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The University of Sydney saw a 6.6% growth in full-time domestic students, resulting in an additional $50.2 million in revenue.

NSW universities took $3.2 billion from domestic students but are still running at a loss

Full-time domestic students cost an average of $12,000 each even though they are paying for expensive degrees, a parliamentary report has found.

  • Sally Rawsthorne

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Professor Rebekah Brown, Interim Vice-Chancellor, ANU, during a Senate estimates hearing at Parliament House in Canberra on Friday 5 June 2026. fedpol Photo: Alex Ellinghausen

ANU’s $100 million drama: Effect on staff revealed in fiery Senate hearing

There were nine reported incidents at the Australian National University’s College of Arts and Social Sciences during the Renew ANU rollout.

  • Sally Rawsthorne
Michael Still has stood aside.

University chancellor stands aside as ICAC inquiry looms

The watchdog is investigating whether Michael Still and others from the University of Wollongong improperly or dishonestly exercised official functions.

  • Michael Ruffles and Sally Rawsthorne
Private schools look carefully at their HSC results.

When things go wrong inside Sydney’s most expensive schools

The HSC might not be a race, but among schools it is definitely a competition.

  • Christopher Harris
There will be three weeks of public hearings into the University of Wollongong by the ICAC

ICAC to investigate allegations of corruption at University of Wollongong

The anti-corruption watchdog will look at recruitment, contracts and conflicts of interest at the besieged university.  

  • Sally Rawsthorne
ANU is offering students bursaries to take up study.

The scandal-plagued university offering students up to $5000 to enrol

The Australian National University has been beset by controversy for 18 months. Now it is trying a new tactic to win back students.

  • Julie Hare
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Sydney University has dropped to 100 in the rankings.

‘Undermines the country’s long-term future’: More than half of Australia’s universities dive in global rankings

See how your university is ranked against its global competitors.

  • Sally Rawsthorne
Anthony Leo Parissis’s short story was among the best in the state.

‘You have some explaining to do’: The taboo story that earned Anthony HSC top marks

The work of the state’s top HSC English students has been released. You can read their stories here.

  • Christopher Harris
James Schofield, 18, is keen to study nutrition science after his HSC

University entry was the hardest it’s ever been this year. Next year will be worse

Sydney’s year 12 cohort will be affected by a major change to the way in which domestic students’ degrees are funded for 2027.

  • Sally Rawsthorne
Resilience programs have made no difference to teens.

NSW students were taught ‘resilience’. It didn’t help

Resilience has become common parlance in schools as they increasingly attempt to cater to parental anxieties around adolescent mental health.

  • Christopher Harris