Australia & NZ News

ViewAustralia news roundup: 12-18 January

This week: increased student numbers, diabetes funding and a centre to monitor extreme weather

ViewNew Zealand to allow return of 1,000 international students

Students who were overseas when borders closed can start to return from April

ViewAustralia 2021: seven policy areas to watch

The year ahead: what the next 12 months have in store for Australian research

ViewCovid-19 funder update: The National Institutes of Health

Senior figures at the US biomedical funder explain their priorities for supporting grantees through Covid-19

ViewChoose the good money over the big money

Why research managers and academic leaders need a holistic approach when choosing funding opportunities

ViewNew Zealand’s international students face uncertain future

Students already in the country are suffering hardships, while border controls prevent others from entering

ViewNew Zealand news roundup: 17 December to 13 January

This week: a hearing is adjourned, a health survey is launched and fellowships are awarded

ViewMore research on climate-driven fire risk ‘needed urgently’

Australia must follow the science after ‘wake-up call’ of last year’s bushfires, researchers say

ViewUS-Australian gene therapy partnership extended

Westmead Hospital researchers hail success in joint work with American gene firm

ViewSecurity breached at Health Research Council of New Zealand

Few details given as research grant administrator scrambles to investigate ‘cybersecurity incident’

ViewIncoming education minister yet to show his hand

Australian universities await new minister’s direction after outgoing minister vetoes research grants

ViewAustralian universities ‘yet to feel full impact of 2020 upheaval’

Melbourne researchers warn that Covid-19 and major reforms could affect research and staff progression

ViewAustralia news roundup: 15 December to 11 January

This week: an incoming integrity chief, a warning on overseas students and expectations for 2021

ViewMy winning proposal: Accelerating astronomy

Making a strategic case for strengthening Australia’s astronomy community led to a successful ARC bid

ViewAustralia’s stories of 2020

Covid-19, bushfires and collaboration concerns among the most read Australia stories of the year

ViewWellcome Trust experts reflect on 2020 and the promise of 2021

Funder’s scientists talk about Covid-19 lessons the world can draw on for the future

ViewCovid-19 pushes Australian research openness

Open-access publishing gains momentum amid unprecedented pandemic-driven changes to academia

ViewAustralia appoints new minister for education

Alan Tudge will also serve as minister for youth following cabinet reshuffle

ViewFrom the archive: Secrets of the deep

The Padi Foundation takes the plunge with marine research projects other funders might refuse

ViewOpportunity profile: Data-driven prize for pandemic protection

Prize fund of £10 million will award creative ideas for harnessing data to combat disease...

ViewSKA Observatory to be granted international organisation status

UK’s ratification final piece of puzzle for convention to establish Square Kilometre Array Observatory

ViewInternational students may give up on Australia, providers warn

No national plan for return of international students as minister emphasises offshore and online learning

ViewNZ government told to overhaul environmental research funding

Spending on environmental research is hard to quantify and often misdirected, commissioner finds

ViewHealth research ‘on the brink of collapse’

Australian Society for Medical Research campaigns for government to quadruple funding

ViewNew Zealand news roundup: 10-16 December

This week: Massey protests, a call for panellists and a drop in international student numbers

ViewReview finds ‘mixed’ compliance with free speech code

Education minister says Australian universities have until the end of the year to implement code

ViewSupercomputers crucial in fight against Covid-19, forum hears

Australian and Japanese scientists are using world’s fastest computers to model coronavirus and human behaviour

ViewAustralia news roundup: 8-14 December

This week: vaccine trials halted, a growing technology network and sniffer dogs against Covid-19

ViewUrgent action needed on health research, government told

New Zealand must start translating research into better health outcomes, says advocacy alliance

ViewExamining the health impact of the climate crisis

The A$10 million call for an interdisciplinary network aiming to boost Australian research capacity