Annual Repoii2003

Contents

Statement o f Compliance Chancellor's Foreword About ECU University Mission and Defining Themes Highlights of the Year 2003 University Council, Committee Structure, Organisational Framework Vice-Chancellor's Commentary Teaching and Learning Students International and Commercial Research and Higher Degrees Staff Professional and Community Engagement Strategic Development and Management Corporate Governance Statement Compliance with Relevant Written Laws Summary Statistics

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Financial Statements Certification 7 2 Statement of Financigl Performance 74 . Statement of Financial Position 75 . Statement of Cash Flows 76 Notes to the Financial Statements for the year ended 31 December 2003 77 Auditor General's Statement

Key Periormance Indicators Certification . Auditor General's Statement

Output Measures 118

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Statement of Compliance

Edith Cowan University Joondalup Drive JOONDALUP WA 6027

Telephone: 13 43 28 Facsimile: f61 8 9300 1257

5 March, 2004

My Dear Minister

In accordance with Section 66 of the Financial Administration and Audit Act 1985, we hereby submit for your information and presentation to Parliament the Annual Report of Edith Cowan University for the year ending 31 December 2003.

The Annual Report has been prepared in accordance with the provisions of the Financial Administration and Audit Act 1985 and ratified by the University Council on 19 February 2004.

Yours sincer

/& Justice RD Nicholson A 0 Chancellor On behalf of the University Council.

The Hon A J Carpenter MLA Minister for Education and Training 1 2th Floor, Dumas House 2 Havelock Street WEST PERTH WA 6005

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Chancellor The Honourable Justice Robert David Nicholson, AO, BA, LLB (Hons) WAusf, M A Georgefown, LLM Melb

Jusfice Nicholson has been Chanceiior of ECU since 1 January 1997. He is a Judge o f the Federal Court of Australia and has a distinguished background in both iegai practice and schaiarship in Ausiraiia and inlernationaiiy. For more detaiied biogrgraphicai notes. visif hHp:/i~~~.ecu.edu.auiGPPSico!~ncili.

Chancellor's Foreword

Governance arrangements in Australian universities is a topic which has received much attention during 2003, as one of many components of the Federal Government's Our Universities: Backing Australia's Future higher education reform package.

During 2003, ECU contributed to the debate on the Federai Governmeni's proposed National Governance Protocols for Public Australian Higher Education institutions through my roie in the national Chancellors' group and the Vice-Chancellor's roie in the Austraiian Vice-Chancellors' Committee. The joint recommendations of these two groups have been well received by the Federal Minister for Education and the resulting protocols should help strengthen future higher education governance in Australia.

At the same time as contributing to this national debate, ECU's governing Council has continued to look at ways to enhance its own governance arrangements, including through: considering the implications of the proposed nationai governance protocols for ECU; approving the establishment of a new Nominations Committee; and, monitoring and participating in the University's preparation for its 2004 quality audit by the Australian Universities Quality Agency (AUQA).

A key role of Council is that of a trustee which guides and protects the public interest in the Universibj. In that capacity, Council has jmportant responsibilities for ensuring that the University sets a sound strategic direction and that appropriate monitoring and accountability arrangements are in place. in a time of major higher education reform, such roles are particularly important.

The partnership between 'he Chancellor, governing body and.Vice-Chanceiior is vital to the success of a university. At ECU, this partnership is characterised by a united purpose, a boldness ofvision and a prudent use of resources.

The results achieved by ECU in 2003 testify to the success of this parinership in guiding and nuriuring the University in a strategic direction which is well attuned to the needs of the community. ECU has transferred its administrative headquartersto a splendid new building at Joondalup; broadened its relevance and appeai in the domestic and global market and embraced partnerships essential to its future growth in both educational offerings and public profiie.

This Annual Report presents yet another chapter in the development of a New Generation University which continues to translate its ethos of service, professionaiism and enterprise into benefits formany Westem Australians, as well as its broader international community.

I pay tribute to the members of Council, the Vice-chancellor and the senior management team fortheir commitment end hard work this year.

Justice Robert Nfchoison A0

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About ECU Named after the first woman elected to an Austraiian Parliament - Edith Oircksey Cowan - Edith Cowan University (ECU) is an exciting fusion of traditional education principles with contemporary enterprise.

Working to its three deflning themes of service, professionalism and enterprise.. the University has positioned itself as a professionally-oriented tertiary education institution providing service to and preparation for the knowledge-based service professions. ECU prides itself on producing graduates who can operate effectively in today's globalised workplace.

Since 1902, ECU through its forerunner organisaiions, has been western Australia's major provider of teacher education. Given university status in 1991, ECU has since developed innovative snd pract'cal solrses icross a w:de range of d'sc'phnes, esrebishec a vb-anr reseiirch cult^? and attracted a growing rmge of quality rssszrcn panners and -osearzhers. many working at the cutting edgeof their fields.

ECU has the largest enrolment of Western Austraiian students of all the State's universities. It is now WA's second largest university, and has more than 21,500 enrolled students at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels. In addition to Australian students, the University has approximately 3,500 international students originating from 75 countries. international students comprise over 16 per cent of the student body.

The University has embarked on an extensive program of consolidating its campuses in areas of population growth, established density and regional relevance.

ECU works closely with private and public sector organisations, locally and overseas, in designing its study programs. Research is undertaken in coilaboration with industry, particularly the service industries and professions.

The University strives to offer education of the highest quality in the service professions. Difkrentiating itself in the WA tertiary education market, ECU recognises and concentrates on its areas of particular strength - education, nursing, finance, business, computing, communications and the creative and performing arts.

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University Mission

To provide, within a diverse and dynamic learning environment, university education of recognised quaiity, especially for those people employed in, or seeking employment in, the service professions.

in pursuit of its mission, ECU will: provide high quality teaching, utiiising new educational and communications technologies; . develop new knowledge in selective fields through research and scholarship; enhance access to higher education; produce graduates with the wisdom, insight and skills to contribute to the betterment of society; and strengthen and enrich the intellectual, cuitural and economic life of the regional, state, national and international communities the University serves.

Defining Themes Three defining themes inform the way ECU pursues its mission:

Service: Encouraging the highest standards of learning by adopting a student-centred approach to teachina. learnino and the administration of student services. Seeking obportuniries for ciose and productive involvement with the professions, government, industry, the community and educational instifutions at local, nationai and in!ernationai ievels.

Professionalism: Building on, and expanding, the University's strengths in professional education and training to produce graduates who contribute to the workforce and the economy. Seeking to demonstrate the highest standards of professional behaviour in its reiationship with studenis, staff and ihe community.

Enterprise: Building a culture which consiantiy seeks to improve itseif by supporting and rewarding initiatives which enhance the Univkrsity's performance. Increasing the international dimension of the University's teaching, research and community service programs through selective partnerships and enterprises. Collaborari~g vith oxer 'rs!i:~:'cns an t 0rganisa:'ons 'n stmegc pamerships ic acconpi:sh o5ie:tives that would be x y m d :+D capabiliry of inoiv'iual instit~t'ons ict inq - alone.

.. Promoting the University's strengths in local, national and international contexts through community service, targeted marketing and publicity. . .

These themes have been adopted across the broad sweep of the University's activities, and guide ail aspects of its stmtegic planning.

Highlights of t h e Year 2003

ECU se t s new foundations A StrongerECU- the University's new Strategic Plan 2003-2007 commenced. - =C, s i x e i ~ t ' v e leatershp tea3 w s strenatheneo by t i e appointtrsnt of - Deculy Vce-Chancellor 1Acedm'cl. Ce~utv Vice-Chaxe 3r (St-dents. Advancemeit in9 international), fo& new ~ac;;ity ~xe.&tive Deans, new pro ~icekhanceiiorship in Equity and Indigenous, Teaching and Learning and Research. A Guided Self-Assessment aaainst the Australian Business Excellence Framework was "

cnoetaken w':h hignly fawu-a~le res:. 1s. . EC- urdenmk 2 Mock A~c ' t i i xeperat'on iur:ie 2004 Aus!ra'isn Lniverxj L a ily Agency external audit A broader KPI framework was implemented to more closeiy monitor quality and performance. ECU made detailed submissions to the Federal Government's Higher Education Rninrmc ,,--...,-. . EC J's Vce-Ciancellcr was irvitec io sit or, the Steering C3mmittee for the Federal Government's Re~ iew of Clcser Co/labora!icn be,W%n Uni/erjilies and Publizk Funded Research Agencies. . ECU hosted a federal Department of Education, Science and Training Pmfiies visit by senior departmental officers to showcase its Joondalup Campus.

Enrolments, graduations reach record levels ECU jumped from fourth to second place in WA first preferences. ECU increased its market share in each preference category. Non-TEE enrolments grew by 34.8 per cent over2002. . Enrolments reached a total of 21,711 student6 . 5,500 students graduated in nine ceremonies.

Teaching and Learning reviewed, improved A Deputy Vice-chancellor (Academic) was appointed. . Nine appointments to Professorial Chairs were announced, with a iurther iwo to be filled. . The Faculty of Communications and Creative Industries was formed - a first for WA- and provides significant opportunities for students by enabling a range of new programs to be developed and offered in one location. . Plans were developed for an ECU law school - Law@ECU to be distinctly different from current WA legai education. . A Courses and Units Database was developed - ECU is the first Australian universitv to develo? a centra. v~eb-cased rarabgse for ai: ~ ts ?rcgrams. . A 'not, oualitv ~eriomance 2 - !ue' cr3orm was des aned for imderrcntafon in 2004 < , , . . - - . Professional development was enhanced by the review and restructure of the former Learning Development Services Centre. - 'rcfessioccl deielopnent p r2pms cecume monlatory for new stcii, stc7neiv tc :eacn'ng end sessonal s:a? . Scno:arshi?s were offered fo- staff undelan'ns t i e Graduate CetiPca:e in -ertia-9 Teachina. . In a i r s G o r ~ ~ and ECU, a Practitioner Scholar Role was created. . ECU has the State's second highest percentage of academics with a higher degree (72 per cent). ECU's academic profile was further reviewed to align with the Commonwealth Government's Our Universities: Bacidng Australia's Future higher education reform package.

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The course approval process was reviewed in 2003, and improvements made to enhance transparency. Around 300 new courses were a~oroved fiom Certificates to Doctorates. Fiexibie delivery increased-365 ;nits within the Facuity of Community Services, Eoucaiion and o c i e Sc'ences nent on 'ne :krocgh 3 ackbgaro. G-'des and infzrna1i31 i;':s fcr ac imnic s k f a i d s!~denls were srod~cej . xcvici-.c - assistance on leaching and learning standards, methods, assessment.

I Student focus strengthened . A Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Students, Advancement and International) was appointed. ECU's graduate attributes framework was mandated and embedded into course designlteaching. I . Student feedback mechanisms were consolidated and broadened. Student Experience Survey was revised, improved. Student priorities were identified from a range of student feedback mechanisms, including the Student Experience Survey. These student priorities were embedded in university-wide operational planning and reviews.

i . The Student Reference Group was established to gain input on student issues.

I . improvements were made to student meeting places, campus access, security, transport

in a response to the Student Experience Survey . A new interactive careers website was established which is accessed by students and i employers. ! Weekly functions were established for final year students to maximise student/empioyer

contact. Major advances in online student services were achieved. A reoular online student newsletter was introduced. An eiectronic student discussion board was established A new Student Chaplain was appointed and a rnuitifaith chaplaincy model consolidated. ECU's Student Health Centre wzs warded Aush!isn General Practice Accreditation. . The Siudent Servkes Cenr-e geiled tc? scores in tw3 neasures, second to? i l four rnsasues !6 rneasdres assessed) in he-chmsrking oy t i e &socation ox - . ~ommonwealth Universities. The BrightAchievars Engineering Schoiarship scheme was established by Facuity of

1 Computing, Health and Science. 1

Rapid progress on campus consolidation ~ ~ . The si~nai-re Loondaiu:, Cimpl~s 5uilCrg h s i n g Cna~celleryand ?he Facclty of BAness and Publ:? Adninskal'm was menecl in a soexacuiar ce-emmv 'n 2:oSer. . The new Education Building opened on Joondalup campus. Around 5,000 students and 500 staff are now housed on the Joondalup Campus.

I . The $8 million Stagehouse development on Mount Lawley Campus, expected to attract worldwide recognition, is already in use and due for official opening in 2004. . b i w ~t~~udsnt hnusing m tho Scuth Wact Gnmpuo (Bunbur]) wno officinlly opcncd.

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Major advances in equity and diversity ECU appointed a Pro Vice-Chanceiior for Equity and indigenous. . ECU had its largest number of indigenous Australians graduates in 2003.

e An indigenous Employment Co-ordinatbr was appointed. indigenous academic staff numbers have grown from 14 to 16. Indigenous general staff numbers have grown from 21 to 36. ECU has implemented four indigenous Cadetships and 3 Indigenous Traineeships. ECU conducted Australia's first female indigenous staff retreat.

Global reach expands internationai student enrolments increased by 15 per cent over 2002. international enrolments have increased by 110 per cent since 1998. Onshore enrolment of international fee-paying students increased by 16 per cent over . - 2002. 75 countries are represented in ECU's internat~onal student body. . ECU is the WA market leader for onshore student numbers from Norway, Kenya, Malawi, Zambia, India, UK, Seychelles and Sweden. ECU ranks Rrst in Austraiia in on-campus students from Kenya, Zambia, Seychelles and Malawi. . A new website was iaunched for prospective international students. ECU created two schoiarships for Baiinese or Indonesian residents in commemoration of the Baii bombings. . ECU became one of 35 worldwide partners in the Malaysian Star Education Scholarship Fund. ECU secured a $1.2 million IDP contract to deliver English ianauaae, cultural trainina and an activity-based study tour forthe United Arab ~mirates Giiita j Secondary ~chooi . . ECU won a tender to provide educational consuliancy and expertise to the Maldives College of Higher Education.

Research grows significantly ECV's research income increased by a staggering 183 per cent from 1999 -2002. Industry funding increased by 156 per cent over the previous year. . ECU won a WA State Centre of Excellence in MicroPhotonic Systems attracting $1.915 miiiion over three years from the Department of Premier and Cabinet. . Professor Linda Kristjanson and her team won a $720,000 research grant from the Cancer Foundation of Western Austraiia inc. . Dr Gary Partington and his team were awarded a $619,715 grant from the Austraiian Research Council (ARC). Dr Neil Carroll won a $373,572 grant from Merck, Sharp and Doheme (Aust) Pty Ltd. . ECU again won maximum growth in.Research Training Scheme and insiitutionai Grant scheme funding. . ECU achieved 26 per cent growth forthe Research infrastructure Block Grant. . Researchers at ECU doubled their 2002 record in winninq ARC Linkage Grants. . Two level 3 research centres - the Electron Science Research Institute and the Australasian Health and Weiiness Institute - were established.

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ECU f e a t u r e s in a se r i es of outstanding awards The Psychology undergraduate program first year core team of Dr Lynne Cohen, Dr Paul Chang, Ms Lauren Breen, Dr Di McKillop, Ms Dawn Dariaston-Jones, Ms Julie Ann Pooley and Associate Professor Lisbeth Pike won the Australian Awards for University Teaching in the institutional Category for Innovative and practical approach to the enhancement of the quaiity of teaching and learning. . Centenary Medais were awarded to Vice-chancellor Professor Millicent Poole, Chrissie ?ar.ot, Senior ReseErch =e.low. C0mrc~nica:'ons and Crea:'ve rclstr'es, Grecme Lyel', Heao oCJazz end Con4m,onv S:Jdies st hAA?A@EC J. Assoc'ate 'rcfzssor icnn - \\!:.:amson, Scnoo cf Ecuat i~n, 3 Semar AOJI. Rescarch znc Conmx 'a l Ac:'dt:es Cormulinc. Eea :h anc Science and Prcfesso: Eo Jecca-j. SCI-30. of .nternat:mzl. -- . cultirai a;d Community studies. Dr Christopher Crouch, School of Visual Arts, received the Outstanding Presentation Award 2003 at the UNESCO Conference on intercultural Education. Dr Ann Gallowav won an Austraiian Research Council Australian Post Doctoral Fellow (Industry) - a fir i t for ECU. Graham Lyali, received an Order ofAustraiia (AM) for his outstanding contribution to the Australian Music Industry. Dr Bill Leadbetter, School of Education, received a highly commended in the Dialogica Awards for his "Fictitious History" article. Tim Houweling, Schooi of Justice and Business Law, was appointed by the United States Agency for international Deveiopment to teach a Financial Investigations course in Africa. Ms Lisa Woiframm, School of Visuai Arts, won an $18,000 Australia Council Visual Arts Board New Work Grant and an $8,300 ARTSWA Grant for a colour catalogue. Derek Kreckier, WAAPA@ECU, won the National Gailery of Victoria's Ciemenger Contemporary Arts Award. Dr Domenico de Clario was awaided Victoria University's top research prize for the best VUT Postgraduate Thesis for 2002 and VUT's Faculty of Human Development's inaugural Professional Development Award. ECU won Advertiser of the Year(Advertising Federation of Australia), Innovation in Marketing (WA) (Australian Marketing Institute), Internal Marketing (WA) (Australian Marketing institute), Infernal Marketing (Nafional Awardj (AM\).

! Community involvement grows

i .. Cherie Booth, QC, international barrister and w e ofthe British Prime Minister spoke on Human Rights in Britain at the Joondalup Campus - a public appearance exclusive in

I Australia to ECU.

i A Psychology Clinic was established in Joondalup. A Rehabilitation Clinic was established in Joondaiup. ECU contributed $220,000 and 1,500 sq m of land to the Joondalup Business Incubator

I pr~ject which houses a 26-suite office building and was opened in 2003.

1 The Fogarty Learning Centre opened on the Joondalup Campus. ECU participated in the 2003 Joondalup Festival. Record attendances were achieved forthe 2003 ECU Careers Expo.

t Attendances again grewforthe Perth lnternationai Film Festival screenings at ECU's ! Pines Picture Garden on the Joondalup Campus. A Memorandum of Understanding was signed between ECU's South West Campus the South West College ofTAFE, the South West Health Campus and St John of God

I hospital on a range of co-operative regional research and professional dcvclopment activities.

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University Council

The W o r k o f the Un ive r s i t y Counc i l

The University Council is responsible for the statutoly task of guiding and overseeing the University's affairs. it comprises community and alumni members, staff and student members, together with the Vice-Chancellor, who as the Chief Executive Officer is an ex- oficio member. The Councii is responsible for determining University policy and direction, and receiving reports on the academic and other affairs of the University.

Members of Council make an important contribution in assisting the University through their roles on committees and sub-committees deaiing with a range of matters from resources allocation, development and marketing through to matters of strategy and quality. Council members also actively engage with the wider community especially through interaction with business, government and other stakeholders.

The C o ~ i c i l r e : on six occasions h r h q 2003, inclking one ment'n~ uh'ch was nsio on l i e Univcrsit/'s S3~th-West (Bunbuy: canp-s.

The deliberations of Councii are available for perusal in the confirmed minutes published on the ECU website: w~~.ecu.edu.au/GPPS/councii/minutes.pl~p,

The major activities of the Council in 2003 included:

StrategyIGovernance The 2002 Annual Report was approved. Staff of the University were congratulated for their fine achievements, and particularly in achieving a significant increase in TlSC first preference applications in 2003. . Master plans for ECU's Mt Lawley and Socth West campuses were approved. Ms Danielle Blain was elected as Pro Chancellor in May,'foliowing the resignation of Mr Ken Wyatt. . A thorough assessment of f i e Higher Education Reform Package (Neison Review) was conducted and its implications for the University debated. Governance Issues featured prominently throughout the year. In accordance wiih good practice outlined in the Neison Review's National Governance Protocols, Council approved the establishment of a Nomination Committee to monitor and recommend on membership of Council and its sub-committees. Councii was represented at the National Governance Conference. Councii approved Law as a new area of scholarship for the University. The University's 2004 Budget and Asset Management Pian was approved.

Stakeholder Issues Results of major staff and student stakeholder surveys conducted in late 2002 and August 2003 wers rwiviewd du t i ~~y 2003. Whl l~ t results were generally positive, responses to issues requiring improvement were noted. Council addressed various issues associated with the disbursement of the Amenities and Sewices fee incme through the Student Guild, and issues arising from the conduct of the Student Guild elections. . A wide variety of prizes and degrees was conferred on students throughout the year, including the conferral of seventeen PhDs. The Conflict of Interest orovisions contained within the Universitv Act were more clearlv articulated to Council. it has agreed that they should be includedjn meeting agendas Ameildments to the following University Statutes and Rule's were approved: -Statute 15 -Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts

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-Statute 24 -Academic Board -Admission, Enrolment and Academic Progress (Academic Progress and Academic Misconduct and Plagiarism) Rules -Academic Board Rules

Monitoring and Compliance

~hro;ghout the year, Councii received regular reports on University activities and programs from senior officers, committees, Boards and working parties in areas such as financial management, performance indicators, information technology, capital and other works, academic programs and the media.

Quality i During 2003, Council monitored the preparations for the 2004 AUQA Audit. This involved

a wide varietv of ~reliminarv activities across the UniversiW, extensive documentation. the review oithe council's huaiity Checklist and a Mock A&. The University's AUOA portfolio was submitted by the Illh December2003 deadiine. . Recommendations arising from an Audit Assurance exercise were implemented. Strategies for the University to meets its strategic objectives in five key areas were presented to Council throughout the year: to enhance the quality of teaching, learning

l and research; engage with the professions; buiid partnerships, pathways and precincts; improve outcomes for students and staff; and strengthen enterprise and the resource base.

ECU Council Members A list of ECU Councillors is published at hffp:/hw.ecu.edu.au/GPPS/council/

To view ECU's Comrnfttee Structure Chad visii: I hffpj'/w.ecu.edu.au/GPPS/commiffeedCommifteeSfmctu~.~df

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i To view ECU's Organisaflonal Structure Chad visit: ! hffp://w.ecu.edu.au/mscfirs/Establisli/OmCha~~ECU Orq Stmcture.pdf

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Vice-Chancellor Professor Millicent Poole, BA, BED a d , MA Hons ME, PhD LaT, FASSA

Professor Millicent Paole has been Vice-Chancellor of ECU since 1997. She has a distinlroished career in

Vice-chancellor's Commentary The prevailing theme of the past year has undoubtedly been new foundations.

Embarking upon its second five-year Strategic Plan, Edith Cowan University aimed to establish a set of new foundations for its future development and performance. In many respects. 2003 marked the start of a new era for our University, consistent with the Plan's theme, A Stronger ECU. For more information on the 2003-2007 Strategic Plan visit hftp://w.ecu.edu.au/GPPS/AUQA/crificai/Ke~ SupoOrt Doc 03.pdf

Concurrently members of the Australian Parliament of ail political persuasions turned their minds to reforming the higher education sector in order to provide the nation with a sustainable svstem for a new centurv. In this task. thev were ioined bv vice-chancellors, university cou'nciis, staff, students and-the wider community. it has been ;rare and welcome experience to witness the whole country debating the direction of universities.

The new foundations at ECU have included a transfer of our headquarters, the broadening of our faculty structure, the formation of a substantially new senior executive team, the evaluation of new and emerging international markets, the injection of fresh professorial leadership and the bedding down of a culture of quality improvement.

New foundations are important because i believe ECU is now entering its third major transformation. The trst began 12 years ago when university status was first afforded the institution. The second captured the period from 1998 onwards when our Rrst Strategic Plan set the goals for repositioning ECU by refining competitive strengths, reforming services and rationaiising structures and sites.

In this third era, ECU is moving to capitaiise on a .rebuilt reputation, fresh funding opportunities, a major investment in accommodation and facilities, a raft of partnerships, growing demographic and societal alignment with the University's offerings, strong market penetration and enhanced global reach.

To do this it has been vital that ECU continue to lift the standard of its full range of activities - scholarship, research, community and professional enqaqement, proqram deiively, staff development, student experiences, marketing and resourcing. The essential path to achieving this immerses every part of the University in innovation and improvement. That's why I can say it's been a year of estabiishing new foundations.

Complementing this focus, in part, has been the preparation for our first external audit by the Australian Universities Quality Agency early in 2004. it has been important that we both engage - and demonstrate how we engage - in a mind-set of continuous quality improvement. in the highly-competitive environment in which ECU operates and in the increasingly complex and knowledge-saturated worid, this University's future depends on differentiation, distinction and delivery of valued outcomes. Nothing we have done in the past will, by itself, ensure success. Only by laying down new foundations, shaped by sharp

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strategic thinking, can we expect Lo build a sustainable future. For more information on ECU's Audit by the Austraiian Universities Quality Agency, visit: htt~://ecu.edu.au/GPPS/AUOA/docdO3I21I Poiifolio.~df

So 2003 has meant using those levers within our own controi to pursue fundamental improvements. Among these I would list:

The significant shift of organisational energy realised through major capital investment in first-class infrastructure, especially at Joondaiup but also at Mount Lawley and Bunbury; For more information on Campus Consolidation visit: hft~://www.ecu.edu.au~C@horne/oowinq.htmi The goodwill, recognition and quality occupational environment made possible by the stunning neng Chancellely and Business and Public Management complex; The bold horizons opened up by the establishment of a Faculty of Communications and Creative Industries, in which a centre of excellence, the WA Academy of Periorming Ads, is further enriched; The appointment of high-perfoning new heads to all ECU Faculties and a dozen talented professors to new chairs which offer ECU the scope for leadership in teaching, learning and research in areas of demand and relevance to 21" century society; The enhancement of academic and institutional profile stemming from expanding curriculum, research funding gains, the embedding of unique ECU graduate attributes, and a number of key development initiatives such as the headline public lecture delivered by Cherie Booth QC; and The 'dividend of enterprise'from breaking boundaries in ways which range from creating a new style of academic role, the practitioner scholar, to the cultivation of new international markets in places such as Russia, Africa and Europe, coming on top of our considerable record of success in contributing to Australia's $5 billion education export industly.

The year also extracted a huge effort on the part of ECU to help influence issues a !Me further from our direct control but nevertheless of supreme potency in the environment of the future. Of course, heading the list of such issues in 2003 was the package of national reforms of higher education.

Overall, ECU welcomed the Federal Government's package as a serious commitment to enhancing the quality of higher education in Australia. Alongside other vice-chancellors, i lobbied the Government hard to ensure the package addressed the needs of the sector directJy and took concrete steps to redress the relative inequities in the current funding model. The current funding system was put in place in 1990, before ECU achieved University status. Since that time, our academic profile has changed considerably, growing and responding to community demand for higher-cost courses. This has changed the relativities considerabiy, leaving ECU's funding short by $5 million to $6 million annually. The proposed reforms provided the first genuine opportunity in more than a decade to fix the formula. Naturally we want our funding model to reflect our academic profile. Happily, our preliminary mnriellin~ nn a likely new filnriing sitllation, as well a t thcl Fovernmnnfe initial estimates, suggest that ECU wili have its base funding brought somewhat closer to the level that might be expected, given its size and course mix.

