24. The Rev Dr Gavin Wilcox asked -

(a) How many students are currently enrolled in Bachelor of Divinity or Bachelor of Theology degrees at Moore College?

(b) How many of these are full time students?

(c) How many are part time?

(d) What percentage of married full time students enrolled in these degrees live in accommodation provided by the College?

(e) What special provisions, if any, exist to facilitate students from distant regions of the Diocese obtain in a Bachelor of Divinity or Bachelor of Theology through Moore College?

To which the President replied - 

I am informed the answer is as follows.

(a) 261

(b) 258

(c) The Bachelor of Divinity and Bachelor of Theology are only offered full-time. However, three students for medical or other special reasons have been allowed to complete their degrees part-time.

(d) 35% - every effort is made to enable all students to spend some of their time living in the College community. At present, due to increased numbers and limited facilities most married students are only able to obtain College accommodation in their last two years of study.

(e) The Bachelor of Divinity and Bachelor of Theology are deliberately full-time courses ideally studied in residential community. There are no plans to offer these courses either part-time or by distance learning because of the value seen for ministry preparation in growing in the knowledge of God in the context of Christian fellowship. The College has developed residential communities in Croydon and Parramatta as well as Newtown. These communities have put the students in touch with areas of the diocese away from Newtown. It is hoped that in the future similar residential communities might be developed in other parts of the diocese.