Some staff are more equal than others Coronavirus-induced workforce shedding has exposed the chasm in Australian university employment arrangements, says John Ross By John Ross 20 July
New Australian visa settings a ‘rare piece of good news’ Fee waivers and clarified work rights arrangements applauded, but worries that the new conditions may be too restrictive By John Ross 20 July
Adelaide vice-chancellor departs over ‘ill health’ University’s former boss will not return from indefinite leave, as misconduct probe continues By John Ross 20 July
Casual staff ‘not considered real workers’ as job axe falls The scant information about job losses among Australia’s insecure staff speaks volumes about how management sees them, say critics By John Ross 19 July
We must get beyond research management-by-numbers Simplistic performance measures hold research back, says Jim McCluskey, as Melbourne becomes the first Australian university to sign up to Dora By Jim McCluskey 17 July
Melbourne v-c: ‘narrow thinking’ risks post-pandemic recovery Universities’ breadth of viewpoints more important than ever in this ‘dark period of history’, says Melbourne v-c By John Ross 16 July
Pandemic prompts lifelong-learning pivot and 500 job losses at UNSW Australian university’s financial problems force a restructure and 500 redundancies, but vice-chancellor stresses opportunity in adversity By John Ross 15 July
Adelaide appoints new chancellor after governance crisis Legal trailblazer to oversee governance of Australia’s third oldest university at a troubled time By John Ross 15 July
Australia ‘should discount fully online classes’ post-Covid ‘Cloud’ discounts and fee and subsidy tweaks could underpin acceptable compromise deal, policy specialist suggests By John Ross 14 July
Remote Summit: Australia stands out as leaving research elite to bear virus burden The differential impacts of the Covid-19 wrecking ball reflect different countries’ priorities, conference hears By John Ross 14 July
Leadership crisis besets University of the South Pacific Oceania’s pan-national university enveloped by scandal, duelling governance bodies and tit-for-tat accusations By John Ross 14 July
Queensland upholds suspension of?anti-China crusader Suspension reduced but it ‘still gets me out of the way’, Australian student representative says By John Ross 13 July
