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Elite unis lower ATARs in favour of special entry schemes
Universities are increasingly moving to US-style portfolio-based entry schemes, leading to fears they could undermine the HSC.
- by Daniella White
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‘Full-scale offensive’: Sydney University restricts all student protests on campus
Students now need permission to use megaphones and must give three days’ notice for any protests on campus.
- by Daniella White and Lucy Carroll
$1.1 billion black hole: Unis brace for loss of tens of thousands of students
New economic modelling suggests universities are facing a funding shortfall of more than $1 billion under the federal government’s crackdown.
- by Daniella White
The uni rich list: Vice chancellors on $1 million salaries revealed
Australia’s highest-paid vice chancellors are now earning six times their university’s senior professors as the union calls for an inquiry into wage theft.
- by Daniella White and Sherryn Groch
Cockroaches and balconies as bedrooms: How foreign student Valentina survived Sydney
A report has found significant problems with migration and education agents’ practices, which are often marred by high costs and incorrect advice.
- by Daniella White
Six months ago these HSC students picked their degrees. Did they make the right choice?
Passion or practicality? These students reflect on one of the biggest decisions in their young lives.
- by Daniella White
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‘Unjustifiable risk to the nation’: Elite universities lash student caps
Group of Eight universities have accused the federal government of creating a lasting legacy of political interference in higher education.
- by Daniella White
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Sydney University orders protest camp to leave
The move to disband the encampment comes almost eight weeks after pro-Palestinian protesters took over the university’s iconic quad lawns.
- by Daniella White
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Thousands of students caught cheating overwhelm university integrity departments
Experts fear a cheating black market involving international students and visa fraud is contributing to rising levels of students being caught cheating.
- by Daniella White
Man refused bail after woman allegedly kidnapped, sexually assaulted and extorted for $300,000
Yanyu Mu, 29, has been accused of kidnapping and sexually assaulting a woman in Sydney’s north-west before threatening to release photographs of the attack unless she paid $300,000.
- by Daniella White
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Floodwaters soak Sydney’s north-west as rains ease after deluge
Hundreds of residents in the Hawkesbury-Nepean Valley were issued emergency warnings to flee as the river surged above moderate levels.
- by Daniella White and Megan Gorrey
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