Australia & NZ News

ViewAustralia news roundup: 8-14 June

This week: a ‘starshot’, academic stress, international students and a tax shock for Victorian universities

ViewOpportunity profile: Booster shot for NZ health research

New Zealand’s Health Research Council offers career development awards to sharpen research skills among clinicians

ViewMy winning proposal: Seeing astronomy up close

Enthusiasm and independence are needed to win a postdoctoral fellowship at the European Southern Observatory

ViewCanterbury to host space hub

Aerospace facilities and conservation work planned for New Zealand’s Kaitōrete Spit in government-Māori deal

ViewUniversities told to take threat of foreign interference seriously

Changing security environment means Australian institutions must work more closely with “allies” and “like-minded countries”

ViewNew Zealand news roundup: 3-9 June

This week: a clinical trials initiative and a second term for the chief science adviser

ViewScience academy launches species-finding mission

Taxonomy Australia programme set up to map the country’s biodiversity

ViewResearch commercialisation is top priority, says Tudge

Education minister reiterates call for Australian universities to interact better with businesses

ViewResearch infrastructure roadmap to be revamped

Expert group appointed to carry out review of Australia’s research infrastructure needs and priorities

ViewGNS Science yet to enter plea in White Island case

Most defendants, including New Zealand’s top geological research organisation, delay pleas over volcanic eruption

ViewAustralia news roundup: 1-7 June

This week: Victoria’s mRNA push, rural health research, archive digitisation and a telescope collaboration

ViewKnow your history

Researchers are increasingly questioning Australian government moves to sideline the humanities

ViewMy winning proposal: Where violence is interrogated

The specialist funder perfect for pilot studies related to human aggression

ViewFramework created to guide Indigenous data sovereignty

Guidelines aim to boost Australian community organisations’ control over use of their data for research

ViewNo promises on return of overseas students, minister says

New Zealand’s education minister says recovery plan is being revised but cautions against “rushed rebuild”

ViewNew Zealand news roundup: 27 May to 2 June

This week: health research grants, a White Island hearing and a book on Indigenous persistence

ViewUniversities in New South Wales hit hard by Covid, reports show

Pandemic led to job cuts and deficits in 2020

ViewNew Zealand’s Antarctic base to be rebuilt

Federal budget provides NZ$344 million to redevelop Scott Base research station

ViewCSIRO launches A$68m hydrogen research mission

Australia aims to become renewable energy leader through production, use and export of hydrogen

ViewAustralian science groups back NHMRC open-access proposal

National Health and Medical Research Council’s move wins support, but concerns are raised over costs

ViewAustralia news roundup: 25-31 May

This week: Universities Australia board changes, Burnet finances, academy fellows and plant preservation

ViewMy winning proposal: American dreams require give and take

Fulbright Australia looks for academic ambassadors to visit the US under its Postdoctoral Scholarship scheme

ViewHigher education institutions join forces against cybercrime

Global initiative forms to counter rising number of ransomware attacks on universities

ViewNew Zealand news roundup: 20-26 May

This week: budget disappointment, medical cannabis and gene editing

ViewDisaster solutions institute aims to improve firefighting methods

Australian centre makes firefighting a priority with work on detection and water bombing

ViewCSIRO ‘deep tech’ fund raises A$250m from private investors

Investment fund will support R&D on climate solutions and food security

ViewCrown Research Institutes survive pandemic-hit year

Annual reports indicate that New Zealand institutes’ finances remained relatively stable in 2020

ViewDisease centre gets extra A$245m in Victorian state budget

Australian Institute for Infectious Disease will aim to “future-proof” the country against pandemics

ViewResearch standards take shape

Higher education groups support draft rules for qualifying as an Australian university, with reservations

ViewAustralia news roundup: 18-24 May

This week: a call to cut pollution to zero and a warning on open access