Demand-driven funding in Australia should be restored Slightly higher fees would be a reasonable price for a system that responds to student numbers and preferences, says Andrew Norton By Andrew Norton 19 March
Coronavirus: almost all Australian universities head online More institutions desert on-campus programmes as government moves the goalposts By John Ross 18 March
Australia waives work restrictions for overseas nursing students Australia bends rules to marshal health resources as social distancing directives are intensified By John Ross 18 March
Australian universities bite the bullet on online delivery Go remote now or later? That’s the question, as coronavirus threatens campus shutdowns By John Ross 17 March
Wollongong takes breather and decides to go remote Wollongong and other Australian universities race towards fully online course delivery amid rapid escalation of coronavirus crisis By John Ross 16 March
Coronavirus hit to Australian students’ finances Sources of personal income may dry up as outbreak takes toll on sectors that employ many young people, expert says By John Ross 16 March
Judgment raises questions over ‘publish or perish’ rules Critics say Australian tribunal finding confuses workload measures with performance ratings By John Ross 16 March
Classes suspended at some Australian universities Hybrid model emerging, with lectures going online while campuses endeavour to maintain small group delivery By John Ross 15 March
Australian university adopts ‘planetary health’ as raison d’être Holistic sustainability concept meshes with ‘moral purpose’ of institution in Melbourne’s unfashionable west By John Ross 13 March
Universities overlooked in Australian stimulus packages Little succour for the sector despite predictions of a multibillion-dollar coronavirus hit By John Ross 12 March
Time to re-examine the Humboldtian model, says Schmidt Funding designed around a ‘false premise’ that every university is research-intensive, says Nobel laureate By John Ross 11 March
Coronavirus: first Australian campus shutdown Education disruptions becoming the ‘norm’ as staff, students and visitors test positive By John Ross 10 March
