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At least start processing visas, foreign students beg, as treasury defers hopes of students’ return

Observers say the country’s universities are led by loyalists, and have long supported president by expelling opposition students and teaching pro-government ideology courses

Academics also cite immigration policies and ‘dwindling’ funding as reasons why position in country is no longer ‘holy grail’

Number crunching based on new research classifications helps pinpoint strengths and failings

Parliaments routinely seek scientific advice, but a Dutch pilot goes one step further, asking academics to directly critique what the government is proposing

Government should ‘pump in’ more resources for online infrastructure to address inequality, expert says

Humanities scholars play a crucial role in communicating with the public during Covid

Experts lament ‘death by a thousand cuts’ amid fears Covid redundancy schemes could finish off pared back programmes

Despite numerous announcements by the University of British Columbia, indigenous leaders see big talk from a big institution, but no clearer answers on finding balance

LSHTM director thinks communications failures explain why US and UK trail Vietnam and Senegal on pandemic responses 

Reform package hinges on two independent votes, after cross-party committee offered unconvincing endorsement

Australian university to proceed with disputed staff cuts but introduce element of choice

Number of campus-related infections, which was calculated using mobile phone records, has been estimated by researchers at 3,200 per day

The country would not cancel the visas of Chinese academics without good reason, says banned Australian academic Clive Hamilton

University president says C$250 million donation is ‘a tremendous shot in the arm’ and shows that donors are still willing to give during the pandemic

Jean-Eric Paquet warns that on open data, research collaboration and academic mobility, EU-China links are not always reciprocal

‘Top down’ antipathy feeds broader experience of discrimination, student representatives warn

NSW minister predicts early resumption of student flows, as states and territories develop plans for flights and quarantine

Despite challenging bilateral ties, former Australian foreign ministers say enrolments may prove resilient

Covid-19 has elevated the already considerable cyber risks universities face from without and within, Australian consultants warn

Land swap paves way for new high-rise campus, as sprawl gives way to borderless city vibe

Experts say move against extending free tuition beyond freshers reflects underlying flaws in reform

But far-right voters view the failure to reproduce results as reason not to trust science as a whole, unique survey data from Germany show

Legal proceedings over LED light bulbs could pave the way for more universities to claim royalties − and illuminates venture capital firms as potential allies

South Australian party welcomes tweaks to benefit Adelaide universities, but insists it remains uncommitted

Experts stress quick, consistent and centralised approaches, plus extra support for students and IT systems, during webinar

Hopes of an unlikely budget windfall may have spurred university chiefs’ change of heart, inquiry hears

Latest revelations continue horror week for the Australian sector

Australian forum hears that reduced ‘flow across borders’ could be an ongoing reality

Latest losses bring national coronavirus tally to about 11,000 jobs, excluding casual and fixed term positions

Australian sector must use ‘radical reset’ opportunity to refocus from grand challenges to the expertise needed to achieve them, says report

Island state university’s stance could prove pivotal, with bill’s future hingeing on Tasmanian senator’s vote

Education minister Ingrid van Engelshoven says too much research funding is now competitive, leading to intense work stress

‘Lock in’ funding boosts through legislation and abandon punitive auditing measures, Senate committee submissions say

French package to nearly double budget of National Research Agency and add extra 30,000 university places

Chinese translators the latest victims as Australia’s security state applies the thumbscrews