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 John Ross 4月 30日
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 John Ross 4月 29日
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 John Ross 4月 28日
Permanent contracts ‘barely improve’ job security for academics Australian scholars with ongoing roles almost as fearful as casuals about being out of work John Ross 4月 28日
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 John Ross 4月 25日
‘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 John Ross 4月 24日
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 John Ross 4月 24日
Earth science is critical to national resilience – so why is it being gutted? Australia must fund its universities in ways that reflect their mission – not just their margins, say Rhodri Davies and Dorrit Jacob Rhodri Davies 4月 24日
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 John Ross 4月 23日
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 John Ross 4月 22日
UNSW scraps trimester calendar after workload complaints Three-term system ‘suited the time’, but post-pandemic conditions bring new priorities, says university John Ross 4月 17日
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 John Ross 4月 17日
