Australia and New Zealand

Key group endorses amalgamation but recommends ‘additional risk management measures’

With opposition senators seeking retention of unpopular ‘fail rule’, bill’s passage appears far from assured

Growth rates run counter to government policy objectives, Australian conference hears

While earnings gaps are well known, study suggests they are even wider than previously thought

Only a small fraction of casual academics are lecturers, Australian employer association says, but union challenges data

While universities bankroll more research from their own pockets they exercise less discretion about the things they study

Australian university to ‘review’ court’s dismissal of its appeal, as union urges it to abandon ‘stalling tactics’

With tuition fees no longer an issue of contention, higher education reverts to bit-part role in forthcoming election

While universities have their work cut out for them, skills forecasting agency says more graduates is not always the answer

Observers welcome efforts to tackle visa fraud but say new compliance efforts must be ‘robust’

With deadlines rushed and then missed, even the straightforward work of Australia’s major higher education review is looking anything but

Accord panel should take note that fee changes ‘don’t change behaviour’, researcher urges