Australia looks offshore with overseas students’ return uncertain Meeting of government-industry council charts new ‘path’ emphasising transnational and distance learning By John Ross 3 December
Sky-high v-c pay ‘a failure of governance’ Governments must step in because remuneration committees cannot resist upward pressure on executive salaries, researchers argue By John Ross 2 December
Canberra pushes for more oversight of university cybersecurity Australian proposal the latest in a raft of security-related interventions By John Ross 1 December
Welcome trumps welfare as agents put primacy on open doors Survey finds Australia and other destinations are losing ground to the UK, with health management becoming ‘less of a differentiator’ By John Ross 1 December
Covid, funding reforms will ‘force differentiation in Australia’ Change may come from unexpected quarters, analysts warn, as crisis and Canberra upset the apple cart By John Ross 29 November
Five things I’ve learned as an LGBTIQ+ academic Lucas Lixinski shares his experiences as a gay man in academia and reflects on how they have helped his career By Lucas Lixinski 27 November
Covid ‘claims up to 36K casual jobs’ in Australia Analysts say industrial solutions must be adopted to wean universities off their dependence on casual staff By John Ross 26 November
Prospective PhDs waiting more than two years for Australian visas Australian officials mute as exasperated foreigners watch study and career opportunities evaporate By John Ross 26 November
Colleagues ‘over the moon’ at academic’s release from Iran As Australia’s Kylie Moore-Gilbert prepares to come home, UN human rights observers express grave fears for Iranian-Swedish academic By John Ross 25 November
Many masters, few functionaries as professional ranks transform Unpublished Australian data show that number of regular support staff positions has shrunk while executive roles have expanded massively By John Ross 25 November
Australian universities entered pandemic on record reserves Snowballing international earnings buttressed universities’ wealth ahead of this year’s crisis while relegating federal government to minority funder status By John Ross 24 November
Australia’s lockdown state unveils A$2 billion innovation fund Victorian budget also confirms hardship packages for universities and foreign students and recovery strategy for international education By John Ross 24 November
