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Forty arts students and one engineer: What NSW politicians studied at uni

They attend university at a higher rate than their constituents, but when it comes to discipline, most MPs in the state opt for one of a small handful of subjects.

  • Cindy Yin

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Top HSC students share their university choices.

The hardest university degrees to get into, and the ones where ATARs are falling

Top HSC students share their university choices – including one for whom it’s just a back-up until he can get into an American institution.

  • Daniella White and Nicholas Osiowy
A proposed new rule is causing division at Sydney University

The radical proposal that could end Sydney Uni’s proud history of rebellion

A new rule to enforce a more civil discourse on campus has been backed by the university. It’s caused alarm within.

  • Daniella White
Exposure to microplastics has been linked with lung cancer.

‘One of the great human crises’: Warning after microplastics linked to lung, colon cancer

A major review led by a Sydney expert has sounded the alarm on the health effects of the tiny, ubiquitous pollutant.

  • Angus Dalton
The pro-Palestine encampment at the University of Sydney.

Sydney Uni’s ‘enforced civility’ is an assault on free speech – and likely unlawful

It could become one of the most restrictive campuses in the country for peaceful protest, intellectual freedom and critical debate.

  • Sarah Schwartz
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.

  • Daniella White
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Sydney University vice chancellor Mark Scott at the hearing on Friday.

Sydney Uni boss declares his job is safe as campus free speech debate rages

The vice chancellor’s comments come as the university faces a backlash for its proposed “civility rule”, which critics fear will hamper political expression.

  • Daniella White
Sydney University students Angad Chawla (left) and Helia Nateghi are part of an AI working group at the university.

Sydney Uni students allowed to use AI in radical reversal of cheating policy

The plan, to be phased in next year, will mean students won’t be banned from using AI on homework or assignments.

  • Daniella White
Australia’s anti-cheating laws are facing their first test in court.

Five students were caught cheating. Now it’s gone to court in a landmark case

The Federal Court will hear an Australian-first case after five students allegedly used a major company to cheat on their work.

  • Daniella White
Sydney University has hit out at the government.

University of Sydney attacks ‘misleading’ figures as hundreds of sector jobs go

The university has accused the government of providing misleading figures about its foreign student cohort.

  • Daniella White

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