Australia and New Zealand

Committee mulls amendment of threshold standards as new report highlights how ARC-funded researchers continue to collaborate with likes of Iran and Russia

After belatedly associating with the world’s biggest research funding scheme, authorities are keen to ensure success

Higher education dominates post-Covid recovery, as vocational enrolments remain suppressed

Even though defaulting debtors risk arrest at the airport, ‘campaigns’ to recover student loans net surprisingly meagre returns

Dependants and visa-hoppers reportedly in the frame of looming crackdown, as rejection rates remain at near-record levels

Intellectual disagreements, broader societal problems and ‘governance 101’ are being misconstrued as blunders, Carolyn Evans claims

Senate committee inquiry blocked and stakeholder objections ignored, as ‘wide-ranging’ powers become law

Democratic role needs protection from ‘creeping regulation’ and ‘populist backlashes’, says legal scholar

Threat highlights uncertainty for dual-sector universities, with twice as many masters holding the purse strings

Several Australian universities pause applications from Iran but say government unclear over whether students from sanctioned countries banned

Weaker earnings prompt stock sell-off, as survey by Navitas reveals ‘unintended consequences’ of policy changes

Government amendments as bill passes first stage ‘fix minor drafting errors identified by my department’, minister explains