We were also positive about the funding o f Z4,ObD new sector-wide places by 2007 and' allowing universities to pursue additional funding according to each institution's individual needs, rather than via a "one size fits all" approach. The "user p y s " principle is one way to obtain these funds. While the various loan packages represent a step towards financial support for students, they may be insufkient to cover needs.

As a major provider of higher education for indigenous people, ECU welcomed the commitment to improve leveis of indigenous enrolment, retention and graduation in the

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hioher education sector. Similarly we concurred with the national priority given to teaching " . . ano nursing pizces an3 !he corm'rment to excerence n reg'ons prcbision, oes?le so re m:sgiv'ngs a 5 c ~ t the p-opgsed iiiiat'ves i l :his area.

The package left us with some other concerns. The University feeis that reform of the sector must take into account the balance between user pays and public funding, especialiy since the sector provides both a private and public benefit through its acfivities. Another adverse outcome was the possibility of micro-management built into the funding and oversight models. This does not bode well for reduced "red tape" under the reforms. Also, it signals an increasing centralisation of the sector's direction, which is at odds with the spirit of the reforms, especially with regards to servicing regional and industry higher educational needs. An overall concern remains the failure to apply indexation to annuai grants, a gap which imposes a heavy penalty on Australia's universities.

The new Strategic Plan which we iaunphed this year set five priorities for ECU's future. I beiieve this Annual Report testifies to impressive progress in all five areas.

. For instance, in enhancing teaching and learning, a new courses and units data base was developed and introduced, significantly reducing risk and ensuring quality, accountability and transparency.

We improved the outcomes for students and staff by iistening to what they told us and responding with new'initiatives.

w We broadened the resource base in a number of ways including a betier commercial lease for our caii centre premises at Joondalup.

We built better pathways, partnerships and precincts by, for example, entering into an arrangement for new shared facilities and programs with Mount Lawley Senior High School.

And just one example of engagement with the professions was an extensive consultation with the legal profession to open a law school at ECU in 2005, subject to final approvals.

i convey my gratitude to all members of the ECU community - students, staff, Council members and other stakeholders - for a year bf tremendous work and achievement. Together we have laid new foundations from which everyone will benefit for a long time to come.

Millicent Poole

Teaching and Learning

ECU's highest priority is to provide its students with teaching and learning of the best quality, delivered by high caiibre staff, in a supportive, technologically-advanced environment.

The University has differentiated itself in the WA tertiary education sector by focusing its teaching and learning on its strong and strategic areas and around its defining themes of service, professionalism and enterprise.

ECU educates significant numbers of students in discipline clusters which offer paths into the service professions, namely: computer and information science, nursing, health, education, communications, business, psychology, social and community studies, and creative and petforming arts. ECU has progressively refined its academic profile.

ECU's goal is to become a national leader in education for the knowledge-based professions.

Reflecting this goai are the first two priorities of the University's 2003-2007 Strategic Pian - Enhancing Teaching, Learning and Research and improving Outcomes for Students and SiaK Flowing from these priorities and guiding their accomplishment is the Teaching and Learning Functional Plan 2003-2005, the objcctivcs of which are to:

improve courses enhance flexibility improve teaching and ieaming,

Formore information on ECU's Teaching and Learning Management Plan visit: hffpf lWWW.ecU.edu.au/GPPSlpiannino/doc~ 0 5 ~ d f

Bold steps were taken in 2003 to build on the improvements in :=aching and iearning ECU has put in place over the past five years and to achieve the goals of its new Strategic Plan.

These have included: Appointing two Deputy Vice-Chancellors whose pottfoiios impact significantly on teaching and learning and student outcomes. These are Deputy Vice-Chanceiior (Academic) Professor Patrick Gamett who has responsibiiity for strategic staffing and quality, among other matters and Deputy Vice-chancellor (Students, Advancement and Internaiionai) Professor John Wood who is responsible for student policies, iiaison and services, among other matters. Appointing new heads to all ECU Faculties. The new heads are Professor Roberi Harvey - Executive Dean, Faculty of Business and Public Management, Professor Bili Louden - Executive Dean, Faculty of Community Services, Education and Sociai Sciences, Professor Robyn Quin - Executive Dean, Faculty of Communications and Creative lndustries and Professor Anthony Watson - Executive Dean, Faculty of iomputlng, Health and Sclence. Aliocating Pro Vice-Chancelior portfolio responsibiiities to ail Executive Deans, including Professor Quin in char~e of teaching and iearning, Professor Harvey responsible for indigenous issues andequity and diversity, professor Louden leading research and research trainina and Professor Watson responsible for IT, knowledqe manaqement and - - . library. Creating a Faculty of Communications and Creative industries.

The creation of the Faculty of Communications and Creative Industries is a first for WA. Its formation was a strategic decision based on the fact that since the 1990s the creative industries have grown at twice the rate of other industry sectors in advanced economies.

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The combination of skills of the three groups -the Schools of Visual Arts, Communications and Multimedia and WAAPA@ECU - together with their co-location, offers significant opportunities for students by enabling the development of new programs in space and product design, multi-platform entertainment, computer games, animation, digital arts, digital music and fashion.

Former Chief Executive Officer of the Queensiand Orchestra, Ms Julie Warn, wiil become Director of WAAPA@ECU early in 2004.

ECU is currently undertaking further re-examination of its profile in the light of the Commonwealth Governmeni's Our Universites: Backing Australia's F u t m (BAF) higher education reform package. it is likely that new places will flow to Western Australia, allowing ECU to cater more fully to the unmet demand in this State, and to further refine its academic profile through a number of new course offerings, as well as greater numbers into existing programs.

Course offerings at ECU are continually reviewed for their reievance and outcomes and new courses are constantiy under development.

ECU courses are designed in response to market demand and must align with ECU's strategic direction, demonstrate sustainability and incorporate ECU graduate attributes.

This process is informed by market surveys, environmental scans, analysis of local and national competition, student feedback and direct input from representatives of industry and the professions who sit on Consultative Committees. incorporating practicums and work experience also ensures course reievance.

The course approval process was reviewed in 2003 and improvements subsequently made to ensure transparency.

In 2003, ECU approved around 300 new courses, ranging from Certificate Level to Doctoral degrees and covering all strong and siraiegic ECU teaching areas.

Same exciting examples of courses deveioped this year as a result of ECUiindustry collaboration are in the wine industry and the health sector.

Close consultation with Western Australia's wine community produced the new Bachelor of Regional Enterprises (Hospitality Tourism and Wine Studies) and Bacheior of Business (Wine Marketing), while the Bacheior of Science (Paramedical Science) was developed with St John Ambulance. Training for this program wiil be provided jointly by ECU and St John Ambulance.

in another significant achievement - and arising from a direction by the Federal EducS~on Minister t o build cross-institutional collaborations - a Master of Medical Engineering jointly badged by ail four WA public universities was deveioped in 2003. This is a first for WA.

A bold plan for a new educationai offering is on ECU's drawing board - the University intends to offer a law degree from 2005, qualifying graduates for admission to legal practice.

Law@ECU wiil be distinctly different from current WA legal education and will strongly focus on youth, social and indigenous issues. The proposed LLB wiil draw on ECU's existing strengths in areas such as police studies, criminology, justice studies, business, accounting, finance, psychology and social work.

To ensure teaching and learning at ECU produce graduates with the skills and attributes to fit them for their careers and life aspirations, in 2003 ECU mandated a set of key graduate

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attributes - Service, Professionalism, Enterprise and Workplace Skills. These are supported bv a set of aeneric attributes covering ethical behaviour, communication skills,

graduate-aitributes. hfml

ECUs extensive and growing portfolio of programs was in need of an effective identification, organisation and management system and a major advance in this regard was the 2003 developrnent of ECU's Courses and Units Database.

ECU is the first university in Australia to develop a central web-based database for ail its programs.

Developed in-house, the database replaces multiple unlinked databases of different types and quality across faculties, schools, publications and marketing areas. It enables comp~anc~.with course approval procedures and stipulations for the life cycle of all courses

I - as all orocesses from aooroval to archivina are managed within the database - reduces ! risk and hnproves ECU's idsition regarding qiality, accountability and transparency.

The Faculty of Business and Public Mana~ement in 2003 developed a database on "who's !each:ng &3t, where, !,.ken end h3w'. T K ~ wi'l be p!2cc? on ths we3 and '-rtherdevel3pxl ior use oy lrternsioral 3rd Ccnnercia anc k a n ' n g 3eve o p ~ c i l Savices.

Mechanisms for providing teaching and learning support to both students and staff are 1 continually being deveioped. Teaching and learning support is provided to students by I faculty Learning Advisers and School Student Support Officers and over the past year,

guides and information kits for both staff and students regarding teaching and learning have

I been made available on the web and in hard copy.

1 I ECU reaiises that ongoing quality in Its teaching requires ongoing professional development

to ensure its staff stay abreast of current developments in education.

I Following a review of professional development during 2003, changes will be made to the I Learnina Development Sewices (LDS) Centre early next year. LDS will be responsible

so.e y f& 2rs'ess'icr.el deve13~rrcrit rel& to 'npr3v!ng me S L ~ 'Yy 3: teacii-3 'and k3-n'iE. For more ;.?:orms::sn on Loa-c'ng Deve!opmen: Ser/.kes v;sz'r: wJi .ecu ed!~ su/LDS/

I To ensure contem~oraw skills develooment across all staff. soecial prosrams are now . . p:ov':e= :or new stai., staif new to t ezcho a id sesso-.el st3< ~ c ~ o l a - & i & are OR?-ed OY

ECC 'or ste7en-c.led :n a G-axa:? Cecifc2:e n Teri'ay Teaching.

i 1 The Faculty of Business and Public Management enhanced its staffs professionai

development during the year by conducting training for Course Co-ordinators and it also forrnalised a faculty protocol on unit examiner's reports by incorporating it into the Unit Co- 1 ordinato?~ role.

1 The Far.1 tlty nf Cnmml nity Sen~lres, Eriircatinn and Snrial Sdnncefi fncumrl nn Prnfn~;~innnl

I Development for course leaders through regular Course Leaders' Retreats. The facultyk major focus for 2003 was on improving teaching and iearning in its strong and strategic undergraduate . . courses . . . by . .- embedding . ~ -...- ~-. course . .. -. reviews into the faculty planning cycle and on developing new, and improving exrstmng, courses.

i Within the Faculty of Computing, Health and Science, professional development was I advanced in 2003 by the conduct of a Teaching and Learning Forum and by a series of

Learning Circles iniiiated by Associate Professor Lynne Hunt

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To further encourage excellence in teaching within ECU's staff, ECU provides Teaching and Learning Grants and has established the Vice-Chancellor's Awards for Excellence in Teaching.

2003 winners of the Vice-Chancellor's Awards for Excellence in Teaching comprised four individuais and a team of seven.

individual winners were: Mahendra Chandra, Lecturer in the School of Accounting and Finance Dr Arshad Omari, Head of the School of Communications and Multimedia Dr Karen Anderson, Senior Lecturer in the School of Computer and information Science

a Ky Lee, Lecturer in the School of Marketing, Tourism and Leisure.

The winning team was: The Psychoiogy undergraduate program first year core team of Dr Lynne Cohen, Dr Paul Chang, Ms Lauren Breen, Dr Di McKiiiop, Ms Dawn Dariaston-Jones. Ms Julie Ann Pooley and Associate Professor Lisbeth Pike.

This team aiso won the Australian Awards for Universiiy Teaching in the institutional Categoly for Innovative and practical approach to the enhancement o f the qualify of teaching and learnino

Dr Julie Goyder, Lecturer in Creative industries at the South West Campus (Bunbury) won the inaugural Faculty of Regional Professional Studies Teaching Award.

ECU understands the different study needs of its diverse student body. Flexible deiivery is part of ECU's strategy to provide quality student-centred ieaming experiences to all students by applying the most effective and appropriate teaching and iearning modes and technologies. Flexible deiivery encompasses choices in what to learn, how it is learned and assessed, when and where iearning occurs, in learning pathways, compulsory units, restrictions on unit transfer and in interdiscipiinaly and cross disciplinary studies.

ECU has a small number of courses available fully on-line and the majority of courses available face-to-face with on-line suooort. On-iine su~oor t is orovided throuoh Blackboard or the wholiy ECU-developed course'rianagement sysi&s E-course and S6A~Syte. The latter iwo are used for lame off-shore enrolments. For more information on Biackboard visit:

within the Faculty of Community Services, Education and Social Sciences, the Teaching and Learning Office has continued shifting courses to more flexible deiivery modes and in 2003,365 units were enabled on Blackboard.

Quality leaching and learning experiences at ECU are provided to ail ECU students. The University offers an inclusive iearning environment and facilitates access and equity throu~h progranis wliiih help slutia~~ls: h u ~ i ~ disativdlihged backgrounds access un~vers~ty education, special entry for students with a disability which has disrupted TEE studies, provision of advice and support to staff on the needs of students from equity groups and programs designed to address the specific needs of Indigenous students.

Ensuring continuing quaiity means keeping teaching and learning standards continually under review. The efficacy of ECU teaching and learning is assessed in a variety of ways, using both internal and external mechanisms and measures.

Each ECU unit is reviewed every time it is offered, both for unit content and teaching deiivery. For semester 1, 2003 the ECU mean for overall satisfaction with unit content was

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+45. The mean for overall sa.iisfaction with teaching was +53. These are positive outcomes on a scale from -100 to i100. Currently the Unit and Teaching Evaluation lnstlument is largely restricted to on-campus offerings. Introduction of a comprehensive online version which captures offshore, online and external units is linked to the implementation of the new online student administration system becoming effective in Aprii 2004.

Faculties are reviewed annually by the Vice-Chancelle~y Team and inciude an analysis of each iaculty's performance against its operational plan.

The Management for Performance (MFP) process monitors individual performance across the five core areas o i academic activity - teaching, research, professional and community engagement, university service and enterprise. Student evaluations of individual lecturers and tutors are considered during the annual MFP interview.

A number of standard sector performance indicators is also used including Share of First Preferences, Student Retention Rate, the Course Experience Questionnaire (CEQ), and Gmduate Empioyrnent ECU's performance on these Key indicators is shown below:

Growth in First Preferences to WA Universities through TlSC

This table illustrates the significant growth ECU has experienced in its first preference share of the local market. ECU's 2003 share of first preferences was 27.9 per cent, moving it to second piace among WA universities for first preferences.

Retention Rate 1998 -2002

, - .. 1 9 8 8 1 UPS 2000 2001 2102

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1 he chart above shows ECU's improving retention rate in undergraduate courses since

I 1998. While many factors influence retention, this improvement reflects the enhanced focus placed on student suppori and teaching and ieaming quality.

I ECU uses the CEQ Good Teaching Scale to define the quality of teaching in its reports. The figure below shows a modest overall improvement in the quality of teaching beiween 1998 and 2001.

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Quality of Teaching -- . . -

Quaiity o f Teaching 1

A Department of Education, Training and Youth Affairs (DETYA) report exploring the nature of university programs which prepare new teachers to teach science, mathematics and technoloov in both orimarv and secondarv schools, featured as desirable the teachino

I charactek'cs o' ~ & . l r ~ df Zoonp-i~c ~ i a l r h aro ~c'ense stafen, Asscc'aie ~r3'essG I Adriame Kinnesr and 3r A~ne:te ;<c?ncers 'r3m the School of Ne:uraf Sciences.

Graduate employment (see figure below) shows an upward trend since 1998, but with a slight drop in 2001. in that year there was a 1.7.per cent national downturn, but this was felt more sharply at ECU where the graduate employment rate fell from 80.9 percent to 76.7 per cent. The downturn in the IT industr)? bit deeply at ECU which has large enrolments In iT- related programs.

I a ' Graduate Employment

ECU has taken speciric steps to improve its periorrnance with regard to graduate destinations, including:

expanding professional placement and work experience programs to enhance students' oppoiiunities for gaining relevant career experience

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. improving the Careers Advisoly Service by establishing an on-line employment network which allows students to describe their skill sets and employers to search for potential employees.

Area of Scholarship Reviews are conducted eveiy five years and incorporate the elements of review described by the Australian Universities Quaiity Agency. The Review Panel consists of leading national and international academics in the relevant disciplines and representatives of industry and the professions.

Successful area of scholarship reviews were conducted in 2003 in the Faculty of Regional Professional Studies and across a range of ECU schools including Biomedical and Sports Science, Cornmunicafions and Multimedia, Education, Engineering and Mathematics and Tourism.

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Students

ECU is committed to giving its students a high quality educational experience with the best possible graduate outcomes. Achieving this includes providing leading edge teaching and research, state-of-the-art technology, an encouraging, diverse, safe environment and a variety oi social and intellectual interactions.

This commitment has beenoutlined in ECU's Student Charier. For more information o f the Student Charter visit: www.ecu.edu.au/prospectus/cha~er/

Evidence that ECU is meeting this commitment is contained in its student numbers. Student numbers at ECU are continually growing, and in 2003, the University had 21,711 enrolled students studying one of its many courses, either onshore, offshore or in distance modes. Of these, 3,526 were international students drawn from 75 countries.

Non-TEE students are studying at ECU in growing numbers, and, in iine with the University's marketing strategy o i targeting this sector, non-TEE enrolments increased by 34.8 per cent in 2003.

ECU's growing numbers reflect its improving market position in the WA tertiary education sector.

I ECU increased its market share in each preference category in 2003.

More than 5,500 students were conferred with their academic awards at nine graduation ceremonies staged in Perth and Bunbury during 2003. At the same time, planning began for conducting ceremonies on-campus for the first time in 2004 with the commissioning of a major new outdoor graduation courtyard at Joondaiup.

This year ECU celebrated its largest annual number of indigenous Australian education students to graduate, with nine students receiving their degrees at a ceremony in Geraldton.

However, attracting greater numbers of students to the University is just the first part of the equat'or. Giv 'n~ tnem q~9"ty SIJ~Y expe-ences an0 tying them for f i e workplaze as sk'llsd and aczorplished yadcsles :s the aretie- part o'kat eq~a:on.

ECU is addressing this challenge in a variety of creative ways,

At the highest university level, commitment to quality services for students has been cemented by the recent appointment of a Deputy Vice-Chanceiior (Students, Advancement '

and internationai) responsible for student policies, liaison and services and a Pro Vice Chancellor (Equity and indigenous).

Providing appropriate student services presupposes an adequate knowledge of what services students themselves require. ECU has established a series of communication lines wltn studenrs which seek to both oiicit information on students' n e d s and ill tu~l! Lu p~uviclr them with feedback and relevant information.

A Student F_eedba_ck Poiicy was developed in 2001 and' reviewed this year. it ensures student concerns beyond the School level of responsibility are identified and addressed. As a result of the 2003 review, the policy has been renamed the ECU Student Priorities Policy and Process and has been made a University level framework policy that will:

. incorporate ail University feedback mechanisms related to students produce a set of student priorities to inform ECU's Strategic Priority 4 - Improving Oufcomes for Students and Staff

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0 aiign with ECU's planning, budgeting, review and reporting cycles.

Work is underway to embed these processes into fecuity and centre operational planning and annual reviews. For more information on the Student Experience Sunfey Policy visit. www ecu.edu.au/GPPS/poiicy/sa/sa008.pdf

The Student Experience Survey was implemented in pilot form in 2002 and revised in 2003. Outcomes are reporled to Council, faculties, centres and students and are used to improve student services.

Overall, the survey showed students were positive about the ECU environment and were contident of their career prospects posl graduation.

The survey has proved to be a useful tool which identified ten issues students see as priorities. A number of student-related projects is already being implemented to address these priorities including:

. a students' communication policy and process an intuitive student information site, a student management system (Caliista)

i a review of servicing students on-line ! a new careers web&

establishment of the Student Reference Group - housed in the Student Services Centre,

i this is a group of approximately 100 students who are contacted on an "as needed" basis to discuss issues related to student services. it made valuable input on the SSC

1 website.

development and publication of a Teaching@ ECU Guide for Academic Staff I improvements to student meeting places, campus access, security, transpori upgrading

and refurbishment of facilities and teaching spaces.

Individual faculties and centres have also initiated action to address students' concerns.

I Faculties and schools conc'irct specialised e\i&uaiion procedures to ensure the quality and relevance of their student services. For example, the Faculty of Business and Public ~- Management undeitakes a customer satisfaction survey which is available electronically on its home page.

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Students also have input to University policy-making through the Vice-Chancellor's Student Advisory Forum and are represented on ECU's highest governing body, the University Council. Regular communication with students is faciiitated by a regular online Student

I Newsletter, introduced in 2003. I ~> A Student Discussion Board provides an electronic forum for students to raise issues of

interest. While the existence of this Board has not yet been widely pubiicised, 173 postings 1 were recorded in the first three months of its operation.

i ~- Many individual facuities, schools and centres provide specific services to students, but the r q o r hub GT iSpoi.~&ll i ly id ~luda111 s ~ v i t k p!-uuisiun is iha 3ludu1il 3clviuw Cu111iu

i (SSC). For more .information on the Student Services Centre visit: www.ecu.edu.au/SSCAiomepage

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The SSC provides. student services through Student Central and E-Central which are one-

I siop information services that meet the specific requirements of on- and off-campus students

i respectively. New technologies enable students to have increased on-line access to study units via MyECU, the institution-wide on-line learning environment, and use on-line facilities to purchase textbooks, pay fees, submit assignments, join discussions, change enroimenis

I and check results. For more information on MyECU visit: wiuw.ecu.edu.aolMyECU

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Other SSC services include:

Student Health Service - The Student Health Service was recognised by a Vice- Chancellor's Award for Pmfessionallsm in 2003. Further demonstrating its high level of professionalism, the Service was awarded Australian General Practice Accreditation during 2003.

Chaplaincy Services - In 2003 a new University Chaplain, Rev Joanne Baynes, was appointed and consolidated an ECU multi-faith chaplaincy model.

Careers Advisory Service - 2003 initiatives include: The introduction of Focus Weeks on all campuses. Designed for final year students in specific disciplines, these weekly events run over both semesters. They maximise studentlemployer contact and increase student awareness of career opportunities in their fields. In an exciting development, a new website was officially launched in Semester 2. it provides ECU with a careers web resource that is superior to any commercial product on the market. The site was designed in collaboration with the School of Communications and Multimedia and is targeted specificaliy to ECU students. Feedback on the features of the new site from students, staff and employers has been extremely positive. Employers were invited to an inaugural Graduate Employer Event at the Joondalup Campus in November.

Counselling Services- highlights for2003 include: The student satisfaction survey provided very positive feedback on the service, with 87 per cent saying their academic work would have suffered if they had not used the service. Counselling has a strong impact on students' academic performance and consequently, on retention rates. Workshops on stress and time management were particuiarly well received.

The SSC spent 2003 working with the Eclipse Project team which was established to implement ECU's new student management system. The new system was provided by Callista Software Services and adapted by the project team to ECU's environment. Callista is a 21,000+ function point state-of-the-art system now licensed to around 30 Austraiian higher education institutions. It includes a new web-based interface for students to manage their own enrolment and personal detaiis.

The new system is known as the Callista Student Management System (SMS) and will replace the Student Records System. ECUWES, ECU's existing oniine eniolment system, will be replaced by SlMO (Student Information Management Online). Oniy students will have access to SlMO and it will provide a student portal to Callista SMS.

The Eclipse project team significantiy advanced development and implementation of the new system in 2003, working particuiariy to ensure a smooth transition from the oid systems to Callista. Training courseware and online help facilities are well underway and preliminary training in the system's use for both academic and general staff will commence in February znn4.

At a cost of around $7.7 miiiion, the project to implement the new student management system is the second largest investment in ECU's history behind the new Chancellery building at Joondalup:

I is also one of CI~ i g g ~ s t acrrin:s~a!ive prrrjects ECU has ~xk r taken :n the past 3'3 years. The 2l : i r~te o~tcome of Call:s!a's :rn~l%entet'x n'l oe a swh'st'cated st-dcrt :niornii'oi management system which streamiines student management processes such as admissions, enroiments, exammations and progression, provides tighter security, improves data access and y~elds greater efficiencies.

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The scheduled "go live" date for the new system is April 2004. For more information visit: wwv~.ecu.edu.aulprojectslECiipse

During 2003 the SSC reviewed its organisational structure in the context of introducing tlhe new student management system, its related opportunities for increased efficiency and effectiveness and a need to build a sustainable future structure. Staffworkshops and forums played a key role in developing the structure that was finaily adopted for implementation in 2004.

An Association of Commonwealth Universities (ACU) benchmarking exercise provided vaiuable information on the peiformance of the SSC. When benchmarked against 12 other universities, ECU gained a top score of five on two of the six measures and scores of at least 4 on the remaining measures. The Assessment Report noted that ECU is clearly on track and demonstrating good practice in ali areas.

ECU Faculties also continually review the ways in which they can improve student outcomes.

The Faculties of Business and Public Management (BPM) and Community Services, Education and Social Sciences (CSESS) provide mentoring programs. BPM has involved its students in developing and running the undergraduate student orientation program and revamped its website to make its information more accessible. CSESS actively supports the work of its Staff Student Liaison Committees and Student Support ORcers and has extended the work of the Learning Advisor by providing GetAheadprograms.

The Faculty of Computing, Health and Science produced and distributed a brochure entitled Oppoitunities for Indigenous Students in Communications, Health and Science which is aimed at attracting indigenous students into Faculty courses and communications, and its School of Engineering and Mathematics has launched a Bright Achievers Engineering Scholarship scheme offering 20 scholarships to students who join the Bachelor of Engineering prcgram.

At the South West Campus, a bulk-billing medical service for staff and students has been established. An undercroff art space studio for third year visual arts students and a re-fit of ciassroom space as a materials science workshop were completed during the year. Plans are underway for the appointment of an International Student Support Contact and Equity and Diversity volunteers effective early in 2004. Campus life has been improved with the appointment of a Recreation Officer.

ECU students won an impressive array of awards and scholarships in 2003.

