Denise Bradley has backed talks on uniting between the universities of Adelaide and South Australia. Professor Bradley led the higher education inquiry which created the demand driven system and is a former VC of the University of South Australia.

“I am delighted that the two institutions are talking about merger. The opportunities for a new university, building on the strengths of each are boundless.

It is a move which is right for the time and I congratulate the two VCs and the chancellors for their readiness to look so firmly to the future and not be held back by the rivalries of the past,” Professor Bradley told CMM.