Australia and New Zealand

Soaring demand and a slightly more even playing field augur well for private and independent higher education providers

With the pandemic triggering greater emphasis on class time, something has to give as teaching-research model collides with sector’s ‘real-world’ problems

Fee and subsidy overhaul will not solve anything, policy guru says, as government reforms go under the microscope

Panel stresses importance of ethics training for field that generates moral questions ‘on steroids’

But observers question whether it can last, as pandemic lays waste to the business model

No redundancy target announced as Australian university braces for massive loss of international earnings

Senate vote suggests government has a fight on its hands with proposed funding changes

As hopes sour for a senate inquiry into proposed domestic funding arrangements, universities’ China links fall under another spotlight

Higher education institutions are inherently global and they thrive because of their openness, not in spite of it, says Duncan Maskell

Indian education agents call for 25 per cent reduction in fees as courses move online

Proposed legislation could ‘throw the baby out with the bathwater’, opposition warns

Hundreds of Indian students given the all-clear to enter country – but getting there is another question