Kay Giles, Chief Executive, CPIT Aoraki

Reinventing the Organisation

Kay GilesChief Executive

March 2016

How my organisation has done things differently after the earthquakes as a response to the new needs of the city and region, and

How it is taking the opportunity to re‐examine and reinvent itself.

• Student numbers and recruitment − trends and issues

• Trades – a priority (but not the only one!)− includes specific target groups (Māori,

Pasifika, women)

• STEM

• Campus redevelopment

• Provision for the whole Canterbury region

Student Numbers and Recruitment – Trends

• A priority post-earthquake was to become operational as quickly as possible (challenging due to location inside ‘red zone’)

• Actively engage in community recovery

• Focus on pre-existing international partners and provide assurance about continuity of quality

Student Numbers and Recruitment – Trends and Issues

Student Numbers and Recruitment – Trends and Issues

Student Numbers and Recruitment – Issues

• Domestic recruitment– Strong local labour market a challenge

• Changing expectations of students– Delivery mode (classroom vs blended/online learning)– (Flexible) timing of delivery (eg evening/block courses)

• Changing expectations of employers– Demanding “work-readiness”– Requiring generic, transferable skills

Trades Training

• Trades training is a priority (for both CPIT Aoraki and the wider Canterbury community)

• Significant government engagement post earthquake:– Substantive localised investment ($18.9m to fund new facilities

at the CPIT Aoraki Trades campus)

Trades Training

• CPIT Aoraki on track to have facilities and delivery strategies to teach up to 1,400 EFTS by end of 2016

• Number of successful initiatives – Māori Trades Training – Pasifika Trades Training – Women in Trades – Secondary Tertiary Pathways (STP) – Targeted pricing strategies

Trades Training

Trades Training

Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics

• Holiday programmes for school students

• Evolocity

• Robotics

• IT Girls

• Celebration of Light Festival

• Engineering E2E

Campus Facility Developments/Highlights

• Major capital works programme – rebuild or refurbish every building by 2022

• Creating an environment for engaging, flexible, accessible, technology enhanced delivery

• Investment of nearly $200 million (in 2015 dollars)

Campus Facility Developments/Highlights

• New buildings complete or under way:– Whareora (Science and Wellbeing)

– Kahukura (Engineering and Architectural Studies)

– Te Tumu (Executive/Corporate Services)

WhareoraScience and Wellbeing

KahukuraEngineering and Architectural Studies

Campus Facility Developments/Highlights

• Health Precinct

• A number of hurdles to negotiate– much of campus yet to be remediated

– insurance claim to settle

– disruption to “BAU” (over next 5 years in particular when a concentrated period of rebuilding and refurbishment will occur)

Health Precinct

Provision for the whole Canterbury region