Australia and New Zealand

Australian policy guru suggests complete rethink of research funding to overcome ‘opportunity cost’ of unsuccessful grant applications

But former education counsellor warns that a reliable picture of Covid’s fallout will be a long time coming

Focus should be on high-end jobs after students graduate – not low-end jobs while they study, sector leaders say

Australia will be the big loser from an exodus of Chinese researchers, academics warn

Australia’s oldest university library adopts new protocols for acknowledgement, representation and access to indigenous material

University’s pledge comes amid heightened political scrutiny on insecure employment practices at universities

Australian survey finds that internal training focuses on things staff already know, like how to define research integrity, rather than practical skills to achieve it

This year’s positive financial results mask urgent need for historic reform to ease reliance on international students, says Nobelist

Sky-high application and grant rates prompt fresh integrity concerns

Nation adds new work restrictions for overseas students and avoids any new recovery aid, as education minister sees extended lockdown raising value of its campuses

Unless Canberra provides stable funding, universities are doomed to boom-bust cycles, unionist warns

‘We are a designated evacuation centre. Bit by bit, we started coming to longer-term arrangements’