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SA Weekend. University of Adelaide Vice-Chancellor and President Professor Peter Rathjen AO, with Children's University Australia students Molly 11 and Miller 9 Scott in Bonython Hall. Picture: Brad Fleet

How to save SA according to Peter Rathjen

Shorter degrees, more students … and lots of coffee. Vice-Chancellor Peter Rathjen wants Adelaide University to save South Australia — in an exclusive SA Weekend profile, he explains how.

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SUNDAY TELEGRAPH - 31/10/19Year 9 students from Liverpool Girls High School pictured in the "retail classroom" where they can learn essential career skills for life after the HSC. L to R, Rosie Tupou, Aieshah Masri, Lilymaria Thomas and Princella Asiedua. (reporter to call Linda Jurcevic on 96020083). Picture: Sam Ruttyn

Young students to be told ‘uni is not the only option’

Careers counsellors will target younger students to convince them to take a trade before their parents decide university is the only option. The program will be piloted in 24 schools across south west Sydney and the north coast. FIND OUT WHERE.

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RendezView. Group of college students in the university amphitheatre, they are sitting and doing an exam. (Pic: iStock)

One in four say uni was a mistake

Widespread dissatisfaction with universities has been laid bare in a new survey, with graduates saying they are not being taught the right skills and they should have chosen vocational training instead.

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