Kangan Institute#Campuses
{{Short description|TAFE provider in Melbourne, Australia}}
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Kangan Institute is a TAFE (technical and further education) provider in Melbourne, Australia.
History
Kangan Institute was established as the Broadmeadows College of TAFE on 28 February 1986, when it was formally opened by Prime Minister Bob Hawke. It was originally built to cater for 3000 students at a cost of $13.5 million.{{cite news | url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/122209827/?terms=broadmeadows%2Btafe | title=Trade training funds get $4.5m boost | work=The Age | date=27 January 1986 | access-date=19 September 2018}}{{cite news | url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/120707393/?terms=broadmeadows%2Btafe | title=Several positions at new TAFE | work=The Age | date=26 April 1986 | access-date=19 September 2018}} It subsequently acquired a series of other campuses in its first decade, including at Avondale Heights, Essendon and Moreland.{{cite news | url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/122841148/?terms=broadmeadows%2Bkangan | title=Long TAFE careers inhibit chances for women | work=The Age | date=16 December 1995 | access-date=19 September 2018}}
In August 1995, the institution was renamed the Kangan Institute of TAFE in honour of Myer Kangan, the founder of the TAFE system in Australia.{{cite news | title=College Renamed | work=The Age | date=1 August 1995}} On 1 July 1997, it merged with the John Batman College of TAFE to form Kangan Batman TAFE.{{cite news | title=Will Our Universities Make A Grab For TAFE? | work=The Age | date=3 June 1997}} The merger resulted in the closure of the former John Batman TAFE's campus in Gaffney Street, Coburg, but the amalgamated body expanded again in 1998 when it absorbed the Richmond Automotive Campus of Barton TAFE after a major state government review.{{cite news | title=Plan on track. | work=Moreland Courier | date=9 December 2002}}{{cite news | title=Trainer gets more power | work=Weekly Times | date=11 February 1998}}
The Avondale Heights campus closed in 2005.{{cite web | url=http://www.development.vic.gov.au/residential-projects/avondale-heights | title=Avondale Heights | publisher=Development Victoria | access-date=19 September 2018}} The "Automotive Centre of Excellence" campus at Docklands initially opened in September 2006; the completion of the three-stage Docklands development in 2011 resulted in the closure of the remaining Coburg campus (Dawson Street).{{cite news | title=Docklands ready for brain gain | work=Australian Financial Review | date=22 September 2006}}{{cite news | title=Inquiry, security for abandoned Melb TAFE | work=Australian Associated Press | date=9 March 2016}} The organisation reverted to the "Kangan Institute" name in 2010, dropping the reference to "Batman" from the 1997 merger.{{cite web | url=https://www.kangan.edu.au/information-and-resources/about-us/history | title=History | publisher=Kangan Institute | access-date=19 September 2018}}
In 2014, it formally merged with Bendigo TAFE to form the Bendigo Kangan Institute. The two organisations retained their separate operational branding, but formed a shared administration based in Bendigo. The then state opposition Labor Party and the Australian Education Union criticised the merger over process and funding concerns.{{cite news | title=Bendigo TAFE merger gets funding | work=Bendigo Advertiser | date=22 May 2014}}{{cite news | title=TAFEs look to the future | work=Bendigo Advertiser | date=23 May 2014}}
Campuses
Kangan Institute operates five campuses: Broadmeadows, Essendon, a health campus at Moonee Ponds, a creative industries campus in Richmond and the Automotive Centre of Excellence in Docklands.{{cite web | url=https://www.kangan.edu.au/campuses | title=Campuses | publisher=Kangan Institute | access-date=19 September 2018}}
References
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External links
- [http://www.kangan.edu.au/ Official site]
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Category:Education in Victoria (state)
Category:TAFE Colleges in Melbourne
Category:Vocational education in Australia