Download to read offline
Uploaded bysconul
Ned Costello - Managing Turbulence
The presentation discusses the significant financial and structural challenges facing higher education institutions, particularly in the context of economic crises and austerity measures. It highlights the critical role of research funding, institutional mergers, and governance reforms, while also addressing issues of participation rates and the sustainability of current educational models. The document raises important questions about the future of higher education, including funding, performance management, and the balance between research and teaching.
More Related Content
Similar to Ned Costello - Managing Turbulence
Ned Costello - Managing Turbulence
- 1. Managing Turbulence Presentation to: SCONUL Conference NedCostello CEO Irish Universities Association
- 2.
- 3. • Credit Explosion •Regulatory failure in international banking system • Commercial and Domestic Property Bubbles • Distortion of tax base & pro-cyclical budgeting • Austerity Measures The Global Meltdown
- 4. • By 2015Tax Revenues will be 8% below 2007 peak • Tax Revenues of €36.6bn - 25% below 2007 peak • Growth in Government expenditure of 7.5% mainly due to social welfare transfer payments The National Meltdown
- 5. Gap between revenueand gross voted expenditure is closing… • In 2010 Tax Revenues 33.3% below 2007 peak…..with government spend up nearly 12% The National Meltdown
- 6. General Government Dept… 20072011 €47bn €169bn Dept to GDP Ratio… 2007 2011 25% 106% The National Meltdown
- 7. “The UK currentlyspends £43 billion on debt interest, which is more than it spends on schools in England”. UK Comprehensive Spending Review 2010
- 9. Staff:Student Ratios -mid 20’s:One 10% more Students – 10% less Staff World Leading Efficiency of Irish HE System Improved Weathering the Storm
- 10. High Overall Satisfactionwith Quality of Graduates Research Funding and Performance doing well Non Exchequer Funding now between 30-50% of University Budgets Weathering the Storm
- 11. We have survived4 years of the greatest economic crisis since the great depression!
- 12. Strategic Challenges facingInstitutions Sustainability Participation Performance & Accountability Governance Research & Innovation Funding Structures
- 13.
- 14. Participation Participation Rate nowclose to 70% UK Participation Rate less than 50%
- 15.
- 16. Participation A + B b.Restructure of Existing Capacity a. Additional Capacity
- 17. Participation Significant Productivity Gainson Service ECF has removed 600 non-academic staff since 2008 Admin staff have maintained service quality under pressure of resources
- 18. Participation Spotlight on Education– the role of Libraries MOOCs – Flavour of the Month but just one aspect of innovation in T&L
- 19. • Irish HE– a Binary System • Key Government Aim – a Coordinated Systems Approach yet respectful of institutional autonomy • Minister for Education’s Response to the HEA Landscape Report Structures
- 20. Structures – LandscapeReport • 3 IOT’s Progressing to next stage • Strict Criteria must be met Technological Universities • Mergers between Smaller Institutions • Rationalisation of Teacher EducationMergers • Joint Academic Planning • Programme Rationalisation • Access and Progression • Sharing of Facilities Regional Clusters
- 21. • Focus onMergers in Wales • Effect of New Fee Regime in UK • Competition for Places • Unfilled Places in some Institutions • Viability of some Institutions threatened • Compare outcomes of UK and Ireland’s different emphases on Competition and Collaboration Structures - UK
- 22. Performance, Accountability &Governance • New Fee Regime places stronger emphasis on Student Choice and Voice • Minister Russell focused on changes to Governance • Changes to Composition of Governing Authorities • Introduction of Performance Funding & Compacts • Key Performance Indicators • More Public Reporting on System Performance • Introduction of Student & Employer Surveys • Greater emphasis on individual performance & performance mgmt.
- 23. Research Funding has faredrelatively better than… Core University Funding Government recognition of the link between… RESEARCH / INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT / ECONOMIC GROWTH Research & Innovation
- 24. • RAE /REF Focus on… • Organic evolution of specialisation • Driven by competitive funding • Main funder Science Foundation Ireland Emphasis on… • Excellence with Impact • Prioritisation of funding on 14 Priority Areas • Basic Research not precluded Research & Innovation
- 25. Research & Innovation Commercialisation: Growingemphasis on… • Ensuring stable & predictable IP Environment • With easier interaction between public research system and business • Establishment of cTTO by IUA and EI
- 26. Research & Innovation InstitutionalResearch: Intrinsic linkage between… University Libraries & Entire Academic Research Infrastructure Key Features… • Move to Open Access Repositories • Assembling of Research Intelligence using Bibliometrics • Technology Transfer – emphasis on electronic dissemination and marketing of IP
- 27. Finance “Money, thou baneof bliss, and source of woe” George Herbert’s “Avarice”
- 28. Finance Universities autonomously controladmissions Little real constraint on intake No off quota places because there are no quotas!
- 29. Finance Student Charge €3000by 2016 £9000 Fee Maximum No National Student Loan Scheme
- 30. Finance • Income diversificationbeing pursued • Internationalisation is Important • In Research Funding • In Overseas Students and Branch Campuses • Both are National Priorities • Good co-operation between HE Sector & Immigration Authorities
- 31. Finance Philanthropy • Generosity ofAtlantic Philanthropies an exception • Philanthropy not as developed in Ireland as in UK • Ireland has a mere handful of philanthropic trusts
- 32. Finance Core Reduction Measuresare everywhere: • Swingeing cuts to public service pay • Uni. Remuneration Structures remain rigid • Multiple Grades with significant overlaps • No Pay Spine and No Above Spine Flexible Bargaining
- 33. Finance • No Capacityto reward Leadership Positions • No Capacity for Redundancy • Enormous Focus on Cost Reduction • Procurement • Shared Services/Outsourcing • Successful to date on low hanging fruit; cleaning, catering, security…
- 34. Issues for Discussion &Debate
- 35. Is the potentialfor the massification of higher education unlimited?
- 36. Can the currentmodel of university education sustain very high participation rates or does that model need to change?
- 37. Do we needmore joined up thinking across further and higher education about access transfer and progression?
- 38. Will cost andparticipation stresses give rise to radical technologically driven changes to modes of delivery and what are the implications for libraries?
- 39. What is thebalance between teaching and research institutionally and system wide? Is research intensity enhancing teaching or reputation?
- 40. Have we allowedranking systems to create a false construct of quality by counting what can be counted rather than what counts? Can Institutional research and libraries help here?
- 41. What is theappropriate balance between public and private funding? What are the limits of the cost or debt burden which can be sustained by students and graduates?
- 42. Can we havea rational debate about performance management and local and public accountability?
- 43. How can wecommunicate the value of universities to the general public and to the political system? Can librarians to more here to act as ambassadors?
- 44.