2013 AUSTRALIAN CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY ANNUAL REPORT Australian Catholic University (ACU) was established Letter of transmittal in November 1990 through incorporation as a public 26 March 2014 company limited by guarantee, registered in the state of Victoria. It was subsequently recognised as Hon. Nick Wakeling a university under the Australian Catholic University Minister for Higher Education and Skills (Victoria) Act 1991 and provides this report to the 2 Treasury Place Victorian Minister for Higher Education and Skills. EAST MELBOURNE VIC 3002 The University was formed through the amalgamation of the Catholic College of Education (NSW), the Institute of Catholic Education (Vic), Dear Minister McAuley College (Qld) and Signadou College of In accordance with the requirements of regulations Education (ACT). Today, ACU has six campuses under the Financial Management Act 1994, I am nationally: Brisbane (McAuley at Banyo), pleased to submit for your information and North Sydney (MacKillop), Strath eld (Mount Saint presentation to Parliament the Australian Catholic Mary), Canberra (Signadou), Ballarat (Aquinas) and University Annual Report for the year ending Melbourne (St Patrick’s). 31 December 2013. A public university, recognised and funded by The Annual Report was approved by the Australian the Commonwealth Government, ACU is open Catholic University Senate on 26 March 2014. to students and sta of all beliefs. Yours sincerely To view this report online, visit www.acu.edu.au/annualreports For more copies of this report or for enquiries, please contact [email protected] +61 (02) 9739 2540
Edward Exell AM Pro-Chancellor
CONTENTS
REPORT OF OPERATIONS six three STUDENTS AUDIT ED FINANCIAL one Student statistics 41 STATEMENTS INTRODUCTION Student achievements 42 Income statement 80 Chancellor’s foreword 3 Student experience 43 Statement of comprehensive income 81 Vice-Chancellor’s report 4 Students in the community 43 Balance sheet 82 The University 5 Student success 44 Statement of changes in equity 83 Faculties and areas of study 6 Other student services 44 Statement of cash ows 84 Growth 7 Enhancing learning and teaching 44 Highlights of 2013 7 Equity and diversity 45 Strategic Plan 2012-2014 8 Education for Aboriginal and four Planning with government 9 Torres Strait Islander students 45 NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL Vice-Chancellor’s priority projects 10 International programs 47 STATEMENTS ACUcom 50 Statement of signi cant two accounting policies 85 GOVERNANCE seven Revenue 91 Company structure 13 GRADUATES Expenses 93 Senate members 13 Graduate statistics 53 Finance expenses 95 Directors’ membership of Honorary doctorates 55 Auditors’ remuneration 95 external boards 13 Graduates beyond campus 55 Cash and cash equivalents 96 Committees 13 Alumni relations 55 Trade and other receivables 96 Management structure 13 Other investments 96 Principal o cers of the Other assets 96 University in 2013 14 eight Property, plant and equipment 97 Management structure under STAFF Intangible assets 99 the Vice-Chancellor in 2013 18 Sta statistics 57 Trade and other payables 99 Sta policies 58 Employee bene ts 100 Signi cant appointments in 2013 59 Borrowings 101 three Honours to sta in 2013 60 MISSION AND IDENTITY Other liabilities 102 Reserves 103 Mission Statement 21 Retained earnings 104 Directorate and institutes nine Commitments 104 to enact the Mission 21 RESEARCH Directors’ and key management Community engagement 21 Areas of research 65 personnel disclosures 105 Major public forums 22 Research strategy 65 Related parties 106 Recognition 23 Research statistics 65 Research events 65 Financial instruments disclosure 106 Higher degree graduate research 66 Interest rate and liquidity risk 107 four Graduate research 66 Equity 109 RESOURCES Research grants and funding 66 Notes to the statement of cash ows 109 General income and expenditure 27 Public Policy Institute 69 Acquittal of Commonwealth ACU Foundation 27 Government nancial assistance 111 Scholarships and bursaries 29 Awards and prizes 29 ten EXTERNAL RELATIONS ve Infrastructure 30 CERTIFIC ATION OF Libraries 30 Relations with government 71 FINANCIAL STATEMENTS 116 IT Infrastructure 32 Relations with stakeholders 71 Environmental sustainability 32 Public relations 72 six INDEPENDENT ve AUDITORS’ REPORT 117 ACADEMIC REVIEW FINANCIAL REPORTS The Academic Board 35 seven TEQSA update 35 one DIRECTORS’ REPORT 75 Additional information 118 Organisational unit reviews 35 The Good Universities Guide 2014 35 Disclosure index 121 Alternative entry programs 35 two State indexes 124 New memoranda of understanding L EAD AUDITOR’S INDEPENDENCE Contacts 128 and partnerships 36 DECLARATION 79 New courses 37 Course reviews 38 Executive education 38 one INTRODUCTION
2 Australian Catholic University Annual Report 2013 Report of operations CHANCELLOR’S FOREWORD questions on human experience and In our Early Achievers’ Program, we meaning. The Core units emphasise take into account how a student has It is my great pleasure to introduce critical judgment, clear expression, contributed to their community, as well the Annual Report for 2013. Australian ethical decision-making and concern for as their mark. The landmark Clemente Catholic University (ACU) has a proud others, as individuals and as a community. program continues to provide university history which continues to inspire We have had excellent feedback from our courses for Australians experiencing its every action today. As a national rst cohort of students, and I have been multiple disadvantage and social university with six campuses, ACU impressed at the insight they have gained isolation. Student fees are covered exercises nation-wide leadership in into complex ideas and contemporary by ACU, and those who successfully the Catholic intellectual tradition, social issues. complete four units are awarded grounded in a century and a half of a Certi cate in Liberal Studies. The achievement through its founding And it’s not just in these Core subjects achievement of studying at a university institutions. Teaching and researching that ACU students learn about giving level for someone who has been living on in diverse locations across Australia, and concern for others. Our law students the edge of society is truly transformative. it is the de nitive representative within do 80 hours of pro bono work each year The ways in which sta and students of Australia of the thousand-year tradition – something we consider to be a unique the University make a positive di erence of Catholic universities. and de ning characteristic of the legal are many, and I am con dent 2014 will education of our students. Our education From our students, to their families, bring continued success in our unique to the higher education sector, there students teach children English in tradition. is increasingly widespread recognition Vanuatu and Vietnam, our health sciences I extend my thanks and appreciation of our commitment to doing something students support local health centres in to Professor Craven for his inspirational special. We aspire that our students’ Cambodia, and Core Curriculum students leadership, and to the sta and students time here not be simply an acquisition can spend three weeks in Florence, Italy, of ACU for their enthusiasm and of knowledge, but a transformational working with the city’s largest volunteer- dedication. education that challenges them to led welfare agency. become independent and articulate In Timor-Leste, our exercise science thinkers, able to deal with adversity students promote health, wellbeing and make the less fortunate a priority and life skills through football – with in their lives. more than 600 children and young This notion of providing transformational people turning up to play every day. education is what makes a university, On the Thai-Burma border, ACU partners which is also Catholic, so unique, with with universities from the US and Canada a distinctive educational and intellectual to provide tertiary education to the many product. intelligent, young refugees. Graduates Our Core Curriculum, introduced in 2012, of the program who have been resettled is an integral part of this vision. The goal in Australia, Canada or the US have been is not just to pass on knowledge, but also accepted into university degree programs General Peter Cosgrove AC MC CNZM to raise some of the most fundamental on the basis of their ACU quali cation. Chancellor Photography:(Opposite) Tristan Velasco. (Top) Matthew Duchesne (Milk (Top) and Honey Photography) Velasco. Tristan Photography:(Opposite)
Australian Catholic University Annual Report 2013 Report of operations 3 VICE CHANCELLOR’S New buildings and impressively The Annual Report reveals just a equipped teaching spaces include the snapshot of what has been achieved in REPORT environmentally sustainable Daniel this year, successes which have taken Looking back over the past year I can tell Mannix building in Melbourne, and place amid rapid changes in the higher you that Australian Catholic University the recently refurbished St Mary of the education sector. The achievements is a university with remarkable Cross (MacKillop) Chapel – which last of 2013 would of course not have momentum. Momentum in attracting year received a national architecture been possible without the wonderful ever more bright and unique students, award for its interior. In Brisbane, dedication, leadership and talent of ACU in fostering a teaching faculty of the new ACU Health Clinic provides sta . We recognise that this contribution academic excellence, in educating our opportunities for our students to is invaluable and we are constantly students as a whole, and in building undertake clinical placements, provides investing in, and working towards, campuses and classrooms of distinction. specialty clinic services to the north providing the best work environment Brisbane community, and o ers a GP and opportunities for academic and Growth was a major driver of the current and physiotherapy service to the sta support sta . 2012-2014 Strategic Plan – particularly and students on campus. The Brisbane I would especially like to thank in the areas of student enrolments, Campus celebrated 10 years at the Chancellor Peter Cosgrove AC MC CNZM infrastructure, and course o erings. Banyo site last year, and the Canberra for his unfailing guidance and support. In 2013 our enrolments increased by Campus an impressive 50 years in higher In 2013, General Cosgrove was awarded 7.3 per cent, and student growth is education. the Honour of the Knight of the Grand forecast to continue. Strengthening relationships was a focus Cross in the Order of St Gregory the Students are of course the lifeblood for 2013, with some exceptional results. Great by The Holy Father, Pope Benedict of our university. Ensuring they are We were immensely proud to announce XVI. The honour was bestowed for his engaged, inspired, and given the best a new partnership to provide theological distinguished services to the Church in learning experience and practical education in South Australia, with the the Archdiocese of Sydney. Next year, opportunities is what motivates our opening of a new Adelaide Campus General Cosgrove takes up his new sta to give their best every day. We set for 2014. This agreement with the position as the next Governor-General aim to provide not only a world-class Archdiocese of Adelaide will ensure the of Australia. His sound advice, his education, but an environment that continuation of the Archdiocese’s strong commitment to serving the common appreciates diversity, fosters critical tradition of theological education and good, and his immense experience thinking, and prepares our students leadership formation in the state. ACU have proven invaluable in helping the for life after graduation. also signed an historic agreement with University build on its reputation of And it’s a commitment that has paid The University of Notre Dame Australia, quality teaching and research, and o . In the most recent edition of The which recognises a desire to deepen the I thank him for all his hard work. Good Universities Guide, ACU was co-operation, collaboration and mutual I look forward to 2014 with great awarded an impressive four out of ve support between the two institutions. optimism for what lies ahead, and have stars for graduate success in getting a We continue to increase investment in faith in the continuing momentum job, graduate starting salary, positive research, and during 2013 the University of the University to ensure the best graduate outcomes, sta quali cations, embarked upon research intensi cation future for our nation through quality and cultural diversity of the student body. to increase research scale and capability education. Ensuring our students have a wide in its areas of research priority – theology selection of academic options and an and philosophy, health, education, the environment conducive to learning is common good and social justice. equally important. New courses o ered To ensure that students from all in 2013 included the Bachelor of Applied backgrounds have the opportunity to Public Health, Master of Theological attend university, we also launched Studies, Master of Teaching (Early Years), The ACU Foundation. The Foundation and Master of Business Administration develops partnerships between ACU (Health). In Melbourne, our rst cohort and corporations, community groups of more than 180 law students began and alumni to assist the University in its their studies, and law will commence mission for justice, equity and the dignity Professor Greg Craven BA, LLB, LLM in Sydney in 2014. of all humans. Vice-Chancellor Photography: Mark Wilson Mark Wilson Photography:
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THE UNIVERSITY History ACU opened in January 1991 following Foundation the amalgamation of four Catholic ACU represents the accumulated tertiary institutions in eastern Australia. achievements of 150 years of Catholic It was recognised as a university under Brisbane tertiary education. Growing from a the Australian Catholic University McAuley at Banyo historic base in teacher education, (Victoria) Act 1991. it now has more than 26,000 enrolments The institutions that merged to form across a variety of disciplines. the University had their origins in the ACU is Australia’s only university with mid-1800s, when religious orders and a national dimension, with campuses institutes became involved in preparing in the national capital, Canberra, three teachers for Catholic schools and, later, state capitals – Brisbane, Melbourne nurses for Catholic hospitals. and Sydney – and a regional campus in More than 20 Catholic entities Ballarat. It is a medium-sized university contributed, through a series of by Australian standards, but with six amalgamations, relocations, transfers of relatively small campuses, it is able responsibilities and diocesan initiatives, Canberra to o er personalised education to its to the creation of ACU. Signadou students. The University’s teaching operations are Objectives closely focused on disciplines classically The objectives and powers of the falling within the Catholic intellectual University are provided through the tradition. These include theology, constitution of Australian Catholic philosophy, education, health, law, the University Limited, which was liberal arts and business. As a unifying incorporated as a public company, theme, all are centred on human limited by guarantee and registered in relationships and the promotion of the the state of Victoria in November 1990. common good. For a detailed list of the University’s Correspondingly, the University’s objectives, visit www.acu.edu.au. Melbourne research focuses on the areas of ACU is a public university, recognised St Patrick’s theology and philosophy, health and funded by the Commonwealth (with a particular emphasis on care Government and, as such, its students of the vulnerable), education and the are eligible for the Higher Education multidisciplinary elds of common good Contribution Scheme and Higher and social justice. Education Loans Program (HECS-HELP). ACU welcomes students and sta of all beliefs.
Campuses The University has six campuses in Australia – two in Sydney, and one each North Sydney in Canberra, Melbourne, Brisbane and MacKillop Ballarat.
Strath eld (Sydney) Mount Saint Mary Photography: Mark Munro. (Melbourne) Tristan Velasco. (Strath eld) Bonnie Liang (Strath eld) Velasco. (Melbourne) Tristan Mark Munro. Photography:
Australian Catholic University Annual Report 2013 Report of operations 5 FACULTIES AND AREAS Sociology Occupational Therapy Technology Paramedicine OF STUDY Visual Arts Physiotherapy Youth Work Speech Pathology Implementation of the Core Curriculum Faculty of Business Faculty of Law After two years of planning, the Accounting and Financial Services Laws University began to implement its Business Administration Arts/Laws Core Curriculum that, when fully Business Administration Business Administration/Laws implemented, will be a component (Indigenous Studies) Commerce/Laws of all ACU undergraduate degrees. Business Information Systems Education/Laws Commerce Global Studies/Laws The ACU Core is comprised of ve Human Resource Management Graduate Laws units: two University Core Curriculum Information Technology Theology/Laws units, one focused on the common Marketing good and the other on the dignity Occupational Health, Safety & Faculty of Theology and of the human person; two course- Environmental Management Philosophy speci c Core Curriculum units which Ancient Languages complement the University Core Faculty of Education Biblical Studies Curriculum units, and a community Arts Education Early Christianity engagement unit. The rst University Career Development Leadership and Catholic Culture Core Curriculum unit was introduced Early Childhood Education Liturgy in 2012 with the second, UNCC300: Early Childhood Teacher Education Moral Theology Understanding Self and Society in Educational Leadership Moral Philosophy and Applied Ethics 2013: Contemporary Perspectives. Gifted Education Philosophy The second iteration of UNCC100, Our Inclusive Education and Disability Studies Philosophy and Phenomenology World: Community and Vulnerability was Indigenous Education of Religion delivered to 6,200 students in Semester Language and Literacy Education Practical Theology 2, 2013. The University is developing Mathematics Education and Middle Systematic Theology international options for the University School Mathematics Core Curriculum unit (300 level) with Primary Teacher Education New courses international partners. Arrangements Religious Education • The Faculty of Arts and Sciences are currently in place with Fair eld Science and Technology Education o ered a new Postgraduate Diploma University (Florence) and Institut Secondary Teacher Education in Professional Psychology at the Catholique de Paris (Paris). Special Education Brisbane Campus in 2013 and the Teaching English to Speakers of other Academic Board has approved Faculty of Arts and Sciences Languages (TESoL) the introduction of the course to Australian Studies Thesis Melbourne campus from 2014. Business Studies Wellbeing in Inclusive Education The faculty had two new courses – Communication Contemporary Learning Graduate Certi cate in Negotiation Counselling Faculty of Health Sciences and Graduate Certi cate in Drama Psychology of Risk – approved in 2013 Economics Applied Public Health for o ering in 2014, in conjunction Environmental Science Clinical Exercise Physiology with ACU Executive Education. The Geography Exercise and Health Science Bachelor of Psychological Science Global Studies Exercise and Sports Science (Honours) and Postgraduate Diploma International Development Studies Clinical Education in Psychology were introduced to History Clinical Nursing Strath eld campus in 2013. The Liberal Studies Health Administration University approved the extension of Literature Midwifery the suite of ve Global Studies dual Mathematics Nursing degree courses (with Applied Public Media Nursing/BBA Health, Arts, Business Administration, Music Nursing/Paramedicine Commerce and Theology) for o ering Politics Nursing (Mental Health) at the Brisbane Campus in 2014 Psychology Nursing (Practice Inquiry) Social Work Nursing (Practice Leadership) Photography: Tristan Velasco Tristan Photography:
6 Australian Catholic University Annual Report 2013 Report of operations INCREASE IN STUDENTS AND STAFF 2009 2013 18,507 26,161 1,376 1,854 41.4% GROWTH 34.8% GROWTH Total student enrolments 2009-2013 Total sta (full-time equivalent) 2009-2013
• The Faculty of Business o ered Master of 2009, represent growth of more than • the launch of the ACU Foundation, of Professional Accounting (and its 41 per cent in student numbers and to support student scholarships and related Graduate Certi cate and 35 per cent in sta , with an increase educational projects for disadvantaged Graduate Diploma), Master of Business of more than 30 per cent in academic students Administration (Executive), Master sta . The corresponding growth in total • the Holy Father, Pope Benedict XVI of Occupational Health Safety and income has been 79.8 per cent. bestowing Chancellor General Peter Environmental Management and Cosgrove with the Honour of the MBA (Health) Domestic and international Knight of the Grand Cross in the Order • The Faculty of Education included enrolments of St Gregory the Great a Bachelor of Early Childhood Domestic applications and enrolments • A CU launching the inaugural ACU Prize Education (Birth to Five Years), have continued to increase. for Literature, valued at $7,000, Master of Teaching Early Childhood Commencing onshore international to support writers and to continue (Birth to Five Years) and Postgraduate student load increased in 2013 but the tradition of the Catholic Church Certi cate in Religious Education overall, there was a decline in overall as a key patron of the arts • The newest school in the Faculty of international enrolments. • the University opening the rst of 11 Health Sciences, the School of Allied new accommodation facilities at East and Public Health, introduced the Wimmera Health Service, St Arnaud, Bachelor of Applied Public Health and HIGHLIGHTS OF 2013 for nursing students from ACU's the Bachelor of Speech Pathology; Signi cant events during the year Ballarat campus and the University Postgraduate Certi cates, Diplomas included: of Ballarat and Masters programs in Clinical • an increase in demand for ACU • f ormer Deputy Prime Minister, Education, Clinical Nursing and places, with rst preferences for The Honorable Timothy Fischer AC, Health Administration replaced undergraduate Commonwealth- receiving an ACU honorary doctorate the suite of health sciences courses supported places up more than • A CU graduate Annabel Pike, who • While the Postgraduate Diploma 13 per cent from the previous year works at Mater Private Hospital, in Professional Psychology was and total preferences up more than Brisbane, winning the Outstanding introduced to Brisbane campus 11 per cent Graduate Nurse Award at the Hesta in 2013, Academic Board also • the appointment of Dr Stephen Australian Nursing Awards for her approved the introduction of the Weller to the position of Chief “holistic approach to patient care, course to Melbourne campus from Operating O cer and Deputy exceptional technical and clinical skills, 2014. Additionally, fourth-year Vice-Chancellor (Corporate Services) and for showing leadership in her role Psychology programs, the Bachelor of as an intensive care nurse” Psychological Science (Honours) and • the appointment of Professor Wayne • the Honorable Mark Dreyfus QC MP Postgraduate Diploma in Psychology McKenna to the position of Deputy addressing the inaugural ACU Law were introduced to Strath eld Vice-Chancellor (Research) class in Melbourne campus in 2013. • the appointment of Professor Claire Wyatt-Smith to the position • ACU launching its new Centre of Executive Dean, ACU Faculty of For Early Childhood Futures at the GROWTH Education Melbourne Campus. The research
Overall growth INCREASE IN STUDENTS The University was greatly encouraged AND STAFF 2009 2013 by another year of growth in enrolments 2009 2013 Growth in 2013 for 2014. Total student enrolments 18,507 26,161 41.4% This increase was thought to be due Equivalent full-time student load 12,978 19,146 47.5% to various factors, including: Equivalent full-time sta 1,376 1,854 34.8% • new and revised courses Equivalent full-time academic sta 728 949 30.3% • Strong graduate employability rates, 2009 2013 particularly in agship courses like $’000 $’000 Growth teaching and nursing Total income 206,064 370,493 79.8% • Excellent teaching quality. Government grants 147,856 284,739 92.6% The 2013 gures of more than 26,000 Fees and charges 37,479 50,134 33.8% enrolments and more than 1,850 full-time equivalent sta , compared with those Other income 20,729 35,620 71.8%
Australian Catholic University Annual Report 2013 Report of operations 7 PLANNING AND PRIORITIES
centre is part of ACU’s growing • ACU entered into a partnership with detailed Strategic Plan, inform the commitment to research and teacher the Archdiocese of Adelaide to provide development of the organisational training in early childhood education theological education in the Catholic unit plans within faculties, directorates, • the Best University to Work For Award tradition in South Australia. Catholic departments and teams. The development recognising ACU after a public poll Theological College (Adelaide) will be of individual performance plans is directly showed that the University was ranked absorbed into the Faculty of Theology linked to organisational unit plans. in the Top 10 Universities and Philosophy at ACU A suite of thematic maps and enabling to Work For in Australia • ACU appointed Dr Jim Gleeson as plans supports the ACU Strategic Plan • the Australian Research Council Professor of Identity and Curriculum 2012-2014. awarding ACU’s Institute for Child in Catholic Education The thematic maps further explain the Protection Studies a four-year grant of • ACU launched a new Faculty of University’s position and direction with $560,000 to look at early intervention Law at the North Sydney Campus. regards to a particular aspect of the strategies that enable children in out- University’s strategy such as student life, of-home care and their birth parents learning and teaching, research, identity to have improved contact. The project STRATEGIC PLAN 2012 2014 and mission, community engagement is a joint initiative of the Institute, the The University is now midway through and sustainability. ACT Community Services Directorate its implementation of the ACU Strategic The enabling plans, such as the and major ACT community service Plan 2012-2014. The Strategic Plan enrolment plan, university budget and partners – Marymead, Anglicare, consists of the planning framework, workforce plan, provide the details Communities at Work and Barnardos strategic goals, key result areas and necessary to enable the University to – together with the University of university performance indicators properly respond to the Strategic Plan. Melbourne, and a range of Victorian and targets. It is supported by a suite The planning framework has provided community services of thematic maps and enabling plans the University with an integrated • ACU and the Sisters of Saint and the goals are cascaded through system that aligns resources with the Joseph signed a Memorandum of organisational unit plans and into achievement of a well-de ned set Understanding at ACU’s North Sydney individual performance plans. of strategic goals. A series of regular Campus. The rst project under the There are four high-level strategic goals reports monitors the University’s agreement was the staging of the in the plan: progress against the plan. Gifts of the Artists exhibition of rare • student experience and Indigenous art from the Warmun Review of university • research and knowledge transfer community in the East Kimberley. performance targets Another key project under the MOU is • Catholic identity and mission The University is committed to the Students in Residence Scholarship • Service delivery and enablers. conducting annual reviews of the • the ACU Health Clinic, located at ACU’s Each goal area is broken down into a university performance targets to ensure Brisbane Campus, won an award at number of more detailed key result they re ect the changing internal and the Master Builders Association 2013 areas that are linked to the University external environment and are consistent Brisbane Housing and Construction performance indicators and targets. with the University’s Mission-Based Awards. The clinic was developed in The University continually reviews Compact with the Government. collaboration with the Mater Hospital its progress towards achieving the The 2013 review of the targets and specialty equipment on site will strategic goals and key result areas of incorporated a number of external allow the clinic to assist referral clients the Strategic Plan 2012-2014. This also reference points, and ensured they from local physiotherapists, GPs and includes an annual “stress test” of the aligned with the Vice-Chancellor’s priority specialists plan to ensure the objectives remain projects. The review was completed in • St Mary of the Cross MacKillop Chapel, relevant in the changing internal and June 2013, with eight new targets added located at ACU’s Melbourne Campus external environment. across the four strategic goals. won the national Kevin Borland In 2014, ACU will be undertaking a Masonry Award for interior design at university-wide consultation as part Progress against the Strategic Plan the Think Brick Awards 2013 in Sydney of the development of the Strategic A reporting system continues to monitor • the NSW Master Builders Association Plan 2015-2020. and assess the University’s progress named Our Lady Seat of Wisdom against the Strategic Plan. The reporting Chapel at the North Sydney Campus Planning framework process incorporates quantitative and Best Tertiary Education Project Under The University’s planning framework qualitative evidence from across the $3m at the MBA’s Excellence in has a cascading structure. The overall University to produce a biannual Tra c Construction Awards Mission and vision, along with the Light Report.
8 Australian Catholic University Annual Report 2013 Report of operations This report provides a summary of the each has to providing students with a to other campuses and increasing University’s progress in relation to the high-quality educational experience enrolments in existing courses. Strategic Plan 2012-2014, based on and outcome, as well as building In 2012, the University developed achievement of key milestones and research and innovation capability a postgraduate strategy to increase an analysis of the top level university and international competitiveness. postgraduate coursework enrolments The University is well-positioned with performance indicators and targets. and diversify the student pro le. Faculties strategies in place to meet the agreed A series of more detailed, and regularly developed new agship courses during updated, reports supports the Tra c performance indicators and targets 2013 to meet domestic and international Light Report. set out in the Mission-Based Compact student needs. As at December 2013, the University has 2014-16. Implementation of this strategy made good progress towards achieving Some of the key government priorities continued in 2013, with a focus on the four goals of the Strategic Plan include: postgraduate marketing activities and 2012-2014. The majority of university • providing opportunities for people associated services for postgraduate performance indicators were on target from all backgrounds to participate students. In 2013, ACU’s Executive and no major risks were identi ed. The to their full potential, and be Education Directorate partnered with report assessed 53 targets, with 41 on supported to do so faculties to provide executive o erings target, nine potentially at risk and three as pathways to accredited postgraduate behind target. • improving knowledge transfer and the dissemination of new knowledge courses. Quality management system through the education, training and development of world-class Increasing university access At ACU, quality management is researchers across a wide range of ACU is the inheritor of a Catholic founded upon a commitment to intellectual disciplines; excellence and continual improvement, tradition of social inclusion in education. underpinned by an ongoing cycle of • providing students with a stimulating ACU is committed to equitable planning, implementation, review and and rewarding higher education participation, and has programs and improvement (PIRI). experience. alternative entry options speci cally The Planning, Quality and Risk The government priorities align with designed for students with disabilities Committee oversees the University’s the values and aspirations of ACU’s and low-SES or Indigenous backgrounds. Mission and strategic goals. As such, approach to planning, quality These programs position the University the University is committed to management, external audit/review well in order to meet the government's increasing the higher education and risk management. The committee participation targets. participation rate of students from is responsible for the implementation low socio-economic status (low-SES) of projects designed to ensure there Increasing focus on widening and Indigenous backgrounds, and will is e ective quality management university intake continue to provide students with the across the University, including the necessary support to reach their full With 13.5 per cent of domestic schedule of organisational unit reviews. potential. In addition, the University undergraduates from a low-SES Quality management, however, is the will continue to improve its research background in 2013, ACU Equity responsibility of every sta member at pro le and performance through Pathways – Deputy Vice Chancellor ACU and is integrated both within and the implementation of the Research (Students, Learning and Teaching) across organisational areas. Intensi cation Strategy. increased this focus through: The University’s Quality Management • d eveloping and deepening Policy, due for review in 2014, outlines Growth of university enrolments partnerships with 120 LSES schools ACU’s approach to managing quality Through the direction of the Provost ACU throughout Victoria, Tasmania, within the University. plans to continue growing its student New South Wales, Australian Capital load1 to 25,000 by 2018. Territory, Northern Territory and Queensland PLANNING WITH The University increased its total GOVERNMENT enrolments by 7.3 per cent from 2012 to • developing and implementing 2013, with the majority of its growth from programs with partner schools, TAFEs, domestic undergraduate enrolments. Catholic Education Departments, Mission-Based Compact This growth strategy has been directly State Education Departments and The ACU Mission-Based Compact is an in line with the government’s agenda communities to increase awareness agreement between the Commonwealth to increase participation in Australia’s of higher education, aspirations to and the University. It demonstrates higher education system. Included in this undertake higher education and to be the shared and mutual commitment work has been the rollout of new courses able to better access higher education Photography: Peter Waddington Peter Photography:
1 Refers to EFTSL- Equivalent Full-Time Student Load Australian Catholic University Annual Report 2013 Report of operations 9 • developing and deepening • managing the University Compact • planning for the 2015 International relationships with Indigenous process and interaction with TEQSA. Confederation of Catholic Universities communities so that Indigenous • reviewing business systems to align in Melbourne; and the University’s students can access ACU programs budget and resource allocation with 25th anniversary that same year. and support appropriately strategy, to prepare for policy impacts • re ning strategies for strengthening • actively developing, fostering and on nances and to develop an asset domestic partnerships. implementing widening participation management plan that takes into • taking leadership roles within programs with collaborative bodies account shared services models. Universities Australia, especially Multi-Partnership Group (eight • reviewing University operations in regarding change of policy and Victorian universities), Widening light of a demand-driven system, ongoing establishment of TEQSA. Participation Forum (eight Queensland and implementing outcomes. • continuing to review the structure Universities) and Bridges to Higher of the University in light of new Education ( ve NSW Universities) • ongoing management of workforce and productivity initiatives, including Commonwealth Higher Education • managing and supporting faculty enterprise bargaining driven by Standards. or sector projects to enhance and strategic imperatives. • reviewing 2013 ERA outcomes and support school partnerships • further implementation of leadership identifying both emerging and • managing and supporting faculty and development programs to declining research areas. or sector projects to enhance and support the strategic priorities. support students' academic progress • linking capital developments to whilst at university communication technology and • monitoring and tracking participation learning opportunities. and achievement of students and • implementing capital and building supporting appropriate interventions management principles and creating (academic or pastoral) to enhance a culture of compliance. progress • overseeing major building projects • evaluating programs for review, in Strath eld, Brisbane and Canberra. development and change. • embedding an over-arching vision around students, which integrates VICE CHANCELLOR’S selection, graduate attributes, PRIORITY PROJECTS teaching and learning standards and exible delivery principles. • monitoring the 2012-2014 • devising and implementing Strategic Plan to ensure continued improvements to the Faculty of appropriateness in a volatile market Education, centred on client focus, and policy climate. innovation and excellence. • managing the overall growth agenda • extending the establishment of through achieving enrolment targets, clinical schools within the Faculty devising and resourcing future of Health Sciences. growth strategies, and supporting priority pathway programs. • establishing a Law Faculty at North Sydney. • implementing international taskforce strategies for partnership • identifying new products to development. strengthen the University's public pro le. • managing government relations, including promoting government • continuing roll-out of the Core support for overall growth, Curriculum and implementing the encouraging government and next stage of the Mission and Identity opposition policies favourable to development. ACU, planning for any changes in • exploring the possibility of Ponti cal government or higher education status, or close relationship with an policies and in uencing policies overseas Ponti cal institution, for the around teacher education. Faculty of Theology and Philosophy.
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Australian Catholic University Annual Report 2013 Report of operations 11 two GOVERNANCE
Vice-Chancellor Professor Greg Craven
12 Australian Catholic University Annual Report 2013 Report of operations COMPANY STRUCTURE DIRECTORS’ MEMBERSHIP MANAGEMENT The University is incorporated in Victoria OF EXTERNAL BOARDS STRUCTURE as Australian Catholic University Limited, The Vice-Chancellor, as the Chief a public company limited by guarantee. Bishop James Foley Executive O cer of Australian His Eminence George Cardinal Pell AC Trust Corporation of the Roman Catholic University, is responsible is the President of Australian Catholic Catholic Diocese of Cairns for representing the University both University Limited. The Company’s nationally and internationally, and for members are the Catholic Archbishops General Peter Cosgrove providing its strategic leadership and of the Archdioceses of Sydney, QANTAS Airways Ltd management. Melbourne, Brisbane and Canberra- QANTAS Superannuation Ltd The Provost, the Chief Operating O cer Goulburn, the Bishops of the Dioceses of Cardno Ltd and two Deputy Vice-Chancellors have Ballarat and Parramatta, congregational delegated responsibility for assigned leaders of founding religious institutions Mr Stephen Noel Elder areas of policy: Academic; Corporate and nominees of the Archbishops and Catholic Education Commission Services; Research; and Students, the Bishop of Ballarat. Its constitution of Victoria Ltd Learning and Teaching. may be viewed on the University’s Catholic Capital Grant (Victoria) Ltd website at www.acu.edu.au. Associate Vice-Chancellors are based in Brisbane, Melbourne and Sydney. The University Senate is the governing COMMITTEES They act as the Vice-Chancellor’s body of the University. Members of representative in their local region, Senate are the Board of Directors of Senate committees as do the Campus Deans in Ballarat Australian Catholic University Limited. and Canberra. Four Chapters, based in the Australian • Standing and Finance Committee Capital Territory, New South Wales, • Audit and Risk Committee The Vice-Chancellor is also assisted by the six faculty Executive Deans, Queensland and Victoria, provide • Nominations Committee an interface between the University the Academic Registrar and Directors • Honorary Awards Committee and the local community, acting as with national portfolios. Each faculty advisory bodies to the Senate. The local • Academic Board is headed by a Faculty Executive Dean Archbishop appoints members of each and supported by two Associate Deans. Chapter. While the Chapters have no Standing committees of There are Directors and Managers direct governance role in the University, Academic Board for each major area of the University’s the chair of each Chapter advises the • Academic Administrative Committee activities, as shown in the management annual general meeting of the Company • Academic Board Executive Committee structure chart on page 18. on the attainment of the objectives Each campus has a student association in each state/territory. • Courses and Academic Quality Committee and there is a national student body, Australian Catholic University National SENATE MEMBERS • Faculty Boards Students’ Association (ACUNSA), which • Indigenous Education Committee looks after the welfare of students and The 16 members of Senate – the • Internationalisation Committee provides a voice for them. Board of Directors – are appointed in di erent ways. Three are ex-o cio • University Learning and Teaching members (Chancellor, Pro-Chancellor Committee and Vice-Chancellor); four are elected • University Medals Committee by members of the Company from • University Research Committee nominations by each Chapter; four elected by members of the Company from nominations provided by members of the Company and the Senate; three elected by academic sta ; and one each from general sta and students. The Chancellor and Pro-Chancellor are selected by the members of the Company, while the Senate appoints the Vice-Chancellor. Photography: (Opposite) Mark Wilson. (Top) Bonnie Liang (Top) Mark Wilson. (Opposite) Photography:
Australian Catholic University Annual Report 2013 Report of operations 13 PRINCIPAL OFFICERS OF THE UNIVERSITY 2013
Chancellor Pro-Chancellor Vice-Chancellor General Peter Cosgrove AC MC CNZM Edward Exell AM Professor Greg Craven Dip mil art psc (US) psc jssc NDC (l) BA (Hons) (Melb) BEc (ANU) BA LLB (Hons) LLM (Melb) General Cosgrove was inaugurated Mr Exell has been Pro-Chancellor of the Professor Craven, lawyer and academic, as Chancellor of ACU in November University since November 2000 and is commenced as Vice-Chancellor of 2010. He is the third Chancellor in the the previous Business Manager of the ACU in February 2008. An expert in University’s history, succeeding Brother Catholic Archdiocese of Melbourne. public and constitutional law, he has Julian McDonald CFC AO. He is Chair of the Standing and Finance published many journal articles and General Cosgrove served in the Committee of the University. four books, including Conversations with the Constitution (University of Australian Army from 1965 and was Mr Exell was born in Melbourne and Chief of the Australian Defence Force New South Wales Press, 2004). A regular educated at Xavier College, Melbourne; commentator in public debate, he is a from July 2002 until his retirement in Loyola College, Watsonia, as a Jesuit July 2005. columnist for The Australian Financial scholastic; and Australian National Review and The Australian, and a He was awarded the Military Cross for University. contributor to newspapers, journals his service in Vietnam and, in 1974, Before joining the Catholic Archdiocese, and public forums. was a major contributor to the restoration he was Deputy Managing Director of of Darwin after Cyclone Tracy. Before his ACU appointment, Professor the Australian Trade Commission. Craven was Deputy Vice-Chancellor He rst leapt into the public Mr Exell has served on the National (Strategy and Planning) of Curtin consciousness when he headed Board of Employment Education and University in Western Australia, where the 9,000-strong multinational Training, on the Mercy Health and Aged he also held the positions of Professor INTERFET force sent to restore order Board, and as a member of the School of Government and Constitutional Law, in Timor-Leste. For his guidance, skill Council of Xavier College. He was made and Executive Director of the John and sensitivity, he was appointed a a Member in the General Division of the Curtin Institute of Public Policy. Companion of the Military Division of Order of Australia in 1988. the Order of Australia. Formerly Foundation Dean and Professor of Law at the University of General Cosgrove also led missions in Notre Dame (WA), Professor Craven was Afghanistan and Iraq and was involved earlier a senior lecturer and reader in in the rebuilding of the Indonesian law at the University of Melbourne. For province of Aceh after the 2004 tsunami. three years, he was Crown Counsel to In 2001, General Cosgrove was named the Victorian Government, where he Australian of the Year. He was awarded oversaw major legal policy reforms. an honorary doctorate by ACU in 2009. Professor Craven is Deputy Chairman of In February 2013, General Cosgrove was the Council of Australian Governments bestowed with the Honour of the Knight (COAG), Vice-President of the Australian of the Grand Cross in the Order of St Higher Education Industrial Association Gregory the Great, by the Holy Father, (AHEIA) Executive Committee, member Pope Benedict XVI. of the National Catholic Education Commission (NCEC) and Lead Vice- Chancellor of the Universities Australia Standing Committee on the Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency (TEQSA). Universities Australia is the peak body representing Australian universities. He is a member of the Department of Industry, Innovation, Science, Research and Tertiary Educations’ (DIISRTE) National Advisory Group on Higher Education Data and Information. Professor Craven is also a member of the Truth, Justice and Healing Council. Photography: (Centre) Tristan Velasco. (Right) Mark Wilson Velasco. Tristan (Centre) Photography:
14 Australian Catholic University Annual Report 2013 Report of operations Provost and Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Academic) Professor Pauline Nugent BAppSc (Lincoln Institute of Health Sciences) MEd (Monash) Professor Pauline Nugent, 2009 Victorian Telstra Business Woman of the Year, was appointed the inaugural Provost of ACU in June 2012 after serving as Deputy Vice- Chancellor (Academic). As Provost, Professor Nugent leads the university’s academic portfolio and oversees ACU’s enrolment planning, including the university’s strong growth strategy under the demand-driven system. Additionally, Professor Nugent has been responsible for a number of key initiatives, including implementing ACU’s Core Curriculum, introducing the new Faculty of Law and furtherance of ACU’s partnership with the International Federation of Catholic Universities. Professor Nugent leads ACU’s six faculties, Academic Partnerships, Executive Education, the International Directorate and oversees Government Policy and Strategy. Professor Nugent graduated from St Vincent’s Hospital in Melbourne and was appointed to the inaugural Chair of Nursing Development at Deakin University in 2003. In 2007, she took up the role of Dean of Health Sciences at ACU. Her scholarly record includes publications in nursing education, rural health, clinical research and health curriculum, and has received more than $5 million in public funding.
