Australia and New Zealand

Government ‘cherry-picked’ ideas with commercial application, despite reviewer warnings against ‘naive’ expectations of windfall profits, scientists say

Measurements, data, facts and ocean health top to-do list of newly anointed science diplomat

New figures suggest political headache for government – and educators – will not disappear any time soon

Proposed governance probe seen as setback for a sector struggling with social licence

Long-awaited governance council, delayed by 18 months, stands in for 50-year-old regulator

Seven institutes folded into four in major reshaping of research landscape

Right-wing trust deficit is pronounced in western Europe and North America but not Australasia, international survey finds

Universities must take a firmer hand with ‘zero-fail’ students, Australian study finds, amid policies to boost underprivileged participation

Housing impacts limited to precincts with high concentration of students, study finds

The executive cadre clearly didn’t see the crises around revenue, leadership and public standing coming, say Hamish Coates and Leo Goedegebuure

Australian National University pro vice-chancellor to serve five-year term

Domestic doctoral enrolments have shrunk by 8 per cent over the last half-decade, says report