Outstanding Achievements by Students Among the best examples:

Education student, Christopher Lambe received the inaugural Vice-Chanceilor's Awarc for Achievement. 2002 Churchill Fellowship awardee and Master of Health Science student Jovank; Heuer was awarded the Centenary Medal for Service to the Community as Go-ordinatol of the Obsessive-Compuisive Support Group. Tina Larney, Centre for Human Genetics doctoral student received the Young InvestigatorAward for the European Muscle Conference 2003 held in France. Eli-n BrJer:ar, School of Ena'neefng ard NalSemar'cs i lono~rs slAent, was avla~cec tre !/%t A~slralian 2503 St&!'s!ica' S?ciet/ HmcJur's scholars hi^. Scott Thompson, PhD student in the Schobl of Natural ~ciences'won a $10,000 Minerals and Energy institute of WA Supplementary Scholarship for2003. Public Reiations student Sabina Obic was named the Public Relations institute oi Australia's (WA) Student of the Year. . Communications student Luke Jago, was shottlisted for best editing in the WA Screer. Awards 2003. . Geraldine Chia, a Graduate Diploma student in Communications (Film and Video) won the best documentary prize in the Grass Roots Film Festival 2003. . Teia Hudson. Drama Studies student. was shortlisted for the best documentaw in the sc ass Roas Film FesCfla! 2053. . A'edia St~d'es student Ciair Tork:" fained an afs-iimelt to the scr'ptwrl'ng resm for/!$ Saints and has become the script co-ordinator. Printmedia student Steve Constantine was awarded the Haruhisa Handa Visual Al?s Schoiarship for 2003 and will be resident at the Victorian Print workshop. . Kay Thamo was awarded first prize in the WA Printmedia Awards. information Services student Judith Jarvis was awarded the Sharr Medal by the WA Branch of the Austraiian Library and Information Association. . SClS CEED students, Adrian McGrath and Sue Patemiti sold their Business Alert Manager soitware to BH? for $100,000. . Carol Davis, a Social Science (indigenous Services) student won the 2003 Vice- Chancellor's indigenous Austraiian Scholarship. Management students,. Ahmad Fouda. Caroline Marshall, Jonathon Henderson, Temba Pitts and Chris Souris attained third place against 23 Australian University compeftors in the 2003 Students in Free Enterprise National Competition. Ahmad Fouda was aiso awarded Australasian Student Entrepreneur 2003 for his basketball competition for underprivileged youth. Language student. Lynn Wong won the Japanese Consulate General of Western Austraiia's 2003 WA Japanese Language Speech Contest. Doctoral students from the School of Natural Sciences, Karen Crawley and Catherine Collier, won prizes for two of the three best presentations at e Symposium conducted under the Stratecric Research Fund for the Marine Environment pm.qram, a State . - ~overnmentI~SiRO joint venture. Karen Crawley aiso received the Australian Society for Fish Bioiogy Best Presentaflon Award.

, Bachelor of ~ u s i c (Jazz) student Johannes Leubbers won the West Austraiian Music industrv Sono of the Year Award. His com~osition was ~eIf0rmed bv the Melbourne Symphony.

, Tourism Management student Cheisea Lake, was selected to represent ECU on the Young Australians Tourism Association. . Doctorai English student, Travis Kelleher has curated WA's oniy exhibition of artist's self- portraits at Mundaring Arts Centre.

Lis Hughes, ~~or t sSc ience student, won the Silver Medal in the under-20 Hepiathion al the Australian National Athletics Championships - breaking the WA state record 01 Commonwealth Games Silver Medallist Kyle Wheeler. Tiffanie Hutchison, nursing student at the RPS Faculty, won a $30,000 Federal Government scholarship for aspiring registered nurses in rural and regional Australia who wish to work in aged care. Nola Park, a graduating RPS Education student assessed legaily blind, completed her internship in Fitzroy Crossing and as a result of her excellent practical and academic results has been accepted for a "hard to staff schooi" placement for 2004 with Education Department of Western Australia/Depertment of Education and Training.

= ECU's Golden Key Chapter won the organisation's award for the best newslefferfor the second year running - from 355 chapters across seven nations.

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Enternational and Commercial

With the dual imperatives of escalating globaiisation and the demand for a greater self- funding Austraiian tertiary education sector, ECU is energetically broadening its opportunities for both attracting more international students and exporting its quaiity programs.

ECU's international activities support all five priorities of the 2003 - 2007 Strategic Plan, with the major focus being on Buiiding Partnerships, Pathways and Precincts and Strengthening Enterprise and the Resource Base. However, the University's approach to international activities extends beyond resource generation to embrace the issues of student diversity and internationaiisation of the curricula, students and staff.

ECU has had dramatic success in attrading internatlonal students

3,526 international students were enrolled at ECU this reflected an annual growth of 15 per cent . international enrolmentshave increased by I10 per cent since 1998 ECU internatlonal students are drawn from 75 countries.

Total onshore enrolment of international fee-paying students rose by nearly 16 per cent in 2003 to 1,983 students.

Key source countries for the year included Malaysia, Norway, Kenya, Indonesia, China, Hong Kong and Singapore. This growth reflected improved student retention and increased enroiments from Africa, China, Hong Kong, Sri Lanka and the Middle East. in 2003, students from China and Hong Kong together made up the greatest proportion of international students, a significant accomplishment against the backdrop of SARS.

ECU has deveioped a niche market in Afiica and built on the association with the Perth Institute of Business and Technology (PIBT) through course delively in Kenya. African students articulate into ECU's Bachelor of Business in Perth and with 191 African students on campus in 2003, ECU continues to perform well.

ECU is the market leader in WAfor the number of onshore students from Norway, Kenva. Malawi. Zambia. India. United Kinadom. Sevcheiles and Sweden. The - . - ~ n i i e r s i t ~ ranks first in ~ust ra l ia in terms of on-campus students from Kenya, Zambia, Seychelles and Malawi.

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International students in onshore programs as alAugurl2003 (Top 10 source countries)

A number of support mechanisms beyond the provision of one-on-one advocacy support has been developed for onshore internaiionai students.

These include the co-ordination of peer driven support networks such as the Orientation Volunteer Program and Peer Mentoring Program, both of which assist incoming students adjust to ECU. A multi-week Orientation program is also organised each semester to assist international students as they bansition into a new academic and social culture. Throughout the semestersocial events are staged to promote interaction amongst all students.

Highlighting ECU's growing international reputation as a provider of quality education, ofishore programs (formal award courses) also experienced growth in 2003. New agreements were signed with partners in China and Indonesia and existing programs in Malaysia, Ireland and Hong Kong were expanded by the provision of new course options.

More than 20 offshore programs, which are projected to earn over $5.8 million in revenue, were delivered to 1,274 students in China, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Ireland, Norway, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand and the Seychelles. Key areas of study for these students included Business, Computing, Education and Social Science - areas aligned with ECU's defined strong and strategic areas. (See figure below)

Annual Re~oii 2003

Offshore enrolments by area of study (1514studenis as at August 2003)

university Diploma (MdtimedialSecurlly)

12%

Other~hCs

PG Family Sludier 1

UG Family Sludier 1

UG Spa* Sdence UG Communicalionr

The growth in internationai student numbers reflected the strength of ECU's international marketing operation. in addition to hosting more than 100 international visitors, attending educaiion exhibitions and meeting with agents, the launch of a new website for prospective students and the development of improved recruitment agent networks were amongst the highlights of 2003.

The Vice-Chanceilor Professor Millicent Pooie made a valuable contribution to the maintenance of ECV's high internationai profile through the deiivery of an address on Compefifion, Collaborafion, Continuity, Change, at the annual conference of the American Council on Education (ACE) in February 2003.

Two special events this year highlighted ECUs commitment to providing education and assistance to international students.

in January, ECU became one of 35 woridwide partners in the Maiaysian Star Education Fund. This fund currently offers 300 scholarships worth approximately $A1.3 miliion to assist needy and deserving students. Through the fund, ECU is offering two scholarships for Malaysian students to study in the School of Marketing, Tourism and Leisure.

in commemoration of the anniversary of the Bali bombings, the Universiiy in October announced two undergraduate scholarships for Balinese or Indonesian residents. One $62,000 scholarship provides three years' tuition and one year of on-campus accommodation. The second $11,000 schoianhip provides one year's tuition in Jakarta for the honours year of ECV's Bachelor of Business Administration through Trisakti University and sixweeks'study at an ECU campus inciuding accommodation costs.

X J ' s c2nn:tnent to student wcoi iky recogn'sx :ne 'mportansc. of s t dy tours and s:Aent excnanges as a earni-g tool for st~dents preparing for employment in a global envircn~ent. The bere3:s oi 3art:.ci~atim :n 3veseas -. . sLoy ,cxper ien~esr ;~~ lg bey3_n?, !?e a?l~a. oat icEnis6y 5rov'di?~~d'C&sify a n o n w h e U~ivcrsiWs international srujent 103u'aton and ailowing bomestic ;tudents.the op~ortunity to engage socially and acadeiicaily with their peers from abroad.

in 2003: 39 ECU students participated in overseas exchange programs . 67 exchange students studied at ECU, coming from 14 countries

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A n-mbsr 3f EC-' stuoeAs !.e-e s~cze;si~'reci?ients of a rance o: sc?.o:arsr'ps p.ovidac by the LILAP :Un'ue-sir) Ihozi'ty n Asie and t te Pac'ic) scheme ard 3enier irs:':~t:xs.

For ECU students studying abroad, the United States was the most popular destination followed by Canada, the United Kingdom and Japan. The USA was also the key source countiyfor exchange students, sending 28 students.

This year the University negotiated a number of new exchange partnerships, including with California State University, United States and Hanzehogeschool Griiningen, the Netherlands. These agreements complement the existing exchange partnerships with more than 50 universities around the world.

A new study abroad market is emerging in Germany, particularly with the February 2003 signing of a formal agreement on collaboration with the Kiel University of Applied Sciences. ECU also entered into an agreement with Australearn, a key North American agent that has proven success in attracting students to Australian institutions.

ECU recognises that ihe importance of strategic partnerships with overseas institutions extends beyond student exchanges to research collaboration, deliveiy of academic programs, staff exchanges, and to enable quality benchmarking.

The University has more than 140 active agreements of which there are 55 student mobility agreements. 28 for offshore programs and 61 memoranda of understanding. These agreements are with governments, private for-profit organisations, private not-for-profit organisations and directly with other universities across 47 countries.

2003 was a year of consolidating relationships and this year en emphasis was placed on signing schedules for the delivery of additional programs with existing partners. Underlying the initiation and implementation of all strategic alliances in 2003 was the ECU Quality Framework for Offshore Programs.

ECU has developed pathways for international students through relationships with reputable educational institutions from which international students can articulate to ECU. Flow-on of international students from the Perth institute of Business and Technology, has risen to around 70 per cent and brings significant royalty payments to ECU. The Alexander Education Group is another vaiuabie contributor.

To ensure the continuing quality of ECU's international education, a range of review mechanisms has been insiigated. The second round of triennial reviews of offshore programs was completed during 2003. The University reviewed operations with four partners in Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore and China, interviewing staff, students and looking closely at the teaching and learning aspeck of the programs as well as administrative processes. These reviews were welcomed by offshore students and partner organisations who appreciate the University's commitment to quality education.

ECU also undertakes benchmarking on internationalisatlon with the Association of Commonwealth Universities and is considered to have the foilowing strengths:

. strong'iead&rship and infksfructure aifaculty ;&el based on the role of the Associate Deans or Directors (International and Commercial) and faculty offices

practical implementation of the OECD International QuaIity Review Process.

In 2003. the forum of International Ofice Directors launched a benchmarking process in which ECU participated. This was a piiot exercise and outcomes, although limifed in scope, provided valuable comparison on the cost of recruiting students across a range of countries

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and on the value of articulation arrangements. ECU is committed to ongoing participation in the project.

An area of concern for ECU is achieving balance in its international profile. The International Ofice is working with the faculties to monitor the proportion and distribution of international student enrolments and possible impacts on space planning, student services and student satisfaction.

International activities by individual faculties also grew during the year.

Agreements signed in 2003 by the Faculty of Business and Public Management with educational institutions in Singapore, Indonesia, Hong Kong and China will resuit in new undergraduate and postgraduate programs being delivered in these areas in 2004. The faculty has aiso Signed aticuiation agreements with China's Hunan and Harbin Universities for 2 + 2 Bachelor of Business programs.

As a s?ecial event this year, 39 Cn'nose MBA st-derts came to Perth to atiend the m'd-year araduat;on ceremony. Th's c o n x of st~cents was :ne second :ntake of ECL's B' i na~a l ~ B A program.

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For the second consecutive year, the Faculty of Community Services, Education and Social Sciences secured a $1.2 million IDP contract to deliver English language, cultural training and an activity-based study tour for 105 students of the United Arab Emirates Military Secondary School. The faculty aiso won a coemptive tender to provide educational consultancy and experiise to the Maldives College of Higher Education.

The faculty became a partner in a collaborative marketing project with IDP Washington and four other Australian universities to increase study abroad numbers from US institutions and continued to enhance its partnerships with educational institutions in Singapore and the Seychelles. It also saw the graduation of the first cohort of Botswanan teachers from the in- country upgrade program.

The Faculty of Communications and Creative Industries forged a number of new international partnerships and agreements in 2003 including with Ecole @Art in Le Havre, France for student and staff exchanges, Harbridge Open Learning Centre and Hua Business School in Singapore for offshore teaching programs and with Hong Kong Baptist University for a student exchange program in journaiism.

in a prompt post-Iraq war response, the Faculty of Computing, Health and Science provided testing for the iraq National Football Team as part of the Rebuilding Iraq program. The testing was done through ECU's newly-formed Human Performance Centre (HPC) which is predominantly staffed from the faculty's School of Biomedical and Sports Science. HPC tested for vertical jump (a measure of leg power), sprint speed and acceleraeon over 30 metres, and aerobic ca~acity by means of a 20 metre shuttle run. ECU ~rovided this as a iree servce r d the st;'idonated theirt:ne. HPC a'ms to provide the hignost level o'sporls SC'H~CO E U O D O ~ ~ lo 3 local, naiiorn an0 in:erm:onal cnr . .? ' ty 1111 a ie~-lc.-serv/^e zasis. The work i i i h the Iraqi Footbali team attracted significant mediainterest

During 2003 the faculty consolidated relationships with existing partners and s~gned new Memoranda of Understanding with educational institutions in Scotland, India, France, Singapore and Indonesia.

Faculty of Regional Professional Studies programs with international appeal are being enhanced and developed into study abroad packages and promotional materials on niche courses are being prepared for overseas distribution through AusTrade offices.

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The Faculty is also deveioping a unique non-accredited summer school in Surf Science and Technology with a complementary adventure package to attract fee-paying Japanese students. Social work and Nursing projects are both underway in the Seychelles.

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Research and Higher Degrees

Making a meaningful contribution to the store of human knowledge, expanding its research horizons in the broader community and providing a chaiienging and rewarding research environment to its staff and students are major goals of ECU's research program.

in keeping with the University's core commitments to service, professionaiism and enterprise, research is conducted in collaboration specifically with the service industries and professions and aims to have a significant impact on social progress in the areas of policy, practice and new deveiopments.

To facilitate these outcomes, the University has undertaken a strategic decision to focus its research on the following key areas:

research for the service professions - which addresses issues such as social change, performance standards, heaith, iiteracies and clients in the setvice professions . health and environment - which encompasses biological sciences research in Reids including health, cancer, human genetics and environmental management communicafions, informafion and microelecfronic technologies - which covers communications media, e-commerce, computer science and information technology and very high-speed microelectronic engineering.

These three areas of research strength account for 84 per cent of research income and 74 per cent of Higher Degrees by Research (HDR) ioad, validating ECU's refining of its academic profiie.

ECU has identified a further, emerging area of research strength in the creative arts. Researchers in visual and petforming arts, electronic arts, creative writing and scriptwriting are now generating a signiiicant research output.

National Competitive Grants are available from a variety of agencies, but the Australian Research Councii (ARC) and the National Health and Medical Research Councii (NHMRC)

Through this strategic appraach to research, ECU is steadily achieving its goal of enhancing its reputation as a provider of quality research training that supports high rates of research degree completions.

Research Grant Income 2002*

I Research income increased by a staggering 183 per cent from 1999 -2002.

This dramatic increase in research grant income (see table below) demonstrates the effectiveness of ECV's ciearly defined research program. (NB: Many of our most successful collaborative partnerships are with public sector agencies and are reported under 'Other Public Sector funding'.)

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Research Grant National Competitive Grants

Other Public Sector Funding Fu-"-drnrains

CRC TOTAL .Most reced data avaiiable

2001 ($) 1,826.932

2,539,766

739,032 20,000

5,125,730

2002 ($) 1,547,363

2,724,701 . . . .

1,155,351 ' 56,884

. 5,484,299

nifbrcnce -15%

+7% .. .... . ... . .

+I%% +284% 17%

are the benchmark funding bodies for competitive grants. Grants from these agencies are hard won, with an estimated success rate of one application in five granted. ECU's growing number of ARC grants is testimony to its improving and expanding research effort.

Industry funding continued to grow - largely because of the Universityk research strategy to collaborate as widely as possible, including through its highly successful ECU-lndusfiy Collaboration Scheme. This year, two funding rounds were introduced in this scheme. The additional round is engendering greater research efforts and increased industry funding.

The first 2003 round attracted industryfunding of $231,097 from seven grants, compared to $283,929 from eleven grants for the entire 2002 selection. The scheme has created 12 new external pariners in ECU research and supports several highly innovative projects hclUding:

the Nalinnai Neiworked Teie-Test Facility - the only Major National Research Facilities grant centred in WA- which is a virtual microchip testing facility with remote nodes at five other Australian universities. This is an $11.5 million project and in March 2003, WA Premier, Dr Geoff Gaiiop, contributed $1.5 million to ECU as the State Government's contribution to the facillty. . the CALLR project, undertaken in collaboration with the Department of Health, to examine nutrition training materials used with Aboriginal Health Workers a study of risk and protective factors affecting young people in KalgoorlielBoulder, undertaken with the WA Department of Justice, the WA Police Service, the Commonwealth Attorney-General's Department and the Safer WA Goldfields District.

In a major coup for the University, ECU successfully won a WA State Centre of Excellence in Microphotonic Systems. The award wili attract $1.915 million over three years from the Ofhe of Science and Innovation within the Department of the Premier and Cabinet. In total, the centre will attract more than $11 miiiion in cash and letters of credit.

There were many significant external research grants" awarded to ECU researchers in 2003 including: (Chief Researcher only shown) -

Professor Linda Kristjanson, School of Nursing and Public Health, $720,000 from the Cancer Foundation of Western Australia Inc - Associate Professor Gary Partington, Kurongkuri Katitjin, $619,715 from the Australian Research Council (Linkage Grant) - Dr Christopher Newhouse, School of Education, $539,000 from the WA Department of Education - Dr Neil Carroll, RPS Science, Technology and Enterprise, $373,572 from Merck Sharp and Dohme (Aust) Pty Ltd - Professor Kamran Eshraghian, School of Engineering and Mathematics, $330,000 from the Australian Research Councii (Discovery Grant) - Professor Janice Burn, School of Management InFomation Systems, $221,742 from the Australian Research Council (Linkage Grant) - Professor Peter Love, School of Management Information Systems, $243,700 from Cu~iimonweaiili Umennnienl

= Mr Mat Vanderklift, School of Natural Sciences, $235,000 from the Australian Research Councii - Associate Professor Lisbeth Pike; School of Psvoholoov. $204,754 from tha Lotteries Commission Professor Linda Kristjanson, School of Nursing and Public Health, $190,990 from the Department of Health and Ageing Associate Professor Brian Engiish - Cross-faculty grant - BPM, CSESS, CHS, Institute for the Service Professions, $720,460 from the Austraiian Research Council (Linkage Grant) ' 1

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Professor Mark Balnaves, School of Communications and Multimedia, $164,002 the Australian Research Coilncii ................... D; Margaret Hail, School of Nursing and Public Health, $150,655 from the School I D rm Education Prnierrt ........... - . .- -~ Associate Professor Salim Bouzerdoum, School of Engineering and Mathematics, $150,000, from the Australian Research Council (Discovery Grant) Dr Raymond Froend, School of Natural Sciences, $134.562 from the Australian Research Council Dr Glenn Hyndes, School of Natural Sciences, $116,200 from the Austraiiar Research Council Dr Raymond Froend, School of Natural Sciences, $109,920 from the Waters anc Rivers Commission Professor Alan Biitles, Schooi of Biomedical and Sports Science, $95,665 from the Australian Research Council (Linkage Grant) Associate Professor Chiou Peng Lam, School of Computer and information Science, $93,099 from the Australian Research Council Dr Leila Green, Associate Dean, Research and Higher Degrees, CCi, $85,668 from the Australian Research Council (Linkage Grant) Dr Sherry Saggers, School of International, Cultural and Community Studies, $84,098 from the Australian Research Council

* Dr Marilyn Clark-Murphy. Schooi of Finance and Business Economics, $84,000 from Unisuper Dr Ken Robinson, Faculty of Regional Professional Studies, $81,982 from the Department of Transport and Regional Services Mr Xueii Huang, School of Management, $78,232 from Rio Tinto Dr Darren Halpin, Centre for Social Research, $55,170 from the Commonwealih Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry

External grants of $50,000 and over only listed. Amounts shown are the approved ?xfernal funds.

Block Grant Funding for2004 Block grant funding is awarded by the Department of Science, Education and Training and is based on a university's annual research performance.

ECU has won the maximum growth in Research Training Scheme and Institutional Grant Scheme funding in all years the schemes have operated.

ECU has achieved the maximum growth of five per cent for the institutional Grant Scheme and for the Research Training Scheme. it has also achieved 26 per cent growth for the Research Infrastructure Block Grant.

ECU coit:nuei to improve i:s resea-ch and rssearch traning periorrrance and :o ixrease 'is share of nttiorzl r e s w c i o ' x k gant f~n51na (see raSk below).

Block Grant

ECU researchers doubled their 2002 record in winning grants in the Australian Research Council's prestigious Linkage Scheme.

- IGS RTS RiBG Total Funds

2003 aiiocation

-- $3656,839

$403,069 $5,485,286

Preliminary 2004 ailociltion

Change

$1,496,652 $3,-

$510,222 $5,846,550

45% +5%

+26% + $361,264

In 2003 the University was again successful in attracting ARC grant funding - achieving its best ever result in the Linkage Program. ARC grantfunding will total $841,000 and accounts for22 per cent of the University's research income.

ECU this year launched ih Early Career Researcher Grant scheme. The scheme provides "seeding" grants to assist new researchers gain experience in grant application, research methodology, project implementation and reporiing procedures. It has the added benefit of enabiing new researchers to establish a track record in research by taking on the role of Chief investigator for their project. An initial ten projects were funded totalling $103,311.

A number of external and internal reviews affecting ECU research were conducted in 2003. Externally, the Federal Government conducted the following three reviews to which ECU made submissions: Review of closer collaboration between universities and major publicly funded research agencies; Evaluation of Knowledge and Innovation Reforms; and National Research Infrastructure Taskforce. Outcomes of these reviews are pending. internally, the Institute for the Services Proiessions was reviewed, and the ECU-Industry Coliaboration Scheme was reviewed.

in an honour for ECU, Vice-chancellor, Professor Millicent Poole, was invited by Federal Education, Science and Training Ministerthe Hon Brendan Nelson MP, to sit on the Steering Committee ior the Review of Closer Collaboration between Universities and Publicly Funded Research Agencies.

The Steering Committee reviewed ail Australian public universities, the CSIRO, the Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation, the Defence Science and Technology Organisation and the Australian institute of Marine Science, to examine possibilities'for and advantages of collaboration. Professor Poole is one of a distinguished panel comprising representatives from research institutes, universities and industry, both national and international.

This is an opportunity for ECU to priicipate in national capability mapping and developing a set of policy options for research collaboration at the highest ievel, and to assist in the shaping of national strategy.

The University has established a number of research institutes and centres to co-ordinate and facilitate research activity. Research insfitufas have national and international impact and are supporied with significant faculty funding. University designated research centres Suppori research with a national impact. The relationship between research strengths, instliutes and centres is summarised in the table below.

I Re--arch sstrenath I Research institutes I Universitv desiqnated 1

I PrO~ssiOns I and Literacy Research Centre for Social Research

. .. -. - . . . - " -

Health and Environment Weliness Institute Management

The Westem Australian

( researchidre-s

I Centre ib; cancer and Palliative Care Centre for Human Genetics

Research for the Sewice 1 Institute for the Service 1 Centrefor Applied Language

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Communicaiions, Electron Science Research Centre for Very High Speed and Microeiectronic Technologies

Institute Microelectronic Systems We-B Centre for Research

Two new Level I centres - file Centre for Psychological Research and fhe Centre for hdigenous Australian Knoiuledge.were estabiished with the Faculty of Community Services, Education and Social Sciences during 2003. Also in 2003, the newly-established Faculty of Communications and Creative Industries established the Austraiian Researcii and Training Centre for the Arts in Psychotherapy during the year.

An indication of ECU's oro'wino research effort is its ~ublication numbers - measured in terms of publications 10 research academic staff of Level B and above. The tabie below comoares this ou t~u t between 1998 and 2002 and shows a substantial increase in the oveiail pubiications count at ECU

Higher degree by research completions havesimilarly grown to 74 in 2002 from 58 in 1998.

Xher notable research achievements in 2003 were: Dr Ann Gaiiowav won an Australian Research Council Australian Post Doctoral Fellow (indust4 - a iirst for ECU Dr Leanne Monterosso was appointed to the Biuey's Day Ciinical Research Fellow Position with Princess Margaret Hospital and ECU's School of Nursing and Pubiic Heaith

= Ms Lucia Giiirnan has been appointed ECU's first Practitioner Schoiarwith ECU and the Royal Perth Hospital's Emergency Department Dr Shelley Beatit, School of Nursing and Public Heaith, was awarded the Curtin University Medal for her PhD . Dr Mark Lund is ECU's lead researcher on WA's Centre of Exceilence, the Centre for Sustainable Minino Lakes Cr Donen co oe 6 t r c ":as aba-oed Victo-ia Univcrsi'y's to? rxeerch 2rize h r tic bzst V,- Pos:xadiare Tnesis for 20C2 and VLTs Facultv of Huran De~2l0Drrent's inaugural ~rof&sionai Development Award

ECU's Graduate School is the oniy one of its type in Western Australia. It is a University- wide administrative centre providing support to research masters and doctoral students, their supenkors and facuitiss.

in 2003, the Graduate School recorded a number of significant achievements and advances for its ciients.

Its research consultants developed the third in a series of CD ROM multimedia training programs on collecting and anaiysing qualitative research data and also presented 12 research training skills workshops on topics including writing research proposals, using research software such as Endnote. SPSS andNvivo.

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I A new postgraduate research supeivision policy was developed and work is progressing on introducing collaborative research training programs with French universities through the Cotoutelle scheme.

