Budget news: Australian Government ends support for TC

Yesterday’s Budget confirmed that the funding support we’ve had from the Australian Government since 2011 has ended.

We failed to persuade Education Minister Christopher Pyne that we need a further two years funding to secure our future. Our aim is to be fully self sufficient by 2017 through the contributions from our global network. A reminder: each of our international operations is locally funded through Foundations and universities. TC-UK receives funding from the UK Government.

We must now take stock.

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