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Sydney University has more than $5 billion in assets and posted a $545 billion surplus in 2024.

‘Simply poor management’: The truth about our universities’ finances

Amid job losses, chronic wage theft, course cutting and fee hikes, the post-COVID financial picture for universities appears grim. But the sector is in surplus.

  • Sally Rawsthorne

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As many as 87 students were caught cheating at last year’s VCE exams.

A Facebook comment caused a student to fail her subject. Now she’s in Supreme Court

A nursing student asked a Facebook group for a question about an exam she had already taken. Then she was accused of cheating.

  • Erin Pearson
International student Ariye Sunilkumar Monee says the high cost for her degree is worth it.

‘It’s worth it’: The shocking cost of degrees for international students

Ariye’s engineering masters degree will cost her $180,000 – and that’s on the cheaper end of the scale. Search our list.

  • Aidan Elwig Pollock, Craig Butt and Sally Rawsthorne
Charles Sturt’s campus in North Sydney, which is operated by Navitas– a company owned by a private equity firm.

Who is really running the university campuses in CBD office blocks?

A Menzies Research report has suggested universities are facilitating “visa hopping” to effectively grant international students work rights.

  • Christopher Harris
Summer Johnstone is beginning a dual bachelor’s degree of architecture and construction management in 2026.

Why mature-age university students are on the rise in Queensland

About 48,700 students – including 17,500 adults – have secured a place at a Queensland university after Thursday’s round of offers.

  • Catherine Strohfeldt
School-age population projections show where new schools will be needed, yet the trend towards high rise schools like Arthur Phillip High has not continued as expected.

Sydney’s high schools need to find room for 22,000 more students in the next decade. Where?

In 2016, this masthead forecast the inner-city student population would explode. This is what really happened – and what needs to happen next.

  • Christopher Harris and Sally Rawsthorne
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Search your name in our database of second-round tertiary offers

VCE graduates students who missed out on their first preference in courses, as well as interstate and mature-aged students, are among almost 14,000 people who will receive higher education offers.

  • Jackson Graham and Craig Butt
Former University of Melbourne Vice-Chancellor Glyn Davis will return to lead the institution after the tragic death of Emma Johnston.

Familiar face set to lead University of Melbourne

Following the death of Professor Emma Johnston last month, former Melbourne vice chancellor Glyn Davis will return to the role as interim leader.

  • Noel Towell
The regulator has sounded the alarm on childcare placement students

‘Like putting your child in a safety deposit box’: Regulators’ childcare fears revealed

Higher education regulators have sounded the alarm on early childhood education students, warning some are “not genuine”.

  • Sally Rawsthorne
Jack Hamilton and the Oxford men’s rugby team.

An Australian is captain of the world’s smartest rugby team

Only the brightest and the best get to study at Oxford University. No exceptions are made for their best athletes.

  • Robert Dillon