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Milestone meetings for doctoral candidates who have completed two and a half year's candidature were introduced so Associate Deans (Research and Higher Degrees) can monitor progress towards completion and identiiy any additional support required by

I candidates to complete their theses. I

The Graduate School has assisted with preparation for the implementation of the new student records system Eclipse; new procedures have been developed to record enrolments

i of research students. Working with the Library, progress has been made in planning for ECU to join the Australian Digital Theses project which will make completed PhD theses to facmtate the dissemination of research findings avaiiable on the Internet. For more

I information on the Graduate School visit: www.ecu.edu.au/GraduateSchooi/gsmain.html

1 Over the past year, the University's Intellectual Property (IP) policy was revised and a governance structure established to manage and support all facets of IP.

Early in 2004 a University-wide awareness raising campaign through training will be initiated ! for targeted staff.

For the future, the faculties supported by the Office of Research Services and the Graduate

i School will concentrafe on enhancing the ECU's research culture, improving the nexus between teaching, research and scholarship and on building a strong research training profile.

Formore information on research at ECU visit: w~~w.ecu.edu.au/research/resmain.html and ~~1vw.ecu.edu.au/researci~/web2002/documents/RRTMR2003-Finai.pdf

Staff integral !o ECU's successiui outcomes - at ail its operational ieveis - are its staff. ECU recognises that its staff functions optimally in a suppoliive, equitable environment which rewards initiative and effort, has a dearly defined strategic framework and provides relevant training and assistance.

in 2003, ECU's Stafhg Functional Plan was revised to more closely align its staff outcomes with the University's overall strategic direction and purpose. These outcomes are organised around five key staffing objectives: . ensuring 'fit for purpose' staffing profile and staffing practices, including flexibility and

diversity positioning ECU to be competitive in attracting and retaining quaiity staff developing a high-quality performance cuiiure providing a safe and positive work environment

e establishing and maintaining quaiity assurance and benchmarking systems ior HR practices and staffing outcomes.

Formore information on ECU's Stafing Plan visit. www.ecu.edu.au/mscNirs/StrategicCHRf Staffplan/Staffing-Plan_2003.PDF

Ensuring a fi for purpose profile has meant actively recruiting increased academic leadership in key areas. A major initiative in this area over the past 12 months was the creation of 11 new Professorial Chairs in areas of strategic importance and strength. The initiaiive has successfully sought partial external funding for some Chairs. The current status of appointments is:

No. I Name of Chair I Appointee /Status

CornrnunihlSewices, Educoiion and Social Sciences

I Prciessor Xoben hzntol c~m-ercsd.

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1

0 x 1 Professoral Sed~es I Pr-iisssor 3awn i-eshwaie- comnsxed. - . . - - - - -. . - - - - -. .- An acl3iiional w o croiess3ria zppci?:?e3ij %ere made e%~!ive O c x e r 2OC3. -rese were

Science and Technology Education

7 B 9

10

Professor of public Relations and Journaiism, Mark Bainaves and Professor of Management information Systems, Peter Love.

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Professor Mark Hackling commenced.

Science Environmental Management Socurity and Riel: Ageing and Alzheimer's Disease

Health and Weiiness . . . ~ . .

J Professor William Stock commenced. P,guitmont activity undoway. Professor Ralph Martins commencing January 2004. Professor Donna Cross commencing February

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In total these appointments have increased the size of the ECU professoriate by more than one-third and concomitantly have augmented academic and institutional ieadership across the University.

In realigning its staffing profile, ECU has taken a significant step forward by racognising staif members who are engaged in valued activities other then teaching and learning and are unacknowledged by the standard processes. These new academic roles recognise the following different emphases:

Teacher Schoiar Research Schoiar . Practitioner Scholar.

The role of Practitioner Scholar enables appointees to demonstrate their achievements through a different mix of activities which do not fit the traditional definition of academic staff and teaching and learning.

Ids .-ca G r a n -as bee? mp3'r:ed EZJ's Yrs! g:ac:':"xer Scnda a 5 w: I wo-2 :o:-:ly W'I, Royal x t q ,osp'~els h ? r ? e r c y 3epzrne?l a ia XJ. .- -

An additional element of a fit for purpose staffing profile is providing for succession planning by increasing the cohort of early career academics while also ensuring that appropriately experienced personnel, both academic and general, are retained. This is also a response to emerging labour market trends and related ageing workforce demographics.

ECU's staff age proflie for general staff is shown below. The academic staff profile is similar.

Until recently, compared with other Australian universities, ECU had relativeiy fewer senior academic appointments (Levels C to E), and was also low in terms of the proporiion of Level A staff. As the table below indicates, this position is improving.

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Table I: ECU Academic Staff Classification Profile 2002(2003)* I I

The bracketed figures are ECLl's 2003 results ComparalorUgures are notyet available ior2003 and those shown are 2002 only.

in 2003, the proportion at Level DIE is higher again as a result of the staff renewal strategy and targeted appointments at those levels, e.g. the 11 Professorial Chairs strategy.

Proportion of Total Academic FTE

In relation to genera. slafi, t te pr3fle 'nd'cales lrat ECJ has e hi~ner 3ropWon aeneral stafi 2; 11s owes st c'ass:7c2tim evei ( 13 a x belo#) rslat've lo xner c'assifcatix evsls.

The academic staff quailfications profile is continually improving. The proportion of academic staff with PhDs is growing strongly and has increased from 32 per cent to 45 per cent over the last five years. The proportion of staff with a higher degree - at 72 per cent - Is comparable with Sector and State averages.

Sector

19.07

31 3 2

Levei

Associate Lecturer (Level A) Lecturer

The growth in the number of staff with doctorates has been particuiariy strong at the South West Campus (Bunbury) and WAAPA@ECU. The'iatest data (2001) show ECU is second only to UWA in the percentage of academics at WA universities holding higher degrees.

Academic Staff with PhD (FTE]

Edith Cowan University

21.49

44.1

The fit for purpose staflng profile also encompasses equity and diversity. ECU has historically had high proportions of females in the academic workforce - 43 per cent of its academic staff is female, but, while ECU's rates are above sector aversges, it remains challenged in developing a more equitable distribution of female academics at higher levels.

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16.35

42.71

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17.76

35.73

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Following the re-structure of the Equity and Diversity unit in 2002, the University established a high level Equiiy and Diversity Committee chaired by the Pro Vice-chancellor (Equity and indigenous) to advise senior executive'on strategic issues reiated to equity and diversity.

Other initiatives of the indigenous Employment Co-ordinator in 2003 were the conduct of Yorgas Dangoo Wangkiny - a retreat for ECU's female Indigenous Australian employees which was an Australian first, and the development and conduct of a Cultuml Awareness Training Program for Human Resources and Professional Development staff.

ECU also participated in the nationally acclaimed Men@Work project that e*ended the discourse on balancing work and life commitments to ensage male managers.

The University has working parties to consider race and sexual orientation issues which impact on staff and student recruitment and retention. These will be extended in 2004 to include other under-represented groups including people with disabilities and from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds.

Ensuiing staff stay at the cutting edge of their fieids, ECU has a robust program of Professional Development. in iate 2003, its training arm, the Learning Development Services Centre (LDS), was restructured following an external review - the Reid Report. The new structure splits the teaching and learning deveiopment and professionai development functions into two units, the former located within LDS and the latter within the Management Services Centre. The result will be more specialised support for both the deveiopment of teaching and learning excellence and ECU's priority strategic needs for professional development. A set of principies and priorities was endorsed by the Vice Chanceilely Planning and Management Group to ensure staff deveiopment is targeted to ECU's strategic direction.

In line with its staffing objective of positioning ECU to be competitive in attracting and retaining quality staff, the University implemented a numSer of new procedures over the year.

A major change in 2003 was the implementation of e-Promotions- a fuiiy on-line academic promotions administraiion system - which allows applicants to apply, and Promotion Committees to assess applications, on-line.

Significant improvements in employment terms and conditions were made in ECU's third round of enterprise bargaining, making ECU competitive in attracting M forpurpose staff.

ECU's objective of developing a 'high-quality performance culture' around service, professionafism and enterprise takes the form of a program designed in 2003 for implementation in 2004. It aims to integrate the following cluster of activities which are linked to ECU's strategic themes and priorities:

clear nwpectatinns targeted staff development

a recognition and reward engagement of ail staff

ECU's Management for Performance System (MPS) was further refined in 2003. The recent independent mock audit process reported that performance management processes in ECU were well established at all levels. The takewp rate for MPS has increased steadiiy to almost 100 per cent for both academic and general staff.

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Results from the EEO Survey (2001) and the ECU Staff Survey (2002) confirnl that staff perceive they work in a safe environment, relatively free from discrimination, harassment and bullying. Staff are generally confident about their ability and skills to do their jobs. The 2002 results also indicated that staff were concerned about ECU's ability to attract and retain quality staff, their job satisfaction and the adequacy of resources in the work environment.

Pre:ininary rcco~lmenca::c-; i r m ihe s:aff surv?y v~ere amroveo ky \'C?'/G 'I F33r:sy sno Ka:x 2033 an2 -nI?rnenred 1-r>.giou: 2C33. ind~cing:

1. The University communicated the staff survey results according to a communication strategy endorsed by Council. Throughout 2003, faculties and centres have

I communicated and discussed local survey results with their staff down to school and business unit levels. Local improvements are being actioned through the review of Operational Plans whiist University-wide issues will be dealt with in functional plans.

2. Focus groups will be used to drill down on the key gap Issues oir'attract and retain staff' "demonstration of leadership" and 'Tob satisfaction" to determine what staff saw as the key drlvers behind these issues. Key issues across the University were identified as:

academic workload models leadership issues - workforce planning issues and - career and staff development opportunities.

3. The University is using selected survey results as a key indicator of "staffing outcomes" in all areas.

i Following the implementation of these preliminary recommendations throughout 2003, a further set of more detailed recommendations relating to specific stafhg strategies and pmcfices has been developed and will be considered by the senior executive early in 2004.

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i To heighten communication with staff and consistent with the outcome of the 2002 staff 2 survev. ECU launched a new fortniqhtlv online newsletter, Staff News, earlv in 2003. , . - .

Reacerskb grew strong / ~ - r : y :he coJ.se ?!ne year 13 t i e poilt w-ere scn6cac: 'nterral marketers acopted rhc meo-n as 1-e r princ:~al nsans of dissen'riat'ng if>malior.

2 An on-line, 360-degree feedback process for academic and general management staff is being implemented across ECU with one faculty and a number of the large service centres

1 completing the process before the end of this year. The process, which is conducted by a third party for confidentiaiity purposes, is focused on developing positive and supportive leadership behaviour as well as supporting the ECU themes of service, professionalism and enterprise.

I i Providing a safe and positive work environment that is psychologically positive and . J supp~itive of staff is a priority for ECU. The Universivs occupational health and safety

pwlcii~laiice cuirllr~uas to lmptove ahd compares well w~th other WA Universities and the

i sector. ECU is taking a leadership roie in establishing the first sector-wide benchmarking I framework for OSH.

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ECV's staffing strategies and practices are reviewed within an annual rolling three-year functional staffing plan at University level and annual reviews at facultylcentre level, and through Staffing Profiie Reviews, Staff Attitudes Surveys, Reviews of HR poiicies, an HR Customer Satisfaction Survey and the Indigenous Employment Strategy.

To ensure it remains at the forefront in its staffing policies, the University is building a cohorl of comparator universities with which to exchange data on both qualitative and quantitative measures. ECU also participates in the Association of Commonwealth Universities benchmarning program vrnose 2903 topizs incl-oed LeaoemLip Dsvc:opment, Zhsnae Maragenert anrl Straresic Al"a-ces. ECV's essessqent o i Leaderski0 Ocdcoment was pariicilariy high, on Straiegic Alliances ECU ranked in the top two and change ~ a n a ~ e m e n t was assessed as sound.

Staff achievements were again acknowledged through the Vice-Chancellorls Awards for Excellence. 2003 recipients were:

Service Award - Mr Raymond Bernstein , Director of Human Resources Professionalism Award - Professor Ron Oliver, Associate Dean (Teaching and Learning), Faculty of Communications and Creative Industries Enterprise Award - Dr Lianne Cretney-Barnes, Director, O f ke of Marketing and Development Team Award -Health and Medical Services team

/Otherstaff achievements included: I Dr Di McX:!lop, 3e Lynne Cohen, 3: P a ~ l Cnalg. Us Damn Dar aston-.ones, Ms Laz-er Bre-n, Ms Julie Ann ?ooley 3-A . Asso?iate - . . -. . - . . P.-qfe~orL.is_bcthFke, S_cchpolo:. Pi)i!dliology; w k t k ZLi033Prh? Ministcrs'Aw3rd for Unhrsit:, Teacher dtCe Year ~entena @Medals were awarded to Vice-chancellor professor Millicent Poole, Chrissie Parrot, Senior Research Fellow, Communications and Creative industries, Graeme Lyall, Head of J a n and Contempomy Studies at WAAPAQECU, Associate Professor John Williamson, School of Education. Dr Samar Aoun, Research and Commercial Activities, Computing, Health and Science and Professor Ed Jaggard, School of International, Cultural and Community Studies.

Dr Christopher Crouch, School of Visual Arts, received the Oufstanding Presentation Award 2003 at the UNESCO Conference on Intercultural Education Graham Lvall. received an Order ofAustralia (AM1 for his outstanding contribution to the . . ~kAraliaiMusic industry

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. Dr Bill Leadbetter. School of Education, received a highly commended in the Dialogica Awards for his "Fictitious History" article . Tim Houwellng, School of Justice and Business Law, was appointed by the United States Agency for international Development to teach a Financial Investigations course in Africa. Ms Lisa Wolframm. School of Visual Arts, won an $18,000 Austraiia Council Visual Arts Boaro !Je,N Work &an/ and an 08,3CC A.TTS.44 Gram for a cdour ca'? 0g.E . 3,-at ireck er. 'YJAAPAQZCL, v!on !he kat'mal Sale;, o:V ztor'a's CIemTge- Contemporary Arts Award

At a faculiy level, 20D3 innovations for staff included: the development by the Faculties of Business and Public Management (BPM) and Computing Health and Science (CHS) of induction orocrrams for new staff; conduct by CHS of an Occupaiional Safety and Health v,!xksbop'iori:aff a ~ d x s r g r a d ~ a : ~ -eses-ch st~den:s; .Jevelcpnen! 31.J o n c m o' 3o:h a Cn~r;e k i d c n Professicnal Deu'almmenl ?rogram end a - u b r Trair::$ Course 'or a'l rew ..- .- -~

tutors and sessionais by the Faculty bf community Services, Educaiion and Social Sciences (CSESS) and a range of professional development courses developed and conducted by BPM, The Faculty of Regional Professional Studies (RPS) provided on-site staff training in iT-based systems such a s OuNwkand COGNOS.

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Professional and Community Engagement

Engagement with business, government, other educational institutions and local communities is seen by ECU as vital in enabling the University to play a relevant and contemporary community role and in providing opportunities for an active interchange of ideas and information.

As professional engagement assumes greater importance in the nationai and global agenda, ECU has embedded the concept more firmly in its daily operations by incorporating it into two of its five strategic priorities in the 2003-2007 Strategic Plan. These are Engaging with the Professions and Professionai Life and Building Parfnerships, Pathways and Precincts. For more information on the 2003-2007 Strategic Plan visit: www.ecu.edu.au/GPPS/AUQA/ crificaWKey- Suppo&Doc-Odpdf

Giving professional engagement an appropriate weighting in the University's activities, it is now included in academic job descriptions and in ECU's promotion poiicy. Academic workload models across all schools incorporate professional and cbmmunity engagement activity.

Key stakeholder relations and strategies are facilitated by the Stakeholder Relationship Management Group and major projects are developed and overseen by the ECU Foundation Board. Through its Advisory Boards, whose members inciude employers, professionals and regional and cultural representatives. ECU keeps a finger on the pulse of its stakeholders' views and aspirations.

From a research perspective, professional and community engagement is a vibrant component of the University's commitment to service, professionalism and enterprise at ail levels of its research efforts. In particular, the University's institute for the Service Professions aims to build the University's local, nationai and international protiie for applied research and professionai engagement. A keyfeature of the institute's work is generating rejeercn pzmers?i?? m d C.&~DS w!7 3 ~igrffcant 'mpacr on poicy and prif?ss'on< practce ir educaiion, conm:n!y an3 a'ied neaith services, pciiciig and i xs i rg .

The success of the institute's engagement with the fomlaily recognised professions and with broader areas of professional practice is a haiimark of its work. The Institute operates as a federation of the Centre for Social Research, the Centre for Applied Language and Literacy Research, the Centre for Psychoiogicai Research and the Selienger Centre.

Research commenced in 2003 included over $1 million of projects funded by a wide range of industry partners, the Austraian Research Council and the Department of Education, Science and Technology. Two exciting projects were:

. the commencement of the first ever comprehensive profile of Australia's organic industry by the CSR invoiving research into the levels of domestic organic industry production, marketing and consumption, exports and imports. The profile will become an important pianninq tool for what is on cxcitinq and cmcrqinq ncw aqriculturai indusw sector.

a large scale action research project by CALLR invoiving teachers in primary and secondary schools from both the state and independent education sectors, funded through the Commonwealth Quality Teaching Program and through the Association of Independent Schools of Western Australia.

The first external review of the institute was conducted in November 2003. The panel was particularly enthusiastic about the Institute's clear focus on the goals of collaboration and concentration and its unique model of operation. Formore information on the Institute forthe Services Professions visit: hffp:/hp.ecu.edu.auhphdex.lifmi

Faculties and schools aiso engage professionaliy with various community sectors in research and community projects. Just some of these projects include:

The Faculty of Business and Public Management's Small and Medium Enterprise Research Centre (SMERC) is working with the Faculty of Community Services, Education and Social Sciences' Centre for Social Research to undertake a project with the Norih Metro Local Learning and Employment Partnership. The Project, funded by the Department of Training, is conducting an environmental scan of the current status of education, training and empioyment in the Cities of Joondaiup and Wanneroo. Within the Schooi of Marketing, Tourism and Leisure, a coiiaborative research project funded by the National Science Councii of Taiwan, has been deveioped with the National Dono Hwa Universitv in Taiwan and is a comparative adolescent physical activity attitude sulvey. Researchers from the Schooi of Nursing and Pubiic Health in the Facuity of Computing, Health and Science are walking with the Education Department of Western Australia in a School Drug Education Project: The Schooi of Education, in conjunction with the Westem Australian Ministerial Council for Suicide Prevention, is now providing second-year education students with training in suicide prevention. in a project that is a first for WA and only the second of its kind in Australia, the Centre for Regionai Development and Research at the Faculty for Regional Professional Studies at Bunbury is collaborating with the Bunbury Wellington Group of Counciis, the Soutk West Development Corporation and regional tourism organisations to research sustainable future locai tourism opportunities using inteliectuai propoerty deveioped by the CSiRO.

ECU not only interacts with its communities through research projects, but it aiso makes a considerable contribution to the social and economic development of the communities and regions in which it is domiciled.

in it; s:ra!eg'c object've of c-iid:nc >a-tnersh'ps, pathwzys e:d pr-cinc!s. EZ!J '?as rapi3.y 0833710 a v'rsl, cont-'mt'ng ;are- m't- :ts c-al comrn~n:t:as :n J?~lde!up, Noud Law ey and the state's South West.

Perth's northern corridor is the fastest-growing community in Australia and is now producing, and will produce long into the future, many first-generation university students. In this strategically important area, ECU is part of a tri-pariite aiiiance with the Western Australian Police Academy and the West Coast College of TAFE. The three institutions, on adjoining campuses, form the Joondalup Learning Precinct and collaborate with the locai Joondaiup Ci Council. ECU aiso works with local government on a number of projects including:

- ' the Joondaiup Business lncubafor- an ECUICity of Joondaiup initiative supporting regional innovation and enterprise. ECU contributed $220,000 and 1,500 m2 of land to the project which houses a 26-suite office building and was opened in 2003. - the Twin Cities Portal Project - a portal and internet training prcgram for incal businesses deveioped by the Schooi of Management information Systems in association with the Cities of Joondalup and Wanneroo. the. Smart, Growth. Strategy_- a n ECUICiiy of Wanneroo initiative to ensure sustainable deveiopment in the region. . the Psychology Clinic and Rehabilitation Clinic - these ECU clinics provide professional services direct to the community on a fee-paying basis.

ECU's community profile was aiso enhanced during 2003 hy its pariicipation in the Joondalup Festival, a strong media profile, a series of building openings culminating in the spectacuiar ceremony for the new Chancellery at Joondaiup, the Pines Picture Garden film

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season and touring art exhibitions, the new Animalisfic touring the regions and the returning Listen to the Land hanging in the new Chancellery gallery. For the first time, Muiticulturai Day - part of WA Multicultural Week, was hosted at the Joondalup Campus and recognised students from different backgrounds with a variety of cultural events, displays and international cuisine.

A highlight of 2003 was the annual Edith Cowan Lecture at which Cherie Booth QC, international barrister and wife of the British Prime Minister, spoke on human rights In Britain. This event provided ECU with a significant iifl in public profile, both through media coverage and the community and industry leaders who attended.

At a more informal level, the Faculty of Computing, Health and Science has a strong and consistent outreach in the Joondalup community. During 2003 it ran many student-centred programs including SfepUP! Peer Tutoring, Labrafs, the Siemens Science Experience, Tripie S, Science for School Students, Mathematics Problem Soiving Program for Young Australians, the ECU Real Day, Really Cool Scienfisfs and again conducted the major community service aviation project - ECU's Aviation Shark Patrol.

The Fogarty Learning Centre was opened in December 2003. Under the umbrella of the Faculty for Community Services, Education end Social Science,the centre provides student learning opportunities, literacy and numeracy assessments and clinical practice in school- site clinics. In 2003, two school-based clinics were conducted under which fourth-year Bachelor of Education Early Childhood and Primary students worked individuaily with children experlencing literacy difficulties.

The School of Education's Joondalup Compact - a School/University partnership initiated by ECU - is now taking a further 250 students. Additionally, the school has established a partnership with the Swan Schooi District and increased professional practice placements in high quality schools. During 2003, the School of Psychology offered several Professional Development workshops for practising psychoiogists.

A successful 2003 High Schooi Cook-In again attracted enthusiastic participants from the six participating schools. The Cook-in Is organised by the Faculty of Business and Public Management's School of Marketing, Tourism and Leisure.

At the University's inner city campus in Mount Lawiey, the Mount Lawley Learning Precinct includes ECU and the Mount Lawley High Schooi. The two institutions share facilities and collaborate on areas of mutual interest including technology, resource sharing, research and deveiopment in education.

The Mount Lawiev Cam~us is home to ECU's perioning and visual arts areas and engages ail:? the local co&nunily o i a -3nsistent oas's by 3 r0 i d . n~ a.: o lgo 'n~ proaran 3' c qerfxzances and exhioitors bv oot:? staf and s:.dmrs. Uanv stif: fnrn :he S C + O ~ of visual Arts and WAAPAaECU beriorm or exhibit consistently and many sit on prestigious arts boards and committees nationally and internationally.

Ku~u~~yku i l Kaliljir~, ECU's Sd~uul u l I~~~ l i ye~ iuus Ausbaliaii SLudies, efiydyes on several -levels with the local indigenous community, providing specific course deveiopment and outreach to the Aboriginal community and staging reievant community events. The School Was an aciive program forNAIDOC Weekand in~2003'commissianed-an indigenous painting by WA artist Leon Slater as part of the celebrations. Radio Nationai presenter and comedienne Julie McCrossan spoke at a forum'organised by ECU's Office of Equity and Diversity as part of its Prlde Weekactivities.

In the State's South West, the Faculty of Regional Professional Studies at Bunbuiy plays a vibrant role in the daily activities of its iocality. It has a policy of designing and providing courses which focus on regional issues. it also aligns with ECU's partners, pathways and

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precincts strategy - being housed w~ th the South West College of TAFE and the South West Heailh Campus. In 2003, ECU signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the South West Health Campus, the South West College of TAFE and St John of God Hospital formalising a range of co-operative research and professional development opporiun~ties in the region.

During the year, the South West Campus engaged with its iocal community in a variety of creative ways. it sponsored the South West Survey which is conducted by the Bunbuiy Regional Art Gallery, co-hosted Elevation South - a platform for emerging local artists, conducted the Show Us Your Shorts short fiim competition and hosted a Year 7 maths workshop.

The Smad Evenfs project is an ECU initiative which has attracted an $80,000 Commonwealth Regional Assistance Program grant Smari Events wiii harness the economic power of the 40 festivais and events staged each year'in the South West by not- for-profil community-based organisations. ECU wiii manage the project for its first year.

The Faculty is aiso committed to meeting the needs of its iocal indigenous population and I

has developed a range of courses and services to facilitate social inclusion and provide I beneficial iearning outcomes for indigenous students. Staff members sit on boards and

committees which deal with local indigenous issues and the faculty participates in local indigenous festivais and conducts its own NAiDOC Week celebrations. Reguiar campus tours famiiiarise local residents with the University's facilities and offerings.

I ! Due to open in February 2004, the Margaret River Education Campus is a collaborative

initiative between the South West Regionai College of TAFE, ECU, Curtin University of

i Technology, Margaret River Senior High School and the Department of Education and

I Training. The $7 million campus will offer a wide range of studies and its centerpiece will be a state-of-the-art training winery which aims to be a centre of excellence in viticulture and winemaking education. ECU will initially be offering one postgraduate, four undergraduate

l and one certificate program at the campus. For more information on the Akrgaret River

1 Education Campus visit w!fi,w.ecu.edu.au/pdPubBcaijons/sfaffezindMarg~ver.pdf

-- Further afield in Geraidton, ECU initiated the ECU Clickshow 2003 competition which aims

~l to empower prospective students with the skills, knowledge and confidence to consider tertiary study by asking eniranis to answer the quesfion: 'What is university life like?" using the ECU website as its research source.

I Engaging with the community aiso carries with it the imperative to develop a positive perception of ECU in ihe eyes of its various publics.

In its 2003-2007 Strategic Plan. ECU highiighted the need to ensure that a strong corporate ident'l is widely promoted in the rnarketpiace and that the University's reiationships with its key stakeholder groups are enhanced.

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The Office of Marketing and Development plays a pivotal role in xh iw ing this cbj&ive. Developing a unique ECU brand which defines the University's reputation in the rnarketpiace

1 has been a fundamental step in the process. ..I .. .. ... . , . . . ~

The Ofbe of Marketing and Development initiated a marketsg campaign whkh sought to

1 identify ECU as delivering exciting and fuifilling careers. So effective has ECU's marketing

1 campaign been in repositioning ECU in the WA tertiary education market and changing its public perception, that it won a series of awards during 2003.

