Australian research infrastructure 鈥榥eeds a workforce to go with it鈥 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鈥檛 just inefficient, it鈥檚 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 鈥榓 beautiful example of the impact indigenous culture and science can have when combined鈥 By John Ross 3 April
Australia鈥檚 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 鈥榡eopardises budget ambitions鈥 Australia鈥檚 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 鈥榓nother blow鈥 to engineering education Canberra鈥檚 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 M膩ori science row quit Royal Society After fighting off attempt to expel them, academics resign from learned academy over 鈥榰ntoward political focus鈥 By John Ross 28 March
Australian MPs demand action on 鈥榮ustained foreign intimidation鈥 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
International learners stay cool on studying Down Under New Zealand now perceived poorly on factors where it used to excel, survey finds By John Ross 24 March
Sexual misconduct still rife in Australian universities Huge national survey finds that half of students know little or nothing about formal reporting mechanisms By John Ross 23 March