The Chief Executive of Ramsay Centre Professor Haines has rejected The University of Sydney's latest proposal to modify the Centre's Western Civilisation degree.

In a letter sent to USYD's Vice-Chancellor Dr Michael Spence on Thursday, Haines wrote that the Ramsay board - comprising former prime ministers John Howard and Tony Abbott - was unanimous in its decision to reject Spence's modified program. Listen to the podcast for more detail on the decision.

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After marine physicist Peter Ridd was originally awarded $1.2 million in the Federal Circuit Court for unfair dismissal, James Cook University is appealing the decision, preparing to take it all the to the High Court of Australia. Ridd has set up GoFundMe page to assist with legal fees but admits the whole process has taken a toll on him.

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Should a woman wish to study an undergraduate degree in the Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology at the University of Technology Sydney, she would see her ATAR score suddenly jump 10 points. Education editor Wade Zaglas looks at both sides of the issue.

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How can higher education institutions market themselves better to prospects? What kind of things is the average student hopeful looking for in their university of choice, and where are they getting their information? These were the kinds of questions a new QSES Domestic Student Survey wanted to ask. Chris Strods, QSES Market Research and Data Manager, joins the program.

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Of the 48,700 Australian kids in out of home care, less than 3% will go on to attend university – far below the national average. Anastasia Glushko, who became a foster kid at 12 and later an Oxford graduate, wants this to change. Founding the Why Not You project in 2016, she's working with universities to make higher education an accessible option for people like her.

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The federal government has introduced tough new legislation to tackle academic cheating at Australia's universities, especially contract teaching. To understand the issue more and what universities can do about it, Campus Review spoke to Turnitin's Academic Partnerships Manager, Anna Borek.

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