CQU dean lays down the law

“We need to collectively see our roles and contributions in a different way, “says Lee Di Milia

Professor Di Milia sets out challenges for what is now the School of Business and Law, as the university moves to a new structure, with new goals;

* reduce attrition by “reviewing curriculum, assessment and ensuring we provide the best student support.” With attrition “about 30 per cent,” “this is a task we need to solve,” Professor Di Milia says

* embed VET competencies into undergraduate programmes, “this cannot happen in the current model”

* grow enrolments – to address the loss of internationals and meet “intense competition from our competitors”

* “build scale and focus” in publications, external income and research higher degree supervision. Professor Di Milia sets out specifics why this needs doing and alludes to the coming government requirement that universities must undertake world standard research in half the discipline fields they teach (CMM December 11 2019).

“In the short-term we may need to consider academic profiles for staff with a profile that requires consistent publications but have not met the goal,” he says.