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ANNUAL REPORT 2009 TAFE DIRECTORS AUSTRALIA Universi TAFE Directors Australia Inc. ABN: 39 070 265 734 Location National Secretariat Sydney Institute of TAFE NSW Turner Hall (Building B) Ultimo College Cnr Mary Ann and Harris Streets ULTIMO NSW 2007 Postal TAFE Directors Australia National Secretariat PO Box 707 BROADWAY NSW 2007 Contacts Telephone + 61 2 9217 3180 Facsimile + 61 2 9281 7335 Email: [email protected] Website www.tda.edu.au ISSN 1838-0727 (Print) 1838-0735 (Online) ABOUT US The core business of TDA • position TAFE institutes as TAFE Directors Australia (TDA) is supporting our member the major training brand is the peak national body institutes and leading the delivering skills in Australia. representing Australia’s 59 public advocacy for quality skills in TAFE institutes, university TAFE Australia. divisions, and the Australia- Our Purpose is to: Pacific Technical College (APTC), • advance vocational VISION providing a national voice for the education policy in Australia To drive quality in TAFE vocational public vocational education and education and training, and show • support policy development training (VET) sector. leadership in sector policy and for improved outcomes for Australia’s TAFE institute network value-added member services. students – domestic and is the largest and most diverse international tertiary education sector in Australia with more than 1300 • lead the advocacy on campuses located across funding MISSION CONTENTS Central Business Districts (CBD), • provide member services TDA will support TAFE institutes NATIONAL BOARD 2 suburban, regional and remote for Tuition Assurance in the development, recognition MESSAGE FROM THE CHAIR 3 locations, with many institutes to facilitate institutes’ and resourcing of those institutes CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER’S REPORT 4 offering further services through Vocational Education and as the recognised leaders in OPERATIONAL HIGHLIGHTS 5 the Asia-Pacific and other Training (VET) FEE-HELP quality vocational education and offshore regions. registration training. FINANCIAL REPORT 17 1 ANNUAL REPORT 2009 NATIONAL BOARD Executive Craig Sherrin, Institute Director and CEO, Deb Daly, Chair, Chief Executive Officer, Gold Southbank Institute of Technology (QLD)* Coast Institute of TAFE (QLD) Don Zoellner, Pro Vice-Chancellor, Community Bruce Mackenzie, Deputy Chair, Chief and Access, Charles Darwin University (NT)** Executive, Holmesglen Institute of TAFE (VIC) 1 2 3 Note Wayne Collyer, Deputy Chair, Managing * Craig Sherrin replaced Steve Ghost, Managing Director, Polytechnic West (WA) (Formerly Director, SkillsTech Australia Swan TAFE) ** Don Zoellner replaced Aaron Devine, Director Members of Vocational Education and Training, Charles 4 5 6 Colin Adrian, CEO, Canberra Institute of Darwin University, TAFE Division Technology (ACT) Stephen Conway, Managing Director, TAFE SA – Adelaide South (SA) 1 D Daly Pam Christie, Institute Director, TAFE NSW – 2 B Mackenzie 7 8 9 Sydney Institute (NSW) 3 W Collyer Aaron Devine, Director of Vocational Education 4 A Devine and Training, Charles Darwin University, TAFE 5 Dr C Adrian Division (NT) (until May 2009) 6 S Conway Steve Ghost, Managing Director, SkillsTech 7 P Christie 10 11 Australia (until October 2009) 8 S Ghost Kevin Harris, Director, TAFE NSW – Northern 9 K Harris Sydney Institute (NSW) 10 B McLennan Belinda McLennan, CEO, Tasmanian 11 V Simmons Polytechnic (TAS) 12 C Sherrin 12 13 13 D Zoellner Virginia Simmons, Director and CEO, Chisholm Institute of TAFE (VIC) 2 TAFE DIRECTORS AUSTRALIA MESSAGE FROM THE CHAIR TAFE as a national system responded to a for skilled migration, were badly affected. support at the 2008 Annual General Meeting, the year: Aaron Devine (Charles Darwin series of structural crises which emerged Many students’ families were threatened with hosted by Victoria University, TDA continued University TAFE, NT), Steve Ghost (SkillsTech in the Australian education system during extensive financial losses, and for students, its Tuition Assurance services for institutes Australia, QLD), and Dr Colin Adrian (Canberra 2009. While these were domestic in nature, their courses were disrupted or completely with competitively priced Australian-based Institute of Technology, ACT). Without their their origin stemmed from the crisis for many discontinued. insurance, and looks to add a restricted non- untiring support and input to strategy, the international students in Australia, and TAFE TAFE membership category for quality higher development of TDA would not have been Many of our TAFE institutes rallied to accept Directors Australia (TDA) played a significant education registered institutions in future possible. transfer enrolment requests – often without role in the