Some questions for Simon Birmingham, from two researchers whose grant he quashed Research-funding decision processes and rejections should be open and transparent, but this time they weren’t, say Libby Lester and Brett Hutchins By Libby Lester 30 October
‘Equivalence’ claims ridiculed in branch campus row We can’t deliver equivalent teaching with less preparation time and resources, RMIT academics say By John Ross 30 October
Australia: outreach cuts blamed as demand plunges Applications and offers tumble for the first time this decade By John Ross 28 October
Australian ministers claim public support for vetoing research Storm of protest across academia against Simon Birmingham's scuttling of humanities grants worth A$4.2 million (£2.3 million) By John Ross 26 October
Australian minister ‘censored’ humanities research Political intervention at odds with government’s free speech campaign By John Ross 25 October
Adelaide merger costs outweighed benefits, says South Australia Older partner left with regrets, as youngster pulls plug on mooted marriage By John Ross 24 October
Call for creation of teaching-focused universities in Australia Consultants argue Humboldtian ideal of research-informed teaching ‘shackles’ institutions into uniformity By John Ross 23 October
Adelaide and South Australia call off merger talks Negotiations unable to reach agreement on ‘threshold issues and strategic risks’ By John Ross 23 October
Australia’s proposed urban student visa cap ‘absolutely daft’ Regional universities ‘would be biggest victims’ of restrictions on city study By John Ross 21 October
Australian regional higher education strategy in limbo Government support for rural university initiative may not get it across the line By John Ross 19 October
Australia’s funding golden age ‘giving way to era of hostility’ The animosity towards higher education seen in the UK is likely to head Down Under, vice-chancellor warns By John Ross 18 October
Thomas Maschmeyer: universities create tools, but companies help people to use them The entrepreneurial chemist talks about molecular tools, batteries in the walls and a three-slice secret to success By John Ross 18 October
