Untitled - Annual Report 2004 - The University of Western Australia

Statistical ProfileTHE FOLLOWING tables provide statistics on studentenrolments and completions, and staffing levels.Some of the key features are described below.• The net enrolment of the University increased by 26.5 per cent from 1995 to 2004, with higher degree byresearch enrolments growing by 27.6 per cent and other postgraduate enrolments increasing by 103.2 per centover the same period (Table 1). Postgraduate enrolments represented 24.8 per cent of total enrolments in 2004compared with 19.5 per cent in 1995. Higher degree by research enrolments amounted to 10.5 per cent of the totalenrolments in 2004 compared with the same percentage in 1995.• The proportion of full-time students at the University has declined marginally from 1995 to 2004 (Table 2).• Female students comprised 50.1 per cent of net enrolments in 2004, compared with 48.8 per cent in 1995 (Table 2).They accounted for 50.9 per cent of higher degree by research enrolments and 43.8 per cent of other postgraduateenrolments in 2004 (Table 5).• The University has been diversifying its sources of funding (Tables 3 and 4). While domestic non-fee-paying(i.e. Research Training Scheme and operating grant) load continues to be the major proportion (78.8 per cent of thetotal student load), the load of domestic fee-paying students increased from 2.7 per cent to 4.4 per cent over the2000–2004 period and fee-paying international student load increased from 12.0 per cent to 16.5 per cent over thesame period.• Over two-thirds of the domestic fee-paying student load was in master’s coursework courses (Table 5).• The percentage of fee-paying international student load in higher degrees by research was 11.0 per cent as comparedwith an overall average of 10.3 per cent. Also, 19.1 per cent of fee-paying international student load was in otherpostgraduate courses as compared with an overall average of 9.1 per cent (Table 5).• The University’s student load exceeded the DEST undergraduate operating grant load target by 381 EFTSU (4.2 percent) and the postgraduate coursework operating grant target by 67 EFTSU (44.7 per cent) (Table 6).• Within the University, the Faculty of Economics and Commerce had the largest student load with 20.0 per cent ofthe University total (Tables 7 and 8), however the Faculty of Life and Physical Sciences had the largest higherdegree by research load with 21.0 per cent of the University’s total higher degree research load. The Faculty ofEducation had the highest proportion of load in higher degrees by research, 31.6 per cent, ahead of the Faculty ofNatural and Agricultural Sciences with 28.9 per cent of its load in higher degrees by research.• The numbers of degrees and awards conferred annually by the University has increased from 2889 in 1995 to4089 in 2004; an increase of 41.2 per cent (Table 9).• The overall staffing level of the University has increased by 16.2 per cent from 2000 to 2004 (Table 10). Over thisperiod, the total staff FTE in academic organisational units increased by 14.5 per cent. The net increase of 256staff FTE in academic organisational units comprised increases of 66 FTE teaching-and-research academicstaff, 47 FTE research-only academic staff, 41 FTE research-only non-academic staff and 102 FTE other nonacademicstaff. The overall staffing level in non-academic organisational units increased by 21.1 per centover the same period.• Female staff represented 49.7 per cent of the total staff FTE (excluding the FTE of casual staff) (Table 10).This contrasts with the 45.5 per cent recorded in 2000. However female staff FTE accounted for 64.0per cent of the non-academic staffing level in academic organisational units and 57.5 per cent of thestaffing level in non-academic organisational units.Further statistics are provided in the Performance Indicators section of this Annual Report.page 33