More funding for regional higher education in Australia Research reportedly picking up the tab for Australian government’s regional cash splash By John Ross 11 November
Graduate premium holding firm in Australia, says study Higher education delivering solid returns, but vocational education could leave women worse off By John Ross 11 November
UK and Australian universities launch ‘co-created’ online degree FutureLearn course will offer certificates from both Deakin and Coventry By Chris Havergal 8 November
Australian higher education participation target all but attained Country is on the verge of achieving its now scrapped enrolment target, years before the deadline By John Ross 8 November
Australia told to learn from last slump in Indian recruitment A downturn last decade offers a textbook example of the risk universities face, say Melbourne researchers By John Ross 6 November
Businesses scold Australian universities’ ‘immoral self-interest’ Representative organisation criticises vice-chancellors’ aversion to sharing funding with vocational education By John Ross 6 November
Finding fault in Australia’s latest data dump The Australian government has released three major data sets unusually back-to-back and full of mistakes, leading John Ross to ask: why so much, why so fast and why so erroneous? By John Ross 5 November
Australian universities fear ‘grand challenges’ research focus Response to row over vetoing of humanities grants could result in curiosity-driven scholarship being pushed out By John Ross 5 November
Universities ‘unfairly penalised’ for dropouts Many students who do not complete their course at the first attempt often return to their studies, say experts By John Ross 4 November
Stuttering demand shows Australian funding freeze ‘unwarranted’ Australia’s freeze on teaching grants protected struggling institutions, not education budget By John Ross 3 November
Australian international education earnings reach A$34 billion Record revenue fuelled by large foreign intakes at the country’s biggest universities By John Ross 1 November
Market forces: number of Australian universities in deficit doubles Regional institutions hardest hit as domestic cap dovetails with intense competition for foreigners By John Ross 1 November