http://www.thepunch.com.au/author-bios/tom-alegounarias/ Tom Alegounarias was appointed President of the Board of Studies NSW in June 2009. Tom is also the NSW nominee to the Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority Board (ACARA). He was previously the founding Chief Executive of the NSW Institute of Teachers and before that, Director of Equity and General Manager of Strategic Policy for the NSW Department of Education. He believes quality of curriculum and teaching underpin equity and opportunity for all students. en Copyright 2012 The Punch penberthyd@newsltd.com.au penberthyd@newsltd.com.au Sat, 26 May 2012 20:00:40 +0000 Sat, 26 May 2012 20:00:40 +0000 Politics, opinion, world news, sports news, latest news, views, Barack Obama, Kevin Rudd, Julia Gillard, Nathan Rees, Malcolm Turnbull, Peter Garrett, Barnaby Joyce, Australian, federal politics, opinion polls, election, The Punch, thepunch, punch ExpressionEngine 1.6.7 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 15 http://www.thepunch.com.au/images/punch-logo-rss.png http://www.thepunch.com.au/ 144 70 Politics, political opinion, world news, sports news and the latest news and views updated live, daily on The Punch - Australia's best conversation. Search The Punch keywords http://www.thepunch.com.au/search/ http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/hsc-could-be-the-saviour-of-our-university-entry-system/ The world changed for our universities with the release of the Bradley Review earlier this year.  One of the most significant changes is that universities will have to meet targets to increase their ‘participation of low socio-economic status students’.  In other words, they must increase the number of kids from disadvantaged backgrounds gaining university degrees. This will put pressure on the way universities traditionally select school-leavers for courses – by ranking every Year 12 student on a percentile scale with a system called the Australian Tertiary Admission Rank, or ATAR. feedback@thepunch.com.au (Tom Alegounarias) Article http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/hsc-could-be-the-saviour-of-our-university-entry-system/#comments http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/hsc-could-be-the-saviour-of-our-university-entry-system/#item1292 Wed, 23 Sep 2009 19:15:30 +0000 Tom Alegounarias | Author bios | The Punch