Susan and Garry Rothwell pictured in North Sydney following the announcement of their gift to the University of Sydney. They chose the location because they admire the new Victoria Cross metro station.

$40 million gift to a school where love and architecture bloomed

A new precinct at the University of Sydney will cater for a rise in enrolments.

  • Julie Power

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John Keane (centre) and Nick Riemer (right) at a rally ahead outside the Federal Court last year.

Defining the intifada and testing Australia’s racial hate laws

A linguistics expert and a political scientist are being sued over a series of social media posts in a case that will test the nation’s hate speech laws.

  • Sally Rawsthorne
AUJS’ Liat Grenot says there is a fear around disclosing Jewish identity and “It’s just impossible to tell what someone’s reaction will be.”

‘You are a child killer’:Inside the Jewish university experience

Two recent incidents,in which Jewish students were verbally abused on separate Sydney university campuses,have called into question whether they are safe.

  • Sally Rawsthorne
Anna Funder’s new role is Professor of Practice for Creative Writing at Sydney University.

Newly appointed USyd professor Anna Funder knows fascism when she sees it. And she sees it in the White House

Acclaimed author and Miles Franklin prize winner Anna Funder has been appointed as a new Professor of Practice in Creative Writing. She’s on a mission to remind us of the power of human stories in the era of AI slop.

  • Jacqueline Maley
UTS-based community radio station 2SER is on the brink.

Sydney community radio station 2SER could shutter in July as funds run out

The radio broadcaster could close its doors after more than 45 years,having failed to secure rescue funds after one of its two main financial backers walked away.

  • Calum Jaspan
Daniel Yacoel has found his mental and physical health have improved since ending his medicinal cannabis prescription four months ago.

The $300 a week medicine Daniel feels better without

Daniel Yacoel is one of hundreds of thousands of Australians prescribed medicinal cannabis for a mental health condition but there is little evidence it works.

  • Angus Thomson
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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.

  • Sally Rawsthorne
Scientists have mapped Sydney’s radioactivity for the first time.

Scientists mapped Sydney’s radiation. One busy suburb stands out

Soil samples and gamma ray readings have resulted in the first map of Sydney’s radioactivity.

  • Angus Dalton
Has AI led to the death of contract cheaters?

Did AI kill the contract cheater?

As the use of the new tech becomes increasingly palatable to universities,the ways in which students cheat is changing.

  • Sally Rawsthorne
Sydney University has more than $5 billion in assets and posted a $545 billion surplus in 2024.

‘Simply poor management’:The truth about our universities’ finances

Amid job losses,chronic wage theft,course cutting and fee hikes,the post-COVID financial picture for universities appears grim. But the sector is in surplus.

  • Sally Rawsthorne