World University Rankings 2024: Australia over-achieves in research European nations have the highest research income levels, but Hong Kong and Australia surpass them in research productivity By Tiya Thomas-Alexander 27 September
World Academic Summit: metrics and AI ‘can produce a better ERA’ While the process to replace Excellence in Research for Australia is a ‘black box’ exercise, new evaluation mechanisms hold promise By John Ross 27 September
World Academic Summit: ‘killing’ projects ‘helps multidisciplinary research' Research ecosystems need some ‘apoptosis’ as some cells emerge and others fade away, summit hears By John Ross 27 September
Regional universities can hold their own, deputy v-c insists Think twice before pushing bush campuses into national institution or shotgun marriages with research elite, says Chris Hutchison By Chris Havergal 27 September
World Academic Summit: foisting SDGs on academics ‘abdicates political responsibility’ ‘The real world doesn’t come neatly compartmentalised,’ summit hears, in exploration of the ‘unique’ strengths of multidisciplinary research By John Ross 26 September
World Academic Summit: indigenous engagement ‘must be more than accidental’ Admission and retention of under-represented students must not rest on the goodwill of a few ‘teachers and role models’, Sydney summit hears By John Ross 26 September
Ex-Intel vice-president to lead Australian National University Cultural anthropologist Genevieve Bell, a former Intel vice-president, will succeed Brian Schmidt at start of 2024 By Chris Havergal 26 September
World Academic Summit: Auckland weighs ‘indigenisation’ New Zealand’s leading university confronts ‘enduring and complex questions’ in diversity drive, THE summit hears By John Morgan 26 September
Cheryl de la Rey on tragedy and resilience Canterbury’s vice-chancellor contrasts her adopted island homeland with her native South Africa and reflects on the opportunities spawned by even the worst horrors By John Ross 26 September
Australian universities ‘seek clarification’ on TAFE degree plan Representative body backs collaboration between tertiary education sectors but questions TAFEs’ ‘instrumental’ role in degree-level apprenticeships By John Ross 25 September
Universities baulk at target for parity of outcomes for Māori We support the idea but it needs funding, New Zealand universities say By John Ross 25 September
Nearly 200 jobs to go but Wellington university averts some cuts Small windfalls and ‘passionate advocacy’ spare several dozen more redundancies at Victoria By John Ross 22 September