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As biggest member state centralises power while failing to pay its dues, the headwinds battering the pan-regional university are getting a whole lot stronger

ARC reveals macro scale of its micro-management of funding applicants’ statements

As universities buff up their diversity credentials, Australia’s largest regional institution warns of ‘hunting’ in its backyard

Prime minister says researchers should be able to work ‘without looking over their shoulder’

Recovery has a way to go, analysts insist, as signs point both north and south

AUT plans for steepest job losses in the country since the pandemic’s early months as international and domestic enrolments flag

Everyday researchers must be promoted equitably and star researchers must be hired equitably, New Zealand study finds

Visa delays costing us top overseas staff and PhD students, Australian universities warn

Much vaunted summit also resolves that graduates should be allowed to work for longer after finishing their degrees

Enrolment growth will be in different types of institutions, regulator predicts, but universities say the regulatory settings enforce ‘homogeneity’

Jobs and Skills Summit sees vocational colleges awarded funding to deliver ‘the high value and often more complex qualifications’

Labor minister’s insistence that postcode should not determine opportunity sparks new initiatives

Grant delays worse than ever, researchers say, as ARC strives to meet demands of ousted government

While the sector laments its low profile in this week’s Canberra congress, policy expert expects it to generate ‘dysfunction’

National interest test for research grants to be simplified amid sweeping review of ARC

Former disability commissioner says universities have lifted their game, but employers not so much

But representative body says conclusions from analysis of university financial accounts are based on flawed assumptions

First postgraduate students start at new HKUST campus, signalling beginning of huge changes in the area

Perennially underdone educational relationship ready to go to the next level, advocates say

Researchers say using improvisational comedy can improve their ability to communicate findings

Australian High Commission in India web page on education had link to US company offering to write dissertations, application letters and more

Universities should keep basic health protections such as mask mandates in place, argues Australian epidemiologist

‘Ground-up’ system for estimating academic workloads suggests universities routinely set them too high

Demands to accommodate price spikes and satisfy business needs are putting students’ progress at risk, summit hears

Australian pioneers of institutional-scale block teaching say expansion forced refinements of the model

‘Absolute support’ for Australian government’s decision to quarantine extra places for disadvantaged students

But preoccupation with the mundane sidelines universities from the main game, according to vice-chancellors

Bursaries and scholarships among other measures to solve teaching workforce ‘crisis’

As Science retracts a paper by a second James Cook alumnus, critics ask where they learned their craft

While many early career academics are preoccupied with job security, the factor that most correlates with job satisfaction is a helpful boss

Covid a memory in most regions as cost, quality, work and migration opportunities guide study destination choices

New cooperative approach targets biggest essay mills without need for court action

Second postponement in as many years acknowledges Covid’s ‘major impact’ on research efforts

Soaring youth unemployment could spur outward flight or lead young people to turn away from ambitions of studying abroad

Survey findings reflect escalating scepticism of media in all its forms

Court action to follow alleged incident at Armidale club, according to reports

Authors of new Australian ‘ethical framework’ say academic senates should have as much power as university executives

Ambitious scheme would see higher education institutions across 10 countries agree common framework, with a helping hand from Europe

Universities face tough decisions as staff argue for wage rises to keep up with cost of living and budgets become increasingly stretched

Universities’ pleas to train more professionals may now gain traction as Labor government creates new jobs and skills body

Swinburne v-c lambasts sector for following English model, but Monash head puts international education on par with key resource exports

Disproportionate impact must be considered by universities when assessing performance of staff, study finds

Clash over officials’ salaries occurs against a backdrop of resentment over union leadership’s pandemic tactics

Survey finds two-thirds of students go without ‘basics’ and renters pass 56 per cent of their meagre incomes to landlords

Agents report surge in appetite, suggesting students have short memories

New cheating figures highlight need for new solutions as ‘under-pressure’ students find new ways to access banned websites

Australian book weighs the ethics of evolving research techniques, including the downsides of drones and selfies with animals

While sector welcomes significant funding injection, future shape of national centre is clouded, as is much of its past efforts

Pakistan, Nepal, Kenya, Ghana and three Indian states named as sources of ‘emerging integrity issues’

Coursera co-founder warns that faculty are ‘burning the candle at multiple ends’

Vivienne Stern tells Australian conference that universities should make contingency preparations for collapse in relations

While contentious reforms were ‘a first for the OECD’, conference hears, they have reinforced a move away from taxpayer funding

Australia the biggest loser, universities warn, as protracted delays shepherd PhD applicants elsewhere

Deemed surplus to needs as their university amassed a A$200 million buffer, UWA social scientists find welcome at Curtin

New approach ‘a great outcome’ for those fearing impacts of the ‘most bone-headed idea ever’

While policy incentivises retention, approved leaves of absence are counted as attrition

While Covid may have ushered record numbers of Australians to university, a chipper labour market is luring them away again

Dearth of data undermines understanding of cancel culture and other campus codes of silence

While some fields have been exempted from a contentious imposition on international doctoral students, sector still fears overkill

Former attorney general turned security professor says avoiding ‘overreach’ is as important as protecting public safety