Adelaide appoints new chancellor after governance crisis Legal trailblazer to oversee governance of Australia’s third oldest university at a troubled time John Ross 7月 15日
Australia ‘should discount fully online classes’ post-Covid ‘Cloud’ discounts and fee and subsidy tweaks could underpin acceptable compromise deal, policy specialist suggests John Ross 7月 14日
Remote Summit: Australia stands out as leaving research elite to bear virus burden The differential impacts of the Covid-19 wrecking ball reflect different countries’ priorities, conference hears John Ross 7月 14日
Leadership crisis besets University of the South Pacific Oceania’s pan-national university enveloped by scandal, duelling governance bodies and tit-for-tat accusations John Ross 7月 14日
Queensland upholds suspension of anti-China crusader Suspension reduced but it ‘still gets me out of the way’, Australian student representative says John Ross 7月 13日
Leading from a distance: starting a v-c job during lockdown Covid-19 ushered in a very different first 100 days for new University of Auckland head Dawn Freshwater John Ross 7月 13日
Coronavirus pandemic spawns a poachers’ picnic Down Under No longer able to recruit from overseas, some colleges pay ‘extortionate’ commissions to recruit from their competitors John Ross 7月 10日
Australia shelves plan to fly in international students Trial flights of overseas students taken off the table, as safe haven visas for Hong Kong students herald more tension with China John Ross 7月 9日
University barred from appealing ‘publish or perish’ ruling Australian decision a reminder that universities cannot impose unrealistic research requirements, academic union says John Ross 7月 8日
From cosmos to corona: an astrophysicist takes on the pandemic Data cleansing project for pandemic patients illustrates the side benefits of astronomy research John Ross 7月 8日
Black Lives Matter is unlikely to end the racism rife in Australia’s academy Progress will be very difficult if there is a loud cohort of academics who remain fundamentally opposed to it, says James Blackwell James Blackwell 7月 8日
‘No growth in student numbers’ under Australian funding proposals Smoke and mirrors conceal lack of extra university places, losses to institutions and savings to government, former bureaucrat says John Ross 7月 7日