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F6347 No external costs were incurred in the production of this annual report. A copy of the Charles Sturt University Annual Report 2019 is available at csu.edu.au/about/publications Submission letter For the period 1 January 2019 to 31 December 2019 The Hon. Geoff Lee Minister for Skills and Tertiary Education Higher Education and Tertiary Policy Directorate Department of Education Level 11, 1 Oxford St Darlinghurst NSW 2010 Dear Minister, In accordance with the provisions of the Annual Reports (Statutory Bodies) Act 1984 and the Public Finance and Audit Act 1983 we are pleased to present to Parliament the Annual Report of Charles Sturt University for the year 2019. Yours faithfully, Dr Michele Allan Professor Andrew Vann Chancellor Vice-Chancellor Charles Sturt University | 2019 Annual Report 1 Contents Chancellor’s foreword 3 Governance 36 About Charles Sturt University 4 Item 11 Risk management and insurance activities 36 For the public good 5 University strategy 6 Non-unimutual non-core covers below 37 Strategic focus areas 6 Item 12 Consultants 38 Item 13 Land disposals 39 People and community 10 Item 14 Major works 40 Item 1 University council 10 Item 15 Legal change 42 Management and structure 15 Changes in Acts and subordinate legislation and Item 2 Senior executive performance and remuneration 16 significant judicial decisions affecting the university or users of its services - 2019 42 Item 3 Human resources 22 Legislative changes 42 Employees / employee wage movement 22 Judicial decisions 42 Employee wage movements 22 Item 16 Access to information 44 Personnel and industrial relations policies and practices 22 Item 4 Workforce diversity 24 Item 17 Privacy and personal information 47 Statistical information (data as at 31 March 2019) 24 Item 18 Public interest disclosures 48 Achievements in 2019 25 Item 19 Cyber security policy (CSP) attestation 49 Activities planned for 2020 25 Item 5 Disability inclusion action plans 25 Item 20 Compliance statement 50 Achievements in 2019 25 Financial report 54 Activities planned for 2020 25 Item 6 Multicultural policies and services program 27 Item 21 Accounts payment performance 54 Item 7 Work health and safety 28 Item 22 Disclosure of controlled entities and subsidiaries 55 WHS management systems 28 Item 23 Investment performance 56 Governance 28 Consultation 28 Item 24 Economic or other factors 57 Health and wellbeing 28 Item 25 Credit card certification 58 Return to work management 29 Financials 59 Activities planned for 2020 29 Item 8 Promotion (overseas travel) 38 Budgeted Financial Statements 60 Item 9 Funds granted 30 Audited financial statements 64 Item 10 Consumer response 35 Charles Sturt University 64 The Charles Sturt University Foundation Trust 138 Charles Sturt Campus Services Limited 162 2 Charles Sturt University | 2019 Annual Report Chancellor’s foreword During a volatile time in the higher education sector, We have much to achieve in 2020. The Joint Program in Medicine Charles Sturt University has continued to deliver positive will commence accepting students, setting a foundation to outcomes. We maintained our rank of number one for the highest deliver critical skills for our communities. We will continue to make full-time employment rate for undergraduates immediately strategic decisions, based on insightful information, to ensure we following graduation for the fourth consecutive year. I’m proud meet our objectives through our University Strategy. that we shape and influence such in-demand graduates across Together with the Council, I thank our staff, students, partners so many critical disciplines. Our graduates and the work we do and communities at Charles Sturt University. As a regional leader at Charles Sturt delivers impact both nationally and in our local we have a meaningful place in the lives of so many people, and communities. We truly help create a world worth living in. we strive each day for yindyamarra winhanganha (the wisdom of We continued to deliver on our strategy, which focused on respectfully knowing how to live well in a world worth living in). successful graduates, vibrant regional communities and strong capability in our delivery. We strengthened our community engagement, furthered our commitment to the Rural Medical School and deepened our links with industry and our Dr Michele Allan education partners. Chancellor At the end of 2019 catastrophic fires swept New South Wales and we actively supported firefighters in our regions, particularly in the mid-north coast. I commend our staff and students on the ground in Port Macquarie for their exceptional commitment to their community. As we head into 2020 we know universities are facing pressures from economic and public health developments and the impact of policy decisions made in prior years regarding caps on the sector. We have made changes to strengthen our position in the higher I’m proud that we shape and education market. Charles Sturt continues to steer through the influence such in-demand uncertainty with strong management and a commitment to the public good. We will meet the challenges head on. graduates across so many critical disciplines. Charles Sturt University | 2019 Annual Report 3 About Charles Sturt University Charles Sturt University is the largest regionally based university In 2019 our research was recognised to be world class. The in Australia, enrolling more than 43,000 students from across Australian Research Council found that seven broad fields Australia and more than 120 countries around the world. We take of research and 17 specific fields of research were ranked that role deeply to heart, knowing we provide higher education world standard, or above world standard. This represents an to so many students, enabling them to reach their goals and increase on our rankings in 2012 and 2015. I’m proud that positively impact the lives of others. our staff are delivering research outcomes with wide-ranging impact: real outcomes for real people, applicable nationally, and We understand we need to provide our education services in indeed globally. increasingly innovative ways. We have been a leader in providing distance education for more than 50 years and are one of the This year saw devastating bushfires in Australia and our regions largest and most experienced providers of online learning. In 2019 were particularly affected. Though we do not wish to see such we updated the technology, delivery and student experience of events, I can say that our people – students, professional/general our online courses, with further efforts to come next year. staff and our academics, as well as our community partners and friends – came together powerfully to do all we could to support We continued to offer a suite of courses comparable to those affected by bushfires and to share our knowledge to help universities nationwide, as well as focused on the skills shortages our communities, wildlife and flora recover. affecting our communities. We created new courses to meet the demand for the skills graduates of the future will need – in We made strides in our governance this year. We invested in this business, accounting, social work and care, engineering and to meet the requirements put forth by the Tertiary Education medicine alongside our historical strengths in agriculture, Quality and Standards Authority (TEQSA) in 2019 and we will communication, community health and the environment. We continue to deliver in accordance with TEQSA’s requirements. This continued to graduate more Indigenous students at Charles work will ensure we operate as a strong, capable higher education Sturt than any other Australian university. And we will continue to provider, delivering results for our students and communities. deliver innovative learning options to help Australians to fulfil their We know there will be tough moments in 2020 as there were in potential in their careers and their lives. 2019, both in our own lives and in ensuring the continued success Our campuses in Albury-Wodonga, Bathurst, Canberra, Dubbo, of this institution. We will have opportunities to celebrate too. Our Goulburn, Orange, Parramatta, Port Macquarie and Wagga Wagga first student cohort accepted into our Rural Medical School will be served the distinct needs of regional communities from northern the culmination of many years of effort to contribute to providing New South Wales to central Victoria.