Super TAFE Network

From 1874 onwards, Adelaide, South Australia had the presence of tertiary education institutions, starting with the University of Adelaide (1874), Flinders University (1966), and then University of South Australia (1990). A dual focus of education and research was taken by the first and second universities (founded as outright university institutions), but the third university was founded by a new South Australian Government initiative born out of a more practical focus on education, life skills and regular employment. This led to the aggregation of former Art Schools and Technical Colleges, amalgamated during the university-centric policy of the South Australian Government in 1980s/1990s, in relation to the University of South Australia Act 1990 [http://www.unisa.edu.au/policies/act/act.asp]

This network has sister institutions interstate e.g. Southern Catholic University, Victoria University etc. which have foundations in similar late 20th century educational policy - New Generation Universities (NGU) [http://www.australian-universities.com/groupings-of-australian-universities.php]

See also

* University of South Australia
* TAFE South Australia