Every few years somebody mentions that merging universities in Adelaide is worth considering, which gives everybody else the chance to rule it out. As Peter Rathjen, new VC of the University of Adelaide now knows. Local daily The Advertiser gave him a run, saying mergers were worth thinking about, on election eve – but the idea did not even make it off North Terrace before the other unis nixed it.
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