Monash faces underpayment lawsuit after rewrite bid fails again Australian university to 鈥榬eview鈥� court鈥檚 dismissal of its appeal, as union urges it to abandon 鈥榮talling tactics鈥� By John Ross 6 October
Funding reviews and medical places in frame in New Zealand poll With tuition fees no longer an issue of contention, higher education reverts to bit-part role in forthcoming election By John Ross 5 October
Graduate 鈥榮uitability gap鈥� exacerbates professional shortages While universities have their work cut out for them, skills forecasting agency says more graduates is not always the answer By John Ross 4 October
Australia cracks down on international education scams Observers welcome efforts to tackle visa fraud but say new compliance efforts must be 鈥榬obust鈥� By John Ross 3 October
Hiccups plague Universities Accord 鈥榩riority鈥� measures With deadlines rushed and then missed, even the straightforward work of Australia鈥檚 major higher education review is looking anything but By John Ross 2 October
鈥楳assive鈥� fees shake-up fails to reshape student course choices Accord panel should take note that fee changes 鈥榙on鈥檛 change behaviour鈥�, researcher urges By John Ross 29 September
World Academic Summit: generational nostalgia clouds universities鈥� 鈥榮ocial licence鈥� Universities must focus on the student experience, but they also must clarify what students want that experience to be By John Ross 28 September
World University Rankings 2024: Australian elite falters While Covid has perforated the rankings bubble of the front runners, better commercial engagement and refined research measures have boosted much of the middle tier By John Ross 27 September
World University Rankings 2024: Australia over-achieves in research European nations have the highest research income levels, but Hong Kong and Australia surpass them in research productivity By Tiya Thomas-Alexander 27 September
World Academic Summit: metrics and AI 鈥榗an produce a better ERA鈥� While the process to replace Excellence in Research for Australia is a 鈥榖lack box鈥� exercise, new evaluation mechanisms hold promise By John Ross 27 September
World Academic Summit: 鈥榢illing鈥� projects 鈥榟elps multidisciplinary research' Research ecosystems need some 鈥榓poptosis鈥� as some cells emerge and others fade away, summit hears By John Ross 27 September
Regional universities can hold their own, deputy v-c insists Think twice before pushing bush campuses into national institution or shotgun marriages with research elite, says Chris Hutchison By Chris Havergal 27 September