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Legal proceedings over LED light bulbs could pave the way for more universities to claim royalties − and illuminates venture capital firms as potential allies

South Australian party welcomes tweaks to benefit Adelaide universities, but insists it remains uncommitted

Experts stress quick, consistent and centralised approaches, plus extra support for students and IT systems, during webinar

Hopes of an unlikely budget windfall may have spurred university chiefs’ change of heart, inquiry hears

Latest revelations continue horror week for the Australian sector

Australian forum hears that reduced ‘flow across borders’ could be an ongoing reality

Latest losses bring national coronavirus tally to about 11,000 jobs, excluding casual and fixed term positions

Australian sector must use ‘radical reset’ opportunity to refocus from grand challenges to the expertise needed to achieve them, says report

Island state university’s stance could prove pivotal, with bill’s future hingeing on Tasmanian senator’s vote

Education minister Ingrid van Engelshoven says too much research funding is now competitive, leading to intense work stress

‘Lock in’ funding boosts through legislation and abandon punitive auditing measures, Senate committee submissions say

French package to nearly double budget of National Research Agency and add extra 30,000 university places

Chinese translators the latest victims as Australia’s security state applies the thumbscrews

As Australia struggles to defend its civic values from foreign interference, critics say translators’ banning shows those values are being undermined from within

Interstate universities drawn into scandal amid questions over how serial predator kept getting promoted

‘HyFlex’ learning and cutting-edge virtual reality techniques set to help students and staff bridge physical and language barriers

New developments suggest Covid fallout may not be as devastating as feared for international education flows

Literature specialists barred as Australia’s relationship with China sinks another notch

Self-censorship, fuelled by fears of media misrepresentation and overstepping expertise, is more problematic than external suppression

Analysis finds that a college’s reopening decision for the autumn term is tied to the red or blue shade of its state

With the pandemic triggering greater emphasis on class time, something has to give as teaching-research model collides with sector’s ‘real-world’ problems

While finding seats as university directors, minorities still lack teaching equity and questions remain over ‘check-box representation’

Fee and subsidy overhaul will not solve anything, policy guru says, as government reforms go under the microscope

Panel stresses importance of ethics training for field that generates moral questions ‘on steroids’

But observers question whether it can last, as pandemic lays waste to the business model

No redundancy target announced as Australian university braces for massive loss of international earnings

CEU president says that rather than relying on ‘outside institutions’, academics and students must stand up for themselves

Senate vote suggests government has a fight on its hands with proposed funding changes

As hopes sour for a senate inquiry into proposed domestic funding arrangements, universities’ China links fall under another spotlight

Indian education agents call for 25 per cent reduction in fees as courses move online

Proposed legislation could ‘throw the baby out with the bathwater’, opposition warns

Web of Science data show how the science superpowers are positioned as political debate rages over their future relationship  

Hundreds of Indian students given the all-clear to enter country – but getting there is another question

Chancellor fell on his sword after respecting victims’ pleas for confidentiality, accepting poor legal advice and swallowing ‘lies’ about sex scandals

Set up by young researchers, new publication will highlight where studies went wrong – but it may struggle to attract submissions

Concessions address some concerns about proposed changes, but other worries linger

German researchers let members of the public fire questions at them in 20-minute slots, and the result is a deep, albeit narrow, form of science communication

Government issues arrest warrants for students and files complaint against an overseas academic as protests, some held on university campuses, intensify 

Germany has tradition of student placements in firms and universities, but coronavirus lay-offs highlight lack of state support for living costs

Australian analysis finds acronym use has multiplied tenfold in abstracts, with 94 per cent of 17,500 possible three-letter combinations used at least once

Australian thinktank tracks sharp increase in overseas recruitment stations and warns of links to covert activities

Australian university insists it is just planning for potential scenarios, amid claims that 3,000 jobs are at risk 

Different scenarios for legislative progress force universities to plan for range of outcomes

New guidelines offer fresh hope for veteran Indonesia studies scheme that was facing closure because of Covid impact on overseas travel

Strength of supervision more important than prior ability in determining doctoral performance, Australian study indicates

New measures slipped into draft Australian legislation ‘heavy handed’ and unnecessary, university group says

Rankings skew Australia’s top universities as they parlay profits from foreign students to snap up the world’s most talked about researchers

As time drags on since their signature course was turfed out, Australian whistleblowers’ colleagues fear their discipline will die a slow death

Mass job cuts likely at multiple Sydney institutions as hopes recede for international students’ return

Hidden surprises in planned legislation giving effect to funding reforms

Early-career and female researchers experience the greatest mental health toll, Australian surveys find

High levels of ‘undecided’ students bode well for northern hemisphere enrolments

Before and after surveys suggest international students in Australia have suffered more than locals

Short-term financial squeeze could litter sector with aborted projects and careers, report warns

Polytechnic pilots curriculum, rebuilt from scratch to develop flexible graduates, that principal says could be tailor-made for post-Covid world

With Australia unlikely to allow foreign students in until next year, the possibility of them taking classes on Malaysian affiliate campuses is being explored

Without ‘flashy buildings’ and IT systems, university administrators will be ‘pushing bits of paper around’ long into the future, says Monash head

Research leaders stress opportunities for engagement from Covid-induced adversity

Reductions ‘necessary to ensure that the university not only survives but thrives’

Universities Australia chief executive tells THE Live ANZ that institutions must become more resilient