Welcome to Victoria University's new City Tower
It is an absolute honour for Victoria University to host the Campus Live ANZ 2022 and – even more so – in our new VU City Tower at the City Campus. This is the first conference to be held here. It is a tremendous opportunity to showcase VU City Tower's leading-edge teaching and learning facilities, industry immersion and sustainability.
Located in the heart of Melbourne's central business district and legal precinct, on the traditional lands of the Wurundjeri Woiwurrung of the Kulin Nation, the VU City Tower is a university campus of the future. We are taking our award-winning VU Block Model literally to the next level. At the same time, we are co-locating higher education, vocational learning, research and key industry partnerships to create an innovative, digitally enabled and career-focused precinct.
I look forward to welcoming delegates, connecting with colleagues from across the world, and diving into some of the key challenges and opportunities faced by the sector.
Conferences such as these are so important for the reinvigoration of tertiary education at a time when it needs it the most. I hope that this meeting will inspire action, initiate conversation and motivate solutions.
With best wishes,
Professor Adam Shoemaker
President and vice-chancellor
Victoria University
About Victoria University
Victoria University (VU) has offered accessible, world-class education to students in Melbourne’s west and beyond for more than a century. In the THE World University rankings 2022, VU ranked in the top 2% of universities for the sixth consecutive year. It also ranked top 6% globally for THE Impact Rankings and was Australia’s #1 university for employability skills in 2020 and 2021.
Doing dual differently
In 2018, VU introduced the revolutionary VU Block Model of teaching and learning, an Australian first. It enables students to study one subject at a time over four weeks in smaller classes, allowing more one-on-one time with lecturers and greater immersion in each subject. Results show increased pass rates and grades.
As one of only six Australian dual sector universities, VU offers flexible, concurrent and complementary studies, bringing together Technical and Further Education through Victoria University Polytechnic and Higher Education.
Research with impact
With 28 research disciplines ranked at or above world standard in the latest Excellence in Research Australia (ERA) assessments, VU research has a clear impact mandate, ensuring that its outcomes benefit people, place and the planet. VU’s strengths lie in sport, health and active living, and sustainable industries and liveable cities.
Industry-leading partners
Ethical partnering is at the core of what VU does. Strong alliances with regional organisations like Western Health and the Western Bulldogs and partnerships with more than 4,000 organisations are integral in shaping VU’s teaching. They provide industry-immersed learning experiences and research collaboration to benefit the region and local communities.
A place of opportunity and diversity
VU are champions of progressive inclusivity, with more than 40,000 students from over 90 countries studying onshore and 5,400 studying at the university’s international partner institutions. Proudly, 51% of students are first-generation – at VU, education comes with opportunity and success.
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