A new Regional University Study Hub officially opened today in Warwick, bringing university closer in Queensland's Southern Downs region.
Nearly half of young people in Australia have a degree but not in regional and remote Australia. In Warwick, only around 13 per cent of young people have a degree.
The evidence shows that where Regional University Study Hubs are, university participation goes up.
The new Regional University Study Hub, known as the Country Universities Centre (CUC) Southern Downs, is co-located on TAFE Queensland's Warwick campus and will provide student support and facilities for students who are studying a university or VET course without them having to leave their community.
The new CUC Southern Downs is part of the Australian Government's $66.9 million investment to more than double the number of University Study Hubs across the country.
This is one of the ways the Albanese Labor Government is helping more people get a crack at going to TAFE or university, including:
• cutting 20 per cent off of all student loans, wiping around $17 billion in student debt for three million Australians
• fixing the indexation formula and wiping a further $3 billion in student debt, combined this will cut close to $20 billion in student debt
• introducing a Commonwealth prac payment for teaching, nursing, midwifery and social work students
• making free TAFE permanent.
