New Zealand resists call to create independent research council White paper vows to reshape science sector but also shies away from suggested creation of base operating grants for institutions John Ross 12月 7日
Universities rattled as multi-employer bargaining gets go-ahead While unions see applications in the private college sector, Australian universities worry about being forced to enter collective bargaining John Ross 12月 7日
Australian union rebuffs university bid to ‘simplify’ casual pay As underpayment claims embroil at least half the sector, Griffith’s proposed circuit breaker provokes more discord John Ross 12月 6日
Australia and New Zealand face bumpy road to open access research ‘Read and publish’ deals must not be the only game in town, critic warns John Ross 12月 5日
Australian university combines PhD and MBA in national first Joint programme eyes trifecta of research skills, disciplinary knowledge and business acumen John Ross 12月 5日
Australia winds back national interest test for research grants Critics claim victory as assessment of research benefits is handed back to the experts John Ross 12月 1日
Students priced out of housing market in Australian cities Independent housing ‘moderately to severely unaffordable’, as locals opt for alternatives John Ross 12月 1日
Three vetoed research projects win funding on second attempt Narrow line between success and failure in latest round of Australian competitive grant funding John Ross 11月 28日
‘Shifting value proposition’ underpins rise in contract cheating ‘Renaissance’ ideals of integrity may mean little to the sharing economy generation, Australian conference hears John Ross 11月 24日
Accord must loosen regulatory grip on university model – Davis Australian public service chief rails against scale in call for “alternatives” to huge comprehensive institutions John Ross 11月 24日
Pay disparity data reveal elite clique in Australian universities For all their collegiality, pay disparity in Australian universities is ‘not out of step’ with big business John Ross 11月 23日
‘No silver bullet’ for cheating in online exams Australian study suggests simply reinstating on-campus tests may not have much effect John Ross 11月 22日