Australia mulls loans for student living costs While analysts fear cost and debt blowout, loan scheme architect says it can work with careful design By John Ross 2 March
Navitas snaps up Australia and New Zealand pathway colleges Buyer displays ‘confidence’ in Australasian student flows, as vendor exits region By John Ross 1 March
Australian international education earnings on the rise Multibillion-dollar industry bouncing back as visa grants and international arrivals surge By John Ross 28 February
UA conference: Sick of academia? Try the military, says defence scientist Australian armed forces need new blood but are also keen on exchange, says Tanya Monro By John Ross 24 February
UA conference: we’re with you on accord, opposition tells government But shadow minister laments slow reforms, ‘contradictory’ foreign influence positions and access policies that ‘set students up to fail’ By John Ross 23 February
UA conference: ‘mother of ERA’ set to pull plug on assessment exercise ‘Mother of ERA’ now charting its demise, as the ‘law of diminishing returns’ prompts a rethink By John Ross 23 February
Should universities take sides in Australian ‘voice’ referendum? ‘Silence is political,’ indigenous leader warns sector, as institutions ponder whether to back yes vote in looming poll By John Ross 23 February
UA conference: be bold, Australian reviewers urge sector All options on the table as Australian accord seeks ideas before the ‘hard work’ of implementation begins By John Ross 22 February
Australia extends post-PhD work visa to six years, others to four Almost 400 bachelor’s and master’s courses attracting enhanced post-study rights named as term-time working hours limit extended By John Ross 21 February
To be or not to be a university: Australia’s identity crisis Tough new demands requiring institutions to produce world-class research could put some universities’ titles under threat. But is that a good thing? By John Ross 21 February
Australian staff ‘underpaid by more than A$83 million’ Union calls for criminalisation of ‘wage theft’ with jail time for worst offenders By John Ross 20 February
Better pay for Australia’s casual academics ‘passively resisted’ Legal action seen as ‘the only way’ to force universities to stop ‘divesting responsibility’, senate committee hears By John Ross 16 February