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Education Minister announces shake-up of university sector

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Minister for Education Jason Clare at the National Press Club. Source: AAP / MICK TSIKAS

The federal government has announced changes that it says will give students from Indigenous, regional and outer-suburban backgrounds greater access to a university education. The reforms come from the newly released Australian Universities Accord Interim Report, which says more jobs will require a university education in the years ahead, and that "bold, long-term change is required".


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The federal government has announced changes that it says will give students from Indigenous, regional and outer-suburban backgrounds greater access to a university education. The reforms come from the newly released Australian Universities Accord Interim Report, which says more jobs will require a university education in the years ahead, and that "bold, long-term change is required".


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