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Single system for accessing skills training and higher education would remove longstanding barriers between the two, lobby group claims

With international students flocking here in record numbers, administrators deny they are enrolling foreigners to ‘offset’ domestic declines

While few dispute the need to increase the quantum, opinions differ over how to share the spoils

While pundits predicted international woe from border closures, accounts suggest waning domestic demand is doing the damage

‘Regional differentiation’ could help overcome ‘horrific gap in educational attainment’, says non-metropolitan network

As inflation soars and funding lags, administrators look for salvation in looming budget

Staff at more institutions vote for industrial action, as enterprise negotiations drag on

Australian survey results consistently show that employers have more regard than graduates for the job-preparation attributes of degrees

‘Ideological capture’ of research and clampdowns on dissent are spreading, argues Peter Boghossian

Boosting disadvantaged Australians’ share of university places requires biggest contributions from institutions already pulling most weight, study finds

Experts predict a race between institutions to show progress on Communist Party building and ideological activities

Inconsistent policy settings dislodging ‘financially constrained’ Australians from university study

The bigger they are, the harder they fall, as financial market pendulum swings back

Australia’s underwhelming success in making university enrolments more equitable underlines the need to ‘address schooling’, forum hears

While scores of doctoral students have at long last received permission to travel Down Under, the waiting list is long

Focus on jobs and commercialisation inconsistent with sector’s ‘intrinsic purposes’, says Simon Marginson

As Australia pins workforce hopes on generous post-study work rights, research suggests universities must improve careers services

Freezing graduate debt and raising repayment thresholds could disadvantage those who never went to university, Australian departments say

Demands of part-time jobs lead some students to settle for lower grades, with balancing commitments now biggest source of stress

China studies programmes and language courses are on the decline, just as understanding of the superpower is needed most

As well-connected academic prepares to take the helm at her alma mater’s branch campus, she reflects on the opportunities – and challenges – for the institution and the nation

Broad agreement on the impacts of loan repayment arrangements, but less agreement on the remedies

Fluctuating foreign fee flows helped fuel Australian sector’s addiction to sessional staff

Australian move to deny government subsidies to students who bomb out makes things worse for them, and no better for taxpayers

Australian institutions suspend recruitment from India’s north, just as politicians and vice-chancellors launch charm offensive

Disquiet as sandstone university hires interstate corporate lawyer to bargain on bosses’ behalf

As Deakin plans first overseas outpost on Indian soil, it says the learnings will flow both ways

Top-ranked institution joins UNSW, Wollongong and others in expressing support for indigenous voice to Australian parliament

Analyses find mounting debt is hindering people’s ability to buy homes and have children – with women disproportionately affected

As the political currents enter a more favourable cycle, pan-regional institution’s boss looks to begin repair job on ‘regional’ campuses

While safety warnings have been used as political barbs, the latest one alerts students to legitimate threats

Union endorsement proves crucial, as direct pitches to staff falter

While analysts fear cost and debt blowout, loan scheme architect says it can work with careful design

Buyer displays ‘confidence’ in Australasian student flows, as vendor exits region

Australian armed forces need new blood but are also keen on exchange, says Tanya Monro

But shadow minister laments slow reforms, ‘contradictory’ foreign influence positions and access policies that ‘set students up to fail’

‘Mother of ERA’ now charting its demise, as the ‘law of diminishing returns’ prompts a rethink

All options on the table as Australian accord seeks ideas before the ‘hard work’ of implementation begins

Almost 400 bachelor’s and master’s courses attracting enhanced post-study rights named as term-time working hours limit extended

Union calls for criminalisation of ‘wage theft’ with jail time for worst offenders

Number of postgraduates heading overseas after completing studies at elite institutions still below pre-pandemic levels

Legal action seen as ‘the only way’ to force universities to stop ‘divesting responsibility’, senate committee hears

Focus on volume risks harming student experience and hoped-for revenues may not materialise, report warns

Government backs parliamentary committee’s calls for action but promises ‘positive partnership’ with the sector

Data show wealthy students benefit disproportionately from NZ$200 million annual borrowing holiday

But some applications remain in too-hard basket, while others suggest universities have let their guard down

Big Group of Eight institutions got bigger while others suffered, exacerbating ‘David and Goliath scenario’

Clearer permanent residency pathways may not favour international students in Australia

Snap adoption of new teaching model, after half a century of gestation, shows that universities can get things done quickly

Warning of ‘stranded funding’ as bureaucrats bend the rules of a programme with too many goals

Country should strive to be more than a student hub, says second-term minister

University leaders should not outlive their ‘shelf life’, suggests Nobel laureate vice-chancellor

Australian regulator advises against shortcuts, such as recruiting moonlighting big hitters, as universities confront new research quality benchmarks

Special circumstances observed in snap reversal of Beijing’s stance on distance learning

Face-to-face classes suspended yet again as downpours dampen return to normality

Beijing’s abolition of Covid-era concession expected to spur international enrolments while generating logistical migraines

Living allowances become key part of the recruitment pitch, as universities battle for research students and students wrestle with inflation

Students, universities, investors and governments grapple for answers as Australian housing costs skyrocket and availability plummets

Financially troubled University of the South Pacific was left with £29 million black hole when leadership fell out with biggest member state

Fraud and fabrication are not rarities, suggests Australian survey of early career scholars