Bond University
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| Motto: | Bringing Ambition to Life |
| Established: | 1987 |
| Type: | Private |
| Chancellor: | Mr Trevor C. Rowe AM |
| Vice-Chancellor: | Professor Robert Stable |
| Undergraduates: | app. 2,200 students |
| Postgraduates: | app. 1,000 students |
| Location: | Robina, Gold Coast, Qld, Australia |
| Campus: | Suburban |
| Organisations: | Member of Universities Australia, (formerly Australian Vice-Chancellors' Committee), Association of Commonwealth Universities [1], Council of Australian University Librarians(CAUL) |
| Website: | www.bond.edu.au |
Bond University is Australia’s first private, not-for-profit university[2], located in the suburb of Robina in Gold Coast City in the state of Queensland, approximately 85km from the state capital, Brisbane.
As a private institution, the University is distinguished by its comparatively small classes and personalised teaching style[3].
It is also differentiated from other Australian universities by a three-semesters-per-year timetable. Semesters commence in January, May and September each year, in line with Northern Hemisphere scheduling.
Bond University was established as an international university and around 40% of its student population hail from more than 75 countries around the world[4].
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[edit] Rankings
In the 2008 Good Universities Guide, Bond University received the highest ratings of all Australian Universities, receiving the maximum five-star ranking in ten key performance indicators[5].
The independent consumer guide rates Bond University five-stars for [6]. :
- Graduate Satisfaction
- Graduate Starting Salary
- Teaching Quality
- Staff Qualifications
- Staff – Student Ratio
- Getting a Job
- Positive Graduate Outcomes
- Generic Skills
- Entry Flexibility
- Non-Government Earnings
Bond University also received a #1 ranking for Average Graduate Starting Salaries, Graduate Satisfaction and Education Experience when compared to Australia’s Group of Eight leading Universities , in the Graduate Careers Australia’s 2006 Australian Graduate Survey [7].
[edit] History
The University was established and its development funded via a joint venture between Bond Corporation in Australia and the Japanese entity, EIE, at the initiative of Alan Bond , the founder and Chairman of Bond Corporation.
University status was granted by the parliament of the State of Queensland via the passage of the Bond University Act.[8] in 1987.
The unique Bond University campus was conceived and developed by master planner Daryl Jackson of Jackson Dyke with significant input from Queensland architect Robin Gibson. The signature Arch building was designed by Japanese architect Arata Isozaki [9].
The University commenced teaching in May 1989 with an initial intake of 322 students.
Bond University's operating company, Bond University Limited, is a corporation limited by guarantee, which was originally created under the Queensland Companies Code. Its governance structure includes a Board of Directors (the University Council) and a membership which is made up of elected and appointed individuals, drawn from various stakeholder groups, the largest of which is the alumni of the University. The operating entity, Bond University Limited, is subject to the provisions of the Corporations Act (Cwlth) 2001 and is a not-for profit company which applies any surplus income back into the development of the University[10].
The University campus was originally owned, along with the surrounding development lands, by the joint venture. In 1991 EIE acquired Bond Corporation's share of the project and the development lands and the campus were subsequently passed into the control of a receiver/manager, acting for the principal creditor of EIE.
The campus was acquired by Bond University Ltd in its own right in August 1998 as part of the sale of the development properties surrounding the campus by the receiver/manager to an entity jointly owned by the University of Queensland and property development company Delfin.
Bond University Limited is a company limited by guarantee and does not have shareholders. The University’s status as a not-for-profit organisation is confirmed in the Constitution of Bond University Limited [11]
Bond University is also a full member of Universities Australia, formerly the Australian Vice-Chancellors’ Committee (AVCC), and the Association of Commonwealth Universities [12].
Bond was listed by Forbes magazine as one of the most expensive universities in the world in 2008, and the most expensive in Australia.[13] University Vice-Chancellor Robert Stable argued that Bond's academic schedule, which includes three semesters a year, made for an inaccurate comparison to other university fees.[14]
[edit] Faculties
Bond University comprises four main faculties, offering a selection of undergraduate (Bachelor, Associate Degree) and postgraduate (Graduate Certificate, Postgraduate Diploma, Masters by coursework and research, doctoral and PhD) programs.