Chief Operating O cer and Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Corporate Services) Dr Stephen Weller BA (Syd) MCom (UWS) MBA (UTS) PhD (VU) Dr Stephen Weller joined ACU in March 2013 from James Cook University where he was Deputy Vice-Chancellor (University Services) and Head of the Cairns Campus. Dr Weller has held positions as Pro Vice-Chancellor of Students & Technology at Victoria University in Melbourne and as Campus Manager of the University of Queensland, Gatton. He has more than 20 years’ experience in tertiary education across six universities, in three states. In his current role Dr Weller leads the Corporate Services Portfolio, which includes infrastructure; information technology; properties; engagement; marketing and communications; student recruitment and external relations; student administration; human resources; nance; planning and strategic management; and governance and corporate services. Dr Weller is also responsible for providing e ective corporate governance through the University Senate and Company in his role as Company Secretary.
Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research) Professor Wayne McKenna BA (Hons) PhD (University of Leeds) Professor Wayne McKenna joined ACU as Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research) in 2013. Professor McKenna came from the University of Western Sydney (UWS), where he was the Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Academic and Research). Professor McKenna had been with UWS since 2000 in a variety of roles including Executive Dean, College of Arts, and Provost of the Bankstown Campus. He has also held positions with the University of Newcastle, University of Geneva in Switzerland, and the University of Toulouse in France.
Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Students, Learning and Teaching) Professor Anne Cummins BEd (Canberra CAE) MA (Macquarie) MEdL (ACU) GradDipEd (Religious Studies) (CCE Sydney) Professor Anne Cummins was appointed to this role in 2009 from her former position as Dean of Students. The portfolio includes the O ce of Student Success, University libraries, Academic Registrar and Student Administration, Student Engagement and Services Unit and the Learning and Teaching Centre. Before joining ACU, Professor Cummins was the director of a rm specialising in leadership and strategy for not-for-pro t organisations and government departments. She has held senior executive roles in Catholic education, and is currently a director of Marist Youth Care and a member of the Council of St Ignatius’ College Riverview. She is also co-convenor of the Universities Australia Executive Women group. Professor Cummins’ research interests include exible delivery methods of higher Photography: (Second) Bonnie Liang. (Third (Second) Bonnie Liang. Photography: and fourth) Elizabeth Koudsy. education and diverse pathways to tertiary study.
Australian Catholic University Annual Report 2013 Report of operations 15 Pro Vice-Chancellor, Engagement Faculty of Law Director, Centre for Indigenous Mr David Craig Professor Brian Fitzgerald Education and Research BBus (UTS) MTEM (Melb) ACA BA (Gri th) LLB (Hons) (QUT) BCL (Hons) Professor Nereda White (Oxon) LLM (Harvard) PhD (Gri th) DipTeach Early Childhood BEd MEd Associate Vice-Chancellors Leadership & Management (QUT) Dean EdD (ACU) Brisbane Ms Jane Ceolin (acting July-December) Professor Jim Nyland Dean of Research DipTeach (Mt. Gravatt C.A.E) ADCW (JCU) BA (Hons) (Bangor) MA (MMU) EdD Professor Patrick Heaven (Derby) BA (Stellenbosch) BA (Hons) MA Director, Finance (Research) (Orange Free State) D.Litt et Melbourne Mr John Ryan Phil (University of South Africa) BBus (UTS) CPA Dr John Ballard BA (ANU) MHA (UNSW) DBA (Macq) Campus Deans Director, Government Policy & Strategy Sydney Ballarat Mr Julian Leeser Professor Marea Nicholson Associate Professor Joe Fleming BA (Hons) LLB (UNSW) BA (Macq) DipTeach (NewcastleCAE) BA (Melb) DipTeach (BoxHill) BEd GradDipEdSt (NepeanCAE) MEd PhD (LaTrobe) GradCertrE MEd PhD (ACU) Director, Human Resources (Syd) Canberra Ms Diana Chegwidden BComm (Emprels) MComm (HrM& Ir) Associate Professor Patrick McArdle Executive Deans (UWS) BTheol (SydCollDiv) STB STL Faculty of Arts and Sciences (CathInstSyd) GradDipEd (SA) MEd PhD Director, Identity and Mission Professor Gail Crossley (ACU) Fr Anthony Casamento csma BSc (Hons) PhD (Melb) Grad DipEd BA BSc (Psych) (Hons) MA (UNSW) (SydCAE) Directors and Managers BTheol (CathInstSyd) Faculty of Business Academic Director Director, Institute for Catholic Professor Elizabeth More AM BA(Hons) Professor David Spencer Identity and Mission BA (Macq) LLB (Syd) GDLP (UTS) LLM (UNSW) GradDipMgt (CQU) MCommLaw Associate Professor Patrick McArdle (UTS) LLM (by Research) (Hons) (UTS) (Deakin) PhD (UNSW) BTheol (SydCollDiv) STB STL AIAMA Faculty of Education (CathInstSyd) GradDipEd (SA) MEd PhD (ACU) Professor Marie Emmitt (until June) Academic Registrar TITC (Toorak) BA BEd MEd (Monash) FACE Ms Kathryn Blyth Director, Information Technology BA (Canterbury) DipMgmt Professor Claire Wyatt-Smith (from June) Mr Rick van Haeften (HenleyMgmtColl) MBA DipForeign Language and Education GradDip Science (Information (HenleyMgmtColl) MTEM (Melb) (Goethe Inst) BA PGDipEd MEd PhD (Qld) Technology) (UNSW) Faculty of Health Sciences Director, ACUcom Director, Institute for Advancing Professor Michelle Campbell Mrs Debbie Wilson Community Engagement CertIV Training and Assessment City BAppSc (Lincoln Institute of Health Professor Jude Butcher CfC AM Guilds Initial Certi cate in Teaching Sciences) MNursStud (LaTrobe) DNurs BA (Hons) MA (Hons) (Macq) PhD (Syd) (LaTrobe) Basic Skills Post Grad Cert Ed (Leeds Polytechnic) BSc (Hons) (Cardi ) Executive Director, International Faculty of Theology and Mr Christopher Riley Philosophy Director, Centre of Professional and Executive Education BA (ANU) MBA (UNE) Professor Anne Hunt FACE OAM BSc (Melb) DipEd (MelbCE) BEd Mr Tom Ristoski Director, Learning and Teaching (Monash) BTheol (YTU of MCD) MSc BAAdmin&Ec (Canberra) GradDipMgmt Centre (Ed) (Fordham) MATheol (Catholic (UNSW) MBA (Macq) Professor Kevin Ashford-Rowe Theological Union Chicago) DTheol BA (Hons) (Hull) PGCE (Exeter) (MCD) GradDipIM (UTS) MEd (Edith Cowan) MProfStud (UNE) EdD (UoW)
16 Australian Catholic University Annual Report 2013 Report of operations Director, Libraries Executive Manager, Ms Fides Datu Lawton O ce Of Student Success BLibSci (University of the Philippines) Mrs Lynda Mathey from June 2013 MLibrarianship (UNSW) GradDipMgmt BA DipTeach, Post Graduate Certi cate (Macq) in Professional Studies (Open UK) Post Graduate Diploma (TEFL) (Open UK) Director, Marketing and MA Ed (Open UK) Communications Ms Maria Hegerty until March 2013 Ms Chrissa Favaloro (Acting) BEd GradDipSpecEd GradDipComCounsel BBus (UTS) MA Journalism (UTS) (Canberra) MEdLead (ACU) Director, Student Recruitment General Counsel and and External Relations Director of Governance Dr David Williams (Acting) Ms Diane Barker MBA (UoW) DBA (UoW) BA (Hons) (Syd) LLB (Hons) (Syd) Director, NCLS Research GradDipLegPrac (College of Law) Associate Professor Ruth Powell Ms Carol Kirby (Acting) BA (Hon) (ANU) PhD (Macq) BA (Hons) (Adel) MA (Cantab) LLB (Adel) GradDipLegPrac (UniSA) Director, O ce of Planning and Strategic Management Executive Manager, Student Ms Evelyn Picot Engagement & Services BSocSt (Syd) MComm (CSU) Mr Paul McJannett B. Build Hons (UNSW) DipTeach (Tech) Director, Properties (SCAE) GradDip Property Investment Dr Dana Skelin from August 2013 and Finance (PCA) BEng (University of Split Croatia) DipProcurement (SIT) MBA PhD (UTS) Executive Director, Infrastructure and Deputy Chief Operating O cer Mr Paul Campbell MBT (UNSW) Director, Research Services Ms Anne Thoeming BAppSc (Canberra) MEdLead (Macq) Director, Strategic Projects Dr Judy Laverty BAppSc (Hons) (UNSW) MEd (UWS) PhD (UoW) Executive Director, Public Policy Institute Professor Scott Prasser BA (Hons) MPA (Qld) PhD (Gri th) Director, Institute of Child Protection Studies Professor Morag Macarthur Dip Welfare (Milperra CAE), BSocSci (Hons) PostgradCertHighEdTeaching PhD (UNSW) Photography: Bonnie Liang Photography:
Australian Catholic University Annual Report 2013 Report of operations 17 MANAGEMENT STRUCTURE UNDER THE VICE CHANCELLOR IN 2013
Vice-Chancellor
Provost
Deputy Deputy Vice-Chancellor Vice-Chancellor (Students, Learning (Research) & Teaching)
Faculty of Associate Arts and Sciences Academic Director Dean of Research Indigenous (CIER) Vice-Chancellor (Brisbane)
Faculty of Associate Academic Public Policy Libraries Business Partnerships Institute Vice-Chancellor (Melbourne)
Faculty of ACUCom NCLS Research Learning & Campus Dean Education Teaching Centre (Ballarat)
Faculty of Associate Executive Research Services O ce of Student Health Sciences Education Success Vice-Chancellor (Sydney)
ACUNSA
Faculty of Law Campus Dean ACU International (Canberra) Student Engagement & Services
Faculty of Theology & Philosophy Strategic Projects
Government Policy & Strategy
18 Australian Catholic University Annual RReporteport 2013 Report of operations Vice-Chancellor
Chief Operating O cer
Identity & Mission Academic Registrar Pro Vice-Chancellor, Infrastructure/ & Student Engagement Deputy COO Finance Administration
Institute for Catholic Marketing & Information Governance Identity & Mission Communications Technology
Institute for Advancing Student Properties Human Resources Community Recruitment Engagement & External Relations
O ce of Planning & Strategic Management
Australian Catholic University Annual Report 2013 Report of operations 19 three MISSION AND IDENTITY
St Mary of the Cross, MacKillop Chapel, Melbourne
20 Australian Catholic University Annual Report 2013 Report of operations MISSION STATEMENT university-wide process of maintaining COMMUNITY and promoting the uniquely Catholic ACU shares with universities worldwide identity and mission of ACU. ENGAGEMENT a commitment to quality in teaching, Under the leadership of Director The University strives to ensure that research and service. It aspires to be a Father Anthony Casamento csma, the all community engagement strategies community characterised by free inquiry Directorate, through Campus Ministry, align with its Catholic mission, bringing and academic integrity. oversees programs and initiatives ethical and social justice issues into the The University’s inspiration, stemming that engage students and sta in the core activities of research and student from 2,000 years of Catholic intellectual understanding of our Catholic spiritual, learning. Through learning, teaching, tradition, summons it to attend to all intellectual and cultural traditions. research and community engagement that is of concern to human beings. In addition, the Directorate serves ACU aims to empower individuals and It brings a distinctive spiritual as a centre for service and liaison communities. perspective to the common tasks between the university and the local ACU’s research centres, founded of higher education. church, and supports University-based on concerns of quality of life for all programs that encourage interreligious Through fostering and advancing communities and individuals, are understanding and dialogue. Each knowledge in education, health, detailed in Section 9, and student campus has a campus minister and commerce, the humanities, the sciences involvement in community and social priest chaplain who provide liturgies, and technologies, and the creative justice activities is explored on page 43. sta and student faith formation arts, ACU seeks to make a speci c Through its participation in events programs, and other opportunities to contribution to its local, national and arranged by the International Federation engage with the University’s Mission. international communities. of Catholic Universities and the The Institute for Catholic Identity The University explicitly engages the Association of Catholic Colleges and and Mission, under Director social, ethical and religious dimensions Universities, ACU has continued its Associate Professor Patrick McArdle, of the questions it faces in teaching, intellectual engagement with the broad has developed a Core Curriculum, research and service. In its endeavours, network of Catholic universities around implemented in 2012, based on two it is guided by a fundamental concern the world. This includes a commitment distinctive aspects of the Catholic to send senior sta to workshops in for justice and equity, and for the dignity intellectual tradition: understanding the Rome and Boston each year. of all human beings. human person, and the duty to promote Sta had access to professional ACU has a primary responsibility to the common good. The Institute has development opportunities, including provide excellent higher education also taken a leading role in promoting four sta members travelling to the for its entire diversi ed and dispersed research in the Catholic intellectual University of San Diego’s Mission student body. Its ideal graduates are tradition. Recently the Vice-Chancellor Integration Institute summer program, highly competent in their chosen elds gave the Institute responsibility to which focuses on developing and ethical in their behaviour, with develop sta in the Catholic intellectual professional sta working in the Catholic a developed critical habit of mind, tradition. higher education sector. The University an appreciation of the sacred in life The Institute for the Advancement also established a new scholarship and a commitment to serving the of Community Engagement (IACE,) that provides for three sta members common good. with Professor Jude Butcher CFC as (one per state) to undertake the Director, continues to prioritise the ACU Graduate Certi cate in Catholic DIRECTORATE AND University’s commitment to work, Leadership and Culture. INSTITUTES TO ENACT through research and advocacy, with The University continued to roll out the poor and marginalised people and Core Curriculum, introduced in 2012, THE MISSION communities in Australia and beyond. both on campus and internationally Through IACE, the University engages in (Florence). In July 2013, under a restructure the respectful relationships, mutual learning Directorate of Identity and Mission and decision-making with homeless There are many other opportunities assumed responsibility for the Institute and marginalised people, children and for sta and students to engage in for Catholic Identity and Mission as well youth, and communities in Australia community activities. as the Institute for the Advancement of and beyond. This builds a combination Community Engagement (IACE). of trust and knowledge that enables The aim was to better co-ordinate everybody involved to rede ne and contribute to the development, problems and to co-operate in forging animation, and oversight of the fresh solutions for them. (Top) Tristan Velasco Tristan (Top) Shannon Pawsey. (Opposite) Photography:
Australian Catholic University Annual Report 2013 Report of operations 21 Student involvement Sta involvement At the time of independence in 2002, Timor-Leste had few trained primary Within Australia, 495 ACU students Within Australia, ACU sta members teachers and no primary teachers’ tutor and research in homework, are involved in administering and college to prepare more. learning support, literacy and numeracy teaching courses in the highly successful programs for 710 early childhood, Clemente Australia program, which Since 2003 ICFP, in partnership with primary and secondary pupils in celebrated its 10th anniversary in ACU and the Marist Brothers, and Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane and June. The program provides university supported by generous donors such as Ballarat. education in humanities subjects for the eMerge Foundation, has trained 367 A 2013 research project showed that a people su ering multiple disadvantage primary Bachelor of Teaching and seven large majority of pupils who attended and social isolation. Re ection and critical Master of Education graduates who are the program increased in con dence, discussion in humanities classes enable accredited by local authorities. made new friends and improved their them to see beyond the pressures of Teachers in schools can also upgrade mathematics and literacy skills. Seventy- their life, to think and plan independently their quali cations at ICFP. A priority six per cent agreed that learning and and to develop a new sense of hope, of the college has been “Timorisation”, staying at school were important, and new views of themselves and enhanced aiming for a college sta ed by Timorese, many considered attending university capacity to take control of their lives. o ering courses developed and taught a possibility. In 2012, research supported by an ARC by Timorese, all of whom have research ACU students also work in mentoring Linkage Grant, showed that Clemente capacity. initiatives for young people at risk; Australia could save the community in community music days or holiday $14,624 per student in health and justice activities for isolated adults and costs – nearly three times the cost MAJOR PUBLIC FORUMS per student of running the program. disadvantaged children in local Consistent with its Mission, the The long-term bene t to individual neighbourhoods; in cricket clinics for University hosted and took part in many Australians, their families and the young Australian players; and in health forums involving sta , students and the common good goes well beyond that. programs in Indigenous communities. wider community. Highlights: Sta are also involved in other programs Beyond Australia, students assist in • Associate Professor Mary Coloe took including “footpath libraries”, homeless community sports and health projects in part in a Dialogue with the Disciples shelters, refuges and prisons, and in Timor-Leste, such as the Future in Youth of Christ under the auspices of the supporting ACU students in their faculty- Program, which recognises the necessity Ponti cal Council for Christian Unity: based community engagement. to seek advice and help from community Christians Formed and Transformed by leaders in an e ort to reduce communal Outside Australia, ACU sta from the the Eucharist. Her invitation, from Kurt distrust and anti-social activity. Faculty of Arts and Sciences have been Cardinal Koch, extends over a ve- After reaching out to more than 3,500 working since 2003 among an estimated year period. 140,000 refugees in camps on the Thai- girls and boys, 192 coaches and 90 • ACU hosted the 8th National Burma border. Students from the camps parents in Baucau, the results of the Conference for Religious Educators: are enrolled in a Diploma in Liberal program are promising. Formerly A Symposium for Religious Educators distrustful teams and communities are Studies o ered by ACU and its partners, in University, Diocesan Support and now competing fairly and respectfully. Fair eld University (USA) and York University (Canada). School and Parish Contexts in the 2012- In 2013 the University sent a group of 2013 Year of Grace and Year of Faith, 48 students to World Youth Day in Rio Graduates from the program have been at the Canberra Campus. de Janeiro. On the way there, the group accepted by universities in four countries, • The Great Grace: Receiving Vatican II spent a week undertaking mission including Australia. Conference, in partnership with the work in Peru to help build and dedicate In November at Mae Sot, 36 Burmese Archdiocese of Sydney, ran in May. a chapel for the people living on the refugee and migrant students graduated Two of the nine keynote speakers margins in Pamploma, Peru. with a Diploma of Liberal Studies, were ACU’s Executive Dean of ACU students also work in hospitals and with one graduating. Theology and Philosophy Professor remote schools in Vanuatu, China, the A further 10 international refugee Anne Hunt and author and Professor Philippines and Cambodia. students and Burmese students of Theology at ACU Professor graduated in Bangkok and Ranong. Anthony Kelly CSSR. ACU sta have also been involved in • Word and Image: Making Letters Speak Baucau, Timor-Leste, in the establishment public lecture with Donald Jackson of the primary teachers’ college, Instituto MVO (senior illuminator to Queen Católico para Formação de Professores Elisabeth II and calligrapher of Saint (ICFP). John’s Bible).
22 Australian Catholic University Annual Report 2013 Report of operations • ACU Voice. Three public forums • The 2013 NSW Council of Deans • The Faculty of Education hosted a discussing topics such as Media and of Education Teacher Education postgraduate information evening Morals: can they co-exist?, Facebook Conference was held at North Sydney. and lecture as well as a higher degree v F2F, and What counts as education Keynote speakers included NSW research weekend workshop. reform: Do we need it? Minister for Education Adrian Piccoli • Clemente Australia and ACU 10-year • Bullets or beans? Annual lecture for the and Professor Craven. celebration of collaboration. Sir Paul Hasluck Foundation, featuring • The School of Nursing, Midwifery • ACU, Council of ACT Education Chancellor General Peter Cosgrove and Paramedicine hosted the Associations and Department of AC MC CNZM discussing Shall our kids Paramedicine Skills competition Foreign A airs and Trade hosted a have bullets or beans – Australia’s future in Canberra. National Press Club public lecture: security. • ACU hosted the 6th International Teaching for the future the classroom • Gifts of the Artists: exhibition of art Conference on Catholic Educational as a pathway to global citizenship. from the Warmun community. Leadership, with the theme Paradox • 2013 Blackfriars Lecture at the • Dr Patrick McCormick hosted a and possibility. Canberra Campus: A natural t: series of public lectures across ACU • Campus open days and nights. Canberra’s place as a learning campuses. Topics included: Uncovering capital with ACT Chief Minister Katy • University Experience day, giving the beauty of the stranger: resisting the Gallagher as the keynote speaker. high school students the opportunity temptation to make monsters of our to live the life of a university student • Annual Kids Conference 2013: Student neighbours, and A right to beauty – for a day and try out the degree of Presenters on using ICT in the History justice, ecology and development. their choice. Classroom. • Welcoming Karen refugees to the ‘new • Faces of East Timor exhibition. • Australian Catholic Youth Festival world’, a public lecture with Professor (ACYF) hosted at ACU’s Melbourne Susan McGrath and Duncan McLaren. • Addressing the Sacred through campus. Literature and the Arts Conference; • Panel discussion, Brisbane Campus: Perspectives on the rst 100 days of Pope • Public Lecture: Make it count: ways in Francis. With Geraldine Doogue as which parents can support the learning RECOGNITION moderator, and panellists Father Frank of primary maths. During 2013, ACU was recognised for Brennan, Jesuit Priest and leading • ACU held the Policy Issue Series: a its work in the wider community. Major polemist; the Archbishop of Brisbane, series of bipartisan seminars for all recognition has been covered in Section 1, the Most Reverend Archbishop Mark members of NSW Government. while other highlights are listed below: Coleridge; Vice-Chancellor, Professor • ACU and the Australian Catholic • ACU scored a four-star rating in all Greg Craven; and Apostolic Nuncio, Migrant and Refugee O ce hosted three crucial graduate outcomes the Most Reverend Paul Gallagher. Migration and Poverty: Exploring Ethical categories: success in getting a job, • David Malouf Symposium, Sydney. Solutions: 3rd Annual Bishop Joseph positive graduate outcomes and • The Faculty of Arts and Sciences Grech Colloquium on Ethics and graduate starting salary in The Good and CatholicCare Social Services Migration. Universities Guide to Universities, hosted a joint conference on Faith in • ACU celebrated 10 Years at the Banyo TAFEs and Higher Education Providers Marriage at Our Lady of Mercy College, Campus with Queensland Minister for 2014, and the University received Parramatta. The Most Reverend Education Hon John-Paul Langbroek four-star rankings for teaching Bishop Anthony Fisher op, Bishop of MP and General Cosgrove attending. quality, generic skills of our Parramatta delivered the Ray Reid graduates, cultural diversity and • Gift of Grace exhibition, Brisbane Memorial Lecture. Professor Craven overall student satisfaction guide. Campus. spoke on the constitutional position • ACU graduate and kindergarten of marriage. • ACU’s Melbourne Psychology and teacher Daniel Colquhoun received • Annual Social Justice Youth Forum Counselling Clinic held a development the 2013 Bob and Margaret Frater held at the Brisbane and North Sydney seminar for psychologists during Travel Scholarship, worth $10,000. National Psychology Week. campuses. • Public lecture and book launch • NSW Premier the Hon Barry O’Farrell • 25-year celebration of educating hosted by ACU Law with The launched Nick Greiner, A Political nurses at the Ballarat Campus. Honourable Michael Kirby AC, Biography, written by historian Ian • Professor Craven was a panellist on The CMG speaking on the role of the Hancock, Visiting Fellow at ACU’s Committee for Economic Development judge, and launching the book Public Policy Institute and Editorial of Australia (CEDA) – a forum to discuss Peace Operations and Restorative Fellow at the Australian Dictionary reform, research and renewal of the Justice: Groundwork for Post-con ict
Photography: Raymond Ohanesian Raymond Photography: of Biography. higher education sector. Regeneration, by Dr Peter Reddy.
Australian Catholic University Annual Report 2013 Report of operations 23 • The Faculty of Arts and Science hosted a seminar on Sustainable Development, with keynote speaker Father Eduardo Agosta Scarel O.Carm. (PhD) from Ponti cia Universidad Católica Argentina. • The Community Broadcasting Foundation awarded a Let’s Get Involved grant of $9,400 to the Faculty of Arts and Sciences. • ACU won silver in the annual CASE awards in New York, in the category of 29,999 circulation or fewer, for alum magazine. • Associate Professor Joseph Zajda (Education Victoria) was elected Fellow of the Australian College of Educators (FACE). • ACU’s Thai-Burma Program won the Mutual Development through Relationship Award at the Palms Australia 2nd Annual Solidarity Awards.
