Alliance Strategy 2024-2027
More than a decade of global impact: The Monash Warwick Alliance forges ahead
In 2012 Monash University and the University of Warwick embarked on a groundbreaking partnership: the Monash Warwick Alliance (MWA, the Alliance), a pioneering model for international collaboration woven into the very fabric of both institutions.
Founded on shared principles of academic excellence and social impact, both universities had risen to international prominence through world-class research, a commitment to providing an exceptional educational offering, and a dedication to addressing complex challenges. The Alliance emerged as a natural progression, harnessing and enhancing these combined strengths to forge a unique synergy.
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Our educators share best practices and collaborate in pedagogic research to develop innovative educational initiatives and transform the student experience into a global education. One example created through the Alliance is the digital internship programme for students - TeaMWork - over 48 different companies now offer team internships to over 400 students. |
Students are at the heart of the Monash Warwick Alliance, and their experiences are vital to our success. Joint PhD programs, exchange programs, and virtual conferences have empowered our students, providing them with a global perspective and invaluable cross-cultural skills. The Alliance has enabled more than 1,000 students from Australia, the UK and Malaysia to undertake a mobility experience. |
Building on Success: A Strategy for 2024-2027
The Alliance’s new Strategy articulates the shared principles and mechanisms for continued research, education, and professional services collaboration in the next phase of the Alliance. It enables academics, students, and professional staff to have visibility of and access to collaborative opportunities. The Alliance will also explore alignment between Monash and Warwick’s wider international locations and networks, reaching out beyond Australia and the United Kingdom to provide even more opportunities for international engagement.The Alliance Strategy has a four-year horizon (2024-2027) to ensure the Alliance remains adaptable and receptive to changes in research, education and innovative collaboration.
Our Guiding Principles
The Monash Warwick Alliance is guided by core principles that ensure our collaborations are strategically aligned, innovative, mutually beneficial and display transformative potential. These principles inform our approach to research, education, and knowledge exchange, ensuring our initiatives deliver lasting impact for our students, faculty, and the wider community.
Research Strategy and Funding
The Alliance research strategy supports transformative projects that connect with both institutions' research priorities and global networks. Through two funding tiers, the Alliance supports the early development of potentially transformative research projects and the growth of longer-term and impactful projects with significant external funding potential. The Alliance is committed to fostering a vibrant and connected Alliance doctoral community and enabling student access to our respective global networks and international and industry partners.
| The Alliance Research Activation Fund supports researchers to establish new links and advance existing collaborations. | The Major Initiatives Fund supports projects that demonstrate a strong potential for impact, including the potential to attract significant external funding. | A doctoral training community focus will facilitate strong connections between Monash and Warwick PhD students, helping to create the next generation of collaborative researchers through enhancing the existing joint doctoral program and building new training offerings, mentoring programmes, and cohort building initiatives. |
Education Strategy and Funding
The Alliance education strategy focuses on transformative projects that enhance international collaboration, student experience, and innovation. The Alliance supports initiatives that align with mutual educational goals and demonstrate the potential for significant impact on student learning and outcomes. Co-creating education initiatives with students is integral to the Alliance, and the Alliance will expand successful initiatives such as the TeaMWork programme.
| The Education Activation Fund supports staff in initiating, collaborating on, and delivering projects that internationalise teaching and learning and incorporate student co-creation. | The Strategic Education Fund fosters larger-scale programs with clear potential for sustainability and scalability. |
Professional Services and Funding
Building on past exchanges and learning in professional services, the Alliance has a new funding scheme to support joint initiatives to build capacity between professional service areas.
| The Professional Services Collaboration Fund facilitates collaborative activity, including benchmarking and exchange of good practice. |
Find out more
Get in touch with our team to discuss collaborative opportunities and answer any questions you may have: mw-alliance@monash.edu
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