Australia and New Zealand

Modern research infrastructure runs on specialist expertise, but Australia’s job classification framework hasn’t caught up. The result is a major injustice – and a threat to recruitment and retention, say Pat Metharom and Sach Jayasinghe

Home-grown data storage could hamper ‘global cybergangs’ and boost productivity as well as security, according to former cabinet minister

Treasury also implements A$11 million levy to fund National Student Ombudsman, and ‘enhanced security’ of student visa applications

Latest tranche of financial accounts depicts a sector in hearty financial health, despite policy volatility

Cornish engineer specialising in the properties of food bites off leadership role at capital city university

Visa cost and ‘complexity’ among the factors pushing students away from traditional education destinations, survey finds

New figures highlight contribution of international education – and danger of shutting it down

Students will no longer be given money off in final year as coalition minister calls policy ‘wasteful spending’

Embattled leader warns interference was making her work untenable, but opponents say regulator’s actions are warranted

With data potentially stolen from 200 million users at 9,000 institutions worldwide, staff and students told to be alert for more sophisticated attempts to steal data

Strategy statement seen as another step towards harmonisation with VET, as Atec marks the ground for compact negotiations

Better understanding of state-sanctioned hostage-taking seen as being in academics’ personal as well as professional interests, amid increased targeting of researchers