Vision, mission and values
Vision
UniSA will be a leading contributor to Australia having the best higher education system in the world, supporting the world’s best educated and most innovative, cohesive and sustainable society.
Mission
UniSA educates professionals and citizens to the highest standards; creates and disseminates knowledge; and engages with our communities to address the major issues of our time.
Values
Scholarship
UniSA promotes and sustains open intellectual enquiry characterised by
high standards of ethics and integrity. Academic rigour, excellence and
relevance underpin our actions in research and its application, in teaching
and learning and in engagement with our communities.
Engagement
UniSA’s teaching and research connect strongly with the issues of our
local, national and international stakeholders - students, alumni, staff,
partners, professions, government, industry, academic peers and community
groups.
Social justice
UniSA gives effect to reconciliation with Indigenous Australians and builds
social cohesion by achieving equitable educational access and outcomes
across our diverse student community, through research that aims to improve
the quality of life and by acting responsibly as a corporate citizen.
Sustainability
UniSA contributes to environmentally, economically, socially and culturally
sustainable development, and we aim to reduce our own environmental impact.
Innovation
UniSA anticipates change and acts quickly to seize opportunities and solve
problems.
Openness
UniSA is outward looking, welcoming diversity and the wide range of
perspectives it brings, international in outlook, collaborative, creative,
agile and enterprising.
The statement of Vision, Mission and Values was adopted by Council
in April 2008 after wide consultation within the University.