CQUniversity Vice-Chancellor Scott Bowman and Central Queensland Institute of TAFE Director Nik Babovic signed a Memo of Understanding this week to progress student pathways and articulations between the two higher education providers...

Both organisations have enjoyed a long-standing working relationship in Central Queensland and are committed to promoting and creating pathways for lifelong learning in the region.

Vice-Chancellor Professor Scott Bowman and CQIT Director Nic Babovic sign up for collaboration

Acknowledging the importance of industry engagement, they will establish more meaningful articulations that will give Central Queenslanders enhanced access to and availability of relevant and professional training and education.

"Getting close to TAFE is at the top of my priority list,"  said CQUniversity Vice-Chancellor Scott Bowman.

"We've put a proposal to the Queensland government to amalgamate with CQIT... which they are analysing. And we've put an $80m bid to the federal government to help make this happen. The MOU that we signed today is a good step toward that amalgamation," said Professor Bowman.

CQIT Director Nic Babovic described the MOU agreement as "exciting for Central Queensland".

"Our students are always enquiring how they can move to uni... and this will make that transition a whole lot easier. Industry that we work closely with are excited about having our programs articulated," explained Mr Babovic.

"Our future is very bright and very strong...Students finishing their Certificate 3 or 4 will know exactly where they sit in the university sector, what credits they can achieve and exactly how they can access the uni," added Mr Babovic.