The University of Notre Dame Australia (UNDA) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with St Mary’s University, Twickenham, London, which will provide joint opportunities for both staff and students.
The agreement supports a new, deep partnership between the two universities and sets the stage for collaboration in a range of areas to deliver an enriched experience for students and staff at both institutions.
The partnership will create opportunities for staff mobility and exchanges, joint research centres, joint staff appointments and for students to participate in study abroad programmes between the universities.
It also creates an opportunity for the two universities to pursue joint academic programmes that could eventually allow students to study at both universities as part of their degree, benefitting from the best that each university has to offer and experiencing student life in each country.
UNDA Vice-Chancellor Francis Campbell and St Mary’s University Vice-Chancellor Anthony McClaren. Photo: Sourced.
Established in 1989, The University of Notre Dame Australia is a national Catholic university with campuses in Sydney, Freemantle, and Broome. The Good Universities Guide recently rated it number one in Australia for “overall student experience”, and it achieved a five-star rating for skills development and teaching quality.
St Mary’s, founded in 1850, was recently rated amongst the top universities in London for Student Experience by the Sunday Times Good University Guide.
Higher Education Student Data praised St Mary’s for having high employment rates among graduates, with 98 per cent of graduates from St Mary’s in employment, vocation or further study within 15 months.
UNDA Vice-Chancellor Prof Francis Campbell said it was “great to see Notre Dame work with St Mary’s, an institution which is a natural partner for us”.
“Staff and students alike at both institutions will benefit from this new partnership. Along with my colleagues, I very much look forward to welcoming St Mary’s students to our campuses in Fremantle and Sydney in due course,” Prof Campbell added.
Speaking of the partnership, St Mary’s Vice-Chancellor Anthony McClaran said he was “delighted that we have been able to sign this MOU with Notre Dame”.
“The two universities share a distinct Catholic identity and I am confident that this new partnership will deliver a range of exciting teaching and research developments for students and staff at both universities,” Mr McClaran stated.