The strategy is structured around six inter-related core commitments. They all cascade from our values, include our core activities of high-quality teaching and research, and will be enabled by strategic partnering, a substantial renewal of our campuses and a significant investment in our people.
By 2025, we will:
Values
A values-led university
Increase our Indigenous staff to 2% of staff with clear plans to reach population parity.
Be on our way to halving carbon emissions by 2030.
Be ranked in the top 200 universities globally for Sustainable Development Goals.
Renew our commitment to supporting a diverse range of students into education.
Students
Graduates confident to face the future
Create the Griffith Graduates of the Future program to support student success in learning and in transitioning to employment.
Undergo a digital transformation that improves the learning experience for all students and that provides our faculty with advanced digital teaching skills.
Create, often in partnership with industry, a set of stackable micro-credentials that support employees and entrepreneurs to thrive throughout their careers.
Increase international students to 25% of student numbers.
Research
Research solutions for tomorrow’s problems
Be ranked in the top 200 universities in the world; with 10 disciplines in the top 100.
Establish Griffith Beacons for interdisciplinary research.
Double the number of Griffith-funded postdoctoral fellowships and create pathways for research students to employment.
Increase research income by at least $20M p.a., and increase funding from both competitive grants and other sources.
People
Unleashing the potential of our people
Create a suite of professional development opportunities for ECRs / MCRs, emerging and established leaders.
Empower staff through reducing unnecessary administration.
Increase under-represented groups in our staff, including at leadership levels.
Engagement
Partnering for impact domestically and globally
Establish six strategic international partnerships, including four in the Asia–Pacific.
Create a hub of research and engagement excellence in Asia–Pacific trade and business.
Establish new academic roles with a focus on partnership building; see an uplift in strategic research partnerships and funding.
Create a ‘front door’ to the University for industry partners.
Infrastructure
Building a physical and digital future
Develop a high-quality inner-city presence for business, law, creative arts and related disciplines and executive education.
Undertake a major sciences and social sciences building program at Nathan and close Mount Gravatt.
Successfully establish ADaPT and increase partnerships within the Gold Coast Health and Knowledge Precinct.
Create opportunities for partners to build their physical presence at Logan.