Federation University is tipped to be one of the global tertiary institution “rising stars” by 2030, according to an international study.
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The university has made the 20-member list compiled by London-based higher education strategy consulting firm Firetail.
The report looks for rapidly improving universities capitalising on higher education global trends and who will shake up the university “establishment” in the next decade.
Federation University was one of 20 universities that rose more than 250 places in the University Ranking by Academic Performance list since 2010-2011 and is considered to be located in a “strong higher education ecosystem”.
Federation University deputy vice-chancellor (engagement) Professor Todd Walker said they were “buoyed” at being on the rising stars list.
“We’ve taken notice of the report because most of the ones on it are ambitious and fast moving and Federation University has been that,” Professor Walker said.
“If you look at our trajectory over the past five years, we have capitalised on our acquisition program and we’ve been developing our international strategy.”
The university took over Monash University’s Gippsland campus in 2014 and will take over its Berwick site in 2017.
It has also developed an open campus in Malaysia and, by the middle of next year, will have an international campus in Brisbane, along with research campuses in China.
“We know where we want to be by 2030 and we are committed to the key values of the university and its regional communities.
“We are not shying away from the global trends and we have had significant stability within the last three to five years in regards to strategic intent and leadership, both in the executive and council.”
Professor Walker said Federation University had remained student centric, with an overhaul of its systems based on student experiences and a readjustment of its workforce.
“Students by and large are consumers and they compare their experience with other students’ experiences at other universities and they are quick to change.
(But) what this report says is watch this group of universities, they’ve got their act together.”
The other Australian tertiary institutions to make the list were Western Sydney University and Charles Darwin University in Darwin.
Fiona Henderson
Education reporter at The Courier
Education reporter at The Courier
