The NSW state government will commit $83.1m over the next four years to help convert casual teachers to permanent employment in a bid to retain expert TAFE teachers. Currently, an estimated 48 per cent of TAFE NSW’s teaching workforce does not have permanent employment, ...

NSW treasurer Dominic Perrottet announced yesterday he is expecting final commonwealth approval for the commencement of Australia’s first pilot program for the return of international students within days.  If approved, international students are expected to return to the state within ...

The University of Sydney yesterday welcomed support from the NSW government for its proposal to create a Sydney Quantum Academy. University of Sydney vice-chancellor Dr Michael Spence said the initiative would be in partnership with Macquarie University, the University of NSW and ...

Year 12 results are almost out, meaning NSW and ACT school students are about to discover if they've achieved their #goals. One of these may be to get into USYD. Australia's first university scooped 14.84 per cent of overall preferences, per UAC figures released today. UNSW, ...

Sydney got its very own Stanford with the launch of the Sydney School of Entrepreneurship (SSE) on Wednesday. Unlike the prestigious Palo Alto tech-oriented university, however, the SSE will welcome students from all academic backgrounds. In fact, the SSE is ...

Education is Victoria’s largest export and it is the second biggest in NSW, a new report has found. The report by consultant Alan Olsen shows higher education plays a leading role in the economies of the two states. Universities Australia ...

The NSW government has moved on yearly and quarterly tickets but the push is now on for cheaper daily and weekly fares. Following a report that said foreign students were at risk of being attacked or robbed when walking home ...

Margy Osmond brings a strong background in the private sector and government to her senior NSW post. The inaugural chief executive of the Australian National Retailers Association and former head of the NSW and Sydney chambers of commerce, Margy Osmond, ...

 Nursing researchers have developed educational tools to assist primary and acute healthcare staff.  Rural acute care nurses will be targeted in an education program designed to help drive down avoidable readmissions in NSW hospitals. From February, nurses in the Murrumbidgee Local ...

Apprenticeships should focus on a fair deal and recruit only the most suitable workers and employers, according to new research on why the system is failing in New South Wales. Undertaken for the NSW Board of Vocational Education and Training, ...