- Faculty of Business, Technology and Sustainable Development
- School of Business
- School of Information Technology
- School of Sustainable Development
- School of Hotel, Resort & Tourism Management (undergraduate and Masters programs to be offered from 2009. The School will operate with Marriott International as its industry partner, establishing the first such partnership for an Australian university and a hotel company)
- Faculty of Health Sciences & Medicine (Includes the Bond University Medical School)
- Faculty of Humanities & Social Sciences
- School of Humanities
- School of Social Sciences
- School of Communication and Media
- Faculty of Law
[edit] Notable programmes
[edit] Medicine
In May 2006, Prime Minister John Howard opened the $20 million Faculty of Health Sciences and Medicine (though the first intake of students started in May 2005), housing a complete set of lecture theatres, tutorial rooms, specialised clincical rooms and laboratories. As one of the few undergraduate Bachelor of Medicine degrees offered in Australia, Bond's three-semesters-per-year schedule means a medical student studying at the University can graduate in four years and eight months (as opposed to six or seven years at most other universities). The course is the most expensive undergraduate degree offered by an Australian university.[15]
[edit] Legal Skills
The Faculty of Law includes a Legal Skills Centre with moot courts and technology such as video conferencing rooms.[16] The Centre was opened in 2007 by Australian Attorney General Phillip Ruddock,[17] and was constructed at a cost of over AU$10 million dollars.[18] The Centre is primarily used when students participate in practical legal exercises like mooting and mediation as part of the Legal Skills subject, which is completed incrementely throughout the study of a law degree.[19]
[edit] Sustainable development
The School of Sustainable Development will be located in a green building to be opened in late 2008. The building will be the first Australian university facility to receive a six-star energy rating.[20]
[edit] Hotel, resort and tourism management
The School of Hotel, Resort and Tourism Management will open in 2009, and offer both undergraduate and graduate degrees. The school will operate with Marriott International as its industry partner, establishing the first such partnership for an Australian university and a hotel company.[21][22]
[edit] Research Centres
Bond University is also home to a number of research centres:
- Acute Respiratory Infections Collaborative Review Group – part of the worldwide Cochrane Collaboration
- Australian Centre for Family Business – facilitating research, training, seminars and conferences specifically for family owned and operated businesses
- Australian Research Centre for Sustainable Property, Planning and Infrastructure – contributing to knowledge on environmental, social and economical sustainability
- Centre for Applied Psychology and Criminology – headed by renowned criminologist, Professor Paul Wilson OAM
- Centre for East-West Cultural and Economic Studies – examining cultural, societal, economic and political interactions in the Asia Pacific region
- Centre for Film, Television and Screen-Based Media – combining academic and client-based production, with a research focus on online media entertainment
- Centre for New Media Research and Education – conducting quantitative and qualitative research on new communication technologies
- Commercial Law Centre – a centre of excellence for research, teaching, conferences, seminars and publications in the area of commercial law
- Dispute Resolution Centre –for training, teaching, research and mediation practice
- The Globalisation and Development Centre – examining the impact of globalization on finance, labour, sustainability and quality of life
- Smart Enterprises Centre – incorporating a broad range of activities relating to the strategic integration of information and communication technologies
- Software Assurance Centre – focusing on the development of testing methods for the benefit of program developers and independent assessors
- Tim Fischer Centre for Global Trade and Finance – an interdisciplinary research centre and think tank of global trade and finance issues
[edit] Campus
The Bond University campus is located on a 66-hectare site at Robina on Queensland’s Gold Coast, adjacent to the Varsity Lakes business district.
The main entrance to the campus is an expansive, landscaped arrival court and quadrangle, featuring a sundial and bell tower housing a unique nine-bell chime that rings at 9am, 12 noon and 3pm each day.
The quadrangle fronts the imposing sandstone Arch building, designed by renowned Japanese architect, Arata Isozaki, whose main inspiration came from the Triumphal Arch of Constantine in Rome.
From the quadrangle and Arch building, a series of grand sandstone faculty buildings line a landscaped promenade leading down to man-made Lake Orr, which bounds the campus to the east and north.
The University Centre, housing lecture halls, seminar rooms and the 500-seat Cerum theatre is on the western side of the lake.
In addition to the main Faculty buildings, the Bond University campus incorporates a wide range of associated learning, social and recreational facilities including:
- Bond University Library (rated in the top 25% of University Libraries in the Rodski Database[23])
- John & Alison Kearney Law Library
- Macquarie Bank Trading Room
- Legal Skills Centre
- Moot Court and E-Courtroom
- Sports & Recreation Centre
- Accommodation is available on campus for approximately 700 students. Off-campus residences including University Place, Central Park, Varsity Shores and Varsity Towers are located in close proximity.
Regular bus services operate from the University campus to the main shopping, residential and tourist areas on the Gold Coast. Rail services to Brisbane depart from the Robina train station nearby.
[edit] Student Associations
Bond University Student Council Bond University Student Council is a voluntary group elected to represent fellow students, facilitate campus activities and coordinate clubs and events.
The Student Council also has an input into the management of the University through representation on the Academic Senate which deals with academic policy and discipline on campus.
Clubs & Societies There are more than 40 cultural and special interest clubs operating on campus, ranging from drama and debating through to Amnesty International and political parties.
