Australian research assessment exercise ‘has achieved purpose’ Funding council reviewer signals intent to recommend ditching ERA, rewriting national interest test and circumscribing veto power By John Ross 11 November
Gender quota for medical research grants splits academics New Australian arrangement hailed as long overdue by many, but critics warn of unintended consequences By John Ross 10 November
Private colleges look to accord to level Australian playing field Always left holding the wrong end of the stick, independent institutions hope for a ‘reset’ from the misleadingly named universities accord By John Ross 9 November
Parenthood a key factor in Covid’s gender inequities Point-in-time study quantifies pandemic’s differential impacts on academics with children – particularly mothers By John Ross 9 November
Government and business ‘letting Australia down’ on research Go8 questions outsiders’ commitment to research, after advisory body raises doubts over education’s contribution to productivity By John Ross 8 November
Australian defence department ‘should bankroll university places’ Other suggestions to ease military skill shortages include funding future reservists’ studies and ‘opening up’ to international students By John Ross 8 November
Australia charts path to pre-pandemic online teaching rules While remote delivery remains popular with many international students, authorities hose down prospects of fully online degrees By John Ross 7 November
Australian income help ‘far too low’ for few students who get it Student union demands overhaul as post-Covid cost pressures exacerbate student poverty By John Ross 4 November
Australian tuition fee review ‘must go back to first principles’ Policymakers will need to work out exactly what ‘equity’ means before entrenching it in new funding arrangements By John Ross 3 November
Institutional diversity cannot flourish without tuition fee variation Australia’s new Labor government must allow more fee flexibility for high-cost degree subjects otherwise genuine student choice will disappear, say Robert Griew and Ian Anderson 2 November
Fears for overseas students following Australian cyber breach Data theft from health insurance giant stokes fears that students could be targeted by hackers or their impersonators By John Ross 1 November
Duncan Maskell on presiding over disagreement Melbourne boss explains why knowledge is service, and why unbridled casualisation would displease his dad By John Ross 1 November
