Australian PhD students target careers outside academia Trend reflects growing gap between PhD completions and academic job availability By John Ross 30 April
Elite pair take half of New Zealand’s competitive research cash Research agency stresses workforce risk in low number of emerging researchers By John Ross 30 April
Net widens on fishy research misconduct probe Marine biologist Oona Lönnstedt has gone to ground in Sweden after being found to have fabricated data By John Ross 29 April
Confront fraudulent research before it spreads When credible concerns emerge about research validity, universities and journals must move quickly, writes John Ross By John Ross 29 April
Academic achievement is not the only definition of merit in university admissions The US admissions scandal notwithstanding, Australian university history reveals a variety of approaches to allocating university places, say Gwilym Croucher, James Waghorne and Hamza Bin Jehangir By Gwilym Croucher 29 April
Tough treatment not response to favouritism jibes, regulator says Signals suggest Australia’s regional universities could face a tough task in maintaining registration By John Ross 26 April
Chinese students are not Australia’s enemy within Opponents should learn from Chinese candidates’ successful and potentially formative forays into democratic politics, says Salvatore Babones By Salvatore Babones 25 April
Australia must resist the siren call for greater involvement with China Australia’s vice-chancellors must wake up: China's munificence is all motivated by its vast geopolitical ambition, says Nick Forster By Nick Forster 25 April
Australian universities top in world for tackling inequality Nation’s egalitarian culture, policies on widening access and Asia-Pacific location seen as key to success in THE University Impact Rankings measure By Ellie Bothwell 24 April
Labor election win ‘a better outcome’ on Australian sector funding But revival of the demand-driven system would be a mixed blessing, consultant warns By John Ross 23 April
Australia warned against leaving global science group over costs Conference windfalls alone justify the membership costs of global scientific community, analysis finds By John Ross 17 April
Western civilisation courses prompt Australian revolts Controversial course proposals a test for governance, opponents say By John Ross 15 April