and living standards for Indigenous Australians. The RAP recognises the contribution of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and knowledge in support of this aim. ADVANCING MELBOURNE As one of his first initiatives since commencing, Vice-Chancellor Professor Duncan Maskell consulted widely to inform development of Advancing Melbourne, 2019 the University of Melbourne’s strategy for the coming decade. Advancing Melbourne’s vision is for the University to be recognised, unequivocally and by action, as a world-leading and globally connected Australian university with students at the heart of everything it does. Its purpose is to benefit society through the transformative impact of education and research. about.unimelb.edu.au/strategy Part One: Overview 11 YEAR IN REVIEW January Parkville Station construction commenced The station precinct will create 3500 square metres of new public space and provide a direct train connection to the doorstep of the University of Melbourne and the Melbourne Biomedical Precinct. March Western Edge Biosciences Building opened Equipped with the most sophisticated STEMM teaching