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Economic carnage looms as Australian political parties adopt unity ticket in treating overseas learners as cannon fodder

Expectations placed on scholars seen as unattainable ‘no matter how hard they work’

Postdocs risk being ruled ineligible after biding their time to optimise prospects of success

V-c’s offer to meet with encampment to review defence and security research called both an ‘empty deal’ and a ‘capitulation’

First budget of new governing coalition seen as ‘neutral’ for universities as small increases in funding set to be offset by inflation

Universities are not ‘speaker’s corner’ and governments should not impose ‘diktats about what we do on campus’, New Zealand forum hears

Academic exploration of leading university’s traditions uncovers dispossession, eugenics and grave robbing

Lower work rights cut-off would have excluded most doctoral graduates, critics warned

Few remaining obstacles for one of the biggest university amalgamations in history

‘No easy answers’ in what has become ‘a conflict about the conflict’

Universities face a delicate balancing act between ‘mob veto’ and safety obligations, says free speech advocate

‘Good data means better policy’, educationalists stress

While offering no assurances over her party’s stance on forthcoming legislation, shadow education minister is a ‘big fan’ of preparatory courses

Ahead of proposed enrolment caps, foreign earnings fail to prevent a slide further into the red

Figures indicate limited scope for growth in international enrolments, as administrators strive to balance the books

No projects are funded because nobody has the expertise to appraise them, letter claims

‘Shockingly bad legislation’ gives ministers power to favour certain disciplines

Vice-chancellors tread lightly as students occupy building and defy instructions to vacate camps

We should improve the system while we’re examining it, critics argue

Government embraces domestic growth, needs-based funding and a commission to drive it all, but firm commitments remain limited

Latest proposal, unveiled on eve of federal budget, highlights revenue constraints facing universities and colleges

Proposed legislation ‘unnecessary’ because existing arrangements already include caps, says strategist

Acknowledging Aboriginal intellectual traditions could ‘bring students back’ while improving weather forecasts, says co-creator of new course

Temperatures soar despite the winter chills, as each side accuses its opponents of extremism

Universities’ financial get-out-of-jail card no longer works, as governments in Canberra and elsewhere turn their backs on foreign students

Long-serving leader sentenced after quashing investigation of former USP administrators

New requirement ‘just the latest lever to reduce net migration’

Authorities shrug off calls for camps to be dismantled, amid reports of antisemitism but little evidence of violence

While the government plans measures to relieve placement poverty and student debt, observers also expect higher visa fees and financial capacity bar

Wealth gap widens Down Under, with mercurial revenue increases monopolised by the few

While indexation change was widely anticipated, backdating of the measure was not

Universities Accord will not lead to rethink of universities’ research requirements, departing Teqsa boss predicts

Filipino students look elsewhere as Australia downgrades risk rating

US, with the looming possibility of a second Trump presidency, deemed a more reliable education prospect than its anglophone rivals

New ‘process’ among proposals to improve quality and transparency of university governance

Australian higher education ‘in a good state’ but drive to widen participation brings challenges, says departing leader

Students carry the can for rental spikes and record low vacancies while alternative causes are overlooked, says accommodation lobby

Dozens of consultancy bigwigs feature in corporate-heavy council membership, according to union analysis

Substantial allowance ‘fair recompense’ for extra expectations on Aboriginal employees, Murdoch says

Latest changes encourage more recruitment from China for universities that already have the market cornered

Student loans among the ‘areas where we need to do much better with the younger generation’, prime minister concedes

Climate change is ‘exacerbating almost every type of illness’, and health graduates of all stripes must be geared up for it

Universities that only recognise academic integrity implications are ‘really missing the picture’

Overseas students’ rebounding satisfaction rates coincide with Australian policy moves to keep them out

Offshore venture will neither require funds from nor contribute to its struggling New Zealand parent, at least in the short term

Agents had not kept their clients in the loop despite pocketing thousands of dollars in fees, survey finds

New government’s decision spells the end of ‘back-breaking’ exercise, commentators say

Universities must gear themselves up to deal with an activity that has ‘evolutionary roots’, academic integrity expert argues

Scamsters enlisted dozens of Indonesian universities to embellish the educational benefits of a German holiday jobs programme, police say

Delays and baffling rejections are leaving their mark, analyst warns

Pivotal Australian report risks enshrining curse of ‘low expectations’, critics warn

‘Low-risk’ institutions now in the minority as universities carry the can for non-fraudulent visa refusals

Teachers fret about workloads and researchers about job security in ‘rare sport’ of academia

Both sides claim a win, with Pavlou lauding ‘legacy’ and university saying legal fees have been put to better use

Blacklist proposal could punish millions for the actions of their ‘autocratic’ governments, critics say

New government announces evaluations of science and universities after scrapping predecessor’s efforts to do likewise

Cost of not reimbursing mandatory placements could be higher, advocates warn

Despite explicit exemption for fundamental research, Greens warn that new regime will stymie collaboration ‘outside Aukus bubble’

Universities and particularly their students will not miss out in May, insiders predict

Universities helped stoke ‘anxieties’ driving an anglophone retreat from internationalisation, scholar argues