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162-543: A new station beyond South Geelong station in 2003–04, but that eventually resulted in the new station being built at Marshall , closer to Geelong, instead. The Deakin University campus at Waurn Ponds had the beginnings in the Gordon Institute of TAFE , who purchased land there in 1969. A building for the Applied Sciences was first built, followed by a library and student lodgings in 1975. In 1976
216-808: A tribute to the Waurn Ponds World War One Servicemen. In 1999, the Victorian State Government decided to sell the Avenue of Honour. Local residents and the Victorian RSL President Bruce Ruxton campaigned that the Avenue of Honour would not be auctioned and that the site be protected. The Victorian State Government overturned the sale of the Waurn Ponds Memorial Reserve and a Committee of Management
270-636: Is DUSA, followed closely by the Deakin Students' Commerce Society Deakin University Student Association#Deakin Commerce Students' Society The Waurn Ponds Shopping Centre , located on the corner of Colac Road (Princes Highway) and Pioneer Road, is a regional-level shopping centre servicing the southern suburbs of Geelong and the surrounding region. It was opened in the early 1990s, and has been continually expanded. The most recent expansion
324-554: Is Deakin's newest campus, located on Corio Bay , in the central business district of Geelong . Originally built as the Dalgety's Woolstores in 1893, the buildings have been extensively renovated. More than 5,362 (2020) students are based at the Geelong Waterfront Campus, which hosts the schools of Architecture and Built Environment, Health and Social Development, Psychology, and Nursing and Midwifery, as well as
378-569: Is a public university in Victoria , Australia . Founded in 1974, the university was named after Alfred Deakin , the second Prime Minister of Australia . Its main campuses are in Melbourne's Burwood suburb, Geelong Waurn Ponds , Geelong Waterfront, and Warrnambool , as well as the online Cloud Campus. Deakin also has a learning centre in Werribee . As of 2021, Deakin University
432-571: Is a mainly residential southern suburb of Geelong , Victoria , Australia . The suburb is bounded by Rossack Drive, Princes Highway , the Geelong to Warrnambool railway , Reservoir Road, Draytons Road, Pigdons Road, Deakin University and Honeys Road. It is home to the main Geelong campus of Deakin University and the regional Waurn Ponds Shopping Centre . There are many schools around Waurn Ponds like Mount Duneed Regional Primary School. The town
486-405: Is low on water and is no more than one metre deep in most sections. It has a large weed problem which makes the creek look uninhabitable. The creek is home to species of fish (many introduced) including Carp , Redfin , Roach , Tench , Australian Grayling and short finned eels . The creek also is a large habitat of native birds including the pacific black duck. Increase in annual rain will bring
540-669: Is made up of Alfred Deakin College , Barton College , and Parkes College . The Deakin Medical School opened in 2008 and is the first rural and regional medical school in Victoria. Deakin's Bachelor of Medicine Bachelor of Surgery MBBS is a four-year, graduate-entry program which prepares students for practice in a range of health care settings. The Warrnambool Campus ( 38°23′26″S 142°32′14″E / 38.3906°S 142.5373°E / -38.3906; 142.5373 ( Deakin University, Warrnambool campus ) )
594-714: Is named after the early Australian Prime Minister and statesman, Alfred Deakin (1856–1919), and provides opportunities for research and learning. In 2020, the Times Higher Education 100 Under 50 ranked Deakin University 55th in the World among the top Universities under 50 years old; Deakin was ranked 10th in Australia and 1st in Victoria under this category. In 2020, the QS Top 50 Under 50 (universities which are under 50 years old) ranked Deakin University 26th in
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#1732765514017648-620: Is now used for many local events and can be hired for private functions. The back of the Waurn Ponds Hall was the original Waurn Ponds State School which was relocated to Grovedale Primary School and later back to the Waurn Ponds Hall as an extension. Waurn Ponds started to become part of the outer suburbs of Geelong from the 1970s, with the opening of the Deakin University campus and the Waurn Ponds Hotel on
702-614: Is part of Geelong Arts Centre . Deakin University is establishing a campus in India's GIFT City that will initially provide cybersecurity and business analytics courses. The institution will be the first tertiary varsity to gain the Indian government's approval to set up a campus in India. The Deakin University Council is the governing body of the university and is chaired by the chancellor , John Stanhope AM . The council