Bond University Sports Association (BUSA) BUSA supervises over 30 sporting clubs on campus and holds regular sporting events. They are affiliated with Australian Unisport and organise teams to compete in the Australian University Games and University Championships in various sports.
[edit] Vice-Chancellors
Professor Robert Stable, January 1, 2004 to date
Professor Ken Moores, 1997 to 2003
Professor Raoul Mortley, 1996 to 1997
Emeritus Professor Harry Messel, 1993 to 1995
Professor Philip Lader, 1991 to 1993. (He left Bond in early 1993 to serve as White House Deputy Chief of Staff to U.S. President Bill Clinton)
Professor Don Watts, 1987 to 1990
[edit] Chancellors
Trevor C Rowe AM, 2003 to date
Imelda Roche, 1999 to 2003
Dr Paul Scully-Power, 1998 to 1999
Professor Harry Messel CBE, 1992 to 1997
Elizabeth Nosworthy, 1990 to 1992
Sir Sydney Schubert, 1987 to 1990
[edit] Notable faculty
- David Day - historian
- Mike Grenby - journalist
- Terry Gygar - politician [24]
- Jon Jenkins - politician [25]
- Ingo Petzke - internationally acknowledged German director, film scholar and author. [26]
- Shirleene Robinson - historian
- Paul Wilson - criminologist [27]
[edit] Notable Alumni and Students
- David Baxby - CEO, Virgin Management Asia Pacific [28]
- Brian Jean - Canadian Member of Parliament[29]
- Steven Ciobo - Federal Member for Moncrieff; Australian Member of Parliament
- Bex Gold – entrepreneur; Pantene Young Business Woman of the Year 2006
- Karin Isdahl – US East Coast and Latin American correspondent for CNBC’s World Business program
- Grant Hackett - swimmer[30]
- Ky Hurst - Ironman and swimmer[31]
- Daniel Kowalski - swimmer[32]
- Karni Lidell - former Paralympian and Captain of Australian Paralympian Swim Team [33]*Giaan Rooney – Australian Olympic swimmer
- Andy Utting – silver medallist in baseball at the Athens Olympics
- Michael Murphy - Olympic diver
- Annabelle Williams – Australian Paralympic swimmer
[edit] References
- ^ [1]
- ^ http://www.study-australia.com/?id=187
- ^ 5 star staff to student ratio in the 2008 Good Universities Guide: http://www.bond.edu.au/ambition/fastfacts.html
- ^ http://www.bond.edu.au/ambition/fastfacts.html
- ^ [2] and [3]
- ^ [4] and [5]
- ^ Graduate Careers Australia’s 2006 Australian Graduate Survey based on 2005 Graduates, [6]
- ^ AustLII (2008). Bond University Act 1987
- ^ [7]
- ^ [8]
- ^ [9]
- ^ [10]
- ^ Lane, Bernard. "Bond Uni one of world's costliest", The Australian, March 11, 2008.
- ^ Jones, Katrina. "Bond Uni rejects high fees comparison", Gold Coast Bulletin, March 13, 2008.
- ^ Morton, Adam. "Student loans blow out as degree prices soar", The Age, August 15, 2007.
- ^ Bond University (2008). Legal Skills Centre. Retrieved April 12, 2008.
- ^ Buttner, Claire. "Bond goes high-tech", Lawyers Weekly, July 6, 2007.
- ^ Brooking, Heather. "Superspy technology for uni's legal eagles", Gold Coast Bulletin, July 29, 2007.
- ^ Bond University (2008). Integrated Legal Skills program for LLB/JD students. Retrieved April 12, 2008.
- ^ Molloy, Shannon. "Gold Coast 'green' uni an Australian first", Brisbane Times, March 18, 2008.
- ^ Gleeson, Peter. "Tourism at Bond now degree option", Gold Coast Bulletin, March 6, 2008.
- ^ Bond University (2008). Bond announces School of Hotel, Resort and Tourism Management. Retrieved March 15, 2008.
- ^ [11]
- ^ Bond University (2007). Terry Gygar. Retrieved January 11, 2007.
- ^ Parliament of New South Wales (2008). The Hon. Jon Gordon JENKINS (1958 - ). Retrieved May 7, 2008.
- ^ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ingo_Petzke
- ^ http://www.brisinst.org.au/people/wilson_paul.html
- ^ [ :: Bond University - Community Newsletter, January 2006 :: ]
- ^ [ :: Bond University - Community Newsletter, February 2006 :: ]
- ^ Dabkowski, Stephen. "Long-distance Hackett on target to be a stayer", The Age, August 2, 2003.
- ^ http://www.bond.edu.au/news/2005/nov-ky_hurst_study.htm
- ^ College Swimming (2008). Wisconsin Names Kowalski Assistant. Retrieved April 6, 2008.
- ^ Global Speakers & Entertainers - Speaker Information :: Karni Liddell
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