Australia and New Zealand

‘Fantasy rhetoric’ that university leads to the ‘good life’ leaves students feeling ‘betrayed’, Australian study finds

Amid yawning teacher shortages and one-sided funding regime, colleges warn that their successful model of localised training faces collapse

Australia’s now-you-see-it, now-you-don’t approach reflects policy patterns in other leading education destinations

People ‘backing off’ from higher education should ‘have another look’, says departing Universities Australia boss

More miscarriages inevitable unless courts become ‘more science-sensitive’, learned academy warns

Education exports and high student loan repayments help offset damage from inflation and interest rates, according to Australian mini-budget

Cost-of-living crisis has not spawned improvements in university food options, Australian analysis finds

Chancellors might only choose vice-chancellors once a decade, but they spend the next few decades agonising about it

Representative groups broadly welcome focus on quality and integrity, but proposed changes to migration points test will be pivotal

‘If the government wants data, here’s the data,’ says dean, as study finds Māori and Pasifika remain under-represented in medical enrolments

Despite record earnings, commencements and visa lodgements, analyst predicts ‘readjustment’

While concessions and newly flagged exemptions provide reassurance over Australia’s proposed defence trade control changes, ‘grey areas’ remain