Australia and New Zealand

Vietnamese analysis of Australian survey data affirms findings about education’s impacts on subjective well-being, but ‘does not settle the argument’

Requirement for trainee doctors to undertake training in the bush has not been enough to keep them there after graduation

Internal vetting found nothing wrong with rejected research projects, vice-chancellors tell parliament’s security committee

‘Ambiguous’ regulations and lack of clarity around national security concerns are keeping universities in the dark, Australian inquiry hears

Lift your game, minister tells Covid-struck universities, as students mark institutions down on engagement

Chinese students becoming more supportive of authoritarian government during time in liberal democracy

With every second institution sporting a new boss, or looking for one, the pool of replacements may be shrinking

New Sydney boss to earn much less than his predecessor – but more than Michael Spence’s current income in the UK

Selling the sector will be a key challenge for the former political adviser, journalist and media administrator chosen to lead Australia’s oldest university 

The pandemic may be goading Australia’s stay-at-home students to look further afield for their education, although some of them may ultimately decide to stay put

Educational link ‘as bad as it has ever been’, with billions of dollars at stake for universities

Sector leaders acknowledge ‘errors’ but deny deliberate withholding of pay