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In 2003 the University began publishing a regular corporate magazine, ECUpdafe, distributed to around 5,000 external stakeholders and, with an additional wrap-around section, to 45,000 alumni. Reaction proved the publication was a valuable communication channel to community members and leaders of the professions.

The oniine staff newsletter (e-zine), also estabiished in 2003, was launched to positive readership feedback.

The ECU Careers Expo has become a major annual showcase of ECU facilities and course offerings. in 2003 a record number attended the Joondalup Campus event which featured WAAPA performances, interactive displays, cultural activities, career counselling and career seminars. ECU also participated in the Education and Careers Expo at the Claremont Showgrounds and the Careers Choices Expo at the Burswood Dome.

A major innovation has been the opening of the Visitor's Centre in the foyer of Building 1. Two part-iime staff have been specially trained to respond to 'off-thestreef inquirers and visitors to ECU. It is envisaged the centre will run displays and become the starting point for campus tours.

Alumni functions, both local and international have been conducted over 2003 to positive response and ECU's development program is progressing through the ECU Foundation. The Path of Honour is a major development project and touches the non-university community in a unique way which cements relationships between donors and ECU.

In its autumn 2003 series of graduation ceremonies, the University conferred honorary doctorates on four leading exponents from the professions of environmental management, politics, writing and broadcasting. Honorary doctorates are awarded by ECU's governing Council to recognise a distinguished contribution to a branch of iearning or arts or outstanding service to society or to the University. These honours help to extend the standing ofthe University end engage influential allies in the professions.

As one of Australia's oremier museums coverina children's issues. ECU's Museum of Childhood engages witi; the community not only t h g h its exhibitions, but also through a program of public lectures featuring high-quality, often international speakers.

ECU has undertaken benchmarking at an institutional level to assess its professional and community engagement activities.

I In September 2003, the University participated in the Association of Commonwealth Universities Benchmarking Conference at which Strategic Alliances was one of the areas benchmarked. ECU ranked in the top three of participating institutions.

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Strategic-Development and Management

Planning Stepping up from the foundations iaid in ECU's initial Strategic Plan, the ECU Strategic Plan 2003-2007: A Stronger ECU was endorsed by Council in October 2002 and implemented in 2003. The new Pian was the result of a deliberate decision to streamline both the Plan itself and the planning processes flowing from it. The outcome is an integrated, whole-of- University Strategic Plan aligned to a clearly-stated mission for ECU. The new Plan focuses on five Strategic Priorities which provide direction for ail other functional and operational planning:

1. Enhancing teaching, learning and research 2. Engaging with the professions and professional life 3. Building partnerships, pathways and precincts 4. Improving outcomes for students and staff 5. Strengthening enterprise and the resource base

A consolidated Piannina Framework was deveio~ed in 2003. settino out a structured svstem of functional and operaiionai plans which are reviewed and'updateh according to a ciciicai calendar. The ~iannina framework has been deveiooed in accordance with the orincloles of ,~ ~ .~ - ~ ~

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Campus consoiidation has been a major part of ECU's strategic activities in recent years. Guided by research and long-term strategic planning, a decision was made to consolidate ECU's metropoiitan campuses,a process which was expected to take at ieast eight years and cost in the order of $175 million. Rationalising the campuses will close operations at Ciaremont and Churchiands Campuses, with ECU progressively consolidating its operations at its Joondaiup, Mt Lawiey and South West (Bunbury) Campuses.

The year 2003 saw a major milestone in ECU's campus consolidation program with the opening of Building 2 (Faculty of Business and Pubiic Management) and Building I (Chancelieiy) at Joondalup. Since 2001, about 2,500 students and 500 staff members have transferred and an investment of nearly $90 miliion in capital has been made at the Joondaiup and Mt Lawley Campuses. The campus consoiidation program offers many benefits to ECU and its stakeholders, including:

fulther enhancement of the University's public image, particularly through the Joondaiup Campus development strong positioning of ECU in the high-growth nbrthern metropolitan corridor of Perth, which is home to many potential first generation university students efficiencies gained through the running of fewer campuses greater critical mass and enhanced student iife on campus.

As each campus is.pad of a larger educational precinct, the campus consolidation proaram . ~. ~ ' C O cfisrz op11cTt~ni:ies fj. 5 I : I I L . < ~ S B ~ ~ C J S I Karketing, ?laming 213 profe~s'cn~. end cmmuniy 2-pgernen: cn th-ae e3x2l'unrl' p-ezincts, ea-h with a a:'fercnt ~ ~ C L S and character.

By 2005, Joondaiup is expected to be accommodating 6,000 students. The new administrative headquarters now provide a focal point for ECU. These buildings include general teaching space, central administration and Chancellery, a new bookshop end conference facility and other University services and amenities.

By 2007 the final consoiidation of activities to Joondaiup in the noithern suburbs and Mt Lawley should be complete. ECU is the largest empioyer in Perth's northern corridor, and a

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major contributor to the community through such projects as the business incubator for fledgling local small business, and a community psychology centre.

At A11 i.anley, th? St3 r i 'cn hew TX27e ceec3ment fo- :he Wester1 A.stai,an Academy o'Peform'n> Ans ( I I M P A ' 'i e n x t e d :3 i :hct uorl%*.'-Je ?coaniton. Al-zacy in LSE, h i s building will 6e officially opened in'2004.

New student housing on the South West Campus at Bunbury, designed to provide double the current amount of accommodation, was officially opened in 2003. The aim of this project is to enrich the sense of community and overall university experience for students who have moved away from home to complete their studies.

The WA Planning Commission has begun the process to change the Churchlands Campus land use zoning from University Purposes to Urban, and the City of Stirling has also agreed to rezone the land for mixed residential ~ises. These amendments are expected to be in place during 2004, and it is hoped site works will commence in September-October 2004. Staged demolition of some campus buildings will begin in early 2005, with the University's final exit from Churchlands expected in 2007. For more information on Campus Consolidation visit: w~w.ecu.edu.au/VC@horne/growing.hfn~i

IAeny Key reccmrenoar;sns Y t-e in1e;-aied Trarspon P'an r e p a - e j by t - e Faci.::'es a-3 Serv'ces Cellre in cois~l!ation n:-h t i e %!a? b l a n m m t of ?enn'nl and lr'.as:r-ct-re. local governments, specialist consultants and ECU stakeholders, were-implemented during 2003. These included the appointment of a Travelsmart Officer, creation of a shuttle bus service beiween the Joondalup Campus and the trainlbus station, enhanced Transperth bus services and the provision of improved faciiities for cyclists. In addition to improving campus access for staff and students, encouraging travel options other than cars has made an important contribution to the sustainability objectives of ECU's Environmental Charter.

Detailed surveys during 2003 confirmed further impmvement in the utilisation of teaching space in addition to the 15-20 per cent impmvement achieved in recent years and which represents a cost saving of around $5 million.

Through the use of technology and a highly accurate database of all University space, ECU is now recognised as being at the forefront of space management in the Australian tertiary sector.

During 2003 the University was closely engaged with the debateon the Commonwealth Governmenfs higher education reform package Our Universities: Backing Australia's Future. ECU made a submission to and appeared before the Senate Inquiry in@ the reform package, semng out the advantages of the policy to the sector, and some concerns, including: workplace relations reforms linked to future funding; National Governance Protocols also linked to funding; and an overly labour-market driven course mix.

ECU aiso: * lusted a Tedarai Uopnrtmcnt o f rducation, 3iie11ce atid Training (UESI j Protiles visit by

senior DEST officers. orovidino an oooortunitv to showcase its new Joondaluo Camous and supply contextuiinforma~on on ECWS k e n t and proposed future de~&~me"ts ; hosted a visit by senior staff of the WA Department of Education Services; and made a submission to DEST on approaches to an allocation methodology for new fully- funded Commonwealth places.

Quaii iyGECU ECU's approach to quality has been the subject of much work over the past several years, culminating in the updated Quality@ECU brochure, distributed throughout the University

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community in April 2003. The brochure depicts the key elements of ECU's approach to quaiity. in smrnary, these key elements are: . commitment to seven quaiity principles which have been customised from the Australian

Business Excellence Framework and which cover core activities and enablers; adoption of a plan-do-review-improve cycle; and an ultimate focus on improving outcomes.

Fundamental to ECU's approach to quality is that allstaff are responsible for quality. Ail staff members and ail work units are expected to continuously seek to improve their processes, and the quality of their services and outcomes.

At the strategic level, during 2003 a new KPI Framework was implemented. KPis are an imporiant component of ECU's approach to quality. These will help both Council and the Vice-Chancellev Team monitor progress against the strategic priorities in the 2003-2007 Strategic Plan.

Benchmarking is also recognised as an important aspect of ECU's approach to quaiity. ECU in 2002 engaged in international benchmarking in the areas of governance, risk management and audit, student services and international, and in 2003 extended this activity to leadership development, change management and strategic alliances. ECU recognises that it would be beneficial for more benchmarking to be undertaken at the faculty and centre levei. To this end, consultation took place in 2003 on a Benchmarking Framework which indicates ECU's encouragement of benchmarking and heips clarify arrangements that individual faculties and centres might put in piace to engage in meaningful benchmarking in priority areas. The framework is expected to be finaiised and adopted in early 2004.

During 2003 a second Guided Self-Assessment against the Austraiian Business Excellence Framework was commissioned to assess progress (the previous GSA was conducted in 1999). Overall, the results were highiy favourabie, showing an improvement in the organisational assessment score found on all seven dimensions of the ABEF, with the report making pariiculer mention oi:

shared execuiive and senior management leadership processes to articulate and derive organisational direction directlon and sense of purpose are more clearly understood integrated and linked pianning processes with increased involvement and ownership quaiity framework driving review and improvement processes KPi development and a reporting framework increasing accountabilities increased focus and measurement of customer feedback.

During 2003 ECU updated its Area of Schalarship Review Policy and developed supporiing guidelines and protocols. The guidelines for faculty and centre annual reviews were also further streamlined.

A major activity for ECU during 2003 has been preparation for an audit by the Australian Universities Quality Agency (AUQA) which Is schnrhilnd fcr A4arch 2004. Propantions Included development of a comprehensive Performance Portfoiio and carrying out a Mock AUQA Audit. The formal Performance Portfolio is to be submitted by 11 December 2003. Preparation for the AUQA audit has helped focus attention on ECU's @iL&fram%work and has highlighted both-are-av bf~chE~emni~a'ria~akaS6Ti~r;irig opp&inities for improvement. For more informafion on Qualify@ECU visit: www.ecu.edu.au/Qualify@ECW

Finance and Financial Management

ECU, along with other Australian universities, continues to operate in an environment that is increasingly resource-constrained and competitive and in which the global environment is more uncertain.

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To support the University in meeting its strategic priorities in this environment, the following key financial management objectives were planned for 2003:

improve and further streamline the budgetinglpianning processes fully implement the University's Asset Tracking System implement and gain acceptance of our Activity Based Costing system centraiise and standardise the University's debtor system identify system and process improvements and efficiencies prior to the upgrade of the core financial system

I continue the improvement of the timeliness and relevance of financial reporting i paitner and support the business units of the University with the provision of commercial

advice co-ordinate, efficient and effective working cashflow management across the University to deliver funding for operaiionai and capital needs develop and implement key financial policies and procedures continue to iower the University's cost of risk through innovative and appropriate risk financing strategies continue the alignment of the whole of University strategic procurement processes to achieve better value for money in our purchasing.

We are pleased to report that against the pianned objectives noted above the following were ~ achieved in 2003:

j The University's budget process was completed and approved by Councii in the year prior to operatlon. The level of accountability in budget planning and development was

i increased for all business units in 2004. The iixed asset tracking system has been implemented across the University. This system will enable improved accountability in the management of Universiiy assets.

= Activity Based Costing reports were produced for all business units. The process 1 enabied managers to identify strong performing units and allows for better accountabiiity I

.J of the University's outputs. = The first stage of centralisinq Universitv debtors has been undertaken with further work

?:amed 'or 2304 wnch d l 'nc'uzc im>?msni i g Deb!or Po::z'es a i c ?-ccej-res. A Sjutions Vake Assesme-,I !SVAI v m u+enak.;i h an ;noe~zn3mt c 2 i s ~ ta-t to . , idsntify crrpx-n'fes ro :?rprove o~siness system a13 p:3cesses. - le f ~ c i r ~ s 'rcn r i e SVA v.:'. 3e indem:r!cd as part of thn u 3 ~ a d e of iie hive-sky's kanc'al system 'n

I 2004. Financial reports were delivered within agreed timeframes to all business units.

j Several key financial policies and procedures were revisedldeveioped in 2003, including Revenue Recognition, Debtor Management and Asset Management Pianning and Control. implementeiion of these policies will occur in early 2004.

I I = Worked closely with Faculties to review and set the 2004 fees for fee paying courses, i ahead of required timelines. - A33i3ted with fina~~~idllcu~~~rnerclai fiAvic+= to achieve outcomo~ on several nisju

commerciaiisation projects during 2003. Stronc cashrov~ rranagere-t nas oe.:v~e3 bxn be": than bench-narked re!-ms a?d f m d i x for. al c~e:at'ma. ard sa~:rsi 3ro:-2ns vlth rr.'nimaI C ~ ~ V I ~ O W - of 5 r =FoYe3 . . - , . borro$ng facilit';.

I = Strong management of our Risk Financing arrangements have again deiivered to the

Universitv the low ~remiums, no diminution to our level of cover or increases to our ..., deductibies for200312004.

Strategic procurement processes have continued to grow our preferred supplier base

i and deliver savings to the University.

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The University's operating surpius of $9.0 miilion in 2003 compares veryfavourably in a tight fiscal year with the operating surplus of $15.2 million for the previous year. The 2002 operating result was higher largely due to the recognition as revenue of $4.0 million for Capital Development Pool funding.

This result has produced a solid Operating Margin in 2003 of 4.3 per cent. This compares favourably to a sector-wide Operating Margin in 2002 of4.3 per cent.

The University's liquidity position continues to remain solid. The cuhent ratio for2003 is 0.88 compared to the current ratio in 2002 of 0.76. As noted above strong cashflow management has delivered both better than benchmarked returns and funding for all operational and significant capital programs with minimal drawdown of our approved borrowing facility.

(Please refer to the Financial Statements and notes for detailed explanations of the 2003 financial outcomes for the University).

Risk Management and Audit

Risk Management and Audit Assurance (RMAA) is active across all areas'of the University's operations. Major areas of involvement for RMAA in 2003 included assisting in the development of quaiity assurance processes for offshore offerings, determining ECLJ's response to the SARS virus, realigning the Anti-Fraud and Corruption Policy to ensure compliance with the Public Interest Disclosure Act and improving RMAA certification processes for faculty or centre projects undertaken with external bodies.

RMAA is currently implementing a strategy for'the rollout of systematic risk management practices across ECU. The first mega-faculty audit has been conducted and a faculty audit protocoi developed. Late in 2003. RMAA began work on a compliance framework for ECU.

Resource Bzse

In its goal to strengthen the level of enterprise and broaden its resource base, ECU is relying on a number of initiatives to deliver improvement. One is a greater drive fi, attract development funds, especially through the University's not-for-profit ECU Foundation. Donations to this body are wholly directed towards ECU's educational outreach programs, research efforts and scholarships.

In 2003 co-pcrate funds n."-O rs'sed for t i e Nzt'ma Nursing iiesearc? Ins:t~te, set :p by CCU, anc x 'v i te f-rds DOO ed nto the 3~ncar i cn were raised 1?ro*~oh 'ne ?ath o' +m:ir ~- - - . project, cenhed on comriemorativetiles in the forecourt of the new ~h&cel ier~.

From among the ranks of its alumni, ECU secured an increased level of financial support and commitment during 2003, including h ~ q w s t s and schoiar~hip donotinns ffir.115~d L~II

~ayiorial and Indigenous students.

Maintaining state-of-the-arf computing and information technology is a vital component of ECU's operations. A successful initiaiive in 2003 of the Knowledge and information Technology Services Centre (KITS) was the completion of tasks by several improvement teams focused on developing measured soiutions to pressing service issues. Teams worked on communication, staff recognition and customer service. Outcomes achieved were:

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provision of a single printing system far students in the Megaiabs and Libraries creating library staff ability to reset passwords establishing a policy to incorporate staff HECS fee payment as a pad of professional development . creating awards to encourage staff to excel in sewice ethics, professional standards and enterprise increased centre newsletter frequency.

Major technology improvements included the large scale roli-out of the new Apple Standard Operating Environment and an upgrade of multimedia teaching equipment with over 60 new LCD projectors instalied. New security measures assist in protecting this investment.

ECU's web server was ranked sixth nationally in the higher education sector for uptime reliability.

Anr-al nerv.xd z p t ' n averazed oier 99 pe- cel: 'n 2002 and 'Is ngh psimrance ens~red tne 'rternel was reso3-.siilv manaced in 2X3. 'ne !ow-on eiiecl is x I e c I - 3 ti-e Jr'le-;i!v irom potential copyight iitiiation asdownloads of music and movie ~ i e s ~ere~revented.

]For the first time in more than five years Internet usage was well within budget.1

Two major iibrary system improvements went live in 2003:

an e-reserve system to enable hosting of electronic copies of library materials in a controlled environment - improving access for online students and enabling responsible copyright management an authentication directory system jointly developed with the other four University libraries in Perth to enabie improved access to students using non-home campus library systems.

The new system is called the Western Australian Library Authentication Project (WALAP) and will deliver improved benefits to students and staff by inter-iibrary resource sharing. The Library aiso commenced a project to enable the University to participate in the Austraiian Digital Thesis Project where theses will be electronically published for students.

Overall customer satisfaction continued to grow with almost 80 per cent of students being satisiied or very satisfied with both Library and iT seivices (see graph below). This improvement has been registered consistently in all suweys since. 2002. However, chaiienges exist in improving the electronic collection, Help Desk and Megalab services. These will be addressed more completely in 2004.

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Overaii Satisfaction, Overall IT Overall LibraryIMedia - 1

Sem 1 2002 (n = 446) Sem 2 2002 (n=lOBO) Sem 2 2003 (n=958) ---

A major 2004 initiative is the deployment of over 2,000 new intei-based computers for , students and staff - the largest computer roll-out of its kind in WA. Its most dramatic

improvements will be in Megaiab services to students.

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C o r p o r a t e G o v e r n a n c e S t a t e m e n t

Council endorsed a statement on corporate governance in December 2002. The foliowing is an abridged version summarising the statement The full statement can be viewed at wvw.ecu.edu.au/GPPS/poiicies/docs/ad02l.pdf

Statutory Framework The governance of the University takes place within a specific statutory framework. At the highest level of that framework, is the Edith Cowan University Act 1984 (WA) ('the Act'), as amended, which estabiishes the University as a body corporate, consisting of the Council, the members of staff and the enrolled students (s.5).

Functions of the University Section 7 of the Act sets out, in non-exhaustive terms, the functions of the University which Include: providing courses of study; encouraging and providing for tertiary education; supporting and pursuing scholarship and research; fostering the welfare and development of all enrolled students; promoting and encouraging collaboration and consultation with other institutions; and providing such facilities that relate to its functions.

Council: its authoritv, functions and duties, powers and -, - . responsibilities: Section 8 of the Act provides that the Council is the governing authority ofthe University.

Section 16 specifies the functions and duties of Council, with s.I6(l)(c) encapsuiating the full scope of the Council's functions:

(7) Subject to ihis Act the Councii shaii - (a) perform any function or duty conferred or imposed upon the University under

this Act (b) act in ail matters concerning the Universiiy in such manner as appears to it

best caiculated to promote the objects andinterests of the Universiiy; and (c) coniroi and manage the operation, affairs, concerns and property of the

Universiiy.

Council has, however, exercised its power of delegation to delegate to the Vice-Chanceiior powers to manage the University.

Section 17 relates to the powers of Council and provides in the preambie that:

Subject to this Act and the Statutes the Councii has power to do ail things necessary or convenient fo be done for or in connection wifh the operation, affairrs, concerns and property of the University.

Role of Co~incil T~F ! Statutorv Framework sets out in formal terms the authoriw and leaisiative context In whichthe cduncil operates. Council recognises, however, that i o be effective it must share a common understanding of both the manner in which it intends to operate and Its specik roles.

~ a n n e r of operating: in carrying out its statutory responsibiiities, Council operates according to the following characteristics and values:

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Visionary: Council uses its breadth of expertise and experience to help inform the vision for the University's future and the strategies by which that vision might be attained.

Pro-active: Council actlvely engages with its tasks to help the University achieve its mission.

Committed to the University: Council is committed to the University and its role in the governance of the University. This commitment is to the ongoing weii-being of the University as a whoie, setting aside individual or representational interests.

Holistic: Council recognises that its authority resides in Councii as an entity.

Advisory/Supportive: Council provides advice and support to executive management and supports it as if impiements Council decisions.

Quality-Focused: Councii assures itself that processes have been put in place by executive management to ensure quaiity in all aspects of the work of the University.

Ethical: Councii works to the highest ethical standards and expects similar standards of the staff of the University.

Skilled and Informed: Councii and the University will work to secure a Council membership that ras tns ep?ro?ri~re sk"ls, experknce and g2osrsphic precinct pro'ie 2ons:sten: A':; Lhe cur-ent ob;ezti~es 2no strateci2s 3f tine Un'vxs'ly.

Specific Roles: The major roles of Council working with the advice of the Vice-chancellor and the Academic Board may be usefully outiined within the following categories:

External Promotion and Advocacy: promoting and being an advocate of the University to the wider community enhancing and broadening the iinks beiween tne University and the wider community.

Strategy Formation: approving the University's sbategic direction and financial objectives perpetuating the strategic leadership of the University, including by appointment of the Vice-chancellor, the selection of the Chancellor and Pro Chancellor.

Policv Makino: . - ., ensuring the University has in place policies which serve the needs and interests of its students, staff and the wider commun%y approving higher order policies establishing governance poiicies in iine with best practice.

Accountabiiity: . accountabiiity for the financial well-being of the University - Lieieydllrig authority appropriately accountabiiity, drawing on advice from the Vice-chancellor and the Academic Board, for the quaiity of the University's academic programs and services final accountability for the- aciiom Znn8 6 p T S t f i i 6f the &GS~T& diheiTcompli%e with statutory requirements.

Monitoring, through regular or requested reports, of: * compliance with relevant legislation . the financial standing of the University.

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q-al:ty, aA' t a i d r'sk nacagerei: p-ocesses 213 arreigemeils s-aderr'c s?anlsrcs, mr-.-oh advice from tne Vce-Cnanc-l or an6 13s Acac3ric a 3 i - j

the Universityk progress against key objectives . the reconciliation and approval of capitai plans and operating budgets against the strategic direction of the University the Vice-Chancelior's performance Council's own ~erformance.

Maintaining the distinction between governance and executive management in order for Council and executive management to perform their respective roles effectiveiy, Council recognises that a distinction needs to be maintained between governance and executive management.

Evaluating Council Performance Councii is committed to both collective and individual performance appraisal. To allow for more concrete assessment of Council's performance, Council will aiso set for itself clear goals and objectives to achieve within a given year.

Council Committees Council establishes committees to assist it to meet its responsibilities. The Standing

i Committees of Council, as at December 2003, are: 1

(i) Councii Executive which incorporates the Honoraly Awards Committee, Remuneration Committee. and Leoisiatise Committee

(ii) ~ u a i i t y and Audit committee -

(iii) Resources Committee (iv) External Reiatlons, Strategy and Development Committee (v) Nominations Committee (endorsed at the December 2003 meeting).

Academic Board The Academic Board has a special role within the governance framework of the University. The Act under which the University operates specifies that there "shali be an Academic Boardofthe Universiw (s.18(1)), the constitution of which may be prescribed by Statute.

The Council views the Academic Board as a forumthrough which senior academics within the University can provide advice to Councii on the University's core business of teaching, learning and research. Councii has therefore devolved to the Academic Board, within stipulated constraints, part~tuiar tunctions relating to opproving changes iii academlc programs. It aiso looks to the Academic Board to ensure that appropriate quality assurance processes are in place relating to academic progmms and services, and that academic standards are maintained:

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Role of the Chancellor

The Chancellor is elected by Council to facilitate its work and collegiaiiiy by effective and ethical means, providing a local point to ensure the high standing of the University in the wider community. As part of this role, the Chanceiior presides over Councii meetings

Role of the Vice-Chancellor

The Act provides that Councii shall appoint a person to be the chief executive officer of the University (s.30(1)). University Statute.No 6 provides that the person appointed as th_e chief executive officer is the Vice Chancellor of the University (s.1). This Statute fuiiher provides that subject to the Act, the Statutes, By-iaws and Rules of the University, and resolutions of the Council, the ViceChancellor is responsible for the academic, administrative and other affairs of the University (s.2). As well as being the chief executive officer of the University, the Vice-chancellor is also its senior academic officer.

Role of the Pro Chancellor

The Act provides that there shall be a Pro Chancellor and that the Pro Chancellor presides at meeting of Council in the absence of the Chancellor (Act s.12). The role of the Pro Chancellor is to act for the Chancellor in the absence of that Officer and on other occasions support the Chanceilor in all the Chanceilor's roles

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Attendance by Council Members at Council Meetings

Council heid six meetings during the year

The bracketed figure indicates the potential number of attendances for members whose term of office did not cover the fuil year.

Name MrS Abbolt Mr RAmos O'Caiiaqhan - Ms J Ballaniyne Ms D Blain Associate Proiessor L Bioom Mr K Campbell, AM Ms H Chariesworth Mr P Chilton Mr A Crevaid Mrs C Devitt Mr N Dougias MrK Eastwood. AM Mr P Eastwood Mr D Figiiomeni Mr R Heese MrJ May Ms K McDonald Ms A Migdale Justice R Nicholson, A 0 Dr M O'Connor Mr K O'Keefe Professor R Oiiver Proiessor M Pooie Ms L Prime Professor P Thompson, AM MsAVaughan Mr S Waiberg Mr K Wyatt, AM

Attendance 6 1 (1) 2 5 3 (4) 3 6 1 (4) 2 (2) 6 1 (1) 1 (1) 4 (4) 0 (0) 1 (1) 2 (2) 6 4 (5) 5 4 (4) 4 2 (2) 5 4 4 3 (5) 4 2 (2)

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EDITH COWAN UNIVERSITY

Compliance with Relevant Written Laws

In the performance of its functions during the year ended 31 December 2003, the University has operated within the provisions of the Edith Cowan University Act 1984.

Having made or caused to be made on our behalf all relevant enquiries, but noting the very broad extent of application of written laws to the University, to the best of our knowledge, information and belief, the University has complied with all relevant written law.

