ATAR
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Features
What’s really going on with early offers
Universities and tertiary admissions centres are allowing year 12 students across Australia to apply for – and accept – course…
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Industry & Research
WA ministers question ‘unconditional’ uni offers
WA Minister for Education Tony Buti has made it clear to universities that he does not appreciate their lack of…
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Analysis
Universities set low bar to take subpar students
Struggling students who left school at the bottom of the class are being accepted into prestigious university degrees including engineering,…
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Opinion
Will 2020 help or hinder Year 12 students? Professor John Hattie – Podcast
CampusReview · Will 2020 hinder Year 12 students? Professor John Hattie - Podcast 2020 has been a challenging and disruptive…
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News
Push for learner profiles: ‘We need to open doors, not narrow pathways’
The education sector should move away from the heavy focus on ATAR and students should instead leave school with a…
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News
The University of Sydney tops first preferences while UTS moves up the ranks in first-round uni offers
Australia’s oldest university has proved its prestige yet again, being the leading institution in NSW for first-preference applications from students…
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Policy & Reform
What do final school results really tell tertiary institutions? Opinion
With the recent release of VCE results, parents across Victoria have been eagerly hoping to find out what their children…
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Faculty Focus
‘ATAR is the start of the journey, not the end’: opinion
More than 55 per cent of senior high school students questioned in a recent survey claimed to be aiming for…
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Policy & Reform
Scrap ATAR and rethink career pathways: Experts call for overhaul
A new report is proposing a rethink on how educators approach senior schooling and tertiary education, and calls for the…
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News
UTS to add 10 bonus points to some women’s ATAR scores
Should a woman wish to study an undergraduate degree in the Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology at the University…
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Funding
Grattan’s new report proposes strategies to stem teacher shortage crisis
The latest Grattan Institute Report, Attracting high achievers to teaching, is proposing a $1.6 billion reform package to “double the…
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News
USYD tops NSW, ACT student preferences
Another university application data dump, another Go8 domination. The University of Sydney has once again led first and total preliminary preferences among…
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Policy & Reform
Grades no fix for youth unemployment: Mitchell Institute
A senate inquiry has heard that Gonski funding aside, schools aren't doing enough to prepare students for life. Mitchell Institute…
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Policy & Reform
Sector reacts to Finkel’s ATAR critique
Australia's Chief Scientist, Alan Finkel, has an ATAR-related grievance. "Students select their courses with an eye to a number: the…
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News
It’s time to reassess the ATAR: Mitchell Institute
Education experts have been left questioning the value of the ATAR, after new figures showed just one in four students…
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Opinion
Is it time to reassess the importance of the ATAR?
Is it time to reassess how the ATAR is used in tertiary education? The current policy climate in teacher education…
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Faculty Focus
ATAR not decisive in UNSW law entry
In the summer of 2016, University of New South Wales Law quietly unveiled a new entry process for undergraduates: prospective students…
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News
Unis to publish true ATAR cut-offs
Forcing universities to publish the true ATAR cut-offs for their courses and creating a MySchool-style website allowing students to compare…
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News
Victoria proposes ATAR cut-off of 70 for teaching degrees
The Victorian government has today unveiled a policy that would require aspiring teachers to have an ATAR of at least…
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News
Tougher uni prerequisites could help arrest maths decline: AMSI
University course prerequisites are one remedy to the decline in Year 12 students taking harder maths subjects, a representative from the Australian…
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News
Higher education admissions too confusing: Birmingham
The effectiveness of the ATAR system for qualifying for university places is again in the spotlight after the release of…
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Rocket science tops ATAR list
The University of Sydney's Bachelor of Engineering (Mechatronic) (Space) course had the highest Australia Tertiary Admission Rank cut-off of any…
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Low ATARs will not hit standards say VCs
Suggestions that lowering university entry scores will result in a reduction in academic standards are wrong, say the vice-chancellors of…
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