Uni of Sydney proposes ATAR overhaul
The university admissions system needs to be overhauled so high-achieving students do not feel they are "wasting their potential", the University of Sydney argues.
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The 180 schools in NSW stretched beyond capacity
More than one-third of NSW schools are full and 180 are operating over capacity, a NSW parliamentary inquiry has heard.
Private school bans social media app that 'sexualises' young girls
Musical.ly, an app that allows users to make short videos of themselves lip-syncing to pop songs might sound harmless, but Wenona School on Sydney's north shore has banned the app over concerns about child safety and "highly sexualised dance moves".
The truth about university rankings
The Good Universities Guide is released Monday, and in it, prospective students and their families will get a very different picture of Australia's top universities.
Simon Birmingham outlines private college crackdown
Fly-by-night private colleges with high drop-out rates are set to lose access to taxpayer subsidies under a federal government plan to "smash" the business model of dodgy operators.
It's war for the city's flagpoles
On Saturday, the main western thoroughfare out of the City will become a sea of prospective students.
'You have to think of the children': Why a teacher was frozen out
The anti-discrimination board has taken up Blaise Harris's case.
Parent warns of private schools 'double-dipping' over fees
Parents beware: if you want to change your private school child to a new school next year, your time is running out.
Beefed-up authority will have power to close NSW schools
A powerful new education authority will have the ability to close dodgy schools and conduct random inspections.
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.