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Media Release
SOUTH AUSTRALIAN STUDENTS TO BENEFIT FROM MORE THAN 280 NEW UNIVERSITY PLACES
24 July 2006
The Australian Government will fund 285 new commencing Commonwealth supported higher education places in South Australia, growing to 846 places by 2010.
These places include the recent announcement by the Prime Minister, in conjunction with the recent Council of Australian Governments meeting, of 60 medical school places, 10 general nursing places, 65 mental health nursing places, and 10 clinical psychology places.
“This enormous injection of new places will provide more students with opportunities to study at university and boost our graduate workforce in key areas,” the Minister for Education, Science and Training, the Hon Julie Bishop MP said.
“New places have been allocated to areas of skills needs and student demand, particularly in regional and outer-metropolitan areas. This year our strongest commitment is being made to the training of engineers (80 places), nurses (75 places), doctors (60 places) and teachers (40 places) in South Australia”.
“The vast bulk of the new places are provided to public universities, but 10 places will be provided to private higher education institutions in South Australia, in the National Priority area of teaching.”
Nationally, the Government will deliver more than 4,600 new Commonwealth supported places. Since 2004, the Government has already created over 18,000 new places and unmet student demand has fallen by more than 60%. This year more than 90% of eligible year 12 students received a university offer, the best result in more than two decades.
As part of the Backing Australia’s Future reforms to higher education the Australian Government will inject an additional $11 billion into the higher education sector over 10 years and create more than 39,000 new Commonwealth supported places.
A full list of the new places for South Australia is attached.
Media Contacts:
Minister Bishop’s Office: Murray Hansen 0417 886 155
Dept of Education, Science & Training: Media Unit 02 6240 7300
ATTACHMENT: Additional Commonwealth Supported Places
(comencing in 2007 unless indicated)
South Australia
| Tabor College |
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Bachelor of Arts / Bachelor of Education - Millswood |
10 |
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Total Tabor College |
10 |
| The Flinders University of South Australia |
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Graduate Diploma in Mental Health Nursing - Bedford Park |
40 |
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Medical Places (commencing in 2007) |
5 |
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Medical Places (commencing in 2008) |
15 |
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Total The Flinders University of South Australia |
60 |
| The University of Adelaide |
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Bachelor of Nursing - North Terrace (Adelaide) |
10 |
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Master of Clinical Psychology - North Terrace (Adelaide) |
10 |
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Graduate Diploma in Nursing Science (Mental Health Nursing) - North Terrace (Adelaide) |
25 |
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Medical Places (commencing in 2007) |
40 |
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Bachelor of Teaching - North Terrace (Adelaide) |
20 |
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Graduate Diploma of Education - North Terrace (Adelaide) |
10 |
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Master of Geostatistics - North Terrace (Adelaide) |
20 |
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Bachelor of Engineering (Mining Engineering) - North Terrace (Adelaide) |
30 |
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Bachelor of Engineering (Pharmaceutical Engineering) - North Terrace (Adelaide) |
30 |
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Master of Marine Engineering - North Terrace (Adelaide) |
20 |
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Total The University of Adelaide
TOTAL SOUTH AUSTRALIA |
215
285 |
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