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Raheen Library, Melbourne
26 Australian Catholic University Annual Report 2013 Report of operations GENERAL INCOME AND Major projects involving New and renewed scholarships EXPENDITURE fundraising and partnerships • DOOLEYS Catholic Club, Lidcombe • ACU’s Future in Youth Program in (DOOLEYS), has partnered with ACU The full nancial statements of the Timor-Leste, run by ACU’s School of for many years and in 2013 renewed University’s operations in 2013 start Exercise Science, received signi cant its agreement for another three years. on page 80. continued support in 2013. Generous They will now annually fund eight donors for 2013 included The student undergraduate bursaries, one Federal Government funding eMerge Foundation, Toll Group, postgraduate bursary and support ACU’s main sources of revenue are the Nylec Products, Melbourne Catholic the work of IACE. The agreement over Commonwealth Government Operating Education O ce, Slade Group, three years has a value of $90,000. Grant, which is calculated from the Mr Tony Carroll AM, Nathan McLean • In March, St Vincent’s Private Hospital negotiated student load; student and ACU Libraries. Melbourne signed a new agreement fee revenue, generated largely from • The eMerge Foundation also to support Aboriginal and Torres Strait local postgraduate and international continued its very generous Islander nursing students for the feepaying students; pro t from ACUcom philanthropic support of the Barefoot next four years through an ongoing (see page 50); and investment earnings. Nurses project and the Catholic scholarship program which leads to Of the total income for the University Teachers’ College, which are projects graduate employment for four cohorts for 2013, ($370.5m), $284.7m came from of students. The agreement over four of the Institute for Advancing Federal Government Grants, including years is worth $75,000. Community Engagement (IACE) HELP. operating in Baucau, Timor-Leste. • In May, St Vincent de Paul Society NSW – Broken Bay Central Council • Faces of East Timor exhibited at the created a new group of scholarships AUSTRALIAN CATHOLIC McGlade Gallery, Strath eld Campus for Aboriginal and Torres Strait in July 2013 with the proceeds from the UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION Islander students at the Strath eld sale of the photos to bene t the Future and North Sydney campuses. The ACU Foundation was o cially launched in Youth Program in Timor-Leste. ve-year agreement will see three new in February 2013 to support student • A CU Libraries donated a portion of the students each year receive ongoing scholarships and educational projects. late fees accrued in 2013 to the Future scholarships. The $72,000 scholarship Tasked with developing partnerships in Youth in Timor-Leste and ACU Thai- program will bene t those students between ACU and corporations, Burma Program. The ACU Thai Burma planning to return to their community. community groups and alumni, it assists Program ia an initiative of the Faculty the University in its mission for justice, • The George Alexander Foundation’s of Arts and Science, providing teritary equity and the dignity of all humans. (GAF) ongoing commitment to the education to Burmese refugee and The focus areas in 2013 were student Ballarat Campus resulted in $50,000 of migrant students so that they have scholarships and bursaries, the ACU funding being awarded to scholarship hope for a brighter future. Mr Tony Thai-Burma Program and the Future and bursary recipients in 2013. in Youth Program in Timor-Leste. Carroll also supported Thai-Bruma program. Donors and supporters • The Co-op Bookshop sponsored ACU ACU relies greatly on the generous Research Three Minute Thesis (3MT) contributions of donors and supporters, throughout 2013. which are critical to the advancement • Social Justice Youth Forums for of the University and are managed by senior secondary students were held ACU Foundation. Donations support in Brisbane, Sydney and Canberra. the University’s academic initiatives, Among the many organisations and teaching and research projects, individuals invited to present were community engagement activities, Caritas Australia, Catholic Mission student scholarships and other awards. and Saint Vincent de Paul Society. Photography: (Opposite) Shannon McGrath. (Top) Tristan Velasco Tristan (Top) Shannon McGrath. (Opposite) Photography:
Australian Catholic University Annual Report 2013 Report of operations 27 ACU Foundation supporters • KS Environmental • Mr Tony Carroll AM ACU is deeply grateful for the generosity • Marketing and External Relations ACU • Mr David Curtin of friends and benefactors who, in • Moore Stephens Sydney Pty Limited • Mr Geo Damm addition to their kind support, provided • Netball Victoria • Ms Marian de Souza $790,903 in nancial contributions in 2013. • NSW Minerals Council Ltd • Miss Nada Delich ACU thanks the following businesses • Nylec Products • Mr Matt Dixon and organisations: • O ce of the Deputy Vice-Chancellor • Ms Teresa Dixon • Ash eld Catholic and Community (Students Learning & Teaching) ACU • Mr Gary Eastman Club Ltd • O ce of the Vice-Chancellor ACU • Mr John Egan • Association of Catholic School • QIEC Super • Mr Edward W Exell AM Principals Inc • Redemptorists • Mr Denis Fitzgerald • Australian Intercultural Society • Rotary Club of North Sydney Sunrise • Gill Family Foundation • Australian Nursing Federation • Rotary Club of Belvoir Wodonga • Mr John Gleeson • Australian Rugby Union • Salesians Society (VIC) • Dr Donna Gronn • Australian Taxation O ce • School of Psychology ACU • Bulldogs Leagues Club Limited • Mr Reg Howard Trading as Canterbury • Siloam Korean Presbyterian Church • Mr Paul Hoy • Cabrini Health Australia • Sisters of Charity Health Service • Mr Tim Huggins • Calvary John James Hospital • Sisters of St Joseph of the Sacred • Tram Huynh Heart Queensland • Campus Libraries ACU • Ms Dianne Kennedy • Sisters of the Good Samaritan • Campus Operations ACU • Ngwe Pwint Khin • Slade Group • Campus Travel • Mr Michel Lam • Spotless • Catholic Education O ce - Canberra • Mr Shane G Madden • St John of God Health Care and Goulburn • Mr Philip Mahony • Catholic Education O ce - Melbourne • St Mary's Cathedral Sydney • Mr John M Malone • CatholicCare - Sydney • St Vincent de Paul Society National • Ms Erica Marshall • Christian Brothers - Charing eld Council • Dr Thomas Martin • Christian Brothers - Mars eld • St Vincent de Paul Society NSW - Community Broken Bay Central Council • Mr Peter McDonald • Christian Brothers Oceania Province • St Vincent's Private Hospital • Mr Tom McKibbin Centre Melbourne • Mr Nathan McLean • Council for Australian Catholic • Strath eld Campus Student • Ms Jane McMahon Women (CACW) Association ACU • Mr John Mitchell • CPA Australia NSW Division • The Co-op Bookshop • Ms Claudia Mollidor • CPA Australia VIC Division • The eMerge Foundation • Mrs Janet M Moyle • Dominican Sisters of Eastern Australia • The George Alexander Foundation • Murray to Moyne ACU Cycling Team • DOOLEYS Lidcombe Catholic Club • Toll Group • Mr Allan Myers AO and • Faculty of Law ACU • Wexford Mrs Maria Myers AO • Flagship Communications ACU thanks the following individuals: • Ms Heather Pearsall • Graduate Women Qld Inc (AFGW) • Mrs Christine Agnew • Ms Maryellen Peppard • GreaterGood (Capital Region • Mr John Ballard • Mr Joe Perry Community Foundation) • Mr John Ballesty • Mr John Plowman • Hire a Butler • Mr Neil Blundy • Mr Stephen Reid • Institute of Industrial Arts Technology Education • Mr Christopher Callinan • Dr Gerald Rose • Institute of Sisters of Mercy of • Mr Nicholas Callinan • Ms Liz Rowe Australia and Papua New Guinea • Mr Gregory Campitelli • Ms Bernadette Steele
28 Australian Catholic University Annual Report 2013 Report of operations • Mr Patrick Stewart • Sisters of St Joseph of the Sacred • CatholicCare • Mrs Therese Thompson Heart Queensland • Christian Brothers • Mr Chris Thomson • St John of God Ballarat Hospital • Council of Australian Catholic Women • Mr Peter Vear • St Vincent de Paul Society NSW - • Country Education Foundation of Broken Bay Central Council • Ms Margaret Vider Australia • St Vincent de Paul Society National • Mr Stephen Waite • CPA Australia (NSW Division) Council • Dr Stephen Weller • CPA Australia (VIC Division) • St Vincent's Private Hospital • Diocese of Ballarat • Ms Marie Whyte Melbourne • Mr Bruno Yvanovich • Dominican Sisters of Eastern Australia • The Co-op Bookshop and the Solomon Islands • Anonymos • The eMerge Foundation • Flagship Communication • The George Alexander Foundation • Graduate Women QLD Inc SCHOLARSHIPS AND • The Joseph Byrne Estate • Mr Garry & Mrs Marie Gleeson BURSARIES • The Mater Hospital North Sydney • Hip Pocket Workwear ACU is grateful to the following • Wexford Senate • Institute of Industrial Arts & donors for their ongoing support of • Yass Valley Aged Care Ltd Technology Education scholarships and bursaries in 2013. • Marist Brothers (Sydney) Students apply for these criteria-based • Moore Stephens Sydney Pty Ltd scholarships and bursaries which o er AWARDS AND PRIZES • Mrs Janet Moyle signi cant nancial assistance to the ACU is grateful to the following donors recipients either annually or for the for their support of awards and prizes • NSW Minerals Council duration of their degree. in 2013. Outstanding students were • Order of Malta Association (VIC) • Archdiocese of Brisbane recognised by their faculty or campus for • Mr John and Mrs Barbara Ralph high achievement in the form of grants, • Australian Catholic Superannuation • Mr Malcolm Reid plaques or industry memberships. Retirement Fund • Rotary Club of Ballarat South • Agnew family • Cabrini Healthcare Australia • Salesians Society (VIC) • Mr Tony Carroll AM • Alexander family • Sisters of the Good Samaritan • Laurie Daniels family • Association of Catholic School • St Joseph's College - Hunters Hill • DOOLEYS Lidcombe Catholic Club Principals • St Vincent's Hospital (Sydney) • Dr Robert Frater AO and • Australian College of Educators • Terry Harrison family and friends Mrs Margaret Frater DSG • Australian Computer Society Inc • Gill Family Foundation (NSW Branch) • The Mathematical Association of NSW • Mr John F Gleeson AM KSG and family • Australian Council for Educational • Witt family • GreaterGood (Capital Region Leaders • Zonta Club of Sydney North Community Foundation) • Australian Council for Health, Physical • Institute of Sisters of Mercy of Education & Recreation (ACHPER) Australia and Papua New Guinea • Australian Literacy Educators' Assoc • Mr Craig Malouf • Australian Nursing Federation Award • Mr John Mitchell (VIC) • Mr Jim Murphy • Australian Psychological Society • Mr Allan Myers AO • Australian Taxation O ce • Pratt Foundation • Callinan family • Presentation Sisters Queensland • Catholic Education O ce • QIEC Super (Archdiocese Sydney) • Siloam Korean Presbyterian Church • Catholic Education O ce (Canberra • Sisters of Charity Foundation and Goulburn) • Sisters of Mercy Brisbane • Catholic Schools O ce (Diocese of
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Australian Catholic University Annual Report 2013 Report of operations 29 INFRASTRUCTURE North Sydney • The concept plan for refurbishing The North Sydney Campus completed level one of the existing North Sydney ACU has undertaken a number of new several property development projects, Campus library was completed early infrastructure developments, as well and was recognised for others, March. Stage one of the project, as upgrades to existing buildings. including: installing re doors for the staircase and opening up space for students to Brisbane • the Our Lady Seat of Wisdom Chapel, use, nished in July. Further work is Property development projects on North Sydney, completed in 2012, ongoing and is expected to be ready the Brisbane Campus in 2013 include: winning the NSW Master Builders for the beginning of semester 1, 2014. Association award for Best Tertiary • a new car park with capacity for Education Project under $3 million; • Law Liaison Librarian in Melbourne, 600 cars Jo McPherson, worked with the • the redevelopment of the 8-10 Faculty of Law to develop the legal • a new multi-purpose sports court, Berry Street, North Sydney site, to supporting both academic programs information resources to support the be completed early in 2014. The introduction of law to North Sydney and sports amenities for students, redeveloped building will provide sta and the community in 2014; and the new Liaison Librarian cross-discipline facilities for teaching, for law at North Sydney, Susan • a joint Clinic School in the research and public clinics. Shrubb, joined ACU. Mater Precinct in Woolloongabba There were no signi cant infrastructure • The library promoted its sustainability established by ACU and the developments at Ballarat, Canberra or Mater Brisbane theme for 2013 – ACU Library. Strath eld campuses in 2013. Growing. Greener – on the website, • construction has begun on Building T, and through competitions and 2 which will provide more than 5000m Infrastructure Capital Plan exhibitions. In collaboration with of additional teaching, research, and ACU developed a 10-year Infrastructure the Sustainability O ce, an energy amenities space on the Brisbane Capital Plan for 2014 to 2023, which was audit was conducted in the library, Campus. It is expected to open presented it to the Senate in 2013. The to develop goals for reducing energy Semester 1, 2015. plan incorporates the development of and paper consumption, as well as physical and virtual infrastructure for increasing recycling. Melbourne the University. It will be re ned and will • The library developed collections The Melbourne campus completed incorporate a capital funding strategy to support new courses on new several property development projects in 2014. campuses. At North Sydney: law, in 2013, and received recognition for occupational therapy, speech others, including: LIBRARIES pathology, public health, early • the Saint Mary of the Cross Square childhood and primary education. Chapel in The Daniel Mannix Building The library’s mission is to enable and At Brisbane: speech pathology and (TDMB), built in 2012, winning the enrich the teaching, learning and occupational therapy. Kevin Borland Masonry Award for research endeavours of the University. • Strath eld and North Sydney campus interior design at the Think Bricks In 2013, library sta were responsible libraries employed students as casual Awards for key achievements in support of shelvers, while Library Print Disability • the Saint Mary of the Cross Square the University’s strategic goals in four Services in Ballarat employed construction, completed in 2013, primary areas. students as proof readers and for provides open spaces for students, data entry. sta and public in the area between Enhancing student experience TDMB and Brunswick Street • The new Melbourne Campus Library • the redevelopment of 32 and 34-36 opened ahead of time and under Brunswick Street, Fitzroy, completed budget, and was o cially launched in 2013. It retained heritage facades in June, 2013. on Brunswick Street while providing modern o ce and teaching spaces • the Council of Educational Facility TABLE 1. COMPARATIVE STATISTICS 2012 2013 Planners International (CEFPI) Library Print Semester 1 Semester 1 Semester 2 Semester 2 Victorian Chapter being awarded Disability Services 2013 2012 2013 2012 a commendation to ACU’s newly Students assisted 72 54 90 40 refurbished Raheen Library, which Text books provided 143 93 140 81 includes three oors and a law collection. Readings provided 440 316 350+ 400+
30 Australian Catholic University Annual Report 2013 Report of operations • Library Print Disability Services • Library sta collaborated with volume of this full-sized facsimile (LPDS) had 90 students on the active Research Services and IT on the edition is located on each of the list, representing a range of print Australian National Data Service – campuses, while another is in the disabilities including severe vision ARK Project Steering Committee Vice-Chancellor’s o ce. impairment, physical disabilities and Operational Team. As part of • VC Stakeholder event – public lecture and cognitive disabilities. All students the project, Library sta received by Donald Jackson. The library, in received their required text books research data management training, conjunction with Father Anthony and course reading materials in and liaison librarians conducted Casamento, organised a successful readable formats recommended interviews with ACU researchers public lecture by the aforementioned by their ACU Disability Advisor. in order to identify research data Donald Jackson. The event attracted • The service also produced unit collections held at ACU. strong interest from calligraphers outlines and test-based resources • The Library’s Research Services around the country as well as the in braille for a blind student. Committee worked in collaboration media, with articles in the Sydney • Through a successful bid for funding with Research Services to organise Morning Herald and Catholic press. from the ACU Teaching Development and present a number of research • Sarah Howard represented ACU in Grant, library sta led the Leap into training workshops for ACU sta and the rst exchange of library sta with Learning (LIL) project to develop higher degree by research students. Fair eld University, Connecticut. She a dynamic, accessible online These included sessions on research spent two weeks there, while Fair eld information literacy program to data management, journal impact librarian, Joan Howard spent a week provide rst-year students with the factors, bibliographic software tools, each at the Brisbane and North searching, evaluating, synthesising, grants and funding databases, and Sydney campuses. and referencing skills needed for their improving research impact through open access, a presentation delivered • The Director, Libraries, joined four studies. The cross-unit collaboration, other senior ACU sta at the Boston also involving sta from Academic as part of International Open Access Week. College Institute for Administrators Skills and the Learning and Teaching of Catholic Higher Education, while Centre, is being fully revised for 2014. • The library implemented an Open Annette McGuiness, Canberra • In response to ACU’s new partnership Access Article Processing Charges Campus Librarian, was nominated with the Adelaide Archdiocese, library policy to support open access to attend the Mission Integration sta visited Catholic Theological publishing by ACU authors. Institute in San Diego, California. College and drew up plans for the • An ISBN allocation service for ACU • Other community engagement delivery of a remote library service to publications was developed, and activities supported by the library ACU’s new students and sta there will be managed by the library’s included: research support sta . • The library moved to a cloud-based - Bridges to Higher Education solution for its Discovery Service, Catholic Identity and Mission program to boost the number of Library Search, resulting in improved students from low socio-economic response time and greater reliability. • Launch of The Saint John's Bible: A backgrounds participating at • The e-book collection increased by Contemporary Illuminated Manuscript. university. six per cent to 189,096 and the In October, all ACU campuses hosted - Australia’s biggest morning tea, e-journal collection by 14 per cent an event to launch The Saint John's raising funds for cancer research, to 108,923. Bible, the rst bible to have been prevention and support services. commissioned by a Benedictine Research and knowledge transfer Abbey since the invention of the - RU OK Day and Harmony Day • In compliance with the Excellence printing press. - ACU Vinnies Emergency Food in Research for Australia, the In 1998, Saint John's Abbey Cupboard for students and deliver Library and ACU Research Services and a University in Minnesota food to the homeless from the ACU collaborated on ACU Research Bank, commissioned calligrapher Donald Vinnies Van on a monthly basis. an online institutional repository that Jackson to produce a handwritten, - Blanket knitting for wrapped with showcases ACU sta peer-reviewed hand-illuminated Bible, which was love, a charity organisation in research outputs. Almost 700 new completed in May 2011. Australia. ACU sta publications and more than The Saint John’s Bible is divided • The Library Print Disability 400 theses by ACU higher degree by into seven volumes and ACU was Service converted the anniversary research students were uploaded to the rst institution in the southern publication for Canberra Campus the repository. hemisphere to acquire the Heritage To learn to teach to an audio le for Edition of the Saint John’s bible. One a Sister with vision impairment. Photography: Huy Nguyen Photography:
Australian Catholic University Annual Report 2013 Report of operations 31 • The library donated a portion resources while authoring or editing Environmental sustainability of nes to: a Learning Environment Online commitments page. It also manages copyright - ACU Foundation Thai-Burma The rst phase of ACU’s sustainability compliance across ACU’s online Border and Future for Youth, framework commits it to the sustainable learning environment, and Timor-Leste projects; and management of its facilities. This automates the electronic usage commitment is expressed as a set of - Caritas Philippines Typhoon reports for future Copyright resource e ciency goals for water, Haiyan project. Agency monitoring periods. energy and waste. Enhancing services Energy: A ve per cent reduction in • Ingram Coutts became the new IT INFRASTRUCTURE energy consumption per sq metre of Gross Floor Area (GFA) by end 2014, library supplier for monographs, With campuses in four states and the compared to the 2011 baseline. e-books and ancillary services, ACT, ACU makes extensive use of video with a goal to improve services and phone conferencing, as well as Water: A ve per cent reduction in by reducing costs, expanding the online materials for administrative, water consumption per sq metre of collection, automating the selection faculty and university relations GFA by end 2014, compared to the and acquisition processes, and taking purposes, and for wider discussions and 2011 baseline. delivery of shelf-ready items. forums. These facilities are also used for Waste: By end 2014 ACU will recycle • The RFID (radio frequency ID) professional development programs for 20 per cent of all waste generated. implementation has been completed sta and for e-learning. in all libraries, with the physical • Some courses are taught entirely Environmental performance collection fully RFID-tagged, and online, while on-campus courses have The University has substantially self-checkout machines and security access to the Learning Environment exceeded its resource e ciency goals, gates installed. This will lead to Online (LEO) to supplement face-to- with available data showing that by the signi cant improvement in the face teaching. end of 2012, ACU had reduced its energy quality and response time of library • Virtual classroom technology is used consumption by nine per cent per sq services. It places ACU Library at the to break down distance barriers. metre, and its water consumption by forefront in service innovation, and 19 per cent per sq metre, compared to • A customer relationship we join a small but growing number 2011. Meanwhile, by June 2013, ACU management program is used for of academic and research libraries had diverted 42 per cent of its waste prospective student campaigns, worldwide that have implemented from land ll. this technology. event management and donor management. • The new library after-hours facility Embedding sustainability in Melbourne was well received and specications in service contracts used by the students, with about 2,500 ENVIRONMENTAL ACU has advanced its program to people using it after hours during SUSTAINABILITY embed sustainability in the University’s semester 2. A similar facility will be normal operations through the inclusion open in semester 1, 2014, in Ballarat ACU is committed to reducing the of sustainability speci cations in the with the help of Campus Ops and IT. environmental impact of its operations cleaning contracts for Melbourne, • Using a $50,000 grant from the and to integrating sustainability with North Sydney, Strath eld and Canberra Student Services and Amenities Fees its teaching, research and community campuses. The speci cations, including funding, the library launched an engagement. using environmentally safe cleaning e-book leisure reading collection on The University’s fundamental concern methods and daytime cleaning to a platform called Overdrive (acu.lib. for justice, equity and the dignity of reduce energy consumption will overdrive.com). Part of the Library’s all human beings aligns ACU with the particularly assist those campuses misson is to encourage a love of concerns that underlie the concept to reduce energy consumption and reading and the collection has more of sustainability: that environmental improve indoor environmental quality, than 1,200 e-books and audio books. degradation impacts most heavily for the bene t of sta and student The copyright database was migrated on the poor and vulnerable, and that wellbeing. to a new platform – EQUELLA-CAL, current generations must ensure future which enables academic sta generations have su cient resources to create links to online reading to meet their needs.
32 Australian Catholic University Annual Report 2013 Report of operations Auditing and environmental data to a conventional building of the furniture have minimal or no volatile management same size and purpose. The building organic compound emissions, to also provides a high-quality indoor improve the indoor air quality for The University completed several environment for sta and students, the sta and students. The adjacent environmental audits, including: with large quantities of daylight and external decking also uses a recycled • an Australian-standard energy fresh air available throughout the plastic product with greater longevity audit that identi ed more than building. and lower maintenance requirements 100 potential projects to reduce • The refurbished Raheen Library, than wood. ACU’s energy consumption Melbourne Campus, has features that • Melbourne Campus is removing the • a water-appliance audit that maximise air quality, noise abatement, HVAC system in the lecture theatres examined the e ciency and and natural light, and deliver high and replacing it with an e cient condition of the water appliances levels of energy e ciency. split-system anticipated to reduce on every campus, to inform • 10 Berry Street, North Sydney Campus HVAC-related energy consumption decision making on future priorities by approximately 25 per cent. for appliance maintenance and refurbishment aims to provide high • A new roof membrane was installed replacement levels of indoor environmental quality, reduce energy and water use, in the Melbourne Campus main • multiple waste audits to provide and enable occupants and users to building in early 2013 to reduce the insights into the quantity and types commute by bicycle. building’s core temperature by up to of waste generated on ACU 14 degrees on days of extreme heat. • The 115 Victoria Parade plant campuses, enabling detailed The membrane will also substantially upgrade, Melbourne Campus, measurement of progress on improve the building’s heat retention includes highly e cient chillers and a strategic waste goals. on cold days. boiler that has reduced the building's Environmentally sustainable water consumption, and will • In early 2013, Brisbane Campus established an on-site composting design specications in major substantially improve the building’s energy e ciency and reduce its HVAC facility that allows the campus to re- projects and minor works maintenance liability over a long use up to 350 cubic metres of campus The ACU Properties directorate has period of time. garden waste previously land lled. supported, as well as led, the University’s • Building T, Brisbane Campus, is e orts to increase the sustainability of Waste and recycling designed to achieve a minimum it's built environment. Environmentally 4-Star Green Star (Education) rating, infrastructure and services sustainable design (ESD) speci cations indicating best practice in sustainable The University is recycling more than are now included in all major projects design. 40 per cent of the total amount of waste and minor works undertaken on ACU that it generates – a rate more than • The renovation of the former campuses. Examples of projects in each double that of the previous year. Two residential properties at 34 – 36 of those categories are listed below. key reasons for this improvement are Brunswick Street, Melbourne Campus, The directorate is committed to the the large increase of 500 more waste has delivered high levels of indoor inclusion of ESD speci cations in the and recycling bins distributed across environmental quality, to maximise design, management and maintenance the University, and the extended range productivity and well-being, as well of ACU’s buildings because it recognises of waste and recycling services that are as energy and water-e cient ttings that those speci cations are essential now provided on each campus. not only to minimise buildings’ The University is now able to recycle or operational costs but to maximise Environmentally sustainable design in ACU minor works re-use the most common categories of sta and student productivity. waste generated on campus, with the • Melbourne Campus replaced exception of food-waste. Environmentally sustainable ine cient halogen lighting in its main design in ACU major projects building and in the Christ and Mercy • The Daniel Mannix Building (TDMB), Lecture Theatres with highly e cient Melbourne Campus, received a 6-star LED lighting anticipated to reduce Green Star (Education) design rating, lighting-related energy consumption indicating world-leading sustainable by more than 70 per cent. design. This design is expected to • The Strath eld atrium refurbishment reduce the building’s greenhouse incorporates sensors to maximise gas emissions by around 55 per fresh air cooling, and ventilation to cent, and its water consumption by minimise demand for mechanical
Photography: Bonnie Liang Photography: more than 550,000 litres compared air-conditioning. The carpets and
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34 Australian Catholic University Annual Report 2013 Report of operations THE ACADEMIC BOARD As part of the assessment, all registered THE GOOD UNIVERSITIES higher education providers were The Academic Board is a standing required to complete a broad-based GUIDE 2014 committee of the University Senate. survey. The University gathered input The 2014 edition of the Good The Academic Board is responsible for from key stakeholders and incorporated Universities Guide (released late 2013) all academic matters relating to the them in the response, submitted to gave ACU a high four stars for cultural University and will advise Senate and TEQSA in May 2013. diversity of the student body. Almost the Vice-Chancellor on all developments 400 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander and initiatives, including quality, relating TEQSA Risk Assessment students and 3,000 international to the University’s teaching and research TEQSA undertakes annual regulatory students study at ACU across all activities. risk assessments for monitoring six faculties. The Academic Board is responsible to purposes, in response to emerging ACU also received four stars for: the Senate. Members include the Vice- information and as part of the re- • sta quali cations Chancellor, Provost, Chief Operating registration process. O cer, the Deputy Vice-Chancellors, • success in getting a job (for In June 2013, TEQSA completed its under- and postgraduate students) the Chair of Academic Board, the Chair nal risk assessment of ACU, drawing of Campus Board, the Executive Deans on information collected through its • graduate starting salary of Faculties, two Professorial Academic 2012 provider information request, (for under- and postgraduates) Sta members, two non-Professorial other national data collections and • positive graduate outcomes Academic Sta members, the Academic information supplied as part of ACU's (for undergraduates). Registrar, the Executive Director, application for Commonwealth Register International, the Director of Identity of Institutions and Courses for Overseas and Mission, the Director, Libraries, Students (CRICOS) re-registration. ALTERNATIVE ENTRY the Academic Director, the Director, PROGRAMS Learning and Teaching, an external professor, an Aboriginal and Torres Strait ORGANISATIONAL UNIT The University has developed exible Islander representative, and the Student entry programs to o er the bene ts member of Senate. REVIEWS of tertiary education more broadly. The objectives of the Bradley review The Academic Board was established in As part of the University’s quality underpin our enrolment aims. October 1991 and meets ve times a year. management system, organisational units take part in a continual cycle of review and improvement. accessACU TEQSA UPDATE The Planning, Quality and Risk Committee accessACU is among the exible entry is responsible for establishing the schemes helping the University achieve The Tertiary Education Quality the government’s target of 40 per cent and Standards Agency (TEQSA) schedule of organisational unit reviews, normally on a ve-year cycle of 25 to 34-year-olds in Australia being has completed its second year of university-educated by 2025. operation as the national regulator (up to a maximum of seven years). It adds bonus points to current Year 12 for higher education providers. During Additional reviews are also undertaken students’ ATARs for their application this time, the breadth and depth of in response to strategic opportunities to ACU, based on a number of factors, TEQSA’s regulatory functions have identi ed through the University’s including: evolved, particularly in its approach academic and business practices, and to compliance, quality and risk potential issues identi ed through the • completion of subjects relevant to the assessments. TEQSA also introduced University’s risk management framework. course to be studied its international strategy in 2012 to • geographic proximity to one of our promote awareness of Australia’s 2013 Organisational unit reviews campuses regulatory approach through its There were organisational unit reviews • educational, socio-economic or rural relations with overseas regulatory in 2013 for the Centre for Indigenous disadvantage experienced in Year 11 and quality assurance agencies. Education and Research, the Faculty or 12 of Theology and Philosophy and the • schools which have been designated TEQSA Quality Assessment Faculty of Business. Reviews planned as being disadvantaged. During 2013, TEQSA conducted its rst for 2014 include ACU International, ACU quality assessment, focusing on the Engagement, Properties and the Institute University’s third party arrangements. for Advancing Community Engagement. Photography: (Oposit) Tristan Velasco. (Top) Bonnie Liang (Top) Velasco. (Oposit) Tristan Photography:
Australian Catholic University Annual Report 2013 Report of operations 35 ACUgate Equity Pathways assessed on demonstrated capacity • Evocca College - Pathways to arts and Equity Pathways continues to conduct and potential for tertiary study before social science courses and expand its operations with partners completion of Year 12. • Healthcare Chaplaincy Council of through its ACUgate programs and • EAP for non-school leavers recognises Victoria - Pathway to undergraduate its support of university projects achievements, including professional counselling course and community involvement, and funded through the Higher Education • LaTrobe College of Art and Design makes early o ers to successful non- Participation and Partnership Program - Pathway to undergraduate visual arts school leaver applicants. (HEPPP). and design course • the Aboriginal and Torres Strait The Widening Participation agenda, • PALMS Australia - Cooperation on Islander Access Scheme provides which underpins Equity Pathways student international development operations, requires that all Australian assistance through ACU’s Indigenous studies immersion experience public universities increase enrolments of Support Units. students from low socio-economic status • the Elite Athlete Program gives • Parenting Research Centre (SES) backgrounds, regional and rural consideration to applicants whose Melbourne - Agreement to collaborate backgrounds, Aboriginal and Torres Strait high-level competition in sport has on clinical training and research Islander students and early school leavers had an impact on their academic projects – all traditionally under-represented in results, but who are regarded as • Radboud University Nijmegen, higher education. having the ability to combine Netherlands - Agreement to In order to achieve the goals associated sporting ambitions with successful collaborate in research, particularly in with this agenda, ACU’s Equity Pathways academic study. psychology unit has formalised partnerships with • mid-year entry is a popular option • S KEMA Business School Paris, 120 schools in Queensland, Victoria, for undergraduate and postgraduate France - Pathway to undergraduate Australian Capital Territory, New South students, both local and international, environmental science course Wales, Tasmania and the Northern and is available in an increasing • TAFE Meadowbank - Pathway Territory. This is an increase from 40 number of courses. nationwide in 2011 and 105 in 2012, with to undergraduate business and • the University is investing in mutually communication studies at least two ACUgate programs operating bene cial pathway partnerships with in each school. the Vocational Education and Training • VOICE Australia - Cooperation on Meanwhile, the Principal’s (VET) sector and TAFE, and is working international development studies Recommendation Program has grown to strengthen its relationships with immersion experience substantially from ve students in 2011 schools and workforce groups. • York University Toronto, Canada - and 91 in 2012 to 115 in 2013. This • The Regional School Bonus allows Agreement to collaborate on research program enables students who have applicants from rural and regional and refugee education. experienced educational and social schools to automatically receive disadvantage during their secondary bonus ATAR points. Faculty of Health Sciences school years to gain alternative access to • Three clinical schools were opened ACU. They must complete Year 12, but the and blessed during 2013: ATAR is not the only criteria for selection. NEW MEMORANDA OF - Mater Hospital, Brisbane, QLD They are recommended for university UNDERSTANDING AND study by their principal in consultation - St John of God, Ballarat, VIC PARTNERSHIPS with the ACU Equity Pathways o cer - St Vincent’s Private Hospital, working with that school. Throughout • In 2013, the University negotiated a Melbourne, VIC. their time at ACU, these students are credit transfer arrangement between • ACU Health Clinic, Brisbane Campus, supported and monitored so that they ACU and TAFE NSW-Illawarra Institute. are given every opportunity to complete opened November 2013. their studies happily and successfully. Faculty of Arts and Sciences • New partnerships were established with: Other ACU pathways • Academia International - Pathways to arts and social science courses - St John of God Health Care, • ACU’s Early Achievers’ Program (EAP) for a Professor of Nursing for school leavers recognises the • Antipodeans Abroad - Cooperation achievements of applicants, including on international development studies - Victorian Aboriginal Community their community involvement, by immersion experience Controlled Health Organisation making an early provisional o er to • Australia Education Academy - - Higher Degree Research successful applicants. Prospective Pathways to arts and social science Scholarship agreement with Tongji students who apply under EAP are courses University, Shanghai, China.
36 Australian Catholic University Annual Report 2013 Report of operations Faculty of Education • Bachelor of Commerce/Bachelor of • Graduate Certi cate in Mental Health Expanding currently existing Laws – North Sydney – Brisbane, Melbourne, North Sydney partnership arrangements: • Bachelor of Early Childhood • Graduate Certi cate in Mental Health • Eastern Ranges School to o er Autism Education (Birth to Five Years) – (Nursing) – Brisbane, Melbourne, Spectrum Studies specialisation in Brisbane North Sydney the Master of Education • Bachelor of Education (Early • Graduate Certi cate in Negotiation – North Sydney • CEO Broken Bay – Delivery of a Childhood and Primary) – North professional development workshop Sydney • Graduate Certi cate in Supply Chain Inclusive Education Project • Bachelor of Education (Primary) – Management – online • CEO Sydney – Delivery of a North Sydney • Graduate Diploma in Commerce – professional learning program and • Bachelor of Exercise Science/Bachelor Brisbane, Melbourne, North Sydney pathway into the ACU Master of of Business Administration – Brisbane, • Graduate Diploma in High Education degree Melbourne, North Sydney and Performance Sport – Melbourne, Strath eld New partnerships being forged: online • Bachelor of Exercise Science/ • GoodStart Early Learning Centre- • Graduate Diploma in Information Bachelor of Public Health – Brisbane, for delivery of our Bachelor of Early Technology – Brisbane, Melbourne Melbourne, North Sydney and Childhood Education (Birth to Five • Graduate Diploma in Mental Health – Strath eld Years) Brisbane, Melbourne, North Sydney • Bachelor of Information Technology – • Graduate Diploma in Mental Health Brisbane, Melbourne Faculty of Theology and (Nursing) – Brisbane, Melbourne, Philosophy • Bachelor of Laws – North Sydney North Sydney • Deed of Agreement for the provision • Bachelor of Laws (Graduate Entry) – • Graduate Diploma in Supply Chain of theological education in the Melbourne, North Sydney Management – online Archdiocese of Adelaide • Bachelor of Laws/Bachelor of Global • Master of Commerce – Brisbane, Studies – North Sydney Melbourne, North Sydney NEW COURSES • Bachelor of Teaching/Bachelor of Arts • Master of Early Childhood Education (Humanities) – Canberra During the year, the following courses – Melbourne, online were approved by Senate and their • Bachelor of Teaching/Bachelor of Arts • Master of High Performance Sport – curriculum plans by the Academic (Mathematics) – Canberra Melbourne, online Board: • Bachelor of Teaching/Bachelor of Arts • Master of Information Technology – • Bachelor of Accounting and Finance – (Visual Arts) – Melbourne Brisbane, Melbourne, North Sydney Brisbane, Melbourne, North Sydney • Bachelor of Theology – Canberra • Master of Leadership – Melbourne, • Bachelor of Applied Public Health/ • Bachelor of Theology/Bachelor of online Bachelor of Global Studies – Brisbane, Global Studies – Brisbane • Master of Mental Health – Brisbane, Melbourne, North Sydney and • Bachelor of Theology/Bachelor of Melbourne, North Sydney Strath eld Laws – Strath eld • Master of Mental Health (Nursing) – • Bachelor of Arts/Bachelor of Global • Graduate Certi cate in Commerce – Brisbane, Melbourne, North Sydney Studies – Brisbane Brisbane, Melbourne, North Sydney • Master of Supply Chain Management • Bachelor of Arts/Bachelor of Laws – • Graduate Certi cate in Counselling – – online North Sydney Brisbane, Melbourne • Master of Teaching (Early Childhood, • Bachelor of Business Administration/ • Graduate Certi cate in High Birth to Five Years) – online Bachelor of Global Studies – Brisbane Performance Sport – online, • Postgraduate Certi cate in Religious • Bachelor of Business Administration/ Melbourne Education – online Bachelor of Laws – North Sydney • Graduate Certi cate in Information • Postgraduate Diploma in Professional • Bachelor of Commerce – Strath eld Technology – Brisbane, Melbourne Psychology – Melbourne • Bachelor of Commerce/Bachelor of • Graduate Certi cate in Leadership • Postgraduate Diploma in Psychology Global Studies – Brisbane and Catholic Culture – North Sydney – Strath eld Photography: Tristan Velasco Tristan Photography:
Australian Catholic University Annual Report 2013 Report of operations 37 COURSE REVIEWS In addition to customised programs, Executive Education leads a number Bachelor of Arts of specialist award programs, including Bachelor of Arts (Business and Graduate Certi cates in Management Communication Studies) of Not-for-Pro t Organisations and Bachelor of Psychological Science Negotiation, among others, delivered in-house for clients. Bachelor of Teaching/Bachelor of Arts Looking forward, 2014 promises to be Certi cate in Religious Education a year of consolidation with the Diploma in Liberal Studies re-launch of the Executive Education- Graduate Certi cate in Leadership managed CPD online portal, Healthcare and Catholic Culture Hub; an intensi ed focus on the delivery of customised leadership programs in Graduate Certi cate in Religious our specialty elds and the rollout of Education our graduate certi cates in new markets Graduate Diploma in Religious Australia-wide. Education Master of Education Master of Nursing (Practice Inquiry) Master of Teaching (Primary) Master of Teaching (Primary)/Graduate Certi cate in Religious Education Postgraduate Certi cate in Education
EXECUTIVE EDUCATION ACU Executive Education works with senior managers and executives from a range of organisations in the health, education, government and corporate sectors including Accor Hotels, the NSW O ce of Environment and Heritage and TAFE NSW. Working with clients to understand what leadership and functional capabilities they need to achieve their organisational strategies and objectives, ACU Executive Education then customises development programs to ll these gaps. Since inception in late 2011, Executive Education has been very successful in winning commonwealth and state government tenders, including the successful implementation of a nationwide series of programs for the Commonwealth Department of Social Services to prepare more than 500 disability service providers for the changes introduced under the National Disability Insurance Scheme.
38 Australian Catholic University Annual Report 2013 Report of operations Photography: Tristan Velasco Tristan Photography:
Australian Catholic University Annual Report 2013 Report of operations 39 six STUDENTS
40 Australian Catholic University Annual Report 2013 Report of operations STUDENT STATISTICS 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013
Total students (enrolments) 18,507 20,534 22,853 24,384 26,161 Equivalent full-time students 12,978.0 14,739.1 16,715.7 17,884.9 19,146.4
Enrolments by state/territory NSW 6,982 7,652 8,536 9,006 9,451 Victoria 5,992 6,661 7,577 8,332 9,054 Queensland 2,984 3,518 4,088 4,562 4,929 ACT 810 789 778 951 1,028 Virtual (o campus) 1,739 1,914 1,874 1,533 1,699
Enrolments by faculty Arts and Sciences 4,739 2,966 3,454 3,559 3,633 Business – 2,407 2,848 2,811 2,751 Education 6,827 7,585 8,227 8,714 8,978 Health Sciences 5,531 6,097 6,801 7,818 9,150 Law – – – – 146 Theology and Philosophy 514 510 515 508 485 Combined Schools 288 303 320 345 396 Research Services 355 383 440 470 472 International Tertiary Pathways and 253 283 248 159 150 Study Abroad
Enrolments by course level Higher-degree research 355 383 440 470 472 Higher-degree coursework 2,124 2,400 2,657 2,866 2,815 Postgraduate coursework 2,069 2,051 2,003 1,961 2,235 Bachelor 12,586 14,298 16,424 17,933 19,492 Other undergraduate 829 818 767 473 380 Non-award 544 584 562 681 767
Enrolments by subset Female 13,414 14,865 16,513 17,661 18,882 Male 5,093 5,669 6,340 6,723 7,279 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander 342 337 390 388 397 Full-time 10,888 12,643 14,315 17,571 18,940 International 3,652 3,893 3,932 3,320 2,969 Photography: (Opposite) Bonnie Liang. (Top) Tristan Velasco Tristan (Top) Bonnie (Opposite) Liang. Photography:
Australian Catholic University Annual Report 2013 Report of operations 41 STUDENT ENROLMENTS BY AGE • social work student Felix Machiridza, • thir ty-eight nursing students from a Zimbabwean journalist living in North Sydney and Canberra – plus four 2011 2012 2013 Australia under a protection visa, paramedicine students from Canberra, 19 and under 6,600 7,526 8,221 received a scholarship from Canberra travelled with seven sta to Port Vila, Refugee Support in recognition of Vanuatu, as part of an international 20 to 24 8,028 8,338 9,207 UN World Refugee Day. study tour. The paramedicine students 25 to 29 2,948 3,010 3,066 • Kate-Lynd Sinatambou completed a assisted the Promedical Service, while 30 to 39 2,578 2,747 2,914 year-long internship at Walt Disney half the nursing students were placed at the hospital and the other half 40 to 49 1,693 1,739 1,762 World Resort in Orlando. The Disney International College Program is a helped with school health checks 50 to 59 835 862 824 highly-competitive program o ered in North Efate. 60 and above 171 162 167 to a limited number of international • ten nursing students from North Total 22,853 24,384 26,161 students. Sydney and Canberra experienced • Chancellor General Peter Cosgrove life in rural NSW, travelling to Broken presented Dr Karen McLean with the Hill and Wilcannia for community STUDENT ACHIEVEMENTS 2011 ACU Award for Excellence in a placements in primary health care PhD Thesis. The award, presented at centres. • in addition to the University’s own the Ballarat graduation ceremony, • Lay Lay Moo (pictured on page 43), scholarship awards, in 2013 ACU encourages and rewards high- students held 12 Commonwealth a rst-year Bachelor of Nursing quality research by doctoral scholars. student at the Brisbane Campus Education Costs Scholarships, two Dr McLean’s thesis was entitled Commonwealth Accommodation won the 2013 Student Award A Story of Early Years Educators’ for Outstanding Community Scholarships and 20 Institution Experiences of Technology and Literacy Engagement for her work as co- Equity Scholarships. in Early Years Learning Environments. ordinator with Footsteps for Burma. • in 2013, ACU students took part in • Lesley Jones, higher degree research • ACU Ballarat student Taryn Darlow competitions, events and community student, was announced runner-up for shared her pathway to university initiatives in Australia and overseas. the 22nd European Early Childhood story on the Australian Government’s • Georgia Corrie was selected as Education Research Association “Opening Doors to University” one of ve nursing students from conference in Portugal as the Student website. universities around Australia for Researcher of the Year award. the 2013 Emerging Nurse Leader • Kimberly Mercuri (Arts and Sciences) • Ms Andrea McLean (Bachelor of program. An initiative of the represented ACU at the University of Nursing) took part in the Australia- Australian College of Nursing, the Western Sydney in the Trans-Tasman India Institute study tour to India. program identi es nursing students nal of the Three Minute Thesis. • Samantha Herdman and Michael with a commitment to leadership in • Bachelor of Theology (Honours) Carayannis represented ACU at the the healthcare industry. Participants four-day National Student Leadership have access to a ve-year fully funded student Glen Veitch from Canberra won rst prize in the 2013 ACU Forum on Faith and Values in program of professional development Canberra. in clinical, educational, academic and Oratory Competition nal, and also research settings – with support from collected the People’s Choice Award. • ACU won its rst Universiade gold highly skilled mentors. • Social Work PhD student Nicamil medal with Madison Wilson winning the 200m backstroke, as well as the • Tracey Edwards and Lavinia Rossiter Sanchez was sponsored to attend silver medal in the 100m backstroke were both recognised for dedication the 42nd Annual Conference of and a bronze in the 50m backstroke to their community with an exclusive British Society of Gerontology, at the 27th Universiade in Kazan, teaching scholarship worth $25,000. hosted by the Oxford Institute Awarded to one person from each of Ageing community. Russia. state, the Governor-General’s • Seven ACU exercise science • Meg Lanning (Bachelor of Exercise Indigenous Student Scholarship students and three sta travelled Science) at the Melbourne Campus aims to assist and support Aboriginal to Timor-Leste to conduct a coach and Rachael Haynes (Bachelor of and Torres Strait Islander university education program for 55 volunteer Marketing) at the North Sydney students obtain a teaching degree. In coaches, as part of the Future in Campus represented the Australian return they act as role models in their Youth community capacity building cricket team (Southern Stars) against local communities. program. England in the women’s Ashes Series.
