Inala and Beenleigh will be among the next homes for new Suburban University Study Hubs (SUSHs).
The South-East Queensland locations are among five new sites announced with week, taking the total number of SUSHs to 15 nationally.
Federal Education Minister Jason Clare said the Hubs would give more people from the outer suburbs of Australia’s big cities an opportunity to go to university.
“Almost one in two young people in their 20s and their 30s have a university degree today. But not everywhere. Not in our outer suburbs and not in regional Australia,” Minister Clare said.
Federal Assistant Education Minister Anthony Chisholm said where you lived shouldn’t decide whether or not you could get a degree.
“In outer suburbs like Beenleigh, only 8.7 percent of the population have a Bachelor degree, our Suburban Uni Study Hubs aim to change stats like these.”
Minister Clare said the evidence showed that where Study Hubs were, university participation went up.
He said in addition to the SUSHs, there were now 56 Regional University Study Hubs located across the country.
“These Study Hubs provide student support and campus-style facilities for students who are doing a university degree closer to home.”
He said all SUSHs were expected to open by late 2025.
The five new or expanded SUSHs will be located in:
- Fairfield, New South Wales.
- Mt Druitt and Emerton, New South Wales.
- Liverpool, New South Wales.
- Inala, Queensland.
- Beenleigh, Queensland.
The other 10 SUSHs, announced in November, are in:
- Broadmeadows and Epping, Victoria.
- Melton, Victoria.
- Macquarie Fields, New South Wales.
- Kurri Kurri, New South Wales.
- Elizabeth, South Australia.
- Strathpine, Queensland.
- Sorell, Tasmania.
- Armadale, Western Australia.
- Ellenbrook, Western Australia.
- Mandurah, Western Australia.
