Vice Chancellors could include their CVs in congrats notes to Peter Malinauskas if he is premier after the election on Saturday

The Labor leader has a long-standing policy of establishing a university merger commission (CMM November 2 2020). “The harsh truth is that each of our universities alone are too small and too undercapitalised to make it into the list of top international universities,” a policy statement says.

The commission would be “headed by an eminent commissioner with higher education experience” and tasked with deciding if a merger of the three public universities is in the interest of the state economy and would serve the welfare of South Australians.

If it is then a merger, “will be a first term priority.”