UNE > News and Events > Browse by article > UNE Council endorses outline of new Strategic Plan

Next Passionate graduation address gets standing ovation April 13, 2006  

Previous Prehistoric fish traps the focus of cross-cultural project April 11, 2006 

UNE Council endorses outline of new Strategic Plan

April 12, 2006

APettigrew.thumb.JPGThe University of New England Council has endorsed the outline of a new Strategic Plan for the University.

UNE’s Vice-Chancellor, Professor Alan Pettigrew, presented the outline (which includes a basic timeline) to Council at its meeting last week.

“The development of a new Strategic Plan for UNE is one of the most important tasks that we need to undertake in 2006,” Professor Pettigrew said yesterday in a message to the University’s staff. “The first step in the planning process is to seek the views of the University community on performance against the current Plan, and ideas for the future. I have asked the Executive Deans to provide this input from the Faculties and will seek similar input from research centres and the administrative units. Individual staff can also participate in this process over the next few weeks by sending their input to Prue Bedford, the Project Officer in my office.” (Prue Bedford’s e-mail address is: pbedford@une.edu.au)

Professor Pettigrew (pictured here) also announced changes to the portfolios of the University’s executive team. The changes were the result of a review and consultation with members of the team, he said.

“The new portfolios have led to changes in the descriptors of the three Pro Vice-Chancellor positions,” Professor Pettigrew said. “These are now to be ‘Academic’, ‘Research’, and ‘Development and International’. The titles of the Executive Director (Business and Administration) and the Chief Financial Officer are unchanged.

“I have also made changes to the supervision and reporting lines for administrative units that report to the executive team. All of these changes are designed to re-balance the portfolios and to provide a better alignment of activities for each member of the team. I will now work with each member of the executive team to set performance goals.

“The new arrangements will come into effect immediately. However, the executive team will be working together over the next few weeks to establish the new arrangements for administrative units. This will be done in consultation with the affected staff. There is no intention that this realignment of reporting relationships will affect the number of staff positions.”

Posted by Jim Scanlan at April 12, 2006 12:22 PM