WAPETIA Members Meeting
Group photo at the last member’s meeting at Navitas, Board Room, Brookfield Place on 19 October 2017
WA’s International student numbers at colleges and training institutes plunge
New figures on the number of applications to study in Western Australia show a huge decrease, resulting in 23% reduction in June compared to the previous year. Numbers have been decreasing over the past few months, with colleges and training institutions suffering the biggest loss in numbers. WA’s university sector have not had any major impacts so far. WAPETIA’s chair Malcolm Baigent said these schools are the...
Western Australia’s International Education Sector: Performance and Prospects
A new Bankwest Curtin Economics Centre (BCEC) report on the performance and prospects for Western Australia’s International Education Sector established that Western Australia’s international student market is falling behind other Australian states and territories in international student demand and growth. The report was prepared by the Bankwest Curtin Economics Centre and the John Curtin Institute of Public Policy, and...
Using Technology To Enhance Learning
Twenty members of WAPETIA and ACPET were today fortunate to participate in the latest of WAPETIA’s Professional Development Workshops for 2014. Ben Beaton, Director of Information Learning Technologies at Methodist Ladies College took participants through a lively two-hour session where we learned about TPACK, SAMR, TED-ED, iTUNES U and iBOOKS to name just a few acronyms. For those of you who missed out then WAPETIA hopes to hold a...
Phoenix Academy Celebrates 25 Years
2014 marks the 25th Anniversary for Phoenix Academy. Owned and operated by Robynne and Brian Walsh, Phoenix has come a long way in 25 years when in January 1989 it welcomed its first two students Megumi and Kazuhiro Oiwa from Tokyo, Japan. In 25 years 36,000 students from 50 countries have been welcomed at the airport, settled into a loving home stay family or into the student residence and cared for in a quality language program. In...
MIT joins WAPETIA
It was decided at the last WAPETIA Meeting in June that MIT’s application for Membership be accepted. We welcome MIT to the Association and look forward to working closely with them in the coming years