Why Sydney’s South by Southwest festival feels like a public snub to the city’s western suburbs
Arts

Why Sydney’s South by Southwest festival feels like a public snub to the city’s western suburbs

Western Sydney has always felt like the city’s poor cousin,but the announcement to bring the global music and talks festival South By Southwest to the inner suburbs has sparked criticism amid confirmation of a geographic funding divide.

  • byLinda Morris

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‘We’ll lose a campus and get nothing’:Anger as uni sells once-public land
Property development

‘We’ll lose a campus and get nothing’:Anger as uni sells once-public land

The state government gave Western Sydney University land to open a Bankstown campus,but now the university is developing and selling it,angering locals.

  • byJordan Baker
University students went to an in-person lecture this week. They actually liked it.
University

University students went to an in-person lecture this week. They actually liked it.

Academics across Sydney’s universities are grappling with how to engage students – and not everyone agrees on the solution.

  • byChristopher Harris
Bayside council joins residents in fight against Haileybury expansion
Schools

Bayside council joins residents in fight against Haileybury expansion

Haileybury’s plan to demolish heritage homes and expand its Brighton campus had already raised the ire of 120 neighbouring residents. Now the local council has voiced its concerns.

  • byAdam Carey
Can Sydney’s ‘third city’ live up to the hype?
Planning

Can Sydney’s ‘third city’ live up to the hype?

Over 114 hectares near Sydney’s second airport,the government is starting to build a 22nd-century city. But will it work?

  • byMichael Koziol
Uni bosses move to ‘protect’ HSC as early offers set records
Education

Uni bosses move to ‘protect’ HSC as early offers set records

Tens of thousands of university offers were made before this year’s HSC,leading to concerns that some Year 12 students were slacking off before the exams.

  • byLucy Carroll