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Education
in WA
SPECIAL REPORT
businessnews.com.au
FEATURE
EDUCATION IN WA
“ COVID-19 has
created a unique
opportunity for
Curtin to think quite
deeply about the
value proposition it
can provide to young
Australians - Harlene Hayne
Harlene Hayne became
Curtin’s vice-chancellor
in April.
Photo: David Henry
Unis keep weather eye on COVID storm
Recovering from COVID-19 is shaping up to be a long
haul for WA’s universities.
FEW commentators would have While it is tempting to look at these pre-pandemic levels and demand in the
expected any of Western Australia’s figures and assume the sector has domestic market is expected to increase
universities to turn a profit this survived the pandemic, closer scrutiny because of the Costello baby boom.
past year, particularly given limited is warranted, not least because revenue Eeva Leinonen, who is stepping
international student enrolments at the from onshore, fee-paying international down as Murdoch’s vice-chancellor
height of the COVID-19 pandemic. students comprised only marginal in October to head up Maynooth
Findings from Universities Australia losses for the sector, declining by just University in Ireland, told Business
Jordan Murray published in February articulated $11.7 million on 2019 results. News the sector would likely feel the
jordan.murray@businessnews.com.au the extent of these losses across the By comparison, investment full financial impact of COVID-19 over
country, including 17,300 jobs lost and revenue in that time declined by $157 the next three years.
operating revenue declining by 5 per million across the state’s four public She explained Murdoch’s move
cent for the entire sector. universities. to constrain costs, by reducing
If any immediate damage has been Revenue from domestic students face-to-face lectures and offering
done to WA’s universities, though, it remained relatively stable for all redundancies, would help the
appears limited. universities, as domestic enrolments university confront long-term
Only two of the state’s four public remained steady, and the federal challenges.
universities reported a loss this government guaranteed all funding “There is a real understanding
past year, with Curtin University for universities made through the among staff that these difficult
and Murdoch University reporting Commonwealth Grant Scheme. decisions had to be made,” she said.
respective operating deficits of $1.1 This coming year is unlikely to be as “It’s only the start of the journey,
million and $6.3 million. kind to the sector, however. because last year we had all
The University of Western Australia International borders are not due international students … so we hadn’t
and Edith Cowan University, to reopen until the middle of 2022, lost that pipeline yet.”
meanwhile, managed to report a profit, impacting new commencements UWA vice-chancellor Amit Chakma
respectively finishing the year $55.1 until semester two of next year at the has similarly telegraphed his
million and $23.4 million in the black. earliest, while already limited financial university’s need to increase its net
Not including The University of support from the federal government is operating result by $150 million to
Notre Dame, WA’s only privately set to lapse at the end of the financial address underlying structural financial
operated university, the state’s public year. issues in the years ahead.
institutions maintained collective That has left WA’s universities to While Professor Chakma believes a
operating profit of $71.3 million in 2020, plan for even tougher conditions third of that figure has already been
albeit a steep decline on operating ahead of 2025, when international
profitability of $262.8 million in 2019. students should return to Australia at Continued on page 30
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business opportunity; the chance to be- tion to one that now is 50 percent educa- “Insight has needed to adapt with it to purpose built new premises nearly fin-
come a partner in an audio hire compa- tion and 50 corporate,” Francis explains. meet those changes,” Domenic explains. ished, the relationship will morph again
ny. That business grew, even developing “We’re not about just selling you a “Just as an example; some audio into more of a consultative one; Insight
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He changed direction again when he providing you with a PA system, we train products will have their own set of tax “Though we don’t always agree and
started 3 Monkeys Audiovisual in 2008 your staff to not just use it, but to make complexities, so we’ve had to work as that’s the way it should be,” he laughs.
from his house. In just 18 months it grew your event much better by using it. a team to ensure we provide the com-
so big it had to move out of home, and “If we’re supplying a school or compa- pany and the authorities with accurate
into dedicated commercial premises ny with interactive whiteboards, we train reporting.
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EDUCATION IN WA
From page 28
How did Western Australia’s universities perform in 2020?
resolved through growing revenue
and scaling back expenses to the tune
of $30 million, he said $40 million of
spending was still on the chopping
block, with redundancies and job cuts
likely to follow.
Edith Cowan University
Professor Chakma told Business
News most of these matters would be
addressed in the coming year, and
that he had begun focusing on bread-
and-butter issues, such as increasing
parking on grounds and appealing to
domestic students.
