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Special Arrangements for Polytechnic Students

Title	Special Arrangements for Polytechnic Students
Overview	Describes arrangements made to enable the articulation of students from specific South East Asia Polytechnics into New Generation Undergraduate course
Key Words	Credit, poly, admission, articulation pathway
Scope	New Generation Undergraduate courses
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Approved by	Academic Board
Date approved	20 May 2008
Start Date	September 2008
Date for review	September 2009
Business Owner	Office of the Provost
Contact Name/extension/email	Michael Coyle/40524/mfcoyle@ unimelb.edu.au

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