University of Wollongong defends early entry offers amid criticism of 'an appalling practice'

Kate McIlwain
Updated October 22 2019 - 7:13am, first published 7:00am
Incentive: UOW student Anna Tomlin says she believes her pre-Higher School Certificate exam offer encouraged her to work harder and helped to relieve stress. Picture: Supplied.
Incentive: UOW student Anna Tomlin says she believes her pre-Higher School Certificate exam offer encouraged her to work harder and helped to relieve stress. Picture: Supplied.

The University of Wollongong has defended its early entry program, after admissions schemes which hand out offers before Higher School Certificate exams were labelled "an appalling practice" by high school principals.

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Kate McIlwain

Kate McIlwain

Journalist

For more than a decade, I've helped the Illawarra Mercury set the news agenda across the region. Currently I'm the paper's health reporter - covering the stories of Illawarra workers and residents in the wake of a global pandemic and at a time where our health systems are stretched to the limit.

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