Australia and New Zealand

Flows not robust enough to alter ‘slight negative outlook’ on institutional finances

While staff hostility towards philanthropically backed humanities courses has not abated, entry and satisfaction scores suggest students take a different view

Academics call for rethink of latest Australian security intervention

But insiders say there are votes to be gained in policies to make participation more equitable

More ‘operating deficits’ tipped as Australia’s national university reboots activity levels in a Covid-normal world

Australian universities face more restrictions on their foreign collaboration, no matter who wins the coming election

Cutting-edge facilities are welcome but they achieve little without people to run them, science advocates point out

But positive results owe much to temporary government and stock market lifelines, according to early institutional accounts

Labyrinthine university administration is causing unnecessary stress for scholars and students but beware red tape cutbacks, says Maree Martinussen

Identification of new species ‘a beautiful example of the impact indigenous culture and science can have when combined’

But promised infrastructure and research commercialisation funding could stretch thin

Australia’s big talk on science aspirations overlooks the skills needed to make it all happen, critics say