❓ Mr Watson asks about a decline in university enrolment for country WA year 12 graduates. Mr McGowan confirms the decline and attributes it to underfunding by the Commonwealth government, particularly compared to other states and territories.
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UNIVERSITIES - ENROLMENT RATE
I was recently informed that the university enrolment rate for country year 12 graduates has declined by 27 per cent since 2004. Will the minister please advise the house whether this has occurred; and, if so, why? Mr M. McGOWAN
I was recently informed that the university enrolment rate for country year 12 graduates has declined by 27 per cent since 2004. Will the minister please advise the house whether this has occurred; and, if so, why? Mr M. McGOWAN
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I thank the member for Albany for the question. It is true that there has been a 27 per cent decline in the number of students from country Western Australia accessing university since 2004. Students from the country who complete year 12 attend university at roughly one-third of the rate of students from the city. A much higher number of students in country WA who complete year 12, although accepted into university, decline to attend. In many ways it is a massive policy failure by the commonwealth government, which has control of our nation’s universities, to allow this to occur. We have students who are eligible to attend university, but the commonwealth, which has responsibility for universities, is not allowing them to attend. One of the innovative solutions that was put in place in the 1980s and 1990s was to ensure that universities put resources and campuses in country areas in the nation. There is a bunch of campuses in country WA. That is designed to ensure that people have the opportunity of going to a university in the area in which they live. Being able to see a university campus is an important attractor for students to go to university. Hopefully, it will lift the rate of country student participation at university. The commonwealth established a loading scheme for campuses in country areas. Campuses in country areas are more expensive to run. The loading scheme was a good idea to ensure that additional resources were in place to promote universities and to meet the needs of country students. Under this loading scheme, the commonwealth provides 30 per cent additional funding to Charles Darwin University in the urban heart of Darwin. In Western Australia, the University of Notre Dame Australia campus in Broome receives a 7.5 per cent loading. That is a massive example of Western Australia again being mistreated and left out by the commonwealth. It provides loading for a university campus in Darwin at a rate of 30 per cent, whereas the university campus in Western Australia receives loading at a rate of 7.5 per cent. To add insult to injury, this year Queensland universities received $9.8 million in additional financial assistance for regional delivery compared with the $600 000 provided to universities in Western Australia. The examples are endless, but I hope they are all coming home to roost for the commonwealth government. It continually mistreats and underfunds Western Australian institutions in all fields of endeavour, but this is an example of the commonwealth doing it to our state’s universities.
Mr M. McGOWAN replied: I thank the member for Albany for the question. It is true that there has been a 27 per cent decline in the number of students from country Western Australia accessing university since 2004. Students from the country who complete year 12 attend university at roughly one-third of the rate of students from the city. A much higher number of students in country WA who complete year 12, although accepted into university, decline to attend. In many ways it is a massive policy failure by the commonwealth government, which has control of our nation’s universities, to allow this to occur. We have students who are eligible to attend university, but the commonwealth, which has responsibility for universities, is not allowing them to attend. One of the innovative solutions that was put in place in the 1980s and 1990s was to ensure that universities put resources and campuses in country areas in the nation. There is a bunch of campuses in country WA. That is designed to ensure that people have the opportunity of going to a university in the area in which they live. Being able to see a university campus is an important attractor for students to go to university. Hopefully, it will lift the rate of country student participation at university. The commonwealth established a loading scheme for campuses in country areas. Campuses in country areas are more expensive to run. The loading scheme was a good idea to ensure that additional resources were in place to promote universities and to meet the needs of country students. Under this loading scheme, the commonwealth provides 30 per cent additional funding to Charles Darwin University in the urban heart of Darwin. In Western Australia, the University of Notre Dame Australia campus in Broome receives a 7.5 per cent loading. That is a massive example of Western Australia again being mistreated and left out by the commonwealth. It provides loading for a university campus in Darwin at a rate of 30 per cent, whereas the university campus in Western Australia receives loading at a rate of 7.5 per cent. To add insult to injury, this year Queensland universities received $9.8 million in additional financial assistance for regional delivery compared with the $600 000 provided to universities in Western Australia. The examples are endless, but I hope they are all coming home to roost for the commonwealth government. It continually mistreats and underfunds Western Australian institutions in all fields of endeavour, but this is an example of the commonwealth doing it to our state’s universities.
