IN THE BEGINNING
2012-2016
THE NEXT CHAPTER of Bond’s story is highlighted by recognition on the international stage. Bond Business School gains global accreditation from the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB) and the European Quality Improvement System (EQUIS), becoming one of only eight business schools in Australia to hold this dual international recognition. The Master of Construction Practice becomes the first postgraduate degree in Australia to be accredited by the worldwide Chartered Institute of Building. Bond Law partners with Zhongnan University of Economics and Law (ZUEL) in China and the Swiss International Law School. It also continues to develop its North American market by offering specialist subjects in Canadian Law, with the 1000th Canadian law student enrolling at Bond in 2014. The Bond-BBT Global Leadership MBA designed for Japanese executives, delivered with Dr Kenichi Ohmae, Chairman of Business Breakthrough University, celebrates its 1000th graduate in 2016. Other international linkages allow students to undertake internships and study tours to Silicon Valley, China, Africa, remote communities in the Solomon Islands and in a network of AECOM offices in 150 countries worldwide. In 2014, Bond features in the world’s Top 200 QS World University Rankings for the first time. The following year, it is crowned World’s Best Beachside University by Study International. Closer to home, Bond College expands its pathway options with a range of diploma qualifications and a strategic focus on sport sees Bond develop study and training partnerships with local, state and national rugby union, rugby 7s, AFL and swimming organisations. A commitment to closing the gap on educational disadvantage for Australia’s First Nations people inspires a formal Indigenous Education Strategy involving scholarships, specialised student support, on-campus cultural awareness and community outreach. Between 2012 and 2017, Indigenous students from all over Australia are presented with scholarships to study at Bond University, and Indigenous student enrolments more than double.
THE TRANSFORMER
1 . D R PAT R I C K C O R R I G A N A M 2 . B L A K E R I T S O N 3 . M A K AY L A P A L M
2017-2018 IN THE LEAD-UP to Bond’s 30th birthday celebrations, major refurbishments are carried out to the Legal Skills Centre, Faculty of Health Sciences and Medicine Building, Bond Business School and the Multimedia Learning Centre. The Fabian Fay Clubhouse opens in April, further supporting the growth of Bond University Rugby Club and Bond Sport at large. Bond Business School marks the graduation of Queensland’s first ever cohort of Actuarial Science students and launches the innovative Transformer program that aims to instil entrepreneurial, ‘big picture’ thinking in students from all faculties. The University debuts at No.20 in the Times Higher Education (THE) rankings of the Best Small Universities in the World.
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