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4th Dec 2009

RMIT University©2008 Office of Director TAFE 2

Overview

• Factors affecting the operating environment for government places

• TAFE program viability challenge

• Publishing of quality data – how will it affect choice?

• Tertiary sector development – AQF; TEQSA; AQTF; Skills Australia…

• Success Factors for 2010 and beyond….

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Factors affecting the operating environment for government supported VET places 2010 - ….

• Impact of VET eligibility criteria and greater availability of higher education places on decisions of prospective students and therefore on overall demand for VET places

• Downward price and upward cost pressures (including unfunded components of the MBA) on program profitability – particularly for diplomas and advanced diplomas

• Shift of commercial business to government supported places which may affect level of commercial revenue gained

• Requirement to fund backlog infrastructure maintenance, building refurbishments and ICT systems upgrades

Significant efficiency improvements required to mitigate these factors

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2008 Benchmarking: Relative efficiency against 3 dual sector universities and three large metropolitan TAFE Institutes

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Student outcomes: Employment and Further Study

Vocational Education & Training: Employment RMIT vs State Average (2004-2010)

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Vocational Education & Training: Further Study RMIT vs State Average (2004-2010)

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35.0%

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Student outcomes: Good Teaching and Overall SatisfactionVocational Education & Training: Good Teaching Percentage Agreement

RMIT vs State Average (2004-2010)

80.0%

82.0%

84.0%

86.0%

88.0%

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Vocational Education & Training: Overall Satisfaction of Training AgreementRMIT vs State Average (2004-2010)

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Proportion of graduates satisfied with the overall quality of their training

by TAFE institute, 2007*

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National tertiary sector development

• Bradley targets (for HE) and COAG targets (for VET)

• ‘Youth Compact’: 15 – 19 year old (with and without year 12 equiv) ;

20 – 24 year old. Improving on 2008 benchmarks.

• Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Authority (HE and VET)

• Australian Qualifications Framework (AQF)

• VET Products for the 21st Century: Definition of competence, packaging rules

• Skills Australia : Workforce development

• A more robust AQTF

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Success factors 2010 and beyond

• Industry engagement – ramp it up!!!!

• Innovation in teaching and learning models: based on industry engagement

• Market leader in new product development

• Strong quality measures (they will be published)

• A strong VET workforce