Albanese government wants to ‘replicate’ rural study centres in outer city suburbs

Assistant Education Minister Anthony Chisholm discusses Education Minister Jason Clare’s announcement to establish university study hubs in the outer suburbs of major Australian cities. “What we know from many outer suburban areas is that their rate of attainment of higher education degrees are quite low,” Mr Chisholm told Sky News Australia. “Quite often, there can be a significant barrier between travelling from these outer suburban locations to actually get to a university in the city. They are not always blessed with great public transport. “I’ve been to a lot of the regional and rural university centres that we have set up, it has been really encouraging to see the type of people that are studying a these paces and the support they can get. “If we can replicate that in outer suburban areas, the country will be much better off.”