aftermath. years. clarity on fees. TDA made a special appearance Thank you to the Secretariat staff, to Martin The Global Financial Crisis from late 2008 before the Senate Inquiry into the Welfare The Global Financial Crisis adversely influenced Riordan as CEO and Pam Caven as Director caused a series of repercussions into 2009. of International Students, to advocate that TDA in 2009. The impact was limited to Policy and Strategic Engagement. We farewell, At a domestic level, the impact was most not only were de-registrations needed in the revenues flowing to TDA from projects, with gratitude, Rebecca Biazos, the Director severe with Australian businesses cutting aftermath for such RTOs, but that restructuring required to be pushed back to 2010. This International Engagement, and welcome Peter apprenticeship training. This prompted several of the tertiary system was essential. caused an overall loss for the financial year. Holden, formerly a senior executive with DET Federal, State and Territory government However, these contracted projects have been International NSW. We much appreciate your I was delighted that under the leadership of responses, however apprenticeship confirmed for 2010, and a substantial return dedicated work and success in taking forward the incoming Chair of Universities Australia commencement numbers in some states were to surplus is budgeted for 2010 and into the operations through a challenging year. (UA), Professor Peter Coaldrake, Vice-Chancellor cut by 25%, and this highlighted the inflexible immediate years ahead. of Queensland University of Technology, TDA structure applying to apprenticeships, unlike in reached agreement to work with UA on the The TDA National Secretariat relocated to parts of Europe and North America. domestic future and regulatory arrangements Sydney in August, and the Board is currently Equally alarming was the impact to of tertiary education. Professor Coaldrake reviewing accommodation requirements and DEB DALY international students studying in Australia. committed to a Keynote Address at the TDA investment opportunities which may support The financial crisis impacted private Registered 2009 Annual Conference in Queensland, and the asset base of TDA as a peak national body. Chair – TAFE Directors Australia Training Organisations (RTOs), with many new work will continue into 2010. I wish to thank our deputy chairs, Bruce suffering complete financial collapse. Throughout this high focus on policy, Mackenzie (Holmesglen, VIC), and Wayne The impact was enormous: thousands of TDA pushed ahead with our mission to Collyer (Polytechnic West, WA). I also pay international students, especially those strategically support TAFE institutes with tribute to my TDA Board colleagues, including inbound students from India and China which improved member services. With members’ those who retired or stepped down during have maintained interest in studying courses 3 ANNUAL REPORT 2009 CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER’S REPORT The policy cover to December. TDA members voted at Recommendations relating to the outsourced pathways and their relationship with skills highlight of TAFE our 2008 Annual General Meeting to further payroll and leave protocols were noted and into development. This followed a special initiative Directors Australia widen allowance for the TDA Tuition Assurance 2010 will be adopted, following referral to the by TDA in 2008 to host a National Forum on (TDA) in 2009 Scheme for selected non-TAFE Higher Education Finance and Audit Committee. Youth Engagement and Skills, in Hobart. The was the initiation Providers. The success of TDA operating tuition commissioned research is expected to be The 2009 TDA National Conference, held in of a vision about assurance has added to member services and completed by Q2 2010, and results published September on the Gold Coast, was hosted by tertiary policy in to traditional core revenues of the Association at that time. our Chair, Deb Daly. The event drew a near the post-Bradley which have contributed to satisfactory record number of delegates who nominated Australian Education International environment. This policy was developed as responses from members and financial reserves the event as one of our most successful. commissioned TDA to conduct special part of a new collaboration between TDA and now established. Sponsorship support contributed to a strong research into the international student Universities Australia (UA). Already the results Despite these measures, TDA recorded a result for the Conference making this annual experience with enrolments in TAFE institutes. have been promising with successful contacts financial loss of $16,001 in 2009. This deficit event, especially its professional development Additional research was also commissioned established