Bulletin

Issue: September/October 2007

News

Ready to boost presence in Shepparton

The University has also unveiled plans for its new Shepparton Campus building.

Vice-Chancellor Professor Paul Johnson said: ‘The new building will allow La Trobe to develop a stronger local profile and enhance its teaching and research activities to better meet the needs and aspirations of students in the Goulburn Valley.’

Professor Johnson said the University acknowledged the great enthusiasm in Shepparton for sustainable and quality higher education and strongly supports that aspiration.

To achieve this, La Trobe University – supported by the Greater Shepparton City Council and Goulburn Ovens Institute of TAFE – has applied to the Federal Government for an additional $9.24m towards the estimated $22.4m required to help develop its campus in Shepparton. (This supplements existing commitments of $2m from La Trobe University, $2m from the Victorian State Government and $1.5m from the Federal Government.)

Professor Johnson said La Trobe University and its key partners plan to extend the Shepparton Tertiary Education Precinct for the benefit of the Goulburn Valley.

‘The communities of Seymour and Wangaratta are also likely to directly benefit from local delivery of key programs in their towns under this new model,’ he said.

Since 1994, the La Trobe University Shepparton campus has been co-located with the Goulburn Ovens Institute. In 2005 administration offices moved to new premises in Welsford St.