Australia and New Zealand

Removal of personal and affiliation details means assessors judge the idea rather than the researcher’s track record

Canberra’s attempt to reduce backlog of ‘permanently temporary’ graduates hamstrung by trade agreement

Former political staffer and representative group head to take the helm at umbrella body

‘Fantasy rhetoric’ that university leads to the ‘good life’ leaves students feeling ‘betrayed’, Australian study finds

Amid yawning teacher shortages and one-sided funding regime, colleges warn that their successful model of localised training faces collapse

Australia’s now-you-see-it, now-you-don’t approach reflects policy patterns in other leading education destinations

People ‘backing off’ from higher education should ‘have another look’, says departing Universities Australia boss

More miscarriages inevitable unless courts become ‘more science-sensitive’, learned academy warns

Education exports and high student loan repayments help offset damage from inflation and interest rates, according to Australian mini-budget

Cost-of-living crisis has not spawned improvements in university food options, Australian analysis finds

Chancellors might only choose vice-chancellors once a decade, but they spend the next few decades agonising about it

Representative groups broadly welcome focus on quality and integrity, but proposed changes to migration points test will be pivotal