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Home affairs minister pledges to speed up admission of world’s ‘best and brightest’

High upfront costs defeated the most recent proposal for the two South Australian institutions to join forces back in 2018 but now things have changed

Australian university representatives warn of unintended consequences from two-year limit in new workplace relations act

What makes a sabbatical special any more, asks professor, if it is a continuation of the demands of academic life rather than a break from them

White paper vows to reshape science sector but also shies away from suggested creation of base operating grants for institutions

While unions see applications in the private college sector, Australian universities worry about being forced to enter collective bargaining

As underpayment claims embroil at least half the sector, Griffith’s proposed circuit breaker provokes more discord

Cultural familiarity, sense of safety and soaring rankings foster interest in nearby countries

Joint programme eyes trifecta of research skills, disciplinary knowledge and business acumen

Critics claim victory as assessment of research benefits is handed back to the experts

Independent housing ‘moderately to severely unaffordable’, as locals opt for alternatives

Narrow line between success and failure in latest round of Australian competitive grant funding

‘Renaissance’ ideals of integrity may mean little to the sharing economy generation, Australian conference hears

Australian public service chief rails against scale in call for “alternatives” to huge comprehensive institutions

For all their collegiality, pay disparity in Australian universities is ‘not out of step’ with big business

Australian study suggests simply reinstating on-campus tests may not have much effect

Articulating numerical goals can focus efforts, commentators say, but not always in the right direction

Sector should use review to break free from internal preoccupation and ‘utilitarian’ focus on private domestic benefit, conference hears

Economist released weeks after being sentenced to three years’ imprisonment over ‘trumped up’ charges

Difficult decisions require uncomfortable truths, epidemiologist tells Pacific Rim universities

Non-partisan panel asked to update access targets and complete Bradley review’s unfinished business

Successful applications from south Asia fall off a cliff, as authorities struggle to distinguish genuine students from those with other things on their minds

You are part of the problem, academic union tells Labour, as government declines to ‘step in’

Funding council reviewer signals intent to recommend ditching ERA, rewriting national interest test and circumscribing veto power

New Australian arrangement hailed as long overdue by many, but critics warn of unintended consequences

Always left holding the wrong end of the stick, independent institutions hope for a ‘reset’ from the misleadingly named universities accord

Point-in-time study quantifies pandemic’s differential impacts on academics with children – particularly mothers

Other suggestions to ease military skill shortages include funding future reservists’ studies and ‘opening up’ to international students

Go8 questions outsiders’ commitment to research, after advisory body raises doubts over education’s contribution to productivity

While remote delivery remains popular with many international students, authorities hose down prospects of fully online degrees

Student union demands overhaul as post-Covid cost pressures exacerbate student poverty

Policymakers will need to work out exactly what ‘equity’ means before entrenching it in new funding arrangements

Data theft from health insurance giant stokes fears that students could be targeted by hackers or their impersonators

Australian government’s cash injection may provide short-term relief, but lack of clarity hinders planning, says former civil servant

Late amendment to legislation means institutions must be consulted by new Jobs and Skills Australia agency

Burgeoning commencements suggest international education risks setting itself up for another fall

While students with deferred loans are insensitive to price signals, new study suggests that universities are just as unresponsive

Regional Australian universities’ fears of losing ‘equity’ enrolments to city rivals prove unfounded

Students face invidious options after two years of educational derailment, Australian forum hears

Southern nation’s recovery coincides with concerning signs in Canada and the UK

Influential Australian politician backs consideration of migration incentives, but rules out ‘hard link’

Inexperienced and over-zealous officials blamed for spike in visa rejections

But lukewarm interest from China and India suggests more work is needed on safety, work prospects and perception of quality

Universities’ marketing and motherhood statements fall short of students’ ‘more nuanced’ perceptions, Australian audit finds

Foreign interference and cybersecurity are ‘right problems’ for university leaders to be focusing on, minister tells chancellors

Universities have done themselves a disservice by playing politics and overlooking the public mood, chancellors say

Up to 50 staff at wealthier Australian institutions out-earn the average English vice-chancellor, FOI documents reveal

But administrators must weigh the risk of hanging on to data against getting rid of it too soon

Covid’s impacts are yet to take the sheen off local universities’ rankings performance, with their average scores now topping the world

NTEU council rejects outright condemnation and resists push for expulsions

New skills priority list shows efforts to plan for future workforces should focus on professional roles, as well as those in trades and technical areas, sector leaders say

Australian analysis finds that the architects of new policies should think more about unintended consequences such as the level of student debt

Staff down tools as pay and university funding alike drift well behind inflation

Advocates abandon Melbourne seminar over Australia’s answer to Diversity Champions Programme, citing presence of opponents

Biden administration comes to the party, as cash-strapped regional institution seeks new ‘development partners’

Hopes that formalisation of economist’s imprisonment could trigger his early release

Bigger focus flagged on Indigenous knowledge, climate science and critical technologies

Retaining Covid innovations seen as possible solution to dealing with backlog

WA says legal contracts and payment through institutions will avert unintended consequences

Enrolments down and activism up, as staff brace for job losses and management prepares for shutdowns