How cool was that?
Hi, I’m Rory, I’m going to take you on a quick tour of some of the amazing facilities
in our schools.
Let’s go.
OK you can sit up now.
Nursing is really popular at ECU.
And no wonder when you’ve got facilities like this.
We’re in a Demonstration Ward.
It’s just like a real hospital in here.
These students are checking on my vital signs.
They’re taking my temperature, pulse rate and blood pressure.
And over there, we have someone on the dynamap machine.
They’re testing blood pressure and oxygen saturation.
Well, I think I’ve been given the all-clear.
It’s time to get on with our tour.
Let’s go.
Counsel for the prosecution, do you have any further questions of the witness?
Just a few more, your honour.
Miss Dixon, on the night of August the twentieth, what exactly did you see?
I saw a man running with a knife.
And is that man here in this courtroom today?
Yes, he is.
Could you please point this man out to the court?
Yes, he’s sat over there.
Let the record show that the witness is pointing out Mr Pollard.
No further questions, your honour.
Thank you.
Now we’ve landed in court.
It’s OK, it’s not quite a real one.
This is ECU’s moot court.
It’s where Law students get their first taste of real courtroom procedures.
They use all kinds of technology in here, including live video streaming and wireless
networking.
Right now, the students are participating in a mock court hearing.
We have the witness, a judge, a clerk, the accused, a defence counsel and the prosecution.
The room also has facilities to accommodate 12 jurors and a public gallery.
This is making me a bit nervous so I’m going to sit back down and watch the proceedings.
So this is ECU’s School of Engineering.
The equipment these guys have is amazing.
There’s not much they can’t build or break in this place.
I’m in the Motorsports laboratory and this is a mechanical engineer’s dream.
Each year, a team of engineering students build a race car to compete in the international
formula student events.
These guys are working on the car that competed in Silverstone.
I’m actually sitting in the car that placed tenth this year, out of one hundred and thirty
teams from thirty three countries.
But anyway, let’s take a ride to the next place.
ECU’s School of Medical and Health Sciences has some of the best labs and equipment in
Australia.
This is the Exercise Physiology lab.
All kinds of research and tests are performed here.
And we work with elite athletes like basketballers and AFL players.
Here we have an athlete exercising and we’re measuring the ventilation and oxygen consumption.
We do this by using the metabolic cart.
Let’s check out over here.
This is an isokinetic dynamometer.
It measures the strength of muscles.
And three two one push push push push push.
It’s set up for knee extension strength measurement.
They’re testing for fatigue at the brain and muscle levels using repeated muscle contractions.
Come on, let’s go see another facility.
Come into our Biology lab.
When they’re not out in the field, our Science students are busy in here.
They learn hands-on skills in small groups, right from the start of their course.
Plenty of things go under the microscope in this lab.
These students are examining plant, animal and microbial specimens using our compound
and dissecting microscopes.
We have an extensive specimen collection at ECU.
Let’s take a closer look.
This is a laminar flow cabinet.
It provides purified air in a sterile environment you need for biological work.
Come on, let’s check out another ECU facility.
Somewhere, out in the darkness, a fugitive running, fallen from God, oh hello, I’m
back in my spiritual home.
When I’m not your tour guide, I’m a WAAPA student.
You probably already know that WAAPA is one of the world’s leading performing arts academies
and it’s right here on ECU’s Mount Lawley Campus.
And we’ve got our own Spiegeltent.
We’re the only university in the world with a facility like this so our students can sing,
dance and act in here.
Well, I’d better get back to my vocal warm-ups, but I hope you’ve enjoyed our tour of some
of ECU’s great facilities.