HUMANE Study Visit to Australia

Strategic transformations of Australian universities: Practice, successes and challenges

Hosted by the Australian Catholic University (ACU), September 24-28, 2023

An ambitious programme

Registrations are now open for this unique professional development opportunity for HUMANE members & their senior staff.

Australia’s universities are among the most innovative in the world. They are often praised for their global engagement strategies and practice. How have Australian universities shaped solid strategies, transformed and redesigned their operational services, physical and digital infrastructures to support major changes?

Programme outline

Our HUMANE programme comprises study visits to three very different types of institutions in Sydney. It focused on strategic transformations and delivery in the context of global engagement.

• Global and local engagement and transformation (University of Sydney)
• Operational services transformation (Australian Catholic University)
• Infrastructure development and delivery, strategy and practice (University of Technology Sydney).

The programme will involve hearing from senior speakers from each institution; it will be highly interactive to facilitate genuine knowledge and experience exchange and networking.

There will be a seminar with HUMANE’s counterpart, the Deputy Vice-Chancellors Corporate Group (under Universities Australia), which will provide additional opportunities for good practice exchange, discussions on key trends in higher education, big challenges and future developments, and a platform for international networking.

The detailed outline of the programme will be available very shortly.

Why attend?

With a population of 25 million people Australia is a relatively small country yet it has 43 universities with very high large revenues and a strong global academic reputation. The pandemic hit the country’s higher education and universities very hard, yet through Australian’s pioneering spirit and determination, recovery has been impressive leading to new growth at sector level and in universities.

What has driven this impressive performance? How has it been led and managed? What can European institutions learn from the Australian experience, including about the post-pandemic recovery. What are some of the ‘next big things’ that Australian institutions are currently working on. These are just some of the questions that will be covered during the programme.

Timing and fees

Held over four days the programme is highly intensive to make best use of participants’ time.

The fee for the full programme is €1,995 for HUMANE Members and Residential School Alumni. The fee for non-members is €2,495. It includes all study visits, seminar costs, transport between venues, documentation, lunch and evening meals within the programme. It excludes travel costs to and from Sydney and accommodation.

Register your interest here to secure your place on a programme.