42 Australian Catholic University Annual Report 2013 Report of operations • Lucy Trembearth (Bachelor of Exercise • overseas teaching and the Summer • the Faculty of Health Science's nursing, and Sports Science) represented School program. midwifery and paramedicine students’ Australia in the 2013 Under 21 community engagement spanned lightweight women's single scull and the globe including rural and regional the lightweight mixed double scull STUDENTS IN THE Australia, Vanuatu, China, Timor-Leste at the Trans-Tasman Regatta in New COMMUNITY and the Philippines. Zealand. The Under 21 Australian ACU students are active in the • 2’ s Company Youth Mentoring rowing team won the Rusty Program supported young people, Robertson Trophy. communities in which they live and study. Community involvement many from housing estates near ACU’s • Jess Ashwood (Bachelor of Teaching/ highlights in 2013: Melbourne Campus, who may be Bachelor of Arts), Strath eld, considered to be vulnerable or at risk. • students from all campuses helped represented Australia in the 2013 FINA • students engaged with children World Championships in Barcelona, create equity in education by tutoring and mentoring vulnerable children and families from disadvantaged reaching the semi- nal of the 800m backgrounds at the Nano Nagle and freestyle. and youth in ACU’s community-based homework support programs. Edmund Rice Camps. • Maggie Graham took out the 2013 • Three-Minute Thesis (3MT) Ballarat Campus Photography • Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander competition assisted postgraduate Exhibition People’s Choice Award and student mentoring program in students in developing academic First place in the colour category of Menindee Central School, Enterprise and research communication skills. the competition. Park, engaged school-age students in coaching for maximum potential • a student representative attended • Martin Grinder, Shanay, and another and young leadership programs in the Australian and South East Asia student, who chose to remain Broken Hill. Catholic Colleges and Universities anonymous, won the ACU writing (ASEACCU) Conference, with the competition that asked students to • Bachelor of Visual Arts and Design theme New Ardor, New Method, share a story to raise awareness of student (Strath eld) Abigail Atienza New Expression: The Mission of the importance of asking ‘R U OK?’ was commissioned to paint a mural on the wall of the Chalmers Road Catholic Higher Education for Public School. New Evangelization at the Catholic STUDENT EXPERIENCE University of Korea. • students from the Fitzroy community Student extracurricular life includes: joined Hearts in Harmony, an • students undertook the Jane • Campus Ministry programs innovative and inclusive music and Goodall Institute’s “Live the Change choir community engagement event. Challenge” – a fundraising initiative • ACU Games, in which six campuses that encourages people to take three compete across sporting • Bachelor of Education students taught simple actions every day, for 21 days, competitions primary and secondary students at the that will help make the world a • partnerships with international Arep School in Sola, Vanuatu. better place. universities o ering exchange • higher degree research students • ACU students and sta went on opportunities carried out research on human rights a pilgrimage to the 2013 World • student representative committees, as constructed and understood Youth Day in Brazil. clubs, sporting teams, choirs, by African families from refugee • students travelled to Florence to dramatic and musical groups backgrounds, and on the e ects of complete ACU’s Core Curriculum • World Youth Day and Holy Land spirituality on children and youth living in restrictive settings. with a unit of study through pilgrimages Fair eld University and to work with • Gold Duke of Edinburgh Award • many ACU Aboriginal and Torres Misericordia, an organisation that program Strait Islander students are members provides support to the marginalised, of Aboriginal Education Consultants’ aged and refugees in the city. • Student Ambassador program, Group (AECG) and engage with working at recruitment and public communities, schools and education • sta and students from the Sydney, relations events providers as well as being on the Brisbane and Melbourne campuses • the Faculty of Health Science's boards of these institutions to change took part in ACU’s 2013 Holy Land community engagement programs education for Aboriginal children. pilgrimage. The 16-day guided tour such as the Future in Youth Program, throughout Israel and Jordan was an which teaches leadership, health and initiative of the Directorate of Identity life skills through soccer in Baucau, and Mission. are a hallmark of ACU’s mission and
Photography: Peter Waddington Peter Photography: identity
Australian Catholic University Annual Report 2013 Report of operations 43 • students from the Faculty of Arts OTHER STUDENT SERVICES seen as easy, convenient and e cient, and Sciences participated in a Venice facilitating communication between study tour, centering on the 55th The Student Engagement and sta and students. They also enjoy its Venice Biennale of Art. Dr Uros Cvoro Services unit works to develop new value in enabling units to be improved, and Lachlan Warner from Visual Arts and improved student services and or for changes to be made, in the future. amenities supported by the Student and Design led the tour, together To support the introduction of LEO, text- Services and Amenities fee (SSAF). with Narelle Fabien from the O ce matching software for student and sta In 2013, these included: of Student Success. use was implemented, the Academic • Bachelor of International • the launch of Student Legal Integrity policy updated, and training Development Studies students and Tax Advice services and resources o ered. Hannah Bouchier and Georgia • implementation of a national health Meanwhile, the Learning and Teaching Ferguson, and Bachelor of Arts and tness classes program; and Centre and a number of teaching student Jessica Issa, were sponsored the re-building of the processes and teams developed short pre-lecture by ACU to travel to the 4th University culture for Australian University Sport videos to supplement on-campus Scholars Leadership Symposium held representation. teaching activities and support student in Manila, Philippines. preferences for other learning formats. • ACU Visual Arts and Design students Living and Learning produced the cover designs and Communities initiatives: Other learning initiatives layout for The Australian Catholic • Implementation of Living and included: Bishops annual statement on Learning Communities strategy • the development and Migrants and Refugees. The front within ACU student accommodation implementation of new resources cover design is based on the theme • Partnership with a developer and strategies – including the 2013 Migrations: Pilgrimages of Faith and to construct a 154-bed student Assessment Prize, webinars and Hope. residence in Camperdown, Sydney, workshops – to raise awareness of • the ACU Strath eld Choir, directed by to open in 2014 the new ACU Assessment policy Dr Clare Johnson and accompanied • Leased accommodation in Canberra • trial of a half-day orientation of by Dr Jonathan Tan, performed at learning and teaching at ACU for nine major performances during • Improvements to the Ballarat new academic sta residences 2013. • nearly 100 sta enrolling in ACU’s • ACUSmart’s Student2student • improvements to campus amenities nationally accredited teaching on-campus mentoring program. such the refurbishment of campus quali cation, the Graduate Certi cate lounges; the opening of gyms in in Higher Education, with 25 sta Melbourne and Brisbane (outdoor); successfully completing the course STUDENT SUCCESS and the installation of bike lockers. during the year The O ce of Student Success o ers • the O ce for Learning and Teaching support through such initiatives as: ENHANCING LEARNING awarding ACU sta four grants and academic skills advisers, online resources AND TEACHING two citations in 2013 and publications; advice about campus • Awards and Grants team o ering life; support for student associations; a support and feedback to all grant student advocacy service; counselling Online learning applicants services; equity and disability support; Managed by the Learning and Teaching • other special projects for 2013 and career services, including the Centre, the Learning Environment including the rollout of academic online job board ACU CareerHub and Online (LEO) system, introduced in 2012, integrity tool, Turnitin and the Student Jobs on Campus program. continues to evolve and support both iThenticate; the development of Campus Life fosters an inclusive and online and face-to-face learning and new resources for the assessment vibrant student community through teaching. Short videos and webinars masterpage to support the activities and events, clubs and support enabled sta on and o campus to implementation of the new associations. receive training on, as well as interaction ACU Assessment Policy; and the Other programs provide pre-enrolment with, the new system and more than establishment of an Integrated courses to prepare students for tertiary 500 sta attended LEO professional Academic English Language and study and speci c support units at each development workshops during the year. Literacy (IAELL) project to support campus for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Student feedback shows that they English language pro ciency Islander students. appreciate the online format, which was development across the University.
44 Australian Catholic University Annual Report 2013 Report of operations EQUITY AND DIVERSITY The focus areas are support for • collaborating with Scholarships Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander O ce to further promote scholarship Equity and diversity programs include students and sta ; curriculum; research; opportunities for Aboriginal and those for students with disabilities, the and community engagement. Torres Strait Islander students Clemente Australia program and speci c Leadership • liaising with the Ceremonial and provisions for Aboriginal and Torres Protocols Committee to progress the Strait Islander education. • CIER sta provided leadership and guidance to the University in proposal for Aboriginal and Torres Students with disabilities indigenisation and engagement Strait Islander graduands to wear strategies, including contributing to stoles depicting Aboriginal and/or There were 1,264 students registered the developing and teaching of the Torres Strait Island ag colours. with the Equity and Disability Unit in University Core Curriculum units. 2013 – an increase of 15.1 per cent Community engagement from 2012 gures. Of those, 538 were • CIER implemented its 2013-2014 • partnerships with Aboriginal and rst-time registrants. Services include Communications Plan and sta Torres Strait Islander community the assessment and co-ordination of progressed initiatives to increase agencies and members were academic adjustments for students with awareness of ACU courses and strengthened to develop e ective disabilities, and liaison with the library opportunities for Aboriginal and and sustainable engagement in the provision of study materials for Torres Strait Islander people. strategies. Initiatives include students with print disabilities. CIER sta worked across the increased involvement of Aboriginal University on key initiatives Clemente Australia program and Torres Strait Islander community including: members and elders on university Twenty- ve Clemente graduates have • collaborating with IACEC to increase working parties/committees continued studying undergraduate understanding of Aboriginal and and events; working with local courses across all ACU campuses. Torres Strait Islander people, and to communities to identify their needs Since the end of semester 2, 2012, a promote social inclusion and social and ways in which CIER, through further 10 graduates have applied for cohesion of diverse cultures the local IHEU, can respond and various Bachelor courses with ACU. The • partnering with the Indigenous partner with them; and sponsoring University saw 13 Clemente graduands local elders to represent ACU on the at the 2013 autumn graduation ceremony. Employment Manager (HR) to develop and deliver the ACU cultural National Elders' Alliance meetings. awareness training • the Weemala Cultural Gardens EDUCATION FOR • working with the Faculty of History project at the Brisbane ABORIGINAL AND Education to progress the ACU Campus generated a high level Master of Indigenous Leadership and of community input in the design TORRES STRAIT ISLANDER Engagement and progress the More of an outdoor cultural space. STUDENTS Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Teachers Initiative (MATSITI) project This was the fth year of operation for the Centre for Indigenous Education and Research (CIER). The O ce of the Director is based ACU ABORIGINAL AND TORRES STRAIT ISLANDER GRADUATES IN 2013 at the Brisbane Campus, with four Indigenous Higher Education Units In FT study 40.00% (IHEUs) providing support to Aboriginal Available for FT employment 50.00% and Torres Strait Islander students Seeking PT employment 0.00% across ACU’s six campuses: Dhara Daramoolen (Earth, Spirit) at Canberra In PT employment, not available for FT employment 6.67% Campus; Jim-baa-yer (To Learn – To Not available for employment or study 3.33% Teach) at Melbourne and Ballarat campuses; Weemala (Distant View) at Brisbane Campus; and Yalbalinga Of those available for FT employment, percentage: (Place of Learning) at North Sydney In FT employment 93.33% and Strath eld campuses. Seeking FT employment, working PT 6.67% The Centre is aligned with the strategic direction of ACU as detailed in the Seeking FT employment, not working 0.00%
Photography: Bonnie Liang Photography: Indigenisation Thematic Map 2012-2014. FT= full-time PT= part-time
Australian Catholic University Annual Report 2013 Report of operations 45 • CIER coordinated the ACU • Dhara Daramoolen sta partnered • the Indigenous Tutorial Assistance Reconciliation and Indigenous Week with other institutions, including Scheme (ITAS) administered by CIER, activities across all campuses, and Australian National University, supported more than 116 Aboriginal contributed to campus celebrations University of Canberra and Canberra and Torres Strait islander students for cultural diversity. Experiences on Institute of Technology, on joint with both one-on-one and group o er included Aboriginal and Torres recruitment drives and fostering tutorials in approximately 425 Strait Islander spiritual and cultural Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander subjects/units. activities, music, sport, dance, art, students’ retention in tertiary • under the direction of the O ce of stalls, yarning and bush tucker food. education. Director, the enhancement to ITAS • CIER sta coordinated reconciliation • CIER sta collaborated with administration enabled increased activities, including partnerships schooling sectors to present digitisation of student records. This with individual schools, such as at schools and open days for resulted in improved processes for Mount St Michael’s College in community organisations and CIER sta and tutors and facilitated Brisbane. CIER’s O ce of Director, government departments. timely support for students. the Associate Vice-Chancellor • CIER sponsored and coordinated Brisbane and Reconciliation Aboriginal and Torres Strait the participation of two Aboriginal Queensland co-hosted a community Islander students students in the ACU pilgrimage for event to promote the Reconciliation • at November 2013, ACU had 393 World Youth Day celebrations. and Recognition campaigns. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander • IHEU student spaces were refreshed • CIER sta continued their students, representing 1.72 per cent with makeovers to improve and involvement in the National of the total student population. foster student well-being. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Although there has been rapid Higher Education Consortium growth in enrolments across ACU, Aboriginal and Torres Strait (NATSIHEC), state and local Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Islander specic courses Indigenous Higher Education student growth has not experienced networks and Aboriginal Education the growth of non-Aboriginal and While Aboriginal and Torres Strait Consultative Group networks. Torres Strait Islander students, Islander students are enrolled in many thus the comparative participation of ACU’s mainstream courses across all • Jim-baa-yer and a consortium of faculty areas, there are several speci c organisations including the Catholic rates of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students has declined. undergraduate courses designed to Education O ce, developed and meet the needs of Aboriginal and participated in the Watta Watnanda • course completions by Aboriginal Torres Strait Islander students and their Education and Cultural Day. and Torres Strait Islander students communities: • Yalbalinga hosted a 25 year improved from 2012 to 2013 with 67 anticipated students to graduate. • Associate Degree in Business anniversary celebration and Administration (Indigenous) launched a commemorative mosaic • Brisbane campus is celebrating the created with input from ACU sta rst four Aboriginal and Torres Strait • Associate Degree in Indigenous and students. Islander students completing their Education • Weemala collaborated with the Bachelor of Midwifery course in the • Bachelor of Education (Primary) School of Social Work to host Away from Base program. (Indigenous Studies) a successful ACU Social Justice • the Koori Occupational Therapy • Bachelor of Midwifery (Indigenous). workshop. Scholarship was awarded to Ellen • CIER partnered with Equity Druce from the Faculty of Health Scholarships Pathways to host a range of open Sciences on the Melbourne Campus. ACU o ers a number of undergraduate day activities, including the Bridges • CIER provided a dedicated o cer and postgraduate scholarships to Higher Education events, within the O ce of Director speci cally for Aboriginal and Torres Shadowing Day, Aspirations Day, to liaise between CIER, ACU Strait Islander students, including: Indigenous Traditional Games Day Foundation, Scholarships, IHEUs and • ACU Law - Aboriginal and Torres Strait and Indigenous “Come to Dinner” independent scholarship bodies Islander Bursary celebrations. which resulted in an increase in • Council of Catholic School Parents Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander • IHEUs with Equity Pathways travelled (NSW) Indigenous Postgraduate student applicants and scholarship to rural and remote communities Scholarship in Victoria, New South Wales and holders. • Nano Nagle Scholarship Queensland, visiting community organisations and schools.
46 Australian Catholic University Annual Report 2013 Report of operations • Pratt Foundation Bursary; Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander presented at Impacts of Globalization • St Vincent de Paul Society (Broken research applications and provide on Quality in Higher Education, Bay) Indigenous Student Scholarship feedback to applicants and the Ethics SEAMEO RETRAC, Ho Chi Minh City, Committee. 20-21 June, 2013 • St Vincent de Paul Society (National Council) Indigenous Student The research team supervised HDR Scholarship students, and supported and trained HDR INTERNATIONAL supervisors and the Indigenous Research • St Vincent's Private Hospital Support Team in the examination of PROGRAMS Melbourne Aboriginal and Torres internal and external theses. Strait Islander Nursing Scholarship. The University is committed HREC-approved research projects • Strath eld Campus Student to three areas of international Association Aboriginal and Torres • Jobs Australia Foundation (2013- engagement designed to enhance the Strait Islander Assistance Bursary 2014) – Evaluation of Jobs Australia internationalisation of the curriculum, (o ered at the end of 2013) Foundations’ Indigenous Youth provide overseas opportunities for Leadership Program $33,000. Project students and sta , and develop a strong • Wexford Senate Bursary O cer Leon Appo; Chief Investigators network of international partners. • Commonwealth Accommodation Professor Nereda White, Dr Paul Scholarship Chesterton and Dr Jack Frawley International student • Commonwealth Education Costs • Australian Communications and recruitment and admission Scholarship Media Authority (ACMA) (2013) – ACU has students from more than • Indigenous Access Scholarship Evaluation of ACMA’s Cybersmart 90 countries, with courses within the Outreach Internet Safety Awareness Faculty of Health Sciences being the Research and publications Presentation for Indigenous most popular. Research Achievements Communities (ISAPI), $29,700. Chief Investigator Dr Paul Chesterton, Major source countries CIER continued to engage in academic Leon Appo and Dr Jack Frawley The chart shows the top 10 nationalities and scholarly re ection on Aboriginal Non-commercial books currently represented in degree and Torres Strait Islander education, programs at the University. and promoted and supported a • Nobin, K., Frawley, J., McGinty, S., creative research and educational Watkin-Lui, F. & White, N. (2013). In 2013, Nepal was again the top of this agenda developed in partnership with Relationships are key: building group, while China and the Philippines key stakeholders. CIER conducted intercultural capabilities for Indigenous continued to be strong source markets quality and high-impact research postgraduate coursework students with signi cant growth in 2013, and scholarship that is nationally and and their teachers Sydney: O ce for diversifying the reliance within the internationally recognised. Teaching and Learning, DIISRTE top 10 countries for enrolments. 2013 projects included: • White, N., Frawley, J. & Dang, Enrolment trends • Keeping On Track: teacher leaders for K.A. (2013). Good Practice Report: Innovative Indigenous Teaching and The market for international education Indigenous postgraduate coursework in Australia saw signs of recovery in students; Department of Education Learning. Sydney: O ce for Teaching and Learning, DIISRTE 2013 following three years of declining Employment and Workplace Relations enrolments. Growth in higher education (DEEWR) Parent and Community Refereed journal articles enrolments was seen across the sector, Engagement grant; • White, N., Watkin, F., Nobin, K., especially in key source markets such as • Beyond Pathways; Department McGinty, S., Frawley, J. & Bezzina, China, South Asia and Vietnam. M. (2013). Leadership and leadership of Education Employment and While experiencing a decline in overall succession for Aboriginal and Torres Workplace Relations (DEEWR); international enrolment due to a Strait Islander schools: A review of • Leadership Action in Numeracy decline in o shore enrolments, ACU has the literature. Journal of Australian Education, (LANE); the Impacts on maintained strong onshore enrolment Indigenous Issues, Vol. 16, No. 2, Great Barrier Reef (GBR Project) numbers in 2013 with a growth in pp. 36-52 and the Northern Dry Improving onshore commencements. Refereed conference papers Biodiversity investment (Northern Growth was particularly strong in Queensland and Northern Territory • Frawley, J & Nobin, K. (2013). strategic areas of focus, such as Project). Enhancing teaching and learning: postgraduate enrolments, with growth CIER also played a signi cant role in building of capabilities through re ecting sector averages and increasing the ethics approval process through the establishment of a University the overall percentage of international Community of Practice. Paper Photography: Tristan Velasco Tristan Photography: the provision of expert panels to assess enrolment from this study level.
Australian Catholic University Annual Report 2013 Report of operations 47 TOP 10 SOURCE COUNTRIES ONSHORE STUDENTS 2013 International student relations
Philippines 6.9% Student Ambassadors for cities of Brisbane, Canberra and Sydney India Vietnam 6.9% The Lord Mayors of Brisbane and 7.6% Sydney, and the ACT Deputy Chief China Minister appointed seven ACU (excludes SARs students as International Student and Taiwan) Republic of South Korea 5.4% 14.4% Ambassadors, with the aim of helping international students feel welcome and Indonesia 4.4% engaged with their local community. The ambassadors encourage new Nepal international students to build networks 18.7% Bangladesh 4.3% and relationships with students already in Australia, and to use those connections to develop greater links All other France 4.2% with prospective students in their home countries countries. A secondary aim is to build 24.1% United States bridges between international students of America 3.2% and local residents and businesses in each city. International partnerships ACU has developed active partnerships with educational organisations in a diverse range of international locations. These partnerships support research ONSHORE INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS collaboration, sta and student Level of course 2010 2011 2012 2013 exchange, capacity-building and international community engagement. Higher degree research 19 24 29 35 New international partnerships include: Higher degree coursework 373 377 334 408 • Radboud University (The Netherlands) Other postgraduate 86 79 38 43 • VIA University College (Denmark) Bachelor 2,292 2,259 2,046 1,792 • Beijing Center for Chinese Studies (China) Other undergraduate 398 371 200 165 • Tongji University School of Medicine Non-award 208 219 319 350 (China). Onshore students total 3,376 3,329 2,966 2,793 International Core Curriculum OFFSHORE INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS In July 2013, the second international Core Curriculum program was held Higher degree research 2 – – – in Florence, Italy, in partnership with Higher degree coursework 44 58 75 33 Fair eld University. ACU students from all ve faculties completed an intensive Other postgraduate 104 113 111 56 program of studies taught by Father Bachelor 216 204 68 18 Frank Hannafey of Fair eld University. Other undergraduate 111 152 49 48 The students also took part in cultural excursions and a community Non-award 40 76 51 21 engagement program with the city’s O shore students total 517 603 354 176 Misericordia foundation, which has provided care and support to Florence’s Total international students 3,893 3,932 3,320 2,969 most vulnerable and elderly for the past nine centuries.
48 Australian Catholic University Annual Report 2013 Report of operations In 2014, ACU students will have Student exchange partner Nagoya University of Foreign Studies new opportunities to undertake an institutions Sophia University international Core Curriculum in Paris, University of the Sacred Heart, Tokyo France, through the Catholic University Austria of Paris. FH Kufstein-Tirol University of Applied Mexico Sciences Universidad Anahuac del Norte Student mobility The University of Applied Sciences Universidad Anahuac del Sur • in 2013, 300 ACU students from all Wiener Neustadt for Business and Universidad de Monterrey campuses undertook University- Engineering Ltd Universidad Iberoamericana, Puebla endorsed international experiences, Brazil Universidad Marista de Merida, Mexico such as student exchange, study tours, clinical and professional Ponti cia Universidade Catolica do The Netherlands placements, community engagement Parana – PUCPR The Hague University and research. In July, 30 of our Canada VU University, Amsterdam (Vrije students travelled to Brazil, Chile Universiteit Amsterdam) Brock University and Peru to attend World Youth Day The Philippines celebrations. Nipissing University, Ontario St Thomas University, Fredericton, Ateneo de Manila University • the Australian Federal Government New Brunswick awarded ACU 102 AsiaBound student South Korea Wilfrid Laurier University, Waterloo, ON scholarships totalling more than Catholic University of Daegu $250,000. These gave ACU students Chile Catholic University of Korea up to $5,000 each to help fund Universidad Alberto Hurtado Sogang University study abroad programs in Asia. Universidad Santo Tomas Sweden ACU provided these scholarships to students undertaking studies, Finland Lund University College of Health placements and community Rovaniemi University of Applied Science engagement programs in China, Sciences Malmö University India, The Philippines, Taiwan, Switzerland Thailand and Timor-Leste. France ZHAW School of Management and Law • 169 ACU students received Vice- Blaise Pascal University, Clermont Chancellor’s Travel Grants of up to Ferrand Taiwan ESPEME-EDHEC School of Business $2,500 to help cover the cost of Fu Jen Catholic University airfares to their program location (campuses in Lille and Nice) while 70 students received nancial INSEEC Business and Communication Turkey support through the Australian Schools Fatih University Government’s OS-HELP loan scheme. Pôle ESG United Kingdom • in 2013, 236 ACU students undertook Université Catholique de Lille St Mary's University College international programs that were Université Catholique de l'Ouest/ESSCA University of Bradford shorter than three months, re ecting Germany a growing trend in Australia toward University of Cumbria, Carlisle Catholic University Eichstatt-Ingolstadt shorter study abroad programs. ACU University of Wales Institute, Cardi University of Freiburg is meeting this change in demand United States of America by developing more short-term University of Heidelberg Bellarmine University international options for our students University of Applied Science, Konstanz including new programs in China, Ireland Catholic University of America College of Notre Dame of Maryland, France, Germany, Italy, Timor-Leste Mary Immaculate College, and Vanuatu. Baltimore University of Limerick DePaul University • the University has more than 70 Waterford Institute of Technology student exchange partners. Some Fair eld University, Connecticut of the new partnerships established Italy Gannon University, Pennsylvania in 2013 include: DePaul University Universita Cattolica del Sacro Cuore Georgia College & State University, (USA); ZHAW School of Management University of Verona Georgia and Law (Switzerland); Sogang Georgetown University University (South Korea) and Japan Nazareth College of Rochester, New York
Photography: istock/da-kuk Photography: University Alberto Hurtado (Chile). Hijiyama University Regis University, Denver, Colorado
Australian Catholic University Annual Report 2013 Report of operations 49 Santa Clara University, California ACU English Language Centres St John's University 2013 was a year of major growth for the St Norbert College ACU English centres. In the nal term of State University of New York, Oswego 2013 over 400 students from more than University of Massachusetts, Boston 30 countries were enrolled in English University of Miami Language programs at the University’s University of North Carolina, Greensboro three English Language centres. More University of St Thomas, St Paul, than 240 students were enrolled in the Minnesota English for Academic Purposes program, West Virginia University which provides a pathway to further students at the University. ACUCOM ACU o ers vocational education, training and business courses to the community through ACUcom, based at the Melbourne Campus and delivered on the Melbourne, Brisbane and Ballarat campuses.
Present responsibilities ACUcom is responsible for the operation of the University’s Registered Training Organisation (RTO), onshore Vocational Education and Training (VET) courses and corporate training based on accredited VET courses.
2013 courses ACUcom had approximately 850 students enrolled in courses, including: • Certi cate III in Education Support • C erti cate in Education Support Pathway Program • Certi cate in Exercise Science • Certi cate III in Fitness • Diploma of Nursing • Introduction to Nursing • F irst Aid courses and CPR updates o ered to undergraduate students. NB: The Introduction to Nursing course provides students with the literacy and numeracy training needed to study the Diploma of Nursing.
50 Australian Catholic University Annual Report 2013 Report of operations Australian Catholic University Annual Report 2013 Report of operations 51 seven GRADUATES
Casey Bird, Resource O cer for Youth and Family Support Services. Bachelor of Psychology graduate.
52 Australian Catholic University Annual Report 2013 Report of operations GRADUATE STATISTICS 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 Total graduates 3,925 4,194 4,304 4,754 4,714
Graduates by state or territory NSW 1,444 1,619 1,600 1,801 1,719 Victoria 1,311 1,389 1,328 1,587 1,692 Queensland 582 605 653 694 727 ACT 180 162 148 182 200 Online 408 419 575 490 376
Graduates by faculty Arts and Sciences 976 489 512 606 608 Business 559 529 530 569 Education 1,615 1,525 1,739 1,877 1,825 Health Sciences 1,302 1,449 1,327 1,548 1,542 Research Services 32 41 37 42 20 Theology and Philosophy - 120 159 151 150 ACUcom - 11 1 - -
Graduates by course level Higher-degree research 32 41 37 42 20 Higher-degree coursework 568 585 618 687 649 Other postgraduate 999 901 1,055 1,057 928 Bachelor 2,257 2,575 2,487 2,890 2,985 Other undergraduate 69 92 107 78 132
Graduate satisfaction with their student experience Good teaching 83% 83% 78% 79% 85% Clear goals and standards 80% 76% 72% 72% 79% Appropriate workload 71% 73% 58% 58% 63% Appropriate assessment 76% 53% 62% 61% 65% Generic skills 86% 86% 81% 81% 89% Student services 83% 80% 80% 87% Overall satisfaction 87% 86% 83% 83% 91%
Graduate outcomes Of those available for FT employment: In FT employment 83% 79% 77% 79% 71% Seeking FT employment, working PT 13% 17% 18% 16% 23% Seeking FT employment, not working 4% 5% 5% 5% 6% FT = full-time PT = part-time Photography: (Opposite) Peter Waddington. (Top) Bonnie Liang (Top) Waddington. Peter (Opposite) Photography:
Australian Catholic University Annual Report 2013 Report of operations 53 2013 GRADUATE OUTCOMES
In full-time study
10.32% Working part-time, not seeking full-time employment 14.81%
7.08% Unavailable for employment or study
66.83% Seeking part-time 0.97% employment only
Available for full-time employment
2013 GRADUATE OUTCOMES THOSE AVAILABLE FOR FULL TIME EMPLOYMENT
Seeking full-time employment, working part-time
22.85% Seeking full-time employment, not working
6.39%
In full-time employment
70.76%
54 Australian Catholic University Annual Report 2013 Report of operations HONORARY DOCTORATES GRADUATES BEYOND Key achievements include: • enhancing the alumni database In 2013, the recipients of the University’s CAMPUS with collated information on alumni highest honour, the award of Doctor of ACU, in partnership with Fair eld contact and education details the University (honoris causa) were: University in Connecticut and York • enhancing the print and online • Sister Patricia Franklin ibvm AO University, Toronto, o ers a Diploma in alumni-speci c communications sent for her work in education and Liberal Studies to refugees and migrants to more than 16,500 active postal and commitment to serving impoverished from Burma in Thailand. email addresses communities of children in South- East Asia (conferred 16 March 2013) In November 2013, 46 students • publication of two issues of the graduated from the ACU Thai-Burma University’s award winning* alumni • Sister Rosemary Lewins op in Program – university education for magazine, ACU alum, in April and recognition of her long and refugees and migrants. This included September distinguished career as an 36 at the ACU study centre near Mae educational administrator, being • greater priority given to online Sot on the Thai-Burma border; eight in highly in uential in the foundation content and activity for alumni Ranong in southern Thailand, where and early development of the communications and activities University, as well as having led the University partners with the Marist • enhancing the alumni web portal the entry of Signadou College of Fathers; and two from the Bangkok with news and events relevant and Education into ACU (conferred 23 Refugee Centre, where they had ed targeted to the alumni community March 2013) from persecution in Pakistan. to better enable two-way online • Sister Margaret Mary Brown op in Some are now studying for degrees communication with alumni recognition of her leadership roles in Thai or European universities and • establishing and enhancing the in Catholic education and within the others have jobs with non-governmental 10 per cent discount for alumni to Dominican Congregation (conferred organisations (NGOs) working with enroll in Faculty of Health Sciences 23 March 2013) refugee and migrant communities. postgraduate courses • Brother Robert Julian McDonald cfc Providing tertiary education to these • the Faculty of Business MBA and AO for his outstanding contributions refugees illustrates how the University Postgraduate Survey (“See The to ACU as a member of Senate, Pro- ful lls its mission to be “guided by a Future”) to engage alumni to provide Chancellor and Chancellor over a 20- fundamental concern for justice, and their feedback and suggestions year period, contributions to religious equity and for the dignity of all human • the Faculty of Education establishing congregations and for being nationally beings”. an ACU Education Twitter engagement and internationally recognised as a channel leader within the Catholic Church • the Faculty of Health Sciences hosting (conferred 8 April 2013) ALUMNI RELATIONS a 20-year reunion for alumni of the • The Honourable Timothy Andrew ACU’s Alumni O ce supports and Ballarat Campus. Fischer AC for his distinguished encourages a lifelong connection career in Australian State and * ACU received a silver award at the 2013 between graduated students (alumni) Annual Council for Advancement and Support Federal Parliaments, and a lifetime and the University. of Education (CASE) Conference for College and of outstanding public service in University General Interest Magazines Circulation of 29,999 or Fewer category. the interests of the common good With a global span of more than 70,000 (conferred 23 April 2013) graduates, the ACU alumni community includes political leaders, award-winning • Thomas Michael Keneally AO for his teachers, inspiring nurses and health contribution to Australian literature (conferred 14 May 2013) professionals, renowned artists and directors in the business and community • His Excellency Cardinal Oscar sectors. Andres Rodriguez Maradiaga for his signi cant contributions to The 2013 Alumni Strategy focused on the advancement and promotion further developing the foundation and of justice and peace in the world reach of the University’s alumni program. (conferred 14 October 2013) The main objectives were to strengthen • Brother Ambrose Payne fsc for the established communication his extraordinary contribution to channels and increase alumni awareness Catholic higher education in Australia within the University community, (conferred 14 October 2013). as well as ACU alumni community.
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56 Australian Catholic University Annual Report 2013 Report of operations STAFF STATISTICS 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 Total sta FTE 1,375.5 1,468.9 1,626.7 1,764.3 1,854.4 Total academic sta FTE 728.0 788.9 869.8 914.6 948.7
Academic sta FTE by level Vice-Chancellor, 3.0 4.0 4.0 4.0 5.0 Deputy Vice-Chancellors Professor (Level E) 37.8 49.3 65.5 75.5 78.2 Associate Professor (Level D) 51.4 60.1 67.0 64.8 59.9 Senior Lecturer (Level C) 113.0 122.4 130.6 145.9 164.1 Lecturer (Level B) 281.3 307.1 316.3 317.6 330.3 Associate Lecturer (Level A) 241.5 245.9 286.4 306.8 311.2
Sta FTE by state/territory NSW 563.2 592.4 644.9 720.0 770.1 Victoria 463.9 504.0 547.2 587.6 616.3 Queensland 271.9 293.3 331.1 362.7 376.1 ACT 75.5 77.6 80.8 92.3 90.9 Virtual 1.0 1.7 2.7 1.7 1.0
Sta FTE by appointment term Full-time 883.0 958.0 1,057.0 1,166.0 1,178.0 Full-time fractional 185.9 196.0 201.6 200.3 278.5 Casual 306.6 314.9 368.1 397.9 397.9
Sta FTE by overall function Teaching and research 416.2 452.5 467.2 371.7 334.5 Teaching only 269.4 274.5 319.0 423.6 488.4 Research only 20.3 36.3 59.6 80.1 44.8 Other function 669.6 705.4 781.0 888.9 986.8 FTE = full-time equivalent
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Australian Catholic University Annual Report 2013 Report of operations 57 STAFF BY ORGANISATIONAL UNIT FULL TIME EQUIVALENT Academic General Total Vice-Chancellery 2.0 8.3 10.3 Associate Vice-Chancellors 7.7 7.7 Campus Deans 1.0 2.5 3.5 Identity and Mission 7.9 14.4 22.4 Provost and Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Academic) 14.0 64.8 78.9 Faculty of Arts and Sciences 187.6 42.8 230.4 Faculty of Business 73.7 22.5 96.1 Faculty of Education 205.7 61.7 267.5 Faculty of Health Sciences 364.3 79.1 443.4 Faculty of Law 7.9 3.0 10.9 Faculty of Theology and Philosophy 53.9 12.0 66.0 Chief Operating O cer 358.2 358.2 Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research) 8.0 29.5 37.5 Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Students, Learning and Teaching) 22.5 199.2 221.8 Total 948.7 905.8 1,854.4
STAFF POLICIES Implementation of the Enterprise • Frontline Management Program Agreement (FLMP) Policy Internal revision In 2013, the University continued • Living Organ Donors Leave Policy The University has several consultation implementation of the Australian • Overtime for General/Professional procedures for human resources Catholic University Sta Enterprise Sta Policy management and related policies that Agreement 2010-2013, which took • Parental Leave Policy e ect in June 2011. have been adopted in accordance with • Performance Review and Planning the Australian Catholic University Sta In April, the University began enterprise Program for Academic Sta Policy, Enterprise Agreement, 2010-2013. In bargaining negotiations for a new Sta Form and Conversation Guides addition to consultation through the Enterprise Agreement. Australian Catholic University Sta • Recruitment and Selection Policy Consultative Committee (ACUSCC), During 2013, the ACU Sta Consultative and Guidelines sta members are invited to provide Committee (ACUSCC) met on nine • Reimbursement of Actual Expenses feedback about the operation of any occasions, and it considered 13 Policy change management proposals, HR policy or procedure at any time • Research Study Programs (RSP) including the ACU Futures Project through advice to the Director, for Academic Sta Policy Human Resources. Change Management Proposal and its associated addenda, which the • Sta Induction Policy University subsequently implemented. • Study Support for Professional In addition, the ACUSCC considered, Sta Policy and the Vice-Chancellor approved, • Workplace Bullying and the following policies and procedures: Grievance Policy and Procedure • Academic Promotions Policy, • Workplace Grievance Policy Guidelines and Procedures and Procedure.
