La Trobe University, Australia
After working together for almost 10 years, in early 2019 La Trobe and Sheffield Hallam decided to strengthen their relationship and create a new strategic partnership.
By establishing this partnership, we recognised opportunities to provide students with an international learning experience, to work collaboratively on research and innovation projects with global impact, and to share good practice and innovative approaches to higher education.
One year on, there have been significant developments. We have
- jointly developed and validated an innovative new degree programme: the BSc (Hons) International Hospitality and Tourism Management International Collaborative Programme
- set up a new Semester Abroad programme, providing an opportunity for up to 50 students from each university to spend one semester abroad. This bespoke exchange offer will enable students from La Trobe to study for one semester at Sheffield Hallam University, gaining transferable credit and a Sheffield Hallam University Award.
- brought our students together through collaborative projects, including an innovative audio theatre piece and online history project
- secured significant external research funding, including $1.8m to boost dementia research through a collaboration between Swinburne University, La Trobe and Sheffield Hallam
- created an internal research co-funding scheme to support 20 collaborative projects
- started developing a critical friends network for doctoral students
- signed a joint PhD contract, where each university will provide funding for three PhD students
