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Proposed legislative changes will require institutions to obtain approval of ‘free speech statements’, and live up to them

Some educators worry new arrangement could leave them worse off than planned thresholds, but government says it is ‘well placed’ to alleviate visa delays

New directive prevents officials from issuing more than 270,000 student visas next year, and applies indicative caps on institutions previously proposed through legislation

Reforms will redraw funding system and create tertiary education commission, but questions remain over how much cash will materialise

Universities must rethink their use of agents and discounts and put more effort into securing and retaining enrolments, consultant says

Australian Bureau of Statistics figures reflect scale of growth in post-pandemic, pre-crackdown rebound

While landmark review recommended ambitious targets, early indicators suggest participation is heading in the wrong direction

Growth mindset has fostered corporate control in an environment where it ‘doesn’t work’, essay claims

Demand ‘strong’ despite political uncertainty, soaring costs and moderating rents, says global property company

Monash Malaysia eyes new articulation offerings amid doubts that Australia’s caps are off the agenda for good

‘Enforceable undertaking’ with workplace regulator also includes new checks and balances and half-million-dollar ‘contrition payment’

Dedicated source of capital funding tops umbrella body’s election wish list

While some women may not feel safe with numbers, according to stereotype, Katie Buchhorn uses numbers to help keep women safe

Homecoming of sorts for Chinese-Australian vice-chancellor

Anticipated approach of rewriting ministerial direction would not require parliamentary approval

‘Enforceable agreement’ with leading university ‘an example for all large employers’, says workplace watchdog

Statement of support follows newspaper reports of ‘culture of fear’ cultivated by former Silicon Valley executive

‘Purpose-built’ facilities will help improve student mobility around the Indian Ocean rim, says Perth-based university

Scientists from the favoured areas raise the strongest objections

Tough year ahead for New Colombo Plan, as changes and delays leave administrators in the dark

Multi-pronged government crackdown succeeds where coronavirus and international financial crises failed

Long timeline for review heralded almost a year ago by another review

Loan scheme pioneer highlights moral hazard of Australia’s ‘Byzantine’ way of bankrolling master’s places

‘Big reset’ opportunity now spent when sector most needs it, says Duncan Maskell

If we rely on industry to bankroll research, we lose sight of problems that do not interest industry, technologist warns

Driven more by pragmatism than purism, Asia’s new wave of industry-linked universities is shaking up the sector

Region’s educational strengths must be brought to bear against key challenges such as climate change, forum hears

Emerging institutions’ aspirations snubbed as old-guard administrators focus on a vanishing bottom line

Senate victory a win for government following defeat of caps

Keeping costs down ‘not an objective’ for research-addicted sector, says accountancy professor  

Questions cause alarm but the panel ‘wouldn’t be doing its job’ if it avoided them, commentators say

Non-metropolitan institutions should be treated differently from their city cousins if overseas admissions are limited, says northern Australian MP

Prolonged integrity problems, ongoing visa chaos, harsher caps to come: the post-caps prospects for Australian international education

Country could accommodate more overseas learners, according to poll of locals’ attitudes

Crossbench party wants debt reduction legislated straight away, while opposition dismisses measure as an elitist ‘election bribe’

Visa processing chaos set to continue amid opposition parties’ rejection of proposal to limit international student numbers

Institutions start putting recruitment on hold amid uncertainty about whether new limits will come into force in January

Promote teamwork to improve gender equity, Australian analysis suggests

Staff fear cost-cutting motivations behind university’s drive for more secure employment

Private colleges set to be hit with punitive limits on overseas recruitment, despite being among the top performers in government-commissioned surveys

Ensure that your exit causes minimal inconvenience, regulator tells private colleges

Burgeoning compliance requirements ‘squeezing out’ other governance priorities, Australian conference hears

Universities’ instinct to ‘de-risk everything’ makes things worse for everybody, says academic émigré

‘Conflating knowledge systems with underlying disciplinary teaching’ is part of a ‘slippery slope’ for the academy

New STEM proposal meets state’s needs and government’s demands, vice-chancellor says, but opponents say all relocation plans should be scrapped

Academic freedom statute ‘widely misunderstood’, says New Zealand barrister

But simplicity is hard to produce in a complex world, Australian forum hears

Latest redundancy round militates against the government’s growth aspirations, observers warn

University staff like their workplaces more than people in other sectors but spend less time being there, surveys find

Horse set to follow the cart, as critics warn of perverse consequences

‘Alarming precedent’, says union; ‘interim solution’ pending ‘appropriate governance’, says university

Changes will ensure compliance with new legislation, according to administrators, but unions say it is about cutting costs

Some A$15 billion of student debt relief will do almost ‘nothing’ to help cash-strapped Australian institutions

Australian academics required to ‘act up’ for years before being paid for it, analysis finds

Universities’ challenge now is keeping pace with applications, analyst says

Programmes were ‘foundational’ to Northern Rivers-based Southern Cross but are no longer viable, vice-chancellor says

As pre-Wikipedia resource enters its 25th year, pioneers eye new applications as well as new languages

University leaders under ‘extraordinary pressure’ amid funding crisis, says departing University of Southern Queensland chief

“Workforce change” processes under way at seven institutions likely to claim well over 1,200 jobs, with more campuses expected to follow suit

Some resisters mistrust tertiary education but others just do not see the need