The Bond University is a private not-for-profit university located in Robina, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia. It has been listed in the global top 20 universities in the Times Higher Education (THE) Rankings of the Best Small Universities in the World. Bond was also recently ranked as Australia's number one university for student experience for the 11th consecutive year in the 2017 Good Universities' Guide. Since its inception in 1989, Bond University has primarily been a teaching focused higher education institution.
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History
The university was established at the initiative of Alan Bond, the founder and Chairman of Bond Corporation and Harunori Takahashi, President of EIE International. The University's development was funded via a joint venture between Bond Corporation in Australia and the Japanese entity, EIE International. In 1987, the Parliament of Queensland granted Bond University university status via the passage of the Bond University Act. The University commenced teaching in May 1989 with an initial intake of 322 students.
In 1991, EIE acquired Bond Corporation's share of the company development that controlled the land on which the University buildings were constructed and the surrounding development lands.
The sandstone campus was acquired by Bond University Ltd in its own right in August 1999.
In 2001, the university established an online MBA course, the Bond-BBT Global Leadership MBA, collaborated with Kenichi Ohmae and Business Breakthrough Inc. in Japan.
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Campus and facilities
The Bond University campus was conceived and developed by master planner Daryl Jackson of Jackson Architecture with significant input from Queensland architect Robin Gibson. The signature Arch building was designed by Japanese architect Arata Isozaki.
The campus features a series of Faculty sandstone buildings centred around man-made Lake Orr. In 2008, the Bond University Mirvac School of Sustainable Development Building was officially opened by the then Prime Minister Hon. Julia Gillard and was the first in Australia to achieve a 6 Star Green Star - Education PILOT Certified Rating for design by the Green Building Council of Australia.
Other recent additions to the campus facilities include:
- An $8.4million extension to the Legal Skills Centre, situated within the Law Faculty; officially opened by Governor-General, Ms Quentin Bryce AC, in March 2011.
- The Balnaves Foundation Multimedia Learning Centre, named in honour of University benefactor, Dr Neil Balnaves, AO - a $3.4million technology-rich student facility opened in March 2010.
- The ADCO Amphitheatre - an outdoor amphitheatre and Alumni Court sponsored by ADCO Constructions - opened in September 2009.
- The Macquarie Trading Room, opened by the Hon Anna Bligh in May 2007, providing students with a simulated trading environment, including live ticker screens and market data from 18 Bloomberg terminals.
- The Sports Centre is a new sporting facility measuring 2,700 sqm that opened in May 2016.
In 2006, the Prime Minister Hon. John Howard opened the then $20 million Faculty of Health Sciences & Medicine building (although the first intake of students was in May 2005), housing a complete set of lecture theatres, tutorial rooms, specialised clinical rooms and a suite of state-of-the art laboratories. In 2010, a new purpose-built anatomy laboratory was also added.
The $16.2 million Soheil Abedian School of Architecture building was designed by Sir Peter Cook and Gavin Robotham and opened in October 2013 and sits adjacent to the Mirvac School of Sustainable Development building.
The 48-hectare campus also includes a recently added Sports Centre, in addition to an Olympic-size swimming pool, gymnasium, multi-purpose sports hall, squash/tennis/beach volleyball courts, rugby/soccer and Australian Football fields.
It is serviced by TransLink bus routes and bike paths, with buses also running between the campus and Varsity Lakes and Robina railway stations, and to the Gold Coast shopping centres Robina Town Centre and Pacific Fair.
Bond University offers private or shared accommodation on-campus and provides assistance for students seeking off-campus accommodation.
The John and Alison Kearney Library services the University in two locations on campus, the Main Library and the Law Library.
Ratings and performance
Bond University had the highest overall student experience rating for the 11th consecutive year in the 2016/2017 Good Universities' Guide. The University was ranked equal 24th in the 2015 Excellence in Research for Australia (ERA) rankings which assessed Australian universities' research activity and quality.
According to the Australian Financial Review 's 2016 Boss MBA Rankings, Bond ranked #1 for student satisfaction and among the top 5 MBAs and top 3 Skills Development in Australia. Also, according to the QS World University Rankings, Bond University was ranked within the top 101-150 universities in "Accounting and Finance".
Sport
Sports teams in national and state-level competitions based at Bond include the Queensland Country team that plays in the National Rugby Championship, the Bond University Breakers rugby club that plays in the Queensland Premier Rugby competition, and the Bond University Bullsharks club that plays in the Queensland Football Association Division 1 (QFA Division 1) competition.
The Bond University Student Association (colloquially referred to as BUSA) is the overarching student representative body on campus and represents the interests of all Bond students. The body oversees over 92 clubs and societies on campus spanning academic, cultural and welfare spheres and assists with the University's participation in intervarsity sport on a regional and national level. Bond University was named the overall champions at the 2011 Northern University Games (NUG) in July 2011, and went on to be named Australian University Sport Per Capita Champions at the Australian University Games in 2011, 2013, 2014 and 2015.
Notable people
The current and eighth Chancellor of the University since 2016 is Annabelle Bennett, , a retired Judge of the Federal Court and an academic. The current Vice-Chancellor and President of the University since January 2012 is Tim Brailsford.
Student life
Sexual misconduct and safety
A national survey conducted by the Australian Human Rights Commission in 2017 found that Bond had the highest reported proportion of students sexually harassed by a staff member, and highest reported campus sexual harassment overall. The report highlights sexual harassment at Bond at 12% above the national average. The vice-chancellor said the report is "confronting" and considers the findings: "a wake-up call, and we understand that the issue of sexual harassment and assault is real and attitudes need to change".
See also
- List of universities in Australia
References
External links
- Bond University
- Campus Map
- Bond University Student Association
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