Melbourne v-c: ‘narrow thinking’ risks post-pandemic recovery Universities’ breadth of viewpoints more important than ever in this ‘dark period of history’, says Melbourne v-c By John Ross 16 July
Pandemic prompts lifelong-learning pivot and 500 job losses at UNSW Australian university’s financial problems force a restructure and 500 redundancies, but vice-chancellor stresses opportunity in adversity By John Ross 15 July
Adelaide appoints new chancellor after governance crisis Legal trailblazer to oversee governance of Australia’s third oldest university at a troubled time By John Ross 15 July
Australia ‘should discount fully online classes’ post-Covid ‘Cloud’ discounts and fee and subsidy tweaks could underpin acceptable compromise deal, policy specialist suggests By John Ross 14 July
Remote Summit: Australia stands out as leaving research elite to bear virus burden The differential impacts of the Covid-19 wrecking ball reflect different countries’ priorities, conference hears By John Ross 14 July
Leadership crisis besets University of the South Pacific Oceania’s pan-national university enveloped by scandal, duelling governance bodies and tit-for-tat accusations By John Ross 14 July
Queensland upholds suspension of?anti-China crusader Suspension reduced but it ‘still gets me out of the way’, Australian student representative says By John Ross 13 July
Leading from a distance: starting a?v-c job during lockdown Covid-19 ushered in a very different first 100 days for new University of Auckland head Dawn Freshwater By John Ross 13 July
Coronavirus pandemic spawns a?poachers’ picnic Down Under No longer able to recruit from overseas, some colleges pay ‘extortionate’ commissions to recruit from their competitors By John Ross 10 July
Australia shelves plan to fly in international students Trial flights of overseas students taken off the table, as safe haven visas for Hong Kong students herald more tension with China By John Ross 9 July
University barred from appealing ‘publish or perish’ ruling Australian decision a reminder that universities cannot impose unrealistic research requirements, academic union says By John Ross 8 July
From cosmos to corona: an astrophysicist takes on the pandemic Data cleansing project for pandemic patients illustrates the side benefits of astronomy research By John Ross 8 July
