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Tanya Plibersek proposes accord with political opponents, while former Liberals accuse ex-colleagues of lacking leadership

Education minister concedes impact of plummeting international enrolments, but says things would be worse without intervention

EY ‘thought experiment’ probes a 2030 where teaching costs have evaporated and universities have lost their primacy

Access and safety in the one package, as island nation banks its Covid management success

Voluntary principles may be a fait accompli, with chancellors who endorsed them also sitting on remuneration committees

Australian epidemiologists pressed to defend unscientific aspects of lockdowns, as politicians exaggerate the evidence base

Vice-chancellors acted like fawning retail attendants in Pretty Woman, former prime minister says

Sydney and UNSW vow to collaborate more, while shrugging off snarky stereotypes

Pal Ahluwalia to run multi-country university from Samoa, as audit clears management of breaches

Asia operations are either being expanded or newly opened as the countries' universities aim to keep students engaged and enrolled

Many might be digital natives, but students warm to academics’ warts-and-all e-learning efforts

Whitlam and HECS fostered a ‘social psychology’ of indifference towards higher education, Australasian conference hears

Thousands of university students are now living under strict quarantine rules to meet local regulations

Continuing students slow to return despite government green light, while visa applications from first-timers are binned

Education minister cites buoyant student experience ratings as evidence of the country’s ‘fundamentals’

Course cut critics castigate Australian institution for using data selectively, as sociologists elsewhere watch on nervously

Investment in education services provider IDP set to pay multimillion-dollar dividends as students use its language tests to head to Canada and UK

Comparison websites on the way as admissions centres reinvent their services amid emerging needs and demographic change

While humanity’s coexistence with nature is not always harmonious, Cosmos Prize winner says it can be hard to pick the aggressor

Departing Australian human rights commissioner expects v-cs to be among the students of his new AI ethics initiative

Discussion document seeks feedback on vision of international education Utopia

Traditional worries like cost and job prospects trump would-be international students’ safety and travel concerns, survey finds

Campaigners at Boğaziçi University say their victory could inspire others – but also fear a harsher crackdown under a new appointee

Formalised defence R&D ties could recoup one-quarter of the research funds lost from Australia’s ailing international education industry

Veterinary schools lead campaign protesting regulatory obstacles applied to an array of food-related genomic research

New study raises questions over validity of single studies and suggests detailed tracking of researchers’ decisions during analysis

Sydney academic orchestrated campaign after striking resistance to course closure

Controversy over honorary degree granted by Edith Cowan University highlights the risks of awarding so many

Economist’s ordeal highlights the risks of lone advisory roles in unstable countries

Notwithstanding their generosity in 2020, most university leaders will be back to seven-figure earnings as the crisis really bites

Research teams worked separately to investigate similar problems when combined studies might have delivered meaningful results

Hundreds of roles at risk as fresh wave of coronavirus restrictions sweeps across country

Paid time off for gender affirmation among the latest categories of special purpose leave demanded of universities

Years of restrictions have stymied scholars’ work on topics such as the Algerian war of independence, and a new law could cement this lack of access

Four different datasets, four different stories: Australian university staffing statistics ‘impossible to reconcile’

Frustrated by rises in publishers’ article processing charges, the country wants to expand non-commercial journals instead

Pandemic could reverse gender-equity advances in Asia-Pacific region, researchers warn

Viruses are much more predictable than governments, summit hears

Australian regulator allows Perth institution to address its problems behind closed doors

Scholars say that the new institute, whose remit describes the genocide as ‘baseless’, will lack credibility

Australian university limits journals accepted for doctorates amid mounting concern among academics

Women leave STEM at transition stage from university to work, Australian study finds

Authorities probe competition implications, as plagiarism giant insists it needs scale to meet customer demands

City state’s first university of the arts to be the more than the sum of its parts

Academics bemoan softly-softly reforms to ‘fundamentally broken system’

In unprecedented comments ahead of federal elections in September, Anja Karliczek applauds university that shuttered its institute

Research uncovers tipping point in distant relations between overseas and local learners

Normally static sector’s landscape sees uncharacteristically rapid change as new standards take effect

Eminent judge’s departure follows Australian university’s decision to fund new campus development while discarding staff

Incoming Australian vice-chancellor no stranger to foreign revenue challenges because he deals with same issues in current job

Performance can help explore academic questions, say advocates, but the field still lacks full acceptance in the corridors of power and policymaking

Australian report warns that students and academics alike are learning to stay silent

Alumnus and established academic to take the helm at highly ranked university

Wave of money is ‘truly unprecedented’, says Italian rectors’ head, but some worry the money is too focused on technology transfer and that national plans overlap

Restrictions reimposed as isolated infections trigger domino effect

Australian state’s audit reveals that the early financial benefits of Covid can outweigh the losses

Federal prosecutor alleges that ‘Ilnur N’ passed on university information to Russian intelligence services in return for cash

Australian consultants’ report reveals shortcomings in treatment of people who experience or witness sexual harassment or assault

Covid redundancy terms include non-disclosure and non-disparagement obligations, as corporate HR culture captures universities

Governments have focused on building up a lavishly funded research elite, but the forced switch online has made them realise losers in this system cannot cope