article_snippet.sent: Concerns have been raised over a program which allows school students to gain entry to university without completing Concerns final year certificate - and is only being offered to pupils at a prestigious Sydney private school.
article_snippet.sent: Sydney University is running a pilot of a 17-week bridging diploma for Year 11 students at the elite school Scot's College, Fairfax Media reported, stirring fears among student groups and university staff that a program which allows school students to gain entry to university without completing their final year certificate - allows parents to 'buy' parents sons entry to Sydney University.
article_snippet.sent: a program which allows school students to gain entry to university without completing their final year certificate - was devised by Sydney University's commercial arm, Sydney Learning, and students who completed the course successfully were guaranteed places in a number of undergraduate level courses, including bachelor degrees in health sciences, liberal arts and science,  animal and veterinary bioscience, visual arts, music and oral health, or in a diploma of law.
article_snippet.sent: Minutes of a university Academic Board meeting show staff were worried over how the course was being advertised to Year 11 students 'as an alternative to completing the HSC', with 'concern noted about possible implications for Sydney University's reputation'.
article_snippet.sent: Eight Scot's students gained 'direct entry' to Sydney University after completing a program which allows school students to gain entry to university without completing their final year certificate - in 2014, according to a letter sent to parents by principal Dr Ian Lambert, while 166 students completing the HSC.
article_snippet.sent: Rose Steele, the president of the National Union of Students, told Daily Mail Australia that while it was important there were alternative pathways available for students to gain entry to university, it was 'really concerning' if a program which allows school students to gain entry to university without completing their final year certificate - was only open to students who could afford a program which allows school students to gain entry to university without completing their final year certificate -. '
article_snippet.sent: Sandstone halls: Sydney University commercial arm, Sydney Learning, has run a program which allows school students to gain entry to university without completing their final year certificate - with Scot's College.
article_snippet.sent: Pictured above is Sydney University's clocktower and the eastern range of Sydney University main building precinct .
article_snippet.sent: Daily Mail Australia approached the University of Sydney and Scot's College for comment on Monday morning.
highlights_snippet.sent: Pilot program allows students at one of Sydney's most prestigious schools to bypass the Higher School Certificate and attend Sydney University .
  
highlights_snippet.sent: Successful completion of the 17-week guarantees Scot's College students a place in a number of undergraduate courses, including law .
  