“Cost cutting, from my point of
view, is not taking up much of my time
Fees from International As a % of
anymore,” Professor Chakma said. As a % of
Net operating onshore, fee- students full-time
“I don’t wake up and worry about operating
result paying overseas studying student
cost cutting. revenue
students onshore cohort
“We have a plan; we are executing
the plan. UWA $55.1m $138.2m 14% 4,099 22%
“That does not mean it is easy, but
we are doing it. Curtin - $1m $153.3m 17% 6,516 11%
“We’ll get most of the job done by the
end of the year and we’ll hopefully see
ECU $23.4m $116m 24% 6,401 23%
the financial result next year.”
Murdoch - $6.3m $76.8m 20% 2,923 17%
While reining in expenses remains
top of mind for many, ECU, which is
the only public university in the state ECU vice-chancellor Steve Chapman advantage when international students the university has ever done,” Professor
to avoid major cost cutting so far, has said he was confident ECU would returned to WA. Chapman told Business News.
devoted significant resources to its $695 remain profitable in 2021, while “When we are faced with perhaps the “I think that sends a superb message
million city campus, due for completion suggesting the new CBD campus biggest crisis [we could be faced with], out to staff that, yes, of course it is tough,
in 2025. would give the university a competitive we’re doing the most ambitious thing but we are thinking about the future.”
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funding
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“
Similarly, Curtin has turned international border will reopen in the international students make a
attention to its $500 million
There is a real second half of 2022 as the most likely significant contribution to WA’s
development, encompassing a design date. universities on a proportional basis,
school, student accommodation, hotel understanding among Meanwhile, a spokesperson for the with the average onshore, fee-paying
rooms and apartments, in nearby state government told Business News international student contributing
Bentley, which is set for completion staff that these difficult that it was far too early to consider almost twice as much as the average
next year. changes to allow international students domestic enrolment funded by the
Vice-chancellor Harlene Hayne decisions had to be to WA. CGS.
said the hub had been envisioned as That approach contrasts with that And then there is the cultural
a locale for international students, made - Eeva Leinonen taken by NSW, where between 250 and contribution international students
but that the university now had a 500 overseas students could return make to local communities. Without
chance to offer a point of difference operating revenue for the sector – from to that state’s 11 universities as part them, universities may lose the
to students in regional WA and other onshore, fee-paying international of a repatriation plan now under cosmopolitan atmosphere many
states. students in 2020. final consideration with the federal domestic students sign up to
“COVID-19 has created a unique Part of the appeal of this cohort is government. experience.
opportunity for Curtin to think quite that it is not subject to enrolment caps, South Australia has even pitched “The reason we recruit
deeply about the value proposition it unlike domestic enrolments, which in to house 160 students per week in international students … is to give
can provide to young Australians who have been subject to a federal freeze in Adelaide’s northern suburbs under a students from other countries
might live in Perth,” she said. funding since 2017. now-approved repatriation plan that around the world a great Australian
“That would not have been possible Although additional places have requires arrivals to be tested every day experience, and for our Australian
if those colleges were booked out been funded as part of the latest of their 14-day quarantine period. students to have the opportunity to
exclusively by international students. federal budget, enrolling international In WA, the lack of urgency may rub shoulders with students from all
“For me, it does provide a really great students would be the most obvious be a function of the relative lack of over the world,” Curtin’s Professor
opportunity to test our ability to create solution to the sector’s financial woes. exposure the state’s universities have to Hayne said.
a real community here in this massive When international students will international enrolments. “The purpose of international
university.” return in any meaningful sense, Recent research from private students is not revenue; it’s enriching
however, remains an open-ended education provider Navitas pegged a community.
Internationals question. the sector’s contribution to WA as just “That is the reason we want
While these moves should ensure the Alan Tudge, who took over as federal under $2 billion. international students back at Curtin.
ongoing sustainability for the sector, education minister this past year, NSW’s state government, by contrast, “For me, talking about them as
welcoming international students back was non-committal on a date when estimates the value of the sector to its a revenue stream, we need to talk
to the state remains a clear priority, speaking at a Universities Australia economy to be as high as $14 billion. about them as humans and students
given WA’s universities earned $488.1 event earlier this month, instead citing Despite that comparative [because] that’s why we want them to
million – about 17 per cent of total federal budget papers that assume the measure between states, however, come back.”
