Australia and New Zealand

But positive results owe much to temporary government and stock market lifelines, according to early institutional accounts

Labyrinthine university administration is causing unnecessary stress for scholars and students but beware red tape cutbacks, says Maree Martinussen

Identification of new species ‘a beautiful example of the impact indigenous culture and science can have when combined’

But promised infrastructure and research commercialisation funding could stretch thin

Australia’s big talk on science aspirations overlooks the skills needed to make it all happen, critics say

Campuses almost devoid of people nevertheless remained hotbeds of sexual harassment and assault

Canberra’s policy changes helped turn its big-ticket infrastructure schemes into pipe dreams, university-industry report argues

After fighting off attempt to expel them, academics resign from learned academy over ‘untoward political focus’

Penalties for student snitches and curbs on Confucius Institutes and Thousand Talents Programme among dozens of recommendations from security committee

New Zealand now perceived poorly on factors where it used to excel, survey finds

Huge national survey finds that half of students know little or nothing about formal reporting mechanisms

‘Task force’ to facilitate two-way flow of students and graduates