Housing gripes mar growing Kiwi support for overseas students While surveys unearth positive views among New Zealand locals and international students, accommodation is a major concern in both camps John Ross 2月 2日
Make some university places free, say Australian vice-chancellors Universities Australia’s budget pitch a departure from argument that fees ‘do not deter students from undertaking higher education’ John Ross 2月 1日
Australia’s per-student international earnings eroded by Covid Cash-strapped institutions face task of rebuilding per-student returns as well as student numbers, with earnings slashed by scholarships, offshoring and other factors John Ross 1月 31日
Red tape declining but so is funding, says outgoing science chief Unlike the institutions they work for, Australian researchers have less paperwork – but investment remains in the doldrums John Ross 1月 31日
Disabled academics need a bigger say in sector, says professor Evolving norms, expectations and laws usher both risk and opportunity for universities, according to blind law scholar John Ross 1月 27日
Human resources professor ‘sacked over Greta Thunberg tweet’ Dismissal over workload dispute ‘merely the latest ploy’ in Australian university’s long-running campaign to oust ‘conservative academic’ John Ross 1月 26日
Is a bit more joy what universities need? It might sound ‘wishy-washy’ but joyfulness can succeed where KPIs fail in supporting the institutional mission, new book argues John Ross 1月 25日
Pay back your loans, New Zealand tells overseas-based graduates Kiwis dodge debt overseas, as student loan costs spiral for individuals and government alike John Ross 1月 24日
UWA silent as judge rules academic lied and subverted science ‘I would not accept his evidence as sufficient to establish any scientific proposition at all,’ says ruling John Ross 1月 22日
Tribunal rebuke highlights Australian regulatory double standards Good for the goose but not the gander, after college’s university-standard performance failed to earn it sub-university branding John Ross 1月 18日
Canberra vice-chancellor Paddy Nixon quits ‘for personal reasons’ British-born leader leaves with immediate effect after less than four years at the helm John Ross 1月 17日
Admission and completion rates sink in Australia As Canberra considers reforms to make university enrolments more inclusive and abundant, key indicators are moving in opposite direction John Ross 1月 16日