ViceChancellors Roadshow

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Vice-Chancellors Roadshow
VICE-CHANCELLORS ROADSHOW March
2008
FOR THE PUBLIC GOOD

• March 2008

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Political Environment
VICE-CHANCELLORS ROADSHOW March
2008
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• Portfolio split between Department of Education,
  Employment and Workplace Relations (DEEWR) and
  Department of Innovation, Industry, Science and
  Research (DIISR)
• Minister Gillard (DEEWR) Review focussing on
  funding models, compacts and diversity (The
  Australian 5 March 2008)
• Release by Senator Carr of Excellence in
  Research for Australia (ERA)
• Ways to address University funding

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Political Environment
VICE-CHANCELLORS ROADSHOW March
2008
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• CSU positioning in new environment Government
  Relations Plan being developed
• Key meetings being held with Members of
  Parliament and department officials
• CSU Week at NSW Parliament 31 March 4
  April 2008
• Non-aligned group letter to Ministers Gillard
  and Carr signed by all but two Universities

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Compact funding
VICE-CHANCELLORS ROADSHOW March
2008
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• In 2006 the Government released a White Paper
  describing the mission-based Compact model of
  funding for Universities
• Each University will set out funding
  requirements and related outcomes for a mix of
• 1.  Education UG and PG and costs
• 2. Research and Research Training High Quality
  research and research education
• 3. Community Outreach and Service 
• 4.   Innovation Activities Knowledge Transfer,
  Impact of Research, Collaborations

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Compact funding (2)
VICE-CHANCELLORS ROADSHOW March
2008
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• Proportions of funding will vary significantly
  among these four components reflecting
  differences in their missions, circumstances and
  capabilities
• Funding will be provided on a rolling triennial
  basis - per student
• An overarching compact framework for each
  University would set an agreed distribution
  across the four components, as well as the
  performance expectations and reporting
  requirements for each component

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Recent Successes for CSU
VICE-CHANCELLORS ROADSHOW March
2008
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• Compliance with National Governance
  Protocols/HEWRRs
• CSU Interact goes live
• CSU Institutional Repository (CRO) Project
• CSU Card Project
• Distribution of yourCSU

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Successes
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2008
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• Ontario becomes a school
• CSU graduate Hamish MacDonald named Young
  Journalist of the Year in London by the Royal
  Television Society
• School of Dentistry and Health Sciences
• Professor Ward Massey appointed as Head of
  School
• Building program on schedule at Orange
• (Wagga Wagga building program delayed)
• Finance business models are supporting the
  revenue generating capacity of the clinics

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Successes
VICE-CHANCELLORS ROADSHOW March
2008
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• Unaudited Research income for 2007 exceeded
  12m
• Number of research productive women up from 72
  to 106
• 2006 ranking figures
• From 30 to 28 for research income
• From 26 to 24 for research publications

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Successes
VICE-CHANCELLORS ROADSHOW March
2008
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• Strategic Voluntary Separation Scheme
• Subject Reduction all Faculties met 2008
  targets
• Establishment of Education for Practice and the
  Flexible Learning Institute
• Addition of Distance Education mode programs in
  some of CSUs key professional fields key to
  meeting load for 2008 and beyond
• Council approval of 30 million loan to construct
  600 new student rooms revenue will repay loan

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Budget
VICE-CHANCELLORS ROADSHOW March
2008
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• 2007 financial year in line with expectations
  audit now underway
• CSUs annual surplus for 2007 is inflated to
  about 30m by the accounting requirement to
  include the 18m received from the Commonwealth
  Government for CSUs new dental program
• Actual result is a 12m surplus which compares to
  16m in 2006 in the desired range of 3 - 5 of
  total revenue
• Salary bill of 169m, 20m more than previous
  year.
• That is a challenge to the University as it
  tries to address its staffstudent
  ratio and maintain quality across the board

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Student Load for 2008
VICE-CHANCELLORS ROADSHOW March
2008
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• Met student load for 2007 with over-enrolment
  of 572 EFTSL this includes 110 EFTSL of
  enabling load
• Preliminary figures indicate CSU will meet
  2008 load provided the conversion of acceptances
  to enrolments and the return of current students
  remain at historical levels
• Actively enrolling students for mid-year to
  maximise chances of meeting load in 2009
• My thanks to colleagues who worked hard to
  ensure that every eligible student is encouraged
  to take up, or continue, a place at CSU

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Load Issues
VICE-CHANCELLORS ROADSHOW March
2008
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• No new places, bid for or requested, for 2008
• Transfer of 400 Commerce places into 80 Health
  and Education places which resulted in a
  reduction of 320 EFTSL in the total projected
  load target for 2008

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Bids for New Places
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2008
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• Background
• DEEWR is offering
• A one-off cohort of 500 Nursing places for start
  mid 2008
• 1000 continuing Nursing and 500 continuing Early
  Childhood Education places starting 2009
•  
• For the nursing places priority will be given to
  programs where
• At least one-quarter of the places are for
  enrolled nurses seeking to upgrade their
  qualifications
• For 2009 places, clinical experience occurs in
  rural and regional hospitals

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Executive coaching and coaching culture
VICE-CHANCELLORS ROADSHOW March
2008
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• 360o feedback executive coaching first stage is
  almost complete
• Now entering evaluation stage
• Executive coaching is different from the ongoing
  culture of coaching at CSU

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Key themes in planning in 2008
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2008
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• Significant competition from Open Universities
  Australia and the need for a CSU response
• Defining and improving the student experience
• Weakness in decreasing numbers of
  international students on regional campuses

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Key themes in planning in 2008
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2008
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• Capital works need to continue with
  refurbishment of learning and teaching spaces and
  provision of space for PhD students (as well as
  construction for new initiatives, for example
  Dentistry, Veterinary Science and Thurgoona
  campus)
• Recruitment of specialist technical staff
• Clinics
• Significant progress in relation to CSUs
  indigenous responsibilities

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Major initiatives for 2008
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2008
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• Unified Session Model (USM) Stage 3 planning
  underway
• Construction of Thurgoona campus for move by
  mid-2009
• Enterprise Bargaining
• CSU Branding
• AUQA
• International Education and (?)
• One of Blended learning (CSU Interact)
• Education for practice
  (practicums etc)
• Student experience