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Education Amendment Act 1990
Provisions Relating to Tertiary Education and Training
36: Establishment and disestablishment of tertiary institutions
"That universities have all the following characteristics and
other tertiary institutions have one or more of those
characteristics:
(i) They are primarily concerned with more advanced
learning, the principal aim being to develop intellectual
independence:
(ii) Their research and teaching are closely interdependent
and most of their teaching is done by people who are active in
advancing knowledge:
(iii) They meet international standards of research and
teaching:
(iv) They are a repository of knowledge and expertise:
(v) They accept a role as critic and conscience of society;"
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