Open Universities Australia has just turned 25 and reports enrolments are improving, with student starts up 17 per cent, YTD last-month. (CMM September 17). They need to be, newly available federal figures, show OA’s EFTSL was 7,369 in 2017, down 24 per cent on 2016. The 2016 figure was down 15 per cent on 2015. There were drops in all discipline areas last year, except education, which was up 9 per cent.