[Unistats] AVCC Media Release - A SURGE in 2002 enrolments !!!

[Robert Rispoli]

Preliminary Estimates Table 1 for 2002 was an absolute joke.
I told DEST it was a joke at the beginning of the year when I read the
specs for it. 
I was ignored.
I estmate ECU's figures were well over 1000 bodies higher than they
would have been if we'd used 2001 specs for the table.

Anyway, many of us will be in Canberra in two days time and we can get
the ball rolling with this one!



>>> Lachlan Murdoch <Lachlan.Murdoch@unisa.edu.au> 8/05/2002 8:32:44
>>>
Dear all

Yes this is my understanding as well, and our uni has a large mid year
intake
of overseas students which has contributed to the apparent 'surge in
enrolments'. Unfortunately these AVCC figures have been used in the
media and
in fact appear on page 1 of today's HES. The outcome is that that the
AVCC have
effectively misrepresented the state of the Higher Ed system, which
has
implications for everyone from the Minister down.

On a more personal level, it has meant a lot of time and effort
explaining to
all concerned that the comparison is not valid!
Perhaps a retraction from the AVCC is in order??


cheers

Lachlan

Lachlan Murdoch
Acting Director
Planning Unit
University of South Australia
Phone: 08 8302 0377
Fax:      08 8302 0222
email:    lachlan.murdoch@unisa.edu.au 


-----Original Message-----
From: Ted Gallop [mailto:T.Gallop@curtin.edu.au] 
Sent: Tuesday, May 07, 2002 7:27 PM
To: 'unistats@central.murdoch.edu.au' 
Subject: [Unistats] AVCC Media Release - A SURGE in 2002 enrolments
!!!


Compatriots,

I gather you have all become aware of the AVCC media release of 6th
May:
"SURGE IN STUDENT ENROLMENTS"
I hope you are also aware that this supposed 'surge' is based on a
comparison of apples with oranges.
i.e. The data compare March 31st 2001 estimates with August 31 2002
estimates, and says there is a very large increase!

The specifications set by DEST for the preliminary estimates were
quite
different in each year.
The 2001 specs were for the expected annual numbers and load as at
31st
March 
(basically the estimated first submission load file total) (the same as
past
years' specs).

The 2002 specs were for the expected annual numbers and load as at
31st
August
(basically the estimated second submission load file total) (changed
from
prev years).

The difference is that the 2002 specs include second semester intake
numbers
and load, which was not included in previous year  estimates. The AVCC
has
said that there is little difference and it doesn't matter. 
The Australian newspaper, (Patrick Lawnham) thinks they are comparisons
of
March 31 2001 with March 31 2002. (I guess because both of the
estimates
were submitted at March 31 each year).

Curtin has a significant mid year intake and our 'year' load readings
are
always significantly higher at August 31st compared with March 31.  A
comparison of a 31/Mar/2001 figure with 31/Aug/2002 figure is totally
inappropriate and  misleading in my view.

Any comments ?



Ted Gallop,
Manager, Strategic Information Support.
University Planning Office.
Curtin University of Technology

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