Community partnerships (Strategic Plan 2002-2006)

• develop closer and more numerous links with the wider community of which it is a part;
  
• establish strategic partnerships and identify priorities that mutually serve the interests of the University and its stakeholders;
  
• collaborate in strategic activities for community benefit with industry, business and professional groups and with instrumentalities at city, state, national and international levels;
  
• champion the role of education and research in underpinning the economic health and social well-being of local, state, national and international communities;
  
• provide staff with the opportunity to contribute to the community while achieving educational and personal development outcomes;
  
• build on the University's strengths in the services it is able to offer the community, helping to find and promote innovative and sustainable solutions to community challenges; and
  
• maintain the University's role as a provider of specialist services to the community through its libraries, museums, clinics, collections and other specialised scientific, cultural and public performance facilities.

• play a leading role in stimulating intellectual debate within the community on cultural, economic and social issues, for the advancement of Queensland;
  
• increase recognition within Queensland and the wider national and international communities of the excellence of the University's educational programs and research through a comprehensive community information program;
  
• ensure that the University's graduates are well-informed on the activities, aims, aspirations and commitments of the University as a basis for establishing and maintaining enduring long term relationships between the University and its alumni;
  
• in partnership with communities, business, government and non-profit organisations, identify community needs which the University is well placed to service;
  
• facilitate community involvement in University decisions affecting the community;
  
• expand the professional contributions of staff in their specialised fields to the needs of government, business, health, rural and community organisations;
  
• maintain and extend activities in continuing professional education, as part of the mainstream teaching responsibilities of the University, by offering post-tertiary courses which reflect the latest developments in their fields and, wherever possible, are articulated to award courses; and
  
• enhance relationships with the University's alumni through the development of a domestic and international alumni strategy.

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