Australia and New Zealand

Something distinctly unhealthy about environment where a few celebrity scholars are surrounded by ‘wannabes’ and embittered failures, claims new book

Covid redundancy terms include non-disclosure and non-disparagement obligations, as corporate HR culture captures universities

Expert applauds new measures to boost ERA’s rigour and transparency, but questions ‘softly, softly’ approach

Politician turned coal boss pulls out of appointment as Australian university’s chancellor

NSW universities spent more money sacking people than they lost in international student revenue

Charles Sturt a ‘stronger institution’ after addressing regulatory and governance issues

Australian review finds that the switch from clinical practice into the ‘sausage factory’ of academia can elevate stress levels – even among the most stressed

Modest programme spells hope for tens of thousands stranded offshore

Covid and its financial fallout are serious, but managers must grasp the impact of their operating experiments on teaching and learning, says Binoy Kampmark

Rating scale for Excellence in Research for Australia to be recalibrated, with Indigenous studies incorporated as a field in its own right

Decades of leniency encouraged scores of final-year students to fake their overseas placements and go ‘sightseeing’

Chinese students bring benefits but universities are too reliant on them and Canberra should ‘take a harder line’, respondents say