Australian minister ‘briefed three times’ on vetoed research ‘Vast majority’ of promised research commercialisation fund falls outside spending commitments, estimates committee also hears By John Ross 17 February
Australia-China research collaboration nosedives Funding council statistics lend weight to anecdotal accounts that academics are self-censoring scholarship on superpower By John Ross 17 February
Attempts to tackle casualisation in Australia ‘have failed’ University casuals less likely to win permanent employment than cleaners or bank workers, Senate inquiry finds By John Ross 15 February
Australian universities head back to campus after shutdowns It’s a balancing act, as some crave company and others isolation, but most vice-chancellors want their people back ‘as often as possible’ By John Ross 14 February
Liberate teaching materials from paywalls, urges professor Open access champion also proposes an IB for universities, as competition gives way to collaboration By John Ross 14 February
Cut deep, cut early: Covid’s toll on Australian casuals revealed Belated data show that inexperienced, untenured and non-academic staff shouldered the lion’s share of job losses By John Ross 13 February
Australian Senate committee to scrutinise grant veto powers Furore over political interference shows no sign of abating, as government presses ahead with research commercialisation agenda By John Ross 9 February
Gender quotas for research grants ‘risk unintended consequences’ There is no simple answer to entrenched inequities in research funding, Australian agency finds By John Ross 7 February
Schmidt: take politics out of Australian research grant decisions Vice-chancellor criticises ‘bipartisan support’ for rules enabling ministers to intervene in grant awards By John Ross 7 February
New Zealand reopens borders, but many students face long wait While 5,000 students could arrive in April, the rest will not be admitted until October, effectively ruling out campus-based studies before 2023 By John Ross 3 February
Canberra: change IP and pay rules to foster commercialisation Pay, promotions and intellectual property protections set for ‘refinement’ under new action plan By John Ross 2 February
Overseas students angry as Western Australia again changes rules No apparent health rationale for ‘impossible’ new deadline, as requirements rewritten for third time in a week By John Ross 2 February
