An attempt to create a West Australian super-university to rival east coast academic powerhouses and boost the state’s research output is predicted to fail by higher education experts, after the vice chancellors of two out of three selected campuses rejected the move.
The long-debated prospect of a merger between the University of Western Australia, Curtin University and Murdoch University inched forward last week when the state government revealed it had set up a steering committee led by Fortescue Metals Group deputy chairman Mark Barnaba to develop a business case.
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