About Us

Performance Indicators

Key Performance Indicators

Western Sydney Institute, including the Open Training and Education Network (OTEN), offers over 800 courses with over 130,000 student enrolments through 10 metropolitan locations from Katoomba in the Blue Mountains to Strathfield in the inner west.

Approximately 60% of these students are enrolled at OTEN studying by distance education. The figures in the tables below do not include OTEN enrolments. The Institute supports the Commonwealth Government’s commitment to social inclusion, participation and productivity and the NSW Government’s commitment to increase participation and improve student outcomes.

Student Profile	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015
Enrolments	47,407	50,118	54,480	49,989	51,081	53,449	46,983	40,578
Identify as having a disability	10.1%	9.3%	9.8%	10.8%	11.4%	11.7%	10.8%	9.4%
Identify as from a language background other than English	28.5%	30.8%	30.8%	30.1%	29.1%	28.6%	28.7%	25.6%
Identify as from an Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander background	4.4%	4.3%	4.8%	5.5%	6.1%	6.4%	6.6%	7.8%

For more detail please visit www.training.gov.au or the Course Search on this website.

Environmental Commitment

Achievements:

Water 39% reduction in use from 2005 - 2012
Electricity 26.51% reduction in use from 2008 - 2012