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MINISTER FOR EDUCATION AND TRAINING
LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY QUESTION
QUESTION NO 548
Canberra Institute of Technology -
Possible Tuggeranong Campus
MR CORNWELL - asked the Minister for Education and Training
(1) Has any consideration been given to locating a campus of the Canberra Institute
of Technology in Tuggeranong.
(2) If so, has land been reserved, where has it been reserved and when might the
campus be established.
(3) In no consideration has been given to locating a CIT campus in Tuggeranong,
why not.
MR WOOD - The answer to the Members question is as follows:
(1) The location of a campus in Tuggeranong was carefully considered during the
development of Tuggeranong and land adjacent to Lake Tuggeranong was
earmarked as a possible site for an Institute campus. However, in an attempt to
bring like functions together and realise substantial recurrent savings, the
Institute has made a conscious decision to consolidate on to fewer campuses.
The Callum Street campus was closed and the larger Southside campus was opened in December 1991. This campus is expected to service Tuggeranong as will the Bruce campus service Gungahlin.
(2) Preliminary discussions with DELP have occurred regarding the establishment of
an Institute-. complex at Jerrabomberra as a possible joint venture arrangement
with NSW TAFE. This complex, if progressed, would service Queanbeyan and
surrounds and the southern suburbs of Tuggeranong.
While numerous campuses might suggest a higher level of access by students to the Institute, any such gains are swamped by higher operating costs, inadequate student services and poor educational links. As a consequence, since 1989, the Institute has been actively pursuing a campas consolidation strategy under which fourteen locations have now been reduced to six campuses. A major reconsideration of the strategy will occur during 1993
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