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AUSTRALIA: University applications on the rise
13.11.2011
Applications for university places next year are on the rise as universities compete to attract a wider range of students, while those already enrolled stay for longer and complete their courses at a greater rate, new figures show.Applications for 2012 rose on average 2 per cent in NSW, the Universities Admissions Centre (UAC) figures show.
The increase was "not massive but notable" but part of a trend in recent years, Kim Paino, director of information services at UAC, said.
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University places will be uncapped next year on the recommendation of the federal government as part of a push to increase the number of students from low socioeconomic backgrounds.
"Certainly universities, in response to the Bradley opening up of places, have been very active in trying to meet that widening participation agenda. That's so much part of their focus now," Ms Paino said.
The UAC figures do not break down which institutions or what courses students are applying for and the modest rise may not be a direct effect of the deregulation of places.
Those results have yet to flow through, Angelo Kourtis, pro vice-chancellor for students at the University of Western Sydney, said.
“There isn't a straight line between government policy and the way the market behaves. These messages perhaps aren't out there in the community.”
Mr Kourtis said the university was working in the community to attract a broader range of students and to increase the rate of participation in tertiary study, but he said it would take a year or two before there was a notable effect.
Most universities are embarking on recruitment drives to attract high school students, and in some cases primary students, who may never have embarked on tertiary study.
Tomorrow, senior high school students will attend workshops and information sessions at UWS Day, one of the university's many events aimed at introducing school students to the idea of university: a concept that cannot start too young, said Mr Kourtis, who is hoping to expand the Fast Forward program for primary school students.
Full text of the article: Sydney Morning Gerald
Photo:University of Western Sydney
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