Curtin University opens ‘fully fledged’ Sri Lanka campus
‘Purpose-built’ facilities will help improve student mobility around the Indian Ocean rim, says Perth-based university
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Australian university governance a ‘circular system of patronage’
Dozens of consultancy bigwigs feature in corporate-heavy council membership, according to union analysis
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Interview with Grace Nkansa Asante
Ghana’s first female economics professor discusses why it has taken so long for an appointment like hers, and how she splits her time between academia and the priesthood
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‘Where is my country’s next female vice-chancellor?’
Malawi’s first female university president Address Malata reflects on shaking up a male-dominated institution and why having more women on the faculty matters
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Tally of ‘underpaid’ Australian university staff nears 100,000
All but a handful of universities now tarnished by short-changing scandal, according to academic union
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Australian university earnings crash back to earth
Big reversals in first tranche of financial accounts, as Covid-era investment gains turn into losses
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Amid mergers, does size matter for Australian universities?
While South Australian vice-chancellors see few downsides from an amalgamation, their western counterparts take a different view
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Sapienza urged to revoke Tunisian president’s honorary doctorate
Petitioners ask leading Italian university to look again at honorary degree for Kaïs Saïed over his replacement theory rhetoric and constitutional power grabs
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Indian states blacklisted as Australian visa rejections soar
Australian institutions suspend recruitment from India’s north, just as politicians and vice-chancellors launch charm offensive
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Australian international education blows hot and cold
Recovery has a way to go, analysts insist, as signs point both north and south
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Melbourne fights order to reveal its landholdings
Australia’s wealthiest university locks horns with one of its own academics, who says ‘the public has a right to know’
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More Australian universities turn to property speculation
With land prices and Covid costs both ballooning, universities are selling up and retreating on to campus
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Interview with Julia Lane
NYU economist reflects on stumbling into her field, using data for the public good, and lessons from four decades in academia
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Are young universities more focused on civic engagement?
Many young universities have an explicit service mission, while others organically aligned their work with local needs. John Ross explores new institutions’ affinity for civic engagement
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More Australian universities dive into the red
First institutional accounts reveal mixed results, with many institutions weathering the Covid storm but some plunging into deficit