ANU ‘not out of the woods’ despite A$250 million turnaround More ‘operating deficits’ tipped as Australia’s national university reboots activity levels in a Covid-normal world By John Ross 12 April
Australia’s security straitjacket causes consternation Australian universities face more restrictions on their foreign collaboration, no matter who wins the coming election By John Ross 10 April
Australian research infrastructure ‘needs a workforce to go with it’ Cutting-edge facilities are welcome but they achieve little without people to run them, science advocates point out By John Ross 7 April
Australian universities rebound from Covid financial woes But positive results owe much to temporary government and stock market lifelines, according to early institutional accounts By John Ross 6 April
Bureaucracy in higher education isn’t just inefficient, it’s unfair Labyrinthine university administration is causing unnecessary stress for scholars and students but beware red tape cutbacks, says Maree Martinussen By Maree Martinussen 5 April
Indigenous knowledge prompts a whale of a discovery Identification of new species ‘a beautiful example of the impact indigenous culture and science can have when combined’ By John Ross 3 April
Australia’s regional universities in line for extra budget treats But promised infrastructure and research commercialisation funding could stretch thin By John Ross 30 March
Cash shortfall for basic research ‘jeopardises budget ambitions’ Australia’s big talk on science aspirations overlooks the skills needed to make it all happen, critics say By John Ross 29 March
Covid exodus failed to stem sexual abuse on Australian campuses Campuses almost devoid of people nevertheless remained hotbeds of sexual harassment and assault By John Ross 29 March
Funding reforms ‘another blow’ to engineering education Canberra’s policy changes helped turn its big-ticket infrastructure schemes into pipe dreams, university-industry report argues By John Ross 28 March
New Zealand professors in Māori science row quit Royal Society After fighting off attempt to expel them, academics resign from learned academy over ‘untoward political focus’ By John Ross 28 March
Australian MPs demand action on ‘sustained foreign intimidation’ Penalties for student snitches and curbs on Confucius Institutes and Thousand Talents Programme among dozens of recommendations from security committee By John Ross 25 March