More pressure to open Australian borders for overseas students New figures ‘understate’ entry bans’ chilling impact on international revenue By John Ross 27 May
ANU ‘must save A$100m by January’ Redundancies ‘a last resort’ as uniquely financed Australian university confronts A$225m black hole By John Ross 27 May
Australian jobs protection agreement unravels National vote called off, with vice-chancellors saying pact is too short-term while union blames ‘fear of scrutiny’ By John Ross 26 May
Little role for universities in Australian recovery plans While training reform takes centre stage in post-pandemic ‘JobMaker’, government puts no extra money on the table By John Ross 26 May
More Australian universities spurn jobs deal Job security guarantees would tie management’s hands while offering only short-term cost relief, v-cs say By John Ross 25 May
Australia’s university-union deal: decision day looms Support and opposition on both sides could make job-saving pact a close-run thing By John Ross 22 May
Pandemic ‘risks reversing’ Australia’s research gender equity gains Women’s careers suffer as they pick up the pieces at work and home By John Ross 21 May
‘End reliance on overseas fees’, Australian academics tell ministers Activists campaign for less reliance on international education income, as government flags a ‘supervised’ reopening of borders By John Ross 21 May
Average Australian v-c pay packet may top A$1m While institutional accounts indicate that the average university boss could have pocketed seven-digit earnings last year, 2020 will be a different story By John Ross 20 May
How one university is planning its way through the crisis ‘Classic risk management tools’ helped protect the University of Tasmania, says its former management consultant boss By John Ross 19 May
Australian state bankrolls investment fund for universities Victoria’s A$350m lifeline adds to the pressure on Canberra to do more to help embattled sector By John Ross 19 May
Last Australian state unveils lifeline for foreign students While NSW support package is dwarfed by Victoria’s offering, reopening economy suggests better times ahead for struggling students By John Ross 17 May