Australia and New Zealand

Requirements around racism, disability and transparency among new proposed benchmarks for retaining registration

The legislation must also ensure mission-based compacts protect equity, academic freedom and civic engagement, say Jesse Gardner-Russell and Richard Lee

Minister outlines vision of value over volume, amid debate over imperatives to ‘make a buck’

Quid pro quo recognition of prior learning seen as a ‘game-changing opportunity’ for Australian students and universities

Leeser promises ‘consultation’ on international education while pruning the ‘thicket of regulation’ in speech to Universities Australia conference

Visa uncertainty hampering ‘free flow’ of scholars, ambassador complains, as security experts warn of Beijing’s ‘voracious’ appetite for foreign research intelligence

Near-decade of funding instability undermining sector’s capacity to deliver for the nation, representative body claims

Universities ‘should be the gathering place where the tribes come together’ in a fraying democracy, Canberra conference hears

Lauded bench scientist-turned-administrator Anne Kelso reflects on gender balance, ‘keeping it real’ and why she left her ‘happy place in the lab’

Sudden departure of Scott Bowman follows outcry over issues in dual-sector university’s training arm

Fees and integrity checks designed for long-stay students risk decimating sector and depriving universities of future enrolments

Pastoral pragmatism reigns as Dunedin’s returning students let their hair down for infamous ‘Flo-Week’