Research Excellence Summit video: Alan Finkel on the value of higher education Australia’s chief scientist says universities can’t be expected to respond to the fast-paced changes in labour market demands By É«ºÐÖ±²¥ reporters 20 February
Research Excellence Summit: ‘national interest’ funding tests ‘bad for science’ Conference hears that nationalist politics could hamper efforts to tackle pandemics By John Gill 20 February
É«ºÐÖ±²¥ Asia-Pacific University Rankings 2019: not all plain sailing Down Under Despite talk about Australia’s international education boom, the country’s sector has reason to be wary, as Phil Honeywood explains By Phil Honeywood 20 February
É«ºÐÖ±²¥ Asia-Pacific University Rankings 2019: a region alive with possibilities Asia-Pacific institutions are no longer just catching up, they are challenging the best. Phil Baty writes By Phil Baty 20 February
Research Excellence Summit: public ‘overestimate’ harmful impact of new technologies Research benefits often unforeseeable but must be communicated By John Ross 20 February
É«ºÐÖ±²¥ Asia-Pacific University Rankings 2019: Australia holds its ground But experts ask how long country’s success can last in the face of rampant competition from Asia By John Ross 20 February
Australian funding growth claims ‘shifty’ Institutions that win performance-related funding will fall behind anyway, university group claims By John Ross 18 February
‘No conflict’ between academic and trade books University presses need to collaborate and think big in an uncertain marketplace, says UNSW executive By John Ross 17 February
Corporate collaborations yield ‘significant’ pure research Evidence suggests citations boost from working with industry By John Ross 15 February
Opposition weighs debt forgiveness plan for rural teachers Doubts over impact of Australian scheme after previous fee discount programme was scrapped By John Ross 14 February
Defence chiefs’ push for more control over research rebuffed Universities ‘relieved’ at rejection of defence department demands for more control over technology they create By John Ross 14 February
Teaching evaluations ‘mirror students’ gender and culture’ Gradings influenced more by sex and ethnicity than teachers’ experience By John Ross 13 February
