Jason Clare
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The $1 billion spent compensating universities for students who weren’t
Search our table to see how much of the $1 billion compensation your university was given.
- Sally Rawsthorne
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Three ‘IS brides’ arrested after returning to Australia
Three Islamic State-linked women have been arrested, one of whom has been charged, after arriving back in Australia and face jail time for alleged slavery offences and travelling to proscribed zones.
- Matthew Knott, Mostafa Rachwani and Cassandra Morgan
‘Complete joke’: Efforts to reduce funding wait times ends with longer blowout
A long campaign to improve Australia’s sclerotic research bureaucracy has culminated in an extraordinary blowout to grant approval times, leaving scientists despondent.
- Liam Mannix
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- University
Revealed: Hundreds of school-leavers with ATARs of less than 50 offered teaching spots
A leading education academic says the ‘downward trend’ is ‘concerning’.
- Sally Rawsthorne
Trouble getting your kids to school? So do many Australians
Since the pandemic, a lot of Australian students are missing school, but programs like Hands On Learning have helped students like Mimi Highgate re-engage, and even find a sense of belonging.
- Nicole Precel
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- Schools
State’s ‘accounting tricks’ shortchange schools by $1.37 billion
The Victorian government is accused of a huge underspend on government schools.
- Noel Towell
They make the Beckhams look like a happy family: Clare
The hits keep coming for the Liberal and National parties with Education Minister Jason Clare comparing their falling out to that of the Beckhams.
‘Disappointment, anger, betrayal’: Amid condolences, the Bondi blame game continues
The rancour of question time was suspended, and tears were shed. But a parliament without politics was too much to ask for, even on a day suffused with grief.
- Matthew Knott
Sydney Uni singled out to get no extra international students next year
The sandstone university was the only institution to be knocked back in its bid to host a share of 17,500 extra foreign student places.
- Natassia Chrysanthos
Revealed: The date HECS debts will be slashed by 20 per cent
The federal government has announced when the ATO will begin processing legislated cuts to student debt.
- Nick Newling