'Elite not elitist': NSW unis pitch for billionaire's bequest

By Alexandra Smith
Updated December 6 2017 - 9:43am, first published November 18 2017 - 8:51pm
Paul Ramsay at the Ramsay health care agm in sydney, nsw, australia. 071120 AFR PICTURE BY PETER BRAIG.
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Paul Ramsay at the Ramsay health care agm in sydney, nsw, australia. 071120 AFR PICTURE BY PETER BRAIG. SPECIALX 75002

In the biggest philanthropic gift in the history of education in Australia, as many as 10 NSW universities are vying for the chance to offer a new western civilisation degree to be completely funded as part of a $3 billion bequest from health care magnate Paul Ramsay.

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