The Rudd Government will deliver an extra $500 million to universities to help them rebuild their campus infrastructure after eleven years of neglect under the Howard Government.
The special one-off payment will be paid in 2007-08 and will be for capital expenditure on facilities to support teaching, research and student amenities.
Higher Education institutions will receive the funding from the Rudd Government for the following priority areas:
- information and communications technology
- laboratories
- libraries and student study spaces
- teaching spaces
- student amenities.
The funding will provide support for high quality education, student amenities such as child care facilities and boost Australia’s research capacity.
Funds will be delivered to all universities but institutions with large numbers of students will especially benefit from the one off boost to help renew Australia’s university campuses.
BETTER UNIVERSITIES – RENEWAL FUNDING
|
Higher Education Provider |
Approximate Grant
$m |
|
Australian Catholic University |
5.9 |
|
Australian National University |
24.0 |
|
Batchelor Institute of Indigenous Tertiary Education |
0.4 |
|
Bond University |
1.4 |
|
Central Queensland University |
5.5 |
|
Charles Darwin University |
3.0 |
|
Charles Sturt University |
11.6 |
|
Curtin University of Technology |
13.7 |
|
Deakin University |
13.8 |
|
Edith Cowan University |
9.2 |
|
Flinders University of South Australia |
8.9 |
|
Griffith University |
16.2 |
|
James Cook University |
7.8 |
|
La Trobe University |
14.3 |
|
Macquarie University |
11.9 |
|
Melbourne College of Divinity |
0.3 |
|
Monash University |
29.6 |
|
Murdoch University |
7.8 |
|
Queensland University of Technology |
19.2 |
|
Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology University |
14.4 |
|
Southern Cross University |
5.2 |
|
Swinburne University of Technology |
6.4 |
|
University of Adelaide |
15.5 |
|
University of Ballarat |
2.9 |
|
University of Canberra |
4.7 |
|
University of Melbourne |
34.8 |
|
University of New England |
7.3 |
|
University of New South Wales |
26.1 |
|
University of Newcastle |
13.7 |
|
University of Notre Dame Australia |
2.6 |
|
University of Queensland |
30.2 |
|
University of South Australia |
13.3 |
|
University of Southern Queensland |
5.9 |
|
University of Sydney |
35.2 |
|
University of Tasmania |
11.5 |
|
University of Technology, Sydney |
13.7 |
|
University of the Sunshine Coast |
2.3 |
|
University of Western Australia |
16.2 |
|
University of Western Sydney |
15.9 |
|
University of Wollongong |
9.7 |
|
Victoria University |
8.2 |
|
TOTAL |
500* |
*Total does not add due to rounding