Faux ‘demand-driven’ equity approach won’t work, Canberra warned Students from disadvantaged backgrounds will be treated little differently from their privileged cousins, critics say By John Ross 27 June
New Zealand universities to scrap quality audit body Kiwi institutions committed to ‘academic audit as a concept’ but look to save costs By John Ross 26 June
Australian ‘wage theft’ underpayments ‘nearing A$400 million’ Union demands parliamentary inquiry as instances continue to emerge By John Ross 26 June
Universities may face managed decline under domestic student caps As Australia mulls ‘hard’ caps on domestic as well as international students, expert warns of unintended consequences By John Ross 21 June
Australian exit from Horizon Europe talks a ‘missed opportunity’ Canberra quietly scrapped plans to join world’s biggest research collaboration scheme in mid-2023 By John Ross 21 June
Australian commission ‘risks becoming too-hard basket’ Proposed body must have ‘mundane’ expertise and avoid being the ‘long grass of policy’, new group says By John Ross 21 June
‘Principles, not price’ should guide Australian fees: report Accord panellists’ ‘preferred options’ also include ‘equity levy’ on high-fee courses and no change to international education By John Ross 20 June
Australian politicians ‘dreaming’ over overseas student caps Crackdown proposed without any forethought about the broader consequences, Press Club hears By John Ross 19 June
Australian overseas student caps ‘jeopardise housing projects’ Government’s proposal will intensify the problem it is supposed to solve while ‘wreaking havoc’ on universities’ finances, universities say By John Ross 19 June
Chinese students ‘turned off Australia’ by visa crackdown Proposed visa caps, soaring rejection rates and ‘anti-China’ perceptions scaring off country’s most valuable student cohort By John Ross 17 June
GSDC: ‘Publish over purpose’ culture undermines business schools A fixation on publishing in ‘academic comic books’ is subverting the values permeating business schools, conference hears By John Ross 12 June
Australians cool on education and research ties with China Australians are less convinced about the upsides of the educational relationship but also less concerned about the downsides, survey suggests By John Ross 12 June
