Australian job losses ‘not driven by pandemic necessity’
Extent of staffing overhauls bore little relationship to Covid’s financial carnage, says report
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Parents ‘overly optimistic’ about children’s university prospects
Disadvantaged families have upbeat expectations for their offspring but underestimate the barriers, study suggests
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Interview with Malcolm Gaskill
The historian discusses ‘glimpsing the nightmares’ of early colonial Americans in his Wolfson prize-nominated book on witchcraft, and why he took early retirement from academia
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Domestic demand shows signs of softening in Australia
Universities brace as hot labour market beckons locals who kept them afloat through Covid
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Western Australia reopens to international students
Returning numbers underwhelming so far as isolated state casts off its shackles
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Overseas students angry as Western Australia again changes rules
No apparent health rationale for ‘impossible’ new deadline, as requirements rewritten for third time in a?week
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Chinese facial recognition scholar ‘ignored questions, went home’
AI expert re-emerges at top Chinese university as former employer finds Uighur study breached Australian research code
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Online teaching’s TikTok pedagogy is leading students a merry dance
Australian universities’ ongoing embrace of digital approaches is cheapening learning?– but not in a good way, says Binoy Kampmark
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Australian open access push goes from green to gold
While progress has been hamstrung by lack of scale or regulatory force, advocates say the time has come
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UTS taps deputy Andrew Parfitt as vice-chancellor
In-house appointment breaks with trend of selecting leaders from outside the country, or outside academia
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Interview with André Brett
Crawford Medal-winning historian on why New Zealand doesn’t have borders, big screens are a good thing and research grant applications are too long
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Asia internationalises in its own backyard
Affordable quality education and job opportunities are encouraging more Asian students to travel closer to home, reports Joyce Lau
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Interview with Helen Burt
The retiring UBC scientist on inspirational partners, the precarious state of career options, and the formative value of stink bombs
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Attila Brungs moves across Sydney to join UNSW as v-c
Alumnus and established academic to take the helm at highly ranked university
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Short courses ‘carry risks’ as Australian universities pile in
While Australia’s new-look certificates deliver a sugar hit to institutional coffers, experts question the long-term benefits