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UQ flags new residential complex as accommodation council urges students to ‘pounce’ on mid-year vacancies

Senators hear that a waiting period for pregnancy coverage is endangering mothers and babies

Restructure proposal follows enrolment crash and sub-inflation boost to teaching subsidies

As Universities Accord shines a spotlight on equity, new research finds that the most propitious pathway is little trodden

Doubts over effectiveness fail to douse enthusiasm from duelling governments and businesses

Australian universities outside cities say building more accommodation will help students and local communities

While national budget includes big increase to tertiary education funding rates, it still falls short of inflation

Australian Research Council promises more work on national security after internal review

Students may be using homework help service to gain ‘solutions to assessment tasks’, Teqsa worries

‘Border integrity’ focus has blinded authorities to dodgy onshore practices in international education, Australian parliamentarians say

Posters calling philosopher a ‘fascist’ appear on campus after she backed event branded ‘dehumanising’ by her boss

While new prime minister has nominated science and skills as budget priorities, sector fears any investment will fall short of inflation

With cash, equipment and time on their hands, holidaymakers can add scale to citizen science projects, review finds

Healthy result provides ‘financial sustainability’ in a ‘volatile higher education sector’, vice-chancellor says

‘Census’ of research integrity advisors finds that their role is unknown to many, sometimes including themselves

Government crackdown on student ‘poaching’ could curb legitimate university activities and hit enrolments, experts warn

University leaders under pressure to do more with less amid demands from students for a ‘great hybrid experience’

Academics’ rush to cater for different learning preferences with plethora of readings, videos and slides leaves course participants fatigued

Australian universities push responsibility for casualisation onto Canberra’s funding arrangements

As rentals become scarcer and dearer, international students are increasingly unwilling to travel without pre-arranged lodgings

May Day rallies kick off a ‘week of action’ from coast to coast, as more union branches plan stoppages – and others reach agreement

Rare involvement of learned academy in establishing ‘reasonable doubt’ over child murder conviction paves way for mechanisms to forestall future injustices

Figures indicate ‘crisis point’ for spending on science and innovation, learned academy warns

Home affairs minister flags better migration pathways for foreign students, but tougher entry standards in the first place

Despite ‘debt avalanche’, universities stress that tuition fee loans are ‘not like grocery bills’

Parental income should not influence eligibility for living allowances, Australian academics argue

‘Entrenched’ workplace attitudes mean increase in female science and technology graduates is not transforming the field

Review calls for reduction in ministerial veto powers, highlights ARC’s role as ‘guardian of basic research’, but keeps applied research in the mix

IDP global survey of 21,000 students also spotlights importance of post-study work rights in student decisions on destinations

University says attempts to retrospectively change a years-old agreement are about ‘resolving ambiguities’ around how staff are paid for student consultations

Single system for accessing skills training and higher education would remove longstanding barriers between the two, lobby group claims

With international students flocking here in record numbers, administrators deny they are enrolling foreigners to ‘offset’ domestic declines

While few dispute the need to increase the quantum, opinions differ over how to share the spoils

While pundits predicted international woe from border closures, accounts suggest waning domestic demand is doing the damage

‘Regional differentiation’ could help overcome ‘horrific gap in educational attainment’, says non-metropolitan network

As inflation soars and funding lags, administrators look for salvation in looming budget

Staff at more institutions vote for industrial action, as enterprise negotiations drag on

Australian survey results consistently show that employers have more regard than graduates for the job-preparation attributes of degrees

‘Ideological capture’ of research and clampdowns on dissent are spreading, argues Peter Boghossian

Boosting disadvantaged Australians’ share of university places requires biggest contributions from institutions already pulling most weight, study finds

Experts predict a race between institutions to show progress on Communist Party building and ideological activities

Inconsistent policy settings dislodging ‘financially constrained’ Australians from university study

The bigger they are, the harder they fall, as financial market pendulum swings back

Australia’s underwhelming success in making university enrolments more equitable underlines the need to ‘address schooling’, forum hears

While scores of doctoral students have at long last received permission to travel Down Under, the waiting list is long

Focus on jobs and commercialisation inconsistent with sector’s ‘intrinsic purposes’, says Simon Marginson

As Australia pins workforce hopes on generous post-study work rights, research suggests universities must improve careers services

Freezing graduate debt and raising repayment thresholds could disadvantage those who never went to university, Australian departments say

Demands of part-time jobs lead some students to settle for lower grades, with balancing commitments now biggest source of stress

China studies programmes and language courses are on the decline, just as understanding of the superpower is needed most

As well-connected academic prepares to take the helm at her alma mater’s branch campus, she reflects on the opportunities – and challenges – for the institution and the nation

Broad agreement on the impacts of loan repayment arrangements, but less agreement on the remedies

Fluctuating foreign fee flows helped fuel Australian sector’s addiction to sessional staff

Australian move to deny government subsidies to students who bomb out makes things worse for them, and no better for taxpayers

Australian institutions suspend recruitment from India’s north, just as politicians and vice-chancellors launch charm offensive

Disquiet as sandstone university hires interstate corporate lawyer to bargain on bosses’ behalf

As Deakin plans first overseas outpost on Indian soil, it says the learnings will flow both ways

Top-ranked institution joins UNSW, Wollongong and others in expressing support for indigenous voice to Australian parliament

Analyses find mounting debt is hindering people’s ability to buy homes and have children – with women disproportionately affected

As the political currents enter a more favourable cycle, pan-regional institution’s boss looks to begin repair job on ‘regional’ campuses