Educational Leadership

The university will consider tougher intake rules for Chinese students after a huge surge in fraudulent admissions was uncovered last year.

Academics are blocking an attempt by the University of NSW management to publish information about how satisfied students are with their courses, saying it would break a promise not to identify academics and create the potential for courses and teachers to be ranked.

But the university argues students’ opinions about their experience should be given greater emphasis, and that they should be allowed to find out how fellow students feel about the quality of a course and the relevance of its content.

The number of international students living in Australia will halve, dropping by up to 300,000 by mid next year, if international borders remain closed.

Shore School in North Sydney has been investigating a document coined the "Triwizard Shorenament" which sets out tasks for Year 12 boys to complete to earn points.

The document includes a series of challenges for students that range from a "sack whack" — hitting other people's testicles — to taking illicit drugs on the Harbour Bridge, getting arrested and drinking to excess.

Headmaster Timothy Petterson said his school "unequivocally condemns the activities detailed in the proposed scavenger hunt".

Premier Gladys Berejiklian says recent poor results mean it's time to change how children are taught.

TAFE NSW, a vocational education and training provider for professionals in New South Wales, has in the space of 14 months spent over $6 million on external consultants, sparking criticism at a time

A consultancy giant was paid $1.4 million to "assess the role and purpose of TAFE NSW".

Western Sydney University is in damage control after sending hundreds of emails congratulating prospective students for being accepted into its Bachelor of Health Science degree — including those who had never applied.

The new physics syllabus for year 11 and 12 students in NSW contains no mention of specific women who have contributed to the field, nor their work.

A revolutionary new state school will open in Sydney's north next year.

The NSW government will review the K-12 curriculum over the next 18 months. Simplistic approaches may suggest reducing the number of subjects, but this would be a backward step.

The national literacy and numeracy tests are the most severely misused instrument in education and have spawned a teach-to-the-test cottage industry, NSWs higher school certificate is dead but wont fall over and the curriculum is not fit for purpose.

The ample supply of instant coffee is just one reason Gateway Community High in Carlingford has a long waiting list.

The University of NSW has launched a review of wide-ranging allegations surrounding several taxpayer-funded studies into ageing from scientists at Australian and overseas universities.

Leaked documents expose the secret calculations the NSW Catholic school system is using to divert millions of dollars in government funding from poor to rich schools. And data suggests it could be happening in other states.

Eight years after a group of parents began campaigning for a new high school in the city, Inner Sydney High School finally opened its doors.

A new vocational course will help equip Liverpool’s future workforce with essential skills as plans get underway to create a world-class health and education precinct in the city centre.

TAFE NSW will deliver a Statement of Attainment in Medical Administration for 21 students from John Edmondson, Ashcroft and Miller high schools.

The course aims to create a pipeline of skilled workers with the anticipated growth of the city’s health and education sector.

Year 10 students will learn practical skills such as labelling specimen samples, ordering medical equipment, using a blood pressure machine and assessing patients in a new simulated medical surgery at TAFE NSW’s Liverpool campus.

There will be no timetabled classes, no exams and no ATAR at the end of year 12 for students at a new independent high school in Sydney's west.

The 'Apollo' classes for year 10 students began this year to help students get better at directing their project-based learning before they enter the HSC.

Teachers at TAFE campuses in Sydney and regional NSW say they have had to bring their own toilet paper to work and staff are having to barter for stationery.

Public school teachers are working longer hours, which they believe will have a negative impact on their ability to teach students.