Australia and New Zealand

As Australian policy focus pivots from international education to research commercialisation, ‘it’s the right time for us to shine’, says new head Andrew Parfitt

In-house appointment breaks with trend of selecting leaders from outside the country, or outside academia

Institutional affiliation counts for little in determining students’ future earnings, analysis suggests

Funding changes will help generate ‘intellectual infrastructure’, but universities harbour reservations

Australian analysis also finds that women now tend to out-earn men immediately after finishing university

Fifty-two minutes that changed the world underpinned by 30 years of basic research

Students flying in from Singapore won’t need to isolate, as long as they’re from Singapore

State becomes first jurisdiction to step back from its pilot scheme, after being first to get one approved

With their home economies bouncing back and students keen to travel, countries face vaccination validation as next obstacle

Funding guarantee ‘cost government nothing’ and funding reforms ‘delivered no extra students’, Senate estimates committee hears

‘Parallel universes’ promise more pain for international education, even as Covid finish line beckons

Ombudsman pledges crackdown if institutions fail to come clean