Martin Bean - staff update February 2018
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Hello everyone,
I love this time of year at RMIT.
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The buzz of students as they fill our campuses
and explore new spaces and experiences.
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You can feel the energy a new year brings
as you roam through the welcome events across
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the University.
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It's also a time when we get to plan for the
year ahead - set our goals and be clear about
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how we'll achieve them.
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Last week we had our first Executive Leadership
Forum of the year.
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We were joined by the Chancellor and members
of Council who talked about our score card
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for 2017.
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They set out clear expectations, more importantly though, acknowledged
the strong progress we've made.
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They have absolute confidence in our ability
to achieve our 2020 ambitions
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and I share that confidence.
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We should be proud.
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We're getting the mix right - driving progress
in our critical teaching and learning agenda,
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as well as celebrating the real world impact
we're having with our research.
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This unique combination is one that not many
Universities achieve and I believe we're making
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great progress.
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We're starting to turn rhetoric into action.
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And we need to, as we enter the half way point
of our Strategic Plan.
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Let's keep building on the improvements we've
seen in our student satisfaction scores, staff
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engagement, and research.
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Let's keep pushing to simplify our systems
and processes, making RMIT an easier place
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to work and study.
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History tells us that when we channel our
collective energy in one direction, we succeed.
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Our five Focus Areas are where we
need to channel our energy this year.
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I know we can do it.
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I constantly remind myself how lucky I am
to wake up every day and realise that I work
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for an organisation that is making a real
difference in the world.
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We create life changing outcomes for our students,
the community and industry and we should be
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proud of our work and our University.
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It's that passion and purpose that readies
me for a breakthrough year.
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I hope you share that with me and with every one of your colleagues across the university.
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See you soon.
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