Prisoners build a new foundation for life
The Flinders Foundation Studies Program, a semester-long preparation course for university study, has its first ‘graduates’ from within the South Australian prison system.
The Flinders Foundation Studies Program, a semester-long preparation course for university study, has its first ‘graduates’ from within the South Australian prison system.
Flinders University has a new ‘shopfront’ in Adelaide’s southern suburbs, with the opening today of a facility at TAFE SA’s Noarlunga campus.
Federal grants will fund a joint university initiative that aims to boost participation in tertiary education by lower socio-economic status and Indigenous students in SA.
A pathway to university study is now available inside one of South Australia’s prisons, thanks to a pilot program run by Flinders, TAFE SA and the Department for Correctional Services.
Flinders and TAFE SA have combined to make it easier for students to gain both a vocational qualification and a degree with the launch of a Dual Offer program for 2013.
Flinders University has further strengthened its links with TAFE SA with the signing of an agreement that will enhance student pathways to university.