756-517: Is ranked among the top 30% of universities in the world, is ranked one of the top 26 young universities in the world, is the 3rd-highest-ranked university in the world for Sport Science, is one of the top 29 universities in the world for Nursing, is one of the top 32 universities in the world for Education, and is among fewer than 5% of Business Schools worldwide with Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business accreditation. Deakin's research activities are growing. 100% of Deakin research
810-562: Is responsible for the general direction and oversight of the university and is publicly accountable for the university's actions. The vice-chancellor is the chief executive officer of the university and is responsible to the council. Professor Iain Martin is vice-chancellor and president of Deakin University and is Deakin's 7th vice-chancellor. The university is divided into four faculties, covering arts and education, business and law, health, and science, engineering and built environment. Within
864-453: Is the dominant student representative organisation operating across all campuses and courses. As well as representation, DUSA provides a range of services and benefits to members, and coordinates all other clubs and societies operating on campus. There is a wide range of groups/clubs for students to join and these groups vary from campus to campus. DUSA is also made up of student representatives who are elected by Deakin University students, with
918-644: The Dawkins education reforms that were announced in 1988 by the Commonwealth government, a merger with Warrnambool Institute of Advanced Education took place in 1990, which was followed by a merger with most of Victoria College in 1991, with its campuses in Burwood, Rusden and Toorak. The Rusden Campus was closed in 2003 and all courses were transferred to the Melbourne Burwood campus. Rusden
972-589: The Melbourne Institute of Business and Technology , which have since relocated to the International Centre and Business Building at the Melbourne Burwood campus. The main building on the site was the 116-year-old historic Stonnington Mansion The sale of Stonnington Mansion by Deakin provoked public outrage as it involved the mansion which was at risk of redevelopment by property developers. The Stonnington Stables art gallery and
1026-465: The 2022 WAN Awards. The original campus of Deakin University ( 38°11′52″S 144°17′50″E / 38.1979°S 144.2973°E / -38.1979; 144.2973 ( Deakin University, Waurn Ponds Campus ) ) is located in the regional city of Geelong in the suburb of Waurn Ponds , 72 kilometres south west of Melbourne . The campus, serviced by the Princes Highway and
1080-570: The Faculty of Arts and Education the three schools cover education, social sciences, humanities, communication and the creative arts. The Institute of Koorie Education also falls under the Faculty of Arts and Education. The Faculty of Health has the School of Medicine, along with schools covering nursing and midwifery, exercise and nutrition sciences, psychology, and incorporates subjects such as occupational therapy, social work, and health economics into
1134-682: The Faculty of Business and Law. A $ 37 million redevelopment of the Dennys Lascelles Building has increased the capacity of this campus, allowing the university to provide an expanded range of courses. The building houses the Alfred Deakin Prime Ministerial Library and the Alfred Deakin Institute . This campus houses Costa Hall, a 1422-seat concert auditorium, which is used for the university's graduation ceremonies and
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#17327655140171188-925: The Geelong Ring Road. It has a student population of more than 8,382 (2020). The campus is home to the Geelong Technology Precinct, which provides research and development capabilities and opportunities for university–industry partnerships and new enterprises in the region. The Elite Sports Precinct is home to the Deakin Ducks Football Club , and is used by the Geelong Football Club as an alternate training facility. The Waurn Ponds Deakin Residence houses 800 students in shared dorms, shared units, town houses and studio apartments. The residence
1242-614: The Gordon Institute was divided into two parts, with academic courses becoming part of the newly formed Deakin University based at the Waurn Ponds campus. Deakin enrolled its first students at its Waurn Ponds campus in 1977. Today the university is located on a 365-hectare (900-acre) site, has over 1,000 staff and over 4000 on-campus students. Deakin offers many social groups for students to join, The main Association
