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Ellenbrook Study Hub Approved: A Major Step Towards Accessible Tertiary Education
The City of Swan and Regional Development Australia Wheatbelt (RDA Wheatbelt) are delighted to announce the approval of the Ellenbrook Study Hub, set to open in 2025. This exciting initiative, funded under the Australian Government’s Suburban University Study Hubs program—a key recommendation of the University Accord—marks a significant step in improving access to tertiary education.
Located at the Ellenbrook Library in the heart of the community, the hub will provide university and VET students with free access to study spaces, academic resources, and support services.
A partnership between the City of Swan and RDA Wheatbelt ensures that students from peri-urban areas of the Wheatbelt region can benefit from this innovative facility alongside their suburban counterparts. RDA Wheatbelt brings a proven track record in delivering the successful Lumen Wheatbelt Regional University Study Hubs, which have played a vital role in supporting regional university students through their learning journeys.
The City of Swan contributes its deep connections with the community and extensive experience in library services and youth initiatives in Ellenbrook, making it an invaluable partner in this project.
The Ellenbrook Study Hub aims to address key barriers to tertiary education by reducing long travel times and providing essential resources and support. As one of the first hubs to be funded through the newly established Suburban University Study Hubs program, the Ellenbrook Hub represents a bold step towards improving equity in education access. This initiative will pave the way for more students in underserved areas to pursue their educational goals, setting a new benchmark for regional and suburban collaboration.
For further information, please contact:
Elise Woods
Director – Lumen Wheatbelt Regional University Study Hubs
Email: [email protected]
Regional University Study Hubs help students in regional and remote areas access higher education without having to leave their community. They provide in person student support and campus-style facilities for students who study online.
The Wheatbelt region is unique in that there is not one central location in which one centre can be established that provides equitable access to all students across the region.
The Wheatbelt model is an overarching virtual campus with co-working study hub spaces to support diversity, equity of access and participation of students with improved student outcomes. Four study hubs have been established in Narrogin, Wongan Hills, Merredin and York.
Each hub has dedicated study areas with computers and printer, access to meeting rooms and kitchenette facilities. Student Support Officers are employed to provide in person support.
ANYONE from ANY Australian University or TAFE studying under graduate and post graduate courses or Diploma and Advanced Diploma courses are eligible to access these free services.
To register your interest in using a Lumen Wheatbelt Regional University Study Hub please follow this link here.
Go to www.lumenwruc.edu.au
RDA Wheatbelt acknowledge the Traditional Owners of the Country that we live and work on, the Ballardong, Gubrun, Kalamaia, Njaki-Njaki, Whadjuk, Wilman and Yued People of the Noongar Nation, their Elders past, present and emerging.
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