We are aware of no fact or circumstance apparent or existing at the date of signing this statement, to lead us to conclude otherwise.

Millicent E Poole Vice-Chancellor. 5 March, 2004

harren Snell 1 Chief Financial Oficer

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Summary Statistics

Student and Staff Dafa as at 31 March 2003

Students Full-time Students Part-time Students External Students Total Students Higher Degree by Research Students Master and PhD by Coursework Students Other Postaraduate Students hdergrad;ate Students

Equivalent Fuli-time Student Units

Course Completions

Fee-paying Overseas Students

StaR Full-time Equivalent Staff

! ik -..* - 'alY Volumes Held Serial Subscriptions

Total Income ($000~) 165,888 161,543 191,730 205,708 201,014

"Data is at 31 December 2003 #Includes an estimate of casuai staff FTE

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INDEPENDENT AUDIT OPINION

To the Parliament of Western Australia

EDITH CO'i"i7AN UNIVERSITY PERFORMANCE INDTCATORS FOR THE YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31,2003

Audit Opinion In my opinion, the key effectiveness and efficiency performance indicators of Edith Cowan University are relevant and appropriate to help users assess the University's performance and fairly represent the indicated perfonnance for the year ended December 31,2003.

Scope The University Council's Role The University Council is responsible for developing and maintaining proper records and systems for preparing performance indicators.

The performance indicators consist of key indicators of effectiveness and efficiency.

Summary of nzy Role As required by the Financial Administration and Audit Act 1985, I have independently audited the performance indicators to express an opinion on them. This was done by looking at a sample ofthe evidence.

An audit does not guarantee that every amount and disclosure in the perfonnance indicators is error free, nor does it examine all evidence and every transaction. However, my audit p ~ o ~ d n r e s . should identi.@ errors oi; omissions significant enor& to zdversely afi@f EE decisions of users of the performance indicators.

D D R PEARSON AUDITOR GENERAL March 30,2004

4th Floor Dumas House 2 Havelock Street West Penh 6005 Western Australia Tel: 08 9222 7500 Fax: 06 9322 5664

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Annual financial statements as at 31 December 2003

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INDEPENDENT AUDIT OPINION

To the Parliament of Western Australia

EDITH COWAN UNIVERSITY FINANCIAL STATEiIIIENTS FORTHE YEAR ENDED DECE~~BER31 ,2003

Audit Opinion In m y opinion,

(i) the controls exercised by Edith Cowan University provide reasonable assurance that the receipt, expenditure and investment of moneys, the acquisition and disposal of propeity, and the incurring of liabilities have been in accordance with legislative provisions; and

(ii) the financial statements are based on proper accounts and present f ~ r l y in accordance with applicable Accounting Standards and other mandatoiy professional reporting requiremeits in Australia and the financial position of University and the consolidated entity at December 31, 2003 and their financial perfonname and cash flows for the year ended on that date.

Scope The U~ziversify Council's Role The University Council is responsible for keeping proper accounts and maintaining adequate systems ofintemal control, preparing the financial statements, and complying with the Financial Administration and Audit Act 1985 (the Act) and other relevant written law.

The hancial statements consist of the Statement of Financial Perfor~nance, Statement of Financial Position, Statement of Cash Flows of the University and the consolidated entity and the Notes to the Financial Statements.

Sunzinu~y of nq Role As required by the Act, I have independently audited the accounts and financial statements tq expess m-b~xon DE ~ITE-EJT~E~IS f i~nEiZ i - f ' i~eTfs : T K i F T ? X d K e ~ ~ ltG5Eg-3 a sample of the evidence.

An audit does not guarantee that every amount and disclosure in the financial statements is error fiee. The term "reasonable sssurance" reccgnises that an audit does not examine all evidence and every transaction. However, my audit procedures should identify errors or omissions significant enough to adversely affect the decisions of users of the financial statements.

D D R PEARSON AUDITOR GENEML March 30,2004

4th Floor Dumas House 2 Havslock Siieet V h t Perth 6D05 Westam Australia Tel: 08 9222 7500 F z 08 9322 5564

EDITH COWAN UNIVERSITY Statement of Financial Performance

for the Year Ended 31 December2003

REVENUE

Revenue from Ordinary Activities

Commonwealth Government financial assistance WA Govemmentananciei assistance Higher Education Coniribution Scheme

Student conin'bulions Commonwealih payments

Postgraduate Educati~n Loans Scheme [PELS]

Fees& charges Superannuation

Defmed Government contributionr Cammanwealih supplementation

inveslmenl income Royaiiies, Trademarks 6 Ucenses Consuitancy 8 coniract research Oiher revenue

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[General University] 2003 2002

$OOO% $000'5

Tot& revenue from ordinary activities 208.253 206,585 204,613 203,736

EXPENSES Expenses from Ordinary Activities

Employee benefiis Depreciation and amortisation Buildings 6 grounds Bad & Do~blful debis Borrowing cost expense Other

Total expenscn fmm ordinary activities 199.277 191,386 195,451 186,274

Pmat from ordinary adiviiies before inmme tax equivalents

Income lax equivalent expense 5 51 6

Net profit 8.925 15.193 9.162 15.462

Net increase1 (decrease1 in asset revaluaiion rerewe 115.1431 48.575 (15.1431 48,575

Tohl Changes in Equity Otherthan those Resuiting horn Transactions with Owners as Owners (6.218) 63,768 (5.981) 54,037

The accompanying nofes formpad of there Fnanciallstafemsnts.

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EDITH COWAN UNIVERSITY

Statement of Financial Position as at Y e a r Ended 31 December 2003

Economic Entity Parent Enlily [Consolidated] [General University]

2003 2002 2003 2002 Note Eooo'r $000'~ SOOO's $000'~

CURRENT ASSETS

Unresliicled cash assetr; Resbi~ledcash 8~5815

Other financial asrels

Receivables

Inventories

D l h e r a ~ s ~ l s 10 1,716 4,330 1.413 3,869 Total Current Assets 33,426 48,078 32.094 46,802

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NON-CURRENT ASSETS

Receivables 8 29.073 37,513 29,073 37.513 Properly, plant, equipment and wehides 11 443.266 443.591 443.055 443.427 Works oian 13 6,577 6,347 6.577 6.347

I Deierred tax aeseh 5 8 Olher asreis 10 1

I Total NonCument Assets 478.925 487,451 478,705 487.287 TOTAL ASSETS 512.351 535,529 510,799 534,089

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I Payabler 14 6,243 5.183 5.728 4,933 J interest-bearing iiabililies 15 169 27,165 163 27,158

Cwen l Tar liabilities 5 59 3 Provisions 16 15,586 13.881 15.542 13,831 Other liabiliiiee 17 16,013 17.253 15,667 16,930 Total Current Liabilities 38,070 63.485 37,100 62,852

NON-CURRENT LiABIUTIES 1 i Interest-bearing liabilities

Oeierred Tax iiabiiitier Prwision~ 16 35.785 42,160 35.725 42,118 Total Non.Current Liabilities 53.298 44,843 53,222 44.779 TOTAL LlABlLlTlES 91.368 108.328 90,322 107.631 NET ASSETS 420,983 427.201 420,477 426,458

EQUITY

- -. . , . . . Retainad p r o p . ... 'iY 204.742 1RS.Ri7 7lU,Z?E 105,074 TOTAL EQUliY 420,983 427.201 420,477 426,458

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EDITH COWAN UNIVERSITY Statement of Cash Flows

for the Year Ended 31 December 2003

CASH FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTlViTlES

Receipts

Commonwealth Government financial assistance Highereducation oontribution scheme PELSIBOTPLS Other rerearch financial assistance and contracts Fees and Charges Sebiarshipr, pdzes, donations and bequestr interest and bill discounlr Oiher

Payments Payments to employees Payments t o s ~ p p i i m interest paid to WATrearuiy Corporation interest paid to Homeswesf

Economic Entity (Consolidatedl

2003 2002 $ooo's $OOOk

Note

Parent Entity [General University]

2003 2002 $OOO'S $000'~

Net cash provided byllused in) operating activities 20(c) 20,026 17.852 19,914 16.032

CASH FLOWS FROM INVESTING ACTIViTIES

Purchase of properiy, plant 8 equipment Pmceedr imm sale of property, plant & equipment Proceeds tom sale dinvestments Purchase ofworks of art

Net cash provided byi(used in) investing activities (27,307) (63,598) (27.214) (63,522)

CASH FLOWS FROM FINANCING ACTlViTiES

Pmceedr from borrowings fpm WATrezsury Corporation Repayment of boimwingr to WATreasuiy Corporation Repayment of Lesse LiabiWies

( lZ,IBY) (12.793)

Net cash provided by I (used in) financing 26:847 26,847 activities

CASH FLOWS FROM STATE GOVERNMENT

Netincreasel(decreare) in cash held Cash assets at the beginning ofthe financial year

Cash assets at the end of the financial year 2 ~ ) 19.513 32,309 18,988 31,793

The acmmpanying oofeslormpaii offhere financial statements.

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EDiTH COWAN UNIVERSITY Notes to the Financial Statements

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Canlents

Signilimnt Accounting Policies Revenue from Ordinary Activilier Expenses from Ordinary Activities Profit / (Loss) on Sale of Assets Income Tax Remuneration of Memben ofthe Accountabie Aulhorily and Senior Omerr

Remuneration of Audilors Receivables invedories Mher Asreb Property, Plant, 'Equipment and Vehicles Capilalised Bonowing Costs Works of Art Payabies iniererl-Bearhg LiabiNlies Provisions '

Other Liabilities Reserves

E W ~ Y Notes to the Statement of Cash Fiows C~mmitmenis forExpend'iure Superannuation Join! Venture Operations Contioiled Entities Events Occuring After Repoiting @s!s Explanatory Statement Financial instmments ulsaggregatlon Information WfteMis Trust Funds Acquinal of Commonwealth Govemrned Rnaocial Assistance

EDITH COWAN UNIVERSITY Notes to the Financial Statements

for the Year Ended 31 December 2003

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EDITH COWAN UNIVERSITY Notes to the Financial Statements

for the Year Ended 31 December 2003 The following accmnling policies have been adapled in the (c) Oihcr contributions revenus preparation of ihe linandai stalemcnls. Unless olherviise Slated these polides are consistent wilh Illose adopted in lhe previous year.

Generalstatement The finandel stalemenls constitute a general purpose finandai reporl which has been prepared In accordance wilh Ausiralian Accounting Siandards, Slatemenis of Accounting Concepts and other auillorilauve pronouncemenis of the Aurlraiian Accounting Slandards Board, and Urgenl Issues Group (UiG) Consensus Views as applied by the Trearurefr Instruclions. Several of these are modaed by the Treasuieh Instructions lo vary appllcalion, disdosure. lormal and wording. The Financial Adminislraiion and Audil Act and lhe Treasurch lnslructions are letririalive provisions governing the preparelion of financial r l a l e m ~ t s and lake orecedence over Australian Accounlino Standards.

fulfil !he requiremenls of general appiiation to the publio seclor, loeelher wilh ihe need far araaler disclosure and also to ralishl

if any such modiiicalion has a material or significant mandal effed upon the reporied resulls, delails of lhst modifialion and where praclimble, the resuiling flnandal effed, are disclosed in individual notes lo these financial slalements.

The slalemenls have been oreoared on the accrual baris of

basis.

(a) Principles of consoiidation

The mnsolldaled financial sialemenls have been oreoared bv

P. 51 01 l c n ' o r 3 cnl isr :I?-curs n m e 2~ C;nrr.sl! ~c:?_PI nj- 731: es .i,i. 6 - 7 0 , ee n n a :rz?arao? ara 21esm1311r o f m mns9:i 10 r m r c j si.enerm

The conrolidated linancial slalemenls Include the information and resuits of each controlled entlly from the date on which Uie Aulhorliy oblaios control and until such lime as the Authority ceases to conlmi such entilles.

(b) Government financial assistance

i I is Udversiiy policy lo report Governmentfinancial assislance recelvcd in advance in accordance withAASi5 '"Revenue".

Tills uirttevsr a whetner operetlng ilrianaal asstslsnce recaved In advance is a liabillly is ye1 to be resolved by the AASB and the UiG. There aretwo Items in fhe Flnandal Statements where alternative presenlayons exist4

.Commonweallh financial assistance received in advance ioropemlions has been feporied as a current liability.

.WA Govsrnmenl finanu'al assislance received for the acqul$lion of non-current assea (see note 2.2) has been wpoc~d as revenue on receipt as psr UiG Hbrtrect il "Accountins for Contribulionr of, or Contribulions for lhe ~ c ~ u l s i i i o ~ l , Non-Currenl Assets".

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Donallons, gills and other non-reciprocal conidbulions are recognised as revenue when ihe Univenlly obtains control over the arselr comprising llle mntribulions. Control is normally oblalned upon lheirreceipl.

Contribulionr are remgoisedB1 their fair vaiue. Conlribulions of sewices are only recognised when a fair valve can be reliably determined and the services would be purchased if not donaled.

Id) Revenue recognition

ihe service lo the cuslome<

(el Acquisition oiarrets

The corl melhod of accounllno Is used for nil acoulsifhns nf

Compuier equipment, furniture and other equipment which individuaily corl $5.000 or more are apitaiised. Where lhene assels individually cost below $5.000, lhey have been fully expensed direct lo the Statement of Financiai Periormance.

Worb of art Ihowever, are capliaiised irrespective ofvalue

Ifl Depreciation and amortisation of non-current assets Aii non-curred assets having a limiled useful i fe are Eysiemalicaily depredated over their useful liver in a manner which relied$ the consumplion of their future emnomlc benefits. Depreciation is calculated on the straight-line basis, and Is mnrlEtenl wlVl previous years. Usehrl iivc; for each d m or depredabie assel are: * Land Npt depreciated - Buildings 50 years (see note l(g))

Cornpuling equipmenl 4 years Othereouioment 6 "ears , , ,~~ . Moloivehides 6 years . U h i y collectionr are depredated at 100% of total acquisillmr made during the faurlh year proceeding the cumnt year (note l(g)). W& or art oontroiled by the Unluersily are dasrliied as heritage asEeb. They are aniidpated to have very long and lndelerminale useful lives. Their ssrvlce potcnlial hzs not, in any material sense, been

Nl Depreciation and amortirafion of non-current assets ( continued)

consumed during the reporling period. AE such, no amount for depreciation has bean recognlsed in respect oi ihom.

Igl Revaluation of land, bulldinar, works of art and library coileotions

Land, buildings and wprks of art The Univsnily has r poiicy of valuing land, buildings and works of art at fair vaiue. Valualions are in accordance vilh AASBiM1 "Revaluation of Non-Current Assets", and occur every3 yeanwlih the lasl vaiualinn in 2003. The valuations for land war undertaken by McGee's Naiionai Pmperiy Consulhntr, !he vaiualions far buildings was underlaken by Page Kirkland Ward, and the valualion for works of an was undertaken by Perth Galleries (OIherArlwwks) and Michael O'Fenali (Aboriginal Anworks).

EDITH COWAN UNIVERSITY Notes to the Financial Statements

for the Year Ended 31 December 2003

In accordance wilh UIG 11, works of art lhat the Universily receives asconlribulione musl be recognised ss an asset and revenue when the Univeisily gains conlml of lhose works of art.

. L i b r a r y ~ o l l ~ c t i ~ n ~ All lhe universities within Werlem Auslralia have jolnlly adapted lhe approach that lhe total cosl of lhe !as1 three years' acquisition of libraw books would represent an acceptable carrying value of the library miledion. In each year, lhat year's cosl of acqutslion would be added onto the carrying d u e and the earliest yeais c ~ s l of acquistllon wilhln the carrying value would be wrilten off as an acceptable esllmale of the depredation of the library mllecfion for that year.

(h) Leases

The Un1vec;tly hss entered into a number of operating lease arrangements for motor vehicles and onice equipment where the lessors effeclively retain all of the risks and benefils tnddental lo ownership of the items held under the operaling leases. Equal lnstalments of the leare payments are charged to the Statement of Financial Pefomance over the lease term as this is reorerentalive of the oattem of benefits to be derived fmm the leased pmpefiy, '

The Controlled Enlity, E.C.U. Resources for Learning Lid. urrrently ieases a motor vehicle under a fnaoce lease arrangement.

ln accordance wilh the provisions of $AS17 ''Leases., the contrailed Enlily's rights and obligations under !he finance lease. which Is a lease lhal effectively IranEfers to !he Controlled Entity eU of the r isk and heneflts lnddentai te nwnenhlp of !he leased motor vehide, are inilielly remgnlsed as an asset and a liabilily quai in amount to the present vaiue of the minimum lease paymen&. The motor vehicle is disclosed as an asset under leased molor vehicles, and 1s depietialed lo the Statement of

~ inanc ia l Periormance over the period during which the controlled Enllty is expecled lo benefit from the useof the leased asset. Minimum lease payments are auacaled between interest expense and ieduclion of the lease liability, according to the, Merest rate implicit in the lease.

~ i ~ ~ n c e lease liabiiilies are allocated between current and non- current camponents.The principal componm of

he pmviston~ of AAS17 'Leases" are adopted for the purposes of acmuntlng for the finance lease.

(I) Cash

For the purpose of !he Stalement of Cash Flows, casil includes cash assels and other financial a9rets. These indude short-lerm denoslls that arc rcadilv mnveitlble to cash on hand and are sibjecl to Insignificant ri ik of changes In vaiue

Inventories are valued at the lower of cod and net realisable vaiue. Cask are assigned by the method most appropriate to each paacular class of inventory, with the majority being valued on a hrstlnfirst oul basis.

(k) Reselvabler Annual Report2003

an ongoing hasis. Debk whichire known lo be uncollectable are wrillen off. A Drovirion for doubtful debls Is raised where some doubt as tdco~~ecfion e m s

(I) tnvestments

Investments are bmught to acmunt at the lower of cost and recoverable amaunl.

T r d UP ,erst) m a s srilrcr nce.ere coT3ares Tn:sz $rams : w e m;n a o c a w lo the .r'veri I ) n exman?; fn'dr 5. Crraec .:o:war r i T-cres lsre h;o gr z.c -0,

C X ~ U C ' ~ ~ I o ~ ~ s L ! ' ~ i.ny .: Y'IIL~~ 01 nC0ne.A~ z re$. l all no 1 n;s are*r.se,-on n in? ,ear of n n e m e n t .

A shareholders' deed has been executed between Edilh Cawan Unlverrily aod Curtin Unlverrlly ofTechnolqgy lo jointly hold sharer In lnlemallonal English Language Tesling System Aurlralia Ply Ltd rIELTS'1. A modest relurn is expecledfrom this amiangemenl.

Interest revenues are recbgnised as lhey are accrued.

[m] Payables

Payables, Including accruaisnol yet billed, are recognired when the Universily becomes obliged to make future payments as a m u l l of a purchase of assets or services. Payahleg are generally sellled within 30 days.

Bank loans and otherloans are remniea at an amount equal to ihe net proceeds received. Borrowing sons expense Is remgnised on an accrual basis.

10) Employee benefits

Annual leave This benefit is recognised at the reporting dale in respect of employees' services up tolhal date and b measured at nominal smounts expected to be paid when the iiabiiifies, including on-casts, are reilled.

the'nominal amounii 6xpecled to be paid when the liability is settled. The liability for long service lesve expeded to be settied more than 12 months from the reporting date is recogntsed in the provisions for empioyee benefits and is measured at the present valua of exoecled future navments to be made in resoed of sewides provided b i ~mployees up to the reportiig date. CuibUuidliw lr u luw ~l l i?l l d i ~ e ~ s l i ~ WXU~LI~I IUlUlr paymenls, to u j lec t id future wage ;nd 'raiary levels lncludino relevant on msls, emerience of emolovee

Superannualon Employee superannualion funds wfsl lo pw ide benemis far lhe Universily's employees and their dependants on retirement, disabillly ot death. The University conlributer

EDITH COWAN UNIVERSITY Notes to the Financial Statements

for i i e Yezr Ended 31 Cacemoer 2002 IC in: i3i>sv'ng s . ~ o r z n ~ ~ . a c r rrcre,er ?n ~ e n i i 9 ..r P: spec8 rerv,cr ens >)z?r:

Soedal Reserves are created lor funds which are retained lo, 1. Uniruper Ltd: e&nditure on specified tiems in future years e.g. research - Definsd Benefit Plan (DBP) I investmeni Choice Plan (ICP] financial assistance. scholarships and capiiai equipmen! The empioyeh conlribulion raie as at December31.2003 replacement. Currently, there are no funds held in spedai war 7%for'riaKcontribuling 3.5% of lheirsaiary and 14% reserms. forstaRconlribuling 7% OftheirEaiary. Thescheme isfuiiy funded. It) Trustfunds

2. Siale Government Schemes: Endowmenis are received by the University to fund research The Unlversily has in Its siamng prome a number activiiies, scholarships, prizes and lecturer. The Universily has employees who are members of the Government direct control over such funds. As a consequence, ihey are not Employees Superannuation Board (GESB) Schemer. SlaT raponed separaiely, may conlribute to the Pension Scheme, a deflned benefits pension scheme now closed lo new members, or to the Gold Stale Suociannualion Scheme, a deflned benefit lump (Y] Insurance sum schemenow also closedto new members.

A? pari of the University's Risk Management Program cenain The Pension Scheme and the pra-transfer benefil for r i r b have been lranslerred lo ihe Riskcover fund with the employees who translerred lo the Gold Stale in~ursnce Commirdon of Weslern Aualraiia. This indudes Supeiannuation Scheme are unfunded and the liabiiity for liabiijiy for negiigence, physicai loss 01 or damage lo pmperty future payments is provided for at repodng dale. The and sla!uloiy liabiiily such as Workeh Compensation. iiabilitier for superannuation charges under these schemes are ellinguished by paymenl of contributions lo the GESB. (w) Income tax

The note disclosure required by paragraph 51(e) o i M S 30 Edith Cowan Universily is exempt from income tax as per (being the employeis share of the difference beiween Subdivision 5UB of the income Tax Assersment Act 1997. The employees' accrued superannuation benefits and the controlled enlily. E.C.U. Resouwesfor Learning Ltd., adopts the atiribulabie net liability method of tax-effect accounting whereby the income tax

expense is bssed on the operaling profit adjusted lor any market value of plan assets) has not been provided. State permanent dillerences in accordance wtth AAS3 'income scheme deficiencies are recognised by the Slate in its whole of ~ues". government reponing. The

OFSRk records are not stnrciured to nmvide Vie inlormalion for

the information.

Accounling for ihe Commonwealth contrlbulion lowardr this unfunded superannuation is described in note 22(2).

(p) Foreign currency translation

Transmiions denominated in a foreign cumnq are translated at the rales in existence at the dales of the transactions. Foreign currency receivables and payabien at reporiing dale are translated at exchange rater current at repoiling dale. Exchange gains and losses are brought to account in delemining the remit for the year.

[q] Joint venture operations

in accordance wiih AAS 19 "Accelniing fnr inleresls in Joint Voionlum", thhc Univcnil$s intcreal~ in tht a m ? 01 d h r l i , iiabiiilies, revenue and expenses of joint venture operalions are inciuded in the appiopriaie items of the University's Statement of Finandai Porilion and Statement of Financial Performance. . . . ~ . (r] Disaggregated information

Disaggregated iniormalion Is prepared in conformity with ihe accounting policies of the enlily as disdosed in note 1 and ihe segment reporting Acc~unling Standard AASB1005 "Segmed Reporting". Diraggregaled revenues, expenses, acsets and iiabiiilies are ailonted on the basis of direcl at!Abuiion and reasonabie eslimates of usage. Diraggregated assets and liabilities do not indude income I%..

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Comparative iigures are, where appropriate, redassifled so as to be comparabie with the figures pierented in the current financial year.

(y] Rounding

Amounts in the financial statements have been rounded to the nearest thousend doiiars.

EDITH COWAN UNIVERSITY Notes to the Financial Statements

for the Year Ended 31 December 2003

Annual Report 2003

EDITH COWAN UNIVERSITY Notes t o the Financial Statements

for the Year Ended 31 December 2003

Economic Entity Parent Entity

[Consolidated] [General University]

2003 2002 2003 2002

SOOO'S $ooo's sooo's $000'~

The Univenity received financiai assislance trom the Commanv:ealih Governmen! in the reporiing period:

. Teaching and Learning: 31.1 r pea ling, excluding HECS, PELS B BOTPLS capital Dwelopment Pool Australian Research Council: 31.2 Discovery - Projedr (Large Grants) inka age - lnflilsimciure Linkage - Other . DEST: 31.3 ~usiralian Poitgraduale Awards -Pre2002

Austialian Postgraduale Avrards-2002 Dnwaldr

lniemalional Postgraduate Research Scholarships

~eseamh lnirasirudure Block Grants sman Grants Scheme

OtherCommonwealth Government Nationai comoeWve Other research grants 5,973 8.946 5,579 8,948 Other 1,096 1.064 1,096 1,064 ~ ~ t a i Commonwealth Government Financial Assistance 66,099 91,646 66.096 91,646 .

