University Strategy
The University Strategy 2007-2011 was approved by the University Council in 2005 and represents the culmination of a University-wide discussion that began with the release of the paper, A University for the Next Twenty Five Years.
The University Strategy 2007-2011 has enabled Charles Sturt University to define its own future and embrace opportunities that will arise in the rapidly changing international higher education environment.
Planning Framework
The current University Strategy 2007-2011 defines the University’s values, vision and mission. It focuses attention on the four key objectives of: Courses, Learning & Teaching, Research and Institutional Development.
The University Strategy 2007-2011 heads a comprehensive planning framework that aligns the objectives of the institution and its constituent parts, through centrally controlled planning, review and budget development processes.
Performance against institutional objectives and the management of corporate level risks are monitored by University Council in accordance with standard governance requirements. Similarly, accountability for performance and risk management within the institution is established through standard reporting lines and the Performance Management processes.
To learn more about the Charles Sturt University Planning Processes.
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University Structure
Charles Sturt University was established on 2 June 1989 by the NSW Parliament as a not-for-profit statutory corporation under the Charles Sturt University Act 1989.
The University is a charitable corporation under the Income Tax and Assessment Act 1997 of the Commonwealth of Australia.
The organisational structure of the University, including roles, responsibilities and processes, are documented on yourCSU – a web site designed to introduce users to the who, what, where, why and how of the University. yourCSU is a rich information source and is updated on a regular basis to provide a current reference source on Charles Sturt University.
The web site can be accessed by going to: http://www.csu.edu.au/staff/yourcsu/
Vice-Chancellor and President
The Vice-Chancellor and President is the chief executive officer of the University and is accountable to the University Council for the day to day management of the University.Click here to read more about the Vice-Chancellor and President .
Senior Executive Committee
The Vice-Chancellor is assisted in the day to day management of the University by a Senior Executive Committee comprised of:
- Professor Ross Chambers, Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Academic)
- Professor Lyn Gorman, Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Administration)
- Professor Paul Burnett, Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research)
- Mr Jim Hackett, Executive Director, Finance
- Mr Michael Knight, Executive Director, Human Resources
Academic Management
The University's four faculties comprise a number of schools and centres. Faculties operate across campuses and are responsible for developing and delivering courses, while schools are generally based on a single campus and carry responsibility for teaching subjects.
The Faculty Deans are:
- Professor Anthony Cahalan, Dean, Faculty of Arts
- Professor John Hicks, Dean, Faculty of Business
- Professor Toni Downes, Dean, Faculty of Education
- Professor Nick Klomp, Dean, Faculty of Science
Research Management
Research is conducted through a range of highly focussed Institutes and Centres located across the University’s campuses. For further information about our current diversity of high quality research centres and research groups, please click here.
Administrative Management
The administrative and academic support services of the University are provided by the Divisions, Offices and Centres of the University.
Campus Relations
Five of the University’s campuses have a Head of Campus who, as a member of the executive, has University-wide accountabilities as well as being responsible for representing and promoting the University within the region in which the campus is located. As a unified institution, campus management is distributed among the academic and administrative units of the University. For more information on each of the Heads of Campus please click on the relevant campus location below: