Australia and New Zealand

Defence controls, research fields and New Colombo Plan in the frame, as bureaucracies flag foreign interference risks

Sector leaders question viability even when people can again gather in big crowds, with Australians leading the sceptics

Perfunctory guidelines tell Australian universities little they did not already know, but herald welcome dialogue

New minister’s old work on online education could be revived to encourage tertiary sector integration, experts say

Queensland institution spies ‘opportunities’ beyond Java

Overruling of funding recommendations, apparently over security concerns, divulged following minister’s departure

Australian incident could reflect exasperation at ‘spike’ in misconduct detections

Critics say draft benchmarks for assessment of scholarly activity are overprescriptive, exclusionary and onerous

MP brings ‘a good understanding’ of international education and a chequered record on refugees and staff relations

Long-standing cost pressures exacerbated by the pandemic swamping Canberra’s efforts to mould university efforts to economic needs

Expert says favourable treatment of Catholic university is “logical”, but criticises optics of handout to another Catholic institution

Commercial aid steers research agenda away from public health impacts, Australian study suggests