Melbourne staff to strike for a week over pay and workloads
Union blames ‘recalcitrant’ executives for walkout but university says it has bargained ‘in good faith’ and negotiations have been slow elsewhere

Union blames ‘recalcitrant’ executives for walkout but university says it has bargained ‘in good faith’ and negotiations have been slow elsewhere

US grant agency hopes to ensure a more scientific approach after years of political battles over risks of China collaborations

Scientists involved in road-blocking and invading private jet terminals say they’ve lost out on promotions and been reported by students but others cite their protests in grant applications as forms...

Limits on free speech, funding cuts and political appointments at public universities risk squandering a golden opportunity to create a thriving higher education system, says Saikat Majumdar

Period of relative stability offers chance to reassess discipline but also risks world losing interest, says director

A domestic university ranking system could hold universities to account for all aspects of their performance, says shadow education minister

While sector welcomes changes to be rolled out ‘imminently’, subsequent reforms could prove less popular

Changes aimed at protecting students and taxpayers adding uncertainties that could lead to institutions closing rather than joining forces, experts warn

Canberra also confirms plans to overhaul research assessment exercise and ‘take the politics out’ of grant decisions

After decades of questioning grade inflation and race-based policies, one of Harvard’s biggest critics of affirmative action departs in wake of Supreme Court decision

Highly regarded institutions lag behind others on overall student positivity due to low scores in section that looked at views on assessment

‘Glass ceiling’ still prevents low-income students from reaching top institutions, says researcher

Changes in heads of state mean fewer US alumni at global top table, but its figures are bolstered by Stanford graduate Rishi Sunak

I’m externally funded to do research but I help colleagues by teaching on top. How can it be right to punish me for partial performance, asks Philip Moriarty

The UK’s first Palestinian vice-chancellor discusses proving the value of creative degrees in a hostile climate, how to internationalise rural towns and what growing up with nine siblings can teach...