‘Forceful response’ buoys Australian universities’ viability: S&P Ratings agency credits lay-offs, casualisation and course cuts for Australian universities’ ‘relatively robust’ position By John Ross 28 April
Mobile students ‘not prepared to pay full quarantine costs’ Survey finds that aspiring overseas students are still looking for promise of face-to-face teaching By Ellie Bothwell 28 April
International students focus on open borders, not Covid caseloads Covid safety almost a liability as Australia and New Zealand relegated as ‘spectators’ rather than participants in international education recovery By John Ross 27 April
Australian commercialisation drive hampered by lack of data Lawmakers ‘desperately seeking innovation nirvana’ fail to buttress it with steadfast policies or durable statistics By John Ross 26 April
Australian National University in deficit after ‘hardest’ year Losses far worse than they appear on paper, v-c warns, as institution reels from plunging investment and international income By John Ross 23 April
Impact Rankings 2021: Australasian universities dominate Region retains pre-eminence in league table based on alignment with UN’s Sustainable Development Goals By John Ross 21 April
Australian government ‘not hostile to universities’: Pyne Unfavourable policies stem from ‘frustrations’ over stymied reforms, former education minister says By John Ross 21 April
Scientists and spies ‘should work together on research risks’ Sectors should bury the hatchet and bolster each other’s intelligence capabilities, Australian paper suggests By John Ross 20 April
Labor backs Australian drive for research commercialisation Opposition pledges unity ticket with government on ‘single most important piece of microeconomic reform that faces the nation today’ By John Ross 20 April
Gender parity in astronomy ‘impossible without intervention’ Australian astrophysicist adapts galaxy modelling techniques to track path of current employment practices By John Ross 19 April
Innovation Summit: short-term government policies ‘holding back research’ Chief executive of biotechnology giant urges governments to provide long-term clarity on support for research By Jack Grove 19 April
Commercialisation my ‘number one priority’: Tudge Australian minister offers no new details on proposed commercialisation scheme or timing of international students’ return By John Ross 19 April