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Professor Tyrone Carlin, Vice-Chancellor and President

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From the Vice-Chancellor

Dear Colleagues,

Each month the process of drawing together the pages of Southern Cross Matters serves to reinforce the extraordinary breadth of talent and activity that is happening within our University, and May 2026 is certainly no exception to that. Whether as you read through the assembled content you find a to this point undiscovered passion for the art of training camels or a fascination for the psychology of e-sports, to take just two examples, I have no doubt that there will be much that is both interesting and informative.

I did wish in foregrounding this month’s edition to offer some reflections on the level of focus you’ll notice on matters relating to international partnerships, education and research. There is gathering momentum in this domain and from my perspective, taking the time and effort to invest in high quality international research and educational partnerships is a key plank of our continued work in enhancing our impact, growing our networks and reputation and building a stronger and more dynamic institution. This work is also becoming more and more central to our institutional strategy, and as such, is of consequence for all of us, whatever our focus and role.

In coming weeks, we will welcome to our campuses groups of colleagues from a number of our longstanding international partner universities, as well as prospective partner universities attracted to key elements of our research expertise and to our unique curriculum model.

Importantly, the work we are doing to grow and strengthen existing partnerships of long standing as well as develop new, strategically aligned international relationships does not take us away from our core focus on delivering impact and value for the regions that we are so deeply embedded in. But it does reinforce that so much of what we are working on here is of truly world standard and capable of being harnessed to great good in other parts of the globe which while geographically distant are proximate with respect to challenges faced and future aspirations.

I hope you very much enjoy this month’s edition of Southern Cross Matters and look forward to receiving continued feedback about the kinds of topics or focus areas that would be of interest for future editions.

Warmest wishes
Tyrone

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