Australia and New Zealand

Fears country is going ‘back to the old days’ as minister declines to explain why projects blocked, and researchers wait months longer for funding decisions

Points test for permanent migration also slated for reform, as Canberra eyes new methods of curtailing numbers

Tough talk on both sides of Australian politics ‘risks further pain’ for international students and the universities that depend on them

Intervention comes two years after law change to prevent political interference, amid resurgent delays in grant processing

Higher education claims an ever-increasing share as country numbers grow beyond pre-Covid figures

This week’s budget confirmed the government’s unwillingness to improve PhD students’ dismal pay, say Jesse Gardner-Russell and Maxim Jon-Buckley

‘Independent assessor’ says Australian universities’ failure to embrace a definition of antisemitism has robbed him of a means of judging their efforts

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