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 John Ross 9月 2日
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 Tash Mosheim 9月 2日
Australian federal funding ‘well under half’ of university income Commonwealth share reaches lowest point despite aggregate increase, highlighting likely consequences of international education squeeze John Ross 9月 1日
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’ John Ross 8月 28日
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 John Ross 8月 28日
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 John Ross 8月 27日
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 John Ross 8月 27日
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 John Ross 8月 27日
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 Shamit Saggar 8月 25日
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 John Ross 8月 25日
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 John Ross 8月 20日
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 John Ross 8月 20日
