Australian campuses bid to save autonomy from Canberra meddling Universities face ban on deals with foreign partners that lack ‘institutional autonomy’, as they wrestle with similar demons By John Ross 29 March
Australia ‘has passed peak rankings’ Australian universities’ standing in global league tables may have plateaued By John Ross 28 March
Political hurdles for more Australian research grants Research projects examining humanitarian crises and school inequality the latest to come under a cloud By John Ross 25 March
Higher education makes women happier after all: study Vietnamese analysis of Australian survey data affirms findings about education’s impacts on subjective well-being, but ‘does not settle the argument’ By John Ross 24 March
Australia’s rural medical degrees seek to end exodus to cities Requirement for trainee doctors to undertake training in the bush has not been enough to keep them there after graduation By John Ross 23 March
Australian universities ‘still in dark’ over grant vetoes Internal vetting found nothing wrong with rejected research projects, vice-chancellors tell parliament’s security committee By John Ross 19 March
Government ‘vagueness’ thwarting universities’ security efforts ‘Ambiguous’ regulations and lack of clarity around national security concerns are keeping universities in the dark, Australian inquiry hears By John Ross 19 March
Remote learning hits Australian student satisfaction Lift your game, minister tells Covid-struck universities, as students mark institutions down on engagement By John Ross 18 March
Australian international education ‘has failed soft power test’ Chinese students becoming more supportive of authoritarian government during time in liberal democracy By John Ross 17 March
Covid triggers change of guard in Australian sector leadership With every second institution sporting a new boss, or looking for one, the pool of replacements may be shrinking By John Ross 17 March
Six-figure sum for highest paid Australian v-c’s successor New Sydney boss to earn much less than his predecessor – but more than Michael Spence’s current income in the UK By John Ross 14 March
Media veteran Mark Scott picked as next Sydney v-c Selling the sector will be a key challenge for the former political adviser, journalist and media administrator chosen to lead Australia’s oldest university By John Ross 12 March