Message from the Pro Vice-Chancellor
Welcome to the Office of Corporate Development and Community Partnerships. A defining feature of the University of Newcastle has always been its community collaboration. The Office of Corporate Development and Community Partnerships was established to develop and strengthen the University’s important relationships within the local, regional and national communities.
The University of Newcastle’s Institutional Strategic Plan 2007-2011, sets out a purpose statement expressing the desire to 'make a distinctive difference in people and in society'. We strive to accomplish this by:
- Preparing graduates who are life long learners and sought after by employers, and who contribute to society by being adequate critical and global citizens;
- Contributing to the intellectual, social, economic, cultural, sporting and environmental enrichment of our communities.
Our Office identifies and supports mutually beneficial activities, focussing on those that build skills, capacity and knowledge within our community.
We look forward to assisting you in engaging with the University.
Martin Fitzgerald
Pro Vice Chancellor, Corporate Development and Community Partnerships
Biography
Since joining the University in 2003, Martin has held the positions of Deputy Executive Dean, Acting PVC in the Faculty of Business and Law and is currently the Pro Vice Chancellor of Corporate Development and Community Partnerships.
Educated in England and Ireland, Martin's education and professional background is in law, higher education and social research. He is a trans-disciplinary academic with research interests in ethics in law and medicine. After practising corporate law with a leading UK law firm for a number of years, Martin joined the University of Greenwich, London in 1993 where he held the position of Associate Professor in Law.
In his current role, Martin is responsible for the University's business development, business and community partnerships, alumni development, and fundraising and philanthropy. His deep commitment to community engagement has been evidenced throughout his career and now manifests itself in his current senior executive position, his membership of the national executive of the Australian Universities Community Engagement Alliance, and as Director of a number of engagement-related corporations, including one of New South Wales' State Regional Development Boards, the Hunter Economic Development Corporation.
