Australia and New Zealand

‘Temporary circumstances’ responsible for increased financial dominance of richest pair

Serd panellist says measures should be taken as a whole, stressing that R&D-fuelled economic development does not work without fundamental research

Australian study reveals lower salaries, inconsistent seniority levels and thwarted development opportunities for leaders appointed to oversee indigenous access

Lack of ‘suitable jobs’ for PhDs represents a ‘structural failure’ to capitalise on the ‘public investment’ in their education

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