Following the final staff and student engagement workshops of the first phase of engagement in the development of the University Operating Plan 2020-2024, the Vice-Chancellor provided an update to University Council last week on the engagement process and the five emerging key themes.

1. Students First
   Putting our students’ engagement and success at the forefront of everything we do
2. Coursework Suite and Delivery
   Transitioning to a coursework suite that meets the needs of our students, employers and the University
3. Focussed Investment in Research
   Strategically investing in research to maximise funding opportunities and enhance our rankings
4. Our People
   Supporting and developing our staff to achieve our aspirations in education and research, ensuring student success
5. Ways of Working
   Enhancing processes, support and technology to achieve efficiencies in the way we deliver services to staff and students.

Summarising the first engagement phase

Face-to-face  / Zoom engagement

Engagement on crowdicity.mq.edu.au

Engagement by area

Next steps

The Vice-Chancellor will work with the Executive Group to review the inputs from the University Community during the engagement and to integrate these with our scenario planning and operational responses to COVID-19 in order to establish the University Operating Plan 2020-2024.

Although our digital engagement platform will be paused for now, based on the level of participation and positive feedback, we will be actively pursuing it as part of continued engagement in the next steps of the University’s planning work. More details will be shared with the community in the following weeks.