Australia and New Zealand

While ‘doing an Albo’ and wiping proportion of student debt unlikely to make any difference to English graduates’ cost-of-living fears, evidence from Australia shows it was a vote-winner

Technical document, which cast doubt on methodology used in influential study, hit with legal take-down notice from Australian Human Rights Commission

Gender pay gaps worse at Australian universities than other educational institutions, as women dominate senior roles in administration but not academia

Shock decision will put off more students, say critics, with visa grant rates already plummeting

Under-fire Charles Darwin University decides to concentrate on core business after resignation of vice-chancellor

Horse-trading looms, as opposition senators reject legislation outright and crossbenchers demand changes

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