Building the Territory’s Workforce: Education - as Important as Infrastructure

Presentation to

Building the Territory Conference

Professor Simon Maddocks

Vice-Chancellor

21 August 2014

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• Celebrating 25 years of university education in the NT 2014

• CDU provides the human capital that underpins the public

good and future prosperity of Central and Northern Australia

• Dual sector – Vocational Education and Training (VET) &

Higher Education (HE) programs

• Mostly State/Territory funding for VET/VET in Schools

• Mostly Federal funding for HE & Research

• Federal & Territory funding of capital initiatives/infrastructure

• NTG-CDU Partnership Agreement

Background

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• 11 campuses and training centres,

150 drive in-drive out locations

across the NT

• 10,920 higher education students*

• 11,799 vocational education and

training students*

• $35m research income*

• 1,393 full time equivalent staff*

Snapshot

* 2013 Annual Report

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• One of the fastest growing Australian universities

• World class research in focussed areas • Environmental Science / Land & Water Management

• Indigenous and Tropical Health (Menzies)

• Significant online delivery

capacity and expanding

• More than 10% of Territory

residents enrol annually in

either VET or HE courses

at CDU

Snapshot

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• 24 VET teams delivered 2.8 million

hours of training in 2013

• 9 of the 10 NT Finalists at the 2013

National Workskills Competition

are CDU students

• 30% of students identify as

Indigenous

• 30% of students identify as from

Non English Speaking

Backgrounds

Snapshot – Vocational Education and Training

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• 90% of students surveyed reported as being satisfied or

very satisfied with training

• 86% of employers surveyed reported as being satisfied or

very satisfied with CDU graduates

• 375 students enrolled in Adult Migrant English Program

• $28million Trades Training Facility nearing completion

• New program based at KRC to boost the number of work-

ready apprentices available to local businesses

Snapshot – Vocational Education and Training

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• 85% of commencing HE students are mature age

• 4% of students identify as Indigenous

• World class online learning capabilities

• Student satisfaction with quality of teaching and learning

continues steadily upwards

• Professionally accredited HE

courses

• Campus facilities in Sydney

and Melbourne

Snapshot – Higher Education

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Snapshot – Research

The Times Higher Education: World University

Rankings

2013/14 Ranking:

351-400

Top 2%

The Times Higher Education: One Hundred Under

Fifty (Universities established within the last 50

years)

2014 Ranking: 69

QS: World University Rankings 2013 Ranking: 471-480

(first appearance)

SCImago Journal & Country Rank

(Scientific influence of citations & journals)

1610th

• Global rankings are important

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Recent Major Infrastructure Projects

NT Medical Program

Australian Centre for Indigenous Knowledges

and Education

International House Student Accommodation

North Australian Centre for Oil and Gas

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Recent Major Infrastructure Projects

Waterfront Business School

Menzies School of Health Research

Integrated Trades Training Facility

Durack Heights Residential Subdivision

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• CDU contributed $559.2 million of benefits to the Northern

Territory economy in 2013 calendar year, comprising

$393.9 million direct impacts.

• This accounts for around

4.0% of the Northern

Territory’s Gross State

Product (GSP) ^.

^ Consulting and Implementation Services Pty Ltd 2014

CDU Economic Benefit to NT

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GDP and Education

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CDU Economic Benefit to NT cont….

Benefit to Gross

State Product

Direct

Impact

$m

Direct

value

add $m Multiplier

GSP

Impact $m

Expenditure

Wages/Salaries Net 160.2 1.7 271.7

Other expenses 120.0 1.7 203.5

Sub-total 280.2 1.7 475.2

Capex 95.5 23.8 2.9 69.5

Student/Visitor Expenditutre

International 17.2 7.9 1.7 13.7

Interstate Placements 0.4 0.2 1.7 0.3

Visitors 0.6 0.3 1.7 0.5

Subtotal 18.2 8.4 1.7 14.5

Total 393.2 559.2

^ Consulting and Implementation Services Pty Ltd 2014

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• Government’s Northern Australia

Development Agenda will entail increased

infrastructure and workforce demands

• CDU plays a critical role in training a skilled

and professional workforce

• CDU here for the long haul and part of the NT

community

Workforce Development

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• Commonwealth Government Changes to Higher

Education

• Vocational Education and Training

• Indigenous Education

• Asia and the Tropics

• Capitalising on our unique location

Growth and Opportunity

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Challenges Ahead

• Growth in VET and HE student enrolments

• Increasing competition

• Building the CDU brand nationally

• Innovation to generate a smart region

• Internationalisation

BUILDING THE

TERRITORY

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Thank you