Australia and New Zealand

A$100m agreement ‘first cab off the rank’ for new foreign interference guidelines

Representative body presses case for education and research spending, as Canberra slashes budget projections

Skilful management has delivered growth most industries ‘would die for’, but new analysis asks whether this can last

The school system’s focus on relative over absolute standards makes it difficult to judge applicants’ potential, says Conor King

Australian authority the latest to review planned merger of Cengage and McGraw-Hill

Australia's top-ranked university joins growing list of institutions trading off the innate commercial value of their land

Government retains title for top independent colleges, while accepting all other recommendations of provider category review

Drip feed of funds from the supposed fix to voluntary student unionism leaves guilds in perilous state, warn union leaders 

Research partnerships with the Asian giant keep homegrown AI innovation afloat, new report argues

Sleepless summer beckons for policy wonks, as Canberra endorses another major review

Old and new home trade compliments, as former deputy calls time on six-year sojourn out west

Australian representative bodies back consolidation of education and training portfolios, as tide comes back in again