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Fifteen universities and two significant source countries move up the ladder, but China bucks the trend

Otago v-c Grant Robertson says overhaul of New Zealand’s research assessment exercise combined with dire sector finances could present a ‘double whammy’ for some subjects

WhatsApp a winner, ‘mystery shopping’ study reveals, as universities ‘sharpen their interactions’ with would-be students

Australian study finds that philosophers outearn motor mechanics – on average

The panel’s overriding concern is to ensure that research is used productively. But observers worry that pushing universities to specialise in centrally determined ‘focus areas’ risks inadvertently turning them, in effect, into government agencies. John Ross reports

Possibility of even slower visa processing ranks among the factors fuelling ‘pessimism’ about Australian university finances

Overseas students offer their judgement: excellent education, increasingly affordable, warm people – but out of the way and lacking work experience opportunities

International education lobby group warns against course and policy redesign based around local employability of foreign graduates

Decline set to accelerate, as government puts block on over-enrolments

Registration requirements and compact negotiations would be reformed to funnel universities into ‘focus areas’, under panel’s draft proposals

Expat Ian Findlay says his fourth retirement will be his last. Before that, his task is to ‘transform’ the breeding ground of Papuan prime ministers

Senate committee recommends major transparency and accountability changes to Australian universities’ governing bodies