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WA’S LARGEST TERTIARY EDUCATION & TRAINING PROVIDERS
Data & Insights Total number of students in WA
Total
Previous
Year Total Number of
Rank
est. in staff in Students
rank
Name Senior executive and title WA WA in WA Specialities
1 University of Professor Amit Chakma Life and agricultural sciences, medicine and dentistry, law, psychology, education, earth and marine sciences, music,
— 1911 NFP NFP
Western Australia Vice-chancellor architecture, English, history, linguistics, archaeology, engineering, economics, accounting and finance.
Professor Harlene Hayne Teaching and learning, developing industry-ready graduates, research and development, providing solutions to significant
2 — Curtin University 1966 3,809 38,535
Vice-chancellor problems.
Professor Steve
Edith Cowan Delivers more than 250 diverse courses across medical & health Sciences, engineering, education, arts & humanities,
3 — Chapman 1991 4,634 27,539
University business & law, nursing & midwifery, science and the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts.
Vice-chancellor
Food security, sustainable development, health futures, primary food production, animal and human health and welfare,
Murdoch University Professor Eeva Leinonen including veterinary science, climate variation and adaptation, environmental and natural resources, health futures,
4 — 1973 3,282 NFP
Vice-chancellor environmental sustainability, public policy, governance, business and law, science, social and cultural studies, digital
technology, creative arts, engineering, teaching.
North Metropolitan Ms Michelle Hoad Accounting & finance, human resources, project management, security, work health & safety, business & management,
5 — 2016 1,700 30,000
TAFE Managing director marketing, retail, training & assessment, access to education, children's services, education.
Aerospace, maritime and logistics, agriculture, animals, science and the environment, automotive, building and
South Metropolitan Mr Terry Durant
6 — 2016 25,329 construction, business and finance, creative industries, defence, mechanical and fabrication, education and community
TAFE Managing director services, oil and gas, engineering, cyber security and IT, hospitality, tourism and events.
Electrical Group Mr Stuart Diepeveen
7 1988 NFP NFP Electrical apprentice employment and hire.
Training General manager
The University Professor Francis The objectives of the University are: the provision of (a) university education, within a context of Catholic faith and values;
8 of Notre Dame Campbell 1989 NFP NFP and (b) an excellent standard of (i) teaching, scholarship and research; (ii) training for the professions; and (iii) pastoral care
Australia Vice-chancellor for its students.
Arts fashion and design, automotive engineering and electrical, building and construction trades, business, children's
South Regional Ms Darshi Ganeson-Oats
9 2016 10,109 services, health and community services, interior decoration, building design and drafting, hair and beauty, education,
TAFE Managing director accounting and finance.
Aerospace, maritime and logistics, agriculture, animals, science and the environment, automotive, building and
Central Regional Mr Bill Swetman construction, business and finance, creative industries, defence, education and community services, engineering and
10 — 2016 401 10,000
TAFE Managing director mining, English, language and foundation studies, health beauty and finance, hospitality, tourism and events, information
technology, library and digital.
Aquaculture, Logistics and Warehousing, Maritime Studies, Agriculture, Conservation and Land Management, Horticulture, Automotive Vehicle
North Regional Mr Kevin Doig Servicing, Carpentry and Joinery, Construction, Civil Construction, Electrical and Electrotechnology, Accounting and Bookkeeping, Business, Human
11 2016 316 6,733
TAFE Managing director Resources, Management, Quality Auditing, Security, Work Health and Safety, Music, Visual Arts, Aged Care, Community Services, Early Childhood
Education, Education Services, Engineering, Mining, English and Foundation Studies, Beauty Therapy, Hairdressing, Enrolled Nursing…
Navitas is a leading global education provider that has helped generations of learners transform their lives through
Mr Scott Jones
12 Navitas 1994 500 NFP education. We create life-changing opportunities to learn by delivering an extensive range of educational services to over
Group chief executive 70,000 aspirational students across our global network at 120 colleges and campuses in 24 countries each year.
Ms Amanda Peterson
Edith Cowan
13 College principal & 1994 170 1,316 Commerce, computing/IT, communications and creative industries, hotel management, engineering and health studies.
