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Education Minister Adrian Piccoli, Skills Minister John Barilaro (centre) and NSW Premier Mike Baird.

How to get a scholarship in two minutes

Private colleges are offering 100 per cent NSW taxpayer funded scholarships with minimal government oversight at the same time as the national regulator attempts to claw back hundreds of millions of dollars in public funding on the scandal plagued vocational education sector.

Latest education news

More funds for preschool places.

New preschool funding misses 70pc of children

The cost of childcare to the bulk of NSW families could actually increase after the government's multi-million dollar funding boost to the early childhood sector, industry sources say. 

Year 3 students sit the NAPLAN test in 2015.

The fallacy of single-sex education

A review of 1.6 million students has failed to find any advantages to single-sex education, says the former president of American Psychological Association Diane Halpern.

Top Education chief executive officer Minshen Zhu with Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull.

Education company could reap millions from visa program

The education company at the centre of a donations furore that put a halt to the front bench career of Senator Sam Dastyari is one of the greatest beneficiaries of the government's streamlined visa program, new data from the department of education reveals.

Graduation day.

Our universities' global rankings revealed

Australian universities' investment in research has driven improvement in their global rankings, according to a global higher education think tank that produces one of the most influential world university league tables, released Tuesday. 

University graduates.

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.