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Uni merger would have helped make SA a "strong prospect", says former VC

The former Vice-Chancellor of the University of South Australia says the state is unlikely to boast a world-class tertiary institution without the greater scale that a merger would have provided.

Come back Ian Hunter, all is forgiven | Uni masterclass in opacity

In today’s Notes on Adelaide, recent revelations show that South Australia’s favourite political punching bag of recent years may have been too harshly treated, and the universities go dark after their merger plans fall apart.

University merger dead after UniSA abandons talks with Adelaide

UPDATED | The proposal to create a super-university in SA has been killed off after the University of South Australia decided it was not in its interests to merge with the University of Adelaide.

Zero evidence that an Adelaide "super university" will improve outcomes

A proposal to merge UniSA and the University of Adelaide is based on flimsy evidence, writes Richard Blandy, who argues that experience across the world shows that size is not connected to greatness in higher education and research.

UniSA appoints new Chancellor

Business leader Pauline Carr has been named as the next Chancellor of the University of South Australia.

Soon to be "SA's oldest university": Flinders defiant on rivals' proposed merger

Flinders University Vice-Chancellor Colin Stirling says he won’t be joining discussions about the historic proposed merger of the state’s two largest universities and that his institution would be happy to claim the title of “South Australia’s oldest university” if it goes ahead.

University of Adelaide and UniSA in merger talks

The University of Adelaide and UniSA have announced historic talks to merge into a single university which they claim could be immediately placed within the world’s top 100 universities.