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Foreword from   FIVE YEAR
 THE PRINCIPAL   STRATEGIC

         PLAN
 J anet Clarke Hall, as the first residential   2024-2029

 university college for women in Australia,
 has a unique story to tell, one that
 continues to attract the most promising
 students who dream of following in the
 footsteps of our trailblazing alumni. 
 Our rich history has guided and inspired us
 as we have looked to the future, asking how best
 we can continue the College’s proud legacy of    OUR PURPOSE
 offering equity of access in higher education. 
 The most significant remaining barrier to an   To nurture, inspire, and empower the thought
 excellent university education and experience   leaders and change makers of the future in an
 is no longer gender or even race, but low socio-  on-campus residential  community that encourages
 economic status. Just as Dr Alexander Leeper   students’ academic success, intellectual and
 and later Janet, Lady Clarke sought to remove   personal growth, social responsibility, and
 the barrier to women’s participation more than   powerful belief in their own potential.
 a century ago, we seek to do the same for all
 deserving young people today.                      OUR VISION
 Our Vision – to become the first college in
                                       To become Australia’s first need-blind residential college,
 Australia to administer a need-blind admissions   meeting 100% of demonstrated financial need and offering
 process and to commit to meeting 100% of   sector-leading transformative residential opportunities
 each student’s demonstrated financial need   to the most promising young people in Australia and
 – is undoubtedly ambitious and goes beyond   beyond, regardless of socio-economic background. 
 anything articulated by other residential colleges
 in Australia. If we are successful, it will mean that
 as we enter our 150th anniversary year in 2036,
 we will once again be world leaders in creating
 transformative opportunities for deserving            COMMUNITY
 young people.                                     We work together to sustain
 Growing our endowment to fund our                    a safe and supportive
 generous scholarships in perpetuity is just one   environment where all of us
 part of the important work that we must do. We    can be our authentic selves,
 must also ensure that we can make significant      contributing according to
 investments in the care and enhancement of         our strengths and receiving
 our heritage-listed site, and continue to offer a    support according to
 rigorous academic and personal development   GENEROSITY       our needs.       COURAGE
 program in order to provide a sector-leading   We care for those around    We challenge ourselves
 living and learning environment.   us, using our privilege                every day to grow beyond
 This will ensure that Janet Clarke Hall is   and talents to effect           our comfort zone by
 an aspirational choice for exceptional students   positive change in our     believing in our own
 from all backgrounds, not only those who require   local, national, and global   OUR    potential and by taking
 financial assistance.            communities.                              chances, risks, and new
 In 2024-2025 we will assess our current                VALUES                  opportunities.
 institutional capabilities and identify those
 actions necessary to meet our 10 Strategic Goals.
 From 2025-2028 we will focus on developing and
 delivering those initiatives and improvements,
 before entering an evaluative and reflective                          CURIOSITY
 phase in 2029 to take stock of our progress and   EXCELLENCE       We think for ourselves,
 adapt accordingly if necessary to ensure the long-  We strive to be the best   asking searching – and
 term success of our Vision by 2035.   that we can be in all that    sometimes difficult –
 It will be an honour and a privilege for me to   we do, learning from our   questions, inspired not only
 work with our community on the implementation   successes and our    by our academic disciplines
 of this Strategic Plan, and I invite you to join us as   struggles alike.  but also by a wide range
 we seek to make this progressive Vision a reality.                   of other interests.

 DR ELEANOR SPENCER-REGAN
 PRINCIPAL
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