Australia and New Zealand

May Day rallies kick off a ‘week of action’ from coast to coast, as more union branches plan stoppages – and others reach agreement

Rare involvement of learned academy in establishing ‘reasonable doubt’ over child murder conviction paves way for mechanisms to forestall future injustices

Figures indicate ‘crisis point’ for spending on science and innovation, learned academy warns

Home affairs minister flags better migration pathways for foreign students, but tougher entry standards in the first place

Despite ‘debt avalanche’, universities stress that tuition fee loans are ‘not like grocery bills’

Parental income should not influence eligibility for living allowances, Australian academics argue

‘Entrenched’ workplace attitudes mean increase in female science and technology graduates is not transforming the field

Review calls for reduction in ministerial veto powers, highlights ARC’s role as ‘guardian of basic research’, but keeps applied research in the mix

University says attempts to retrospectively change a years-old agreement are about ‘resolving ambiguities’ around how staff are paid for student consultations

Single system for accessing skills training and higher education would remove longstanding barriers between the two, lobby group claims

With international students flocking here in record numbers, administrators deny they are enrolling foreigners to ‘offset’ domestic declines

While few dispute the need to increase the quantum, opinions differ over how to share the spoils