With record visa refusals and a metric-driven system, the rise in countries considered high risk was a foregone conclusion

Higher education is under pressure to help deliver Indonesia’s 8 per cent target for economic growth. But should institutions be focusing on internationalisation, funding reform or commercial partners...

The first stand-alone Australian university base in Europe has flourished since opening 25 years ago today

Passage of legislation appears assured, after Greens ‘secured’ government’s agreement to a dozen amendments

Lobbyists say constraints on the R&D Tax Incentive outweigh the benefits, despite unexpectedly favourable treatment of biomedical research

Committee mulls amendment of threshold standards as new report highlights how ARC-funded researchers continue to collaborate with likes of Iran and Russia

Scholarship ‘risks drifting away from excellence-based peer review and towards serving insider interests’ when cliques dominate, warns study

Democratic role needs protection from ‘creeping regulation’ and ‘populist backlashes’, says legal scholar

Democratic role needs protection from ‘creeping regulation’ and ‘populist backlashes’, says legal scholar

Democratic role needs protection from ‘creeping regulation’ and ‘populist backlashes’, says legal scholar

Senate committee inquiry blocked and stakeholder objections ignored, as ‘wide-ranging’ powers become law

Senate committee inquiry blocked and stakeholder objections ignored, as ‘wide-ranging’ powers become law

Senate committee inquiry blocked and stakeholder objections ignored, as ‘wide-ranging’ powers become law

Several Australian universities pause applications from Iran but say government unclear over whether students from sanctioned countries banned

Several Australian universities pause applications from Iran but say government unclear over whether students from sanctioned countries banned

Decisions ‘above my pay grade’, says Nobel laureate, as authorities quash joint research into pain relief and drug-resistant tuberculosis

Decisions ‘above my pay grade’, says Nobel laureate, as authorities quash joint research into pain relief and drug-resistant tuberculosis

Decisions ‘above my pay grade’, says Nobel laureate, as authorities quash joint research into pain relief and drug-resistant tuberculosis

University system already reliant on international students’ tuition fees now depends on visa fees as well

University system already reliant on international students’ tuition fees now depends on visa fees as well

Higher education still pays but the margin of advantage has ‘narrowed noticeably’, quarter of a century of Australian survey data suggests

Higher education still pays but the margin of advantage has ‘narrowed noticeably’, quarter of a century of Australian survey data suggests

Amalgamation with struggling institute of technology would make both institutions ‘an even better proposition’, says university boss

Amalgamation with struggling institute of technology would make both institutions ‘an even better proposition’, says university boss

Legislation to rejig allocation of international student places puts everything ‘under the thumb of the minister’, his opposite number warns

Legislation to rejig allocation of international student places puts everything ‘under the thumb of the minister’, his opposite number warns

Making the most of free offers deemed ‘extremely student behaviour’, as electricity usage guru chides precinct for ‘going nuts’

Australian universities most cashed up on foreign fees are not necessarily those most vulnerable to a downturn, analysis finds

New reporting requirements coincide with raft of campus openings on the subcontinent

Academics must be prepared to be ‘less polite’ when mandarins serve up ideas that lack evidence, Australian educator contends

Academics must be prepared to be ‘less polite’ when mandarins serve up ideas that lack evidence, Australian educator contends

Academics must be prepared to be ‘less polite’ when mandarins serve up ideas that lack evidence, Australian educator contends

Lack of extra money and risk of more centralised control means new bill ‘does not do what it says on the cover’

Australian policies mired in outdated perceptions about why students decrease their study loads

My investigation into alleged plagiarism was undertaken seriously – journalistic enquiries should not be a matter for Scotland Yard, writes THE journalist Jack Grove

More international higher education students are obtaining visas from within Australia, as government puts up the shutters to fresh entrants

Star sociology professor quits amid allegations of plagiarism and academic misconduct

Star sociology professor quits amid allegations of plagiarism and academic misconduct

Top university told it must clamp down on salaries and spending to manage ‘downside risks’ of government international education policies

Proposed penalties most disadvantageous to the universities already struggling with volatile enrolments, submissions say

Serial deficits plague universities that have failed to recover their pre-pandemic international revenue, analysis finds

With China losing interest, India following suit and Nepal and Bangladesh routinely denied visas, universities’ overseas recruitment prospects look increasingly bleak

With China losing interest, India following suit and Nepal and Bangladesh routinely denied visas, universities’ overseas recruitment prospects look increasingly bleak

With China losing interest, India following suit and Nepal and Bangladesh routinely denied visas, universities’ overseas recruitment prospects look increasingly bleak

‘Self-referential’ science must make sure it is using current allocations effectively, says head of slimmed-down agency

Nurturing well-rounded athletes is core business, sports college head says, as campus gears up for forthcoming Olympics

While recommendations from latest inquiry largely duplicate changes already made, boosted staff and student representation would be a ‘massive win’

Low-paying disciplines dominated by women and people from disadvantaged backgrounds but more young men at risk of being ‘locked out’ entirely

One study wants a flat fee and another backs income-based tiers – but neither supports the status quo