Highly Cited Researchers 2018: Australian growth ‘bucking trend’ Latest edition of Clarivate analysis suggests nation is on upward trajectory By Simon Baker 27 November
Grant applications ‘waste researchers’ time’ Reduce applicants’ workload and review funding for indirect research costs, Australian MPs tell government By John Ross 27 November
Research takes back seat in Australia’s international boom Research the goal but not the currency, as Australian universities chase Chinese dollars By John Ross 26 November
Australian union gets serious about casual staff Casual academics stuck in second class, as gold-plated conditions make tenure a distant dream By John Ross 25 November
Australia’s student loan ‘tax’ backed by key committee Legislation leaves government free to ‘ratchet up’ levy, say critics By John Ross 23 November
Australia is not prepared for the fourth industrial revolution Analysis of wage premiums from tertiary education suggests that the system struggles to deliver the changing skills that the economy demands, says Stephen Parker By Stephen Parker 22 November
Australia’s ‘bifurcated’ international enrolments at risk: report Regional threats and migration policy changes could ‘jeopardise student flows’, says study By John Ross 20 November
Grant veto leaves university between a rock and a hard place Australian institution ‘playing into government’s hands’ by bankrolling stymied project By John Ross 19 November
Adelaide merger ‘would have been a disaster’ Leadership tensions killed off South Australian proposal ‘but it would have failed anyway’, academic says By John Ross 18 November
Australian universities bristle at student loan ‘tax’ ‘Cost recovery’ levy defies logic, institutions argue By John Ross 18 November
Australian research test ‘a threat to national interest’ Minister’s intervention self-defeating, representative body claims By John Ross 16 November
Australian government ‘waging war’ on universities, says opposition Government claims universities are neglecting the regions, as relations continue to fracture By John Ross 15 November
