Coronavirus hit to Australian students’ finances Sources of personal income may dry up as outbreak takes toll on sectors that employ many young people, expert says By John Ross 16 March
Judgment raises questions over ‘publish or perish’ rules Critics say Australian tribunal finding confuses workload measures with performance ratings By John Ross 16 March
Classes suspended at some Australian universities Hybrid model emerging, with lectures going online while campuses endeavour to maintain small group delivery By John Ross 15 March
Australian university adopts ‘planetary health’ as raison d’être Holistic sustainability concept meshes with ‘moral purpose’ of institution in Melbourne’s unfashionable west By John Ross 13 March
Universities overlooked in Australian stimulus packages Little succour for the sector despite predictions of a multibillion-dollar coronavirus hit By John Ross 12 March
Time to re-examine the Humboldtian model, says Schmidt Funding designed around a ‘false premise’ that every university is research-intensive, says Nobel laureate By John Ross 11 March
Coronavirus: first Australian campus shutdown Education disruptions becoming the ‘norm’ as staff, students and visitors test positive By John Ross 10 March
Niche universities highly rated as student satisfaction slips Student support improving but still lowly ranked, Australian survey finds By John Ross 10 March
Tasmania to cut jobs and more than three-quarters of degrees ‘We are working against powerful forces’, v-c tells staff, as coronavirus exacerbates competition from mainland and UK By John Ross 10 March
Regional Australia ‘sidelined’ in medical research New university-provider alliance advocates for the bush to attract more funding and a bigger say By John Ross 9 March
Coronavirus: Australian universities say campus closures unlikely Precautionary preparations are in place, ranging from hand hygiene to pre-emptive residence clear-outs By John Ross 9 March
Coronavirus triggers spending cuts across Australian sector Jobs largely spared for now as universities target ‘non-essential’ outlays By John Ross 9 March