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The report said 13 students were stripped of their degree.

The Sydney university students submitting fake medical certificates

There were more than 3000 breaches of academic integrity rules at one institution last year as hundreds of students were failed for cheating.

  • Christopher Harris

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Detectives charged a woman for a series of alleged cyber hacks on Western Sydney University.

Sydney student allegedly hacked university databases over ‘personal grievances’

The woman’s plot to get cheaper campus parking escalated to threats to sell student data on the dark web, police allege.

  • Josefine Ganko
The program is helping to bring Roua Elbashety one step closer to her dream of being a nurse.

The Sydney program taking Roua closer to her dream of being a nurse

For many refugees living in western Sydney, feeling a lack of support is common. But an education program proposes to change that.

  • Ellie Busby
A rivalry over who gets to be the voice of western Sydney is intensifying.

Inside the fight to represent western Sydney

As more funds are poured into one half of Sydney, key voices for its development have emerged. Who are they? And what do they want?

  • Anthony Segaert, Mostafa Rachwani and Ellie Busby
Cindy Wang is making the shift to aviation, thanks to a new micro-credential.

Cindy was a graphic designer. Now her aviation career is about to take off

Western Sydney Airport is set to open next year and generate thousands of jobs in coming years. For some, it presents an opportunity for a career change.

  • Ellie Busby
More analysis and data will help resolve the game of chance in matching education to skills.

Young people are turning away from higher education. Now’s our chance to change that

Australia needs more students graduating from university to support new industries and emerging jobs. The Albanese government has a gild-edged opportunity to reset the sector.

  • George Williams
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Medical student Daniel Ouyang.

Daniel wasn’t coached for his medical school test. But too many of his peers were

The group which administers the medical school exam for year 12 students has removed a section due to its “high coachability”. Try it yourself.

  • Christopher Harris
Cassandra Pride completed a masters in education at La Trobe.

‘Nothing in my degree to prepare me for that’: Why student teachers face big changes

Australian universities have until the end of the year to overhaul more than 280 teacher training courses.

  • Lucy Carroll
The executive pay bill of universities has been revealed.

Highest university executive pay packets revealed as crackdown looms

Institutions are spending more on top management staff and almost 200 people are taking home salaries of $500,000 or more a year.

  • Daniella White
Children playing in toxic firefighting foam in the backstreets of Kellyville, circa 2001.

Fears for schools, daycares: The 500 sites yet to be tested for forever chemicals

It could take 50 years to investigate all the potentially contaminated sites across Sydney and the rest of NSW, an inquiry has heard.

  • Carrie Fellner

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