Australian union rebuffs university bid to 鈥榮implify鈥 casual pay As underpayment claims embroil at least half the sector, Griffith鈥檚 proposed circuit breaker provokes more discord By John Ross 6 December
Australian university combines PhD and MBA in national first Joint programme eyes trifecta of research skills, disciplinary knowledge and business acumen By John Ross 5 December
Australia and New Zealand face bumpy road to open access research 鈥楻ead and publish鈥 deals must not be the only game in town, critic warns By John Ross 5 December
Australia winds back national interest test for research grants Critics claim victory as assessment of research benefits is handed back to the experts By John Ross 1 December
Students priced out of housing market in Australian cities Independent housing 鈥榤oderately to severely unaffordable鈥, as locals opt for alternatives By John Ross 1 December
Three vetoed research projects win funding on second attempt Narrow line between success and failure in latest round of Australian competitive grant funding By John Ross 28 November
鈥楽hifting value proposition鈥 underpins rise in contract cheating 鈥楻enaissance鈥 ideals of integrity may mean little to the sharing economy generation, Australian conference hears By John Ross 24 November
Accord must loosen regulatory grip on university model 鈥 Davis Australian public service chief rails against scale in call for 鈥渁lternatives鈥 to huge comprehensive institutions By John Ross 24 November
Pay disparity data reveal elite clique in Australian universities For all their collegiality, pay disparity in Australian universities is 鈥榥ot out of step鈥 with big business By John Ross 23 November
Australia鈥檚 new access targets 鈥榥eed rigorous research鈥 Articulating numerical goals can focus efforts, commentators say, but not always in the right direction By John Ross 22 November
鈥楴o silver bullet鈥 for cheating in online exams Australian study suggests simply reinstating on-campus tests may not have much effect By John Ross 22 November
Accord must address 鈥榳hat Australian universities are for鈥 Sector should use review to break free from internal preoccupation and 鈥榰tilitarian鈥 focus on private domestic benefit, conference hears By John Ross 21 November