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Setting the Pace 2006-2009 (revised) (pdf 115KB): Strategic Directions for the Current Decade combines the updated Setting the Pace, the statement of the Our Mission, vision and guiding principles, and the Strategic Plan for 2006-2009 (pdf 115KB), both of which were developed during 2004 with extensive input from the University community and revised in 2006. To view the previous version of Setting the Pace 2005-2008 (pdf 115KB). A current project in 2008 is to review all elements of Setting the Pace.
The University of Technology, Sydney is an Australian university with an international focus. It provides higher education to enhance professional practice, to serve the community at large and to enable students to reach their full personal and career potential.
Through its promotion of learning and pursuit of research and creative practice, the University contributes to the advancement and integration of knowledge, professional skills and technology, and their intelligent, sustainable and enterprising application for the benefit of humanity.
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UTS will be guided by a strong commitment to:
• Excellence in the achievement of its mission
• Intellectual independence and sound ethical practice
• Close collaboration with the professions, business, industry, government and the wider community
• Equitable access to education
• Indigenous cultures and the process of reconciliation
• International perspectives and the richness of cultural and social diversity
• Sustainability – ecological, social and economic
• Fairness and transparency
• Critical commentary on public issues
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By 2010, UTS will be renowned as:
UTS will be recognised, both nationally and internationally, for its imaginative and dynamic approaches to practice oriented higher education. We will adopt a broad and holistic concept of learning, one that fuses the intellectual rigour of disciplinary knowledge with the ideas and concepts produced during the course of professional practice and community service. We will be valued for shaping the educational foundations of existing and emerging fields of practice and for integrating knowledge across disciplines to provide real-world education applicable to the complex workplace and community of the 21st century.
UTS will be the university of first choice for students who are seeking an intellectually challenging education – one that equips them for an international and technological workplace and provides a strong appreciation of the social, ethical and sustainability dimensions of their chosen professions. We will provide high quality and distinctive research education programs that prepare students to work in diverse environments as leaders in a knowledge based society.
Our alumni and other practising professionals will applaud our commitment to flexible ‘whole of career’ learning and development services and will turn to UTS at every career milestone.
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UTS puts its students’ education first. Our educational model will focus on the development of autonomous learners, producing graduates who are reflective and creative practitioners. UTS will be a leader in integrating professional education with workplace and interdisciplinary team experience.
Our flexible learning environment and effective use of technology in teaching and learning will underpin the University’s reputation for excellence in the facilitation of learning and the provision of stimulating and imaginative learning resources. Our academic staff will be skilled educators and mentors, helping students to become independent learners and reflect on their professional experiences.
UTS will provide a wide range of support programs and services to optimise students’ academic and career success and will provide a physical and social environment that enhances the nature and quality of students’ overall experience at the University. Our administrative systems and services will be helpful, responsive, effective and seamless, and will be supported by effective technologies.
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UTS will be a preferred partner of industry, business, government and the professions. Our intellectual and interdisciplinary capability, flexibility and pragmatism will attract other organisations to join with us in creating and delivering a wide range of innovative knowledge-based programs and services. All partnership arrangements will be underpinned by an agreed set of values, including the intellectual independence of the University.
The key to our success will be recognition of the legitimacy and value of knowledge created in professional practice and work settings and our research-based understanding of the drivers of change in the workplace – emerging technologies, social patterns, business processes and internationalisation. UTS will be at the heart of lively communities of practice that extend across industry, business, government, educational and international boundaries.
We will build a strong national and international research profile in a discrete number of niche areas, with an emphasis on collaborative research with industry, business and government.
UTS will form enduring partnerships with international agencies and education providers for the development and delivery of education, research and consultancy services and will contribute its expertise to developing countries.
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UTS will take advantage of its locations at the heart of a major cosmopolitan city to advance Australia’s contribution and standing on the world stage. We will encourage international interactions and will attract strong interest from overseas students, academics and education providers who wish to benefit from our distinctive academic approach.
Through all our academic activities, we will embrace the cultural diversity of indigenous and non-indigenous local students, overseas students and staff to fully and actively engage with our increasingly cosmopolitan society.
UTS will welcome overseas students and visiting academics and foster their interactions with the local university community. Many of our Australian students will undertake some study overseas as part of their degree programs. The University’s curriculum and modes of teaching and learning will equip UTS graduates for international careers and prepare them to live and work in a world of social and cultural diversity.
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UTS will seize the benefits of its Sydney location. Our contribution to the social, environmental and economic development of Sydney as a world city will be widely recognised by our local community. Our position at the center of major industry, business, government and transport networks will pave the way for our significant impact on national policy agendas and directions in professional practice.
UTS will be enterprising in the achievement of its mission. We will capitalise on our intellectual property and diversify our income base through commercially oriented research and innovation in the design and delivery of educational services.
The University will be a key contributor to the creation of new enterprises and industries. We will provide access to entrepreneurial skills development to prepare our graduates for self-employment and the commercial application of their knowledge. We will apply our knowledge capital, professional expertise and technological capability to the initiation and support of new business ventures.
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The University’s intellectual energy, progressiveness, authentic commitment to its core values and conditions of employment will attract high calibre and dynamic staff. We will pursue best practice in our management and technology systems to enable greater freedom and creativity in our work, and to enhance staff skills and employability.
UTS will develop into a strong learning organisation – one that inspires staff to achieve their full potential. We will create an open and flexible organisational culture which is committed to quality outcomes and which facilitates knowledge sharing, teamwork, staff satisfaction and development. Staff will have opportunities to enhance their knowledge and skills and to be rewarded for their contributions to the achievement of the University’s distinctive mission.
The University will seek, build and reward innovative and energetic leaders who can inspire others and guide UTS in the realisation of its vision.
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