58 Australian Catholic University Annual Report 2013 Report of operations Professional development Sta survey • Professor Stephen Evans – The demand for learning and The University has continued to Professorial Fellow, Faculty of development remains strong and implement management practices Theology and Philosophy is growing. The University provides focusing on sustainability and • Professor John Foot – Professorial programs, workshops and facilitations collaboration, which sta identi ed Fellow (Research), Faculty of Arts aligned with the strategic direction to in the 2011 survey as needing and Sciences support the leadership, professional, improvement. • Professor Paul Frick – Professorial academic and personal development The University is now preparing for Fellow (Research) Faculty of Arts and of sta . A focus for 2013 has been the next sta myVoice survey in 2014. Sciences the development of a capability • Dr Jim Gleeson – Professor in Identity development strategy to achieve and Curriculum in Catholic Education, the integration and co-ordination SIGNIFICANT Faculty of Education of capacity – building to support the University’s strategic priorities. APPOINTMENTS IN 2013 • Mr Adam Graham – Associate Director, IT Client Services ACU established the National Learnings • Professor Anne Alexandrov – Team (NLT) in January 2013, with Professorial Fellow Faculty of Health • Professor Steve Graham – Professorial representation from all internal Sciences Fellow, Faculty of Education professional development providers, • Professor Tania Aspland – Professor • Mr Michael Hanckel – Associate to take a more coordinated and and Head, Education (NSW & ACT) Director, HR Strategy, People and integrated approach to professional • Professor Brendan Bartlett – Professor, Culture development throughout the University. Faculty of Education • Professor Karen Harris – Professorial The University has considered the Fellow, Faculty of Education team’s recommendations and is working • Professor Joan Bottor – Professorial • Professor John Hawley – Professor, to integrate them into the capability Fellow, Faculty of Health Sciences Faculty of Health Sciences development strategy. • Mr Paul Campbell – Executive • Professor Charles Hulme – Professorial Human Resources has made a number Director, Infrastructure and Deputy Fellow, Faculty of Health Sciences of targeted contributions through Chief Operating O cer professional development initiatives, • Professor Paul Carding – Professor • Ms Samantha Jonsson – Manager, including supporting academic of Speech Pathology, School of Allied O ce of the Provost workloads, and further embedding and Public Health • Carol Kirby – General Counsel and the Leadership Competency Framework • Ms Simone Chetcuti – Manager, Director of Governance (maternity (LCF) programs 1 and 2 into daily people O ce of the Vice-Chancellor leave replacement) management practices. • Professor Alex Clark – Professorial • Professor Matthias Kliegel – There has also been work to support Fellow, Faculty of Health Sciences Professorial Fellow (Research) Faculty the delivery of a large number of • Professor Francis Clooney SJ – of Arts and Sciences programs aimed towards building Professorial Fellow, Faculty of • Mrs Lynda Mathey – Executive personal excellence and e ciency in Theology and Philosophy Manager, Student Success the workplace, as well as a number of • Dr Brian McKenna – Professor of tailored programs for speci c faculty/ • Mr Peter Coppola – Associate Mental Health Nursing, Faculty of department needs. Director, Web and Application Services Health Sciences In 2013, the University held its • Professor Wayne McKenna – Deputy inaugural conference on Managing • Ms Sharone Ciancio – Portfolio Vice-Chancellor, Research and Leading in the ACU Context, with Manager, O ce of the Chief the aim of supporting supervisors in Operating O cer • Rabbi Fred Morgan – Professorial their management role and to ensure • Professor Joy Cumming – Professor, Fellow, Faculty of Theology and engaged, e cient and e ective work Faculty of Education Philosophy unit management across the University. • Professor Carmel Diezmann – • Professor Claude Romano – Professor and Head, Education (QLD) Professorial Fellow, Faculty of • Professor Stephen Elliott – Theology and Philosophy Professorial Fellow (Research), Faculty • Mr Stephen Sheely – Director, of Education E-Learning, Faculty of Education • Dr Dana Skelin – Director, Properties Photography: Tristan Velasco Tristan Photography:
Australian Catholic University Annual Report 2013 Report of operations 59 • Professor Eleanore Stump – Margaret Balint Award • Dr Wilhelmina van Rooy, Faculty of Professorial Fellow, Faculty of Associate Professor Paul White from Education, Strath eld, for sustained Theology and Philosophy the Faculty of Education was awarded contributions to well-structured, • Professor Bryan Turner – Professorial the 2013 Margaret Balint Award for his authentic, student-focused, research- Fellow, Faculty of Theology and contribution as a leader, researcher based, science learning/teaching Philosophy and teacher to support the growth opportunities for early childhood, primary and secondary science pre- • Mr Rick Van Haeften – Director, and development of the University as service teachers. Information Technology a signi cant player in Australian higher • Dr Ellen Warne, Dr Nell Musgrove and • Dr Stephen Weller – Chief Operating education for a period of 26 years. Dr Noah Riseman (Team Application) O cer and Deputy Vice-Chancellor This award is presented annually to Faculty of Arts and Sciences, one or more sta members in NSW Melbourne, for designing a program in recognition of his or her personal of historical studies that sca olds HONOURS TO STAFF contributions to the University that students’ skills as historians through would be considered beyond their IN 2013 diverse and innovative activities and normal contract of engagement. assessments. Government awards Vice-Chancellor’s Award for O ce for Learning and Teaching O ce for Learning and Teaching’s Outstanding Contribution to Student Learning (OLT) 2013 Innovation and 2013 Citations for Outstanding Development Grants Contributions to Student Learning ACU Citations for Outstanding • Associate Professor Vince Geiger, Contributions to Student Learning • Mr Stephen Guinea, Faculty of Brisbane, Dr Wilhelmina VanRooy, Health Sciences, Melbourne, for • Dr Catherine Bell, Faculty of Arts and Strath eld, and Professor Doug sustained leadership in transforming Sciences, Melbourne, for fostering Clarke, Melbourne, are part of a major the student learning experience visual arts students’ personal and project Opening real science: Authentic in the health sciences through the professional development through mathematics and science education advancement of simulation-based group activities, re ective enquiry, for Australia. The lead institution is learning in curriculum design and community art projects and eldwork Macquarie University, with partners implementation. placements with a social justice from Australian Astronomical • Associate Professor Simon Ryan, agenda. Observatory, Australian Catholic Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Brisbane, • Dr Christine Grima-Farrell, Faculty of University, Charles Sturt University, for developing self-re ective abilities Education, Strath eld, for sustained CSIRO, Las Cumbres Observatory in students that help them make best promotion of student learning and Global Telescope Network, The use of informational resources. engagement through innovative University of Notre Dame Australia, school partnerships that stimulate University of Canberra, University of ACU's sta awards con dence, critical thinking and Western Sydney. Funding: $2,300,000. ingenuity whilst respecting the Expected completion: 2016 2013 Vice Chancellor’s Award dignity of all. • Professor Carmel Diezmann, for Outstanding Community Associate Professor Vince Geiger, Engagement • Dr Clare Johnson, Faculty of Theology and Philosophy, Strath eld, for Dr Gerard E eney, Professor Mary A joint award presented to Ms Mary re-envisaging online education Courtney and Associate Professor Campbell, Relations Coordinator, in liturgical studies through Paula Shulz, School of Education, Institute for Advancing Community innovative curriculum design Brisbane Campus, is part of a major Engagement, Melbourne, for her work promoting transformational learning project entitled: Step up! Transforming in health and wellbeing initiatives opportunities for remote students mathematics and science pre-service of Women for Women in Africa in via autonomous and collaborative secondary teacher education in Kibera, Kenya; and Dr Tim Moore, activities. Queensland. The lead institution is the Senior Research Fellow, Institute of • Dr Christian Lorenzen, Faculty of Queensland University of Technology, Child Protection Studies, Canberra, Health Sciences, Melbourne, for with partners from Australian for his work supporting family carers sustained e orts to engage and Catholic University, Gri th University, in Australia through his involvement support student learning with an James Cook University, The University in Carers Australia, assistance in the increasingly diverse student cohort of Queensland, and Queensland development of the National Disability in core disciplinary units. Department of Employment, Training Insurance Scheme, foundation of the and Education. Funding: $3,200,000. St Nicholas Young Carers Program, and Expected completion: 2017 research into the work of young carers.
60 Australian Catholic University Annual Report 2013 Report of operations • Associate Professor Elizabeth • Dr Stephanie Malone, Impact of • Dr Toby Newton-John, Predicting Santhanam, Learning and Teaching Animal-Assisted Interventions on disability in Temporomandibular Centre, is a partner on a seed project Children with Autism: A holistic Joint Disorder, $4,220. entitled: Measuring and improving approach, $4,000. • Associate Professor Anne Tolan student course engagement and • Dr Skye McLennan, An examination of and Dr Kate Witteveen, Assessing learning success through online the psychometric properties of Virtual neuropsychological functioning student evaluation systems. The lead Week (VW), $3,800. after a sports related concussion and institution is Bond University, with • Dr McLennan was also awarded 2013 implementing cognitive training to partners from Australian Catholic Faculty Research Grant for the project enhance recovery, $4,840. University, Central Queensland Working memory and basal cortisol in • Dr Ans Vercammen, The role of implicit University, Charles Sturt University, children who have experienced family- learning in social cognition: the case of Curtin University and University of related maltreatment, $5,000. schizotypy, $5,000. Western Australia. Funding: $49,000. Expected completion: 2014. • Dr Robyn Mo tt, The e ect of physical Vice-Chancellor’s Sta activity on mood and self-regulatory • Professor Geo Romeo, Faculty of Appreciation Awards strength in regular exercisers and non- Education, Melbourne Campus is a • Mr John Polkinghorne, Property exercisers, $4,000. partner on a strategic commissioned Assistant (Grounds), Ballarat, for his project, What works and why? • Dr Ans Vercammen, Can mild exceptional work on the Ballarat Understanding successful technology brain stimulation alter the sense gardens, which re ects positively on enabled learning within institutional of agency? An investigation into the campus and the University. electrophysiological evidence of context. The lead institution is • Ms Cecelia Hollis-Jones, Timetabling self-other distinctions, $4,000. Monash University, and ACU is the Coordinator, Brisbane, for her partner university. Funding: $220,000. • Dr Megan Willis, Understanding outstanding contribution to student Expected completion: 2015. Individual Di erences in Prosocial learning through her assistance in ACU Early Career Research Grant Behaviour, $4,000. the implementation of the Core • Dr Kate Witteveen, Investigating Curriculum. • Dr Duncan Cook, Savannas, cognitive de cits associated with sustainability and climate adaptation • Ms Petra Hastings, Lecturer in sports-related concussions, and in the ancient Maya world, $8,000. Education, Canberra, for her opportunities for enhancing recovery professional approach to learning and • Dr Lyn Vromans, Relative contributions of those cognitive de cits,$4,000. teaching as well as the considerable of trauma, loss and post-migration pastoral care she delivers to students. living di culties to the psychosocial Faculty of Arts and Sciences well-being of refugees entering Research Grants • Mrs Grace Porter, HR Relationship Australia on Women-At-Risk Visas, • Dr Jessica Heerde, Help-seeking Manager, Melbourne, for her $7,500. behaviour of homeless youth for injury signi cant support to the Futures Team and the Futures Project • Dr George Mnatzaganian, Chest pain and illness: improving health service implementation. and acute ischemic heart disease in the accessibility, $4,610. emergency department: Description • Dr Cathryne Lang, Distress and • Father Dominic Murphy op, Campus and management, $7,500. resilience in caregivers of young adults Chaplain, Melbourne, for providing innovative student and sta pastoral • Dr Judith Hough, Humidi ed high ow with Cerebral Palsy, $3,500. experiences, and for his pivotal nasal cannula (HHFNC) delivery in the • Dr Skye McLennan, Working memory pastoral care role in World Youth Day. preterm infant, $6,500. and basal cortisol in children who • Mr Owen Shemansky, Senior Early Career Research Incentive have experienced family-related maltreatment, $5,000. Administrative O cer: Education Awards (ECRIA) VIC, Melbourne, for his extraordinary • Dr Stephanie Malone, Autism and the • Dr Jessica Heerde, “Seeking to survive”: support for the Victorian School virtual world, $3,340. Exploring and understanding violent of Education and its associated behaviours and victimisation among • Dr Robyn Mo tt, Executive function, activities. habit strength and metacognitive homeless youth, $4,000. • Mr Glenn Yates, Property Assistant acceptance as predicators of dietary • Dr Cathryne Lang, Sleep Quality (Grounds), North Sydney, for the self-control, $4,420. in Menopausal Women, $3,000. creation and maintenance of • Dr Toby Newton-John, A qualitative • Dr Mark Lyall, Garden by the ocean exceptional gardens that are a analysis of Type 1 and Type 2 Diabetes – a multimodal installation artwork, welcome delight to the campus. management and the impact on $4,000. marital relationships – for better or
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Australian Catholic University Annual Report 2013 Report of operations 61 • Mr Robert Hartup, Coordinator • Associate Professor Nerida Blair, - Student Systems Operations, Faculty of Education, Strath eld, Strath eld, for demonstrating for Collaborative Community integrity and exceptional Curriculum Development: Indigenous competence in his work. Leadership in Education. • Professor Sally Borbasi and Vice-Chancellor’s Award for Ms Natalie Gamble, Faculty of Research Excellence Health Sciences, Brisbane, for • Professor Christine Imms, Head of the Developing, implementing and School of Allied and Public Health, evaluating a pedagogical model to and recipient of a National Health and promote interprofessional learning Medical Research Council (NHMRC) (IPL) and practice capabilities within Partnership Project grant in 2012. undergraduate FHS students. Professor Imms was awarded $25,000 • Dr Kay Carroll, Faculty of Education, to further enhance her research Strath eld, for Using social media to project, The best service at the best foster and sustain connected cultures time: Improving the implementation in learning. of research for children with cerebral palsy. • Mrs Donna Cook, ACU International and Ms Ann Majkut, O ce of Student ACU Good Practice in Assessment Success, Brisbane, for Assessing the Prize impact of English Language Standards • Assessment in the rst year: Dr Leigha (ELS) interventions in undergraduate Dark, Marie Atherton and the Speech Health programs. Pathology team, Faculty of Health • Ms Alexandra Logan and Professor Sciences. Christine Imms, Faculty of Health • Assessment in a capstone project: Sciences, Melbourne, for Does the Dr Jane Butler, Faculty of Health presence of a mental health consumer Sciences. on the examining panel enhance student engagement in learning? • Assessment in online interactive group activities: Dr Valerie Margrain • Dr Kylie Mosely, Faculty of Arts and and Ms Leanne Hallowell, Faculty of Sciences, Strath eld, for Developing Education. laboratory report writing skills in rst year psychology students: Pilot of an • The use of online quizzes for interactive online resource. assessment delivery: Dr Kylie Mosely and Dr Xochitl De la Piedad Garcia, • Associate Professor Shukri Sanber, Faculty of Arts and Sciences. Faculty of Education, Strath eld, for Development of a model for e ective • Using ePortfolios to assess: online marking and feedback. Mr Stephen Guinea, Ms Elaine Rutherford and Ms Sharni Lavell, • Dr Anne Scott, Dr Mellita Jones Faculty of Health Sciences. and Dr Karen McLean, Faculty of Education, Melbourne and Ballarat, ACU Teaching Development Grants for e-Learning Facilitation: fostering communities of pedagogical practice • Dr Paul Andrews, Faculty of Arts at ACU (eLF-CPP). and Sciences, Strath eld, for Using live supervision to enhance teaching of counselling skills to social work students.
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Professor Tania Aspland at ACU Voice
64 Australian Catholic University Annual Report 2013 Report of operations AREAS OF RESEARCH Key strategies in 2013 included: RESEARCH EVENTS • targeted recruitment of outstanding ACU has established four areas of researchers in areas of research research priority that are of central Collaborative Research Networks strength, and the recruitment of importance to the community and (CRN) Funding professorial fellows on fractional align with its Mission: In 2013, ACU’s Collaborative Research appointments, with a particular focus Networks program focused on the • theology and philosophy on building research partnerships development and implementation of • health with universities worldwide governance and operational protocols • education • providing training to current sta for the delivery of health research • common good and social justice. to increase research understanding, outcomes. skill and capacity During 2013, the University embarked University researchers, in partnership upon research intensi cation. Through • upgrading Research Services to with the University of Melbourne, this process, ACU will increase research provide enhanced research support St Vincent’s Health, and the O’Brien scale and capability in the priority areas • establishing early career researcher Institute, continued with a Collaborative – including establishing new research support. Research Networks (CRN) project, Building institutes – with the goal of achieving Collaborative Research, with speci c focus ERA (Excellence in Research Australia) on cardiovascular health which received ratings of above or well-above world RESEARCH STATISTICS $7.9 million in funding in 2012. standard. The CRN program is a government Research income* The data in this report re ect 2012 initiative to foster excellence in research because nal statistics for 2013 were Australian competitive $1,385,802 among higher education institutions. not available at the time of printing. grants As institutions share knowledge and Other public sector funding $2,751,699 expertise through collaboration, the University Research Institutes program aims to increase the capacity, Industry and other funding $4,272,552 e ciency, quality and meaningful • Institute for Religion and Critical † outcomes of research within Australia. Inquiry Total $8,410,053 This CRN alliance will also grow • Institute for Learning Sciences ACU’s Cardiovascular Research Australia (includes the Institute Research output* Centre (CvRC) into a world-standard for Child Protection Studies) Books 16 centre for collaborative research into • Institute for Health Book chapters 82 the prevention and treatment of cardiovascular disease. Refereed journal articles 288 RESEARCH STRATEGY Refereed conference papers 48 ACU Voice Professor Wayne McKenna’s Total †† 434 The free ACU Voice public speaker appointment as DVC Research in January series examines topical issues through 2013 provided an opportunity to review *2012 gures. Research publication and income data for 2013 are being collected during the a guest lecture and expert panel ACU’s research strategy and the role that rst quarter of 2014 for submission to the discussion. The series is designed to the O ce plays in reaching its research Department of Education. encourage public debate with audience goals. It has given the University the † An increase in total income of 11% on the members invited to engage with the chance to devise a fresh approach to previous year. panel through a Q&A session. providing internal funding support for †† An increase in total output of 5% on the The topics are in line with the researchers, and also to ensure support previous year. University’s Mission and vision, sta ng in Research Services meets this particularly ethical considerations need. of contentious issues. The three ACU As part of ACU’s commitment to Voice events for 2013 achieved large achieving high quality research audiences with many more reached outcomes, the University introduced through advertising and promotion. a competitive process for the allocation The success of the series has branded of all centrally held research funds. ACU as an institution that leads by Faculties made a preliminary assessment example and maintains the vision of applications, a panel made up of our Mission – ‘to engage fully and primarily of external experts made dynamically with our society’. the nal decisions. Photography: (Opposite) Raymond Ohanesian Raymond (Opposite) Photography:
Australian Catholic University Annual Report 2013 Report of operations 65 HIGHER DEGREE RESEARCH ENROLMENTS 2013 GRADUATE RESEARCH Doctoral Masters Total The Academic Board approved the Arts and Sciences 78 12 90 establishment of the HDR Examination Business 9 4 13 and Thesis Sub-committee (HETS), Education 161 23 184 with the aim of promoting consistency of HDR examination processes across Health Sciences 66 39 105 the faculties to ensure the integrity of Law 6 - 6 ACU’s examination procedures. Given the diversity of examiners used in the Theology and Philosophy 60 14 74 examination process, and their di ering Total 380 92 472 cultural and disciplinary contexts, it is essential to ensure robust and centralised oversight of each stage RESEARCH STUDENT COMPLETIONS 2013 of the process. Doctoral Masters Total Three Minute Thesis Arts and Sciences 4 3 7 In 2013, ACU participated in the national Business 1 - 1 higher-degree research competition, Three Minute Thesis (3MT), which Education 4 4 8 develops academic presentation and Health Sciences 2 - 2 research communication skills. Kimberly Mercuri, a PhD student from the School Theology and Philosophy 0 2 2 of Psychology, Melbourne Campus, won Total 11 9 20 the ACU heat and competed in the 3MT national nals held at the University of Western Sydney, against contestants from Australia, New Zealand, Hong Kong • Associate Professor Clarence Ng Is • Professor Geraldine Naughton and the South Paci c. Maths for me? Understanding and Levelling the Playing Field: Starting promoting disadvantaged students’ with the School Playground: $510,000 academic aspirations for Mathematics: awarded to the project via the GRADUATE RESEARCH $349,000 awarded to the project via University of Sydney Higher degree research enrolments Gri th University • Associate Professor Clarence Ng, have increased by about 0.4 per • Professor Peter Rendell Episodic Professor Claire Wyatt-Smith, cent compared with 2012. Part-time foresight and ageing: $248,000 Professor Brendan Bartlett Improving enrolments continue to exceed full-time awarded to the project via the disadvantaged students’ reading enrolments, with 143 full-time and University of Queensland outcomes through overcoming reading 328 part-time students enrolled in 2013. • Associate Professor Susan Edwards avoidance and building reading Promoting healthy eating, active play engagement via Gri th University: and sustainability awareness in early $271,249 RESEARCH GRANTS AND childhood curricula: Addressing the Australian Research Council FUNDING Ben10 problem: $232,343 awarded to the project via Deakin University Linkage grants • Professor Patrick Heaven Identifying • Professor Morag McArthur, Australian Research Council Dr Stephanie Taplin Improving contact Discovery grants the biopsychosocial factors promoting healthy, productive, and ful lling between children in out-of-home care • Dr Bronwen Neil and Professor transitions from high school: A seven– and their birth parents: developing Pauline Allen Negotiating religious year longitudinal study: $324,000 and trialing a contact intervention: con ict: Letters between Rome and awarded to the project via the $560,984 Byzantium in the seventh century, University of Western Sydney an era of crisis: $150,000
66 Australian Catholic University Annual Report 2013 Report of operations • Professor Brendan Bartlett Avoiding Other research awards • Australian Research Alliance for the edges: Early prediction and • Aboriginal and Torres Strait Children and Youth Professor Sheryl alternative direction for youth at risk of Islander Healing Foundation Hemphill Youth Anti-Violence Review: failing to transition successfully from Professor Morag McArthur Evaluation $2,000 school to work: via Gri th University: of Intergenerational Trauma Initiatives • Australian Research Alliance for $26,275 to the Healing Foundation: $127,000 Children and Youth Professor Sheryl Hemphill, Dr Jess Herde ARACY- Australian Research Council • Agency for Clinical Innovation Professor Sandy Middleton QASC DEEWER Bullying De nition Report: Linkage Infrastructure, $10,000 Equipment and Facilities Grant Implementation program: $237,500 • Alzheimer’s Australia Research • Ballarat City Council Dr Karen • Dr Delyse Ryan AusStage, Phase 5: Foundation Dr Erin Conway McLean, Associate Professor Susan Australian live performance and the Facilitating world-retrieval in Edwards, Dr Scott Lee, Miss Clare world – global networks, national conversation: Direct intervention Schaper Supported playgroups in culture, aesthetic transmission: for people with progressive aphasia: schools: stakeholder perspectives on $325,000 awarded to the project $42,407.27 belonging, home learning and young via Flinders University children's play: $72,339 • Australian Council for Educational • Brisbane Grammar School Associate Australian Research Council Research Ltd via Gandel Philanthropy Dr Rhonda Farragher, Professor Joce Nuttall, Dr Linda Centre of Excellence for Creative Henderson Student achievement Industries and Innovation Professor Doug Clarke Supporting the Mathematics Learning of Children with and well-being in single-sex versus • Professor Brian Fitzgerald Australian Down Syndrome in Inclusive Settings: co-educational schooling in Grades Creative Innovation System via $86,364 K-4: A review of the research literature: Queensland University of Technology: $16,625 $240,000 to ACU. • The Australian Council for Educational Research subcontracts • Cancer Council NSW via the with Wyatt-Smith, C.M. for the University of Melbourne Professor National Health and Medical Janet Hiller The Inherited Cancer Research Council Grants informing paper "The intersection of discipline knowledge and standards: Connect (ICon) Partnership $62,560 • Professor Wayne Morrison, Associate A focus on judgement and the to ACU ($1,959,763 awarded to the Professor Geraldine Mitchell, expert panels" as part of the Review project) Associate Professor Keren Abberton of Senior Assessment and School • C asimir Catholic College Dr Monica Building tissue engineered aps for Reporting and Tertiary Entrance Wong, Dr Chris Longhurst School, surgical reconstruction: $530,171 Processes. October 2013-April 2014, family and community: Learning for • Associate Professor Elizabeth McInnes $35,000 Life: $5,800 INTroducing a care bundle to prevent • Australian Government AusAID • Catholic Education, Archdiocese pressure injury (the INTACT trial): program Professor Barbara of Brisbane Dr Janeen Lamb, $1,071,077 awarded to the project Rugendyke Study on innovative ways Professor Carmel Diezmann Principals via Gri th University of public service delivery, contributing as instructional leaders: Digital • Professor Sandy Middleton Head to poverty reduction: Australian resources for learning in mathematics Position in Stroke Trial (HeadPoST): Development Scholarship: $76,220. and in numeracy across the primary $1,709,566 awarded to the project • Australian Institute of Nuclear curriculum: $9,983 via the University of Sydney Science and Engineering • C atholic Education, Archdiocese • Dr Ross Clark Bene ts of home-based Dr Duncan Cook Radiocarbon dating of Brisbane Associate Professor Vince multidisciplinary rehabilitation in a young speleothem record of monsoon Geiger, Dr Jim Gleeson, Dr Gerard non-small cell lung cancer: $560,919 variability from ancient southern E eney Education for sustainability in awarded to the project via the Cambodia: $7,550 BCE schools: An investigation of policy University of Melbourne • Australian National Council on and practice: $8,650 • Professor Christine Imms Centre of Drugs Professor Morag McArthur, • Catholic Education O ce Broken Research Excellence in Cerebral Palsy Dr Stephanie Taplin Outcomes of Bay Dr Christine Grima-Farrell (CRE-CP): $2,497,003 awarded to identifying AOD use during pregnancy The Special Needs Project: $17,800 the project via Murdoch Childrens on women, their partners and their Research Institute children: $43,725 • NHMRC Standard Equipment Grant to the University: $9,183.65 Photography: Sara Coen Sara Photography:
Australian Catholic University Annual Report 2013 Report of operations 67 • Catholic Schools O ce, Diocese • Independent Schools Victoria • OLT Innovation and Development of Maitland – Newcastle Associate Dr Linda Henderson, Associate Dr Mellita Jones School-based Professor Scott Eacott Building School Professor Joce Nuttall Managing the pedagogies and partnerships in leadership capacity through research: changing landscape of Early Years primary science teacher education: a pilot study in Maitland-Newcastle Education: $4,622 $17,144 Diocese: $79,007 • Jack Brockho Foundation • P aramedics Australasia Pip Gent • Copyright Agency Limited Medical Grant Dr Geraldine Mitchell Self-reported professional development Dr Elaine Lindsay Addressing the Prevasculariztion of matrix materials needs of Quali ed Ambulance Sacred through Literature and the for wound dressings: $67,580 Paramedics in Victoria: $5,000 Arts Conference: $2,250 • Jobs Australia Foundation Professor • Parkinson’s Queensland Inc • D amascus College Dr Lisl Fenwick Nerada White, Dr Jack Frawley, Leon Deborah Worboys, Professor Anne Building the capacity of teachers to Appo, Paul Chesterton Evaluation of Tolan Turning strain into strength: support students' literacy achievement Jobs Australia Foundation Indigenous Predictors of caregiver growth in loved through knowledge about language Youth Leadership Project (YLP): $33,000 ones of individuals with Parkinson's and understanding of di erentiation Disease: $5,000 • Knox City Council Associate within standards-based curriculum Professor Joce Nuttall Pedagogical • Prince Charles Hospital Scholarship reforms: $15,500 Leadership Research and Development Professor Paul Fulbrook, Dr Roger • Department of Education and Early Program for Senior Children's Services Lord Quality of sleep in an acute Childhood Development Victoria Sta : $6,300 hospital setting: $33,000 Professor Doug Clarke Quality • Mater Foundation Dr Helen • Queensland Health Department Assurance Review of Mathematics Associate Professor Paula Schulz, Curriculum Examples: $3,450 Stapleton, Professor Sue Kildea Baseline Audit of the Birth Suite Professor Sue Kildea, Gail Baker, • Department of Education and Early Environment (BUDSET): $9,707 Leigh Davis & Denise Burdett-Jones Childhood Development Victoria Improving outcomes for Indigenous Professor Doug Clarke, Dr Ann • National Heart Foundation Bachelor of Midwifery students enrolled Gervasoni & Ann Downton Revision Professor Sandy Middleton Alerting in the ACU Away from Base program: of the Research-Based Mathematics the Rehabilitation Environment to $167,257 Improve Stroke Survivor Activity Online Interview: $22,000 • Richmond High School (AREISSA): Phase II Study $300,000 Dr Sally Humphrey Developing • Department of Families, Housing, awarded to the project via the Community Services Professor A Metalanguage for KLA University of Newcastle Morag McArthur, Vicky Saunders Literacies(MELK): $59,500 • N ational Heart Foundation Refugee Communities Intercultural • South Australian Secondary Dr Jan Cameron Prospective memory dialogue: Building relationships, Principals' Association Inc via building communities: $134,072 training to improve heart failure self- Gri th University Professor Claire care: A feasibility study: $75,000 • Diabetes Australia Dr Kylie Mosely Wyatt-Smith Principals as Leaders in Determining barriers and strategies • National Stroke Foundation Secondary Schools: $7,833 to increase physical activity in adults Scholarship Professor Nancy • St Vincent’s Health and Aged Care with type 2 diabetes in a primary care Low Choy E ect of augmenting a Associate Professor Lindsay Farrell, setting: $64,982 home exercise program with insole Associate Professor Paula Schulz, biofeedback on balance and gait • Ecole des Mines de Douai Dr Monica Nebauer Art Research in Fellowship Dr Pre De Silva parameters of stroke survivors: $3,000 Catholic Healthcare: $18,000 Investigating the thermodynamically • North Western Mental Health • St Vincent’s Hospital, Melbourne stable phase assemblages and phase Dr Brian McKenna NPACER evaluation: Associate Professor Karen-Leigh relations in Na2O-Al2O3-SiO2-H2O A mixed methods study: $25,000 Edward Determinants of cardiac system • OLT Innovation and Development outcomes and adherence behaviours: • Health Workforce Australia Associate Professor Theda Thomas $10,000 Dr Elaine Je ord Emergency Reviewing rst year curricula for social Maternity and Perioperative Care: sciences and humanities in the context A new paradigm: ACT Region ICTN: of discipline threshold standards: $115,000 $209,000
68 Australian Catholic University Annual Report 2013 Report of operations • S t Vincent’s Private Hospital, PUBLIC POLICY INSTITUTE Melbourne Associate Professor Karen-Leigh Edward Impact of The Public Policy Institute, under lifestyle management on the control Executive Director Professor Scott of seizures and health related quality Prasser, based in Canberra, researches of life including subjective wellbeing and informs public policy from a basis and resilience: $10,000 of ethics, faith, human rights, the dignity of human life and community • St Vincent’s Private Hospital, engagement. Melbourne Associate Professor Karen- Leigh Edward E ective Catholic Identity formation for nurses in Catholic private healthcare – a case study: $10,000 • Sydney Catholic Education O ce Associate Professor Suzy Edwards, Cathie Harrison A positive transition to school: $6,000 • Telematics Trust Associate Professor Suzy Edwards Digital technologies in early childhood education: $20,000 • The Gowrie QLD Associate Professor Joce Nuttall, Professor Susan Edwards Political Position Paper on Early Childhood Education and Care: $10,780 • The Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse Professor Shurlee Swain Background History Papers: $59,591.88 • The Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse Professor Morag McArthur, Dr Tim Moore Children’s Views of Safety: $199,734 • The United Nations Human Settlements Programme Dr Rebecca Leshinsky Law making in the state of Victoria and the City of Melbourne: $16,000 • Victorian Government Mental Illness Research Fund Professor John Gleeson The HORYZONS project: Moderated Online Social Therapy for Maintenance of Treatment E ects from Specialised First Episode Psychosis Services $1,792,727 awarded to the project via the University of Melbourne Photography: Mark Munro Photography:
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The Governor-General Her Excellency Quentin Bryce AC CVO and Warmun artist Betty Carrington
70 Australian Catholic University Annual Report 2013 Report of operations RELATIONS WITH • the Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research), for Catholic schools and hospitals. Professor Wayne McKenna, is a Representatives from these Orders are GOVERNMENT member of Research Australia’s involved in the life of the University, and Key relations with government in 2013: Health and Medical Research Alliance, are invited to various functions across Universities Australia Deputy and our campuses including graduation • the Vice-Chancellor, Professor Greg Pro Vice‐Chancellors’ (Research) Masses, book launches, concerts, art Craven, is Deputy Chairman of the Committee, NSW Deputy and exhibitions, forums, public lectures, Council of Australian Governments Pro Vice‐Chancellors’ (Research) and numerous liturgical celebrations (COAG), Vice-President of the Australian Committee and VIC Deputy and throughout the academic year. Higher Education Industrial Association Pro Vice‐Chancellors’ (Research) (AHEIA) Executive Committee, and Committee. With the wider Catholic Church Chair of the Universities Australia Standing Committee on the Tertiary • Associate Vice-Chancellor (Melbourne) As a leading institution of the Church in Education Quality and Standards Professor John Ballard is a delegate Australia, ACU continues to be engaged Agency (TEQSA). Professor Craven also of the Victorian Minister of Health in the broader life of the Church on represents Universities Australia – the to a Regional Health Board, Chair numerous levels. peak body for Australian universities of the Victorian Department of Internationally, the University has – as a member of the Department of Health’s Industry Advisory Panel on been represented at or taken part in Competitive Elective Surgery Funding, Industry, Innovation, Science, Research activities of the Holy See and is engaged a member of the Institute of Company and Tertiary Education's (DIISRTE) in collaborative arrangements with a Directors Health Advisory Committee, National Advisory Group on Higher number of Catholic universities and a member of the Cranlana Medical Education Data and Information, and church agencies around the world. Ethics Advisory Committee and a is a member of the Victorian Vice- Member of the City of Yarra’s Business ACU is a member of the International Chancellors’ Committee. Advisory Group. Federation of Catholic Universities (200 • the Provost, Professor Pauline Nugent, institutions worldwide), and will host its • Associate Vice-Chancellor (Sydney) is on the board of directors of Eastern 25th General Assembly in Melbourne Professor Marea Nicholson is a Health and is Chair of their Quality in 2015. ACU is also a member of the member of the Initial Teacher Committee. She is also a member Association of Catholic Colleges and Education Committee of the NSW of the Universities Australia Health Universities (ACCU) based in Washington Institute of Teachers, Catholic Professions Education Standing Group DC, a peak body that represents more Education Commission Education and a member of the Vice-Chancellor's than half the Catholic tertiary education Policy Committee, Sydney Archdiocese – DEECD (Department of Education institutions of the world. Catholic Schools Board, North Sydney and Early Childhood Development) Institutions Working Group, North • ACU hosted and supported a number Committee representing the Vice- Sydney CBD Working Group, Catholic of Catholic Church related events Chancellor. Leadership Religious Institutions in 2013, including the launch of • the Chief Operating O cer and Deputy Education Committee. the Australian Catholic Bishops Vice-Chancellor, Dr Stephen Weller, is Conference Annual Social Justice • Professor Kevin Ashford-Rowe, Director President of the Association of Tertiary Statement (Sydney); Order of Malta ACU Learning and Teaching Centre, was Education Management (ATEM) and a (Victorian Branch) Annual Conference on the TEQSA Register of Experts. member of the Executive Committee of (Melbourne); the Bishop Joseph the Deputy Vice-Chancellor's Corporate • Under the oversight of the Vice- Grech Memorial Colloquium on Ethics Group of Universities Australia. Chancellor and Provost, the Director and Migration (Melbourne); The Great Government, Policy and Strategy, • the Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Students, Grace Conference (Sydney); Social Julian Leeser, is responsible for overall Justice Youth Forums (Brisbane and Learning and Teaching), Professor government relations strategy. Anne Cummins, together with Sydney); The Australian Catholic Professor Kevin Ashford-Rowe and Youth Festival (Melbourne); Pope Associate Professor Janne Malfroy, RELATIONS WITH Francis – the First 100 days (Brisbane); was an assessor for fellowships and Festival of Lights (Sydney). grants for the O ce for Learning STAKEHOLDERS • Cardinal Oscar Rodriguez and Teaching, Department of Maradiaga SDB, President of Caritas Education (previously the Department With founding institutions Internatonalis, Archbishop of of Education, Employment and The University continues to actively Tegucigalpa, Honduras, received an Workplace Relations). She is also engage with a number of our founding Honorary Doctorate and delivered the co-convenor of the Universities institutions, particularly those that the occasional address at the Sydney Australia Executive Women Group. formerly trained teachers and nurses Spring Graduation ceremony. Photography: (Opposite) Elizabeth Koudsy. (Top) Tristan Velasco Tristan (Top) Elizabeth (Opposite) Koudsy. Photography:
