Welcome to Monash18 March 2011

Education at MonashProfessor Adam ShoemakerDeputy Vice-Chancellor (Education)

A quick tour of...

• Graduate Attributes

• Monash Passport & Monash Passport+

• Monash Curriculum Model

• Monash Student Profile

• Quality Targets

• Institutional Objectives

Graduate Attributes

Monash University prepares its graduates to be:

1. responsible and effective global citizens who:engage in an internationalised worldexhibit cross-cultural competencedemonstrate ethical values

2. critical and creative scholars who:produce innovative solutions to problemsapply research skills to a range of challengescommunicate perceptively and effectively

Monash … where were we in 2006

• ‘There is nothing we can do to differentiate ourselves from Melbourne’

• ‘Make a virtue of our complexity’

• Question: Is the status quo really a ‘considered model’?

Review of the Curriculum Meeting 12/10/06

Monash Passport …October 2008

• ‘We have enshrined student choice at the centre of our education’

• ‘If the flexibility and diversity of a double degree is important to you, choose Monash’

• ‘If you want to undertake a prestigious professional degree from day one, choose Monash’

Launch of the Monash Passport 8/10/08

The Monash Passport: Choose

• Flexibility in qualifications and mode of study

• A professional degree from day one

• $30m of scholarships

The Monash Passport: Enhance

• Monash Students– Building knowledge through depth units

• Secondary Students– Enhancement Studies Program– Science Olympiad

The Monash Passport: Act

• Volunteer programs

• MOUs with Oxfam Australia and World Vision

• Ancora Imparo

The Monash Passport: Investigate

• Research inspired education

• VC’s Undergraduate Research Scholarships

• Honours

The Monash Passport: Explore

• Support for intercampus exchange

• Study Abroad - Monash teaches on four continents and has more than 115 partner universities in 25 countries

Monash Passport+…the vision

• The Monash Passport+ will enable for-credit activities in which students develop skills applied in existing Passport co-curriculum initiatives. It will

• Attract 20 new high performing students per annum to Monash;

• Provide a 25 fold increase in opportunities for Monash’s 52000 coursework students to develop skills for research and employment in the period 2011–15;

• Ensure that students receive a record of their participation in Passport activities upon graduation from 2011; and

• Secure Monash’s leadership in education for local and global community transformation.

Monash Curriculum Model Principles

Monash is a premier comprehensive university which is distinguished by its research-inspired coursework, the depth and richness of its academic offerings, its double degrees and its social and professional engagement. Its globally-aligned curriculum model – the Monash Passport – is committed to inspiring and challenging every student.

Monash Curriculum Model

• The Monash Curriculum is a ‘why wait?’ curriculum

• The Monash Curriculum challenges students to venture beyond their expectations

• The Monash Curriculum is inspired by a 360-degree vision

• The Monash Curriculum is ‘stretch’ curriculum

The curriculum of Monash University is

• Social, ethical, discovery-based• Research-inspired—early and often throughout the degree• International—whether or not one leaves home• Creative bridges between disciplines• Richness, depth and breadth• Personalised learning empowered by the best technology• Aims to change the world inside and outside the campus

Monash Student Profile… changing over timePop Poll data 2009 – 2011

Attracting Top 5% school leavers to Monash

Introduction of the Melbourne Model

The Popularity of Double Degrees

• Double degrees are particularly popular amongst Top 5% students: of the 1,250 Top 5% student enrolments, 650 (52%) were in double degrees

Monash Research Track: Honours Degrees• Honours degree student load up 40% from 863 EFTSL in 2006 to 1,218 in 2010

Possible quality targets by 2013

• 40 % double degrees

• Quality floor ATAR 75 or equivalent

• Course Experience Questionnaire 3+ stars

• 20 or more students per unit/course

Summary: The Monash Passport+ and Curriculum Model

Global

Research Inspired

High Quality

Enhancetake-up of

double degrees

Strengthen teaching quality

Make a Passport

research unit compulsory

Streamline coursework

administration

Consolidate courses

and units

Monash Institutional Objectives:Increased Indigenous Staff and Student Participation

• Monash University will increase the awareness of Indigenous communities of the University as a culturally-safe and welcoming environment in which to work and study. Indigenous knowledge and contributions as First Peoples are critical to Australia and to Monash’s stated objectives of improving the global human condition.

Monash Institutional Objectives:Increased Low-SES Participation

• Monash will increase access and success in undergraduate courses by students coming from low SES backgrounds, within the context of Monash’s commitment to academic strengthening and excellence.

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