Vice-Chancellor’s Roadshow March - April 2010

 Political environment  Funding Glenn Withers, CEO of Universities Australia, briefed a recent conference on the coming ‘Battle of the Budget’  Target to reduce Commonwealth tax as share of GDP to 24% from current 28%  Target to restrain real spending growth to 2% vs 9% for last two years  Target to return Budget to surplus by

 Political environment  Funding  Defence funding guarantee of 3% real annually until  Health outlays have risen annually by 5% real in recent years and will increase with population ageing  Defence and health situation alone means that other spending can grow only by 1.3% real under the 2% cap

 Political environment  Compacts  Transitioning to student centred funding model  Meeting the attainment target  Access and Equity  International  Quality and Student Engagement  Research and Research Training

 Political environment  My University website  Student Experience  TAFE degrees

 Current Government Programs  Sustainable Research Excellence (SRE)  Excellence in Research for Australia (ERA)  Collaborative Research Network (CRN)  Structural Adjustment Fund (SAF)  Education Investment Fund (EIF)

 Current Government Programs  Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency (TEQSA) Teaching and Research included:  Definition of a University  Definition of a University [of specialisation]  Definition of a University College

 Current Government Programs  Higher Education Participation and Partnerships Program (HEPPP)  Student Income Support  Low SES definition  Baird Report (international students)  ESOS Act changes

 Regional Loading Review  Scope  Scale  Reach

 Preparing for the University Strategy  L.E.K. Report  Goal-oriented framework [see handout]

 Student Central  Challenging to start up in the time-frame, but a success

 Student Experience  Pathways  Transition Year  Final Year  Refinement of Student Central

 Load  CSU  2009: 8% over-enrolled  2010: 6% (+/- 2%) over-enrolled  Sector  7.5% over-enrolled (45,000 students)

 Load  Where are these students coming from?  2010 applicants (compared to 2009) o 9.8 % increase in low SES applicants o 8.2 % increase in medium SES applicants o 5.4 % increase in high SES applicants

 Budget  2009: Underlying surplus $11.3million (3.7 per cent) Reported surplus, including abnormals, $19.5million

 Distribution of over-enrolment funding  2009 funding  50% of funding to the Faculties o 25% immediately o 25% mid-year, subject to no unforeseen financial difficulties  50% allocated by Division of Finance for surplus and capital works

 Distribution of over-enrolment funding  2010 funding  50% to Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research) to support Faculty research  50% allocated by Division of Finance for refurbishment of teaching and student spaces

 Climate Survey  To be conducted during May 2010 to allow for significant demands on staff earlier this year

 Vice-Chancellor’s Awards for Excellence  Please consider a nomination  Guidelines and forms on the Division of Human Resources website