Australian election: smaller parties target debt, visas and fees Doubling of international fees, closing visa ‘loopholes’ and tying student debt to mortgages among the ideas proposed ahead of poll By John Ross 29 April
Another big rise in Australian student visa fees planned Labor proposes A$400 hike to what are already the highest fees in the world with the opposition Liberal Party planning even steeper increases By John Ross 28 April
Permanent contracts ‘barely improve’ job security for academics Australian scholars with ongoing roles almost as fearful as casuals about being out of work By John Ross 28 April
Student loan forgiveness ‘won’t fix main problem’ as debt swells While main parties battle over debt-wipe proposal in Australian election, critic says scale of fees is the real issue By John Ross 25 April
‘Inflated’ crisis spurs another 800 job cuts Down Under Vice-chancellors say they have ‘no choice’ about downsizing, but unions question the need as 2024 accounts reveal recovery trend By John Ross 24 April
AI summary ‘trashed author’s work’ and took weeks to be corrected Study findings misrepresented in experimental Q&A published with paper, amid concerns efforts to save researchers time are fuelling mistakes By John Ross 24 April
Earth science is critical to national resilience – so why is it being gutted? Australia must fund its universities in ways that reflect their mission – not just their margins, say Rhodri Davies and Dorrit Jacob By Rhodri Davies 24 April
Australia ‘oversimplifies’ China research collaboration risks National security U-turn ‘cutting Australia off from knowledge creation frontier’ just as US turns its back on collaboration By John Ross 23 April
Crackdown on student protests ‘may breach free speech code’ New restrictions following pro-Palestinian encampments appear to contravene Australian universities’ commitments on free speech, says legal academic By John Ross 22 April
UNSW scraps trimester calendar after workload complaints Three-term system ‘suited the time’, but post-pandemic conditions bring new priorities, says university By John Ross 17 April
Tailoring teaching for disabled students ‘can benefit everyone’ As people from non-traditional backgrounds become the majority in Australian universities, a legal academic argues that efforts to accommodate them can help the old guard too By John Ross 17 April
Australian opposition pledges money for rural health training Medical training a bright spot for the sector, in an election campaign mostly focused elsewhere By John Ross 16 April
