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ACCC to extend GAMSAT ‘one interview’ rule

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission is poised to grant an extension of arrangements that allowing streamlined interview and selection processes for applicants to Graduate Australian Medical School Admissions Test [GAMSAT] consortium medical schools. Under existing Preference Policy and One Interview Policy authorisations the ...

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Reform deal not close as Senate breaks

The Coalition will spend the next three weeks negotiating with cross-bench senators over amendments to its higher-education reforms that would allow the government’s contentious legislation package to pass the upper house. A three-week break in parliamentary sitting follows the release ...

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Poll reveals public, academics disagree on reforms

A poll shows many academic staff are at odds with university leaders – and a majority of Australians – over the government’s higher-education reforms as the legislation continues its journey through the Senate. The results of a national survey released yesterday, carried ...

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Alzheimer’s blood test promises early detection

A blood test for the diagnosis of early-onset Alzheimer’s disease has been developed. The test, made by University of Melbourne researchers, has the potential to improve detections of early-onset Alzheimer’s disease to 91 per cent accuracy. Brain imaging can detect ...

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Coalition shows yield on interest rates

The Coalition Government has given its clearest indication yet that it will drop plans to introduce real interest rates to HECS-HELP loans as it works to pass its higher-education reform bill through the Senate. In its eagerly anticipated report stemming ...

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Chief scientiest launches expansive HASS report

A report on humanities and social sciences (HASS) in Australian educational institutions, released yesterday, has provided arguably the clearest snapshot yet of challenges facing the sector’s sustainability. Launched at the National Press Club in Canberra yesterday by Australian chief scientist ...

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Opinion: Take the time, get it right

Even if you don’t believe the proposed reforms will lead to disaster, there is no solid evidence to say one way or the other – and nothing should happen until there is. My starting point in this complex debate is ...

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