Australia and New Zealand

Government may harness funding agreements to influence mix of teacher specialties

China’s internal policies, such as Belt and Road initiative, may hold the key to protecting a critical revenue stream

Visa data, contradicted by Home Affairs figures, raise questions over treatment of Chinese doctoral applicants

Basic research bears the brunt of a general decline in spending

The specialist in ancient DNA talks about caving, elephant birds and how tracking prehistoric genetic changes could help fix our dodgy hearts

Last week’s legislative delay has not stopped the government tightening the screws on student debt

The age-old dispute over Western civilisation courses has bubbled up again in Australia. It could do more harm than good to cash-strapped humanities courses, writes Steven Schwartz

Controversial legislation will not be considered before August

Appealing to students and their families made electoral sense for the Labour Party, but its promises have saddled it with a lot of low-value spending, says Roger Smyth

As the jobs market transforms, universities must give students opportunities to learn-by-doing that mirror the new world of work, Sean Gallagher says

Analysis reveals Antipodean universities are falling behind East Asian rivals

Fee-free policy cheaper than expected, as enrolments remain subdued