I thank the member for Albany for the question. It is true that there has been a 27 per cent decline in the number of students from country Western Australia accessing university since 2004. Students from the country who complete year 12 attend university at roughly one-third of the rate of students from the city. A much higher number of students in country WA who complete year 12, although accepted into university, decline to attend. In many ways it is a massive policy failure by the commonwealth government, which has control of our nation’s universities, to allow this to occur. We have students who are eligible to attend university, but the commonwealth, which has responsibility for universities, is not allowing them to attend. One of the innovative solutions that was put in place in the 1980s and 1990s was to ensure that universities put resources and campuses in country areas in the nation. There is a bunch of campuses in country WA. That is designed to ensure that people have the opportunity of going to a university in the area in which they live. Being able to see a university campus is an important attractor for students to go to university. Hopefully, it will lift the rate of country student participation at university. The commonwealth established a loading scheme for campuses in country areas. Campuses in country areas are more expensive to run. The loading scheme was a good idea to ensure that additional resources were in place to promote universities and to meet the needs of country students. Under this loading scheme, the commonwealth provides 30 per cent additional funding to Charles Darwin University in the urban heart of Darwin. In Western Australia, the University of Notre Dame Australia campus in Broome receives a 7.5 per cent loading. That is a massive example of Western Australia again being mistreated and left out by the commonwealth. It provides loading for a university campus in Darwin at a rate of 30 per cent, whereas the university campus in Western Australia receives loading at a rate of 7.5 per cent. To add insult to injury, this year Queensland universities received $9.8 million in additional financial assistance for regional delivery compared with the $600 000 provided to universities in Western Australia. The examples are endless, but I hope they are all coming home to roost for the commonwealth government. It continually mistreats and underfunds Western Australian institutions in all fields of endeavour, but this is an example of the commonwealth doing it to our state’s universities.
A much higher number of students in country WA who complete year 12, although accepted into university, decline to attend. In many ways it is a massive policy failure by the commonwealth government, which has control of our nation’s universities, to allow this to occur. We have students who are eligible to attend university, but the commonwealth, which has responsibility for universities, is not allowing them to attend. One of the innovative solutions that was put in place in the 1980s and 1990s was to ensure that universities put resources and campuses in country areas in the nation. There is a bunch of campuses in country WA. That is designed to ensure that people have the opportunity of going to a university in the area in which they live. Being able to see a university campus is an important attractor for students to go to university. Hopefully, it will lift the rate of country student participation at university. The commonwealth established a loading scheme for campuses in country areas. Campuses in country areas are more expensive to run. The loading scheme was a good idea to ensure that additional resources were in place to promote universities and to meet the needs of country students. Under this loading scheme, the commonwealth provides 30 per cent additional funding to Charles Darwin University in the urban heart of Darwin. In Western Australia, the University of Notre Dame Australia campus in Broome receives a 7.5 per cent loading. That is a massive example of Western Australia again being mistreated and left out by the commonwealth. It provides loading for a university campus in Darwin at a rate of 30 per cent, whereas the university campus in Western Australia receives loading at a rate of 7.5 per cent. To add insult to injury, this year Queensland universities received $9.8 million in additional financial assistance for regional delivery compared with the $600 000 provided to universities in Western Australia. The examples are endless, but I hope they are all coming home to roost for the commonwealth government. It continually mistreats and underfunds Western Australian institutions in all fields of endeavour, but this is an example of the commonwealth doing it to our state’s universities.
The commonwealth established a loading scheme for campuses in country areas. Campuses in country areas are more expensive to run. The loading scheme was a good idea to ensure that additional resources were in place to promote universities and to meet the needs of country students. Under this loading scheme, the commonwealth provides 30 per cent additional funding to Charles Darwin University in the urban heart of Darwin. In Western Australia, the University of Notre Dame Australia campus in Broome receives a 7.5 per cent loading. That is a massive example of Western Australia again being mistreated and left out by the commonwealth. It provides loading for a university campus in Darwin at a rate of 30 per cent, whereas the university campus in Western Australia receives loading at a rate of 7.5 per cent. To add insult to injury, this year Queensland universities received $9.8 million in additional financial assistance for regional delivery compared with the $600 000 provided to universities in Western Australia. The examples are endless, but I hope they are all coming home to roost for the commonwealth government. It continually mistreats and underfunds Western Australian institutions in all fields of endeavour, but this is an example of the commonwealth doing it to our state’s universities.
Mr M. McGOWAN replied: I thank the member for Albany for the question. It is true that there has been a 27 per cent decline in the number of students from country Western Australia accessing university since 2004. Students from the country who complete year 12 attend university at roughly one-third of the rate of students from the city. A much higher number of students in country WA who complete year 12, although accepted into university, decline to attend. In many ways it is a massive policy failure by the commonwealth government, which has control of our nation’s universities, to allow this to occur. We have students who are eligible to attend university, but the commonwealth, which has responsibility for universities, is not allowing them to attend. One of the innovative solutions that was put in place in the 1980s and 1990s was to ensure that universities put resources and campuses in country areas in the nation. There is a bunch of campuses in country WA. That is designed to ensure that people have the opportunity of going to a university in the area in which they live. Being able to see a university campus is an important attractor for students to go to university. Hopefully, it will lift the rate of country student participation at university. The commonwealth established a loading scheme for campuses in country areas. Campuses in country areas are more expensive to run. The loading scheme was a good idea to ensure that additional resources were in place to promote universities and to meet the needs of country students. Under this loading scheme, the commonwealth provides 30 per cent additional funding to Charles Darwin University in the urban heart of Darwin. In Western Australia, the University of Notre Dame Australia campus in Broome receives a 7.5 per cent loading. That is a massive example of Western Australia again being mistreated and left out by the commonwealth. It provides loading for a university campus in Darwin at a rate of 30 per cent, whereas the university campus in Western Australia receives loading at a rate of 7.5 per cent. To add insult to injury, this year Queensland universities received $9.8 million in additional financial assistance for regional delivery compared with the $600 000 provided to universities in Western Australia. The examples are endless, but I hope they are all coming home to roost for the commonwealth government. It continually mistreats and underfunds Western Australian institutions in all fields of endeavour, but this is an example of the commonwealth doing it to our state’s universities.
