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USC’s innovative projects gain Government funding
The Federal Government has announced funding of almost $1.8 million to three innovative education projects involving the University of the Sunshine Coast.
USC is the lead organisation for two Collaboration and Structural Reform Fund (CASR) projects approved by Minister for Education, Science and Training Julie Bishop today, and it will be involved in another project that also gained funding.
USC’s Acting Vice-Chancellor Professor Greg Hill said it was extraordinary that the University was involved in three of the 11 projects across Australia that received CASR grants this year.
“It is really fantastic for the University and it shows that we can compete nationally,” he said.
USC and the University of Southern Queensland will receive $535,763 for a project that will identify regional skills shortages and how education providers, including the Vocational Education and Training sector, can best meet these.
This project will focus on the Sunshine Coast and Wide Bay-Burnett regions.
USC also will receive $336,134 for a graduate engineering project - involving Sunshine Coast industry groups and educational institutions - that will lead to enhanced career opportunities in engineering, building and construction, and water management.
In the third project, led by Charles Darwin University, USC will help develop quality chemistry, physics and environmental science courses to be used in science enabling programs at regional universities.
This project received a CASR grant of $893,400.
– Katrina Scott