College director
Aged Care Training, Childcare Education and Care Training, Hospitality Management Courses, Commercial Cookery Courses,
Mr Alberto Tassone
14 Stanley College 2008 190 1,500 Digital Marketing Courses, Business & Management Courses, Professional Year Programs, Undergraduate and Post Graduate
President Courses
College of Electrical Mr Steve Hall Electrical and Communications training including electrical pre-apprenticeship, electrical apprenticeship courses and post-
15 — General manager, 1996 NFP NFP
Training trade training for electrical and telecommunications workers.
training
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“ We take up to 15
years to do all the
different stages [of
building a school]
- Debra Sayce
Debra Sayce has been
executive director of CEWA
since 2014.
Photo: Catholic Education
Western Australia
Private schools lobby for capital funds
FEW items appear higher on the state undertaken by EY in 2019 estimating 88 takes an application through our panel
government’s list of priorities than per cent of new builds for religiously process to allocate funds from the $9
building schools, if the $456.2 million affiliated private schools are funded by million from the capital grants from
allocated in the latest budget to parents. federal government and what’s in the
their construction, maintenance and Of the funding that is available, $30 million interest loans.
expansion is any indicator. about $9 million is disbursed to the “It sounds [like] a lot … but, when a
Many would be familiar with state sector by the federal government. new school costs between $90 million
Jordan Murray big-ticket items, such as funding to However, the overall value of that is and $100 million to build, if you’re
jordan.murray@businessnews.com.au expand the newly opened Bob Hawke diluted when distributed between doing a staged development, you’re
College. schools. not going to get everything all at
Fewer may have noted funding And while states such as Queensland once.”
for new schools in the exurbs of and NSW have budgeted grant schemes Whether that is appreciated at a
Forrestdale and Burns Beach, save the specifically for Catholic schools, government level remains to be seen.
parents who live in the overlapping Western Australia provides funding CEWA had lobbied ahead of the
marginal electorates. through low-interest loans in the form March state election for increased
Still, for all the funds lavished of a $30 million debt facility. capital funding to meet the $90 million
upon new public schools, which However, CEWA deputy executive worth of demanded works in 2020 and
Government funding comprises just under a 10th of all the director Wayne Bull told Business News is currently undertaking research to
government’s budgeted spending on the financing on offer was broadly aid efforts ahead of a federal election
for the capital education this financial year, private comparable to what was already expected within the next 12 months.
schools have received comparatively available if schools went to market for In the meantime, Professor Sayce
needs of private fewer dollars for this purpose. debt funding. said funding for capital, mental
Not that the state’s contribution “We continue to encourage state and health services, assisting students
schools remains a was negligible, with $400.9 million to federal governments to look at capital with disabilities and hygienic upkeep
be administered to the sector through funding and not diminish our recurrent would remain top of mind for the
contentious issue. regularly scheduled recurrent funding. funding,” Mr Bull said. state’s sector.
While federal spending of $14.7 “[It’s] important to realise when we “We’re here to serve our parents who
billion for non-government schools build a new school, we have to do it choose Catholic education,” she said.
outstrips the $9.7 billion to be spent on from parents’ fees, and we have to take “We want to be accessible; we want
public schools in the coming financial out loans and pay those back.” to be affordable.
year, there is a comparative lack of CEWA executive director Debra Sayce “We’re very appreciative of
financial support for capital works in explained how this model often led to government … because they
the non-government sector as there is years-long developments for extensions understand we do make a strong
for these works in the public sector. and new builds. contribution, not just financially but
That means that, ultimately, any new “We take up to 15 years to do all the [to] the fabric of society and how we
builds will be reliant on funds from different stages [of building a school],” can support communities to flourish,
outside government, with research she said. and so we acknowledge that.
commissioned by Catholic Education “Every time there’s a new stage “But there’s so much more that can
Western Australia (CEWA) and required for any of our schools … it be done.”
