Key themes and topics for the study tour will include: 

• Building a new University: behind the scenes of the Adelaide University merger

• New models of fundraising and advancement - universities, innovation and frontier capital

• Universities and the culture wars: what does this look like in Australia and New Zealand?

• Place, social license and the changing role of universities in their local communities

• Rethinking Global reputation and branding strategy, governance and practice

• Universities, geopolitics and knowledge diplomacy – how does the sector engage with and talk about defence and national security ?

You will be accompanied by a carefully curated cohort of board-level university leaders with different responsibilities and from different institutions all united by an interest in developing their institution’s resilience and expertise in global reputation, geopolitics, communications, branding and marketing, advancement and fundraising.

Applications for this international cohort are welcome from Executive Board/ Cabinet members (including Presidents and Vice-Chancellors) from Australia, New Zealand, Canada, the USA, Europe and beyond.

Following the Study Tour, the Programme will provide delegates with: 

• two “Reputation, Advocacy and Advancement in Action” sessions – either in-person or virtual, with the opportunity attend VIP dinners with leading guest speakers from outside higher education;

• an option to extend your trip to attend a ‘Cohorts Collide’ workshop and Diplomatic Reception in Canberra on the eve of the Universities Australia Conference.

• a ‘Global Peer’ brokerage service for each delegate that will facilitate an introduction to a global senior leader based on development goals;

• an invitation to attend the CASE Summit for Leaders in Advancement conference in New York City for the July following completion of your programme.