Australian universities’ broken Covid promises won’t be forgotten Two years of low-quality online provision has left one stranded international student homeless, unemployed and heartbroken 29 January
International students reprieved from Perth lockout But new recruits and direct arrivals miss out under new Western Australian rules By John Ross 27 January
Pour billions into new research translation fund, Australia told Significant additional funding needed to realise Canberra’s commercialisation goals, say scientists By Chris Havergal 26 January
Perth campuses fret as reopening of?border to?students delayed Western Australia defers return of quarantine-free travel in response to Omicron variant as eastern states open up By Chris Havergal 21 January
Research council’s in-house experts join grant veto rebellion Backlash grows to include proposed legislation to remove ministers’ power to cancel funding applications By Chris Havergal 20 January
Australia offers to refund international students’ visa fees Sector says overseas learners should be able to focus on their courses, but government also has an eye on labour shortages By Chris Havergal 20 January
Australians fear brain drain after ‘boneheaded’ grant vetoes Ex-prime minister says cancellation of funding ‘betrays government’s hostility to higher education’ By Jack Grove 20 January
‘Too ugly to teach’: universities ‘must?end’ anonymous evaluation Continuing to offer anonymous surveys just invites abuse of lecturers, say Australian researchers By Pola Lem 14 January
Australian scientists join outcry over humanities research veto Leading scholars from Australian universities have joined scientific bodies to demand reversal of pre-election veto of humanities grants By Jack Grove 10 January
Australia’s new research direction is a road to nowhere Pushing the ARC to focus on commercialisation neglects the complex interdependency between basic and applied research, says Duncan Ivison By Duncan Ivison 7 January
New network takes aim at natural disasters and workforce needs While many governments struggle to predict workforce needs, Australia’s new tropical alliance is giving it a crack By John Ross 6 January
Melbourne fights order to reveal its landholdings Australia’s wealthiest university locks horns with one of its own academics, who says ‘the public has a right to know’ By John Ross 4 January