The resignation of Canberra Institute of Technology CEO Dr Margot McNeill has prompted renewed calls for governance reform and greater accountability at the troubled institution.

The CIT board announced on Wednesday it had accepted McNeill’s resignation after 13 months in the position. The board said enrolments had increased 10 per cent during her tenure and she had reduced executive staffing and increased staff communications.

ACT Greens education spokeswoman Laura Nuttall and independent MLA Thomas Emerson, who had both previously called for McNeill to go, welcomed the resignation but said broader problems at CIT remained.

Nuttall pointed to the closure of CIT language courses last year and recently announced voluntary redundancies as evidence of wider problems. The Greens backed the ACT Government’s independent review of CIT governance, saying the institution needed to return its focus to vocational education.

Emerson said investigations into McNeill’s conduct and serious public safety allegations raised during her tenure should continue despite her departure. He also called for greater ministerial accountability and parliamentary oversight of CIT and said getting the appointment of its next CEO right would be critical.

Emerson first called for McNeill’s resignation in April after revelations she had failed to disclose TAFE NSW misconduct findings against her in a statutory declaration to the Australian Skills Quality Authority. Two subsequent Assembly committee inquiries also raised concerns about her conduct.

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