Funding boost for future students

Vice-Chancellor Professor Renée Leon and Minister for Education, The Hon Jason Clare MP pictured at the Charles Sturt Orange campus in July 2022.

More than 1000 additional Commonwealth Supported Places (CSPs) at Charles Sturt are open to prospective students from disadvantaged backgrounds for 2023 and 2024, due to federal government funding awarded to the university.

Charles Sturt was awarded 1084 CSPs, more than any other Australian university. The CSPs are allocated across two years and include 328 education places (including early childhood) and 204 nursing places.

The pre-Budget announcement made in 2022 included a total of 20,000 CSPs for students from rural and remote areas, low socio-economic backgrounds, First Nations people, first-in-family students, and people with disabilities.

Charles Sturt Vice-Chancellor Professor Renée Leon said the allocation would enhance the University’s already stellar record as a driver of access to education for people who might otherwise miss out.

“Since it was founded more than 30 years ago, Charles Sturt University has led the way among Australian universities in making higher education accessible for people from regional Australia and from economically disadvantaged groups,” Professor Leon said.

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