鈥榃eight of responsibility鈥 in choosing a new vice-chancellor Chancellors might only choose vice-chancellors once a decade, but they spend the next few decades agonising about it By John Ross 12 December
Australia cuts post-study work visas by two years Representative groups broadly welcome focus on quality and integrity, but proposed changes to migration points test will be pivotal By John Ross 11 December
New Zealand review of M膩ori access programmes sparks alarm 鈥業f the government wants data, here鈥檚 the data,鈥 says dean, as study finds M膩ori and Pasifika remain under-represented in medical enrolments By John Ross 11 December
Australia鈥檚 international student enrolments 鈥榮et to decline鈥 Despite record earnings, commencements and visa lodgements, analyst predicts 鈥榬eadjustment鈥 By John Ross 8 December
Take time on new research sharing rules, Canberra urged While concessions and newly flagged exemptions provide reassurance over Australia鈥檚 proposed defence trade control changes, 鈥榞rey areas鈥 remain By John Ross 7 December
Sharon Pickering named Monash vice-chancellor Australia鈥檚 biggest university appoints from within after 鈥榬igorous and broad-scale鈥 executive search By John Ross 6 December
University expertise paramount as world faces 鈥榮cary transition鈥 Academy and fifth estate must team up, Nobel laureate says, as 3.2 billion people prepare to vote in a reality-free zone By John Ross 5 December
Tally of 鈥榰nderpaid鈥 Australian university staff nears 100,000 All but a handful of universities now tarnished by short-changing scandal, according to academic union By John Ross 5 December
Government will pilfer international levy proceeds, critics warn Criticism of Australia鈥檚 鈥榯ax鈥 on international students escalates amid signs that it may be a done deal By John Ross 4 December
Seamlessness and vision required to commercialise research Australia has made strides in developing a commercialisation culture but still has a long way to go, says new STA president By John Ross 2 December
Seasonal employment ruling 鈥榗ould slash Australian casualisation鈥 Delight and alarm in equal measures, as political manoeuvres and drafting technicalities limit both casual employment and its antidote By John Ross 30 November
Back to black: Australian universities brace for bushfire season As Australia鈥檚 climate turns back again, universities say the lessons of a horror summer have not been forgotten By John Ross 28 November