Australia’s jobs pitch lures some foreign students, but not others Canberra’s work rights strategy influences make-up of new arrivals, as Perth changes entry rules again John Ross 2月 18日
Australian minister ‘briefed three times’ on vetoed research ‘Vast majority’ of promised research commercialisation fund falls outside spending commitments, estimates committee also hears John Ross 2月 17日
Australia-China research collaboration nosedives Funding council statistics lend weight to anecdotal accounts that academics are self-censoring scholarship on superpower John Ross 2月 17日
Attempts to tackle casualisation in Australia ‘have failed’ University casuals less likely to win permanent employment than cleaners or bank workers, Senate inquiry finds John Ross 2月 15日
Australian universities head back to campus after shutdowns It’s a balancing act, as some crave company and others isolation, but most vice-chancellors want their people back ‘as often as possible’ John Ross 2月 14日
Liberate teaching materials from paywalls, urges professor Open access champion also proposes an IB for universities, as competition gives way to collaboration John Ross 2月 14日
Cut deep, cut early: Covid’s toll on Australian casuals revealed Belated data show that inexperienced, untenured and non-academic staff shouldered the lion’s share of job losses John Ross 2月 13日
Australian Senate committee to scrutinise grant veto powers Furore over political interference shows no sign of abating, as government presses ahead with research commercialisation agenda John Ross 2月 9日
Gender quotas for research grants ‘risk unintended consequences’ There is no simple answer to entrenched inequities in research funding, Australian agency finds John Ross 2月 7日
Schmidt: take politics out of Australian research grant decisions Vice-chancellor criticises ‘bipartisan support’ for rules enabling ministers to intervene in grant awards John Ross 2月 7日
New Zealand reopens borders, but many students face long wait While 5,000 students could arrive in April, the rest will not be admitted until October, effectively ruling out campus-based studies before 2023 John Ross 2月 3日
Canberra: change IP and pay rules to foster commercialisation Pay, promotions and intellectual property protections set for ‘refinement’ under new action plan John Ross 2月 2日