Australian Catholic University Annual Report 2013 Report of operations 71 • the Vice-Chancellor continued to host With prospective students • promotional materials for various events for priests and others working Each ACU campus o ers University initiatives, including orientation in the Catholic Church to Experience events, where students week, scholarships, early achievers’ join with ACU sta for a meal and undertake activities and classes as if and pathways programs a chance to exchange ideas. He also they were a university student, as well • a monthly e-newsletter, ACU Update; welcomed a number of Australian as open days/nights, Career Practitioner bi-annual magazine, Insight; and bi- Bishops for dinner and an update seminars, HSC enrichment days and annual alumni magazine, ACU alum on the state of the University. course information sessions. • regular media releases • each campus regularly welcomes Student recruitment sta , working • annual reports. its local Bishop or Archbishop to with a team of student ambassadors, celebrate Mass on campus; local hosted and visited many schools and Cultural contacts Bishops and Archbishops preside major educational and career expos over our graduation Masses for all This year saw sta across ACU work to throughout the year. See table on the campuses. strengthen relationships with schools, following page for details. community groups and the Church. • all campuses continue to o er opportunities for Catholic students The University’s art galleries displayed to engage with their faith. Students PUBLIC RELATIONS a range of Aboriginal and Torres Strait have the opportunity to participate Islander, rural, local and overseas artists. Marketing and External Relations in various liturgical celebrations They also exhibited works from current (MER) coordinates publications, media, including the daily Masses, retreats art and design students and school communications, marketing, social and other spiritual and faith-based students. media, student recruitment, alumni activities. At the same time, students relations, fundraising and development Exhibitions included, but were not from other faiths and beliefs are for the University. limited to, the annual Clancy Prize; o ered the opportunity to participate STATIC Bachelor of Visual Arts and Design in the various University forums As part of the Vice-Chancellor’s Graduate Show; Visionaries Artists on religion and general interfaith executive restructure, and to help Exhibition; Gifts of the Artists exhibition of relations. manage the growing complexity of art from the Warmun community; and the external engagements, Marketing • a number of students from ACU photography competition Pixel Prize. and External Relations was split into worked for Misericordia, a volunteer- Marketing and Communications, and Choirs in Brisbane and Melbourne are led welfare organisation in Florence, Student Recruitment and External mostly made up of students enrolled in Italy. The students were in Florence Relations, in July 2013. These two ACU’s School of Arts and Sciences but for three weeks, completing a unit directorates are grouped within the are also open to all current students, of study through Fair eld University sub-portfolio of Engagement and interested students from other tertiary and serving on Misericordia’s frontline report to the Chief Operating O cer. institutions, alumni, sta and members as part of the University’s new Core of the wider musical community. Each The Directors are involved in strategic Curriculum. Classes are run by Fair eld year the choirs perform at a number of thinking and planning within the – a Jesuit university in the United university events including graduations University, and sta on each of the States – and are led by research and scholarship presentations. They are six campuses have regular meetings experts in social justice, ethics, human also involved in their local communities. rights and political science. to ensure a coordinated approach. In 2013, MER won silver at the With alumni international Council for Advancement Details of the University’s Alumni and Support of Education (CASE) program are on page 55. Awards. The award was received for the newly launched ACU alum magazine. With benefactors Marketing materials published in 2013 Information about ACU Foundation include: and donors may be found on page 27. • course guide and promotional materials for undergraduate and postgraduate students
72 Australian Catholic University Annual Report 2013 Report of operations SCHOOLS VISITED BY RECRUITMENT TEAM 2011 2012 2013 QLD 150 225 240 NSW 120 115 135 ACT 49 31 43 VIC 187 229 270 Total 506 600 688
ACU’S PARTICIPATION AT MAJOR CAREERS EXPOS 2011 2012 2013 QLD 16 8 8 NSW 27 29 34 ACT 7 9 11 VIC 18 28 40 Total 68 74 93 Note: The QLD gures show signi cant decrease from previous years. There are two main reasons for this decrease: schools are holding their own expos rather than merging for a major event and ACU did not travel to the regional expos they had previously participated in. Photography: Elizabeth Koudsy Photography:
Australian Catholic University Annual Report 2013 Report of operations 73 ACU FINANCIAL REPORTS 2013
Lights of Christmas, St Mary’s Cathedral, Sydney
74 Australian Catholic University Annual Report 2013 Financial reports one DIRECTORS’ REPORT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2013
The directors present their report Ms Samantha Herdman together with the nancial statements Student of Australian Catholic University Limited 1 January 2013 (31 December 2013) (the Company) for the year ended Professor Margot Hillel OAM 31 December 2013 and the auditors' BA (La Trobe) MA (Melb) PhD (Monash) report thereon. Lecturer 16 June 2010 Directors Ms C Hollis-Jones The directors of the Company in o ce B.App Sc GradDipTeach (Sec) (QUT) at any time during or since the end of GradDipArts (Theol) (ACU) the nancial year are: Educational administrator Assoc. Prof. M Bezzina 30 May 2013 BA(Hons) DipEd MEdStuds(RE) PhD Assoc. Prof Cathy Jenkins Lecturer BA PhD (Qld) 13 May 2011 (18 January 2013) Lecturer Mr John Joseph Carroll 30 May 2013 BBus MAppFin CPA MAIPM Professor James McLaren Financier MA (Melb) DPhil (Oxford) 19 May 2006 Lecturer General Peter Cosgrove AC MC CNZM 16 June 2010 Former Defence Force Chief Ms Moira Therese Najdecki 5 November 2010 (13 January 2014) BA (ANU) DipEd (CCAE) MA Professor Gregory Joseph Craven (English) (UNSW) GradDipRE (ACU) BA LLB(Hons) LLM (Melb) MEdLeadership (ACU) Vice-Chancellor Educational administrator 1 February 2008 19 May 2006 Justice James Douglas Mr David Brian O’Connor AM BA(UQ) LLB(UQ) LLB (Cambridge) BA (UNE) PACert (Syd Tech Coll) Supreme Court Judge Retired public servant 11 June 2013 14 April 2000 Mr Stephen Noel Elder Ms Bernadette Marie Therese Steele BEd (Vic(Aust)) DipEd (LaT) FAIM BA (Hons) LLB (Melb) Educational administrator Lawyer 23 May 2008 11 August 2009 Mr Edward William Exell AM Ms Margaret Mary Vider BA (Hons) (Melb) BEc (ANU) Retired health professional Retired administrator 21 May 2010 30 September 1996 Dr Daniel White Most Reverend Bishop James Foley BA DipEd Grad Dip (Religious Studies), DD, DPh (Leuven) MEd (Leadership) MEd (Religious Catholic Bishop Education) EdD (ACU) FACEL 30 September 1994 (30 May 2013) Province Secretary Ms Maria Hegerty 13 May 2011 BEd, DipTeaching, GradDipComCounsel GradDipSpecEd MEdLead Executive manager 13 May 2011 (5 March 2013) Photography: (Opposite) James Horan (Opposite) Photography:
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The senior executive of Australian Deputy Vice-Chancellor Executive Dean, Faculty of Catholic University Limited at the (Research) Theology and Philosophy date of this report are: Professor Wayne McKenna Professor Anne Hunt FACE OAM Vice-Chancellor BA (Hons) PhD (University of Leeds) BSc (Melb) DipEd (MelbCE) BEd 4 February 2013 (Monash) BTheol (YTU of MCD) MSc Professor Greg Craven (Ed) (Fordham) MATheol (Catholic BA, LLB (Hons) LLM (Melb) Executive Dean, Faculty of Theological Union Chicago) 1 February 2008 Education and Arts DTheol(MCD) Provost and Deputy Professor Claire Wyatt-Smith 1 July 2009 Vice-Chancellor (Academic) DipForeign Language and Education (Goethe Inst) BA PGDipEd MEd PhD (Qld) Associate Vice-Chancellors Professor Pauline Nugent 24 June 2013 Brisbane BAppSc (Lincoln Institute of Health Sciences) MEd (Monash) Executive Dean, Faculty of Professor Jim Nyland 14 February 2011 BA (Hons) (Bangor) MA (MMU) DEd Health Sciences (Derby) Chief Operating O cer and Professor Michelle Campbell 3 October 2011 Deputy Vice-Chancellor BAppSc (Lincoln Institute of Health Sciences) MNursStud (LaTrobe) PhDNurs Melbourne Dr Stephen Weller (LaTrobe) BA (Syd) MCom (UWS) MBA (UTS) PhD (VU) Dr John Ballard 13 June 2011 BA (ANU) MHA (UNSW) DBA (Macq) 1 April 2013 16 July 2012 Executive Dean, Faculty of Law Deputy Vice-Chancellor and Business (Acting) Sydney (Students Learning and Teaching) Professor David Spencer Professor Marea Nicholson Professor Anne Cummins BA (Macq) LLB (Syd) GDLP (UTS) LLM (UTS) BA (Macq) DipTeach (NewcastleCAE) BEd (Canberra CAE) MA (Macquarie) LLM (by Research) (Hons) (UTS)AIAMA GradDipEdSt (NepeanCAE) MEd PhD MEdL (ACU) GradDipEd (Religious 2 January 2014 (Syd) Studies) (CCE Sydney) 23 February 2009 1 July 2009
DIRECTORS’ MEETINGS The number of directors' meetings (including meetings of committees of directors) and the number of meetings attended by each of the directors of the Company during the nancial year are: Honorary Awards Standing and Finance Committee Audit & Risk Senate Meetings Committee Meetings Meetings Committee Meetings AB A BAB AB Mr J J Carroll 44 6 6-- 33 General P Cosgrove 44 - -11 -- Professor G J Craven 34 2 611 -- Justice James Douglas 33 ------Mr S N Elder 44 3 6-- 23 Mr E W Exell AM 44 6 6-- -- Most Rev Bishop J Foley DD 11 ------Ms S Herdman 24 ------Professor M Hillel OAM 44 - -11 -- Ms C Hollis-Jones 33 ------Associate Prof. C Jenkins 33 ------Professor J S McLaren 44 6 6-- -- Ms M T Najdecki 34 3 6-- 33 Mr D B O’Connor AM 34 5 611 33 Ms B M T Steele 34 - -11 -- Ms M M Vider 44 6 6-- -- Dr D J White 24 ------A - Number of meetings attended. B - Re ects the number of meetings held during the time the director held o ce throughout the year
76 Australian Catholic University Annual Report 2013 Financial reports Principal activities revenue, excluding nance income and The principal activities of Australian Deferred Government Contributions for Catholic University Ltd during the Superannuation increased by $7.11m. course of the nancial year were those Expenditure on cash-related salaries of a university operating at both an increased by $26.24m (14.2%). Non- undergraduate and postgraduate level salary cash expenses increased by on six campuses across the states of $11.95m (15.8%). Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria The utilisation of cash reserves to fund and the Australian Capital Territory. capital works continues to impact the The University will operate a seventh working capital position although it campus in South Australia from the has reduced to a de cit of $35.31m 1st of January 2014. The University ($41.52m de cit in 2012). also undertook formal entrepreneurial activities through the conduct of special Signicant changes in the state non-award and fee-paying courses including o shore program in Hong of a airs Kong. The University has links in Implementation of the University’s a number of other countries including capital planning program to the United States, Indonesia, Pakistan accommodate current and planned and Timor-Leste. growth in student and sta numbers continued in 2013. Expenditure includes Review and result of operations the redevelopment of 8-10 Berry St at There is a positive result for the year North Sydney, new buildings and car ended 31 December 2013 of $47.24 park on the Brisbane campus and major million (m) (2012 $39.57m). In relation refurbishment of existing buildings on to revenue, there is a signi cant increase the Melbourne campus. in Commonwealth Government In late 2013, the University utilised Financial Assistance largely comprising a portion of the $70m loan facility, Commonwealth Grants Scheme, held with the University’s banker to $13.63m and Student HECS HELP, strengthen its cash position. Further $26.69m. The Grant increase re ects use of the facility is expected during 2014 growth in Commonwealth-funded as the University continues to implement student places. Other operating its capital development program.
FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS 2013 2012 ($’000) ($’000) Commonwealth Government Grants 284,715 241,241 Other Operating Revenue 84,880 77,767 Finance Income 898 1,187 Salary Cash Expenses (211,074) (184,836) Non-Salary Cash Expenses (87,609) (75,659) Non-Cash Expenses (Depreciation, Amortisation and Provisions) (24,571) (20,132) Operating Result for the Period 47,239 39,568 Working Capital Surplus/(De cit) (35,309) (41,521)
Australian Catholic University Annual Report 2013 Financial reports 77 one DIRECTORS’ REPORT CONTINUED
Environmental regulation Directors’ and o cers’ Rounding o The Company's operations are not liability cover The Company is of a kind referred to subject to any signi cant environmental During the year, the Company paid in ASIC Class Order 98/100 dated 10 regulations under either Commonwealth insurance premiums of $56,250 (2012: July 1998 and in accordance with that or State legislation. However, the $51,900) in respect of Directors and Class Order, amounts in the nancial Directors believe that the Company O cers Liability insurance contracts for statements and directors’ report has adequate systems in place for the directors and o cers of the Company. have been rounded o to the nearest management of its environmental The insurance provides cover against thousand dollars, unless otherwise requirements and is not aware of claims made by reason of any wrongful stated. any breach of these environmental act committed or alleged to have been Signed in accordance with a resolution requirements. committed by a director or o cer of the of the Directors: Company during the year. The Company Matters subsequent to the End has not entered into an agreement of the Financial Year indemnifying the current auditors, There are no other items, transactions KPMG, against any claims by third parties. or events of a material or unusual Professor G Craven nature that have arisen in the interval Director between the end of the nancial year Proceedings on behalf of the Company 26 March 2014 and the date of this report which are Sydney likely in the opinion of directors to There are no proceedings being pursued a ect signi cantly the operations of on behalf of the Company. the Company, the results of these operations or the state of the Company Lead auditor’s independence in subsequent nancial years. declaration The lead auditor's independence Directors’ interests and benets Mr E W Exell declaration is set out on page 79 and Director Directors’ interests and bene ts are set forms part of the director’s report for the 26 March 2014 out in notes 19 and 20. nancial year ended 31 December 2013. Sydney Indemnication of directors Non-audit services and o cers Amounts paid to the Company’s During the year the Company renewed auditors for non-audit services are an agreement with their insurers to outlined in note 5. provide indemni cation for all the The Directors of the Company are directors and o cers of the Company satis ed, based on advice from the Audit (as listed in this report), against all and Risk Committee, that the non-audit liabilities to another person (other than services provided are compatible with the Company) that may arise from their the general standard of independence position as directors and o cers. for auditors imposed by the Corporations Act 2001 and do not undermine the general principles relating to auditor independence as set out in APES 110 Code of Ethics for Professional Accountants, as they did not involve reviewing or auditing the auditor’s own work, acting in a management or decision-making capacity for Australian Catholic University, acting as an advocate for Australian Catholic University or jointly sharing risks and rewards.
78 Australian Catholic University Annual Report 2013 Financial reports two LEAD AUDITOR’S INDEPENDENCE DECLARATION
Lead Auditor’s Independence Declaration under Section 307C of the Corporations Act 2001 To: the directors of Australian Catholic University Limited I declare that, to the best of my knowledge and belief, in relation to the audit for the nancial year ended 31 December 2013 there have been: (i) no contraventions of the auditor independence requirements as set out in the Corporations Act 2001 in relation to the audit; and (ii) no contraventions of any applicable code of professional conduct in relation to the audit.
KPMG
Kevin Leighton Partner Sydney 26 March 2014
Australian Catholic University Annual Report 2013 Financial reports 79 three AUDITED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2013
INCOME STATEMENT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2013 2013 2012 Notes $’000 $’000
Revenue from Continuing Operations Commonwealth Government Financial Assistance Excluding HECS HELP 2.1 163,209 148,485 Higher Education Contribution Scheme (HECS - HELP) Student Contributions 24.2 10,790 10,431 Commonwealth Payments 2.1, 24.2 102,385 76,059 FEE-HELP 2.1 5,653 4,299 SA-HELP 2.1 2,678 1,967 State & Local Government Financial Assistance 2.2 24 24 Fees and Charges 2.3 50,134 51,151 Consultancy and Contract Research 2.5 7,393 5,974 Other Revenue 2.6 27,329 20,618 Total Revenue from Continuing Operations 369,595 319,008
Expenses from Continuing Operations Employee Bene ts 3.1 217,699 191,228 Depreciation and Amortisation 3.2 17,946 13,740 Buildings and Grounds Maintenance 3.3 4,828 5,332 Other Expenses 3.4 82,262 70,256 Total Expenses from Continuing Operations 322,735 280,556
Operating Result from Continuing Operations 46,860 38,452
Finance Income and Expense Finance Income 2.4 898 1,187 Finance Expense 4 (519) (71) Total Finance Income and Expense 379 1,116
Operating Result Before Income Tax 47,239 39,568 Income Tax 1(c) – –
Operating Result for the Period 17 47,239 39,568 The income statement is to be read in conjunction with the notes to and forming part of the nancial statements set out on pages 85 to 115.
80 Australian Catholic University Annual Report 2013 Financial reports STATEMENT OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2013 2013 2012 Note $’000 $’000
Operating Result for the Period 47,239 39,568
Other Comprehensive Income Superannuation - Deferred Government Contributions (8,984) 6222 Deferred Superannuation Expense 8,984 (6,222) Gain/(loss) on revaluation of land and buildings 5,821 - Gain/(loss) on value of available for sale nancial assets 16 83 (49) Other Comprehensive Income for the Period 5,904 (49)
Total Comprehensive Income 53,143 39,519
Attributable to: Members 53,143 39,519 53,143 39,519 The statement of comprehensive income is to be read in conjunction with the notes to and forming part of the nancial statements set out on pages 85 to 115.
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BALANCE SHEET AS AT 31 DECEMBER 2013 2013 2012 Notes $’000 $’000
Current Assets Cash and Cash Equivalents 6 16,128 11,527 Trade and Other Receivables 7 3,588 3,043 Other Assets 9 6,708 7,892 Total Current Assets 26,424 22,462
Non-Current Assets Other Investments 8 1,381 1,231 Property, Plant and Equipment 10 342,456 297,364 Intangible Assets 11 44,462 45,278 Other Assets 9 23,358 32,519 Total Non-Current Assets 411,657 376,392
Total Assets 438,081 398,854
Current Liabilities Trade and Other Payables 12 13,771 12,515 Employee Bene ts 13 27,476 24,489 Other Liabilities 15 20,486 26,979 Total Current Liabilities 61,733 63,983
Non-Current Liabilities Employee Bene ts 13 26,066 33,819 Borrowings 14 10,000 15,000 Other Liabilities 15 8,110 7,023 Total Non-Current Liabilities 44,176 55,842
Total Liabilities 105,909 119,825
Net Assets 332,172 279,029
Equity Reserves 16 332,172 279,029 Retained Earnings 17 – – Total Equity 332,172 279,029 The balance sheet is to be read in conjunction with the notes to and forming part of the nancial statements set out on pages 85 to 115.
82 Australian Catholic University Annual Report 2013 Financial reports STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN EQUITY FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2013 Available for Sale Financial Asset Assets Contribution General Revaluation Revaluation from Reserve Reserve Reserve Members Total Equity Notes $’000 $’000 $’000 $’000 $’000
2013 Balance at 1 January 2013 206,871 14,816 384 56,958 279,029 Comprehensive Income for the Period Operating Result for the Period 17 47,239 5,821 – – 53,060 Total Other Comprehensive – – 83 – 83 Income for the Period Total Comprehensive Income 47,239 5,821 83 – 53,143 for the Period Contribution from Members 16 – – – – –
Balance at 31 December 2013 254,110 20,637 467 56,958 332,172
2012 Balance at 1 January 2012 167,303 14,816 433 56,958 239,510 Comprehensive Income for the Period Operating Result for the Period 18 39,568 – – – 39,568 Total Other Comprehensive – – (49) – (49) Income for the Period Total Comprehensive Income 39,568 – (49) – 39,519 for the Period Contribution from Members 17 – – – – –
Balance at 31 December 2012 206,871 14,816 384 56,958 279,029 The statement of changes in equity is to be read in conjunction with the notes to and forming part of the nancial statements set out on pages 85 to 115.
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STATEMENT OF CASH FLOWS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2013 2013 2012 Notes $’000 $’000
Cash Flows from Operating Activities Grant Revenue Commonwealth Government 166,983 154,349 Higher Education Contribution Scheme Student Payments 10,789 10,431 Commonwealth Payments 102,696 80,630 Other In ows 85,094 86,950 Cash Receipts in the Course of Operations 365,562 332,360 Cash Payments in the Course of Operations (301,773) (267,915) Interest Received 899 1,187 Interest and Other Costs of Finance (609) (32)
Net Cash from Operating Activities 23(ii) 64,079 65,600
Cash Flows from Investing Activities Payments for Property, Plant and Equipment (54,411) (81,672) Proceeds from Sale of Non-Current Assets – 40 Proceeds from/Payments for Investments (67) 1,471
Net Cash Used in Investing Activities (54,478) (80,161)
Cash Flows from Financing Activities Proceeds from Borrowings 10,000 15,000 Repayment of Borrowings (15,000) (100)
Net Cash (Used in)/Provided by Financing Activities (5,000) 14,900
Net (Decrease)/Increase in Cash Held 4,601 339
Cash and Cash Equivalents at the Beginning of the Financial Year 11,527 11,188
Cash and Cash Equivalents at the End of the Financial Year 23(i) 16,128 11,527 The statement of cash ows is to be read in conjunction with the notes to and forming part of the nancial statements set out on pages 85 to 115.
84 Australian Catholic University Annual Report 2013 Financial reports four NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2013
1. STATEMENT Actual results may di er from these (b) Revenue recognition estimates. OF SIGNIFICANT Revenue is measured at the fair value of The estimates and underlying the consideration received or receivable. ACCOUNTING POLICIES assumptions are reviewed on an Amounts disclosed as revenue are net The Directors of the Company comprise ongoing basis. Revisions to accounting of returns, trade allowances, rebates and the Senate of the University and estimates are recognised in the period amounts collected on behalf of third the terms senator and director are in which the estimate is revised and parties. interchangeable. Australian Catholic future periods if the revision a ects Revenue is recognised when the amount University Ltd (the Company) is both current and future periods. of revenue can be reliably measured, domiciled in Australia and is not for Information about signi cant areas it is probable that future economic pro t. The nancial statements were of estimation uncertainty and critical bene ts will ow to the Company and authorised for issue by the directors judgements in applying accounting speci c criteria have been met for each on 26 March 2014. policies that have the most signi cant of the Company’s activities as described The signi cant policies which have impact on the amount recognised in below. The amount of revenue is not been adopted in the preparation of the nancial statements are described considered to be reliably measurable these nancial statements are: in: Note 13 measurement of de ned until all contingencies relating to the superannuation obligations; Note sale have been resolved. The Company (a) Basis of preparation 1(g) measurement of make good/ bases its estimates on historical results, recti cation costs and Note 10 property, taking into consideration the type of Statement of compliance plant and equipment. customer, the type of transaction and the speci cs of each arrangement. The nancial statements of the Functional and presentation Company are a general purpose currency Revenue is recognised for the major nancial statement that has been business activities as follows: prepared in accordance with Australian The nancial statements are prepared Accounting Standards (AASB’s) adopted in Australian dollars, which is the Government grants by the Australian Accounting Standards Company’s functional currency. Commonwealth Grant Scheme and HELP Board, the Corporations Act 2001, and The Company is the kind referred to in income is recognised on an accrual basis the disclosure requirements within the ASIC Class Order 98/100, dated 10 July whereby it is credited to the University’s Guidelines for the Preparation of Annual 1998, and in accordance with that class income statement in the nancial year Financial Statements for the 2013 order, all nancial information has been in which the goods and services are Reporting Period by Australian Higher rounded to the nearest thousand unless provided in exchange for the grant Education Institutions issued pursuant otherwise stated. received. to the Higher Education Support Act 2003. Historical cost convention Other tuition fee income The nancial statements were authorised for issue by the Senate on The nancial statements have been Other tuition fee income is generated 26 March 2014. prepared on the basis of historical costs from fee-paying courses for local except for freehold land and buildings and overseas students. Revenue is Use of estimates and judgement and nancial instruments classi ed as recognised in the same period as the The preparation of the nancial available for sale and de ned bene t courses for which the fee income is statements conforms with Australian superannuation liabilities. These have derived. Pre-payments for courses Accounting Standards and requires been stated at fair value. being held in the next teaching year are management to make judgements, Where necessary, comparative treated as deferred income and recorded estimates and assumptions that a ect information has been reclassi ed to as revenue in the following nancial year the application of policies and reported achieve consistency in disclosure with when the course is provided. amounts of assets and liabilities, current nancial year amounts and other Donations and bequests income and expenses. The estimates disclosures. and associated assumptions are based Donations and bequests received, which The accounting policies below have are not subject to conditions under a on historical experience and various been applied consistently to all periods other factors that are believed to be speci c trust deed, are recognised as presented in these nancial statements revenue when they are received. reasonable under the circumstances, except where stated. the results of which form the basis of making the judgements about carrying values of assets and liabilities that are not readily apparent from other sources.
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Interest income Sundry receivables asset class; all other decreases are Interest income is recognised as it Sundry receivables are recognised when charged to the income statement. accrues using the e ective interest expenditure is incurred by the Company All other property, plant and method. and requires reimbursement by a third equipment are stated at historical party. The carrying amount of sundry cost less accumulated depreciation Asset sales receivables approximates net fair value. and impairment losses. Historical cost The net gain on asset sales is included includes expenditure that is directly as other income and the net loss as an (f) Investments attributable to the acquisition of the expense. The pro t or loss on disposal asset. Cost also includes those costs of assets is brought to account at the Interest-bearing deposits, directly attributable to bringing the date the unconditional contract is debentures and bank bonds asset to its working condition, and an signed. Interest-bearing deposits, debentures, estimate of the cost of dismantling bank bonds and bank bills are measured and removing the asset. The estimate Emerging-Cost Superannuation at amortised cost using the e ective of dismantling costs is based on prior supplementation from interest method. experience in exiting similar sites or government locations. Funding from government for Emerging- Other companies Subsequent costs are included in the Cost Superannuation supplementation Investments in listed and unlisted asset’s carrying amount or recognised is reported in the Balance Sheet, as this shares are classi ed as “available for sale” as a separate asset, as appropriate, only securities and are carried at fair value is in e ect an agency arrangement. In when it is probable that future economic (See Note 1(p)). Changes in fair value accordance with AASB119, Employee bene ts associated with the item will are recorded in the Share Revaluation Bene ts, this amount is disclosed in the ow to the Company and the cost of Reserve except for impairment losses notes to the Financial Statements (Refer the item can be measured reliably. All which are recorded directly through Note 13). other repairs and maintenance are the income statement. charged to the income statement during (c) Taxation When shares governed by a trust deed the nancial period in which they are The Company is a University and the are sold, the pro t or loss on disposal is incurred. Commissioner of Taxation has granted recognised against a trust fund liability. it an exemption under section 50-5 of All other share pro ts and losses on Depreciation the Income Tax Assessment Act 1997 disposal are recognised in the income Depreciation is recognised in the income from the 1st of July 2000. statement. statement on a straight-line basis over The Company is not subject to income the estimated useful lives of each tax or capital gains tax but is liable for (g) Property, plant and part of an item of property, plant and other taxes in accordance with Federal equipment equipment. The depreciation rates used for each class of asset in the current and and State legislation. Freehold land and buildings are treated comparative year are as follows: as one class of asset and shown at fair (d) Cash and cash equivalents value, based on periodic valuations Freehold Buildings 3% Cash at bank is carried at face value by external independent valuers, less Improvement to Intangible of the amounts deposited or drawn subsequent depreciation for buildings. 3% Rights to Occupy Buildings and net of unpresented cheques. Any accumulated depreciation at the The carrying amount of cash at bank date of revaluation is eliminated against Furniture and Fittings 20% the gross carrying amount of the asset approximates net fair value. Computer Equipment 33% and the net amount is restated to the Short term deposits of less than 90 days revalued amount of the asset. Plant and Equipment 20% are classi ed as cash. Increases in the carrying amounts Motor Vehicles 10% (e) Trade and other receivables arising on revaluation of freehold land and buildings are credited to the Asset Student assistance program Revaluation Reserve in equity. To the The assets’ residual value and useful life Student loans are generally settled within extent that the increase reverses a is reviewed and adjusted, if appropriate, a 12-month period and are carried at decrease previously recognised in the at each balance sheet date. amounts due. The collectability of debts income statement, the increase is rst An asset’s carrying amount is impaired is assessed at balance date and bad debts recognised in the income statement. to its recoverable amount if the asset’s are written o directly to the income Decreases that reverse previous carrying amount is greater than its statement. Speci c provision is made increases of the same asset class are rst estimated recoverable amount. See for any doubtful accounts. The carrying charged against revaluation reserves note 1(h). Gains and losses on disposal amount of student loans approximates directly in equity to the extent of the are determined by comparing proceeds net fair value. remaining reserve attributable to the with the carrying amount. These are
86 Australian Catholic University Annual Report 2013 Financial reports included in the income statement. When circumstances indicate that the carrying The provisions have been calculated revalued assets are sold, it is Company amount may not be recoverable. An based on wage and salary rates at policy to transfer the amounts included impairment loss is recognised for the which they are expected to be paid and in the Asset Revaluation Reserve in amount by which the asset’s carrying includes related on-costs. The carrying respect of those assets to retained amount exceeds its recoverable amount. amount of the provisions approximates earnings. Impairment losses are recognised in net fair value. the income statement unless an asset Land is not depreciated. Depreciation Annual leave on other assets is calculated using the has previously been revalued, in which The liability for employee entitlements straight line method to allocate the case the impairment loss is recognised to annual leave represents the present cost or revalued amount, net of residual as a reversal of the revaluation with any value of the estimated future cash value, over the estimated useful life. excess recognised through the income statement. For assets with an inde nite out ows to be made by the employer Works of art useful life the recoverable amount is resulting from employees services provided up to the balance date. Acquisitions are carried at cost and estimated at each balance date. The liability is calculated from a sta no depreciation is charged in respect member’s commencement date, of these assets. (i) Intangible assets allowing for the probability that the Intangible assets consist of the rights member will take accrued leave. Leased plant and equipment to occupy land and buildings that have Liabilities are discounted using rates Leases of plant and equipment been granted at nominal rates for a attaching to national government under which the Company assumes determined period or in perpetuity. The securities at balance date, which most substantially all the risks and bene ts intangible rights are initially recorded closely match the terms of maturity of ownership are classi ed as nance at their fair value. Rights to occupy of the related liabilities. The carrying leases. Other leases are classi ed as buildings are amortised at the lesser amount of the provision approximates operating leases. of 3% or the period of the term of the net fair value. Leases in which a signi cant portion agreement. Where a right of occupancy of the risks and rewards of ownership agreement exists and stipulates the In determining the liability for employee are retained by the lessor are classi ed time period, the asset including rights to entitlements, consideration has been given to the Company’s experience as operating leases. Operating lease occupy land is amortised over the period with sta taking annual leave. Related expenses are charged against pro ts in of the right. Inde nite life intangibles are on-costs have also been included in the equal instalments over the accounting tested annually for impairment. liability. periods covered by the lease term, except where an alternative basis is (j) Trade and other payables Long-service leave more representative of the pattern of Liabilities are recognised for amounts The liability for employee entitlements bene ts to be derived from the leased to be paid in the future for goods or to long-service leave represents the property. services received, whether or not billed present value of the estimated future to the Company. Trade accounts payable cash out ows to be made by the are normally settled within 30 days. The (h) Impairment of assets employer resulting from employees’ carrying amount of accounts payable Impairment arises when an asset’s services provided up to the balance approximates net fair value. carrying amount exceeds its recoverable date. The liability is calculated from a amount. Recoverable amount is de ned sta member’s commencement date, as the higher of an asset’s (or cash- (k) Borrowings allowing for the probability that the generating unit’s) fair value less costs Other loans member will complete seven years to sell and value in use. Value in use is of service. Sta members with seven Other loans are carried on the balance (i) the present value of the future cash years of service or more are included as sheet at amortised cost. Interest expense ows expected to be derived from an current liabilities; those with fewer than is recognised on an e ective interest asset or cash generating unit or (ii) the seven years of service are included as basis. depreciated replacement cost of the non-current liabilities. asset when the future economic bene ts (l) Employee benets Liabilities for employee entitlements for of an asset of a not-for-pro t entity are members with fewer than seven years not primarily dependent on the asset’s Wages, salaries and sick leave of service are discounted using the ability to generate net cash in ows and The provisions for employee rates attaching to national government where the entity would, if deprived of entitlements to wages and salaries securities at balance date, which most the asset, replace its remaining future represent the amount which the closely match the terms of maturity economic bene ts. Company has a present obligation to of the related liabilities. The carrying Assets are reviewed for impairment pay resulting from employees’ services amount of the provision approximates whenever events or changes in provided up to the balance date. net fair value.
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In determining the liability for employee (n) Going concern (p) Fair value entitlements, consideration has been The nancial statements have been Fair value of an asset is the price that given to the Company’s experience with prepared on a going concern basis, would be received to sell an asset sta departures. Related on-costs have which contemplates continuity of or paid to transfer a liability in an also been included in the liability. normal business activities and the orderly transaction between market Superannuation funds realisation of assets and the settlement participants. The fair value of nancial of liabilities in the ordinary course of assets and nancial liabilities must The Company contributes to a range business. be estimated for recognition and of employee superannuation funds. measurement or for disclosure purposes. Company contributions are recognised There is a de cit in working capital within employee expenses in the at balance date of $35.31m (2012; The fair value of nancial instruments income statement. Refer also Note 13. $14.5m de cit), which includes $15.3m traded in active markets (such as of current provisions expected to be publicly-traded derivatives, and trading Unfunded superannuation settled after 12 months. The de cit is and available-for-sale securities) is An arrangement exists between the largely due to cash outlays on planned based on quoted market prices at the Australian Government and the State capital expenditure programmes. A loan balance sheet date. The quoted market Government to meet the unfunded facility is in place with the University’s price used for nancial assets held is liability for the bene ciaries of bankers to assist with the nancing of the current bid price; the appropriate the Emergency Services and State cash outlays. Refer to note 14 for further quoted market price for nancial Superannuation Scheme on an details in relation to the facility. liabilities is the current ask price. emerging-cost basis. This arrangement Forecast surplus cash ows will be The fair value of nancial instruments is evidenced by the State Grants managed to ensure funds are available that are not traded in an active market (General Revenue) Amendment Act 1987, to meet commitments as they fall due. (for example, unlisted shares) is Higher Education Support Act 2003 and Where necessary, cash surpluses will be determined using valuation techniques subsequent amending legislation. supplemented by funds drawn against with assumptions that are based on By letter dated 15 December 2005, the existing loan facility. market conditions existing at each DEST (now Department of Industry, balance date. Innovation, Science, Research and In addition to this, current employee Tertiary Education, DIISRTE) con rmed entitlements include amounts of long The market value of property is the the Australian Government considers service leave for which there is not an estimated amount for which a property the current arrangements have unconditional right to defer settlement could be exchanged on the date of established a pattern of past practice although the majority is not expected valuation between a willing buyer and future intent that has created a to be settled within one year of and a willing seller in an arm’s length valid expectation on the part of reporting date. transaction after proper marketing universities that the Department on wherein the parties had each acted behalf of the Australian Government (o) Goods and services tax knowledgeably, prudently and without will discharge the superannuation Revenues and expenses are recognised compulsion. liability. net of the amount of goods and services The Company engages an independent tax (GST), except where the amount of Accordingly, the unfunded liabilities third party to value freehold land and GST incurred is not recoverable from the have been recognised in the Balance buildings on a periodic basis. Australian Taxation O ce (ATO). In these Sheet under Provisions with a Within the fair value hierarchy, land and circumstances the GST is recognised corresponding asset recognised under buildings fall within level two and listed as part of the cost of the acquisition Non-Current Assets. The recognition shares within level one. of the asset or as part of an item of of both the asset and the liability the expense. consequently does not a ect the (q) New standards and year-end net asset position. Receivables and payables are stated interpretations not yet adopted with the amount of the GST included. The company’s statements have not (m) Funds held in trust The net amount of GST recoverable been impacted by the introduction Donations and bequests received, from, or payable to, the ATO is included of AASB10 Consolidated nancial which are subject to conditions under as a current asset or liability in the statements, AASB11 Joint arrangements, a speci c trust deed, are held in trust on balance sheet. AASB12 Disclosure of interests in other behalf of that speci c donor and are not Cash ows are included in the entities and the changes to AASB134 recognised as revenue by the Company. statement of cash ows on a gross Interim nancial reporting. Unless speci ed in the trust deed, basis. The GST component of cash ow The following standards, amendments any net earnings on these funds are arising from investing and nancing to standards and interpretations have recognised as revenue by the Company. activities, which is recoverable from, been identi ed as those which may or payable to, the ATO is classi ed as impact the entity in the period of an operating cash ow. initial application.
