❓ A WA parliamentary question seeks data on course offerings and enrolments at South West Institute of Technology (SWIT) for 2014 and 2015, including courses cancelled due to low enrolment. The response provides some data but cites data limitations for other aspects.
AnsweredQoN 2976Legislative Council
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(1) What was the total number of courses offered by South West Institute of Technology (SWIT) in semester one of 2014? (2) What was the total number of courses offered by SWIT in semester one of 2015? (3) Please provide a list for 2014 and 2015 of each of the courses referred to in (1) and (2), including: (a) the total number of students enrolled in each course; and (b) the campuses of SWIT at which each course is being run? (4) In 2015, how many courses were offered by SWIT but were unable to proceed due to low student numbers? (5) In 2014, how many courses were offered but were unable to proceed due to low student numbers? (6) Please list the courses referred to in (4)? (7) How many students were enrolled in each of the courses that did not proceed due to low student numbers?
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Answered
16 June 2015
Responded by
Leader of the House representing the Minister for Training and Workforce Development
Response time
56 days
(1) 201 publicly-funded courses.
(2) Validated data from the 2015 mid-year collection will not be available until mid-August 2015.
(3) (a)-(b) [See tabled paper no.]
(4)-(7) Reliable and comparable data are not collected on course offerings including course offerings not proceeding due to low student numbers.
In the interests of providing accurate answers to Parliamentary Questions regarding trends in training demand, it is recommended that future questions be framed in terms of actual enrolments rather than estimates of enrolments or course offerings.
(2) Validated data from the 2015 mid-year collection will not be available until mid-August 2015.
(3) (a)-(b) [See tabled paper no.]
(4)-(7) Reliable and comparable data are not collected on course offerings including course offerings not proceeding due to low student numbers.
In the interests of providing accurate answers to Parliamentary Questions regarding trends in training demand, it is recommended that future questions be framed in terms of actual enrolments rather than estimates of enrolments or course offerings.
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