First chancellor with acknowledged disability to fight ¡®attitude problem¡¯ Former disability commissioner says universities have lifted their game, but employers not so much By John Ross 29 August
NZ universities ¡®underinvesting in staff¡¯, says union But representative body says conclusions from analysis of university financial accounts are based on flawed assumptions By John Ross 29 August
India, Australia flag plan for mutual recognition of qualifications Perennially underdone educational relationship ready to go to the next level, advocates say By John Ross 26 August
Stand-up research: academics use comedy to explain their work Researchers say using improvisational comedy can improve their ability to communicate findings By John Ross 25 August
Embassy website removes link to essay writing firm Australian High Commission in India web page on education had link to US company offering to write dissertations, application letters and more By John Ross 24 August
Coronavirus disruption ¡®will keep recurring¡¯ on campuses Universities should keep basic health protections such as mask mandates in place, argues Australian epidemiologist By John Ross 21 August
Overworked academics ¡®give away one-third of their time¡¯ ¡®Ground-up¡¯ system for estimating academic workloads suggests universities routinely set them too high By John Ross 18 August
THE Campus Live ANZ: students ¡®dropping too many subjects¡¯ in favour of paid work Demands to accommodate price spikes and satisfy business needs are putting students¡¯ progress at risk, summit hears By John Ross 18 August
THE Campus Live ANZ: block teaching scale-up ¡®a learning process¡¯ Australian pioneers of institutional-scale block teaching say expansion forced refinements of the model By John Ross 17 August
THE Campus Live ANZ: universities back plan to reserve extra places for neediest ¡®Absolute support¡¯ for Australian government¡¯s decision to quarantine extra places for disadvantaged students By John Ross 17 August
THE Campus Live ANZ: academics working flexibly ¡®must give up offices¡¯ But preoccupation with the mundane sidelines universities from the main game, according to vice-chancellors By John Ross 16 August
Australian universities stick with ¡®unfair¡¯ early entry schemes With Covid exam disruption mostly gone but early entry schemes still in the ascendancy, admission stresses have been brought forward By John Ross 16 August