Australia fires starting gun on major higher education review Non-partisan panel asked to update access targets and complete Bradley review’s unfinished business John Ross 11月 16日
Australia and New Zealand strike open access deal with Elsevier Region’s biggest transformative agreement ‘an important first step’ in open access ‘journey’ John Ross 11月 15日
Australian visa grants to Indian subcontinent students plummet Successful applications from south Asia fall off a cliff, as authorities struggle to distinguish genuine students from those with other things on their minds John Ross 11月 14日
New Zealand government steers clear of university pay disputes You are part of the problem, academic union tells Labour, as government declines to ‘step in’ John Ross 11月 12日
Australian research assessment exercise ‘has achieved purpose’ Funding council reviewer signals intent to recommend ditching ERA, rewriting national interest test and circumscribing veto power John Ross 11月 11日
Gender quota for medical research grants splits academics New Australian arrangement hailed as long overdue by many, but critics warn of unintended consequences John Ross 11月 10日
Private colleges look to accord to level Australian playing field Always left holding the wrong end of the stick, independent institutions hope for a ‘reset’ from the misleadingly named universities accord John Ross 11月 9日
Parenthood a key factor in Covid’s gender inequities Point-in-time study quantifies pandemic’s differential impacts on academics with children – particularly mothers John Ross 11月 9日
Government and business ‘letting Australia down’ on research Go8 questions outsiders’ commitment to research, after advisory body raises doubts over education’s contribution to productivity John Ross 11月 8日
Australian defence department ‘should bankroll university places’ Other suggestions to ease military skill shortages include funding future reservists’ studies and ‘opening up’ to international students John Ross 11月 8日
Australia charts path to pre-pandemic online teaching rules While remote delivery remains popular with many international students, authorities hose down prospects of fully online degrees John Ross 11月 7日
Australian income help ‘far too low’ for few students who get it Student union demands overhaul as post-Covid cost pressures exacerbate student poverty John Ross 11月 4日