Record Australian overseas education income &not the full story* Buoyant figures reflect enrolment decisions made before politicians attempted to bring in restrictions, vice-chancellor says By John Ross 30 April
Australian election: smaller parties target debt, visas and fees Doubling of international fees, closing visa &loopholes* and tying student debt to mortgages among the ideas proposed ahead of poll By John Ross 29 April
Another big rise in Australian student visa fees planned Labor proposes A$400 hike to what are already the highest fees in the world with the opposition Liberal Party planning even steeper increases By John Ross 28 April
Permanent contracts &barely improve* job security for academics Australian scholars with ongoing roles almost as fearful as casuals about being out of work By John Ross 28 April
Student loan forgiveness &won*t fix main problem* as debt swells While main parties battle over debt-wipe proposal in Australian election, critic says scale of fees is the real issue By John Ross 25 April
&Inflated* crisis spurs another 800 job cuts Down Under Vice-chancellors say they have &no choice* about downsizing, but unions question the need as 2024 accounts reveal recovery trend By John Ross 24 April
AI summary &trashed author*s work* and took weeks to be corrected Study findings misrepresented in experimental Q&A published with paper, amid concerns efforts to save researchers time are fuelling mistakes By John Ross 24 April
Earth science is critical to national resilience 每 so why is it being gutted? Australia must fund its universities in ways that reflect their mission 每 not just their margins, say Rhodri Davies and Dorrit Jacob By Rhodri Davies 24 April
Australia &oversimplifies* China research collaboration risks National security U-turn &cutting Australia off from knowledge creation frontier* just as US turns its back on collaboration By John Ross 23 April
Crackdown on student protests &may breach free speech code* New restrictions following pro-Palestinian encampments appear to contravene Australian universities* commitments on free speech, says legal academic By John Ross 22 April
UNSW scraps trimester calendar after workload complaints Three-term system &suited the time*, but post-pandemic conditions bring new priorities, says university By John Ross 17 April
Tailoring teaching for disabled students &can benefit everyone* As people from non-traditional backgrounds become the majority in Australian universities, a legal academic argues that efforts to accommodate them can help the old guard too By John Ross 17 April