Uncomfortable conversations ahead for Australian universities
Tough choices await as institutions revisit ideas that could cut staff numbers and ramp up fees

Tough choices await as institutions revisit ideas that could cut staff numbers and ramp up fees

Bumpy road ahead, as education ministers fail to agree terms on tertiary admissions rank

Reliance on formulas and philosophies giving way to complexity and case studies

Poster sessions, networking and holding panels across time zones are all possible online, say Celia Popovic and Erika Kustra

A new HE system based on the UK model should ‘promote rather than regulate’ universities

The UK’s existing oversight by external visitors and professional bodies is the best way to safeguard standards, says Colin McCaig

‘Don’t sideline us from giant subsidy scheme’, universities and medical research institutes beg government

Shanari Fearon is studying at the University of the West Indies and considers how student athletes are coping while not being able to train

Abrogating responsibility could torpedo industry and trigger a public health crisis, Canberra warned

Such legislation could curtail academic freedom, say scholars

Pandemic-driven grading shifts illuminate long-accepted inequities

Higher education can give them the knowledge and skills needed to protect themselves against the coronavirus, say Paul O’Keffe and Djemila Carron

The UK’s Science Media Centre director Fiona Fox says new visibility of experts will be crucial in combating doubts on official advice during troubled times

On the third anniversary of the UK’s national apprenticeship scheme, Simon Hunt calls for more buy-in from universities

Pace of disruptive change is falling, claims book by Oxford geographer, who says virus crisis could herald a kinder form of politics