2019Annual Report Contents Chancellor and Vice Chancellor’s report 2 Letter of compliance 6 Organisational structure 7 Governance 8 Other governance reports 13 Research 19 Learning, teaching and the student experience 32 Financial summary 46 Financial statements 48 Appendix: indicators and targets 105 Glossary 116 Campus locations 117 The following sections will be reported separately online (not within this report): • Consultancies • Overseas travel Please access at griffith.edu.au/annual-report or on the Queensland Government Open Data website at data.qld.gov.au Copies of this report are available in paper form by contacting the Office of Marketing and Communications on +61 7 3735 6741. Griffith University is committed to providing accessible services to people from all culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds. If you require assistance to understand the annual report, you can contact the Office of Marketing and Communications on +61 7 3735 6741 to arrange an interpreter to effectively communicate the report to you. Vision and mission To transform lives and add to human knowledge and understanding in a way that creates a future that benefits all. We will pursue our vision through our core principles of excellence, ethics, and engagement. Excellence • We commit to excellence in our work, ambitious to ensure that our teaching and learning, research, and engagement is of the highest quality. • In the pursuit of excellence, we reach across boundaries of all kinds within and beyond the University. In particular, we pride ourselves on our interdisciplinary work and our ability to engage with industry, government and the not-for-profit sector. • Students will be provided with high-quality education and the capacity to develop and apply knowledge to exercise influence and make meaningful lifelong contributions to their communities. • We recognise the central role of academic freedom and a robust culture of free speech to university life. Ethical behaviour • We celebrate being an inclusive and diverse community, and create pathways to education for a wide variety of people regardless of their background. • We have a long-standing commitment to environmental sustainability and guardianship of our unique campus ecosystems. • We are committed to social justice and see the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) as one powerful articulation of these values. The SDGs set out 17 goals to ‘achieve a better and more sustainable future for all’ in areas such as poverty reduction, good health, quality education, and climate action. Engagement • We recognise the unique place of First Peoples in our history and culture and the importance of respecting Indigenous knowledge, culture and talent. • We are ethical in our collaborations with a wide variety of partners, seeking mutual and sustainable value in our partnerships. • We recognise our particular obligations to the communities in which our campuses are based and are committed to being good neighbours who enhance local life. • We engage globally, paying particular attention to our enduring relationship with Asian and Pacific countries. • Our international relationships seek to enhance the capacity of partners in areas such as teaching and learning, research, and community partnerships. Chancellor and Vice Chancellor’s report Other significant appointments during 2019 included those to the newly established positions of Pro Vice Chancellor (Learning and Teaching), Professor Carol Evans and Pro Vice Chancellor (Research), Professor Andrea Bishop. Council established these additional senior roles in response to the growing scale and complexity of the University. Selected highlights The year started well for Griffith with Australia Day honours for Professor Paul Simshauser from the Department of Accounting, Finance and Economics, Dr Dinesh Palipana from the School of Mr Henry Smerdon AM DUniv, Professor Carolyn Evans, Medicine, and Matthew Condon from the School of Humanities, Vice Chancellor and President Chancellor Languages and Social Science. These were followed later in the year by the Queen’s Birthday Honours which included Professor Mark 2019 overview von Itzstein AO, Director of the Griffith Institute for Glycomics. Griffith University’s fifth Vice Chancellor Professor Carolyn Evans In March, the Australian Research Council published the results commenced in February 2019, taking over the custodianship of the of the Excellence in Research for Australia 2018 evaluation. The University following a long and distinguished tenure by Professor outcomes for Griffith were excellent, with 59 out of 61 specific Emeritus Ian O’Connor AC. In addition to engaging the University fields of research rated as world standard or above, with 20 fields in the development of a new Strategic Plan, the Vice Chancellor awarded the highest rating of ‘well above world standard’. recruited candidates into the senior leadership ranks to deliver on the objectives of the new strategy and to fill vacant roles. The University also achieved excellent rankings outcomes in 2019, breaking into the Top 201–250 band for the first time on the The recruitment of a new Deputy Vice Chancellor (Research), influential Times HE World University Rankings 2020, matching Professor Mario Pinto, brings an internationally respected chemical its Top 250 ranking on the US News Global Rankings. Griffith also biologist onto the leadership team. Professor Pinto has served as rose two places to 35th in the Times Higher Education 2019 Young President of the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council University Rankings. of Canada, Chair of the Global Research Council, and Vice President Research and Chair of Chemistry at Simon Fraser University In terms of subject areas, Griffith was ranked by the prestigious and is a Fellow in the Royal Society of Canada. Professor Pinto Shanghai Global Ranking of Academic Subjects in 37 subjects with boasts an enviable record in brokering partnerships with industry nine of these in the global top 100. Griffith is ranked as the leading and commercial entities, government departments, community university in Australia in three subject areas: Hospitality and Tourism organisations and international partners. Professor Pinto will Management (2nd in the world), Nursing and Midwifery (4th in the commence as Deputy Vice Chancellor (Research) in February 2020. world) and Law and Criminology (29th in the world). The University was also ranked 2nd nationally for Marine/Ocean Engineering One of the commitments of the new Strategic Plan is to strengthen (13th in the world). our First People’s leadership structures. With that in mind, Council approved the establishment of a Pro Vice Chancellor (Indigenous) Griffith Business School has maintained its prestigious international position at its meeting in June. The recruitment process was accreditation with the AACSB (Association to Advance Collegiate completed in December with the appointment of Professor Schools of Business) International for another five years. AACSB Cindy Shannon AM as the University’s first Pro Vice Chancellor International provides quality assurance, business education (Indigenous). Professor Shannon will be the University’s executive intelligence, and learning and development services to more than leader and enabler of University activity and initiatives in Indigenous 1,700 member organisations and more than 840 accredited education, community engagement, research and innovation. business schools worldwide. The University achieved excellent rankings outcomes in 2019, breaking into the Top 201–250 band for the first time on the influential Times HE World University Rankings 2020. 2 | Griffith University The new $80 million Engineering, Technology and Aviation Building Dr Dinesh Palipana OAM, medical alumnus, was announced at a at the Nathan campus was handed over to the University in late function in New York City as one of 10 global recipients of the October. Teaching in the building will commence in Trimester 1, 2019 Henry Viscardi Achievement Awards honouring leaders 2020. The building is exceptionally well designed and was brought with disabilities. to fruition ahead of time and within budget. Griffith alumnus Professor Qiyong Liu, Chief Scientist for Health and Climate Change China was named the 2019 Alumnus of the Staff recognition Year at the Australia China Alumni Awards in Beijing. The award Griffith’s acknowledged excellence in learning and teaching was recognised his remarkable achievements in public health and again nationally recognised with inspirational mathematics educator particularly working with poor and vulnerable communities. Associate Professor Kevin Larkin from the School of Education and Professional Studies named in February as the 2018 Australian University Teacher of the Year—the fourth Griffith academic to win this prestigious award. The academic excellence of our staff was highlighted through recognition of several leading scholars as fellows of learned academies. Professor Carolyn Evans and Professor Renee Jeffery were named as Fellows of the Academy of Social Sciences in Australia while Professor Gerry Docherty was announced as a Fellow of the Australian Academy of the Humanities. Professor Huijun Zhao was named as a Highly Cited Researcher by the Web of Sciences Group which recognises the world’s most influential researchers of the past decade by the production of multiple highly-cited papers that rank in the top 1 per cent by citations for field. In November, Associate Professor Jeremy Brownlie