1296-577: The Korean War, Vietnam War, Royal Australian Air Force Nurses and Servicewomen from the Geelong area. The Memorial Reserve is also home to the 3.7 Anti Aircraft Gun which is on display at the Reserve. An annual memorial service is held on the first Sunday of July to mark the anniversary of the Waurn Ponds Memorial Reserve. The Waurn Ponds Hall which is located on 225 Waurn Ponds Drive was erected in 1924 as mechanics institute and free library. The Hall
1350-487: The Melbourne CBD. Located alongside Gardiner's Creek parklands between Elgar Road on the north-west border and Mount Scopus Memorial College on the east border. The campus has around 31,975 (2020) undergraduate and postgraduate on-campus students. A recent addition to the Burwood campus in 2021 was the law building, designed by Australian architecture firm Woods Bagot . This building was awarded first place, gold at
1404-669: The School of Health and Social Development. The Deakin University School of Law and the Deakin Business School both fall under the Faculty of Business and Law, and the Faculty of Science, Engineering and Built Environment encompasses architecture, information technology, engineering, and life and environmental sciences. Deakin is one of Australia's fastest-growing research universities. Its combined research funding had increased from A$ 4.5 million in 1997 to A$ 47.2 million in 2015. 100% of Deakin research
1458-791: The Warrnambool CBD, serviced by the Princes Highway and by its own railway station, and bus services from Melbourne and Geelong, as well as locally in Warrnambool between the campus and the city. There is an on-campus student population of more than 520 (2020) pursuing courses in arts, business, education, environment, health sciences, law, management, marine biology, nursing and psychology. The Geelong Waterfront Campus ( 38°08′38″S 144°21′37″E / 38.1439°S 144.3603°E / -38.1439; 144.3603 ( Deakin University, Waterfront Campus ) )
1512-569: The World among the top Universities under 50 years old; Deakin was ranked 6th in Australia and 2nd in Victoria under this category. In 2009, 2013 and 2015 the Graduate Management Association of Australia (GMAA) awarded Deakin's Master of Business Administration and Master of Business Administration (International) courses the maximum score of five stars, placing them in the top rank of Australia's MBA courses. In 2018, and 2020, Deakin's Master of Business Administration
1566-694: The amount requested. Researchers at Deakin University developed the Motorcycle Clothing Assessment Program (MotoCAP) used by Australian and New Zealand government and related organisations. In 2019, it won the Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme road safety award. The university has seven research institutes: There are also 6 Strategic Research and Innovation Centres (SRICs): The Alfred Deakin Prime Ministerial Library
1620-478: The creek back to its original status. The Friends of the Waurn Ponds Creek is a community group that gather on the first and third Sunday of the month to protect and conserve the health of the Waurn Ponds Creek and surrounding area. The Friends first started in 2002 and have won awards for their dedication and work towards enhancing the creek to protect the native fish and wildlife that habitat are along
1674-422: The creek. The Friends plant trees, clean up rubbish and maintain weeds and tree planting sites. Waurn Ponds has a large linear parkland following the creek. The neighbouring suburb of Grovedale has a skate park and baseball complex. The boundaries of Waurn Ponds were expanded in 2012 when, as a result of boundary changes related to the development of the nearby Armstrong Creek Growth Area , an area of land in
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1728-775: The current president of DUSA being Paul Ting. DUSA is affiliated at a national level to the National Union of Students . Between 2011 and 2016 the university reported there were 40 officially cases of sexual abuse and harassment on campus, resulting in 12 staff members being disciplined or sacked for sexual misconduct and no student expulsions or suspensions. The 2017 Australian Human Rights Commission report on sexual assault and harassment surveyed 649 Deakin students, and reported somewhat higher figures than this, finding that 2.8% of those surveyed claimed to have been assaulted on campus, and 21% had been sexually harassed. Download coordinates as: Waurn Ponds Waurn Ponds
1782-525: The fourth-highest student satisfaction rating nationally, the highest student satisfaction rating out of all Australian public universities, and the highest student satisfaction rating out of all Victorian universities. Deakin has had the highest undergraduate student satisfaction ratings out of all Victorian universities every year since 2010 and has consistently placed in the top two for highest postgraduate student satisfaction out of all Victorian universities every year since 2010. In 2019, Deakin University
