TRINITY TRINITY COLLEGE NEWSLETTER THE UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE
TRINITY'S FUTURE? STRATEGY PLAN TO CHART THE WAY The College Council has established a Strategy Committee under the leadership of Mr Robert Clemente, a former Trinity resident, with a wide brief to consider the future of the College and make recommendations to the Council. The Committe has now been hard at work for six months and has completed the first two phases of its operation. The aim is to lay out a blueprint for the Trinity of the future, a blueprint that will guide it into the next century. The starting point has been a detailed examination of the College as it now is and, equally significantly, of the current perceptions held by its members and those with a vital interest in the way it functions. The first two phases have been concerned with gathering and analysing the appropriate information from Students Parents Schools The University
Tutors Employers The Foundation Graduate Members
The strong themes which emerge from these phases are :
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the academic life of the College; the sporting, cultural and social life of the College; the management of the College.
Other task forces are involved with admissions policy, buildings and facilities, the Foundation, the Trinity Education Centre, religious aspects of the College and the role of its Theological School, and "benchmarking" comparing Trinity to other Colleges both in Melbourne and interstate. The Committee has been working on a comprehensive Statement of Aims of the College so that everyone associated with Trinity will know that we have a clear sense of direction and a clearly formed strategy for achieving our goals.
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the College needs to define its academic role more clearly and upgrade and update the academic side of the services it provides;
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the College needs substantially to improve its accommodation for tutors;
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the College needs to communicate more effectively both with the schools from which it wishes to draw its students and with the employers who will provide them with positions when they graduate;
Members and friends of the College should be aware not only of the existence of the Strategy Committee but of the immense amount of work being done by Mr Clemente and virtually every one of the twenty or so Committee members. Some of these are not only in very demanding full-time positions but, prior to this, had had no other connections with the College. Everyone who cares for the welfare of Trinity has much to be thankful for.
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the current balance between the academic and social elements of College life needs adjustment.
FLEUR-DE-LYS DINNER 1994
The current third phase, the most crucial part of the work, as it leads directly to the formulation of the Strategy Plan, has three major themes. These are:
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An invitation is enclosed for the Annual Dinner, Friday 27 May 1994. Enquiries: Susan Moro 349 0106, Monday to Thursday.