Australia and New Zealand

Fresh worries over poor English-language ability of some international students

Academics say evaluation conducted to decide distribution of Performance-Based Research Fund is no longer helpful

What’s a progressive academic to do when standing up for non-Western values is at odds with their ideals, asks Constantine Sandis 

Peter Gluckman, president-elect of the International Science Council, says ‘Dr Google’ poses a bigger threat to evidence-based policymaking than populist politicians

The country’s recent judge-led review is another instance of the global misperception of institutional censorship, say Ian Jacobs and Susan Dodds

Trend reflects growing gap between PhD completions and academic job availability

Research agency stresses workforce risk in low number of emerging researchers

Marine biologist Oona Lönnstedt has gone to ground in Sweden after being found to have fabricated data

When credible concerns emerge about research validity, universities and journals must move quickly, writes John Ross

The US admissions scandal notwithstanding, Australian university history reveals a variety of approaches to allocating university places, say Gwilym Croucher, James Waghorne and Hamza Bin Jehangir

Signals suggest Australia’s regional universities could face a tough task in maintaining registration

Australia’s vice-chancellors must wake up: China's munificence is all motivated by its vast geopolitical ambition, says Nick Forster