Student Centred

At Flinders, we believe a shared sense of purpose, together with a common set of values, is fundamental to a rewarding culture. Our underlying ethos of being student centred is a distinguishing feature of the Flinders experience and is the measure by which we judge the impact of innovation in teaching and student support.

Scholarly Fellow Academic Appointments

A Scholarly Fellow academic appointment is a new category of employment that provides academic career development opportunities and increased job security for eligible applicants. It is intended that the role will encompass elements of teaching and teaching related duties and an opportunity to provide an academic pathway for early career academic staff.

The University will offer Scholarly Fellow academic appointments as convertible appointments of up to three years and if eligible will be converted to continuing. Once the staff member’s appointment is converted, they will no longer be a Scholarly Fellow.

Academic Promotion

The Flinders University academic promotion policy supports the promotion of academic staff, recognising and rewarding sustained excellence across academic activity.

Continuing and Fixed-Term academic staff (with a min. 3-year cumulative term of appointment) are eligible to apply for promotion. The process provides our academic staff a fair and transparent opportunity to continuously advance their career by demonstrating their successes and contribution to the University’s strategic priorities.

Flinders University has a clear, exciting and innovative strategic vision, with Research a fundamental cornerstone of our mission as a University.  Through research, and research-led teaching, we build and develop the knowledge and capabilities that improve lives and enhance society as a whole.

Join the Research team at Flinders University:

• Discover solutions
• Create knowledge
• Transform understanding

Supported by government grants and the Vice Chancellors research fund we are committed to large scale transformative research programmes & strongly emphasise research that makes a difference through engagement with key external research partners & stakeholders. 

As a professional at Flinders, you will work in an inclusive culture that embraces and celebrates difference.

We foster professional development, with personal study leave and conference funds available and encouraged.

Flinders University has an extremely diverse range of professional roles in addition to supporting students through their learning through academic careers.  These roles are vital in the University’s success and to achieve its strategic priority of elevating performance and becoming a top ten Australian University and amongst the top 1% in the world.

Some of the professional roles that we have at Flinders include: