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Why it's harder to make uni grade.
By Daniel Landon, Education Reporter
519 words
6 January 2004
Canberra Times
1
English
(c) 2004 The Canberra Times
Entry to local universities has become tougher in 2004 with cut-off scores to rise and many University of Canberra courses to require a "considerably" higher score. Nursing at UC will require a Universities Admissions Index score of 90 or more, up from 76 last year, and the cut-off for primary teaching would also rise significantly, Vice-Chancellor Professor Roger Dean said yesterday. UC's minimum cut-off score will rise to 75, up from 73. Scores for all courses will not be known until later this week. The Australian National University's minimum score, for courses such as arts, commerce, economics and science, would rise to 80, Vice-Chancellor Professor Ian Chubb said. Cut-offs for other ANU courses might rise, but only by two to three points. Law will stay at 95. Last year's minimum was 70, for Asian studies. For arts, commerce, economics and science the cut-off was 76.
Universities will not finalise exact enrolment figures for this year until after the main round of offers of 2004 university places on January 19. However, Professor Dean predicted that UC would make about 5 per cent more offers to school leavers than it did in 2003. Professor Chubb said the ANU would make about the same number of offers as last year. In 2003, UC and ANU offered about 3000 and 2000 places respectively. They offered 1183 and 1738 places, respectively, to school leavers. Professor Dean said the substantial increase in applications from school leavers and mature age students was "very pleasing". However, the increase in demand was difficult to manage because the Federal Government wanted to decrease the number of places it funded at the university. Cut-offs could have been raised even higher - as a means of reducing student numbers - if it were not for UC's aim to ensure as many students as possible from the ACT and south-east NSW could attend the university. "That demonstrates, I think, our commitment to the region we serve," Professor Dean said. The increased demand at UC was the result of people wanting to secure a university place before higher education reforms came into effect in 2005. "It also demonstrates that UC's reputation as a university providing high quality courses with a practical, 'real world' focus, particularly in the professions, is being widely accepted within our community," he said. Nursing, education, communication and sports studies were particularly popular, but demand was strong "across the board". At the ANU, the number of applications by school leavers fell for 2004, after a 25 per cent rise for 2003. However, Professor Chubb said that it was difficult to draw useful conclusions from the decrease - and that there had been an increase in applicants who had a UAI above 80. "We're interested in the number applying with high UAI scores," he said. "It's not a bad position for us to be in ... we're fairly pleased that there's a robust demand for entry into Australia's best [university]." (Endstory) (Story #975755).
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By Daniel Landon, Education Reporter
519 words
6 January 2004
Canberra Times
1
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(c) 2004 The Canberra Times
Entry to local universities has become tougher in 2004 with cut-off scores to rise and many University of Canberra courses to require a "considerably" higher score. Nursing at UC will require a Universities Admissions Index score of 90 or more, up from 76 last year, and the cut-off for primary teaching would also rise significantly, Vice-Chancellor Professor Roger Dean said yesterday. UC's minimum cut-off score will rise to 75, up from 73. Scores for all courses will not be known until later this week. The Australian National University's minimum score, for courses such as arts, commerce, economics and science, would rise to 80, Vice-Chancellor Professor Ian Chubb said. Cut-offs for other ANU courses might rise, but only by two to three points. Law will stay at 95. Last year's minimum was 70, for Asian studies. For arts, commerce, economics and science the cut-off was 76.
Universities will not finalise exact enrolment figures for this year until after the main round of offers of 2004 university places on January 19. However, Professor Dean predicted that UC would make about 5 per cent more offers to school leavers than it did in 2003. Professor Chubb said the ANU would make about the same number of offers as last year. In 2003, UC and ANU offered about 3000 and 2000 places respectively. They offered 1183 and 1738 places, respectively, to school leavers. Professor Dean said the substantial increase in applications from school leavers and mature age students was "very pleasing". However, the increase in demand was difficult to manage because the Federal Government wanted to decrease the number of places it funded at the university. Cut-offs could have been raised even higher - as a means of reducing student numbers - if it were not for UC's aim to ensure as many students as possible from the ACT and south-east NSW could attend the university. "That demonstrates, I think, our commitment to the region we serve," Professor Dean said. The increased demand at UC was the result of people wanting to secure a university place before higher education reforms came into effect in 2005. "It also demonstrates that UC's reputation as a university providing high quality courses with a practical, 'real world' focus, particularly in the professions, is being widely accepted within our community," he said. Nursing, education, communication and sports studies were particularly popular, but demand was strong "across the board". At the ANU, the number of applications by school leavers fell for 2004, after a 25 per cent rise for 2003. However, Professor Chubb said that it was difficult to draw useful conclusions from the decrease - and that there had been an increase in applicants who had a UAI above 80. "We're interested in the number applying with high UAI scores," he said. "It's not a bad position for us to be in ... we're fairly pleased that there's a robust demand for entry into Australia's best [university]." (Endstory) (Story #975755).
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