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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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Pathologist Richard Scolyer is undergoing revolutionary brain cancer treatment.

Humble, heroic, selfless: Richard Scolyer beat the cancer odds but finally lost the battle

The world-renowned pathologist and researcher, who was joint Australian of the Year for 2024, became a familiar face nationwide after being diagnosed with an incurable brain tumour.

  • Garry Maddox
Passionate, driven and dedicated to improving outcomes for patients: Richard Scolyer at Petersham Park in February.

Former Australian of the Year Professor Richard Scolyer dies

The world-recognised pathologist survived for three years after being diagnosed with a savage form of brain cancer.

  • Garry Maddox
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The USA have always given us the ships

And appear to have maintained sub standards.

Princess Ingrid Alexandra of Norway in Surry Hills on 17 May.

Norwegian princess studying at Sydney uni returns home on exchange

Ingrid Alexandra has returned to Oslo, as her mother goes on the waitlist for a lung transplant.

  • Sally Rawsthorne and Jack Gramenz
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
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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
Professor Alex McBratney, a pioneer of global soil science who has been elected as a fellow of the Royal Society.

Robot jazz and power naps: How a Sydney soil scientist got on par with Einstein

Alex Broadfoot McBratney, a Renaissance man with a penchant for art, poetry, language and lyricism, has been elevated to the highest echelons of science.

  • Angus Dalton
The University of Sydney posted a surplus of $194 million in 2025; it is the only NSW university to report a surplus for the past seven years.

Revealed: How much your university made last year

The state’s tertiary institutions made a total of $5 billion in revenue from international students, but experts are questioning how long this can continue.

  • Sally Rawsthorne
Australia’s universities were granted over $1 billion for students that failed to materialise.

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