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Students take years to recoup the tens of thousands of dollars they would have been paid if training was salaried, New Zealand study finds

City campuses have not delivered institutions an international education bonanza, but Federation hopes its new site will support a new model of cooperative education

Many asylum applicants began their journeys as students before Australia’s visas were overhauled almost a decade ago, new figures suggest

Domestic postgraduate provision looms as an alternative to out-of-favour international education, but it’s a tough market with questionable returns

Never much of a vote-winner, higher education now risks the burden of being branded a vote-loser for parties seen as too soft on the sector

University latest passion project for ex-politician who specialises in ‘institutions that are worth keeping’

‘Endless stress’ confronts Iranian doctoral candidates who worked for a year just to cover the application fee

Repeat of UK debate looms, as parliamentary committee urges Australian universities to ‘align’ with IHRA definition, and opposition members say it should be mandatory

Failure to improve translation of ‘laudable’ research output will see country ‘slide into mediocrity’, reviewers warn

Private member’s bill the latest slap in the face to a sector struggling for social licence as election looms

New national body takes shape, as troubled centenarian predecessor faces curtain

Two dozen academics join ‘mainstream’ call for a health check on youth gender treatment

Political pressures and legislative haziness leave institutions ‘on a hiding to nothing’

Expenses spike despite dwindling student numbers, with signs the gap could widen

Data centre mogul Robin Khuda seeks ‘cohort effect’ with largest-ever gift to Australia’s oldest university

Social sciences ‘the proverbial canary in the coalmine’ for restrictions in other areas of research, dean warns

Earnings gap between university bosses and ordinary workers has quintupled since Australia stopped regulating vice-chancellors’ salaries, analysis finds

Australian universities and colleges face a ‘difficult’ election but few further rule changes, analyst predicts

Government ‘cherry-picked’ ideas with commercial application, despite reviewer warnings against ‘naive’ expectations of windfall profits, scientists say

Measurements, data, facts and ocean health top to-do list of newly anointed science diplomat

New figures suggest political headache for government – and educators – will not disappear any time soon

Long-awaited governance council, delayed by 18 months, stands in for 50-year-old regulator

Seven institutes folded into four in major reshaping of research landscape

Right-wing trust deficit is pronounced in western Europe and North America but not Australasia, international survey finds

Universities must take a firmer hand with ‘zero-fail’ students, Australian study finds, amid policies to boost underprivileged participation

Housing impacts limited to precincts with high concentration of students, study finds

‘Crisis’ snowballed following A$1 million payout to short-serving law dean who was sympathetic to abortion

‘Tweaks needed’ as eligibility remains restricted to citizens of the richest nations

‘Gagging clauses’ in politicians’ sights amid findings that ‘corporate’ governance has trumped the university mission

Mini-budget projection of expansion in higher education participation a world away from accord’s lofty ambition

Proposed legislative changes will require institutions to obtain approval of ‘free speech statements’, and live up to them

Some educators worry new arrangement could leave them worse off than planned thresholds, but government says it is ‘well placed’ to alleviate visa delays

New directive prevents officials from issuing more than 270,000 student visas next year, and applies indicative caps on institutions previously proposed through legislation

Reforms will redraw funding system and create tertiary education commission, but questions remain over how much cash will materialise

Universities must rethink their use of agents and discounts and put more effort into securing and retaining enrolments, consultant says

Australian Bureau of Statistics figures reflect scale of growth in post-pandemic, pre-crackdown rebound

While landmark review recommended ambitious targets, early indicators suggest participation is heading in the wrong direction

Growth mindset has fostered corporate control in an environment where it ‘doesn’t work’, essay claims

Demand ‘strong’ despite political uncertainty, soaring costs and moderating rents, says global property company

Monash Malaysia eyes new articulation offerings amid doubts that Australia’s caps are off the agenda for good

‘Enforceable undertaking’ with workplace regulator also includes new checks and balances and half-million-dollar ‘contrition payment’

Dedicated source of capital funding tops umbrella body’s election wish list

While some women may not feel safe with numbers, according to stereotype, Katie Buchhorn uses numbers to help keep women safe

Homecoming of sorts for Chinese-Australian vice-chancellor

Anticipated approach of rewriting ministerial direction would not require parliamentary approval

‘Enforceable agreement’ with leading university ‘an example for all large employers’, says workplace watchdog

Statement of support follows newspaper reports of ‘culture of fear’ cultivated by former Silicon Valley executive

‘Purpose-built’ facilities will help improve student mobility around the Indian Ocean rim, says Perth-based university

Scientists from the favoured areas raise the strongest objections

Tough year ahead for New Colombo Plan, as changes and delays leave administrators in the dark

Multi-pronged government crackdown succeeds where coronavirus and international financial crises failed

Long timeline for review heralded almost a year ago by another review

Loan scheme pioneer highlights moral hazard of Australia’s ‘Byzantine’ way of bankrolling master’s places

‘Big reset’ opportunity now spent when sector most needs it, says Duncan Maskell

If we rely on industry to bankroll research, we lose sight of problems that do not interest industry, technologist warns

Driven more by pragmatism than purism, Asia’s new wave of industry-linked universities is shaking up the sector

Region’s educational strengths must be brought to bear against key challenges such as climate change, forum hears

Emerging institutions’ aspirations snubbed as old-guard administrators focus on a vanishing bottom line

Senate victory a win for government following defeat of caps

Keeping costs down ‘not an objective’ for research-addicted sector, says accountancy professor