THE Campus Live ANZ: new advisory group to drive revamped NZ strategy Performance-based research fund also faces overhaul, as Wellington embraces least disruptive and costly aspects of landmark review’s proposals By John Ross 2 September
National exams could combat spiralling NZ grade inflation – report Thinktank urges change of culture from ‘kindness to fairness’ after identifying rapid rise in number of top marks awarded by universities By Tash Mosheim 2 September
Australian federal funding ‘well under half’ of university income Commonwealth share reaches lowest point despite aggregate increase, highlighting likely consequences of international education squeeze By John Ross 1 September
NZ research institutions join forces amid fragmentation fears New agreement, signed in the shadow of eagerly anticipated reviews, will ‘scale up research’ and generate ‘better value’ By John Ross 28 August
Better ‘course value’ can improve mental health, finds study ‘Intrinsic worth’ of university experience a ‘protective factor’ against poor well-being and psychological stress, survey suggests By John Ross 28 August
Retaining breadth of subjects ‘beyond universities’ means’: UA Universities need extra funding for ‘important’ but unfancied subjects, and permission to collude without contravening competition law, says Evans By John Ross 27 August
Don’t ‘faff’ in wrongful imprisonment cases, says former detainee With academics at ‘increasing risk’ of arbitrary detention, governments and universities must tackle cases in a ‘proactive’ way By John Ross 27 August
Trim top tier of fees, Universities Australia tells Canberra A$770m measure would be a ‘serious downpayment’ on reversal of Job-ready Graduates ‘excesses’, representative group says By John Ross 27 August
Prosperity summit’s sidelining of Australia’s universities is baffling Excluding academia from the main discussions at recent national productivity summit is short-sighted and complacent, says Shamit Saggar By Shamit Saggar 25 August
Million-dollar-plus pay ‘now the norm’ for Australian v-cs Inflated earnings keep rising after Covid-era pay cuts, as ostensible scrutinising bodies trade responsibility By John Ross 25 August
Skills recognition ‘could help achieve accord target’ Recognition of prior learning is feasible at scale if done systematically and could generate new business for universities, experts say By John Ross 20 August
ANU calls time on forced redundancies after reaching ‘milestone’ Union demands ‘pause’ on ‘all job cut plans’ as management says it has achieved 60 per cent of savings target By John Ross 20 August
