WA's relatively small population has created an interesting educational marketplace for the State's universities- there is enough ‘space' for healthy competition between the five universities, without the risk of being lost in a market crowded with tertiary study options and institutions.

The Prospective Student Advisers at the WA universities are a fairly close-knit bunch; we have found over the years that it is often in our own best interests, as well as those of our prospective students, to work together when it comes to organising things such as school visits to regional areas. Between the five of us, we manage to visit most of the secondary schools in the major regional areas within the State. A general presentation outlining the benefits of university study is often given by one university on behalf of all, which includes information about each specific institution. Regional trips, combined with metropolitan school visits, parents evenings, major and minor career expos and campus tours tend to make up the bulk of our ‘face to face' work with prospective students.

Whilst there is no doubt that each adviser is working first and foremost to promote their own institution, the strong professional relationships shared by all five WA universities ensures that the overall message we are trying to promote- that university is an option available to all- reaches as many people in the community as possible.