Group Activities

IRU Group Meetings

Four core IRU groups, comprising members of the university executive management teams, provide leadership to the network’s strategic development and activities:

Vice-Chancellors Group
Academic Group
Research Group
International Group

In addition, senior staff of the member universities have established a number of networking groups for the purposes of knowledge sharing, the conduct of collaborative projects and the joint pursuit of best practice in their areas of interest. These groups include:

Indigenous Directors
Research Directors
University Librarians
Human Resources Directors
Public Relations and Marketing Directors
International Directors

Group members 2009

IRU Forums

2009

16-17 November
IRU ERA and the creative arts research workshop - Griffith University

12-13 November
Science and maths teaching and learning forum - Flinders University

15-17 July
Senior staff forum - Murdoch University

18 June - IRU transnational education forum - La Trobe University
Australian transnational education and training, also known as offshore or cross-border education and training, refers to the delivery and/or assessment of programs/courses by an accredited Australian provider in a country other than Australia, where delivery includes a face-to-face component.

On 18th June IRU members attended a workshop at La Trobe University to share best practice in governance, management and delivery models.

2008

30-31 October
Learing and teaching forum - work-integrated learning - Griffith University

IRU Projects

IRU aims to promote collaboration between member universities across a wide number of areas including research, teaching and learning, internationalisation, academic staff development, management and leadership training, commercialisation and library management. Recent projects include: