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Media Release
WESTERN AUSTRALIAN STUDENTS TO BENEFIT FROM MORE THAN 430 NEW UNIVERSITY PLACES
24 July 2006
The Australian Government will fund more than 435 new Commonwealth supported higher education places in Western Australia, growing to 1,171 places by 2010.
These places include the recent announcement by the Prime Minister, in conjunction with the recent Council of Australian Governments meeting, of 60 medical school places, 95 general nursing places, 30 mental health nursing places, and 40 clinical psychology places.
“This enormous injection of new places will provide more students with opportunities to study at university and boost our graduate workforce in key areas,” the Minister for Education, Science and Training, the Hon Julie Bishop MP said.
“New places have been allocated to areas of skills needs and student demand, particularly in regional and outer-metropolitan areas. This year our strongest commitment is being made to the training of engineers (125 places), nurses (125 places), doctors (60 places), clinical psychologists (40 places) and teachers (20 places) in Western Australia”.
Other disciplines for which new places have been allocated in Western Australia include science and commerce.
“The vast bulk of the new places are provided to public universities, but 130 places will be provided to private higher education institutions in Western Australia, primarily in the National Priority areas of nursing and teaching.”
Nationally, the Government will deliver more than 4,600 new Commonwealth supported places. Since 2004, the Government has already created over 18,000 new places and unmet student demand has fallen by more than 60%. This year more than 90% of eligible year 12 students received a university offer, the best result in more than two decades.
As part of the Backing Australia’s Future reforms to higher education the Australian Government will inject an additional $11 billion into the higher education sector over 10 years and create more than 39,000 new Commonwealth supported places.
A full list of the new places for Western Australia is attached.
Media Contacts:
Minister Bishop’s Office: Murray Hansen 0417 886 155
Dept of Education, Science & Training: Media Unit 02 6240 7300
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Additional Commonwealth supported places |
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(commencing in 2007 unless indicated) |
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Total new places |
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(equivalent full-time student load (EFTSL)) |
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Western Australia |
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Curtin University of Technology |
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Master of Psychology (Clinical Psychology Major) - Bentley |
5 |
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Total Curtin University of Technology |
5 |
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Edith Cowan University |
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Postgraduate Diploma of Nursing (Mental Health) - Churchlands and Joondalup |
10 |
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Total Edith Cowan University |
10 |
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Murdoch University |
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Bachelor of Nursing - Peel |
25 |
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Master of Applied Psychology - South Street |
15 |
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Bachelor of Engineering - South Street |
40 |
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Total Murdoch University |
80 |
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The University of Notre Dame Australia |
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Bachelor of Nursing - Fremantle |
70 |
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Bachelor of Nursing (Major in Mental Health) - Fremantle |
20 |
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Medical places (commencing in 2007) |
15 |
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Medical places (commencing in 2008) |
5 |
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Bachelor of Education - Fremantle |
20 |
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Total The University of Notre Dame Australia |
130 |
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The University of Western Australia |
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Master of Psychology (Clinical) - Crawley |
20 |
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Medical places (commencing in 2007) |
5 |
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Medical places (commencing in 2008) |
10 |
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Medical places (commencing in 2009) |
25 |
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Bachelor of Science (Mineral Geoscience) - Crawley |
10 |
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Bachelor of Engineering and Bachelor of Commerce (combined degree course) - Crawley |
20 |
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Bachelor of Science (Petroleum Geoscience) - Crawley |
10 |
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Bachelor of Science (Astronomy and Astrophysics) - Crawley |
10 |
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Bachelor of Engineering and Bachelor of Science (combined degree course) - Crawley |
15 |
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Master of Science in Infectious Diseases - Crawley |
10 |
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Bachelor of Economics and Bachelor of Commerce (combined degree course) - Crawley |
25 |
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Bachelor of Engineering - Crawley |
50 |
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Total The University of Western Australia |
210 |
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TOTAL WESTERN AUSTRALIA |
435 |
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