Formal learning ‘in decline’ as people look to online resources Despite a rebound during the pandemic, Australians increasingly shunning structured learning as AI raises questions about ‘credibility of degrees’ By John Ross 21 April
‘Beloved’ student radio station faces closure as funding pulled Launching pad for mainstream media careers appears headed off the spools amid desperate search for new funder By John Ross 18 April
Tasmania green-lights controversial university land sale Proposal for riverside Hobart campus to proceed in pared-back form after sell-off of existing base agreed By John Ross 17 April
Sack ANU council, union says, after another deficit overestimate ANU’s ‘academic performance remains strong’, university insists, amid call for governing body spill over overstated financial crisis By John Ross 17 April
Whistleblower has ‘no confidence’ in ombudsman after ANU probe Former head of music school says decision not to revisit his complaints shows system ‘worse than useless’ By John Ross 17 April
Staff numbers up, casualisation down at Australian universities While decline in insecure employment precedes anti-casualisation law, swelling workforces at most institutions contradict claims of ‘tight cost control’ By John Ross 16 April
Cash-strapped ANU spent A$170K on ‘communications stocktake’ Contract approved weeks after new leader promised to use in-house expertise and keep consultancy spending to a minimum By John Ross 15 April
University merger ‘on the cards’ in Western Australia Cost-benefit analysis ‘broadly supportive’ of amalgamation of up to three Perth universities By John Ross 13 April
Younger universities ramp up fundraising as alumni ‘less engaged’ Institutions capitalise on local interest in research to drive philanthropy, with Griffith University doubling donations over six years By John Ross 13 April
Regional universities’ city centre campuses avoid clampdown Australian government declines to follow parliamentary recommendation that rural institutions’ city outposts be investigated By John Ross 13 April
Universities trusted more than governments – and schools Higher education not the only sector facing a crisis of faith, with lack of confidence most pronounced among non-graduates By John Ross 12 April
Pan-Pacific university doubles student aid amid global fuel crisis Institution spread across 12 island nations steps up support, as Persian Gulf shockwaves reach Polynesia By John Ross 10 April
