$32m makeover for School of Mines
Curtin chancellor Colin Beckett and vice-chancellor Professor Deborah Terry, Deputy Premier Liza Harvey and Member for Kalgoorlie Wendy Duncan at Agricola’s relaunch . By Elizabeth Fabri CURTIN University WA School of Mines’ accommodation in Kalgoorlie has undergone a $32 million facelift to encourage more students into the region. A collaboration between Curtin University and the WA Government, the Agricola facility will provide accommodation for 228 students, with 180 new individual bedrooms and 48 refurbished rooms. Curtin Vice-Chancellor Professor Deborah Terry said the rebuild and refurbishment was extremely important to Kalgoorlie as it would help attract high-calibre students to the region. “The existing accommodation – which had been in operation since the 1970s – needed to be significantly upgraded to meet…