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Sally Patfield, Senior Research Fellow, Teachers and Teaching Research Centre, University of Newcastle

'Why would you go to uni?' A new study looks at what young Australians do after school

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This week, the federal government released a discussion paper for a Universities Accord, which it hopes will make a 30-year plan for the sector.

One of the key priorities of the upcoming accord is equal access to university. The discussion paper specifically asks:

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