About the Growing Esteem Strategy
For more than 150 years the University has served the community by taking seriously the mission of a great university. That commitment is undiminished. So too is the belief that higher education can shape not just those who study, but the world they inhabit. Growing Esteem recognises that the University must adapt as the world changes.
The University of Melbourne’s strategy, Growing Esteem, is designed to achieve the goal highlighted by the University motto — Postera Crescam Laude ‘to grow in the esteem of future generations’. By strengthening the University's international reputation as a public-spirited institution, Growing Esteem looks ahead to the next decade. A decade in which the University will truly become one of the world's finest, highly regarded in research and research training, learning and teaching, and knowledge transfer.
Together these three activities are envisaged as a metaphoric triple-helix in which they are closely bound, each reinforcing the other. Growing Esteem takes into account current national and international research priorities, it aims to assist the University in addressing the pressures of space, size and coherence in undergraduate education and it ensures a much stronger link between public outreach and teaching and research.
In research and research training, the University is focusing its resources and efforts in fields where it has the potential to do work of world-wide significance. In learning and teaching, undergraduate degrees are more coherent and intellectually exciting generalist courses, whilst a superb professional education is offered at graduate level. In knowledge transfer, the University is working with communities and industry to ensure a vibrant and continuous exchange of ideas and expertise.
As an ongoing and evolving strategy, Growing Esteem publications are regularly developed and updated. Information is also available on the recent history of Growing Esteem.