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Strategic direction

Deakin 2030: Ideas to Impact is the University’s plan for realising the best future for our communities. Through innovation and excellence in education and research, we generate ideas that enhance social, cultural, economic and environmental wellbeing.

Realising our best future

Deakin’s strategic plan sets out an optimistic future, framed by five impact themes that act as our compass for navigating opportunities and decisions.

Deakin 2030: Ideas to Impact demonstrates a commitment to lifelong learning and employability, discovery and creativity, digital capability, social justice, inclusivity and the strength of diversity. Through our balanced excellence in education and research, we deliver lasting value for our students, partners and communities.

Learn more about our strategic plan (PDF, 1.8MB)

Deakin's strategic plan on a page (PDF, 228.2KB)

Ambition

Our innovation and excellence in both education and research generate ideas that transform lives and communities. We will be Australia’s most progressive and responsive university, leading in blending digital capability with our distinctive campus precincts. We will leverage strong partnerships to maximise the social, cultural and economic impact we deliver regionally, nationally and globally.

Impact themes

These five impact themes are our compass, helping us navigate opportunities and decisions.

  • Advancing society, culture and the economy
  • Building safe and secure communities
  • Creating smarter technologies
  • Enabling a sustainable world
  • Improving health and wellbeing
Annual report

Annual report

Our annual report addresses statutory requirements and updates the community on our activities and outcomes. It's designed and formatted to meet the ISO standard for a universally accessible PDF.

We invite readers’ comments by emailing council-secretary@deakin.edu.au. Does the report give you a clear picture of Deakin’s work? Is there other information you would like included? Do you get an understanding of how Deakin is responding to the major challenges facing our community?

We welcome your feedback.

Download the 2023 Annual Report (PDF, 11.7MB)

Download 2023 consultant payments details (PDF, 135KB)

Our quality and standards

We're committed to quality and accountability in all our operations. This ensures there are appropriate processes in place to maintain and enhance the integrity of our research and our teaching and learning.

Academic integrity

We maintain the quality, standard and integrity of our academic programs through our policies, as well as by planning, conducting surveys, analysing business intelligence data and ensuring we comply with Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency (TEQSA) requirements.

Research integrity and safety

We provide our researchers with induction, training and support in: research integrity; human research and animal ethics; and biosafety, biosecurity and radiation safety.

University information and publications