Australia’s security straitjacket causes consternation Australian universities face more restrictions on their foreign collaboration, no matter who wins the coming election John Ross 4月 10日
Australian research infrastructure ‘needs a workforce to go with it’ Cutting-edge facilities are welcome but they achieve little without people to run them, science advocates point out John Ross 4月 7日
Australian universities rebound from Covid financial woes But positive results owe much to temporary government and stock market lifelines, according to early institutional accounts John Ross 4月 6日
Bureaucracy in higher education isn’t just inefficient, it’s unfair Labyrinthine university administration is causing unnecessary stress for scholars and students but beware red tape cutbacks, says Maree Martinussen Maree Martinussen 4月 5日
Indigenous knowledge prompts a whale of a discovery Identification of new species ‘a beautiful example of the impact indigenous culture and science can have when combined’ John Ross 4月 3日
Australia’s regional universities in line for extra budget treats But promised infrastructure and research commercialisation funding could stretch thin John Ross 3月 30日
Cash shortfall for basic research ‘jeopardises budget ambitions’ Australia’s big talk on science aspirations overlooks the skills needed to make it all happen, critics say John Ross 3月 29日
Covid exodus failed to stem sexual abuse on Australian campuses Campuses almost devoid of people nevertheless remained hotbeds of sexual harassment and assault John Ross 3月 29日
Funding reforms ‘another blow’ to engineering education Canberra’s policy changes helped turn its big-ticket infrastructure schemes into pipe dreams, university-industry report argues John Ross 3月 28日
New Zealand professors in Māori science row quit Royal Society After fighting off attempt to expel them, academics resign from learned academy over ‘untoward political focus’ John Ross 3月 28日
Australian MPs demand action on ‘sustained foreign intimidation’ Penalties for student snitches and curbs on Confucius Institutes and Thousand Talents Programme among dozens of recommendations from security committee John Ross 3月 25日
International learners stay cool on studying Down Under New Zealand now perceived poorly on factors where it used to excel, survey finds John Ross 3月 24日