We speak to Peter Powell , Chief Information Officer at La Trobe University , about plans to expand digital capabilities over the next few years in a bid to build a “ university city of the future ”

W hen it was first established in 1967 , 552 students attended La Trobe University . Now , it has over 30,000 students from more than 100 countries and boasts a network of campuses across Northwest Victoria , in Australia . The La Trobe , in the top 1 % of universities globally , mission statement , then and now , is to advance “ knowledge and learning to shape the future of our students and communities .” Currently it ’ s enhancing that by developing a “ University City of the Future ”, growing its physical and digital infrastructures to support the needs of contemporary students and create more than 20,000 jobs over the next decade .