Sally Rawsthorne

The University of NSW has toppled the University of Melbourne as the best-ranked Australian university in the prestigious Quacquarelli Symonds ranking survey for the first time.

The state’s corruption watchdog has the University of Wollongong in its crosshairs over allegations of poor governance.

Recruitment and an alleged plan to stack the University of Wollongong with former staff from the University of Sydney is in the anti-corruption watchdog’s crosshairs.

University executive Alyssa White asked a subordinate to “amend then timelines” around the appointment of John Dewar and the contracting of a consulting firm of which he was a partner.

Education Minister Jason Clare says more Australians will get a spot at university thanks to the reforms. But not everyone is happy.