Australia and New Zealand

Government told to disclose impacts on academics as outrage escalates over preprints rule

Australia’s largest regional university the latest to choose a leader from outside academia

Proposed redundancies target science, engineering and IT – disciplines supposedly favoured by funding reforms

Analysis of Australian job advertisements points to recovery, particularly in non-traditional research

Vaccine passports are a way to reopen campuses while minimising Covid risks. So why is Australia not adopting them, asks Binoy Kampmark

While the dangers can be extreme in autocracies and war zones, nowhere is immune

ARC says it communicated rule change clearly, but applicants say it forces them to plagiarise to qualify for funding

One in five public health researchers pressured to conceal or change their findings, study finds

Some students still cheat despite thinking it is illegal, international survey finds

Electoral rather than immunological considerations could determine when international students are allowed into Australia

Strategist also warns that politicisation of funding means universities in countries most dependent on the government would fare worst

Tanya Plibersek proposes accord with political opponents, while former Liberals accuse ex-colleagues of lacking leadership