CDU Annual Report 2018
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Annual Report 2018 in review The Darwin City Deal includes a Charles Darwin University vertical campus in the CBD, which is expected to appeal to both international and domestic students. The Hon. Selena Uibo MLA Northern Territory Minister for Education Dear Minister I have the honour to present to you for tabling in the Northern Territory Parliament, the Annual Report of the Council of Charles Darwin University for the year ended 31 December 2018, furnished in accordance with the reporting provisions of the Charles Darwin University Act 2003. The Hon Paul Henderson AO Chancellor 30 June 2019 The Charles Darwin University (CDU) Annual Report 2018 is produced in two volumes. Volume 1, “2018 in review”, contains statutory reports. Volume 2, “2018 financial statements”, contains the financial statements of CDU and its related entities. CDU Annual Reports and Financial Statements can be found at W: cdu.edu.au/media-communications/publications Produced by Media and Communications, CDU Printed by UniPrint, CDU © Charles Darwin University 2019 ISBN 978-0-646-97017-2 CRICOS Provider No. 00300K (NT) No. 03286A (NSW) RTO provider 0373 Media and Communications contact: [email protected] +61 8 8946 7078 Cover: The Darwin City Deal will deliver a vertical CDU campus and thousands of students into the Darwin CBD. Contents The year in review _________________________________ 5 2018 Key Statistics _______________________________11 The Organisation _________________________________21 Our vision, values and priorities Our structure Corporate governance Council members Principal Officers Awards and Achievements _______________________29 Our outstanding staff and students Review of activities _______________________________33 Transformative skills and learning Leadership in Indigenous tertiary education Critically engaged in our region A truly international university A successful research-intensive university Summary of financial information ______________65 Honorary awards roll _____________________________73 Glossary ___________________________________________75 Our campuses and centres _______________________76 CHARLES DARWIN UNIVERSITY YEAR IN REVIEW 2018 3 THE YEAR IN REVIEW Vice-Chancellor Professor Simon Maddocks contemplates the site for CDU’s vertical campus in the Darwin CBD, which is a significant component of the Darwin City Deal. 4 CHARLES DARWIN UNIVERSITY YEAR IN REVIEW 2018 THE YEAR IN REVIEW The year in review Darwin City Deal Enterprise Bargaining The year was characterised by major The University welcomed the Agreement challenges and great successes, ranging announcement by the Australian The University reached agreement from the impact of Cyclone Marcus on Government in November that it with the Unions in August on the Darwin early in the year and, toward would match the Northern Territory 2018 Charles Darwin University and year’s end, the announcement of the Government’s $100 million pledge to fund Union Enterprise Agreement. The Darwin City Deal. the Darwin City Deal. This development agreed salary offer is an average of is particularly pleasing for the University 8.1% compounded over the life of as the bulk of the Australian Government the Agreement, which is in line with funding will contribute to building a CDU outcomes across the sector in this vertical campus in the Darwin CBD. round. The Agreement introduces The City Deal is a partnership between new categories of employment, the Australian and NT governments and provides greater flexibility in leave the City of Darwin and aims to position arrangements, more contemporary Darwin as a vibrant and liveable tropical Higher Education (HE) workloads city. It acknowledges the central role and improved provisions for primary Charles Darwin University (CDU) has care-givers. The Agreement received in the future development of Darwin as a strong positive endorsement (93.3%) a city and in the future of the Northern by staff during voting in early October. Territory. The vertical campus will include accommodation for 1000 students and Respect Now Always office space for 600 staff. The City Deal As part of the Universities Australia partners will prepare an implementation Respect Now Always campaign, CDU plan by mid-2019 that sets out the established a contact officers network milestones to be achieved over the for staff and students. The contact 10-year life of the project. officers provide staff and students with information and support regarding any issues relating to discrimination, harassment (including sexual and racial harassment), bullying or victimisation. Most of the contact officers have received training for their roles via the NT Anti-Discrimination Commission. CHARLES DARWIN UNIVERSITY YEAR IN REVIEW 2018 5 THE YEAR IN REVIEW Higher Education restructure ASQA Audit Regional development The University fully implemented the new The University received a notice of The University created a new position at HE academic restructure, in which six audit from the Australian Skills Quality Alice Springs campus, Director Regional Colleges replaced the previous structure Authority (ASQA) on 30 August that Engagement and Development, to lead of two HE faculties. The restructure 27 VET qualifications and three units the University’s engagement with the was necessary to better position the of competency had been selected for Northern Territory’s regional and remote University for the next phase of its growth. audit as part of the VET reaccreditation communities and work closely with the Recruitment activity occurred throughout assessment. The University supplied a Northern Territory Government’s regional the year to appoint Deans to the Colleges. range of evidence to ASQA before the visit network on joint initiatives. The position They are: by the audit team, which occurred in late is responsible for the development and Î Professor David Low, September. The auditors visited Casuarina, delivery of regional strategic plans, in College of Business and Law Waterfront and Palmerston campuses, partnership with key stakeholders, that Î Professor Greg Shaw, with delivery in Alice Springs connected will provide a roadmap for stronger and College of Education via video link. In its exit briefing, the more effective University engagement with Î Professor Catherine Turner AM, audit team was highly complimentary the communities it serves. College of Nursing and Midwifery of VET staff and their level of industry Î Professor Dominic Upton, engagement, as well as of the standard Awards and rankings College of Health and Human Sciences of VET facilities. A small number of Training Provider of the Year: Î Professor Ruth Wallace, College of issues were identified during the audit CDU VET had great success at the 2018 Indigenous Futures, Arts and Society that require improvement and these Northern Territory Training Awards in Î Professor David Young, College of were addressed by year’s end. September. Hosted by the NT Department Engineering, IT and Environment. of Trade, Business and Innovation, CDU Another two new senior HE TEQSA risk assessment VET was named the Training Provider appointments were made as part of The Tertiary Education Quality and of the Year for the second consecutive the academic restructure. They are Standards Agency (TEQSA) delivered its year. The University had finalists in 10 of the Pro Vice-Chancellor, Education updated risk assessment of CDU in August. the 12 categories in the awards and won Strategy position, which was taken TEQSA uses risk assessments to guide six categories. up by Professor Robert Fitzgerald, and its risk-based approach to assuring HE International rankings: The the Pro Vice-Chancellor, Student standards. The risk assessment identified University featured in the Times Higher Engagement and Success, which was a low overall risk to students, but risks Education (THE) Millennial Ranking of taken up by Professor Philip Seltsikas. were identified in relation to student Young Universities founded since the The Pro Vice-Chancellor, Education attrition and progress rates. The process turn of the 21st Century, ranking 9th in Strategy position oversees excellence of renewal of registration with TEQSA the world. CDU was the only Australian and innovation in learning and teaching. continued throughout the year. While no university to place in the top 10. The It brought together the central areas further information from TEQSA was ranking came after the release of the responsible for education strategy received by December work continues in THE “Young University Ranking” for and curriculum design, learning and relation to actions identified during the 2018, which identified the top 250 digital futures, academic professional self-assessment and submission process, universities around the world that are development and academic quality and particularly those related to the HE aged less than 50. As part of the Young review. The second position, Pro Vice- restructure. The University’s registration University Rankings, THE created several Chancellor, Student Engagement and status remains “Ongoing, pending renewal” subset rankings including the Millennials Success, oversees the student-facing until the assessment process is completed. list of universities established since 2000. areas of the University with a focus on This was the sixth time CDU has featured enhancing the quality of the student in the THE Young University Ranking, experience. This includes the areas which was expanded this year to include of Student Administration and Equity the best 250 institutions