Australia and New Zealand

Drip feed of funds from the supposed fix to voluntary student unionism leaves guilds in perilous state, warn union leaders 

Research partnerships with the Asian giant keep homegrown AI innovation afloat, new report argues

Sleepless summer beckons for policy wonks, as Canberra endorses another major review

Old and new home trade compliments, as former deputy calls time on six-year sojourn out west

Australian representative bodies back consolidation of education and training portfolios, as tide comes back in again

Australian study finds no difference between housing arranged overseas and lodgings organised locally

Draft bill ‘clarified’ to prevent inadvertent targeting of family and friends

Dan Tehan tells THE that he ‘fully supported’ institutions going beyond sector-wide code

International education advocate predicts that competitor countries will be forced to respond to policy shift in order to stay competitive

Importance of governance frameworks elevated, as ‘public or perish’ gives way to ‘partner or perish’

Prominence of gratis services causes ‘uneasiness’ among researchers, as Australia eyes law against contract cheating

The Labour Party in the UK, like the Democrats in the US, hopes to be elected on a policy of abolishing student fees. Roger Smyth draws on the experience of New Zealand to challenge the rationale for such a strategy