Coronavirus travel bans ‘unnecessary sleight of hand’, says v-c Coronavirus response driven by ‘political objectives masquerading as public health decisions’, according to outspoken academic By John Ross 14 February
Mistrust of Chinese ‘risks Australia’s diaspora advantage’ Alienation of Chinese students and graduates risks encouraging a monoculture of the ‘male, pale and stale’, senate told By John Ross 14 February
Coronavirus: Australian university moves to ‘control’ spending Other universities likely to rein in their costs as travel ban threatens their bottom line By John Ross 13 February
Students remain in limbo as Australian travel ban extended Universities scramble to offer ‘targeted solutions’ for Chinese students stranded by coronavirus By John Ross 13 February
Race on to create online courses for virus-stranded students Institutional, pedagogical and workload issues more problematic than technological impediments, experts say By John Ross 13 February
Covid-19 coronavirus crisis: university offers itself as online fallback ‘We’re all in this together’, v-c insists, as universities scramble to teach 100,000 stranded students By John Ross 12 February
Academics urged to rediscover role in ‘moulding’ society Excessive focus on teaching and research is undermining a key function of academia, inquiry to hear By John Ross 10 February
Monash to open Indonesia’s first foreign branch campus Postgraduate-only outlet ‘the first of many to come’, says minister By John Ross 10 February
Coronavirus: what students want most is clarity, says v-c Australian university cancels term for up to 10,000 students, saying its timetable will allow them to graduate without delay By John Ross 10 February
Free up teaching grants, Australian government told Mission group calls for flexibility to use funding to support lifelong learning By John Ross 9 February
Funder may not announce 2021 grant awards before 2022 deadline Australian researchers fear wasting weeks writing potentially pointless applications By John Ross 7 February
Australian National University vows to go ‘carbon negative’ Australian university promises ‘carbon negative’ footprint as v-c reflects on a summer of fire, ice and virus By John Ross 7 February
