City centre towers ‘don’t work’ for universities, says architect Geoff Hanmer claims Australian universities are being pressured to build towering city campuses that students dislike By John Ross 23 September
Students’ role in skilled migration ‘ignored’ in Australia Policies geared to a ‘low-skilled guest worker society’ belie Australia’s pretensions to recruit the ‘best and brightest students’ By John Ross 21 September
La Trobe is first Australian university to require vaccination Melbourne university cites occupational health obligations and students’ desperation to return to campus By John Ross 21 September
To boost IP revenue,?support what is already working Universities typically generate much more income from industry contracts than from spinning out companies, says Calum Drummond By Calum Drummond 21 September
Female Australian doctoral graduates ‘out-earn men’ Rare example of a reverse gender pay gap suggests that at least early on, female and male PhDs are on a level pay pegging By John Ross 20 September
Population shift gold mine for Australia’s regional universities Non-metropolitan campuses in the box seat as pandemic escalates exodus from the cities By John Ross 18 September
Reach out to Chinese alumni, Rudd tells Australian universities Nuclear submarine announcement elevates importance of universities’ soft power influence, says former PM By John Ross 17 September
Chinese facial recognition scholar ‘ignored questions, went home’ AI expert re-emerges at top Chinese university as former employer finds Uighur study breached Australian research code By John Ross 15 September
Bite-sized courses provide sustenance in Australia Despite scepticism about the business model, short courses prove an earner for cash-starved institutions By John Ross 15 September
Australian Research Council abandons preprints ban But thousands of Australian researchers remain in limbo, with reviled rule still in force for grants under consideration By John Ross 14 September
Crunching the Covid crisis: ‘everybody was in the same boat’ Technologically proficient teachers ‘struggled just as much’ in pandemic-induced online stampede By John Ross 14 September
Pandemic job losses ‘accelerating’ in Australia Permanent rather than casual staff now being targeted, report suggests, but expert queries data underpinning the analysis By John Ross 13 September