How student debt blew out from $325 million to $3 billion
If the federal government had listened to warnings, it could have saved $3 billion.
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Sydney schools hit with 'propaganda'
NSW Labor has labelled a children's book being distributed to the state's schools by the NSW government as "propaganda" for highlighting the benefits of the government's multi-billion dollar re-development of the Bays Precinct in central Sydney.
The Sydney unis winning big from uncapped student places
Two Sydney universities are among the big winners from the demand driven system, a report reveals.
Taking the unis to the students
Building campuses offshore can be a risky business for Australia's universities. But a new invitation from India could change all that.
HSC reforms push 'progressive' issues
Students will focus on the environment, the role of women and the role of Aboriginal leaders in modern Australian history, in a set of reforms to the HSC syllabus to be announced by the Board of Studies on Wednesday.
Job ads used to hook private college students
Careers Australia, already prosecuted by the consumer watchdog, is now buying data from job ad websites to boost its student numbers.
The lurking danger parents are missing
In the past three years, 1849 people have been barred from working with children in NSW. Yet there's one group whose working with children status parents rarely check.
Is Naplan putting too much pressure on kids?
"School is not for everyone," well-meaning people kept telling Lucy Clark, as her daughter struggled in high school.
$24 million funding for 'extremist cult' schools
"Sharp questions need to be answered" about funding of schools that preach "utter hatred" of the outside world, says Labor.
Loophole could let paedophiles teach in NSW
An unvetted teacher used another's identification to gain employment in a NSW public school. He taught for two days before he was busted.
Student numbers plummet in NSW VET sector
Report finds negative perceptions of scandal-plagued sector affects enrolments as thousands of students choose to go to university instead.
Exclusive Brethren school gets record funding
A private school run by an "extremist cult" receives more in government funding per student than up to a third of the state's public schools.
Prison teachers plan 'an abdication of hope'
There's not much to do in jail, says former prisoner Ken Casey.
Dodgy educational salesmen exploit 'grey area'
Year after the watchdog stepped in, vocational education scheme rorters have learned some new tricks, allegedly falsifying English language tests and skirting bans on free laptops.