International education drives surprise boost to Australia¡¯s GDP Education exports and high student loan repayments help offset damage from inflation and interest rates, according to Australian mini-budget By John Ross 13 December
Campus catering ¡®too expensive and unhealthy¡¯ Cost-of-living crisis has not spawned improvements in university food options, Australian analysis finds By John Ross 13 December
¡®Weight of responsibility¡¯ in choosing a new vice-chancellor Chancellors might only choose vice-chancellors once a decade, but they spend the next few decades agonising about it By John Ross 12 December
Australia cuts post-study work visas by two years Representative groups broadly welcome focus on quality and integrity, but proposed changes to migration points test will be pivotal By John Ross 11 December
New Zealand review of M¨¡ori access programmes sparks alarm ¡®If the government wants data, here¡¯s the data,¡¯ says dean, as study finds M¨¡ori and Pasifika remain under-represented in medical enrolments By John Ross 11 December
Australia¡¯s international student enrolments ¡®set to decline¡¯ Despite record earnings, commencements and visa lodgements, analyst predicts ¡®readjustment¡¯ By John Ross 8 December
Take time on new research sharing rules, Canberra urged While concessions and newly flagged exemptions provide reassurance over Australia¡¯s proposed defence trade control changes, ¡®grey areas¡¯ remain By John Ross 7 December
Sharon Pickering named Monash vice-chancellor Australia¡¯s biggest university appoints from within after ¡®rigorous and broad-scale¡¯ executive search By John Ross 6 December
University expertise paramount as world faces ¡®scary transition¡¯ Academy and fifth estate must team up, Nobel laureate says, as 3.2 billion people prepare to vote in a reality-free zone By John Ross 5 December
Tally of ¡®underpaid¡¯ Australian university staff nears 100,000 All but a handful of universities now tarnished by short-changing scandal, according to academic union By John Ross 5 December
Government will pilfer international levy proceeds, critics warn Criticism of Australia¡¯s ¡®tax¡¯ on international students escalates amid signs that it may be a done deal By John Ross 4 December
Seamlessness and vision required to commercialise research Australia has made strides in developing a commercialisation culture but still has a long way to go, says new STA president By John Ross 2 December