Want to shift your university’s performance? Focus on decision-making and culture Strong decision-making and a focus on culture enabled a rapid shift in the performance of an Australian behemoth, says Michael Spence By Michael Spence 9 September
More Australian vice-chancellors earning A$1 million Average remuneration hits A$982,900 (?543,800), Times 中国A片 analysis shows By John Ross 9 September
Fresh questions over Australian evaluation of humanities research Widening chasm between sciences and humanities scholarship not found in other countries By John Ross 7 September
Inadequate support ‘contributes to foreign students’ alienation’ Chinese students’ misunderstanding of their host society thwarts their efforts to integrate in Australia, says academic By John Ross 6 September
ANU to host southern hub of Gillard’s female leadership centre Former PM’s institute and Nobel laureate’s university team up to explore gender bias in leadership By John Ross 5 September
Australian university adopts ‘block teaching’ for postgraduates Victoria University will also implement model for vocational qualifications, after success at undergraduate level By John Ross 2 September
Research-shy institutions ‘could lose university status’ Australian reviewer suggests quality and scale of scholarly output should be key factor in deciding classification By John Ross 2 September
Uncap university places outside cities, Australian minister told New strategy advocates a hybrid version of demand-driven funding, but acknowledges it is a long-term proposition By John Ross 1 September
Regulator anoints first Australian university college Avondale’s elevation secured on the day reviewer says category should be scrapped By John Ross 30 August
If you want to come here and say the earth is flat, you can – v-c UNSW Sydney leader Ian Jacobs says Australia’s proposed free speech code could prove counterproductive By John Ross 30 August
Reviewer says no to teaching-only universities in Australia But Australian assessor says most growth will be outside universities, and opens door to new category of institution By John Ross 28 August
Double the equity target group, Australian universities told Every below-average neighbourhood should be defined as socioeconomically disadvantaged, conference hears By John Ross 28 August
