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Professor Simon Maddocks delivered the presentation at the 2014 Building the Territory Conference. The inaugural Building the Territory Conference 2014 is an opportunity to meet with the project owners and leaders, to hear about the new opportunities and developments for the built environment in the Territory. For more information about the event, please visit: http://bit.ly/BuildingtheNT2014
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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
Building the Territory’s Workforce | 21 August 2014 | Slide 3
• 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
Building the Territory’s Workforce | 21 August 2014 | Slide 4
• 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
Building the Territory’s Workforce | 21 August 2014 | Slide 5
• 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
Building the Territory’s Workforce | 21 August 2014 | Slide 6
• 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
Building the Territory’s Workforce | 21 August 2014 | Slide 7
• 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
Building the Territory’s Workforce | 21 August 2014 | Slide 8
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
Building the Territory’s Workforce | 21 August 2014 | Slide 9
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
Building the Territory’s Workforce | 21 August 2014 | Slide 10
Recent Major Infrastructure Projects
Waterfront Business School
Menzies School of Health Research
Integrated Trades Training Facility
Durack Heights Residential Subdivision
Building the Territory’s Workforce | 21 August 2014 | Slide 11
• 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
Building the Territory’s Workforce | 21 August 2014 | Slide 12
GDP and Education
Building the Territory’s Workforce | 21 August 2014 | Slide 13
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
Building the Territory’s Workforce | 21 August 2014 | Slide 14
• 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
Building the Territory’s Workforce | 21 August 2014 | Slide 15
• Commonwealth Government Changes to Higher
Education
• Vocational Education and Training
• Indigenous Education
• Asia and the Tropics
• Capitalising on our unique location
Growth and Opportunity
Building the Territory’s Workforce | 21 August 2014 | Slide 16
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
Building the Territory’s Workforce | 21 August 2014 | Slide 17
Thank you
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