Australia and New Zealand

Narrow line between success and failure in latest round of Australian competitive grant funding

‘Renaissance’ ideals of integrity may mean little to the sharing economy generation, Australian conference hears

Australian public service chief rails against scale in call for “alternatives” to huge comprehensive institutions

For all their collegiality, pay disparity in Australian universities is ‘not out of step’ with big business

Australian study suggests simply reinstating on-campus tests may not have much effect

Articulating numerical goals can focus efforts, commentators say, but not always in the right direction

Sector should use review to break free from internal preoccupation and ‘utilitarian’ focus on private domestic benefit, conference hears

Economist released weeks after being sentenced to three years’ imprisonment over ‘trumped up’ charges

Non-partisan panel asked to update access targets and complete Bradley review’s unfinished business

Region’s biggest transformative agreement ‘an important first step’ in open access ‘journey’

Successful applications from south Asia fall off a cliff, as authorities struggle to distinguish genuine students from those with other things on their minds

You are part of the problem, academic union tells Labour, as government declines to ‘step in’