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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 2015-16
 Political environment
 Funding
 Defence funding guarantee of 3% real annually until
2017-18
 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