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Sally Rawsthorne

Sally Rawsthorne

Sally Rawsthorne is The Sydney Morning Herald’s higher education reporter.

UNSW has had their engineering course in Sydney recognised in the world’s top 10.

Revealed: The Australian universities boasting some of the best courses in the world

Four engineering courses have been ranked in the world’s top 10, while 13 data science and AI courses are in the global top 100. Search our table to see more.

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Specialist police from the Crash Investigation Unit will examine the fatal crash.

Man dead, toddlers taken to hospital after crash

Police were called to Dharruk, near Mount Druitt, following reports that a Subaru had hit a tree.

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The principal has been called names and threatened.

Aggressive, entitled parents to be banned from school in behaviour crackdown

Principals will be given the power to prevent those who engage in unreasonable or threatening behaviour from coming within 25 metres of school grounds and contacting teachers.

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The first of the academics made redundant in a major restructure will leave UTS next week.

Why this Sydney university is under fire from three directions

UTS is fending off problems on multiple fronts, with staff on strike, a damning report and the disappearance of a pathway for year 12s.

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An emblem for Bondi shooting victim Matilda tied on a tree in Bondi Park.

Sydney primary school student ‘celebrated’ Bondi terror deaths

The western Sydney public school’s incident is among at least 100 examples of antisemitism in schools since 2024, NSW budget estimates has heard.

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Mia Russo says there are no downsides to the early entry schemes.

Mia got early entry to the uni course of her dreams. But is it killing the ATAR?

Early offers give students and universities greater certainty, but there are fears they undermine the whole point of ranking HSC results.

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A bushfire map from NBC in 2013 suggested the entire country was going up in smoke.

What do migration debates and bushfires have in common? They both scare off foreign students

Government messaging must be consistent and disciplined because would-be students – and their governments – are reading.

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China’s ambassador to Australia, Xiao Qian, has encouraged young Australians to study and see “the real China”

‘Free flow of people’: China’s ambassador makes rare intervention in student visa debate

Both countries would benefit from more visas for international students and scholars, Beijing’s envoy says, as numbers rebound towards pre-pandemic levels.

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The average ATAR for teaching students was 71, compared to the university average of 78.

Revealed: Hundreds of school-leavers with ATARs of less than 50 offered teaching spots

A leading education academic says the ‘downward trend’ is ‘concerning’.

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Madan Pandey has absconded from the troubled Cumberland Hospital.

Man on leave absconds from troubled hospital days after two escapees allegedly kill people

The NSW government announced an “urgent review” of the Sydney hospital’s security after the fatal incidents last week.

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