Wertem Australian Govemmani financial assistance for the idowing purposes ws received by the University during the reporiing psriod:

WA4PA' @ ECU [a1 6,619 6,739 6.619 8,739 Educatnn Depameniof Wer;iernAusiraiia 25 160 25 10 Other 10 12 I 0 12 To-1 \Western Australian Government 6.654 6,911 6.654 8,761 Financial Assistance

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Economic Entity Parent Entity

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EDITH COWAN UNIVERSITY Notes to the Financial Statements

for the Year Ended 31 December 2003

[ConsolIdatea [General University]

2003 2002 2003 2002

$Ooo's $000'5 $000'5 $000'5

Fees and chargee were collected from Ihe following sources dudno the repofling perlod:

Continuing education Feepaying averseas students Fee.paying domestic postgraduate studenls Feepaylng domestic undergraduale students

Feepafw dame& oon-award studenb Charges for student accommodation Renlal charges Seminar and workshop leer RegisIralion fees EIeminalion fees Pholocopying fees Lbraryiiner Lalefear Parking fees Student amenities and service fees All other Total Fees and Charges

Royalties 4,643 6,160 4.252 3,917

Sale of goods 6.702 Less: Cost of Sales (3,475)

Net sale of goods 2,627 FI(ILW!~S It om xale of aflhc [reo noto I ) 1,OIY Saie of publications 77 Donalions, bequesls and scholarships 157 Pr~zes,,c~nfribuliogs and rpmrorshlps 2 K CD%~KSE~SXS rkkGi~GX& 385

Expense recoups 228 ln~uiance claims 145 Other Total OtheiRsvcnue

Economic Entity Parent Entity

EDITH COWAN UNIVERSITY Notes to the Financial Statements

for the Year Ended 31 December 2003

[Consolidated] [General University] 2003 2002 2003 2002

Note $000'~ $000'5 S000'5 $000'5

Academic Salaries 49,681 48,654 49,881 48,654

Conirlbul~ons to superannualion and pension schemes:

. Delered employee benefits torsuperannuallon ZI4 911 (191) 911 (191) Ememinn Cod 3,131 3,052 3,131 3.052 . Funded 6.781 8,404 6,781 ' 6,404

Payroillax 3,432 3,312 3,432 3,312

Workers' compensation 404 395 404. 395

Long service leave expanse 1,050 3,076 1,080 3,076

Annual Leave 22 16 22 16

Olhsr Total Academic

Non-academic Salaries Contributions to superannuatibn and pension schemes: - Detmd empbyee bi.wfiis tor supeiamuatlon ZZ(Z)

Emerging cost Funded

Payroll tax Vdzl i~Td mmpmsatlm) Long service leave expense Annual lezve Other Total Non-academic Total Employee Benef*

Buildings Leasehold improvements Computing equipment Other equipment end furniture M~torvehldes Leased motor vehicles Libmry oollcotion~ Total Depreciation Expense

Buildings mainienance Grounds maintenance Olhcr Total Buildings and Grounds

940 868 940 970

4.860 5,332 4,860 5,434 Economic Entity Parent Endty

[Consolidated] [General University]

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EDITH COWAN UNIVERSITY Notes to t h e Financial Statements

for the Year Ended 31 December 2003

Bad debts wilten off 25 51 25 51 Movement in provision for doubtful debts 204 337 204 333 Total Sad and Doubtfui Debts 229 388 229 384

~ t ~ ~ ~ ; ~ ~ ~ a ~ ~ ; ~ ~ t ~ ; 6 ~ r ~ ~ a ~ t ~ ~ ~ ~ , 3 x , ~ ~ .aL,,d=,,a,,,.c,a~n,,~.,~~m~c ~ ~ ; a a I ~ J i i d : : v ~ & ~ d ~ ~ 6 ~ X r i & < i ; " , ~ r i j i C ; ~ & L ~ ~ j & ~ ~ I ~ T ~ ~ ~ ~ & ~ ?; ,m...mt. dg. , ~ ~ g ~ s p ~ ~

Interest paid 330 230 330 230

~~Q~g$;q~*~g&~m~$~;g~&~ $4g& .< b.

Student related expenditure 6.417 4,678 6.417 4,678 Teiecommunicatlons 1,945 1.467 1,635 1,432 Non-caplaiired equipment 13,076 14.198 13,076 14,198 Travel, staff development B entertainment 5,975 6.147 5,975 5.970 Operating lease rental expenses 1,220 1,018 1,213 1.016 Professional and conrultlng fees 8,900 9,278 8,569 8,990 Stationery and materials 4,148 4,583 4.092 4,555 Electhlty, gar and rat& 3.353 3,016 3.353 3.008 Advedsing and mark$ing 2,955 2,761 2,851 2,732 Carry amount d assets soid (see note 4) 910 1,279 906 1,279 Asset &te-offs during the year 42 322 42 322 Trading stockwwltaoffs during the year 15 15 Other Total Other Expenses

Proceeds fmm sale Properly, piant a equipment 1,019 877 1,018 8TI

Carwins amwnl of assets sold Propeiiy, plan1 6 equipment (910) (1.279) (9061 (1,2791 Total Profiti(LossJ on Sale of Assets 109 (402) 712 (4O2)

follows: Prima facie tax payable on profit from omioary activities before In~omstax (37) 5 Add tau effect d - Non aliowable items - Adjurtmsntfor pmvlsion for defemd Income tax - Losses utiiised

Less Non assessable ilems - Capltai allowance in excess of depreciation (3) income tax dtributebls- te profit frcm ordlnwy ~ctivltles 61 6

Deferred tax assets and liabliitles Provlrioi for defened income tax- current 59 3 Provisim for defemed Income fax- non-current 6 3 Future Income lax benefil- non-current 8 s," .Tm-.-".=. er ";-'i"rr- k&lF~~;2~~&~~~T&j@;$~&g:g~g&:~~@s;~&~$~~+y&~g,:g;~:g[@&~g

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EDITH COWAN UNIVERSITY Notes to the Financial Statements

for the Year Ended 31 December 2003

6.1 Remuneratlonofii4emben oilhe Accountable Authority

Names of Penons who were members oilhe Accountable Authority For the purposes of the Financial ~dministrat ion and Audit Act 1985, the University Council, is the Accountable Authority of the University.

The Univerritv's council members are:

Mr Serge Walberg Mr Kevin Cam~beli AM ~ ~~

' i r I . C 00.:1;,9 :~>ponleo 23'.:CS) Nr R:xn A m r O C a a : x r +:poi!e: 14 ' lr R 3 m : Lteese / i w 3 ' ~ . e o t, '1 C3i Professor Ron 0ii"ei {appoided 3110103) MI. Andrew Cievald (appointed 31t01031

Ms Helen Charleeworlh

Mr Peter Eastwood AM (rotlr M r K R ~ WyattAM (resigned 2015103) Assodate Professor Lynelle Bloom (retired 3019103) Dr lnoira OsConnor (retired 3019103) Mr Phllio Chillon lrelired 30191031

The controlled enliiyk. (refer lo note24), directors are: EC.U. Resour~es for Learning Ltd

Mrmeg Holand Mr GSherwin (Chairman) MI BWils~n Ms Glenda Campbell-Evans (resigned 117103) Professor JWood Mr Susan Holland (resigned 31112103) Professor W. Louden

Economic Entity Parent Entity [Consaiidafed] [General Unlversliyl

2003 2002 2003 2002 $000'5 $ 0 0 0 ' ~ SOOO'S $ 0 0 0 ' ~

Remuneration of Members ofthe Accounlabie Authority The number of members of the Accountable AulhoAy. whose total feeq ~aianer, superannuation and other beneflls for the financial year, fall wilhin the following bands are:

Nil - 510.000 $10,001 -$20,000 $20,001 - $30,000 $40,001 - $50,000 560,001 - $70,000 $80,001 -$90,000 $90,001 -$100,000 $390,001 - $400.000 $420.001 - $430,000

u~oregjlto P.omunomtmn of Mombcm ofthc Accounrabis Autnoniy 5813 $674 5775 5632

The superannuation included here represents the superannuation upense incurred by the Unlvenily in respecl o fhe membsrs ofthe Accountable Aulhoffiy.

EsonomicEntity Parent Entity

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EDITH COWAN UNIVERSITY Notes to t h e Financial Statements

for the Year Ended 31 December 2003

The number of Senior OMcerr other than Senior onlrrrs repohd ar member$ of the Accountable Authority, whose tdal of fees, salaries, superannuation and dher benefits for the financial year, fall wthin the following bands are:

$20,001 - 530,WD 1 1 $50.001 - $60,000 1 1 $60,001 - $70.000 1 1 1 1 $80,001 - $90.000 1 1 $90.001 - $100,000 2 2 s100,001 -S110,000 1 1 S120.001-$130.000 1 1 $130.001 - $140.000 2 2 $140,001 -$150,000 2 1 2 1 $174001 - $180.000 I 1 $180,001 -$190,000 1 1 1 1 $190.001- $200.000 2 2 $200,001 - $210,000 . 2 1 2 1 $210,001 - $220,000 1 1 1 1 $260,001 - $270,000 ' 1 1

Aggregate Remuneration of s~enior Officers: $1.823 $1,618 $1.823 $1.616

' [2002: lnciudes $69.375 payout for long service bawl.

The superannuation Included here represents the supennnuaiion expense incurred by the Universty in resped of Seniol Officers other than Senior Officers reported es membss nflhp Accauiitabie Authority.

&g$&a&Ff&qJE$&T;@ Remuneration to the Auditor General forthe financial year is as follows:

Auditing the accounts, financial statements and performance indicators 112 99 102 89

Economic Entity Parent Entity

[Consdidatedl IGenerai University] 2003 2002 2003 2002

Annual Report 2003

EDITH COWAN UNIVERSITY Notes to the Financial Statements

for the Year Ended 31 December 2003

Current Gross debtors 7,447 7,059 6,688 6,792 Less provision for doublfui deblr Net Debtors

Comrnonweaith Government Unlunded Government ConV~bulim for superannuation 3,623 2,904 3,623 2,904

Total Current 10,245 9,336 9,786 9.075

Non-Current Comm~nweaith Government Captai Development Pool 2,000 2,000

Unfunded Governmen1 Contribution for Superannuation 29.073 35,513 29.073 35.513

~ o t d Non-Current 29,073 37.513 29.073 37,513

Unfunded Goveinmen1 Contribution for Superannuation is dircu~red further under note 22(2) Superannualion

Current Accrued income Advanrs and prepayments Total Current

NonCurrent

I incorporation costs 1

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Economic Entity Parent Entity [Consolidated] [General University] 2003 2002 2003 2002

$000'~ SOOO's $000'2 $000'5

EDITH COWAN UNIVERSInr Notes to the Financial Statements

for the Year Ended 31 December 2003

note i(g)).

Land Freehold land at fair value Vesled land at fair value

Buildings At fair value

Leasehold Improvements At cost Accumulaled deereciallon

Work in progress capital projec~s '

Cornputingequlprnent A1 cost Accumulaled depredation

Other equipment and furniture

At cast Accumulaled depreciation

Motor~ehi~ les At COEI

Accumulaled depreciation

Leased molarvehlcles At cost Accumulaed depreciation

Library collections At cost 8,665 8 , l n 8.665 8,157 Grpmdallon (2:~4 (2,107) (2,282) (2,107)

6,383 6,050 6,383 6,050 Total Property, Planf Equipment and Vehicles 443,266 443,591 443.055 443,427

. .. . . .

' Capital projects include: Calllsta (Student Record System $43M Churchlands Redevelopment S0.8M: IT Server Consolidallon S0.6M; MI Lawley Indigenous Centre SOSM 12002: Joondalup Campus West S43.4M; Academy stagehouse $5.7M; Joondalup School of Education building S5.ZM; end Callirta (Student Record System) S1.1Ml.

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EDITH COWAN UNIVERSIN Notes to the Financial Statements

for the Year Ended 31 December 2003

Economic Entity Parent EnIity [Consolidated] [General University] 2003 2002 21103 2002

$ 0 0 0 ' ~ $ 0 0 0 ' ~ $ 0 0 0 ' ~ $000'~

Borrowing costs capitalised during the year 422 4 2 422 42

Weighted average rate an funds borrowed generaliy 5.2% 4.6% 5.2% 4.6%

The revaluation of works of ad was peformed in December 2003 in accordance with an independenl valuation by Pedh Galleries (Other Artworks) and Michael O'Ferrall (Aboriginal Artworks). (See note iig)).

Trade payable5 6,243 5,163 5,726 4,933

Curred WATreas~iy Corporation Finance lease Total Current

Non-Current WATreasury Corporation H~menYeSt Finance lease Total Non-Current

Odailr of these loans er at baiance date are as followr:

Description of the Borrowing

Sludcnt I ioluing (Mwni Lowlcy) ' Campun West Cameus West

Homesiuesi- inlerest is payable at a rate of 2% below the prevailing bank bili rate and principsl is repayable in three equal insiaiments dunng the 15 yearterm dthe loan.

WATeesuiy Carporetion - Quzdellg pmcipel and i n t s s i repayments.

& ~ s i w ? p r e ~ ~ ~ . . First National Motor Finance (Finance lease)

Annual Repod 2003 92

principal Principal outstanding outstanding

31112103 31112102 SODO'S 5000'5

333 333 10,000 27,000 5,000 - 2,327 . 2,486..

16 26

Current annual interest rate

31112103 %

2.00% 5.20% 6.12%

Maturity date

Dc~e111bW2000 July 2006 January2009

17.676 29,6451

7 . 6 2 4 1.40%

. Q ~ s ~ 0 4 7 June2005

EDITH COWAN UNIVERSITY Notes t o the Financial Statements

for the Year Ended 31 December 2003

Economic Entity Parent Entity [Consolidated] [General University1 2003 2002 2003 . 2002

$000'5 SOoO's SOOO'S $000'~

current Annuai leave

I Long service leave

1 SupeannuaUon Siaff Bonuses Total Current

Non-Current Long sewice leave Superannuation Total Nowcurrent

Employee Benefits The aggregate employee beneflts lability recognised and included in the financial rtalements is asfoliows:

Provision for employee benefits: Currenl Nonmrrent

! ..-I

The consoldated eniity conslden the carrying amount of employee benefis approximates the net fair value.

nnanctal assislam. and fees received in advancs 12,735 12,347 12,735 12.292

Accrued expenses 3,278 4.906 2,932 4.638

Tala Other Liabilities 16,013 17,253 15,667 16.930

-' ~ ~ $ ~ ~ w $ ~ & & p ~ ~ q g q ~ $ ~ g $ & ~ g g T ~ & ~ & ~ ~ & - & ~ ~ - .".- ~ - > Asset revaluation reserve

i Opening balance 231,384 182.809 231.384 182,809 ~ e t revaluation Increments I (decrements):

Land 15,725 16,017 15,725 18.017

Buildings' (31,004) 31,056 (31,004) 31,056 -1 Works of art 136 1.502 136 1.502

1 Closing balance 216,241 231,364 216,241 231.384 .J

Buildings - P.s pad of the revaluation of the Churchlands campus, ceriain buildings haviiwiil be decommissioned during the peflod 2003 to 2007. Their valuafianr reflecttheir remaining useful life.

J

I Annual Repoii 2003 I

Economic Entity Parent Entity

93

EDITH COWAN UNIVERSITY Notes to the Financial Statements

for the Year Ended 31 December 2003 [Consoildatedl [General University] 2003 2002 2003 2002

Opening balance 195,617 142,207 195,074 141.195 Adjustment: Unfunded Governmenf Codrlbutton for Superannualion (refer to nole 2212)) 38,417 38.417 Net pmfi Closing balance

Cesh a! !he end of the flnantal year as shown in the Statement 01 Cash Fiov.~ b recondied to !he relaled ilems in the Stalement of Fmandai Position as follows:

Cash Unrestricted cash ass&

Cash at bank 8,941 6,842 8.416 6,326 Cash held in imprests 32 34 32 34 Total Unrestricted Cash Assets 8.973 6.876 8,448 6,360

Restricted cash assets Tmrtfunds (see note 30) 507 501 507 501,

Other financial assets Bank bills maluring within one year Bank bills maturing laterthan one year 5,052 5,052 Tofa1 Other Flnansial Assets 10,033. 24,932 10,033 24,932 Totsi Cash as per Stalernent of Cash Flows 19,513 32,309 18,988 31,793

(b) Noncaeh financing and investing activities Dumg the mamiat year, there were na anel$lGabltHias Iransfwedksrurned from other UniverJillsr or government agencies andlherefoie notrefiecled in the Statement of Cash Flow.

(c) Recoosiiiation of profit from ordlnary actMties to net cash flows provided byl(ured In) operating activities Net operating result 8,925 15,193 9,162 15.462

Non-cash Hems: Oepreclation expense 12.329 10.295 12,283 10,231 Doubtfuldebtr and bad deb& wiiten off 229 388 229 384 Provision for employee beneftr l~.Vo) 3,854 (4,682) 3.870 (Profit)llosr on sale of assets (109) 402 (112) 402 Net loss on assetmeilffs 42 270 42 270 Uniealised foreign exchange tors (12) Flnanclal assistance receipls from WA Government (6,654) 18,910) (6,654) (8,761)

Changes in assets and tlablltties: (Increase) decrease in accrued hcome lincreare) decrease In Rrmuntr reootvablo (increire) deorease in advances and prepaymsnls (Increase) decreese in inventories Increase (denease) in accaunls payable i r i c i e ~ ~ b @ e ? ~ a < . ~ ~ i ~ % & ~ ~ ~ ~ e ~ ~ a ~ ~ n ~ e ~ Increase (decrease) in accrued expenses increase (decreare) in tax liabiliiier

(increase) decrezse in GSTrecoverabYpayabie (Increase) denease in fomafion coslr

Net Cash provided byl(used in) Operating Activities

Economic Entity Parent Entity [Conrotidatedl [General University]

Annual Repori2003 94

EDITH COWAN UNIVERSITY Noies to the Financial Statements

for the Year Ended 31 December 2003 2003 2002 2003 2002

$OOO'S $000'5 $OOO'S $DOO'E

(a) Capital expenditure commitments Capital expenditure commiimenl~, being contraded capital expenditure addilional lo the amounls reporied in lhe fnzncial staternenlr, are payable as iollowr:

Wthin 1 year 12,091 . 14,361 12,091 14,351

The capital oommnments include amounts for:

Bulldings 12,091 14.361 12,091 14,381

[b) Operating lease commitments Comrnflmenls In relation to leases contracledfor 21 the repofmg dale bul no1 recognised an llabilfer, are payableas follows:

Wahln r year 1,184 552 1.009 505

Laterthan 1 year and not ialerlhan 5 years 1.219 156 978 153

LaleiBan 5 years 399

Total Operating Lease Commitments 2,802 706 1.887 658

Representing: Cancellable operathg bases 2802 708 1,887 658

[c) Finance lease commitments Finance l e ~ s e commaments are payable as foiiowr:

Wnhin 1 year 6 7

Laterthan $ yearand not laterihan5years ID 20

Minimum lease payments 15 27

Fulure finance charger (3)

Total Lease Liability 16 26

Finance lezse liability on equipment capitaiised 8 7 Cumnt

Non Current 1D 18 4 c 9c

(a) other expenditure commitments comrnilrnenls in relation to purchase orders, are payable as follows:

Wihin 1 year 1.238 . ~. 1,573, . . 1,238 1,573

The Universlly colitnbutes to the foliovhg superannuation schemes on behalf of Its employees:

Annual Report 2003 95

EDITH COWAN UNIVERSITY Notes to the Financial Statements

for the Year Ended 31 December 2003

Uniauper Limited

Defined Benefit Plan IDBPI I investment Choice Plan ilCPl

Award Plus Plan (APP) This is a non-contributing employee scheme whereby the University contributes 3% of base salaries ior staliwho are in DBPilCP and 9% for the Uniuersil)is casual and non-permanent empioyeeavrho arenot members of the DBPIICP.

Government Employees Superannuation Board

Unfunded Pension and Unfunded Gold State (Lump sum) Schemes The Universny has in lis staving profile a number of employees who are members of the Government Employees Superannuation Board (GESB) Scheme. As fhe empioyer, the University is required to contribute to the scheme as employees are paid a pension or lump rum pay out. Consequently, an unfunded liability has been created. The Commonwealth Government is committed to reimbursing the University for payments actually made b the scheme . forlhese emerging cork.

The Government Employees Superannuation Board (GESB) estimates that, as at 31 December 2003 there 1s an unfunded liability of $32.7M (2002: 538.4M).

This liability consists of: 3111212003 3117Z22002 Unfunded Pension Scheme S 32.2M S33.9M . Unfunded Gold State Suoer Scheme $ 0.5M S 4.5M

TOTAL $32.7M $38.4M

The Universfiy now believes mat any disclosure of the unfunded superannuation liability should be matched wilh the corresponding receivable fmm the Commonviealth Government as described above. Accardingiy, ar fmm the reporiing period ended 31 December 2002, the accounting poiicy oi the Universiiy Is to record the liabilily and the receivable hom the Commonw&nh Government.

This treatment is in line wilh UIG Abstract 51 "Recovery of Unfunded Superannuation of Universities' isrued in Decamber 2002, with the initial adjustment being made against retained profits and subsequent movements recognised in net profit or iassiresuiL

Far the repolting peOod ended 31 December 2003, a reduction in the amount recwerabie for the Commonwealth Govemment of $1.5M, mr show EE Superannuation - Deferred Government contributions (2002 S35.4M adjusted against retained profil*).

Also, during the 2003 year. GESB informed the University that the information provided for the reporling period 31 December 2002 contained errors in the calculations for the unfunded supaannu?tion. ECU reporied an amount oi S38.4M in 2002 and ths subsequent amended figure war S34.2M. pmuiding an overstatement of S4.2M in boih the pmuicion and roocivobio fortho unfundcd ~upcrannuation.

This overrtalemsni was adjusted ihmugh the UniversiNr mtained prafnr during 2003, as the initial adjustment In 2002 wes also adlusted through Retained Profits in accordance with UIG Abstract 51.

[ e s a ~ m a ~ h ~ g a o ~ e ~ * m y 6 ~ i ~ & ~ g ~ ~ ~ a ~ ~ ~ ~ & ~ , $ @ ~ ~ ~ & ~ .Bbdk=m~ ",%i a*k ~~ -..-, ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ a a u ~ . ~ a . L - ~

Name of Entity

Nationai Neiworked TeleTesting Facilly for intsgrated Systems (NNrTF)

Principal Activity

The NN'TTF operates as a viriuai test facility that aids ihe research and industry communities to test and prototype Very Large Scale integrated (VLSI) circuilr and other Systam-On-Chip (SOC) devices, prior to moving into ihe

Output interest (%I 2003

% 54.8%

2002 % - -

EDITH COWAN UNIVERSITY Notes to the Financial Sta tements

for the Year Ended 31 December 2003 I lmanuiacluring nlage. I 1 I

The 7ollowing amounlr represent the University's intererl in arsets empioyed in the above join1 venture operalion's whlch are included in !he consolidated financial rlatemedr:

Current assets

Receivables

Econamlc Entity Parent Entity [consolidated] [General University1 . .

2003 2002 2003 2002 , . , . . . . . $ 0 0 0 ' ~ $ 0 0 0 ' ~ $ 0 0 0 ' ~ Sooo'r ,",,.

(I) Significant variations beween actual revenues and expenditure for the financial year and revenuer and expenditures for the immediately preeeding financial year.

g g q g g z & q @ ~ ~ 7 f ~ ~ i ~ g $ @ $ i & & $ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ : @ ~ ~ ~ & ~ ~ @ ~ $ $ ~ & ~ & ~ ~ .gum &MA--- ...* > .. ,%, .&

Dstaiis and reasons for signifmot variali~ns between acfuai results with the corresponding ilerns of \he preceding year are detailed below Signircanl varialionr are considered to be those grealerthan 10%.

I Parent Entity I

Contribution to Result

LOSS (5237,000)

Annual Repoll 2003 97

Cost of

investment

- Name of Entity

Parent Entity

Edilh Cowan Universily

Contmlled Entity

E.C.U. Resources for Learning Ltd (ACN. 084 208 060)

Place of incorporation

WA

wA

Legai Form

Statutory Aulhority

L'miled Liability company

ownership interest

2003

100%

2002

100%

[1] in 2002, Inhastructure Funding ($2.2M) was lm the WA. Dep&menl of Training for the CCi stagehoure prajed. [2] increased awareness in the PELS program has led to an increase In the numben of Postgraduate students taking up the

scheme (note that 2 0 0 2 ~ s li?e inlrodudory year). 171 ~educlion in the GESB un1und.d sunsrannuation evoecled to be recovered from the Commonweailh Government.

EDITH COWAN UNIVERSITY Notes to the Financial Statements

for the Year Ended 31 December 2003 , .

significant

Note l~ategory -

[6] Increased consulting acBvily due to major Unlversily projedr inciuding newsiudenl record system and campus consolidation. p ] inlmduction of the Student Ameniiier and S e ~ i c e r Fee in 2003. [a] Cornpiellon of Major Capilai Works in 2003 has resulted in an increase in the depreciation charged. 191 Buildings and gmunds cortswere higher in 2002 due to major maintenance work on the MI Lawley campus. [lo] Doubtful debt provisioning has decreased due to increased vigilance and greatercontroi over deb1 coiieclion praotlcer. [ i l l increase in borrowings during the yearto fund capital expenditure of the Unlversily's Campus Consolidation Strategy.

m signlflcant varlatlonr between budget estimates and actual results for the financial year.

Revenue

(11 WA Gavernrnenl fmndai assislance [2] poslgraduale EducaBon Loans Scheme [PELS] 3,714 2,135 135% [3] Supeannuatian- Delarred Government contribution 1.517 1,517 (41 superannuation - CornmonwaIth supplementation 2,232 3,172 (30%) 151 lnveslment Income 1,644 (56%)

[GI Consuitancy & contract research 1.532 1,216 316 26% [7] Olher revenue

Expenses 161 Depredation & amartisalion 12,283 10,232 2,051 (91 Buiidings &grounds 4,860 5,434

[lo] Bad X doubtful debts [ i l l SoirowinQ cost expense

[General Universiiy] 2003 2002

A camparatlve analysis of 2003 Aclual results against 2003 Budget conlinues lo reflect the strategic direciion of the University. The budgal is prepared in a modified cash formd, which includes Internal trading, as this is a mow practical fomat for budget holders and links closely with cash managemenl. Therefore a cornpanson lo full accrual financial results would not provide USB~UI infolrnalion for usen ofthis report.

Acluals Acl~als $000'~ $000'~

Variance $000'~ %

Annual Repon 2003 98

la] Terms, sondltians and accounting policies me university's accounting policies, inciudhg ihe @:me and conditions of each dars of financial asmiand fin~nciai ilabiiity, bpl~r~cpgnised qdunwcognired at lhe balance date, are as follows:

Terms and Condilions Recognlsed Financial

Instruments Notes Accounting ~ai ic ies

Cash at bank eams Interest iitihe rate of 5.15% as at repding dale. Bank bitis on hand earn inleresl atthe rate of 5.17% as atteporiing date.

Cash on hind and cash at bantzieslaied at cost.

O l h e r f i n a n c i a l a s s e l r T B a n k

Financial Assets

Cerh assets 20(a)

EDITH COWAN UNIVERSITY Notes t o t h e Financial S t a t e m e n t s

for the Year Ended 31 December 2003

sorrowing cod expense is recognised on an accrual basis.

fininclai Liabilities

(b) Interest Rale Risk Exposure

1 The following table details the consoiidaled eniiiy's exposure lo intereri rale risk as al the reporting dale:

Receivables are canled at nomlnai arnounl~ Accounls recelvabie credll lelmr are due, less any provision for doubliui debts. enerally 30 days

Receivables 8

Payables are generally sellled rilhin 30 days.

are repayable in insiaimenls with therinai inrlaimenl on loans being due at rnalurily dale.

Financial Assets Unieslrided cash assets Reririded cesh arseb olheriinanciai assets Receivables

Payables, including accruals not ye1 billed are recognised when the University becomes obliged lo make iulure payrnenls as a result of a purchase of assets or services.

l i a l l i l i l i e s ' ~ l o a n r a n d r o w i n g s at amounlr equal to the net proceeds received.

