The University of Notre Dame Australia has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Liverpool City Council, reflecting the University’s commitment to providing close-to-home education opportunities to Western Sydney residents.
The agreement has launched a new phase in their partnership with a signing ceremony taking place at Liverpool Civic Centre on Wednesday 13 December.
Notre Dame’s Vice Chancellor, Professor Francis Campbell, said the MOU expresses the University’s intention to increase its presence in the area.
“The University of Notre Dame has had a small presence in Liverpool since 2022 thanks to our partnership with All Saints Catholic College. By expanding, we will be able to bring the benefits of a Notre Dame education to many local residents,” he said.
“The University will provide spaces for learning, collaboration and will join our existing full campuses in Sydney, as well as in Broome and Fremantle.
“We chose Liverpool because it is a rapidly developing, culturally diverse city with a strong commitment to education.
“Liverpool is also home to one of Australia’s biggest and best-regarded hospitals and a host of related research institutes and startups. That’s important because medicine and health are core areas of instruction for us.”
Notre Dame joins Western Sydney University, the University of Wollongong and the University of New South Wales in Liverpool CBD, each with a presence within a seven-minute walk of one another.
The population of Liverpool is due to increase by more than 100,000 to a new total of 350,000 by 2046, with an expected 84% increase in the number of higher education students in Western Sydney by 2050.
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