1836-575: The highway. Major development did not begin until the early 1990s, based around Ghazeepore Road. The intervening years have seen housing developments spread across the hillside towards Grovedale . Waurn Ponds contains a number of heritage listed sites, including: Waurn Ponds is home to the quite small Waurn Ponds Creek. It starts around the Mount Moriac region and eventually flows into the Barwon River near Belmont Common . As of 2007, it
1890-649: The original name was Warren's Chain of Ponds. Two early hotels – the Victoria Inn (1845–60) and the Waurn Ponds Inn (1856) were located on the Princes Highway serving travellers on the road. The Albert and Victoria vineyards, owned by David Pettavel, began growing grapes in 1848 and the area was better known as Pettavel in the 1860s. The Pettavel Post Office opened on 12 January 1865 and remained open until 1952. The Waurn Ponds Post Office opened on 1 December 1871 and closed in 1968. A quarry for limestone
1944-502: The suburb, linking the area to Torquay and Anglesea . Pioneer Road links the region west to Grovedale , the road not being completed eastward across the Waurn Ponds Creek until the mid-1990s. Public transport to the area is provided by buses operated by CDC Geelong and McHarry's Buslines , under contract to Public Transport Victoria . Routes to the Geelong city centre originate and terminate at Deakin University. The Geelong V/Line rail service , to and from Geelong and Melbourne ,
1998-530: The three-mansion was sold for $ 33 million to a joint venture between Hamton Property Group and Industry Superannuation Property Trust. Antecedent institutions with records held by the university library include: The university's largest campus is in Burwood ( 37°50′52″S 145°06′51″E / 37.8479°S 145.1143°E / -37.8479; 145.1143 ( Deakin University, Melbourne Campus ) ), about 45 minutes by tram ( route 75 ) from
2052-550: The title Deakin . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Deakin&oldid=1120970919 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Deakin University Deakin University
2106-516: The university's Faculty of Arts and Education. The Australian Research Council awarded Deakin University 5 Linkage Projects in the 2016 ARC Linkage Programme rounds, and 3 Linkage Grants in its 2013 allocations. In its 2010 allocations, the Australian Research Council awarded Deakin 13 Discovery and 10 Linkage Round 1 awards. Deakin was also one of only six universities to be awarded funding for an ITTC, and received 100% of
2160-686: The university's contemporary art collection were located here, but has since relocated to the Deakin University Art Gallery at the Melbourne Burwood campus. The Deakin University Art Gallery has a wide collection of work by Australian artists including the Sydney based artist Rox De Luca . The university's action of offering the campus, including the mansion, provoked public outrage over the potential privatization of what had been public space. In December 2006,
2214-597: The west of the current suburb between the Princes Highway and the Geelong-Warrnambool railway line was shifted from the locality of Mount Duneed to Waurn Ponds. The Waurn Ponds Tennis Club located on 20 Belperroud Road off Waurn Ponds Drive, is a successful tennis club which has junior and senior competitions in the Tennis Geelong Competition. The Waurn Ponds Cricket Club located on Waurn Ponds Drive, access from Deakin University
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2268-685: Was appointed with Mr Jack Harriott been the Chair. A re dedication service was held with a plaque listing the Waurn Ponds W.W.1 Servicemen unveiled. In 2000, another two plaques were added with additional Waurn Ponds Servicemen who served in World War One and another plaque honouring the Waurn Ponds Servicemen and Servicewomen who served in the Second World War. Today there are plaques acknowledging those that served in
2322-608: Was completed in August 2014, and increased the total area of the centre to 47,000 square metres. There are over 160 different shops. The Geelong Homemaker Centre, located on the Colac Road (Princes Highway) at the intersection and Pigdons Road, opened in mid-2005. It includes Bunnings Warehouse and Harvey Norman stores, as well as a number of smaller stores, such as Supercheap Auto , Beacon Lighting, Snooze, Ray's Outdoors and, most recently, JB-Hi-Fi. Waurn Ponds Plaza, located at
2376-600: Was created in 1990 when the university absorbed the Warrnambool Institute of Advanced Education . It is situated on the banks of the Hopkins River in the coastal city of Warrnambool , close to local surf beaches and popular tourist attractions in close proximity to the Great Ocean Road and The Twelve Apostles . The 94-hectare (230-acre) site is approximately 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) from
