Answers to Questions

CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY

241 Mrs REDMOND (Heysen—Leader of the Opposition) (6 July 2011) (First Session). With respect to 2011-12 Budget Paper 4—Volume 3, p135, Sub-program 3.3—

1. What is the average length of the courses offered at Carnegie Mellon University?

2. How many students are undertaking full degree courses?

3. What short courses are currently being offered and what are the enrolments in these?

4. Are the reimbursements of public servant enrolment fees in the University City budget line or in the individual agency's lines?

5. How many staff work in the Department of Premier and Cabinet's Carnegie Mellon Support Unit, do these staff also deal with other international universities and what is the budget for this unit?

The Hon. J.W. WEATHERILL (Cheltenham—Premier, Minister for State Development): I have been advised of the following:

1. Carnegie Mellon University—Australia (CMU-A) offers the following programs which are available as a one-year or two-year track, dependent on the applicant's work and professional experience, and can be undertaken on a full-time or part-time basis:

Master of Science in Public Policy and Management

Master of Science in Information Technology

CMU-A also offers the following programs which are undertaken over a 21-month period during which students study at both the campus in Adelaide, and the campus in Pittsburgh:

Global MISM (Master of Information Systems Management)

Global MSPPM (Master of Science in Public Policy and Management)

2. Following the August 2012 graduation, over 250 CMU-A students have graduated from the Master of Science in Public Policy and Management and the Master of Science Information Technology since these programs commenced in 2006.

CMU-A has advised that the current enrolment figure for 2012 is 142.

3. CMU-A launched the Advanced Education Program (AEP) in December 2010. To date, the following 15 AEP courses have been held, with a total of 138 enrolments from the public and private sector. A number of the courses have been offered on more than one occasion. The topics covered include:

Organisational Management

Power and Influence

Measuring Online Social Initiatives: How organisations can understand, identify and evaluate strategies that deliver value in a web 2.0 world

Negotiations

Conflict Management

Budgeting and Management Control Systems

Performance Management in the Public Sector

Public Financial Management

Strategic Policy Design: A Guide to Statecraft

Insider Threat

Mastering Process Improvement

4. Public servants who undertake CMU-A's Masters degree courses negotiate with their respective agencies as to the level of support to meet the cost of their professional development, and partial enrolment fee reimbursement is met through individual agency lines. Level of support ranges from 10 to 75 per cent of tuition fee.

5. The Carnegie Mellon Support Unit ceased operation on 30 June 2011.