To transform lives through Christ-centred higher education.
We engage students in authentic, faith-based learning and discovery.
Empowering graduates and staff to serve their world for good.
Avondale’s core values of excellence, spirituality, wellbeing, integrity and service are foundational to who we are and how we treat others.
“For a greater vision of world needs.”
Avondale’s higher education coursework graduates have demonstrated:
| Graduate Attributes | Avondale Values |
|---|---|
| 1. The capacity to reflect deeply on Christian values; | Spirituality Wellbeing |
| 2. An orientation to service; | Spirituality Wellbeing Service |
| 3. The capacity to respond ethically and morally in various situations and contexts; | Spirituality Integrity Service |
| 4. An informed respect for individual worth, cultural and social diversity, and environmental sustainability; | Spirituality Integrity Service |
| 5. A capacity to lead in professional and community contexts; | Excellence Spirituality Service |
| 6. Relevant professional employability skills and literacies; | Excellence Service |
| 7. Critically-informed professional practice; | Excellence Service |
| 8. A capacity for reflective and research-informed life-long learning. | Excellence Wellbeing |
HDR graduates have demonstrated the above attributes and, in addition, have command of a subject of specialised knowledge with high levels of autonomy and research sophistication.
Higher education coursework graduate attributes approved by Academic Board 26 April 2021
Avondale’s vocational education and training graduates have demonstrated:
| Graduate Attributes |
|---|
| 1. The ability to reflect constructively on Christian values; |
| 2. An orientation to service; |
| 3. The capacity to respond ethically and legally in various situations and contexts; |
| 4. An informed respect for individual worth, cultural and social diversity, and environmental sustainability; |
| 5. The facility to lead and/or to work collaboratively in professional and community contexts; |
| 6. Relevant professional employability skills and literacies; |
| 7. The aptitude for informed skilled work or paraprofessional practice; |
| 8. A capacity for reflective and workplace-informed life-long learning. |
Vocational education and training graduate attributes approved by Academic Board 04 December 2017
