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Australian policy guru suggests complete rethink of research funding to overcome ‘opportunity cost’ of unsuccessful grant applications

But former education counsellor warns that a reliable picture of Covid’s fallout will be a long time coming

Rather than repeating other institutions’ mistakes, universities should embrace established ‘modalities’ for collaborative online international learning – and appreciate it as more than a Covid stopgap

Focus should be on high-end jobs after students graduate – not low-end jobs while they study, sector leaders say

Australia will be the big loser from an exodus of Chinese researchers, academics warn

Australia’s oldest university library adopts new protocols for acknowledgement, representation and access to indigenous material

University’s pledge comes amid heightened political scrutiny on insecure employment practices at universities

Sky-high application and grant rates prompt fresh integrity concerns

Unless Canberra provides stable funding, universities are doomed to boom-bust cycles, unionist warns

‘We are a designated evacuation centre. Bit by bit, we started coming to longer-term arrangements’

Eye-popping results from Australian study warrant complete overhaul of how teaching subsidies are distributed, researchers say

Free online courses have much to offer professors, including feedback on their own performance

Grand challenges ‘do not fit neatly within disciplinary boundaries’ and neither should science

While Labor claims majority government, Greens outline their education priorities for Senate cooperation

Appointment comes at a good time for a sector in need of an understanding ear in Canberra

Global inflation and its influence on exchange rates has produced a complex mix of enticements and deterrents

Wavering Chinese demand has driven a dive into south Asia, where unwary recruiters ‘get burned’

‘Bloodbath’ in traditional Liberal seats shows that anti-intellectualism is no longer a vote winner, consultant says

Labor may prosecute a big agenda in higher education despite its ‘small target’ campaign

Boost to teaching subsidies will not keep pace with inflation, critics warn

Battling for truth in opaque organisations? It’s enough to blow your mind, researchers say

Proposed changes risk further eroding support funding for discovery research without achieving their core objectives

New strategy looks outward as well as inward, as government vows to ‘come back even stronger than before’

Campaign promises reflect electoral rather than sectoral priorities

Disadvantaged families have upbeat expectations for their offspring but underestimate the barriers, study suggests

Policies to attract foreign students to Australia’s regional areas are not changing their instinctive preference for the cities, analysis suggests

Country’s universities have ‘a lot of catching up to do’ despite two-month reprieve

La Trobe prolongs blackout on Russell Street bomber Craig Minogue’s dissertation, citing concerns over ‘identifying material’

Blamed for housing prices largely beyond their own reach, overseas students are both courted and resented

Extent of staffing overhauls bore little relationship to Covid’s financial carnage, says report

Less than 5 per cent of medical students on indentureship deal have fulfilled obligations to work outside cities

Special intake should be at least doubled, vice-chancellor says

Rival centre’s establishment highlights the problems for thinktanks in universities

As staff reel from an austerity drive, Victoria produces its first A$3 billion institution

Findings raise red flag for Australia’s economically crucial international enrolments

Universities have the connections and resources for sophisticated risk management, not just ‘bureaucratic box-ticking’, says British-Australian academic

Melbourne institute’s mission to heal relations with India clashes with academics’ desire to spotlight subcontinent abuses

Using international education proceeds for students’ benefit could galvanise overseas enrolments and defuse community ‘resentment’, study finds

Commentators warn that history could repeat itself as uncapped work rights linger for at least a semester

Extraordinary meeting fails to resolve governance concerns raised by scores of fellows

Flows not robust enough to alter ‘slight negative outlook’ on institutional finances

Academics call for rethink of latest Australian security intervention

While staff hostility towards philanthropically backed humanities courses has not abated, entry and satisfaction scores suggest students take a different view

But insiders say there are votes to be gained in policies to make participation more equitable

More ‘operating deficits’ tipped as Australia’s national university reboots activity levels in a Covid-normal world

With emphasis on research commercialisation and limited gains in aid, higher education senses lost opportunity in Liberal-NDP team

Staff scour social media to root out dissidents, with escalation of penalties meant to silence students

Student body president concedes academic value, for most black students, outweighs the problems causing many faculty to leave, but calls for stronger leadership

Australian universities face more restrictions on their foreign collaboration, no matter who wins the coming election

Cutting-edge facilities are welcome but they achieve little without people to run them, science advocates point out

Iran’s universities have thrived despite the country’s sanctions, which could soon be lifted – but nation still beset by lack of postgraduate opportunities, scholars say

But positive results owe much to temporary government and stock market lifelines, according to early institutional accounts

Universities urged to work alongside edtech companies and other online players to improve offering to students

Identification of new species ‘a beautiful example of the impact indigenous culture and science can have when combined’

But promised infrastructure and research commercialisation funding could stretch thin

Universities keep seeking local jobs for their overseas graduates, despite ‘massive’ economic pivot to Asia

Australia’s big talk on science aspirations overlooks the skills needed to make it all happen, critics say

Campuses almost devoid of people nevertheless remained hotbeds of sexual harassment and assault

Canberra’s policy changes helped turn its big-ticket infrastructure schemes into pipe dreams, university-industry report argues

Penalties for student snitches and curbs on Confucius Institutes and Thousand Talents Programme among dozens of recommendations from security committee