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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

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

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The humanities have taken an enrolment hit, according to the latest figures.

Students were unfazed at a $40,000 HECS debt. Years on, reality has sunk in

Students flocked to arts degrees during the pandemic. But almost four years on, alarm bells are ringing.

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George Williams wants the government to slash university fees.

Uni boss’ bold plan to slash university fees and end $50,000 arts degrees

The plan would cost the government $1.7 billion a year and result in the cost of an arts degree falling from $50,000 to $28,000.

  • Daniella White
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A page in The Settler’s Muster Book featuring the name Mary Wade. UNESCO describes the book as one of the most significant documents from the early years of British colonisation, highlighting its historical importance and untapped research potential

What Australia’s first census reveals about the country today

The handwritten account of the people – and sheep – living around Sydney in 1800 is a fascinating snapshot of early colonial history.

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The international student cap for every university has been revealed.

‘It was a shock’: The limit on foreign students for every university revealed

Vice chancellors say they were blindsided by limits that kneecap institutions that achieved strong growth this year.

  • Daniella White
Federal Education Minister Jason Clare announced the reforms on Tuesday.

Top Sydney unis are the biggest targets of the student cap. It will cost the state billions

UNSW and Sydney University will be forced to slash their international enrolments by more than 40 per cent. This is how we got here and what it means.

  • Daniella White and Matt Wade
Western Sydney University vice chancellor George Williams

Most uni bosses make more than $1 million. When this one got the job, he asked for a pay cut

Most Australian vice chancellors are paid more than $1 million. This university boss thinks that’s too high.

  • Daniella White
Some of the worst-paid graduates will have the highest HECS debts.

Degrees that lead graduates to the biggest pay packets revealed

Students have been urged to consider potential earnings compared with the cost of their university degrees and long-term HECS debt.

  • Daniella White

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