Coronavirus uncertainty persists in Australia and New Zealand Exemptions and detours under consideration, as universities and students grapple with open-ended travel bans John Ross 2月 21日
Lottery for research grants backed by New Zealand academics Researchers support funder’s random allocation of research grants by a two-to-one margin, study says Jack Grove 2月 19日
Coronavirus: don’t bail out ‘reckless’ campuses, Australia told Universities did not prepare adequately for a ‘foreseeable’ downturn predicted to slash at least A$2.8 billion (£1.45 billion) from education exports, claims sociologist John Ross 2月 18日
Australian research yet to fall short of ‘national interest’ test Opponents see campaign to ‘diminish the regard for academic inquiry’ as political manoeuvring rather than real problem John Ross 2月 17日
Coronavirus travel bans ‘unnecessary sleight of hand’, says v-c Coronavirus response driven by ‘political objectives masquerading as public health decisions’, according to outspoken academic John Ross 2月 14日
Mistrust of Chinese ‘risks Australia’s diaspora advantage’ Alienation of Chinese students and graduates risks encouraging a monoculture of the ‘male, pale and stale’, senate told John Ross 2月 14日
Coronavirus: Australian university moves to ‘control’ spending Other universities likely to rein in their costs as travel ban threatens their bottom line John Ross 2月 13日
Students remain in limbo as Australian travel ban extended Universities scramble to offer ‘targeted solutions’ for Chinese students stranded by coronavirus John Ross 2月 13日
Race on to create online courses for virus-stranded students Institutional, pedagogical and workload issues more problematic than technological impediments, experts say John Ross 2月 13日
Covid-19 coronavirus crisis: university offers itself as online fallback ‘We’re all in this together’, v-c insists, as universities scramble to teach 100,000 stranded students John Ross 2月 12日
Academics urged to rediscover role in ‘moulding’ society Excessive focus on teaching and research is undermining a key function of academia, inquiry to hear John Ross 2月 10日