Australia and New Zealand

Debate over how to handle polarised issues considered too polarising by students

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

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

Female and male academics alike suffer from apparent bias against female-dominated fields such as education and nursing, study suggests