Former ABC managing director Mark Scott will have to navigate the “thinly disguised prejudice between academics and non-academic staff” when he becomes vice-chancellor.
Mark Scott will leave the NSW Department of Education to become vice-chancellor of Sydney University,despite his lack of academic background.
While 10 to 15 students were each fined $1000 for public order offences and one was arrested,the University of NSW announced it will shed 256 full time-jobs.
Sydney's leading universities have defended their relationships with China against accusations of foreign interference.
Vice-chancellor Michael Spence flagged job cuts,but stopped short of saying how many will be lost as the hit to international student revenue continues.
Your ATAR is not going to follow you around for the rest of your life. It is a measure of how you performed academically over 18 months,but that is all.
The underpayments could cost the university more than $30 million as it grapples with big financial losses due to COVID-19.
The country's top universities say the sector needs to be reformed,but smaller universities argue that will come at their expense.
Sydney University's vice-chancellor Michael Spence,a father of eight,says the education system is adaptable and teachers would get children back on track.
The students left at residential colleges have nowhere else to go,but worry their home-away-from home will be shut down
Michael Spence,who has led Sydney University for more than a decade,will step down at the end of the year to take a job in London