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Contract approved weeks after new leader promised to use in-house expertise and keep consultancy spending to a minimum

Cost-benefit analysis ‘broadly supportive’ of amalgamation of up to three Perth universities

Institutions capitalise on local interest in research to drive philanthropy, with Griffith University doubling donations over six years

Australian government declines to follow parliamentary recommendation that rural institutions’ city outposts be investigated

Higher education not the only sector facing a crisis of faith, with lack of confidence most pronounced among non-graduates

Institution spread across 12 island nations steps up support, as Persian Gulf shockwaves reach Polynesia

Representative body for country’s eight institutions loses staff and has functions scaled back with policy work being taken on by in-house teams

‘Focused interim action’ required on a sector that politicians say is ‘sacrificing fundamental social benefits in the pursuit of corporate outcomes’

Notwithstanding other ‘unfinished business’ in international education, government maintains focus on integrity and numbers

Unprecedented refusal rates raise fresh doubts over risk rating methodology as officials get tough on ‘non-genuine’ students

Agricultural and environmental research lose out, as scientists criticise ‘dangerous confusion’ of government’s switch to ‘smarter investment’

Employment increasingly elusive for foreigners blindsided by Australia’s steep cost of living