2430-769: Was established in 1986 and currently has senior men's team and junior sides. The Club is in the Geelong Cricket Association. Deakin Ducks Football Club is an amateur soccer club based at the Deakin University Elite Sports Precinct . Waurn Ponds is located on the Princes Highway that links the suburb with the centre of Geelong . It is also the southern endpoint of the Geelong Ring Road , completed in 2009. Anglesea Road heads south through
2484-519: Was extended to the new Waurn Ponds railway station , situated in Sugargum Drive, in 2014. The new station was named Grovedale in the planning stages, despite being physically located in Waurn Ponds, but the official name of Waurn Ponds was announced in July 2014. An earlier extension of Geelong line rail services in the direction of Waurn Ponds had been considered when funding was set aside for
2538-526: Was named after the Waurn chain of ponds, a watercourse that flows from Mount Moriac over 30 km into the Barwon River . 'Waurn' meaning "place of many houses" in reference to aboriginal stone houses in the Wathaurong language, though there is no evidence of this outside of Mr Pascoes book. It is thought that the name derives from an Aboriginal word meaning camp, although another authority states that
2592-467: Was opened in the 1840s, with quarrying continuing from 1964 to today at the nearby Blue Circle Southern cement works. Kilns for making mortar lime operated until the 1970s. The Waurn Ponds Memorial Reserve (Formally Waurn Ponds Avenue of Honour) is located on the Corner of Cochranes Road and Waurn Ponds Drive, Waurn Ponds. The Avenue of Honour was planted in July 1919, by the residents of Waurn Ponds as
2646-744: Was ranked amongst the world's top 200 by Quacquarelli Symonds . Since 2016, Deakin has been ranked in the top 2% of the world's universities in the Shanghai Ranking's Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU), Times Higher Education and QS World University Rankings. Deakin ranks 3rd in Victoria, 15 in Australia, 16 in Oceania , and 272 in the world in the Webometrics Ranking of World Universities. The Deakin University Student Association ( DUSA )
2700-418: Was rated at or above world standard in the 2018 ERA ratings, a quality evaluation of all research produced in Australian universities. In 2018, the Australian Research Council awarded Deakin University $ 8.42 million in funding for 23 new research projects in its 2019 funding announcement. This included 15 Discovery Projects and 8 Discovery Early Career Researcher Award (DECRA) projects, six of which were from
2754-436: Was rated at or above world standard in the 2018 Excellence in Research Australia (ERA) ratings. Its combined research funding increased from A$ 4.5 million in 1997 to A$ 47.2 million in 2015. In 2020, the university's research income was $ 87.6 million, with 247 Higher degree by Research completions. Deakin University consistently ranks highly in undergraduate student satisfaction; in the 2019 Student Experience Survey, Deakin had
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#17327655140172808-401: Was shortlisted for the European Cultural Centre Art School Award. Deakin University was formally established in 1974 with the passage of the Deakin University Act 1974 . Deakin was Victoria's fourth university, the first to be established in regional Victoria and the first to specialise in distance education. Deakin University's first campus was established at Waurn Ponds . The university
2862-454: Was subsequently acquired by Monash University for its student accommodation purposes. The former Toorak Campus, located in Malvern , was offered for sale in 2006 as the university considered the campus surplus to its requirements. The courses and resources were relocated to the Melbourne Burwood campus in November 2007. As a Deakin campus, it was home to the Deakin Business School , Deakin University English Language Institute (DUELI), and
2916-643: Was the result of a merger between State College of Victoria, Geelong (formerly Geelong Teachers College), and the higher education courses of the Gordon Institute of Technology . Deakin enrolled its first students at Waurn Ponds in 1977. The Burwood campus is on the site of the former Burwood Teachers' College, and also takes in the former sites of the Bennettswood Primary School and the Burwood Secondary School. The teachers' college conducted two-year training courses for Primary School teachers, and three year courses for Infant Teachers (females only). It provided live-on-site accommodation for country students. As part of
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