About the University's strategy in 2010
Since 2005 the University’s strategy, known as Growing Esteem, has been characterised by the triple helix metaphor. The triple helix is comprised of three tightly-bound strands: research, learning and teaching and engagement. The strategy commits the University to its motto postera crescam laude: ‘to grow in the esteem of future generations.’In 2009 an extensive consultation process set out to refine the strategy expounded in 2005. The result is a new document, Growing Esteem 2010, which describes how the University intends to further its mission to be a public-spirited and internationally-engaged institution, offering its students, staff and community one of the finest universities in the world.
Central to the strategy is the metaphor of the triple helix. Each strand shapes and reinforces the other, and is sharply focussed and valued in its own right.
The first strand – research – is crucial to the University’s mission, by making a significant contribution to the accumulation of knowledge. Emphasis in research at the University is placed on strength and depth across a number of disciplines, ensuring strong performance in international rankings and national benchmarking measures.
The second strand – learning and teaching – includes the University’s curriculum, at undergraduate, graduate and research higher degree levels. Since the introduction of the Melbourne Model, learning at the University is characterised by six broad, three-year undergraduate degrees, followed by the option to enrol in a professional graduate program, a research higher degree, or to go directly into employment.
The final strand – engagement – encompasses interaction between the University and the wider community at local, national and international levels. This includes knowledge partnerships, international programs, interactions with alumni and advancement activities, and is crucial to the University’s public-spirited and internationally-engaged character.
The triple helix strands are supported by a series of enablers; our people, infrastructure, planning, administration, resources, repositories of scholarly information and communications and marketing.
More detailed information about the University’s strategy can be found at the research, learning and teaching and engagement webpages. Information about the history and advancement of the strategy can be found at Developing our Strategy and Refining our Strategy.