I thank the member for Albany for the question. It is true that there has been a 27 per cent decline in the number of students from country Western Australia accessing university since 2004. Students from the country who complete year 12 attend university at roughly one-third of the rate of students from the city. A much higher number of students in country WA who complete year 12, although accepted into university, decline to attend. In many ways it is a massive policy failure by the commonwealth government, which has control of our nation’s universities, to allow this to occur. We have students who are eligible to attend university, but the commonwealth, which has responsibility for universities, is not allowing them to attend. One of the innovative solutions that was put in place in the 1980s and 1990s was to ensure that universities put resources and campuses in country areas in the nation. There is a bunch of campuses in country WA. That is designed to ensure that people have the opportunity of going to a university in the area in which they live. Being able to see a university campus is an important attractor for students to go to university. Hopefully, it will lift the rate of country student participation at university. The commonwealth established a loading scheme for campuses in country areas. Campuses in country areas are more expensive to run. The loading scheme was a good idea to ensure that additional resources were in place to promote universities and to meet the needs of country students. Under this loading scheme, the commonwealth provides 30 per cent additional funding to Charles Darwin University in the urban heart of Darwin. In Western Australia, the University of Notre Dame Australia campus in Broome receives a 7.5 per cent loading. That is a massive example of Western Australia again being mistreated and left out by the commonwealth. It provides loading for a university campus in Darwin at a rate of 30 per cent, whereas the university campus in Western Australia receives loading at a rate of 7.5 per cent. To add insult to injury, this year Queensland universities received $9.8 million in additional financial assistance for regional delivery compared with the $600 000 provided to universities in Western Australia. The examples are endless, but I hope they are all coming home to roost for the commonwealth government. It continually mistreats and underfunds Western Australian institutions in all fields of endeavour, but this is an example of the commonwealth doing it to our state’s universities.
A much higher number of students in country WA who complete year 12, although accepted into university, decline to attend. In many ways it is a massive policy failure by the commonwealth government, which has control of our nation’s universities, to allow this to occur. We have students who are eligible to attend university, but the commonwealth, which has responsibility for universities, is not allowing them to attend. One of the innovative solutions that was put in place in the 1980s and 1990s was to ensure that universities put resources and campuses in country areas in the nation. There is a bunch of campuses in country WA. That is designed to ensure that people have the opportunity of going to a university in the area in which they live. Being able to see a university campus is an important attractor for students to go to university. Hopefully, it will lift the rate of country student participation at university. The commonwealth established a loading scheme for campuses in country areas. Campuses in country areas are more expensive to run. The loading scheme was a good idea to ensure that additional resources were in place to promote universities and to meet the needs of country students. Under this loading scheme, the commonwealth provides 30 per cent additional funding to Charles Darwin University in the urban heart of Darwin. In Western Australia, the University of Notre Dame Australia campus in Broome receives a 7.5 per cent loading. That is a massive example of Western Australia again being mistreated and left out by the commonwealth. It provides loading for a university campus in Darwin at a rate of 30 per cent, whereas the university campus in Western Australia receives loading at a rate of 7.5 per cent. To add insult to injury, this year Queensland universities received $9.8 million in additional financial assistance for regional delivery compared with the $600 000 provided to universities in Western Australia. The examples are endless, but I hope they are all coming home to roost for the commonwealth government. It continually mistreats and underfunds Western Australian institutions in all fields of endeavour, but this is an example of the commonwealth doing it to our state’s universities.
The commonwealth established a loading scheme for campuses in country areas. Campuses in country areas are more expensive to run. The loading scheme was a good idea to ensure that additional resources were in place to promote universities and to meet the needs of country students. Under this loading scheme, the commonwealth provides 30 per cent additional funding to Charles Darwin University in the urban heart of Darwin. In Western Australia, the University of Notre Dame Australia campus in Broome receives a 7.5 per cent loading. That is a massive example of Western Australia again being mistreated and left out by the commonwealth. It provides loading for a university campus in Darwin at a rate of 30 per cent, whereas the university campus in Western Australia receives loading at a rate of 7.5 per cent. To add insult to injury, this year Queensland universities received $9.8 million in additional financial assistance for regional delivery compared with the $600 000 provided to universities in Western Australia. The examples are endless, but I hope they are all coming home to roost for the commonwealth government. It continually mistreats and underfunds Western Australian institutions in all fields of endeavour, but this is an example of the commonwealth doing it to our state’s universities.
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