Tide out on Australian university expansion as job cuts mount Latest redundancy round militates against the government’s growth aspirations, observers warn By John Ross 7 November
Australian student loan reforms likely to be retrospective Horse set to follow the cart, as critics warn of perverse consequences By John Ross 6 November
Massey withholds student union funds over ‘governance issues’ ‘Alarming precedent’, says union; ‘interim solution’ pending ‘appropriate governance’, says university By John Ross 5 November
Australian universities redraw casual employment as law comes in Changes will ensure compliance with new legislation, according to administrators, but unions say it is about cutting costs By John Ross 5 November
Loan scheme changes show university funding ‘is not a priority’ Some A$15 billion of student debt relief will do almost ‘nothing’ to help cash-strapped Australian institutions By John Ross 4 November
Career advancement policies ‘used for wage theft’ Australian academics required to ‘act up’ for years before being paid for it, analysis finds By John Ross 4 November
New Zealand international education ‘fully recovered by 2025’ Universities’ challenge now is keeping pace with applications, analyst says By John Ross 1 November
‘Hippy heartland’ university scraps creative arts degrees Programmes were ‘foundational’ to Northern Rivers-based Southern Cross but are no longer viable, vice-chancellor says By John Ross 31 October
Online encyclopedia is alternative model for scholarly publishing As pre-Wikipedia resource enters its 25th year, pioneers eye new applications as well as new languages By John Ross 30 October
Disabled students are badly served by furore over ‘unfair’ accommodations Misleading claims that some undergraduates are unjustly receiving extra help obscure how many universities are actually failing to provide sufficient support to disabled students, says Chris Pepin-Neff By Chris Pepin-Neff 30 October
Australian vice-chancellor quits amid redundancy plans University leaders under ‘extraordinary pressure’ amid funding crisis, says departing University of Southern Queensland chief By John Ross 29 October
‘Covid-scale’ job cuts engulf Australian universities “Workforce change” processes under way at seven institutions likely to claim well over 1,200 jobs, with more campuses expected to follow suit By John Ross 28 October
