Class of 2020: will COVID make it easier to get into university?

Year 12 is looking a bit different this year. Formals have been cancelled in Victoria and severely restricted in other states and territories. The official Schoolies on the Gold Coast has been canned and travel restrictions mean overseas gap years aren't possible.  

 

On top of the social aspects of high school, academics have been hugely disrupted affecting students’ futures after graduation. To discuss Year 12 in this COVID nightmare we talk to a current student and Catriona Jackson (Universities Australia CEO) joins us to discuss how to make university entrance fair given everyone’s been affected differently.  

 

In today's headlines:

• More than $200,000 raised to help dying Brisbane dad say goodbye to his kids
• Queensland Premier accuses Prime Minister of “worst bullying I’ve seen”
• Family of Australian men on capsized livestock ship plead with federal government to launch search
• Key Victorian MP calls for curfew to be dumped after revelations it was the Premier’s decision

 

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