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Communities are not static and campuses need to be able to roll with them, conference hears

Changes to funding body’s act end its term as ‘political plaything’

While critics decry ‘attack on academic freedom and integrity’, publisher says new blood prevents journal from becoming ‘insular’

International study suggests scientists consider X, formerly Twitter, as useful for dissemination, but less so for research

‘Further cuts’ required to meet government’s net migration target, expert warns

Changing funding rules could shift the dial on open science, Australian paper argues

Crucial crossbench senators signal support, amid opposition tirades against renunciation of ministerial oversight

Competitors can be friends when government acts like your enemy, Sydney round table hears

Australian visa refusals strain credibility, as data suggest foreign students are shielding the country from recession

Scientific method can inform an inclusiveness agenda that ‘works’, says former Blair adviser

Australian institutions say new research rules are not to blame as registration delays stretch on

Commentators under fire for doing their job should remember their ‘silent’ supporters, says author of harassment survival guide

While new Australian data identify regional universities as the most inequitable payers, experts highlight the ‘different conditions and challenges’

While ministers say they have fixed predecessors’ visa processing delays, published data suggests otherwise

Care needed to avoid scaring off doctoral students and burying officials in paperwork, senators hear

Conference hears that the quality of degrees is at least as important as the quantity and the disciplines

Payment of almost £5,000 would enable doctoral graduates to refocus on the job market and avoid burnout, says Hepi-British Academy report

Coalition pledges to consider landmark Australian report ‘in detail’

Best way to stop proposed oversight body going rogue is to avoid setting it up in the first place, conference hears

Key recommendation in Australian sector review report is substantially different from its historical namesake

Education minister has an ‘open mind’, amid debate over adapted plan for levy on international students’ fees

Enthusiasm for Australia’s visionary higher education review has been tempered by the huge implementation costs – both money and time

Locals-made-good laud the potential of more accessible – and visible – universities

Long-term reform blueprint prescribes teaching, research, student support and infrastructure funding overhauls

New body will have investigative powers and ability to settle complaints when universities behave ‘unreasonably’ – including recommending fee refunds

Risk-rating system, which punishes universities for visa refusals, merely the latest form of ‘structural disadvantage’

Data highlights career benefits of higher education amid pitch for more participation

Australian study finds good prospects for research degree graduates, so long as they look beyond academia

Election result in world’s fourth biggest nation underlines the need for better understanding of its neighbour

‘We have an obligation to try something ground-breaking,’ says oncologist confronting co-Australian of the Year’s brain cancer

Uncertainty gives way to despair as new government pulls the plug on Science City and turns its back on reform process

International enrolments bear no relationship whatsoever to provision gaps in students’ home countries, study finds

As officials ward off questions about debt relief, tax office outlines the cost of changes to ‘grossly unfair’ repayment quirk

Applicants to institutions getting marked down face more processing delays

One in four institutions reaps higher average income from domestic than international students, reported data suggests

Although conditions improved following Covid lockdowns, university staff’s mental health kept deteriorating, longitudinal research finds

‘No less favourable’ provision a ‘major win’ for university staff or a handbrake on their salaries, depending on perspective

Students out of pocket as universities second-guess government policies designed to ‘reduce the net intake’

Agenda overview for THE’s Global Sustainable Development Congress 2024 is announced

Land handover entrenches Southern Cross’ sanctuary role

Government signals willingness to move on fine points of Australian Research Council bill, as opposition insists on veto rights

Incongruous Australian indexation rules to see arts students paying A$17,000 a year, unless accord’s final report produces an overhaul

Senate committee overlooks warnings of unintended consequences from Australian Research Council reform, saying bill is ‘overwhelmingly’ supported

While the world’s most populous country is a bit player in Malaysian international education, diplomatic overtures and an IIT outpost could change things

While accord recommendations that suit some universities might not suit others, overall benefit should be the litmus test, says new IRU chair

While surveys unearth positive views among New Zealand locals and international students, accommodation is a major concern in both camps

Universities Australia’s budget pitch a departure from argument that fees ‘do not deter students from undertaking higher education’

Researchers are leaving the profession in alarming numbers, but study suggests gender has surprisingly little to do with it

Unlike the institutions they work for, Australian researchers have less paperwork – but investment remains in the doldrums

Cash-strapped institutions face task of rebuilding per-student returns as well as student numbers, with earnings slashed by scholarships, offshoring and other factors

Evolving norms, expectations and laws usher both risk and opportunity for universities, according to blind law scholar

Dismissal over workload dispute ‘merely the latest ploy’ in Australian university’s long-running campaign to oust ‘conservative academic’

It might sound ‘wishy-washy’ but joyfulness can succeed where KPIs fail in supporting the institutional mission, new book argues

Kiwis dodge debt overseas, as student loan costs spiral for individuals and government alike

‘I would not accept his evidence as sufficient to establish any scientific proposition at all,’ says ruling

Good for the goose but not the gander, after college’s university-standard performance failed to earn it sub-university branding

British-born leader leaves with immediate effect after less than four years at the helm

As Canberra considers reforms to make university enrolments more inclusive and abundant, key indicators are moving in opposite direction

Resurgence of virus among vulnerable overseas students prompts calls for better awareness campaigns and pharmaceutical subsidies

Partial elimination of tuition fees could prove self-defeating by undermining the private universities that educate more than half of the country’s students