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education November 25, 2023
Exclusive: Less than half Albanese’s cabinet went to state schools
As figures reveal public schools are underfunded by more than $6 billion a year, unpublished research shows politicians are twice as likely as the general public to be privately educated.
law & crime November 11, 2023
Power and violence in private school culture
The murder of a young woman at an elite private school, and the reaction from a former principal, has highlighted a broader culture of privilege in which young boys are protected from consequence or culpability.
education November 4, 2023
ACU academics stranded by department closure
A plan to save the Australian Catholic University’s accreditation has backfired spectacularly with the dismantling of its prestigious philosophy department less than five years on – leaving some of the world-class academics it courted considering legal action.
education October 7, 2023
University strikes and the profit motive
As academics strike at multiple universities, so-called sector reforms have turned what were places of higher learning and research into corporatised money makers.
education August 26, 2023
The destruction of university faculties
The power of vice-chancellors and their empires of managers and administrators are hurting our universities’ ability to provide their core service – education.
education August 12, 2023
Anger over broken pay deal for NSW teachers
NSW teachers strongly supported Chris Minns in the election. Now the withdrawal of a deal for pay rises that could help ease chronic staff shortages in public schools raises the risk of more industrial action.
law & crime August 5, 2023
Exclusive: UNSW referred to ICAC
The controversial filling of a seven-figure-salary role at UNSW Sydney has been referred to the state’s anti-corruption body.
education July 29, 2023
The anti-trans group that defeated Big W
The Women’s Forum of Australia, which has links to far-right politics, is behind the campaign pressuring big retailers to pull adolescent sex-education book Welcome to Sex from their shelves.
law & crime July 22, 2023
Exclusive: Universities axe consent program
The unease of a minority of vice-chancellors has stopped a campaign aimed at tackling sexual violence on university campuses.
education June 17, 2023
The Big Four consultants have captured universities
As fallout from the PwC scandal continues, universities emerge as another sector exploited by the largest consultancy firms.
education April 29, 2023
Huge rises in student HECS debt
Students will see their debt grow by almost $5 billion on June 1, in the largest inflation-related hike since the 1990s, as the government funding pool for tertiary places shrinks.
