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Western Sydney, Brisbane and Logan will be home to five new university study hubs to bring the outer suburbs closer to higher education.
Labor will announce the locations of the study hubs today, which were a key recommendation of the Universities Accord to encourage university attainment amongst under-represented outer suburban Australians.
They will be located in Fairfield, Mt Druitt and Liverpool in Western Sydney, Inala in Brisbane and Beenleigh in Logan.
They add to 10 existing suburban university study hubs, with all 15 expected to be open by late 2025, offering campus-style facilities for students undertaking a degree. Some 56 regional study hubs are operating across the country.
The minister for education, Jason Clare, said almost half of people in their 20s and 30s had a university degree, but not in outer suburbs or regional Australia.
I know growing up in Western Sydney I saw a lot of golden arches and KFC and Westfield but not a lot of university crests. A lot of my friends felt like university was somewhere else for someone else. I want this to change, and that means bringing university closer to where people live.
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Source: https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/live/2025/feb/14/australia-news-severe-tropical-cyclone-zelia-weather-sydney-trains-industrial-action-immigration-khaled-sabsabi-cost-of-living-electionntwnfb
