Australian funding proposals elicit praise and protest Reforms to expand places and improve inclusivity will be hampered by ‘bureaucratic control’ and postgraduate ‘blind spot’, critics warn By John Ross 26 June
University bosses must denounce bad policy, says UA chief If compliance becomes universities’ ‘organising principle’, ambition will give way to risk management, Sheehy warns By John Ross 22 June
Deakin calls off restructure and apologises for ‘unsettling’ staff Interim leader drops plans to lose 150 jobs amid reports that announcement of process ‘blindsided’ university’s council By John Ross 18 June
AI ‘double-edged sword’ increases anxiety among students Rampant technology considered both essential knowledge and an employability threat, survey finds By John Ross 18 June
Staff demand Deakin suspend job cuts after shock v-c resignation University declines to answer questions from staff or the media, with restructure plans affecting hundreds of jobs continuing despite leadership vacuum By John Ross 17 June
Populist parties flag international education crackdown Maverick Australian politicians vow to deport dropouts and slash enrolments, as erstwhile fringe party claims the ascendancy By John Ross 16 June
Compliance ‘more important than education’ on research ethics The likelihood of investigation and the severity of punishment have most influence on whether experienced academics take a chance on dodgy research By John Ross 16 June
The risk of collaboration with China is smaller than the cost of curbing it National security is not strengthened by making Australia smaller and less attractive to scientific talent, say James Laurenceson and Wanning Sun By James Laurenceson 16 June
Two-fifths ‘unable to express views’ on some humanities courses Hitherto unpublished Australian data unpacks the institutions and disciplines where freedom of expression is particularly ‘constrained’ By John Ross 15 June
‘Inconsistent’ AI detection ‘should prompt assessment rethink’ Study finds detectors struggle to accurately identify amount of AI content when papers have been partially human written By Georgia Luckhurst 14 June
Top universities’ reliance on Chinese dollars continues to climb Chinese tuition fees contribute 35 per cent of revenue for leading Australian universities, as figures reveal ‘structural gap’ in funding By John Ross 12 June
Mental health, supervisory issues ‘taboo’ for PhD students Anonymity of social media posts highlights the subjects that doctoral candidates feel unable to discuss publicly, researchers say By John Ross 12 June
