Australia drops preapproval requirement for overseas students While Canberra鈥檚 decision is 鈥榞reat news鈥, students still face competition for flights and a mishmash of state rules By John Ross 22 November
Master鈥檚 degrees should be interdisciplinary Both industry and academia in New Zealand need people who can look past traditional subject boundaries, says Catherine Whitby By Catherine Whitby 22 November
Teaching Summit: call to rethink time needed for digital tuition Allowance needed for 鈥榰pfront鈥 time cost of creating digital content, event hears By Simon Baker 18 November
鈥楧emocracy in freefall鈥 at Australian universities Greens discussion paper blames corporate governance for sector鈥檚 most pressing problems By John Ross 17 November
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Australia retreats from blanket political disclosure requirement Refreshed guidelines allow universities to choose which academics face scrutiny of their overseas affiliations By John Ross 16 November
New Zealand appoints first university leader of Pacific heritage Pacific expert鈥檚 selection coincides with policy push to boost islander participation in higher education By John Ross 15 November
Chinese students 鈥榩ositive鈥 about Australia despite tension AI analysis of online activity reveals 鈥榬eally nice鈥 sentiment and sophisticated understanding of government structures By John Ross 15 November
New Zealand mulls introducing base funding for research Green paper 鈥榓sks the right questions鈥, including whether crown research institutes should collocate with universities By John Ross 15 November
Overseas students spared quarantine in Australia鈥檚 biggest state 鈥楽ense prevails鈥 as New South Wales declares that incoming students will be treated like locals By John Ross 12 November
Does the teaching of indigenous knowledge need to be examined? New Zealand鈥檚 embrace of M膩ori vocabulary goes hand-in-hand with the incorporation of M膩ori understandings into curricula. But is a debate about the unintended consequences of this move being stifled by fear of speaking out? John Ross reports By John Ross 11 November
No sector experience required for Australian university councils University governance bodies an 鈥榦utlier鈥 in Australia, with sectoral experience an oddity By John Ross 10 November