Isabella Juriya knew she wanted to be an engineer from an early age. But she had a moment of doubt when she looked around at all the male faces on her first day at Sydney University.
For the first time, more than 10,000 pieces of international research have been pulled together to show NSW teachers what works - and what doesn't - in the classroom.
The highlight of Harry Bottero's school day is hanging out with his friends in a virtual quadrangle.
Yuan Wang, of Castle Hill, was looking for a biology tutor for her Year 12 son Benjamin Huang. Paul Leone, of Castle Hill, was a science graduate with a distinction average looking for work. It took her about 30 seconds to find him, and he lived five minutes away.
An innovative centre that has helped teachers learn how to use technology in the classroom as well as run student bootcamps in robotics and coding is being closed by the Department of Education.
After struggling to find a new job in Brazil for nearly two years, Jaqueline Menezes decided to quit her job as an accountant and move to Sydney to continue studying.
This summer holidays, instead of the more traditional cricket or tennis camps, thousands of kids as young as 6 or 7 will be holed up in front of computers at privately-run coding and robot camps.
Seven schools have tumbled out of the top 10 on this year's higher-level English merit list, while for higher-level maths, a new rising star has leapt an astounding 65 places to storm into the top 10.
In a country town at the edge of the Warrumbungles in NSW's north west, a tiny high school is punching well above its weight in the HSC.
Grace Corr won't have to miss out a year working to fund her studies after receiving a Wakil scholarship.
Find out how your friends, children and students did here, as ATARs are released across the state
Nathalie Teh nearly had a heart attack, twins took home nearly identical marks, and Alana Adamus' cat was as nervous as she was.
Find out how your friends, children and students did here, as we countdown to the top schools in the state.
Selective school James Ruse Agricultural High School has taken out the first spot in the Higher School Certificate for the 21st consecutive year.
This list celebrates the students who scored 90 or above in 10 or more units in the HSC.
NSW Education Minister Adrian Piccoli has warned that Australia should not try to emulate the high-pressure student environments of high-performing countries where private tutoring is endemic.
Type in your school's name to see where it ranked in the 2016 HSC.
At 14-years-old Hicham Jansiz fled Homs, a city the Syrian civil war has burned to rubble, at 16 Hicham waited in a refugee camp thinking only of water and the food he could not eat.
As Year 12 students across the state await their HSC results tomorrow, 124 got the good news early: they had topped the state in a subject.
It's HSC results week. Here's all you need to know about changes to ATAR as a result of a Fairfax Media investigation.
More than half of NSW year 9 students would fail at the first hurdle to get their HSC based on this year's NAPLAN results, released in full today.
He outraged the world by hiking the price of an essential drug by more than 5000 per cent.
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