Onshore study squeeze ‘undermines branch campus ambitions’ While Australia says it wants universities ‘going to the world’, its policies are making it harder By John Ross 17 July
With fewer overseas students, Australia must fully fund research The government must recognise that lower international revenues will make research costs unsustainable, says John Carroll By John Carroll 15 July
New Adelaide University bids to entice international students Programme details released as Adelaide’s universities enter final stage of merger By Helen Packer 15 July
We need support as threats worsen, says scholar who sued Auckland Microbiologist Siouxsie Wiles, who was harassed over pandemic commentaries, fears New Zealand’s universities still too slow to protect staff By Helen Packer 15 July
Auckland ‘too slow’ to protect academic from pandemic threats Judge tells university to pay damages but rules there was no breach of Siouxsie Wiles’ academic freedom By Helen Packer 8 July
New Zealand seeks to drive up degree completion rates When too many students fail to graduate, small investments can make a world of difference, says commission By John Ross 8 July
Name change demands over university namesake’s colonial legacy La Trobe moniker celebrates a genocidal past, staff and students say By John Ross 6 July
Australia’s international student caps ‘will cost billions’ Big business and states join universities in opposing proposed limits By John Ross 5 July
Take a chill pill on overseas student caps, universities told Proposal an improvement on current ‘blunt tools’ that undermine policy and facilitate exploitation, says Australian Labor MP and former international education boss By John Ross 4 July
Visa delays continue to plague Australian universities Universities haemorrhage money as students face months-long waits By John Ross 3 July
Exam halls with high ceilings linked to worse academic outcomes Effect persists even after controlling for numerous variables, leaving researchers to puzzle over how brain and body are affected by large rooms By Juliette Rowsell 3 July
Overseas enrolments rebound in New Zealand universities Slow easing of Covid border restrictions helped international education avoid purges elsewhere, figures suggest By John Ross 2 July