Below is a selection of information from an email received by CIT/CITSA staff in December. We thought you might be interested in what the government has decided in regards to recent talks of a merger between CIT and UC.
“I write to you with news of the Government’s decision in relation to the collaboration with UC and to wish each and everyone of you all the compliments of the season.
This morning the ACT Chief Minister Katy Gallagher and the ACT Minister for Education and Training Dr Chris Bourke announced the decision to create the University Of Canberra Institute Of Technology (UCIT), a new entity that will supplement CIT and the University of Canberra in the ACT tertiary education sector.
UCIT replaces the Bradley Report recommendation regarding a UC-CIT merger. Instead, CIT and UC will jointly create and control this new third entity which will focus on the collaborative delivery of agreed associate degree, advanced diploma and diploma (AQF 5 and 6) programs.
It is planned that 2012 will be a planning year, with much work needing to be done, and some new students are expected to commence studies at UCIT in early 2013. UCIT’s executive office will be housed on UC’s Bruce campus, and UC Vice-Chancellor Stephen Parker has indicated that UCIT will replace UC’s polytechnic institution, and be supported by the Commonwealth Government’s Structural Adjustment Fund.
For CIT, 2012 will be a year of business as usual as the mechanisms and validation for creating UCIT are determined. “
So, CITSA will continue to provide the services you expect from us. Hope 2012 is a great year for all students. Best wishes.
