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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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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
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
Santa Sabina College students Tanisha Chari and Rochelle Dias achieved perfect scores of 45 in the IB.

‘Cheering out of happiness’: The year 12s who received perfect IB scores

Some 827 NSW International Baccalaureate students received their results on Tuesday morning, ahead of HSC results being released on Wednesday. 

  • Daniella White
UNSW has signed a deal with ChatGPT

It was called a ‘cheat bot’. Now, this uni is paying for students to use it

The deal with the US-based technology company would give access to students and academics to a special version of ChatGPT.

  • Daniella White
Universities are closing applications in anticipation of the government’s international student caps

‘Mad rush’: Unis block foreign applications amid record student arrivals

A record number of international students entered the country in September ahead of the proposed international student caps due to take effect in January.

  • Daniella White
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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
UNSW has received its largest ever donation.

The big business of university philanthropy: UNSW lands largest ever donation

Big universities are increasingly relying on philanthropy to fund major projects.

  • Daniella White
Roadside drug-driving tests have expanded, but to nowhere near the scale of random breath tests.

Drug-driving rates are soaring, but it’s not just down to extra testing

Remember the ad campaign, “If you drink then drive, you’re a bloody idiot”? It’s time to think about a drug-driving campaign.

  • Milad Haghani
A new study suggests there is racial bias in how academics respond to students.

Staff at these top unis were found to favour white students. Then came the threatening calls

Academics responded more positively to emails from prospective students named “Melissa” compared to “Rahul”.

  • Daniella White

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