Flinders Master Plan

Shaping the Bedford Park Campus

We are creating a new, uniquely Flinders Master Plan – a blueprint for the physical development and infrastructure required for the Bedford Park Campus to ensure it remains attractive, vibrant, accessible and sustainable into the future.

Through April, May and June , we invited staff, students and community to complete a survey with ideas and thoughts on everything from land use, building design, transport, outdoor spaces and sustainability, and ideas on what we could improve or create at Bedford Park campus.

Our survey is now closed.

About the Bedford Park Master Plan

We’re creating a new Bedford Park Campus Master Plan to guide, inform and prioritise our physical infrastructure investments and decisions to ensure our campus continues to support Flinders University’s strategic objectives now and into the future.

With approximately $1b worth of physical assets, we are creating a planning framework for our developments, buildings, spaces, landscapes, and consolidating our approach to transport, parking, utilities and infrastructure.

Helping Flinders to fully leverage and maximise future opportunities in research and education, the Master Plan will be a blueprint for the physical development of Bedford Park, helping to create an outstanding campus experience for our students, staff and visitors.

The Bedford Park Campus Master Plan is expected to be finalised by mid 2025.

Early engagement

To help inform our Master Plan, we created a key directions paper following early engagement with senior leaders, key academics, teams of staff and Student Council.

Read our Bedford Park Master Plan - Key Directions Paper Summary 2022

Questions? Get in touch

masterplan@flinders.edu.au

Project timeline

Frequently asked questions (FAQ)

Why is a Master Plan important?

A Master Plan will help to underpin our strategic objectives and create world class campus experiences for our students and staff.

Flinders University opened in 1966 and since then, only one Master Plan has been created in 1992. Since then, the old plan has become outdated. We need a new Master Plan that can support Flinders to deliver its vision, mission and ongoing future success.

Importantly, as we’re custodians of $1b of assets we need to ensure our campuses are fit for the future and our capital investments are prudent and well informed.

What other strategies and plans will help to inform the Master Plan?

In addition to our 2025 Agenda, the Master Plan will be informed by a range University initiatives and strategies, including:

Flinders City Strategy
Flinders Village Master Plan
Tonsley presence
Rural & Remote strategy
Transport strategy
Reconciliation Action Plan
Research, Learning and Teaching strategies
Sustainability Action Plan
Student experience
Student accommodation
Digital Strategy

The Master Plan will also consider external influences such as:

Local council initiatives and relationships
Precinct partners; such as Flinders Medical Centre
Industry partners
Local community

Is the Master Plan only for Bedford Park? What about our other campuses?

Our Master Plan will focus on Bedford Park (including Sturt), however many of the guiding principles and elements will flow across our other sites.

Who gets a say in the Master Plan process?

We have provided engagement opportunities and have welcomed input from all students and staff to have their say.

Will you include the age/condition of the buildings on campus in the Master Plan?

All assets age and require ongoing maintenance, renewal or replacement. Separately, we have conducted a Building Audit, so all of this information will be captured in one place and can be considered holistically as part of the Plan.