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Professor Tyrone Carlin, Vice-Chancellor and President

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From the Vice-Chancellor

Dear Colleagues,

Universities often mark progress through milestones – a new discipline, a major grant, student outcomes.

I have been thinking recently how much of the progress we make as an institution is built in less conspicuous ways. It accumulates through decisions made well, teaching refined from one term to the next, relationships patiently developed, ideas tested and improved, and colleagues consistently doing the everyday work that moves the University forward.

Every so often, we get an opportunity to see the cumulative effect of that work more clearly.

The latest whole-of-University data on the Southern Cross Model is one such moment. Five years after its introduction, we can now look across a substantial body of evidence and see what has happened as the Model has been embedded, tested and refined. Stronger student success, lower attrition and improved satisfaction are important results in themselves, but they also represent thousands of individual interactions, decisions and improvements made over a sustained period of time.

I see something similar in the growing contribution our academics are making to conversations beyond the University. In recent weeks alone, Southern Cross University expertise has been informing discussions across areas as diverse as research, health, education, public policy and the environment.

Not every interview, briefing, expert comment, industry conversation or contribution to public debate will become a story in Southern Cross Matters. But collectively, these moments matter. They build understanding of who we are, extend the reach of our expertise and strengthen the reputation of the University.

Perhaps that is the broader reflection I take from this month. Progress is not always a single transformative moment. More often, it is the compound effect of good work, undertaken consistently, becoming visible over time.

There is plenty in this edition that offers a glimpse of that work, and a great deal more happening every day across Southern Cross University that sits behind it. I hope you enjoy August’s Southern Cross Matters.

Warm wishes,

Tyrone

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