Cross-subsidisation ‘provoked Australian funding overhaul’ Author of a comprehensive appraisal of university finances says officials want universities to keep money flows on the straight and narrow By John Ross 17 February
Australian government position on language closures sparks confusion Education department asserts right to approve language course closures while insisting that it ‘does not intervene’ By John Ross 17 February
Bureaucratic oversight helped seal language courses’ fate Australian department ‘erroneously’ removed protection for former education minister’s pet courses By John Ross 15 February
Foreign scholars ‘will avoid Pacific universities’ after Fiji row Deportation of University of the South Pacific vice-chancellor Pal Ahluwalia is latest crisis to afflict a Western administrator in region By John Ross 15 February
Covid ‘threat’ to Australian postgraduate ranks Warnings that some universities could become master’s-free zones overlook progress during the pandemic, vice-chancellors say By John Ross 14 February
Colleagues and family ‘distraught’ over academic’s Myanmar arrest As military overlords revert to type, concerns mount over fate of detained Australian economist By John Ross 10 February
Pacific v-c fights for job as council fails to resolve crisis Crisis precipitated by proposal that could have shifted pan-Pacific university’s headquarters from Fiji, embattled leader says By John Ross 5 February
New Adelaide v-c rebuffs criticism over China ties Peter Høj insists he is not Mr Fix-it, after taking over his second crisis-struck university, but acknowledges need to listen to staff concerns By John Ross 4 February
Fijian officials deport Pacific university’s vice-chancellor Expulsion marks escalation of long-running crisis at the University of the South Pacific By John Ross 4 February
Australian universities in ‘deep trouble’ as borders stay closed Professor says country will lose its lead on overseas recruitment and predicts ‘major forking of the way’ between Australia and UK By Ellie Bothwell 3 February
Pandemic ‘cost Australian universities more than 17,000 staff’ Universities and government dispute magnitude of sector’s losses as it braces for worse in 2021 By John Ross 2 February
Peter Høj takes the reins at University of Adelaide Danish-born viticultural scientist arrives with strong accolades and a reputation for cosiness with China By John Ross 2 February