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Data & Insights WA’S LARGEST PRIVATE SCHOOLS
Ranked by total enrolment
Previous
Year Education
Rank
Estab- Total Levels
rank
Name Principal lished Chair Enrolment Taught Fee Structure
Pre K-Y12 2021:
1 Pre K $878, K $4831, PP-Y4 $6359, Y5-6 $6482, Y7 $8144,
— St Stephen's School Donella Beare 1983 Kevin Smout 2,034 Y8-9 $9579, Y10 $9889, Y11-12 $10106
2 — Newman College John Finneran 1964 Caroline Payne 1,831 Pre K-Y12 2021: Pre K on request, K $2220, PP-Y6 $3695, Y7-10 $7485,
Y11-12 $8585
Mohammed
3 Australian Islamic College Kewdale 2000 Hamza Amira 1,729 K-Y12 2021: K $1250, PP-Y6 $1650, Y7-10 $1850, Y11-12 $2000
Nazar Khan
John Septimus Roe Anglican Community Diane van de Pre K-Y12 2021: Pre K $1400-$2800, K $4650, PP-Y2 $4850, Y3-6 $5225,
4 Jason Bartell 1992 1,727
School Mirrabooka Campus Velde Y7-9 $7500, Y10-12 $7800
5 St Mark's Anglican Community School Steven Davies 1986 Simon Green 1,722 K-Y12 2021: K-Y5 $6664, Y6 $9148, Y7-8 $9296, Y9-Y12 $10,056
Pre K-Y12 2021: Pre K $6980-$17460, K $10480-$17460, PP $18760, Y1-Y2
6 — Christ Church Grammar School Alan Jones 1910 Paul Johnson 1,688 $22080, Y3-4 $22580, Y5 $23580, Y6 $26400, Y7-12 $28920
Genevieve
7 — Mandurah Catholic College Chris Wallace 1992 1,676 K-Y12 2021: K-Y6 $1049, Y7-10 $3666, Y11-12 $3999
Constantine
2021: Y7 $5500, Y8 $5800, Y9 $6100, Y10 $6400, Y11 $6700,
8 — Chisholm Catholic College John Bormolini 1989 Paul Depiazzi 1,675 Y7-12 Y12 $7000
2021: K $1098, PP $1773, Y1-2 $1903, Y3-5 $1923, Y6 $2243, Y7
9 — Mercy College Lisa Fogliani 1972 Richard Bone 1,620 K-Y12 $4319, Y8 $3991, Y9 $4109, Y10 $4441, Y11 $4476, Y12 $4626
2021: PP $16290, Y1-2 $17460, Y3-4 $20910, Y5-6 $23160, Y7-8
10 Hale School Dean Dell'Oro 1858 Mark Foster 1,594 Y1-12 $26790, Y9-12 $26910
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Some of Simon’s achieve- man, making one-off furniture
ments include initiating the pieces that included board
use of Arduino Unos and Nanos room tables for the G7 World
(open-source electronics plat- Summit, the Duke of West-
forms) into D&T at Hale; cre- minster, Esso, Shell and Brit-
ating the Hale Connect STEM ish Aerospace to name a few.
Challenge involving 150 Year 9 He later changed direction,
boys and girls from more than
studying teaching and land-
25 schools; presenting profes-
ing his first job in a challeng-
sional development lessons
ing school in London. After two
to teachers showing meth-
ods of integrating STEM in the years, he was invited to apply
classroom; and undertaking a for a job at prestigious boys’
MPhil in STEM research to ex- boarding school Eton College,
amine relationships between where he found himself for the
STEM and possible subject next 16 years “trying to teach
selection. welding to prime ministers’
Simon said he felt fortunate children and royalty!”
to work in a subject area that When a job offer came up at
was constantly evolving. Hale School eight years ago,
“With a subject as diverse Simon moved to Australia and
as technology and the acces- hasn’t looked back. He now en-
sibility to a variety of media, courages his students to con-
Technology Teacher of the Year that lets us observe recent
scientific breakthroughs and
discoveries and make links
struct complex problems and
then find creative solutions to
prepares Hale School students
them. His students who have
between old ones,” he said.
continued their engineering
“We can nurture creativity
studies at university have
and innovation in its many
forms and encourage the use found that they are ahead of
Preparing students to be of the Year in Technology Ed- teacher professional learn-
of whatever subject areas are their peers due to this prag-
innovative and solve complex, ucation. ing, competitions for students, matic approach.
needed to solve the problem
real-world problems has led to The Design and Technologies programmes that encourage
at hand.”
Hale Design and Technologies Teachers’ Association (DATTA) opportunity and interest in the Born and raised in the Unit-
(D&T) Teacher, Simon Tilley of Australia has recognised subject. He had previously won ed Kingdom, Simon started his
being named national Teacher Simon for his contributions to the State Award. career as a designer crafts-
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