88 Australian Catholic University Annual Report 2013 Financial reports AASB 13 - Fair value measurement (r) Related party disclosures - establishes a single framework The revised AASB 124, Related Party for measuring fair value and Disclosures, became mandatory in the making disclosures about fair year ending 31 December 2011. The value measurements, when such changes relate mainly to disclosure measurements are required or permitted requirements for government-related by other AASBs. In particular, it uni es entities and the de nition of a related the de nition of fair value as the price party. There were no signi cant at which an orderly transaction to sell additional disclosures required as a an asset or to transfer a liability would result of adoption of this standard. take place between market participants Refer note 20 for related party at the measurement date. It also disclosures. replaces and expands the disclosure requirements about fair value measurements in other AASBs. The changes introduced by AASB 13 have not had a signi cant impact on the Company. AASB 119 - Employee Bene ts - changed the de nition of a short-term bene t when an entity expect the bene t to be wholly settled rather than when the settlement falls due. This has resulted in a change in measurement for Company’s Annual Leave Liability with regard to when the Company expect the employees to take their leave and apply time value of money adjustments. The impact on the change in measurement was not signi cant. AASB 119 also changes the accounting treatment for De ned Bene t Obligations with respect to determining the income or expenses related to the de ned bene t and the amount which is able to be deferred in other comprehensive income (“OCI”). The Company currently has a right to reimbursement and the accounting treatment for this right has not changed, meaning that any movement in the de ned bene t liability, taken to pro t and loss or OCI, is presented on a net basis with the movements in the right to receive compensation. As such the changes have had no signi cant impact on the Company.
Australian Catholic University Annual Report 2013 Financial reports 89 Our Lady Seat of Wisdom Chapel, North Sydney Photography: Raymond Ohanesian Raymond Photography:
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2. REVENUE 2013 2012 2013 2012 Notes $’000 $’000 Notes $’000 $’000 Other Capital Funding 2.1 Commonwealth Government Financial Assistance Teaching and Learning Capital 24.5 – 2,324 Fund Commonwealth Grants Scheme and Other Grants Total Other Capital Funding – 2,324 Commonwealth Grants Scheme 24.1 151,678 138,050 Total DIISRTE Excluding HELP (a) 161,281 147,013 Indigenous Support Fund 24.1 1,131 1,176 Equity Support Programs 24.1 93 93 Higher Education Loan Program (HELP) Transitional Cost Program 24.1 – 19 HECS-HELP Commonwealth 24.2 102,385 76,059 Promotion of Excellence in Payments 24.1 378 27 Learning and Teaching FEE-HELP 24.2 5,653 4,299 Partnership and Participation 24.1 3,156 712 SA-HELP 24.2 2,678 1,967 Funding Total Higher Education Loan Total Commonwealth Grants 110,716 82,325 156,436 140,077 Program Scheme & Other Grants Total DIISRTE and DIISR 271,997 229,338 Including HELP DIISRTE-Scholarships
Australian Postgraduate Awards 24.3 1,148 1,037 Australian Research Council International Postgraduate 24.3 84 46 Discovery – Projects 24.6 750 298 Research Scholarships Linkage – Projects 24.6 156 45 Commonwealth Education Costs 24.3 (2) 271 Total Australian Research Scholarships 906 343 Council (b) Commonwealth Accommodation 24.3 (5) 157 Scholarships Other Commonwealth Government Financial Assistance Indigenous Access Scholarships 24.3 (18) 18 Assistance – Non Capital National Priority Scholarships 24.3 (2) 58 DIISRTE 1,022 1,129 Total DIISRTE-Scholarships 1,205 1,587 Total Other Commonwealth Government Financial 1,022 1,129 DIISRTE Research Assistance (c) Joint Research Engagement 24.4 1,098 826 Total Commonwealth Program Government Financial 273,925 230,810 Research Training Scheme 24.4 2,118 1,934 Assistance Infrastructure 24.4 165 105 Total Commonwealth Government Financial Commercialisation Training 163,209 148,485 24.4 (27) – Assistance Excluding HELP Scheme (a + b + c) Sustainable Research Excellence 24.4 286 160 in Universities Australian Government Grants Received – Cash Basis Total DIISRTE Research 3,640 3,025 OS-HELP (Net) 24.7 52 71 Superannuation 24.8 1,329 1,293 Supplementation Total Australian Government 1,381 1,364 Funding Received – Cash Basis
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2. REVENUE CONTINUED 2013 2012 $’000 $’000
2.2 State & Local Government Financial Assistance Deferred Government Grant (Properties) 24 24
2.3 Fees and Charges Fee-Paying Overseas Students 34,763 35,844 Fee-Paying Non-Overseas Postgraduate Students 7,023 5,782 Fee-Paying Non-Overseas Undergraduate Students 8 32
Other Non-Overseas Students Undertaking Non-Award Courses 317 427 Rental Charges 3,378 4,695 Charges for Student Accommodation 1,120 1,246 Registration Fees 3,107 2,735 Library Fees 99 120 Late Fees 319 270 Total Fees and Charges 50,134 51,151
2.4 Finance Income Interest 898 1,187 Total Finance Income 898 1,187
2.5 Consultancy and Contract Research Consultancy Fees 215 146 Industry Research Grants 7,178 5,828 Total Consultancy and Contract Research 7,393 5,974
2.6 Other Revenue O shore Programs 39 54 Other Program Income 6,856 4,966 Other Grants – Health Workforce Australia 3,953 2,827 Other Grants – Other 6,992 5,725 Donations and Bequests 115 169 Net Gain on Disposal of Property, Plant and Equipment – 101 Other Income 9,374 6,776 Total Other Revenue 27,329 20,618
92 Australian Catholic University Annual Report 2013 Financial reports 3. EXPENSES 2013 2012 Note $’000 $’000
3.1 Employee Bene ts Academic Salaries Academic 98,376 87,507 Contributions to Superannuation and Pension Schemes Funded 12,971 11,198 Payroll Tax 5,178 4,610 Workers’ Compensation 584 577 Long-Service Leave Expense 2,377 2,543 Annual Leave Expense 981 490 Total Academic 120,467 106,925
Non-Academic Salaries Non-Academic 77,718 67,234 Contributions to Superannuation and Pension Schemes Funded 11,250 9,370 Payroll Tax 4,490 3,858 Workers’ Compensation 507 482 Long-Service Leave Expense 2,289 2,172 Annual Leave Expense 978 1,187 Total Non-Academic 97,232 84,303 Total employee-related expenses 217,699 191,228
Deferred Employee Bene ts for Super 13 (8,984) 6,222 Deferred Superannuation Expense 1,329 1,293 Total employee-related expenses including 210,044 198,743 deferred employee bene ts for superannuation
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3. EXPENSES CONTINUED 2013 2012 Note $’000 $’000
3.2 Depreciation and Amortisation Depreciation of Buildings – Freehold 4,372 2,814 Amortisation of Intangible Rights to Occupy Buildings 816 816 Depreciation of Improvements to Intangible Right to Occupy Buildings 4,444 3,645 Depreciation of Leasehold Property Improvements 2,135 1,885 Depreciation of Furniture and Fittings 1,714 1,018 Depreciation of Plant and Equipment 4,413 3,514 Depreciation of Motor Vehicles 52 48 Total Depreciation and Amortisation 17,946 13,740
3.3 Buildings and Grounds Maintenance Buildings 2,079 2,596 Computers 93 190 Equipment and Machinery 1,691 1,752 Furniture and Fittings 286 211 Grounds 679 583 Total Buildings and Grounds Maintenance 4,828 5,332
3.4 Other Expenses Advertising, Promotions, Publicity, Printing & Stationery 4,434 3,771 Cleaning and Waste Collection 2,863 2,678 Computer Software and Services 5,450 4,261 Consultancy Fees 5,545 4,157 Hire of Equipment and Facilities 1,310 1,087 Insurance 1,678 1,675 Library Acquisitions 4,665 4,403 Net Loss on Disposal of Property, Plant and Equipment 10 107 Minor Equipment 2,038 1,501 O shore Administration 3,315 2,263 Operating Lease Rental Expenses 2,193 1,952 Publications, Subscriptions and Memberships 1,159 1,044 Rent 7,774 7,935 Scholarships and Prizes 3,476 2,704 Security Services 1,476 1,389 Sta Development & Appointment Costs 1,365 1,813 Telecommunications 1,932 2,100 Travel 8,621 8,228 Utilities 3,655 2,741 Other Expenses 19,303 14,448 Total other expenses 82,262 70,256
94 Australian Catholic University Annual Report 2013 Financial reports 4. FINANCE EXPENSES 2013 2012 Note $’000 $’000
Make Good on Leased Premises Unwind of Discount of Provision 15(a) 124 (106) Bank Loan Interest 60 33 Bank Loan Fees 335 144 Total Finance Expenses 519 71
5. AUDITORS’ REMUNERATION
$ $ Audit of the Company 126,850 128,817
Other Audit and Related Services Grant/Research Acquittal (Higher Education Research Data Collection, Indigenous Education Program, Program Access Community Engagement, Health Workforce 73,260 44,000 Australia and Role M Compliance Audit – Purchasing and Tender Policy and Procedure 28,700 – Sun System IT Control Audit – 10,876 National Code Audit – 25,885 101,960 80,761 Other Services Recruitment Assistance 37,997 133,334 Total Auditors' Remuneration 266,807 342,912
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6. CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS 2013 2012 $’000 $’000 Cash on Hand 39 40 Cash at Bank 16,089 11,487 Total Cash and Cash Equivalents 16,128 11,527
7. TRADE AND OTHER RECEIVABLES 2013 2012 $’000 $’000 Current Sundry Receivables 2,179 2,639 Accrued Income 710 404 Net GST Receivable from ATO 699 – Total Trade and other Receivables 3,588 3,043
8. OTHER INVESTMENTS 2013 2012 $’000 $’000 Non-Current Available for Sale - Investments in Other Entities Shares in Listed Companies 876 726 Shares in Other Companies 505 505 Total Other Investments 1,381 1,231
9. OTHER ASSETS 2013 2012 Note $’000 $’000 Current Prepayments 6,654 7,838 Lease Paid in Advance 54 54 Total Other Assets (Current) 6,708 7,892
Non Current Right to Reimbursement from Commonwealth Government 13 19,210 28,194 for Unfunded Superannuation Liability Lease Paid in Advance 4,101 4,158 Other Receivables 47 167 Total Other Assets (Non-Current) 23,358 32,519 Refer to Note 13 for an explanation of the right to reimbursement from the Commonwealth Government for the unfunded superannuation liability.
96 Australian Catholic University Annual Report 2013 Financial reports 10. PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT 2013 2012 Notes $’000 $’000
Land – Freehold At Independent Valuation 2013 49,430 – At Directors’ Valuation – 34,209 10(a) 49,430 34,209
Buildings – Freehold At Independent Valuation 2013 131,793 – At Directors’ Valuation – 141,142 Accumulated Depreciation – (3,815) 10(a) 131,793 137,327
Improvements to Intangible Right to Occupy Buildings At Cost 156,382 132,289 Accumulated Amortisation (41,862) (37,419) 10(a) 114,520 94,870
Leasehold Improvements At Cost 26,605 20,602 Accumulated Depreciation (9,216) (7,082) 10(a) 17,389 13,520
Furniture and Fittings At Cost 10,256 8,042 Accumulated Depreciation (5,216) (3,501) 10(a) 5,040 4,541
Plant and Equipment At Cost 34,552 30,109 Accumulated Depreciation (24,250) (19,940) 10(a) 10,302 10,169
Motor Vehicles At Cost 661 661 Accumulated Depreciation (347) (294) 10(a) 314 367
Works of Art At Cost 1,307 1,087 10(a) 1,307 1,087
Work in Progress At Cost 12,361 1,274 10(a) 12,361 1,274 Total Property, Plant and Equipment 342,456 297,364
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10. PROPERTY, PLANT AND Company’s properties, current market uctuations and any acquisitions EQUIPMENT CONTINUED made during the year (Note 1a). Any subsequent additions and alterations Basis of valuation have been included at cost. A full valuation of freehold land and buildings was undertaken by CB Richard (a) Reconciliations Ellis Pty Ltd as at the end of 2013. The Reconciliations of the carrying amounts Directors have considered the fair value (in $'000) for each class of property, of the properties in the light of that plant and equipment are set out below: valuation, any changes in use of the
Improvements Sub-Total of Intangible Land and Right to Furniture Land – Buildings Buildings Occupy Leasehold and Plant and Motor Works Work in Freehold – Freehold Freehold Buildings Improvements Fittings Equipment Vehicles of Art Progress
2013 Opening 34,209 137,327 171,536 94,870 13,520 4,541 10,169 367 1,087 1,274 Balance Additions 930 7,146 8,076 23,736 6,004 2,213 4,555 – 220 11,829 Transfer from – 162 162 358 – – – – – (742) WIP Revaluation Increment/ 14,291 (8,470) 5,821 – – – – –– – (Decrement) Depreciation – (4,372) (4,372) (4,444) (2,135) (1,714) (4,413) (53) – – Disposals – –– – – (9) – – – Closing 49,430 131,793 181,223 114,520 17,389 5,040 10,302 314 1,307 12,361 Balance
2012 Opening 30,159 70,197 100,356 76,666 9,237 2,146 7,577 284 767 25,828 Balance Additions 4,050 6,688 10,738 21,849 6,252 3,413 6,129 156 320 38,702 Transfer – 63,256 63,256 – – – – – – (63,256) from WIP Revaluation Increment/ – –– – – – – –– – (Decrement) Depreciation – (2,814) (2,814) (3,645) (1,885) (1,018) (3,514) (48) – – Disposals – –– – (84) – (23) (25) – – Closing 34,209 137,327 171,536 94,870 13,520 4,541 10,169 367 1,087 1,274 Balance
98 Australian Catholic University Annual Report 2013 Financial reports 11. INTANGIBLE ASSETS Intangible Right to Intangible Right to Occupy Land Occupy Buildings Total $’000 $’000 $’000
2013 Cost 40,411 28,383 68,794 Accumulated Amortisation Opening Balance (4,469) (19,047) (23,516) Amortisation – (816) (816) Closing Balance (4,469) (19,863) (24,332) Carrying Amount at 31 December 2013 35,942 8,520 44,462
2012 Cost 40,411 28,383 68,794 Accumulated Amortisation Opening Balance (4,469) (18,231) (22,700) Amortisation – (816) (816) Closing Balance (4,469) (19,047) (23,516) Carrying Amount at 31 December 2012 35,942 9,336 45,278 Under the terms of the trust deeds between the Company and the owners of the properties held in trust, the Trustees of the Roman Catholic Church for the Archdioceses of Brisbane, Canberra and Goulburn, Melbourne and Sydney, the Company has a right to occupy the properties in perpetuity if used for educational purposes.
12. TRADE AND OTHER PAYABLES 2013 2012 $’000 $’000 Accrued Expenses 12,462 12,263 Sundry Creditors 1,309 252 Total Trade and Other Payables 13,771 12,515
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13. EMPLOYEE BENEFITS 2013 2012 $’000 $’000
Current Settled within 12 months Provision for Annual Leave 9,775 8,424 Provision for Long-Service Leave 3,183 3,133 12,958 11,557 Settled after 12 months Provision for Annual Leave 4,189 3,610 Provision for Long-Service Leave 10,329 9,322 14,518 12,932 Total Current Provisions 27,476 24,489
Non-Current Provision for Long-Service Leave 6,856 5,625 Provision for Superannuation 19,210 28,194 Total Non-Current Provisions 26,066 33,819
Long-service leave Partly funded or emerging-cost Government to meet the unfunded The classi cation of current employee schemes liability for the bene ciaries of the provisions include amounts for which • State Authorities Superannuation State Superannuation Scheme on an there is not an unconditional right to Scheme (Part 2) (NSW) emerging cost basis. This arrangement is evidenced by the State Grants defer settlement by one year. Despite • Emer gency Services and State the classi cation of a component of (General Revenue) Amendment Act 1987, Superannuation Scheme (formerly Higher Education Support Act 2003 and long service leave as a current liability, State Superannuation Fund of Victoria) the Company does not expect the full subsequent amending legislation. • Emer gency Services and State amount to be settled within one year By letter dated 15 December 2005, Superannuation Scheme (formerly of reporting date. the Department of Education, Science State Superannuation Fund of Victoria). and Training (DEST) con rmed that Superannuation The latest actuarial investigation of the Australian Government considers the Emergency Services and State the current arrangement establishes The Company contributes to the following Superannuation Scheme was conducted a pattern of past practice and future employee superannuation funds: at 30 June 2009 by D. Knox (Mercer), intent that has created a valid Fully funded schemes FIAA. As at that date, the scheme carried expectation on the part of universities total liabilities, including liabilities for that the Department on behalf of the • UniSuper Australian Government will discharge • Catholic Superannuation Fund members’ bene ts, in excess of the value of the scheme’s assets. the superannuation liability. Therefore (formerly two funds National Catholic a non-current receivable equal to the Hence, unfunded superannuation Superannuation Fund and Catholic scheme’s unfunded liabilities attributed liabilities exist that are recognised in Superannuation Fund) to the Company has been recognised. the nancial statements of the scheme. • Australian Catholic Superannuation DIISRTE (formerly DEST) provides annual and Retirement Fund (formerly The notional share of the scheme’s supplementation (2013: $1,329,000, Catholic Superannuation and unfunded liabilities attributed to the 2012: $1,293,000) to cover emerging Retirement Fund) Company is assessed by the Government costs of the Emergency Services and • Emergency Services and State Superannuation O ce to be $19,210,000 State Superannuation Scheme. Superannuation Scheme (formerly as at 30 June 2013 ($28,194,000 as at 30 State Superannuation Fund of June 2012). Information of the scheme’s Victoria) – Accumulation account position is only provided at 30 June. • Australian Super Pty Ltd An arrangement exists between the • McKenna Retirement Fund Australian Government and the State
100 Australian Catholic University Annual Report 2013 Financial reports The following information has been provided by the Emergency Services and State Superannuation Scheme in accordance with the requirements under AASB 119.
2013 2012 $’000 $’000 Net Liability Fair Value of Plan Assets 79 3,807 Accrued Bene t Liability (19,289) (27,772) Net Liability Before Contributions Tax (19,210) (23,965) Tax Liability on Future Contributions – (4,229) Net Liability (19,210) (28,194)
2013 2012 Actuarial Assumptions Discount Rate 4.3% 3.0% Expected Return on Assets 8.0% 8.0% Rates of Future Salary Increases 4.0% 4.0% Rates of Pension Increases 2.5% 2.5% The demographic assumptions include the future rate of death, disablement, resignation and retirement. The same assumptions as last year have been used and are detailed in the ‘Emergency Services and State Superannuation Scheme Experience Review 2009-2012’ dated July 2012.
14. BORROWINGS 2013 2012 $’000 $’000
Non-Current Unsecured Bank Loan Facility 10,000 15,000 Total Non-Current Unsecured Borrowings 10,000 15,000 a) Financing arrangements Unrestricted access was available at balance date to the following lines of credit: Bank Loan Facilities Total Facilities 70,000 70,000 Used at Balance Date 10,000 15,000 Unused at Balance Date 60,000 55,000
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15. OTHER LIABILITIES 2013 2012 Note $’000 $’000
Current Grants Received in Advance 6,496 14,981 Fees Received in Advance 11,106 8,932 Other Income Received in Advance 938 1,037 Deferred Grant Income (Properties) 24 24 Sub-Total Deferred Revenue 18,564 24,974
Funds Held in Trust 1,799 1,706 Net GST Payable to ATO – 228 OS-HELP Payable 123 71 Total Other Liabilities (Current) 20,486 26,979
Non-Current Deferred Grant Income (Properties) 624 648 Lease Liabilities 4,573 3,668 Leasehold Make Good Provision 15 (a) 2,913 2,707 Total Other Liabilities (Non-Current) 8,110 7,023
(a) Reconciliation Leasehold Make Good Provision Balance at Beginning of Financial Year 2,707 2,491 Provisions Made During the Year 296 409 Provisions Reversed During the Year – (87) Unwind/Adjust Discount 4 (90) (106) Balance at End of Financial Year 2,913 2,707 Make good is required for leased premises. The provision is estimated based on the rate of the building, the remaining lease period and estimated costs incurred in similar situations.
102 Australian Catholic University Annual Report 2013 Financial reports 16. RESERVES 2013 2012 Note $’000 $’000
General Reserve Balance at Beginning of Financial Year 206,871 167,303 Add: Transfers from Retained Earnings 17 47,239 39,568 Balance at End of Financial Year 254,110 206,871
Asset Revaluation Reserve Balance at Beginning of Financial Year 14,816 14,816 Add/(Subtract): Increment/(Decrement) 5,821 – Balance at End of Financial Year 20,637 14,816
Available for Sale Financial Assets Revaluation Reserve Balance at Beginning of Financial Year 384 433 Write Back Revaluation on Disposal of Listed Shares (6) (123) Add/(Subtract): Revaluation Increment Listed Shares Revaluation Reserve 89 74 Balance at End of Financial Year 467 384
Contribution from Members Balance at Beginning of Financial Year 56,958 56,958 Balance at End of Financial Year 56,958 56,958 Total Reserves 332,172 279,029
Nature and purpose of reserves Available for sale nancial assets revaluation reserve General Share revaluation reserve includes The amount standing to the credit increments and decrements arising of the general reserve includes the from changes in fair value of shares accumulation of prior period and classi ed as available for sale. current-year pro ts for non-speci c purposes and revenue for capital Contribution from members grants even though assets acquired The amount re ects the contribution may not be fully written down. by members of rights to occupy and Asset revaluation use land and buildings not owned by the University. The asset revaluation reserve includes the net revaluation increments and decrements arising from the revaluation of freehold land and buildings.
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17. RETAINED EARNINGS 2013 2012 Note $’000 $’000 Retained Earnings at beginning of year – – Operating Result 47,239 39,568 Transfer to general reserve 16 (47,239) (39,568) Retained earnings at the end of the year – –
18. COMMITMENTS 2013 2012 $’000 $’000
(a) Capital Expenditure Commitments Capital Expenditure Commitments not provided for in the nancial statements and payable: Within one year 36,224 20,200 Total Capital Expenditure Commitments 36,224 20,200
(b) Non-cancellable Operating Lease Expense Commitments Future operating lease commitments of premises, plant and equipment, not provided for in the nancial statements and payable: Within one year 6,687 5,640 One year or later and no later than ve years 29,181 26,705 Greater than ve years 17,639 16,509 Total Non-Cancellable Operating Lease Expense Commitments 53,507 48,854 The Company leased equipment and machinery under operating leases expiring in a range from one to ve years. The Company also leased commercial premises with an expiry range of one to 12 years.
104 Australian Catholic University Annual Report 2013 Financial reports 19. DIRECTORS’ AND KEY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL DISCLOSURES Remuneration of Board Members No Directors’ fees are payable. The number of directors of the Company whose compensation from the Company or any related party falls within the following bands: 2013 2012 Nil 11 11 $10,000 - $19,999 – 1 $20,000 - $29,999 1 – $40,000 - $49,999 1 – $90,000 - $90,999 1 – $150,000 - $159,999 1 1 $160,000 - $169,999 – 1 $170,000 - $179,999 – 1 $180,000 - $189,999 1 1 $190,000 - $199,999 1 – $1,030,000 - $1,039,999 – 1 $1,090,000 - $1,099,999 1 – Total compensation paid, or payable or otherwise made available to all directors of the 1,810,283 1,729,255 Company from the Company or any related Party
Remuneration of key management personnel In addition to the board members, other key management personnel of the Company receiving compensation from the Company or any related party falls within the following bands: $130,000 - $139,999 – 1 $160,000 - $169,999 1 – $210,000 - $219,999 – 1 $220,000 - $229,999 – 1 $230,000 - $239,999 – 1 $240,000 - $249,999 1 – $250,000 - $259,999 1 2 $260,000 - $269,999 1 – $270,000 - $279,999 2 2 $310,000 - $319,999 2 – $320,000 - $329,999 – 1 $330,000 - $339,999 2 2 $360,000 - $369,999 – 1 $370,000 - $379,999 1 – $380,000 - $389,999 1 – $410,000 - $419,999 – 1 $430,000 - $439,999 1 – $520,000 - $529,999 1 – $1,030,000 - $1,039,999 – 1 $1,090,000 - $1,099,999 1 – Total compensation paid, or payable or otherwise made available to all executive o cers of 5,602,996 4,668,783 the company from the company or any related party Short-term employee bene ts 4,946,061 4,090,487 Post-employment bene ts 656,935 578,296 5,602,996 4,668,783
There is no compensation paid to directors or key personnel of the Company that is not disclosed in the nancial statements.
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20. RELATED PARTIES 21. FINANCIAL Liquidity risk INSTRUMENTS The following tables also contain the contractual maturities of nancial Directors DISCLOSURE The names of each person holding the liabilities, including estimated interest position of Director of the Australian payments and excluding the impact Catholic University Limited during the Interest rate and liquidity risk of netting agreements. nancial year are: Interest rate risk Associate Professor M. Bezzina, The following tables disclose the Mr J.J. Carroll, General P. Cosgrove, income-earning nancial assets and Professor G.J. Craven, Justice James interest-bearing nancial liabilities Douglas, Mr S.N. Elder, Mr E.W. Exell, and the periods in which they mature. Most Reverend Bishop J. Foley, The Company manages uctuations in Ms M. Hegerty, Ms S. Herdman, interest rates by placing funds in both Professor M. Hillel, Associate Professor long (greater than one year) and short C. Jenkins, Ms C Hollis-Jones, term (less than one year) deposits across Professor J. McLaren, Ms M.T. Najdecki, a number of institutions. Mr D.B. O’Connor, Ms B.M. T. Steele, The University has entered into a debt Ms M. M. Vider, Dr D. White. facility with the National Australia Bank Details of Directors’ compensation commencing 8 February 2012. The are set out in Note 19. Total amounts loan facility is for a ve-year period transacted with related parties are as and consists of two tranches. An amount follows of $70m is available for the rst three 2013 20112 years, which reduces to $30m for the $’000 $’000 remaining two years. The facility is a revolving credit type facility that Catholic Archdiocese allows funds to be drawn and of Melbourne 710 913 repaid as required. All related party transactions are at arm’s length.
106 Australian Catholic University Annual Report 2013 Financial reports 21. INTEREST RATE AND LIQUIDITY RISK CONTINUED Total Carrying 6 Months 6 to 12 1 to 2 2 to 5 More Than Contractual Amount or Less Months Years Years 5 Years Amount 2013 $’000 $’000 $’000 $’000 $’000 $’000 $’000
Financial Assets Cash 16,128 16,128 – – – – 16,128 Trade and Other Receivables 3,588 3,588 – – – – 3,588 Other Investments 1,381 - – – – 1,381 1,381 21,097 19,716 –––1,381 21,097
Financial Liabilities Trade and Other Payables 13,771 13,771 – – – – 13,771 Loans 10,000 - – – 10,000 – 10,000 Grants in Advance 6,496 6,496 – – – – 6,496 Fees in Advance 11,106 2,049 7,427 1,568 62 – 11,106 41,373 22,316 7,427 1,568 10,062 - 41,373
2012
Financial Assets Cash 11,527 11,527 – – – – 11,527 Trade and Other Receivables 3,043 3,043 – – – – 3,043 Other Investments 1,231 – – – – 1,231 1,231 15,801 14,570 –––1,231 15,801
Financial Liabilities Trade and Other Payables 12,515 12,515 – – – – 12,515 Loans 15,000 – – – 15,000 – 15,000 Grants in Advance 14,981 14,981 – – – – 14,981 Fees in Advance 8,932 3,079 4,434 1,236 183 – 8,932 51,428 30,575 4,434 1,236 15,183 – 51,428
The exposure of the Company’s borrowings to interest rate changes and the contractual repricing dates at the balance dates are as follows
2013 2012 $’000 $’000 1 – 5 years 10,000 15,000 Non-Current Borrowings 10,000 15,000 The Company does not account for any xed-rate nancial assets and liabilities at fair value through pro t and loss. Therefore a change in interest rates at the reporting date would not a ect pro t or loss. A change in interest rates of 100 basis points would have increased or decreased the Company’s equity by the order of $48,920 (2012 $2,900).
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21. FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS DISCLOSURE CONTINUED Foreign exchange risk Carrying Amount Given the minimal exposure to foreign 2013 2012 currencies, it is the current policy of $’000 $’000 the Senate not to hedge foreign Cash 16,128 11,527 exchange risk. Trade and Other Receivables 3,588 3,043 Credit risk exposure Other Investments 1,381 1,231 Management has a credit policy in place and the exposure to credit risk Total 21,097 15,801 is monitored on an ongoing basis. Credit evaluations are performed on all customers requiring credit over a certain amount. The entity does not require DEBTORS AGING collateral in respect of nancial assets. Carrying amount Investments are allowed only in liquid securities. Transactions involving 2013 2012 derivative nancial instruments are with $’000 $’000 counterparties with whom the Company Current 2,056 896 has a signed netting agreement as well 30 days 109 347 as sound credit ratings. Given their high credit ratings, management does not 60 days 36 151 expect any counterparty to fail to meet 90 days 95 570 its obligations. Greater Than 90 Days 1,292 1,079 At the balance sheet date there were no signi cant concentrations of credit risk. Total 3,588 3,043 The maximum exposure to credit risk is represented by the carrying amount No doubtful debt provisions have been recorded. All debtors are deemed recoverable. of each nancial asset, including derivative nancial instruments, in the balance sheet. These are A FAIR VALUE detailed in the table below. 2013 2012 Carrying Carrying Net fair values of nancial assets Amount Fair Value Amount Fair Value $’000 $’000 $’000 $’000 and liabilities
The carrying amounts of on-statement Financial Assets nancial assets and liabilities approximate fair value. Cash 16,128 16,128 11,527 11,527 Trade and Other 3,588 3,588 3,043 3,043 Receivables Other Investments 1,381 1,381 1,231 1,231 21,097 21,097 15,801 15,801
Financial Liabilities Trade and Other 11,296 11,296 12,515 12,515 Payables Loans 10,000 10,000 15,000 15,000 Grants In Advance 6,496 6,496 14,981 14,981 Fees In Advance 11,106 11,106 8,932 8,932 38,898 38,898 51,428 51,428
108 Australian Catholic University Annual Report 2013 Financial reports 22. EQUITY No share capital has been issued by the Company as it is a company limited by guarantee. The number of members of the Company as at 31 December 2013 was 23 (2012: 23). The liability of each member is limited to $50.
23. NOTES TO THE STATEMENT OF CASH FLOWS
(i) Reconciliation of cash 2013 2012 For the purposes of the statement of $’000 $’000 cash ows, cash includes cash on hand and at bank. Cash as at the end of the Cash on Hand 39 40 nancial year as shown in the statement Cash at Bank Net of Unpresented Cheques 16,089 11,487 of cash ows is reconciled to the related items in the balance sheet as follows: Total 16,128 11,527
A FAIR VALUE 2013 2012 Carrying Carrying Amount Fair Value Amount Fair Value $’000 $’000 $’000 $’000
Financial Assets Cash 16,128 16,128 11,527 11,527 Trade and Other 3,588 3,588 3,043 3,043 Receivables Other Investments 1,381 1,381 1,231 1,231 21,097 21,097 15,801 15,801
Financial Liabilities Trade and Other 11,296 11,296 12,515 12,515 Payables Loans 10,000 10,000 15,000 15,000 Grants In Advance 6,496 6,496 14,981 14,981 Fees In Advance 11,106 11,106 8,932 8,932 38,898 38,898 51,428 51,428
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23. NOTES TO THE STATEMENT OF CASH FLOWS CONTINUED
(ii) Reconciliation of operating result after income tax to net cash provided by operating activities
2013 2012 $’000 $’000
Operating Pro t After Income Tax 47,239 39,568 Add/(Less) Items Classi ed as Investing/Financing Activities: (Pro t) on Sale of Non-Current Assets – (101) Loss on Sale of Non-Current Assets 10 106 Add/(Less) Non-Cash Items: Depreciation and Amortisation 17,946 13,740 Lease in Advance 56 55 Unwind Discount on Make Good Provision (90) (106) Amounts Set aside to (utilised from) Provisions: Employee Entitlements 4,217 4,038 Make Good of Lease Premises 296 322 Net Cash Provided by Operating Activities 69,674 57,622 Before Change in Assets and Liabilities
Change in Assets and Liabilities: (Increase)/Decrease in Accrued Income (306) 1,277 (Increase)/Decrease in Sundry Debtors 461 (5) (Increase)/Decrease in Prepayments 1,183 (3,012) (Increase)/Decrease in Students Assistance Program – 15 (Increase)/Decrease in Other Assets 120 (90) Increase/(Decrease) in Grants in Advance (8,433) 4,438 Increase/(Decrease) in Fees in Advance 2,175 3,473 Increase/(Decrease) in Accrued Expenses (1,801) 181 Increase/(Decrease) in Sundry Creditors 1,057 207 Increase/(Decrease) in Funds in Held in Trust 94 125 Increase/(Decrease) in Other Income in Advance (99) (772) Increase/(Decrease) in Deferred Income (Properties) (24) (24) Increase/(Decrease) in Net GST (927) 647 Increase/(Decrease) in Lease Liabilities 905 1,518 Net Cash Provided by Operating Activities 64,079 65,600
110 Australian Catholic University Annual Report 2013 Financial reports 24. ACQUITTAL OF COMMONWEALTH GOVERNMENT FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE
24.1 Commonwealth Grants Scheme and Other Grants
Commonwealth Indigenous Equity Support Transitional Cost Grants Scheme Support Fund Programs Program 2013 2012 2013 2012 2013 2012 2013 2012 Note $’000 $’000 $’000 $’000 $’000 $’000 $’000 $’000 Financial assistance received in cash during the reporting period (total cash 148,511 141,122 1,131 1,176 93 93 – 19 received from the Australian Government for the programs) Net accrual adjustments 3,167 (3,072) – – – – – – Revenue for the period 2.1 151,678 138,050 1,131 1,176 93 93 – 19 Surplus/(de cit) from the – – – – – – – – previous year Funds available for 151,678 138,0505 1,131 1,176 93 93 – 19 reporting period Less expenses including (151,678) (138,050) (1,131) (1,176) (93) (93) – (19) accrued expenses Surplus/(de cit) for – – – – – – – – reporting period
Promotion of Excellence in Learning and Teaching Partnership and Participation Funding 2013 2012 2013 2012 Note $’000 $’000 $’000 $’000 Financial assistance received in cash during the reporting period (total cash 20 385 3,008 860 received from the Australian Government for the programs) Net accrual adjustments 358 (358) 148 (148) Revenue for the period 2.1 378 27 3,156 712 Surplus/(de cit) from – – – – the previous year Adj Surplus/(de cit) from – – – 1,748 the previous year Funds available for 378 27 3,156 2,460 reporting period Less expenses including (378) (27) (3,156) (2,460) accrued expenses Surplus/(de cit) for – – – – reporting period
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24. ACQUITTAL OF COMMONWEALTH GOVERNMENT FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE CONTINUED
24.2 Higher Education Loan Program (HELP) HECS-HELP FEE-HELP SA HELP 2013 2012 2013 2012 2013 2012 $’000 $’000 $’000 $’000 $’000 $’000 Financial assistance received in cash during the reporting period (total cash received from the Australian Government for the programs) 102,540 78,344 5,417 4,563 2,581 1,940 Plus contributions actually received from students 10,790 10,431 – – – – Total received 113,330 88,775 5,417 4,563 2,581 1,940 Net accrual adjustments (155) (2,285) 236 (264) 97 27 Revenue for the period 113,175 86,490 5,653 4,299 2,678 1,967 Surplus/(de cit) from the previous year – – – – – – Funds available for reporting period 113,175 86,490 5,653 4,299 2,678 1,967 Less expenses including accrued expenses (113,175) (86,490) (5,653) (4,299) (2,678) (1,967) Surplus/(de cit) for reporting period – – – – – –
24.3 Scholarships International Australian Postgraduate Commonwealth Commonwealth Indigenous National Postgraduate Research Education Costs Accommodation Access Priority Awards Scholarships Scholarships Scholarships Scholarships Scholarships 2013 2012 2013 2012 2013 2012 2013 2012 2013 2012 2013 2012 Note $’000 $’000 $’000 $’000 $’000 $’000 $’000 $’000 $’000 $’000 $’000 $’000 Financial assistance received in cash during the reporting period (total cash received from the Australian Government for the programs) 1,042 903 66 64 (2) 10 (5) 5 (18) 18 (2) 58 Net accrual adjustments 106 134 18 (18) – 261 – 152 – – – – Revenue attributed to the period 2.1 1,148 1,037 84 46 (2) 271 (5) 157 (18) 18 (2) 58 Surplus/(de cit) from the previous year – – – 22 – – – – (2) (13) 79 33 Adj Surplus/(de cit) from the previous year – – ––2– 5 – 20 – – – Funds available for reporting period 1,148 1,037 84 68 – 271 – 157 – 5 77 91 Less expenses including accrued expenses (1,148) (1,037) (84) (68) – (271) – (157) – (7) – (12) Surplus/(de cit) for reporting period – – – – – – – – – (2) 77 79
24.4 Commonwealth Research Financial Assistance
Joint Research Sustainable Research Engagement Research Commercialisation Excellence in Program Training Scheme Infrastructure Training Scheme Universities 2013 2012 2013 2012 2013 2012 2013 2012 2013 2012 Note $’000 $’000 $’000 $’000 $’000 $’000 $’000 $’000 $’000 $’000 Financial assistance received in cash during the reporting period (total cash received from the Australian Government for the programs) 1,098 826 2,118 1,934 165 105 (27) – 286 160 Net accrual adjustments – – – – – – – – – – Revenue for the period 2.1 1,098 826 2,118 1,934 165 105 (27) – 286 160 Surplus/(de cit) from the previous year – – – – – 16 27 27 – – Funds available for reporting period 1,098 826 2,118 1,934 165 121 – 27 286 160 Less expenses including accrued expenses (1,098) (826) (2,118) (1,934) (165) (121) – – (286) (160) Surplus/(de cit) for reporting period – – – – – – – 27 – – Note: Reported surpluses for JRE, RTS, Infrastructure, ASHER, IAP, CTS and SRE are expected to be rolled over.
