Transcript ONE-LINE TITLE - What`s Down the Track Forum, Kalgoorlie WA

WESTERN AUSTRALIAN SCHOOL OF MINES
Professor Steve Hall
Director
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What’s Down the Track 2052
The Western Australian School of Mines celebrates 150 years
of mining education and research
By hologram from
the Hong Kong
Rugby Sevens,
the 11th Director,
Emeritus Professor
Steve Hall (93) joined
the party in Kalgoorlie
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Western Australian School of Mines
 Now on three Campuses:
 Kalgoorlie
 Perth and
 Miri
 Over 2,000 students, over 200 staff, over $50 million budget
 Higher education is increasingly global and about quality,
NOT location
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Infrastructure Achievements
The Agricola College redevelopment project plans a state
of the art 180 room student accommodation.
Agricola College first opened by Laurence Brodie-Hall in 1971 for 50 students. Since
expanded to around 160 student places. This project – the first ever rebuild - incorporates
collaboration with Goldfields Institute of Technology and will retain 40 existing rooms (220
bed provision by 2017).
With a life of 35 years will require replacing in 2052
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WASM Kalgoorlie Campus –
Student Numbers
700
600
500
Domestic Students
400
International Students
Total
300
200
100
0
2007
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2012
Significant Changes
 Student exchange (e.g. Study Abroad)
 Growth in postgraduate coursework numbers (Graduate
Diploma and Masters)
 Move to research-intensive (more PhDs) – nine graduated in
past 3 years from Kalgoorlie – but we work across 3
campuses (Kalgoorlie, Perth and Miri)
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Growing Pains
 Further redevelopment on the Campus – new student
learning centre, laboratories and teaching spaces. New staff
and new ways of working (e.g. shared real-time lectures with
Whyalla)
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What remains the same
 Experiential learning and regional/remote living (mining takes
us the geology!)
 The availability of highly-skilled and locally-trained (or
training) workforce – please help us engage these students in
relevant work experience (they need it to graduate!)
See you in 2052?
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