About Us
A unique learning environment for enhancing vocational skills and expanding future opportunities.
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Edith Cowan University
Edith Cowan University’s origins go back to 1902 when it began as a teaching college. Today it is Western Australia’s second largest university with approximately 23,000 students, including in excess of 3,000 students originating from more than 80 countries. Edith Cowan University is located in Perth, Western Australia, a gateway to Asia.
ECU is a contemporary university providing quality tertiary education for the students of today. We pride ourselves on being supportive, flexible and relevant to the real world. We all know that the theory is important but ECU knows that putting what you learn into practice is just as valuable. That’s why our courses have a strong focus on providing real life solutions to real life problems. Practical projects, industry placements and guest speakers are key features of our programs.
With over 300 courses, ECU offers the flexibility and freedom to match your own talents and aspirations with a wide range of course options to give you the skills and knowledge to reach your goals:
- Business and Law
- Computing, Health & Science
- Education & Arts
- Regional Professional Studies (located in Bunbury)
ECU’s Joondalup Campus, one of the university’s two metropolitan campuses, is also home to the university’s headquarters. The campus offers state-of-the-art facilities including the landmark Chancellery Building, the Science & Health Building and a multi-million dollar recreation centre.
West Coast Tafe
West Coast TAFE is a recognised leader in Vocational Education and Training. The College has close links with the local region and is focused on providing a range of industry-relevant courses that have strong employment prospects.
The main campus, a lakeside location in the heart of Joondalup and only a short walk from Joondalup’s rapidly expanding Lakeside Shopping Centre, Train/Bus Station and Central Business District, is home to more than 13,000 students and set amidst birds, kangaroos and colourful native flora. The Joondalup Campus provides real life work experiences via the operational beauty salon, a la carte restaurant and delicatessen operated for and by West Coast TAFE students.
The College delivers trades training at Clarkson via The Shed at Brighton and conducts automotive pre-apprenticeship training at a specialised workshop in Wangara. The College also provides in the work-place training throughout the region.
Combined with the development of a Trades Training Centre in Clarkson and The Shed at Brighton which offers construction pre-apprenticeships to young people, West Coast TAFE is a true 21st century education provider that works with industry to continue to help its students ‘get it right’.
WA Police Academy
Western Australia Police Academy
The Western Australia Police Academy is a world-class training facility encompassing all that has been learnt about effective policing training on three continents: Australia, the United Kingdom & the United States.
The Academy boasts state-of-the-art facilities such as a scenario-training village where police officers can put classroom theory into practice with simulated real-life situations.
The village features retail outlets, banking facilities, a fast food outlet, service station, housing and a police station.
Modern on-site accommodation facilities and catering allows local, national and international guests the opportunity to maximise their learning environment.
In addition to the training of police recruits, the Academy also provides a wide range of both operational and management training to the broader workforce within the Western Australia Police Service.
The world class facility attracts other government agencies, law enforcement, regulatory and emergency service organisations together with local community groups.