- Australian Human Resource Institute, Professional MAHRI
ECU offers innovative and practical courses across a variety of disciplines and we have a vibrant research culture. ECU is a leader in developing alternative entry pathways to higher education.
We have three campuses in Western Australia. Joondalup and Mount Lawley in the Perth metropolitan area and our South West campus in Bunbury, 200km south of the Perth CBD.
ECU provides a variety of services and facilities that go beyond the classroom, with opportunities for personal development and social interaction for students and staff.
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At ECU we concentrate our research in areas of strength to deliver tangible outcomes.
There are several ways to get involved with research at ECU.
ECU has a lively research community that is committed to supporting research students.
Research Services provides comprehensive support services to researchers.
We value industry partnerships and offer access to world-class research across our nine ECU Strategic Research Institutes and Centres.
ECU links our stakeholders to our professional talent pool across a range of disciplines and research topics.
We collaborate with all types of businesses, including new start-ups, small to medium enterprises, not-for-profits, community organisations, government and large corporates in the resources sector.
ECU delivers training that can be tailored to industry needs.
Extra-curricular learning for childrenChildren's University Edith Cowan aims to inspire students between seven and fourteen to develop confidence and a love of learning through validated activities beyond the school curriculum.
The Inspiring Minds scholarship program are equity scholarships that give students an opportunity to access an education that may otherwise be out of reach.
EventsCatch up with fellow graduates at one of our regular alumni events.
We love to see our graduates back at ECU helping current students achieve their dreams.
Tell us what you've been up to since you graduated or stay in the alumni loop.
Take advantage of a range of career development or other alumni benefits.
Dr Trudy Bates
Dr Trudy Bates is an early career academic in Management at the School of Business and Law.
Trudy received her MSc (Human Resource Management) from the University of Bradford in 2011 and Ph.D (Business and Management) from the same University in 2019. Her principal research interest is gender and working lives, although she has concurrent research in feminist qualitative research methodologies.
Dr Bates was awarded both the University of Western Australia (UWA) Award for Excellence in Teaching - Early Career and the Arts, Business, Law and Education Teaching Excellence Award in 2021. In 2020, she was awarded the UWA Student Guild's Students' Choice Award and received the 10th Biennial International Interdisciplinary Gender, Work and Organization Conference, Joan Acker and Heather Höpfl Memorial Scholarship in 2018. Trudy is a professional member of the Australian Human Resource Institute. When not working, she enjoys an outdoor life of fishing, camping and travelling.
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