Australia and New Zealand

Latest changes encourage more recruitment from China for universities that already have the market cornered

Student loans among the ‘areas where we need to do much better with the younger generation’, prime minister concedes

Climate change is ‘exacerbating almost every type of illness’, and health graduates of all stripes must be geared up for it

Overseas students’ rebounding satisfaction rates coincide with Australian policy moves to keep them out

Offshore venture will neither require funds from nor contribute to its struggling New Zealand parent, at least in the short term

Female and male academics alike suffer from apparent bias against female-dominated fields such as education and nursing, study suggests

Agents had not kept their clients in the loop despite pocketing thousands of dollars in fees, survey finds

Jobs chopped at universities, government agencies and crown research institutes

New government’s decision spells the end of ‘back-breaking’ exercise, commentators say

Universities must gear themselves up to deal with an activity that has ‘evolutionary roots’, academic integrity expert argues

Delays and baffling rejections are leaving their mark, analyst warns

Pivotal Australian report risks enshrining curse of ‘low expectations’, critics warn