Australian university governance a ‘circular system of patronage’
Dozens of consultancy bigwigs feature in corporate-heavy council membership, according to union analysis
Dozens of consultancy bigwigs feature in corporate-heavy council membership, according to union analysis
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
All but a handful of universities now tarnished by short-changing scandal, according to academic union
Big reversals in first tranche of financial accounts, as Covid-era investment gains turn into losses
While South Australian vice-chancellors see few downsides from an amalgamation, their western counterparts take a different view
Petitioners ask leading Italian university to look again at honorary degree for Kaïs Saïed over his replacement theory rhetoric and constitutional power grabs
Australian institutions suspend recruitment from India’s north, just as politicians and vice-chancellors launch charm offensive
Recovery has a way to go, analysts insist, as signs point both north and south
Australia’s wealthiest university locks horns with one of its own academics, who says ‘the public has a right to know’
NYU economist reflects on stumbling into her field, using data for the public good, and lessons from four decades in academia
With land prices and Covid costs both ballooning, universities are selling up and retreating on to campus
First institutional accounts reveal mixed results, with many institutions weathering the Covid storm but some plunging into deficit
Geoff Hanmer claims Australian universities are being pressured to build towering city campuses that students dislike
Top Australian university sidelined from rich fellowship scheme over ‘unacceptable’ lack of diversity in honorary doctorates
While Australia’s new-look certificates deliver a sugar hit to institutional coffers, experts question the long-term benefits