Australia and New Zealand

Universities should keep basic health protections such as mask mandates in place, argues Australian epidemiologist

‘Ground-up’ system for estimating academic workloads suggests universities routinely set them too high

Demands to accommodate price spikes and satisfy business needs are putting students’ progress at risk, summit hears

Australian pioneers of institutional-scale block teaching say expansion forced refinements of the model

‘Absolute support’ for Australian government’s decision to quarantine extra places for disadvantaged students

But preoccupation with the mundane sidelines universities from the main game, according to vice-chancellors

With Covid exam disruption mostly gone but early entry schemes still in the ascendancy, admission stresses have been brought forward

Bursaries and scholarships among other measures to solve teaching workforce ‘crisis’

In some countries, male researchers’ article output appears to have been more adversely affected, according to new study

While many early career academics are preoccupied with job security, the factor that most correlates with job satisfaction is a helpful boss

New cooperative approach targets biggest essay mills without need for court action

University of New England’s Brigid Heywood ‘strenuously denies’ wrongdoing in incident reportedly involving 16-year-old girl