Payabies

Inleresl-bearing

Fixed interest maturing In:

Taxarsels Olherarsetr Total Financial Assets

14

YEAR 2003

Financiai Liabilities --, Payables

Inleierl-bearing liabililier A Financelezres

Tax liabilities Other liabilities i Total Financial Uabilities

! &

Variable Six months Six rnonlhr More than idon Tolal inlererl or less to one one year lnleresl

Rate year BeaOng 5000's $000'~ 8000's S00Wa $000'~ 5000's

Financial Assets 1 Cash ersels inveslment recuriiies

YEAR 2002

Average interest Rate

rloatmg I ~irril

2003 2002 I 2003 2002

Financial assets J Finandal liabilities

7,343 24.932 - 51,215 83,490

- 27.081 84 2,680 22,442 52,287

Annual Repotl ZOO3 99

-~

i

1 Financial Liabilities i I Inlererl-bearing liabilities (midure of fwd and floaling raler and

wilh vanour durations) 5.05% 5.81% 1 ~loaling rates represenllhe mort currenl rale ahab le lo the inslrumenl al balance dale.

EDITH COWAN UNIVERSITY Notes to the Financial Statements

for the Year Ended 31 December 2003

( Credit Risk Exposure

Cash Includes amounts held in cheque and money marlet accounts.

The coneolldated enilly, while exposed lo credit relaled losses in ihe event 01 non-periormance by counlerpariles does not expect any counlerpariies lo fall lo meetihelrobiigalloor. The Universlly does no1 have a signillcant exposure to any Individual counterpariy.

(dl Net Fair Values

The carrying arnounb a1 finanaal arseis and financial IiabliHies held at balance dale are equivsient io their net fair value.

INDUSTRY

Tolal revenuer fmm ordinary activltler Net prohV(1oss) Assets

Higher Education

2003 2002 $000'~ $000'~

GEOGRAPHICAL

Economic EnUty Parent Entity [Consolidatedl [General Univerrityl 2003 2002 2003 2002

$000'~ $000'~ $000'~ $000'~

Australia I Other I Consolidated 2003 ' 20021 2003 20021 2003 2002

Tdalrevenues Warn ordinary aciiviliss Net profit Assels

Plant and equipment written o f by the Minister during the financial year 909

TAFE

208,253 205.708 8,925 15,193

512,351 535.529

197,697 196,363 9,280 15,179

501,602 529,380

Alumni I Woolcott 1 Total 2003 2002 2003 2002 2003 2002

Consolidated

10,556 9.345 (355) 14

10,749 6,149

$000'~ $OOO'S

Annual Repatt2003 100

2003 2002 $OOO'S $000'~

$000'~ $000'~

2003 2002 ' $000'~ $000'~

$000'~ $OOO'S

208,253 205,708 8,925 15.193

512,351 535.529

203.464 199,466 8,885 13,640

512,351 535,346

4,789 6,242 40 1,553

183

EDITH COWAN UNIVERSITY Notes t o the Financial Statements

for the Year Ended 31 December 2003 $ 0 0 0 ' ~ $000'*l $OOO'S $000'./ $ 0 0 0 ' ~ $OOO'S/

Statement of Financial Position As a t31 December 2003

Net Assets I 156 1811 349 3401 507 501

Current Assets

Accumulated Funds

Balance 1 January I IS1 1551 340 3431 501 4981

Cash assets Tolal Current Assets

158 151 1 349 3401 507 501

158 1611 349 3401 507 501

Statement of Financial Pcriormance Forlhe year ended 31 December 2003

surplus1 (lorr)forthe year Balance31 December

Income

Investments Donations Total Income

(3) 8 9 . (11 6 3

158 161 1 349 . 340) 507 501

Expenditure

Administration cosln I 10 21 8 71 18 91 Bad debts written off Total Expenditure

Dr John Woolcon Fund .. .. me Tmst wzs e?labiished to provide loans to students who, wllhml financial assistance, would be unable to complete their .' F. courser nfsiudy. . . . . During 1997 L was resolved that revenue would be utilized to fund meOt bared HECS exemption scholarship In the faculty of

. ,~ ,. ?'< Heallh and Human Sdence. . .

SUT~IUS for the year

Alumni Ansociation The trust funds are held on behalf of the Alumni Association.

13

(3) 6 9 (3)) G 3

13 10 21 8 20 18 22

Annual Report2003

1 1 rooroved bv the I recovered bv the I

Categoy of Financial Assistance 2003 C'OOO 5'000 5'000

Teaching &Learning: Operating pxduding HECS, PELS

a BOTPLS Capltal Development Pool

HECS PELS BOTPLS

ARC: Oircovew- Projeds (Large Granlr) Linkage - lnfraslructure Lmkage- Olher

DEST:

44

14

25

38

77

596

Australian Portgraduale Awards - Pre 2002 Funding Componen! Australian Poslgraduale Awards -

2002 Onwards Funding Component In!ernalional Postgraduate Research Scholarships Research Infraslructure Block Grants

Total

14

25

38

77

595

EDITH COWAN UNIVERSITY Notes to the Financial Statements

for the Year Ended 31 December 2003

At the end of 2002, ECU updated its previous Strategic Plan, and produced a new ECU Strategic Plan 2003-2007. While the University mission remains the same. the new Strategic Plan is underpinned by five Strategic Priorities:

1. Enhancing Teaching, Learning and Research 2. Engaging with the Professions and Professional Life 3. Building Partnerships, Pathways and Precincts 4. Improving Outcomes for Students and Staff 5. Strengthening Enterprise and the Resource Base

From these Strategic Priorities, a number of Effectiveness and Efficiency Indicators have been condensed from the University's full set of KPl's. These selecjed KPl's, detailed below, are also generally consistent with those used elsewhere within the Higher Education Sector, and focus on the University's core business (teaching, learning and research), and core external stakeholders (students). Efecfiveness Indicators:

Enhancing Teaching, Learning and Research 1. Retention Rate 2. Course Satisfaction 3. Quality of Teaching 4. Research Funding

Improving Outcomes for Students and Staff 5. Graduate Employment 6. Growth in First Preferences

Efficiency Indicafors: 7. Research Higher Degree Completion Rate 8. Research and Development Publication Research per ID Stoff. DECT Y. Teaching- Related Expenditure per EFTSU

I . Enhancing Teaching, Learning and Research

ECU is focused on '"lhe education of learners for the knowiedoe based service ornfessinns. arid will he r e rnnn i sd ior ihe *- ~ ~~ ~- 7.....-,- - ~

c - z : y o f ' s leading a r d rs e v n g opoon.nies :l lmse i.e.os. EC-'s a :eirn -3 er, res?r:n .n sers'l:, 2rLI r9~er :h v . 'i:'xr. 1:s :*a:t'np. E X d l 3s 5 3 4 1 OL! l o 7a7':,~2:e - reSEa'C1 O-<CXS

a-d YCC-21.2 carnersn'ps. l'nls h' x b c c a ~ s c 31 file L,'vers,l,'s ex-e e m n cr: i h r i o n inc l ?c czii,aw ciresear:? ~ _ l ; l r 2 8 t l i l cont.lb- c o oocr ~ E , ~ O ? F P ~ I in3 ' . n l r h ~ 1 P ~ X I ~ C in .no

~~ ~~ ~r~ ~ , ~ ~ ~ . . 7 . . . . , , . . . . ~ . . . . r . . . . . r . ~ ~ . , ~ - . , , . , , ~

Drofessional fields of business, human services and education. and in advances in heallh infnrmaiinn mi ~~~~- ~~ ~ a . . . . . . .. .. . . . . , , - communication technologies and the enviionienl.'. ECUStrategicPlan 2003-2007, page 9

EDiTH COWAN UNIVERSITY Notes to the Financial Statements

for the Year Ended 31 December 2003

Key Peiiormance Indicators related to these outcomes are -

Retention Rate Course Satisfaction . Quality of Teaching Research Funding

1. Retention Rate

The Retention Rate is used to indicate how effective the University is at retaining its

students from one year to the next. Many factors have impact on a student's decision

to remain at a university. These include university-controlled factors such as course

content, teaching styles, learning support, and institutional infrastructure. They also

include factors such as individual expectations, financial and social circumstances

over which the university has little or no influence. Nevertheless, this indicator is

commoniy used to show an institution's ability to retain its students.

Student Retention has been a high priority for the University's teaching and learning

activities and is a focus of the Teaching and Learning Management Plan. Edith

Cowan University has maintained relatively strong pe~ormance in its retention rate

for 2002. The 2002 result is a further improvement on the 2001 result and

consolidates a period of improvement in this area. While there are many factors

contributing to performance against this indicator, the result is consistent with the

University's expectations of strong performance resulting from continued commitment

to Service, Professionalism and Enterprise. This is a lagging indicator, reflecting the

deiay in its production by DEST. Results 'for 2002 are the latest available for the

current reporting period.

Table I: Student Retention Rate

Year of Commencement ~ ~ ~~ . . . 1998 1999 2000 2001 B$$$f

.!<=*k. ~~-.8*v;*;i'*~

Edith Cawan-University 79.5% 83.0% 82.5% 84.2% & i ~ &

Source: DESTHigher Education Statistics Collection Return, Edith Cowan University.

Definitbn: The percefltage of students who commence a Bachelor Pass course in e given year and

eithercomplete, deferor are stillenrolledin the same or an alternative course one yearlater.

EDITH COWAN UNIVERSITY Notes to the Financial Statements

for the Year Ended 31 December 2003

2. Course SatisTaction

Course Satisfaction is used to indicate how satisfied students are with the education

and service provided, given their expectations and experience of their course. This

indicator is deriied from the results of the Course Experience Questionnaire (CEQ),

which is conducted annually by the Graduate Careers Council of Australia (GCCA).

The number of 2002 Bachelor Pass graduates surveyed in total during 2003 was

3125, of whom 1493 responded for a 48 percent response rate. This is a lagging

indicator, reflecting the delay in its' production by GCCA. Results for 2002 are the

latest available for the current reporling period.

The University has continued its strong performance in this indicator and is on par

with the sector. While there has been a decrease of 2.2 percentage points on Course

Satisfaction between 1999 and 2000, this follows an increase of 3.4 percentage

points in the previous year and the current level is still well above the result for 1998.

Since 2000, the University has increased the level of Course Satisfaction each year.

The Graduate Careers Council of Ausiralia states that comparison of CEQ results

between disciplines and universities is not recommended. This reflects the different

student cohorts, subject matter, and professional requirements that make such

comparisons problematic. The Graduate Careers Council of Australia suggest that

bona fide comparisons can only be made between like disciplines across institutions

using trends over time.

Table 2: Course Satisfaction

Year of Completion

Source: Nafional Course Experience Questionnaire resulfs 1998-2002 graduates.

Definition: Ttii. peicdage of Bacheior Pass studeik who 'broadly agree' (score #3 ore4 ore5 on a

five-point Liked scaie) with the overall satisfaction staiement irom the Annual Course E~.peiience

Queslionnaire (CEO).

EDITH COWAN UNIVERSITY Notes to the Financial Statements

for the Year Ended 31 December 2003

3. Qualify o f Teaching'

Quality of Teaching is defined as the mean of responses toltems 1, 3, 10, 15, 16,

and 27 from the annual Course Experience Questionnaire (CEQ) for Bachelor Pass

graduates, run as a national survey by the Graduate Careers Council of Austraiia

(GCCA).

The Items are - ltem 10 -The teaching staff of this course motivated me to do my best work

ltem 1 -The staff put a lot of time into commenting on my work

e ltem 27 - ~he'staff made a real effort to understand difficulties I might be having

with my work

ltem 3 - The teaching staff normally gave nie helpful feedback on how I was

going

ltem 15 -My lecturers were extremely good at expiaining things

ltem 16 -The teaching staff worked hard to make their subjects interesting

The mean has a possible range of -100 to +loo. This measure is more specifically

related to teaching than course Satisfaction, which draws only on the CEQ's Overall

Satisiaclion scale. A score of -100 (an average score of 1 on 5 point Likerl Scale)

translates to "Strongly Disagree", 0 (an average score of 3 on a 5 point Likerl Scale)

translates to "Neutral" and +I00 (an average score of 5 on a 5 point Likert Scale),

translates to "Strongly Agree. This is a lagging indicator, reflecting the delay in its

production by GCCA. Results for 2002 are the latest available for the current

reporting period.

The University's results have shown an upward trend for all years other than 2000,

where the measure dropped to 9 from 12 in 1999, hefnre increasing to 11 in 2001.

ECU's performiihce sees it ranked at around the mid-point of Australian universities

on this measure.

Table 3: Quality of Teaching

Year of Completion x.,+.z.. . ~ ,

1998 1999 2000 2001 ~ $ . z @ o $ ~ 8 < ? m L ? 4 t # 14 ~,~i;FldQ1**.r

Edith Cowan University 10 12 9 p8::" ; $3!:!zsst;d' , Source: Nafional Course Experience Questionnaire resulfs 1998-2002 graduates.

EDITH COWAN UNIVERSITY Notes to the Financial Statements

for the Year Ended 31 December 2003

4. Research Funding

Research Funding obtained during a prescribed year, in terms of DEST Categories

1, 2, 3 and 4 is a measure of the University's research activity.

It should be acknowledged that levels of Research Funding could be strongly

influenced by the receipt of large competitive ARC grants. The relatively small

numbers of such grants may limit the capacity of the institution to maintain

periormance at a high level. This is a lagging indicator, reflecting the delay in its

production by DEST. Results for 2002 are the latest available for the current reporting

period.

The University's performance is trending higher over the period and all categories

other than Category 1, are higher in 2002 than in the previous year. While the trend

is broadly upward, the specjfic variation by category is reflective of the vagaries of

the competitive grant process, and the pipelining effects of relatively small numbers

of comparatively large grants working through the system.

Table4: Research Funding ($M)

DEST Categories 1998 1999 2000 2001 Ri20027y >,,+:.s.:~ :,,; 38&

Category I - National Competitive Research Grants

Source: DESTAnnual Financial and Research and Deveiopmenf Collections Refunl, Edifh Cowan University * Note: Categoiy 2 - Other Public Sector Research Funding has been amended from the last year amount of $7.424M to $2.724M, in iine with DEST definitional specifications.

EDITH COWAN UNIVERSITY Notes to the Financial Statements

for the Year Ended 31 December 2003

Improving Outcomes for Students

Desired Outcomes -

"ECU will provide a challenging and supportive environment suited to the students that study at the University, so they can realise their potential and develop the skills and flexibility needed to succeed in their careers. It will shape policies, programs, services and infrastructure to foster the active engagement of students in support of ECU's strategic positioning as a leader in education for the service professions. This priority will be outcomes focused." ECU Strategic Plan 2003 - 2007, page 16

The Key Performance Indicators related to these outcomes are - 0 Graduate Employment

0 Growth in First Preferences

5. Graduate Employment

Graduate Employment is used to indicate the extent to which graduates find

employment and is a measure used by the sector to indicate the quality of learning

outcomes. The indicator is limited to Bacheior Pass and Honours studenfs to remove

any skewing of the data by research and higher degree graduates (many of whom

already have jobs in their chosen professions). This indicator is defined in such a &ay

as to factor in the desired employment mode (fullSime or part-time) of graduates. As

such, a graduate working part-time but not seeking full-time work is included as

'working in the mode of their choice'. In recognition of the diverse nature,of the

University's students, graduates are included irrespective of their mode of study.

dResulfs for 2002 are the latest available, as again this is a lagging indicator reflecting

the availability and production of data from GCCA

The indicator shows an increase between 1999 and 2000, continuing the growth

between 1998 and 1999. The increase of 3.9 percentage paints between 1999 and

2000 reflects an improvement in the proportion of graduates who have secured fuli-

time employment, coupled with a continued reductionin the proportion of graduates

in part-time employment who are seeking full time employment.

EDITH COWAN UNIVERSITY Idotes to the Financial Statements

for the Year Ended 31 December 2003

Between 2000 and 2002, there is a decline in graduate employment. This is mostly

explained by the downfall in number of jobs offered in IT related fields, Marketing &

Tourism, and Performing Arts areas. These declines reflect State and national trends.

The GCCA states that comparison of CEQ or GDS results between disciplines and

universities is not recommended. This reflects the different student cohorts, subject

matter, and professional requirements that make such comparisons problematic.

Table 5: Graduate Employment

Year of Cornoletion

Source: Annual Graduate Desiination Survey, Edifh Cowan University

Definition: The percentage of Bacheior Pass and Honours graduates working in the

mode of their choice as a percentage of the foial number of graduates seeking work.

Mode relates to full-fime orpalf-fl.~e.

6. Growth in First Preferences

This Key Performance Indicator is important since it is the most public expression of

the level of demand for entry to the University within the broader competitive market

and refiects the composite achievements of many initiatives and the general

perception of the University by potential students and the community.

Since 2001, the University has increaseri it^ chorc of first prai i?~wcw with 2DU2

showing a marked increase and representing an historic high. Part of the increase

refiects ECU adopting a practice in line with other W.A. Uni~!ersities by including its

University Preparation Courses within TISC's preference management system.

(Previously, students from these courses applied directly to the University ior entry,

and were thus not included within TlSC statistics.) To this extent, the level of growth

is partially an artefact of the change in reporting system. Beyond this, however, the

figure still represents a significant growth of share for ECU in 2003.

EDITH COWAN UNIVERSITY Notes to the Financial Statements

for the Year Ended 31 December 2003

It is to be expected that changes in the national Higher Education Sector as a result

of the Commonwealth Government's Our Universities: Backing Ausfralia's Future

reforms may cause some volatility In this indicator over coming years.

Table 6: Growth in First Preferences to WA Universifies fhrough TlSC

Source: Tertiary Insfifufiori Service Centre Definition: Each WA University's share of First Preferences processed by TISC

7. Research Higher Degree Completion Rate

Research Higher Degree Completions Rate is defined as the number of Higher

Degree by Research (HER) conipleiions per year. This figure is important because it

shows the level of throughput of higher degree research students, which is in turn an

indirect indication of the appropriateness of student selection and the quality of

higher degree supervision. Completions, however, need to be considered in relation

to the size of HDR load if they are to be used as a measure of the efficiency of

research training.

There are two significant spikes in 2000' and again in 2002, which reflect the

comparatively higher numbers of graduate completions in Arts. Humanities, Social

Sciences, Education end Business & Administration.

Table 7: Higher Degree Research Completions

1998 1999 2000 2001b$0% rat.,* wa~#&

Higher Dearee bv Research Completions 58 57 . 75 58B@pg9si *. ,

Nofe: Previous year annual rspo~t figures were using three year roiling average which has now changed to annuai figures oniy.

Source: DEST Higher Education Statistics Coliection Refurn, Edith Cowan University.

EDITH COWAN UNIVERSITY Notes to the Financial Statements

for the Year Ended 31 December 2003

8. Research and Development Publication Research per 10 Staff - DEST

This indicator shows the research output in terms of publications per 10 research

academic staff of Level B and above (see table below). The indicator shows that the

Universify has matched or increasedin all categories since 2001, with the exception

of category El & J1. The University's Research and Research raining Management

Plan incorporates strategies for further improving the ~niversiy's research

performance, and is intended to lead to growing numbers of research publications in

the future. This is a lagging indicator, reflecting the delay in its produciion by DEST.

Results for2002 are the latest available for the current reporting period.

Table 8: Research and Development Publications per 10 Staff- DEST

Source: DESTAnnual Research and ~ e v e l ~ y n e n t ~ n n u a i Collection, Edith Cowan University.

Definition: The number of publicaflons in DEST cafagories A 1, 5, Cl> E l and J l per 10 FTE academic 'teaching and research' and 'ksearch oniy'sfaff at Level B arid above, pmduced during a prescribed year.

9. Teachina Related Expcndifurc per EFTSLI

This indicator is included to show how efficiently the University uses its funds for

teaching and learning. The indicator has been refined from that used in previous

years by broadening the scope from 'Teaching Expenditure' to 'Teaching Related

Expenditurs'. Teaching Relafed Expenditure is defined as Total Expenditure less

Research Only Expenditure. This enables date to be reported annually rather than

biennially, as was previously the case.

EDITH COWAN UNIVERSITY Notes to the Financial Statements

for the Year Ended 31 December 2003

The figures for 2000 to 2003 show that Teaching Related Expenditure I Teaching

Load (2003 dollars) for 2003 has increased relative to the trend of the previous three

years. Significant increases in 2003 relate to computing costs (hardware and

software) and student costs (amenities and services). The University will continue to

explore opportunities to control Teaching Related Expenditure while improving

learning experiences for students.

Table 9: Teaching Related Expenditure per student Load (EFTSU)

Teaching Related Expenditure ($'000) 153,748 163,166

,L*

Teaching Reiated Expenditure /Total Load ($) 10,649 10,961 11,19714

Total Load (EFTSU) 14,438 14,886 15,445

Teaching Related Expenditure I Total Load 11,509 11,507 11,427 (2003 $)"

CPiis Perth Ail Groups as af December Quarter

Source: ECU Gensiai Ledger and DESTHigher Education Sfatistics Colledions, Edifh Cowan University.

Definition: Teaching Reiated Expenditure expressedpe;E~~s~ (inciudes TAFEEFTSU).

EDITH COWAN UNIVERSITY Notes to the Financial Statements

for the Year Ended 31 December 2003

Key Performance Indicators Certification

We hereby certify that the performance indicators are based on proper records, are

relevant and appropriate for assisting users to assess Edith Cowan University's

performance, and fairly represent the performance of Edith Cowan University for the

year ending 31 December 2003.

R D Nicholson

Chancellor

25 March, 2004

Millicent E Poole

Vice-chancellor

25 March, 2004

M

Date

EDITH COWAN UNIVERSITY Notes to the Financial Statements

for the Year Ended 31 December 2003

Output Measures The Financial Administration and Audit Act requires the University to repori on output

measures of quantity, quality, timeliness and cost. Achievements against these

output measures are reported in the following sections.

Quantity The University's output measure of quantity is the number of Equivalent Full Time

Student Units (EFTSU), or student load, it has in any year. Each year the University

provides a load target to DEST in its Profiles Data Collection.

The majority of the University's ioad is in the Operating Grant funding category, which

in 2003 accounted for 76.1 percent of the total load. Fee paying Overseas students

are becoming increasingly important to the University and have risen from 13 percent

in 2000 to 17.2 percent of total load in 2003.

7 L , r aure i: Total i o a d by Funding Category 2.s,,t,fi:,: ;!: .Tt!: ,.ik - ::, ',, ,. ...

2000 2001 2002 ' 1.g@#2D,0~3*@~ *..2 .,,&vw,'E @qf;z$ #~:$&;!!.~<<ip:f!@

Target Actual Target Actual Target Act~ai$~%a&?&f&&g:$.)

Operating Grant (DEST) 11, l l 11,86 10,98 11,68 11 o a o I

Research Training Scheme qB1 la2 185 195

Feepaying Overseas 1,781 1,819 2,283 2,082 2,515 2,389

Feepaying Australian 400 397 591 482 696 691 Postgraduate

Feepaying Australian Undergraduates

k&$i?. ,?,:hi*-, "' .aj." Total 13,29 14,08 14,03 14,42 14,42, 15,34 ~;1;;p$jj[$%dj

1 4 5 7 6 1 ,i.,t:t!.pz.q:>!:4,1t;&$ ?!~w:*~*:>...*,c~;~~.: '* '7

Source: DESTEducafional Profiles Data Coliecfion. Edith Cowan University

Definifion: Full-year Load by Funding Caiegoiy

EDITH COWAN UNIVERSITY Notes to t he Financial Statements

forthe Year Ended 31 December 2003

Quality

The University reports Course Satisfaction as its output measure of quality. This

indicator reflects students' overall satisfaction with their experience at Edith Cowan

University and thus is an indicator of perceived quality.

Table 2: Course Satisfaction

Year of Compleflon ,..,.,.,., ,. ..:w .,.,

1998 $999 2000 200f ....n;,~:,~~.#i!~ &%"'S;ip

Edith Cowan University 86.8% 90.2% 88.0% 89.0% bl@&2 ds: ,.,... ,

Source: National Course Experience Questionnaire results 1996-i999 graduates. Definition: Tile percentage of Bachelor Pass studenfs who 'broadiy agree' (score #3 or #4 or #5 on a five-point Liked scaiej with the overaii satisfaction statement fmm the Annual Course Experience Questionnaire (CEQj.

The University aims to be in line with the national average on this measure. The

National average for 2001 graduates was 89 percent, and the ECU result was in line

with thisfigure. Comparative national data for2002 are not k i l a b l i at the time of

publication of this Report.

Timeliness

The University's output measure of timeliness is the Student Progress Rate. The

indicator reflects our students' timely progress through their degree. Table 3 shows

that the University's performance has remained relatively consistent over the period

1998 to 2002. The results for 2002 are the latest available.

Table3: Student Progress Rate

Year of Study

Source: DESTHigherEducation Statistics Coliection Return, Edith Cowan Ufiiversitjr

Definition: The percentage of Bacheior Pass coursework degree unit load passed to totai ceiiified unit

load attempted excluding ali units for which no final resuifs are available. Load is defined as the

EDITH COWAN UNIVERSITY Notes to the Financial Statements

for the Year Ended 31 December 2003

number of Equivalenf Full Time Student Units - a classificaiion that takes info account full-finie and

pari-time student enrolments.

The University's target is to have a progress rate of 85 percent, which was the

National average in i996, as reported in The Characteristics and Performance of

HigherEducafion lnsfifufions (DEST November 1998). No further update of this figure

has been publicly released by DEST.

Cost The University's output measure of cost is the Operating Statement Total

Expenditure per EFTSU. The results for the period 1999 to 2003 are reflected in the

table below and show an improvement between 1999 and 2000 followed by a level of

stability between 2000 and 2001. For 2001 to 2003, the University's

ExpenditureiTotal EFTSU (2003 doiiars) has improved, being the result primarily of

controlling costs whilst Total Load has increased.

The last row in Table 4 illustrates the indicator's value after adjusting for inflation over

the period. The University's target is to have a decrease in total expenditure per

EFTSU whilst improving indicators for quality. The indicator shows that this is being

achieved in general over the period. It is expected that this trend will continue to

improve as the University consolidates and implements further strategies focussing

on teaching and services to students.

Table 4: Operating Statement Total Expenditure per EFTSU

Total Load (EFTSU) 14,217

Expenditi~reiTotal EFTSU ($) 11,526

ExpenditureiTotai EFTSU (2003 $)* 13,076

* CPI as at December Quarter

Annual Report 2003

EDITH COWAN UNlVERSlN Notes to t h e Financial Statements

forthe Year Ended 31 December 2003