Vice-chancellor and president of Victoria University, Professor Adam Shoemaker, is on the cusp of marking his first year at the helm of the university. 

And as he approaches this milestone, he spoke to Campus Review about the university’s vertical campus, which is the biggest in Australia and aims to keep clusters of disciplines together. A key feature of the campus is that the top two floors being sublet to a law firm, fostering greater industry exposure to law students studying at the campus. 

Construction has also begun on the $1.5 billion Footscray Hospital adjacent to VU’s Footscray Park campus, Shoemaker added. This will become a world-class health and education precinct, and also home to the National Centre for Preventative Care. 

What the above projects highlight is the university’s commitment to “having industry at the core” of everything it does - a strategy that incorporates a “flipped campus” model. Another example is the Victoria University Whitten Oval, which was the Bulldogs' VFL/AFL home for generations and remains the squad's training base and administrative headquarters. Here, VU PhD students and others studying sports science, mechanics, sports tracking and even remedial massage receive all-important authentic experiences. 

While Shoemaker said that the sector is still “really challenging”, especially given the recent delay in opening up the borders fully to international students, he added it has forced the sector to “reinvent itself”. The VC also talks about how proud he is that VU has been able to maintain high satisfaction and employability levels throughout the pandemic, attributing much of this to VU’s block model that he explains in the podcast.

Vice-chancellor and president of Victoria University, Professor Adam Shoemaker, is on the cusp of marking his first year at the helm of the university.&nbsp;
And as he approaches this milestone, he spoke to Campus Review about the university&rsquo;s vertical campus, which is the biggest in Australia and aims to keep clusters of disciplines together. A key feature of the campus is that the top two floors being sublet to a law firm, fostering greater industry exposure to law students studying at the campus.&nbsp;
Construction has also begun on the $1.5 billion Footscray Hospital adjacent to VU&rsquo;s Footscray Park campus, Shoemaker added. This will become a world-class health and education precinct, and also home to the National Centre for Preventative Care.&nbsp;
What the above projects highlight is the university&rsquo;s commitment to &ldquo;having industry at the core&rdquo; of everything it does - a strategy that incorporates a &ldquo;flipped campus&rdquo; model. Another example is the Victoria University Whitten Oval, which was the Bulldogs' VFL/AFL home for generations and remains the squad's training base and administrative headquarters. Here, VU PhD students and others studying sports science, mechanics, sports tracking and even remedial massage receive all-important authentic experiences.&nbsp;
While Shoemaker said that the sector is still &ldquo;really challenging&rdquo;, especially given the recent delay in opening up the borders fully to international students, he added it has forced the sector to &ldquo;reinvent itself&rdquo;. The VC also talks about how proud he is that VU has been able to maintain high satisfaction and employability levels throughout the pandemic, attributing much of this to VU&rsquo;s block model that he explains in the podcast.

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