Australia’s international caps will hurt Indigenous students most of all Limiting overseas enrolments will reduce diversity and hit capacity to fund programmes that enhance Indigenous higher education, says Barry Judd By Barry Judd 13 September
Australian caps bill faces delay Senate committee inquiry extended as members scrutinise impacts on vocational colleges By John Ross 12 September
International student caps ‘as bad as ARC vetoes’: UA chair Both sides of Australian politics need to stop treating universities as ‘a political pawn’ By John Ross 11 September
More Australians repaying student loans early Graduates now keenly aware of loan scheme rules and how to avoid debt blowouts, figures suggest By John Ross 10 September
New Zealand ‘has a problem’ with academic freedom Author says country should acknowledge forces to suppress academic expression, irrespective of their ideological roots By John Ross 9 September
Timing quirks determine winners and losers from Australian caps Process for limiting international student recruitment ‘like a game of musical chairs’, Senate committee hears By John Ross 6 September
New Colombo Plan changes ‘will reverse equity gains’ Mandating longer study abroad stints will sideline the students who benefit most and cannot manage independent travel, practitioners warn By John Ross 6 September
Ex-Labor leader Bill Shorten named as Canberra vice-chancellor Serving minister and former prime ministerial aspirant to lead capital city university By John Ross 5 September
New Zealand strike threats over ‘slow’ bargaining Pay negotiations ‘proceeding well’, administrators insist, amid argy-bargy on both sides of the Tasman By John Ross 5 September
Who wins and who loses if Australia goes ahead with overseas cap? Regional institutions hope to benefit as they are handed quotas higher than current numbers at expense of rich Group of Eight universities. But will effect of the policy merely put students off Australia altogether? By John Ross 5 September
Australia’s economy stalls after ‘crackdown’ on overseas students Latest figures showing that growth has fallen to lowest level in decades should be a ‘wake-up call’ for government, says Universities Australia By John Ross 4 September
‘Scary’ cash crisis looms at record pay university Institution that dispensed the highest vice-chancellor remuneration in sector’s history looking at course and job cuts By John Ross 3 September