‘Complex methodology’ questioned as Australian caps confirmed
Metric used to inform new policy adds to confusion for top-ranked institutions while other vice-chancellors welcome ‘certainty’ provided by their allocations
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Protesters claim part victory as India’s JNU to share caste data
University is said to have conceded to some demands over low scholarship payments, despite funding concerns
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Australia caps foreign students ‘at pre-pandemic levels’
Newly announced quota ‘like a levy by stealth’, analyst says, as universities evaluate the impact at institutional level
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Chinese universities abandon or repurpose regional campuses
Ministry of Education ban on interprovincial expansion forces institutions to shift focus from teaching to research, or shutter planned outposts altogether
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Decolonisation as a progressive force? In eastern Europe, think again
From Putin to Orbán, autocrats are using postcolonial theory to flood reading lists with ‘overlooked’ native authors in a drive to further xenophobic identity politics, explain Karolina Koziura,...
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Monash seeks to improve postgraduate progression in Indonesia
New partnership with local universities gives ‘priority’ pathway to Indonesian campus, plus PhD training for lecturers
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Academics value journal prestige over veracity, finds study
If the choice is between impact factor and maintaining the content’s integrity, there is little contest
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‘Vultures circling’ as cash crisis forces universities’ hand
Institutions mull estates buyback schemes and more major cutbacks as post-clearing reality hits
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Universities ‘can live with’ Australian caps
No currently enrolled students will be disadvantaged, bureaucrat insists, despite quarrels over data and assessment that bill ‘is more suited to national security legislation’
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Expect the unexpected: the role of serendipity in science
Italian biologist makes the case for slower and smaller research
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Catholic university pays A$1.1 million to abortion row law dean
Firm whose lawyer helped initiate ACU saga handed job of finding leakers
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Great holidays can fuel our intellectual passions
As an academic, I have found my best holidays to be anything but a vacation from intellectual life, says Lincoln Allison
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Anticipation and angst as Australia changes casualisation laws
With a six-month sunset and short-term contracts off the table, administrators can no longer rely on insecure teachers for certainty
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British lecturers suing Italy for £300,000 in ‘lettori’ dispute
Row over payment of foreign lecturers has stretched on for three decades
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Excluding nationalities from research collaboration ‘ineffective’
Security expert questions the approach, amid reports of Australia’s first ‘nationality ban’