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Victoria’s A$350m lifeline adds to the pressure on Canberra to do more to help embattled sector

Initiative hopes to drive promising performers into fundamental science and basic research

While NSW support package is dwarfed by Victoria’s offering, reopening economy suggests better times ahead for struggling students

After more than a decade of federal spending increases, the country also looks set to overtake Japan on the proportion of GDP spent on innovation

Australian universities decline union-sponsored agreement, citing individual circumstances and governance concerns

Policy experts express fears that public and politicians will hold scientists responsible for the economic and social damage of lockdown

Many bosses lead from the front, ceding 20-plus per cent of their pay to help plug pandemic shortfalls

Some succour for NZ universities and students in budget aiming to support training for those who have lost jobs in crisis

Redundancies beckon at Australia’s oldest university as bosses and workers alike hold the line

Bitter internal conflict brews over union plan to offer pay concessions in return for employment safeguards

Academic union faces member fightback over détente with university administrations

Virologist Christian Drosten has become a high-profile commentator on the pandemic in Germany, but are other disciplines stealing the limelight elsewhere?

Innovation on the line, as coronavirus unleashes domino effect on research mainstream

Clay feet of cross-subsidy policies exposed by Covid-19 crisis, representative groups say

‘Three-step plan’ would allow gradual increases to class sizes, with borders inched open for foreign students

While overhauls of workforce and institutional architecture beckon, Australian report predicts esteem for expertise in post-pandemic world

Survey results from Germany also suggest people think public disagreement between scientists is good, as it will lead to better results

Investigation concerns ‘potential serious or systemic misconduct and maladministration, not corruption’

Universities are steering the country’s response to Covid-19 in the absence of political leadership, which is helping citizens value higher education, says rector

Minister promises to reward universities that go back to teaching as Bolsonaro’s administration battles with state governors over pandemic policy

Australian university’s losses ‘less than our east coast counterparts’, acting v-c tells staff

Covid-19 crisis the suspected trigger, as university offers no reasons for chancellor’s resignation or vice-chancellor’s leave of absence

Students in the Netherlands are resisting use of software to stop cheating on exams, citing concerns about consent, intrusion and security of personal data

Economical changes and positive mindset could alleviate the industry’s woes, says federal MP

Universities and policy makers must move quickly to exploit ‘small window of opportunity’, global survey suggests

Survey results show online switch ‘going better than expected’, says union. But students at universities of applied sciences appear harder hit

Sector singled out as Canberra makes changes on the fly to its JobKeeper employment subsidy scheme

Frustrated final year students could drop out within sight of the finishing line, Australian report warns

But commentators question legality, terminology and strategic value

State’s contribution contrasts with Canberra’s ‘baffling and callous’ approach, critics say

Researchers from universities most dependent on international education insist current restrictions must be retained

Reeling from freefalling international enrolments, Australian universities now face renewed threats from geopolitical tensions

Immigration department’s approach to post-study work rights risks ‘writing off the entire semester’

Change borne of necessity could usher in major benefits in flexibility, retention, student success and cost savings, pioneers suggest

Some types of patient data, crucial for understanding who might be worst hit by the virus, are often inaccessible for researchers. A new portal hopes to change that

Government moves the goal posts as universities explore fine print of bailout rules

In a country where students are heavily dependent on part-time jobs, the pandemic shutdown has devastated incomes, leading to calls for government help

In contrast to other countries, philosophers, historians, theologians and jurists have played a major role advising the state as it seeks to loosen restrictions

While universities commit hundreds of millions of dollars to help domestic and foreign students, dissatisfaction remains

Slash costs or deal yourself out of the international education industry, universities warned

Some institutions have made serious efforts to protect staff welfare during the Covid-19 crisis, while others have implemented – or said they plan to implement – job and pay cuts

Union members mount fightback as their leadership countenances pay cuts

Astrophysicists’ data analysis and precision measurement expertise harnessed to combat pandemic

International education losses ‘are like losing a car manufacturing industry every six months’

Exchange students face hefty coronavirus toll

‘There is a life in science beyond the virus,’ warns German rectors’ head, amid calls for attention to the trade-offs between shutdowns and scientific progress

Governments are prioritising reopening schools and businesses over campuses. But some academics fear the impact on disadvantaged students – and on their teaching

Integrity benefits of remote assessment via tech and change in attitudes outweigh the drawbacks, experts say

Commentators express doubts over Canberra’s online road to post-pandemic prosperity

Fine print reveals that universities can expect to recoup perhaps one dollar for every seven they lose

New arrangements will ‘pivot’ university offerings to areas of greatest domestic need, government says

Mauro Ferrari departed after suggesting launch of a coronavirus programme, but critics warn against abandoning blue-skies science, even in a crisis

Out of the fires and into virus land, academics and institutions find myriad ways to help

Dreams will be dashed and the sector could take a decade to recover, expert warns

ANU ditches reliance on admissions scores and invites early bids from the class of the coronavirus

Mauro Ferrari leaves after just four months in role following rejection of his suggestion that council launch a programme to fight Covid-19

With foreign student numbers down and forlorn hopes for a government bailout, sector’s hopes may lie in expanded domestic enrolments

Tough choices await as institutions revisit ideas that could cut staff numbers and ramp up fees

Bumpy road ahead, as education ministers fail to agree terms on tertiary admissions rank

‘Don’t sideline us from giant subsidy scheme’, universities and medical research institutes beg government