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Candidate Yasushi Kaneda’s Statement of Intent
Position: Executive Director (Vice President), Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka University
Declaration of Intent
As the President, I will lead Osaka University with a spirit of challenge, implementing various initiatives to create a vibrant campus where members can fully demonstrate their abilities and realize their dreams.
Leveraging the wisdom generated as a comprehensive university, I aim to create new values and produce talented individuals that can transform international society, thus building a resilient and sustainable future that protects "life" and "livelihood."
Reflections on Joining as Executive Director
- Osaka University is remarkable.
- I sense that, with the support of our members, we are gradually moving in a positive direction.
- We are beginning to realize what the international community demands.
- It is not a dream to produce Nobel Prize winners from Osaka University.
The ability to achieve such outcomes and cultivate talent stems from Osaka University’s strength as a comprehensive university, where diversity is crucial. Innovative results emerge from this diversity, nurturing individuals who can impact the world.
Management Policies
- Belief: We must cherish university members engaged in education and research, ensuring that they can thrive.
- Management Stance as President:
1. Create innovation based on comprehensive knowledge and foster a culture that leads to social transformation.
2. Focus on strengthening the educational and research foundations of departments for vibrant operations and continuously monitor their status through visits and discussions with faculty and staff for management improvement.
3. Emphasize the strengthening of the financial foundation that supports the whole, appropriately allocating resources to departments.
Vision for the University
A university that builds a resilient and sustainable future society protecting "life" and "livelihood" and "leads society."
Strategies to Achieve the Vision
1. Social Creation Strategy: Foster innovation based on comprehensive knowledge, cultivating culture and guiding social transformation.
2. New Value Creation Research Strategy: Generate unique and outstanding research outcomes.
3. Talent Production Education Strategy: Develop globally impactful individuals.
4. Management Strategy: Promote the strengthening of educational and research foundations.
5. DE&I Strategy: Enhance diversity and inclusivity.
6. International Strategy: Cultivate students and researchers who can thrive in the global community.
7. Achieving Vibrant Department Operations: Strengthen the financial strategy.
Key Initiatives for Vibrant Department Operations
1. Resource Redistribution: Strengthen resource allocation to departments, initiating a base-up program to enhance educational activities.
2. Tuition Policy: Increase international student tuition by 10% while maintaining domestic student fees.
3. Contract Faculty Response: Enable departments to set indefinite employment positions.
4. Facility Renewal: Promote renovations and aging facility responses with unique funding sources.
5. Attracting Talented Students: Expand recruitment from various educational levels and support programs for excellent students.
6. Securing Research Time for Researchers: Strengthen support for faculty during critical life events.
7. Promoting Internationalization: Enhance mobility functions for students and researchers through international information and overseas collaboration.
8. Management System for Incorporating Faculty Feedback: Establish direct engagement opportunities with young faculty.
Education
Enhance diverse recruitment strategies to foster students who will become top researchers, global industry leaders, and innovators for international social change.
Research
Strengthen overall research capabilities to continuously produce unique and outstanding research outcomes.
Social Creation
Lead social transformation by forming interdisciplinary project teams based on comprehensive knowledge.
Financial Foundation Strengthening
Construct a robust financial foundation to accelerate the university's activities through strategic resource allocation.
Management System
Plan and allocate resources for creating a new Osaka University, engaging with various stakeholders.
Internationalization
Establish networks with overseas institutions to cultivate talent capable of succeeding internationally.
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DE&I)
Realize a campus life where diverse individuals can inspire and elevate each other.
Conclusion
I promise to work with you all to advance Osaka University as a leading research institution globally, building a resilient and sustainable future society that protects "life" and "livelihood."
Yasushi Kaneda’s Core Policies:
- Department Development
- Interdisciplinary Research Based on Comprehensive Knowledge
- Cultural Fostering
- Strengthening Autonomous Financial Foundations