Transcript The Nelson Reforms -implications for staff Jeff Gawthorne

The Nelson Reforms
-impact on staff
Jeff Gawthorne
July 2003
Impact on staff
Direct effects
• More students ? – inequities, priority areas
• More resources ? – increased HECS, fees etc
• IR reforms – AWAs, employer-employee
relationships, salary package trade-offs
• Regional loading, more students, capital funds
• Research concentration – chief investigator salaries
• Performance pay – focus on outcomes
Impact on staff
Indirect effects
• Student demand – ‘customer’ culture
• Administrative consolidation
• Collaboration – teaching, research,
administration
• Accountability – governance, management,
higher education information management
Impact on staff
Transition to the new system
• Some universities gain dollars, some lose
• Will there be a diversity of student fees?
• Will there be diversity in dependence on
international income ?
• Will there be diversity in the mix of
teaching and research ?