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

Presentation to

Building the Territory Conference

Professor Simon Maddocks

Vice-Chancellor

21 August 2014

Building the Territory’s Workforce | 21 August 2014 | Slide 2

• 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


• 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


• 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


• 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


• 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


• 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


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


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


Recent Major Infrastructure Projects

Waterfront Business School

Menzies School of Health Research

Integrated Trades Training Facility

Durack Heights Residential Subdivision


• 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


GDP and Education


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


• 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


• Commonwealth Government Changes to Higher

Education

• Vocational Education and Training

• Indigenous Education

• Asia and the Tropics

• Capitalising on our unique location

Growth and Opportunity


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


Thank you