112 Australian Catholic University Annual Report 2013 Financial reports 24. ACQUITTAL OF COMMONWEALTH GOVERNMENT FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE CONTINUED
24.2 Higher Education Loan Program (HELP) HECS-HELP FEE-HELP SA HELP 2013 2012 2013 2012 2013 2012 $’000 $’000 $’000 $’000 $’000 $’000 Financial assistance received in cash during the reporting period (total cash received from the Australian Government for the programs) 102,540 78,344 5,417 4,563 2,581 1,940 Plus contributions actually received from students 10,790 10,431 – – – – Total received 113,330 88,775 5,417 4,563 2,581 1,940 Net accrual adjustments (155) (2,285) 236 (264) 97 27 Revenue for the period 113,175 86,490 5,653 4,299 2,678 1,967 Surplus/(de cit) from the previous year – – – – – – Funds available for reporting period 113,175 86,490 5,653 4,299 2,678 1,967 Less expenses including accrued expenses (113,175) (86,490) (5,653) (4,299) (2,678) (1,967) Surplus/(de cit) for reporting period – – – – – –
24.3 Scholarships International Australian Postgraduate Commonwealth Commonwealth Indigenous National Postgraduate Research Education Costs Accommodation Access Priority Awards Scholarships Scholarships Scholarships Scholarships Scholarships 2013 2012 2013 2012 2013 2012 2013 2012 2013 2012 2013 2012 Note $’000 $’000 $’000 $’000 $’000 $’000 $’000 $’000 $’000 $’000 $’000 $’000 Financial assistance received in cash during the reporting period (total cash received from the Australian Government for the programs) 1,042 903 66 64 (2) 10 (5) 5 (18) 18 (2) 58 Net accrual adjustments 106 134 18 (18) – 261 – 152 – – – – Revenue attributed to the period 2.1 1,148 1,037 84 46 (2) 271 (5) 157 (18) 18 (2) 58 Surplus/(de cit) from the previous year – – – 22 – – – – (2) (13) 79 33 Adj Surplus/(de cit) from the previous year – – ––2– 5 – 20 – – – Funds available for reporting period 1,148 1,037 84 68 – 271 – 157 – 5 77 91 Less expenses including accrued expenses (1,148) (1,037) (84) (68) – (271) – (157) – (7) – (12) Surplus/(de cit) for reporting period – – – – – – – – – (2) 77 79
24.4 Commonwealth Research Financial Assistance
Joint Research Sustainable Research Engagement Research Commercialisation Excellence in Program Training Scheme Infrastructure Training Scheme Universities 2013 2012 2013 2012 2013 2012 2013 2012 2013 2012 Note $’000 $’000 $’000 $’000 $’000 $’000 $’000 $’000 $’000 $’000 Financial assistance received in cash during the reporting period (total cash received from the Australian Government for the programs) 1,098 826 2,118 1,934 165 105 (27) – 286 160 Net accrual adjustments – – – – – – – – – – Revenue for the period 2.1 1,098 826 2,118 1,934 165 105 (27) – 286 160 Surplus/(de cit) from the previous year – – – – – 16 27 27 – – Funds available for reporting period 1,098 826 2,118 1,934 165 121 – 27 286 160 Less expenses including accrued expenses (1,098) (826) (2,118) (1,934) (165) (121) – – (286) (160) Surplus/(de cit) for reporting period – – – – – – – 27 – – Note: Reported surpluses for JRE, RTS, Infrastructure, ASHER, IAP, CTS and SRE are expected to be rolled over.
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24. ACQUITTAL OF COMMONWEALTH GOVERNMENT FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE CONTINUED
24.5 Other Capital Funding
Teaching and Learning Capital Fund 2013 2012 Note $’000 $’000 Financial assistance received in cash during the reporting period – – (total cash received from the Australian Government for the programs) Net accrual adjustments – 2,324 Revenue for the period 2.1 – 2,324 Surplus/(de cit) from the previous year – – Funds available for reporting period – 2,324 Less expenses including accrued expenses – (2,324) Surplus/(de cit) for reporting period – –
24.6 Australian Research Council
Linkage – Projects (Including Strategic Partnerships with Discovery – Projects Industry and APAI) 2013 2012 2013 2012 Note $’000 $’000 $’000 $’000 Financial assistance received in cash during the reporting period (total cash received from the Australian Government for the 558 862 176 211 programs) Net accrual adjustments 192 (564) (20) (166) Revenue for the period 2.1 750 298 156 45 Surplus/(de cit) from the previous year – 134 – 150 Funds available for reporting period 750 432 156 195 Less expenses including accrued expenses (750) (432) (156) (195) Surplus/(de cit) for reporting period – – – –
114 Australian Catholic University Annual Report 2013 Financial reports 24.7 OS-HELP
2013 2012 Notes $’000 $’000 Financial assistance received in cash during the reporting period 402 371 (total cash received from the Australian Government for the programs) Cash Spent During the Reporting Period (350) (300) Net Cash received 2.1 52 71 Cash Surplus/(De cit) from the Previous Period 71 (84) Adj to Cash Surplus/(de cit) from the Previous Period – 84 Cash Surplus/(De cit) for Reporting Period 7 & 15 123 771
24.8 Superannuation Supplementation
2013 2012 Note $’000 $’000 Financial assistance received in cash during the reporting period 2.1 1,329 1,293 (total cash received from the Australian Government for the programs) Cash Spent During the Reporting Period (1,329) (1,293) Net Cash received – – Cash Surplus/(De cit) from the Previous Period – – Cash Surplus/(De cit) for Reporting Period – –
Australian Catholic University Annual Report 2013 Financial reports 115 ve CERTIFICATION OF FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
DIRECTORS’ DECLARATION In the opinion of the Directors of Australian Catholic University Limited: (a) the nancial statements and notes, as set out on pages 80 to 115, are in accordance with the Corporations Act 2001, including: (i) giving a true and fair view of the nancial position of the Company as at 31 December 2013 and of its performance, as represented by the results of its operations and its cash ows, for the nancial year ended on that date; and (ii) complying with Australian Accounting Standards and the Corporation Regulations 2001; and (b) there are reasonable grounds to believe that the Company will be able to pay its debts as and when they become due and payable; and (c) the amount of Commonwealth grants expended during the reporting period was for the purposes for which it was granted. In addition, we are not aware at the date of signing these statements of any circumstances, which would render any particulars included in the statements to be misleading or inaccurate. Dated at Sydney this 26th day of March 2014. Signed in accordance with a resolution of the Directors:
Professor G Craven Director
Mr EW Exell Director
116 Australian Catholic University Annual Report 2013 Financial reports INDEPENDENT AUDITORSsix’ REPORT TO THE MEMBERS OF AUSTRALIAN CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY LIMITED
REPORT ON THE Auditors’ responsibility AUDITORS’ OPINION Our responsibility is to express an FINANCIAL REPORT In our opinion: opinion on the nancial statements We have audited the accompanying based on our audit. We conducted our (a) the nancial statements of nancial report of Australian Catholic audit in accordance with Australian Australian Catholic University University Limited (the Company), which Auditing Standards. These Auditing Limited are in accordance with comprises the statement of nancial Standards require that we comply with the Corporations Act 2001, including: position as at 31 December 2013, and relevant ethical requirements relating (i) giving a true and fair view of the the income statement and statement of to audit engagements and plan and Company’s nancial position as comprehensive income, statement of perform the audit to obtain reasonable at 31 December 2013 and of its changes in equity and statement of cash assurance whether the nancial performance for the year ended ows for the year ended on that date, statements are free from material on that date; and notes 1 to 25 comprising a summary misstatement. (ii) complying with Australian of signi cant accounting policies and An audit involves performing Accounting Standards and the other explanatory information and the procedures to obtain audit evidence Corporations Regulations 2001. directors’ declaration. about the amounts and disclosures in the nancial statements. The procedures Directors’ responsibility for the selected depend on the auditor’s nancial report judgement, including the assessment The directors of the company are of the risks of material misstatement responsible for the preparation of of the nancial statements, whether the nancial statements that give a due to fraud or error. In making those KPMG true and fair view in accordance with risk assessments, the auditor considers Sydney Australian Accounting Standards and internal control relevant to the entity’s the Corporations Act 2001 and for preparation of the nancial statements such internal control as the directors that gives a true and fair view in order determine is necessary to enable the to design audit procedures that are preparation of the nancial statements appropriate in the circumstances, but Kevin Leighton that is free from material misstatement, not for the purpose of expressing an Partner whether due to fraud or error. opinion on the e ectiveness of the Sydney entity’s internal control. An audit also 26 March 2014 includes evaluating the appropriateness of accounting policies used and the reasonableness of accounting estimates made by the directors, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the nancial statements. We performed the procedures to assess whether in all material respects the nancial statements present fairly, in accordance with the Corporations Act 2001 and Australian Accounting Standards, a true and fair view which is consistent with our understanding of the Company’s nancial position and of its performance.
Independence In conducting our audit, we have complied with the independence requirements of the Corporations Act 2001.
Australian Catholic University Annual Report 2013 Financial reports 117 seven ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
WHISTLEBLOWERS Travel Expenditure consultation with senior sta and Travel expenditure during 2013 input from organisational units. The PROTECTION ACT 2001 register is a “living document” that is totalled $8.6m and was made up continually reviewed and updated. VIC of $5.5m in domestic travel and Each organisational unit is responsible $3.1m in international travel. No disclosures under the Whistleblowers for maintaining an organisational Protection Act 2001 (Vic) were made to unit risk register that is monitored the University during 2013. FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT throughout the year. Annual updates No disclosures were referred during 2013 on the University Risk Register are by the University to the Ombudsman for ACT 1994 FMA provided to the Planning, Quality and determination as to whether they were Financial statements: Risk Committee and the Audit and Risk public interest disclosures. Committee of the Senate. • contain such information as required No disclosed matters were referred to the by the Minister; The Planning, Quality and Risk University in 2013 by the Ombudsman. Committee endorsed the updated • are prepared in a manner and form University Risk Register in September No disclosed matters were referred approved by the Minister; during 2013 by the University to the 2013, and submitted it to the Audit and • present fairly the nancial Ombudsman to investigate. Risk Committee in December 2013. transactions of the department No investigations of disclosed matters or public body during the relevant Australian/New Zealand were taken over by the Ombudsman nancial year to which they relate; Risk Management Standard from the University during 2013. • present fairly the nancial position Statement No requests were made under Section of the department or public body I, Scott Jenkins, certify that Australian 74 during 2013 to the Ombudsman to as at the end of that year; Catholic University has risk management investigate the disclosed matters. • are certi ed by the accountable processes in place consistent with There were no disclosed matters that o cer in the manner approved the Australian/New Zealand Risk the University declined to investigate by the Minister. Management Standard (AS/NZS during 2013. ISO31000:2009) and an internal control There were no disclosed matters that Risk management system is in place that enables the were substantiated on investigation. The University’s Risk Management executive to understand, manage and satisfactorily control risk exposures. The Model is aligned with the Australian/ audit committee veri es this assurance Freedom of information New Zealand Standard (AS/NZS ISO and that the risk pro le of Australian The University did not receive any 31000:2009). The risk management Catholic University has been critically applications under the Freedom of practices are based on an enhanced reviewed within the past 12 months. Information provisions of the Victoria model that incorporates a Risk Appetite Health Records Act 2001. Statement, Risk Management Policy, Risk Management Procedure and Risk Associates/commercial ventures Register Template. The institution has no relevant During 2013, the enhanced model associates/ commercial ventures for was rolled out with a series of risk consideration in risk management. identi cation, analysis/evaluation and treatment workshops across all Ex-gratia Payments organisational units. The procedure Scott Jenkins There are no ex-gratia payments. was reviewed and modi ed to further Director of Finance develop the monitoring and review Australian Catholic University Consultancies process. 26 March 2014 The University engaged 382 The Planning, Quality and Risk consultancies with total payments Committee oversees the development, during 2013 of less than $100,000, implementation and review of the totalling $3,831,501.38, and 10 University’s planning, quality and risk consultancies with total payments management systems. This includes during 2013 of greater than $100,000, the University Risk Register, which was totalling $1,713,811.20. developed based on sector analysis,
118 Australian Catholic University Annual Report 2013 Grievance management/ Gender equity highlights in 2013 During 2013, the University held WHS complaints include: Lunchbox sessions and WHS induction sessions as part of the U@ACU Induction The University continues to be proactive • Support of Universities Australia Workshop at all campuses, with local in ensuring sta are aware of their Executive Women’s Forum, which managers and supervisors playing an rights and responsibilities in relation to included hosting two forum events - important role. WHS online learning harassment, discrimination and bullying. in July at North Sydney, and October modules supplement the induction The U@ACU induction workshops, at the Brisbane Campus; sessions, and since the introduction attended by all new sta members, • The launch of the ACU Supporting of this online program in 2009, the include a session that focuses on these Parents Guide, a resource for sta University has achieved a completion issues. New sta members also undertake members and supervisors; rate of 91 per cent for the WHS Legal compulsory online training in workplace • A substantial increase in the number Compliance Course, and 81 per cent behaviour. The Eliminate Workplace of sta members accessing the for the WHS Management Course. Bullying compliance levels for 2013 University’s generous parental were 83.53 per cent, and for Workplace Sta participation in the 2013 Sta leave provisions, including a steady Discrimination and Harassment the In uenza Vaccination Program increase in the number of male compliance levels were 81.44 per cent. continued to grow, with a total of sta taking parental leave as the 541 sta (34 per cent of eligible sta ) The University conducted quarterly primary carer. Retention rates of sta receiving vaccinations compared to brie ngs, “Dealing with Discrimination” members returning from parental 466 sta in 2012. and “Bullying and Harassment” by leave have remained consistently videoconference in 2013. The sessions high at more than 90 per cent. The University’s Employee Assistance provided sta members and supervisors Program (EAP), using ACCESS Programs, with practical and proactive ways to deal Commonwealth gender equity provides sta and their immediate with concerns regarding discrimination, legislation implemented in 2013 families with access to con dential harassment and bullying. resulted in the formation of the professional counselling services, Workplace Gender Equity Agency and helps sta with any personal or The University also provided (WGEA), and a phasing in of a revised opportunities for sta to learn skills in work-related problems. In 2013, 5.5 per reporting framework. The University cent of eligible sta used the service. more e ectively managing their working was compliant with WGEA’s simpli ed relationships through courses such as: ACCESS Programs also delivered a series reporting requirements for 2013. of half-day workshops for managers • Managing and Leading in the ACU Preparations are underway to ensure the and supervisors to provide them with a Context University meets the expanded WGEA better understanding of the manager/ • Recruitment and Selection for reporting requirements for 2014, and is supervisor’s role in addressing mental Managers and Supervisors well positioned to apply successfully for health issues for a ected sta members, the Gender Equity Employer of Choice • Communicating E ectively their colleagues and the team. ACCESS Citation. also delivered workshops to support • Indigenous Cultural Awareness sta and supervisors in managing • DISC Behavioral Pro ling Work health and safety (WHS) change, to provide them with strategies The University continues to e ectively to manage their wellbeing during times Workplace gender equity support the health, safety and wellbeing of uncertainty and making the transition The University‘s commitment to leading of its sta and students. Work is to new ways of working brought. practice in gender equity has continued continuing on revising WHS Policy Key strategic WHS matters were in 2013. Fairness and inclusiveness are and procedures to ensure consistency reported to the Senate and the embedded in the University’s people with newly-enacted harmonised WHS Executive Planning Group, to ensure management practices, providing a legislation. Amendments to the Fair their understanding and knowledge of workplace where women and men can Work Act 2009 that will allow individuals WHS matters, potential WHS risks across reach their potential. to address incidents of workplace the University, and their legislated duties Women’s representation in the bullying in the Fair Work Commission and responsibilities. University workforce as at 31 March (FWC) also meant the University had to 2013 was 70.3 per cent, an increase of adjust its WHS and people management Public funds almost one per cent from 2012. Women practices to meet the requirements of the Fair Work Act. Public funds allocated to the University held 54 per cent of senior positions in have been spent for the purposes the organisation, a percentage which speci ed by the government or other leads the higher education sector. public funding body.
Australian Catholic University Annual Report 2013 119 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION CONTINUED
COMPETITION AND required to an independent building The Annual Report of Australian Catholic surveyor for certi cation. When certi ed, University is prepared in accordance CONSUMER ACT AND the plans are lodged with the local with: NATIONAL COMPETITION municipal council for information. FMA Financial Management Act 1994 POLICY When required, building surveyors (Vic) issue a Certi cate of Occupancy or FRD A -IFRS Financial Reporting ACU acknowledges its obligations a Certi cate of Final Inspection Directions under the Commonwealth Competition upon completion of works. SD Standing Directions of the and Consumer Act 2010 (the Act) and When building practitioners are Minister for Finance issued under National Competition Code. engaged to carry out works for the the Financial Management Act Sta members in identi ed roles University, only registered building 1994 (Vic) undertake online training to understand practitioners are used and registration AAS A ustralian Accounting Standards the University’s obligations and their is con rmed prior to engagement. personal obligations under the Act. Registration is maintained during the AASB A ustralian Accounting Standards Board The University practises competitive engagement and there have been no ETRA E ducation and Training Reform neutrality in relation to relevant cases of building practitioners becoming Act 2006 signi cant business activities. deregistered while engaged by the University. PAEC D ecision of Public Accounts Quality assurance and ESOS act Works carried out by external and Estimates Committee of 2000 consultants or contractors are not Parliament exempt from the 10-year liability cap. ACU complies with the Educational RUG V ictorian Government Response Works performed wholly by University Services for Overseas Students Act to the Review of University sta are covered by the University’s Governance 2000, the National Code of Practice for professional indemnity insurance, up to registration Authorities and Providers ESOS Education Services for Overseas a limit of $10 million per any one claim. of Education and Training to overseas Students Act 2000 Students 2007 and the Queensland Additional information available DIISRTE Commonwealth Government Education (Overseas Students) Act 1996. on request Department of Education, The University has a national compliance Employment and Workplace coordinator, responsible for conducting As required under the Financial Relations. regular compliance audits to ensure Management Act 1994 (Vic), details on the it meets legislative and regulatory items below are available on request from: requirements Chief Operating O cer ACU North Sydney Campus PO Box 968, North Sydney NSW 2059 BUILDING ACT 1993 • Changes in prices, fees, charges, All building works are designed to rates and levies comply with the Building Act 1993. • Declarations of pecuniary interests To ensure all new buildings and works • Overseas visits relating to existing buildings comply with current building standards and • Shares held by senior o cers codes the projects are referred where • Industrial relations
STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL RESULT SUMMARY FOR THE PAST FIVE YEARS 2009 TO 2013
2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 $'000 $'000 $'000 $'000 $'000 Total Revenue 206,064 233,227 257,575 326,417 370,493 Total Expenses 191,218 211,077 246,486 286,849 323,254 Operating Result for the Period 14,846 22,150 11,089 39,568 47,239
120 Australian Catholic University Annual Report 2013 DISCLOSURE INDEX
No. Clause Disclosure Page
Standing Directions for the Minister for Finance (SD) 1 SD 4.2(g) The Report of Operations of the institution should: 2–127, 120 • Include qualitative and quantitative information on the operations of the institution • Be prepared on a basis consistent with the nancial statements prepared by the Public Sector Agency pursuant to the Financial Management Act 1994 2 SD 4.2(h) Report of Operations is prepared in accordance with Financial Reporting Directions 85-89, 117 3 SD 4.2(j) Report of Operations is signed and dated by Chancellor or equivalent and includes 78, 116 date of Council Meeting at which Annual Report was approved 26 March 2014. 4 SD 4.2(a) Financial statements are prepared in accordance with: 85-89 • Australian Accounting Standards (AAS and AASB standards) and other mandatory professional reporting requirements • Financial Reporting Directions • Business Rules 5 SD 4.2(b) Financial statements available, including: • Balance Sheet and Income Statement 80, 82 • Statement of Recognised Income and Expense 80, 91-99 • Cash Flows Statement 84 • Notes to the financial statements 85–115 6 SD 4.2(c) Signed and dated statement by Accountable O cer stating that nancial 116 statements: • present fairly the nancial transactions during reporting period and the nancial position at end of the period • were prepared in accordance with Standing Direction 4.2 (c) and applicable Financial Reporting Directions • comply with applicable Australian Accounting Standards (AAS and AASB standards) and other mandatory professional reporting requirements 7 SD 4.2(d) Financial statements are expressed in the nearest dollar except where the total 78 assets, or revenue, or expenses of the institution are greater than: • $10,000,000, the amounts shown in the nancial statements may be expressed by reference to the nearest $1,000; and • $1,000,000,000, the amounts shown in the nancial statements may be expressed by reference to the nearest $100,000 8 SD 4.2(e) The nancial statements were reviewed and recommended by the Audit Committee 78, 79, or Responsible Body prior to nalisation and submission 116, 117 9 SD 4.5.5 (NEW) Attestation on compliance with the Australian/New Zealand Risk Management 118 Standard
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No. Clause Disclosure Page
Finacial Reporting Directions 10 FRD 03A Accounting for Dividends n/a 11 FRD 07A Early Adoption of Authoritative Accounting Pronouncements 88-89 12 FRD 9A Administered assets and liabilities n/a 13 FRD 10 Disclosure Index 121-123 14 FRD 11 Disclosure of Ex-gratia Payments n/a 15 FRD 15B Executive O cer Disclosures n/a 16 FRD 17A Long Service Leave Wage In ation and Discount Rates 87, 100-101 17 FRD 19 Private Provision of Public Infrastructure n/a 18 FRD 21B Responsible Person and Executive O cer Disclosure in the Financial Report 75 19 FRD 22C Details of consultancies over $10,000 (refer to FRD for information required) 118 20 FRD 22C Details of consultancies under $10,000 (refer to FRD for information required) 118 21 FRD 22D Manner of establishment and the relevant Minister 5 22 FRD 22D Objectives, functions, powers and duties 5, 7, 21-23, 35-38 23 FRD 22D Nature and range of services provided including communities served 35-38, 44-48 24 FRD 22D Organisational structure and chart, including accountabilities 18-19 25 FRD 22D Names of Council members 13 26 FRD22 & Operational and budgetary objectives, performance against objectives 2-127 SD 4.2(k) and achievements 27 FRD 22D Occupational health and safety statement including performance indicator 119 and performance against those indicators 28 FRD 22D Workforce data for current and previous reporting period including a statement 57-58 on employment and conduct principles 29 FRD 22D Summary of the nancial results for the year including previous 4 year comparisons 81 30 FRD 22D Signi cant changes in nancial position during the year 77 31 FRD 22D Major changes or factors a ecting performance n/a 32 FRD 22D Post-balance sheet date events likely to signi cantly a ect subsequent reporting 78 periods 33 FRD 22D Summary of application and operation of the Freedom of Information Act 1982 118 34 FRD 22D Statement of compliance with building and maintenance provisions of the Building 120 Act 1993 35 FRD 22D Statement on National Competition Policy 120 36 FRD 22D Summary of application and operation of the Protected Disclosure Act 2012 n/a 37 FRD 22D Summary of Environmental Performance. 32 38 FRD 22D List of certain other information available on request (as speci ed in the FRD) n/a 39 FRD 24C Reporting of o ce based environmental impacts n/a 40 FRD 25A Victorian Industry Participation Policy in the Report of Operations n/a 41 FRD 26A Accounting for VicFleet Motor Vehicle Lease Arrangements on or after n/a 1 February 2004 42 FRD 30A First time adoption 88-89
122 Australian Catholic University Annual Report 2013 No. Clause Disclosure Page 43 FRD 101 Standard requirements for the design and print of annual reports n/a 44 FRD 102 Inventories n/a 45 FRD 103D Non-current physical assets 82 46 FRD 104 Foreign currency 108 47 FRD 105A Borrowing Costs 101 48 FRD 106 Impairment of assets 87 49 FRD 107 Investment properties n/a 50 FRD 109 Intangible assets 87, 99 51 FRD 110 Cash Flow Statements 84, 109, 110 52 FRD 112C De ned bene t superannuation obligations 100-101 53 FRD 113 Investments in Subsidiaries, Jointly Controlled Associates and Entities n/a 54 FRD 114A Financial Investments 86, 96 55 FRD 115 Non-current physical assets – rst time adoption n/a 56 FRD 119 Contributions by owners 103 57 FRD 119A Transfers through contributed capital 103,104 58 FRD 120G Accounting and reporting pronouncements applicable to the reporting period n/a 59 FRD 121 Infrastructure assets n/a
Financial Management Act 1994 (FMA) 60 FMA 1994 Financial Statements: 118 49 (a) • Contain such information as required by the Minister; 118-120 49 (b) • Are prepared in a manner and form approved by the Minister; 75-120 49 (c) • Present fairly the nancial transactions of the university during the relevant 75-120 nancial year to which they relate; 49 (d) • Present fairly the financial position of the university as at the end of that year; and 117 49 (e) • Are certified by the accountable officer in the manner approved by the Minister. 116
Education and Training Reform Act 2006 (Etra) 61 ETRA, Statement on compulsory non-academic fees, subscriptions and charges payable in n/a s. 3.2.8 2013
Decision of Public Accounts and Estimates Committee of Parliament 62 PAEC Financial and other information relating to the university’s international operations. 47-51, 92
University Commercial Activities 63 UNIVERSITY • Summary of the university commercial activities COMMERCIAL n/a ACTIVITY GUIDELINES • If the university has a controlled entity, include the accounts of that entity in the n/a university’s Annual Report
Australian Catholic University Annual Report 2013 123 state indexes VICTORIA
ACU has two campuses in Victoria: one in Ballarat and one in Fitzroy, Melbourne. Since the University is run as a single entity, with six campuses in four states/ territories, the nancial information is not broken down by state/territory. Much of the information in the Report of Operations (pages 1-73) includes speci c mentions of states and campuses. All sta , student and graduate statistics are broken down by state/territory and by faculty. Events of the year are detailed in the body of the report. The many signi cant Ballarat Campus Melbourne Campus occasions in 2013 for the Victorian campuses included: • Australian Catholic Youth Festival The following index provides a list of general information about the Victorian (ACYF) hosted at ACU’s Melbourne campuses, and where to nd it. campus; Topic Page • The University opened the rst of 11 new accommodation facilities for Campuses 5 nursing students from ACU‘s Ballarat Highlights of 2013 7 Campus and the University of Ballarat at East Wimmera Health Service, Priority projects for 2013 10 St Arnaud; Public forums, lectures and conferences 22 • ACU launched its new Centre for Foundation supporters 27 Early Childhood Futures at the Melbourne Campus. The research Scholarships and bursaries 29 centre is part of ACU’s growing Infrastructure 30 commitment to research and teacher Environmental sustainability 32 training in early childhood education. • The Honorable Mark Dreyfus QC MP New MOUs 36 addressed the inaugural ACU Law New courses 37 class in Melbourne; Enrolments by state/territory 41 • St Mary of the Cross Mackillop Chapel, located at ACU’s Melbourne Student achievements 42 Campus won the national Kevin Indigenous and Torres Strait Islander students 45 Borland Masonry Award for interior design at the Think Brick Awards ACUcom 50 2013 in Sydney. Graduates by state/territory 53 • ACU’s Melbourne Psychology Sta by state/territory 57 and Counselling Clinic held a development seminar for Signi cant appointments 59 psychologists during National Sta honours and awards 60 Psychology Week; Sta research grants 61 • 25-year celebration of educating nurses at the Ballarat campus. Photography: (Left) Mark Munro. (Right) Tristan Velasco (Right) Tristan Mark Munro. (Left) Photography:
124 Australian Catholic University Annual Report 2013 NEW SOUTH WALES
ACU has two campuses in New South Wales: one in the North Sydney business district and one in Strath eld, an established suburb of western Sydney. Since the University is run as a single entity, with six campuses in four states/ territories, the nancial information is not broken down by state/territory. Much of the information in the Report of Operations (pages 1–73) includes speci c mentions of states North Sydney Campus and campuses. All sta , student and graduate statistics are broken down by state/territory and by faculty. Events of the year are detailed in the body of the report. The many signi cant occasions in 2013 for the New South Wales campuses included: • ACU and Sisters of Saint Joseph signed a Memorandum of Understanding at ACU’s North Sydney Campus; • ACU launched a new Law Faculty at the North Sydney Campus; Stratheld Campus • The NSW Master Builders Association named Our Lady Seat of Wisdom Chapel at North Sydney campus Best The following index provides a list of general information about the New South Wales Tertiary Education Project Under campuses, and where to nd it. $3m award at the MBA’s Excellence in Construction Awards. Topic Page • The Great Grace: Receiving Vatican II Campuses 5 Conference, in partnership with the Archdiocese of Sydney, ran in May. Highlights of 2013 7 • Gifts of the Artists: exhibition of art Priority projects for 2013 10 from the Warmun community opened Public forums, lectures and conferences 22 by the Governor-General; • Annual Social Justice Youth Forum Foundation supporters 27 held at the Brisbane and North Sydney Scholarships and bursaries 29 campuses; Infrastructure 30 • New South Wales Premier the Hon Barry O’Farrell launched Nick Greiner, Environmental sustainability 32 A Political Biography, written by New MOUs 36 historian Ian Hancock, Visiting Fellow at ACU’s Public Policy Institute and New courses 37 Editorial Fellow at the Australian Enrolments by state/territory 41 Dictionary of Biography; Student achievements 42 • The 2013 New South Wales Council of Deans of Education Teacher Education Indigenous and Torres Strait Islander students 45 Conference was held at North Sydney. ACUcom 50 Keynote speakers included NSW Minister for Education Adrian Piccoli Graduates by state/territory 53 and Vice-Chancellor Professor Craven; Sta by state/territory 57 • ACU and the University of Notre Dame Signi cant appointments 59 Australia signed a Memorandum of Understanding recognising a Sta honours and awards 60 desire to deepen the co-operation, Sta research grants 61
Photography: (Top) Matthew Duchesne (Milk and Honey Photography). (Bottom) Bonnie (Bottom) Liang Matthew Duchesne (Milk (Top) and Honey Photography). Photography: collaboration and mutual support between the two universities.
Australian Catholic University Annual Report 2013 125 state indexes QUEENSLAND
ACU has one campus in Queensland, at Banyo, a northern suburb of Brisbane. Since the University is run as a single entity, with six campuses in four states/ territories, the nancial information is not broken down by state/territory. Much of the information in the Report of Operations (pages 1–73) includes speci c mentions of states and campuses. All sta , student and graduate statistics are broken down by state/ territory and by faculty. Events of the year are detailed in the body of the report. The many signi cant occasions in 2013 for the Brisbane The following index provides a list of general information about the Brisbane Campus included: Campus and where to nd it. • ACU celebrated 10 Years at Banyo Campus with Queensland Minister for Topic Page Education Hon John-Paul Langbroek Campuses 5 MP and the Chancellor General Peter Cosgrove attending; Highlights of 2013 7 • Gift of Grace exhibition; Priority projects for 2013 10 • ACU graduate Annabel Pike, who Public forums, lectures and conferences 22 works at Mater Private Hospital, Foundation supporters 27 Brisbane, won the Outstanding Graduate Nurse Award at the Hesta Scholarships and bursaries 29 Australian Nursing Awards. Infrastructure 30 • The ACU Health Clinic won an award Environmental sustainability 32 at the Master Builders Association 2013 Brisbane Housing and Construction New MOUs 36 Awards. New courses 37 • Panel discussion,: Perspectives on the First 100 Days of Pope Francis. With Enrolments by state/territory 41 Geraldine Doogue as moderator, Student achievements 42 and panellists Frank Brennan, Indigenous and Torres Strait Islander students 45 Jesuit Priest and leading polemist; the Archbishop of Brisbane, the Most ACUcom 50 Reverend Archbishop Mark Coleridge; Graduates by state/territory 53 ACU Vice-Chancellor, Professor Greg Craven; and Apostolic Nuncio, the Sta by state/territory 57 Most Reverend Paul Gallagher; Signi cant appointments 59 • Medieval Fayre; Sta honours and awards 60 • Annual Social Justice Youth Forum Sta research grants 61 held at the Brisbane and North Sydney campuses. Photography: Architects Conrad Gargett Riddel Gargett AMW. Architects Conrad Photography:
126 Australian Catholic University Annual Report 2013 AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY
ACU has one campus in the Australian The following index provides a list of general information about the Canberra Capital Territory, in Canberra. Campus, and where to nd it. Since the University is run as a single Topic Page entity, with six campuses in four states/ territories, the nancial information Campuses 5 is not broken down by state/territory. Highlights of 2013 7 Much of the information in the Priority projects for 2013 10 Report of Operations (pages 1–73) includes speci c mentions of states Public forums, lectures and conferences 22 and campuses. All sta , student and Foundation supporters 27 graduate statistics are broken down by state/territory and by faculty. Scholarships and bursaries 29 Events of the year are detailed in the Infrastructure 30 body of the report. Environmental sustainability 32 Signi cant events at the Canberra New MOUs 36 Campus during 2013 included: New courses 37 • The 50th anniversary of the opening of Signadou Teacher’s College – one Enrolments by state/territory 41 of the founding institutes of the Student achievements 42 Canberra (Signadou) campus; Indigenous and Torres Strait Islander students 45 • The School of Nursing, Midwifery and Paramedicine hosted the ACUcom 50 Paramedicine Skills competition; Graduates by state/territory 53 • 8th National Conference for Religious Sta by state/territory 57 Educators: A Symposium for Religious Educators in University, Diocesan Signi cant appointments 59 Support and School and Parish Sta honours and awards 60 Contexts in the 2012-2013 Year of Grace and Year of Faith; Sta research grants 61 • 2013 Blackfriars Lecture: A natural t: Canberra’s place as a learning capital with ACT Chief Minister Katy Gallagher as the keynote speaker.
Australian Catholic University Annual Report 2013 127 contacts
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