Australia & NZ News

ViewUniversities ask for exemption from national watchdog

Australian anti-corruption commission would needlessly double up on state controls, government told

ViewPrime minister tells universities to fix their funding model

Australian universities must respond ‘like other businesses’ to pandemic, but analysts suggest research is threatened

ViewAustralia news roundup: 9-17 February

This week: postgraduate concerns, an academic’s arrest and a call for more health research funding

ViewSouth Australian health research woes ‘deep-seated’

Productivity Commission says state government has not managed health and medical research effectively

ViewCampus no longer king, survey shows

Most Australian universities are moving to a hybrid delivery model in 2021

ViewResearch for research’s sake wanes under impact agenda

As pressure mounts to promote their work outside the academy, Australian academics call for reinforcements

ViewGet ambitious on health research, government told

Research Australia’s pre-budget submission urges support for universities and the health industry

ViewResearchers still waiting for ‘trans-Tasman bubble’

Partnerships between Australia and New Zealand are struggling thanks to border closures

ViewAustralian universities ‘face A$2bn revenue shortfall in 2021’

Effects of pandemic on university budgets are deep and likely to last, say vice-chancellors

ViewSocial sciences ‘at a crossroads’

Australia’s social sciences could ‘decline substantially’ thanks to falling university budgets and Job-Ready Graduates reforms

ViewAustralia news roundup: 2-8 February

This week: STEM workforce development, updates to threatened species and a vaccine capability push

ViewMore support needed for basic space research, say scientists

Australian academy calls for space science to be a national research priority

ViewNetwork calls for more investment in Australian rural health research

Economic analysis commissioned by the Spinifex Network points to potential financial benefits

ViewJob-ready reforms are costing universities, analyst says

Australian enrolment landscape in flux as fee changes kick in and international student numbers decrease

ViewCouncil consults on Indigenous health research funding

Researchers asked to name their priorities for special Indigenous health funding call

ViewAustralia news roundup: 26 January to 1 February

This week: circular economy guidance, an appointment at a university group and Australia Day honours

ViewWarming climate and cooler relations?

What a Biden administration might mean for Australian research and higher education

ViewAustralian Research Council told to improve timing of grants

Parliamentary report and researcher petition criticise inconsistent timing and communication of grant opportunities and outcomes

ViewNo timeline for mass return of international students, says Tudge

Education minister says Australia is taking it ‘week by week and month by month’

ViewAustralia news roundup: 19-25 January

This week: a student petition, a climate change plea and funding for construction research

ViewChinese talent scheme links ‘put researchers at risk of grant fraud’

More than 300 Australian researchers are involved in Communist Party recruitment schemes, inquiry told

ViewGovernance of A$20bn Australian health fund under scrutiny

All aspects of Medical Research Future Fund’s operations to be reviewed by national auditor

ViewIgnore vaccine ‘misinformation’, says academy president

Science academy and Australian Medical Association urge public to listen to researchers, not ‘crackpot ideas’

ViewResearch communication needs more support, study finds

Australian academics say stronger institutional backing is needed for work to be shared more widely

ViewMajor Australian funder takes steps to cut out gender bias

Guidelines for NHMRC Investigator scheme ask applicants and peer reviewers not to reveal their gender

ViewUniversities call for ‘proportionate’ approach to national security

Australia’s top institutions have warned the federal government not to jeopardise the country’s research standing

ViewAustralia news roundup: 12-18 January

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

ViewAustralia 2021: seven policy areas to watch

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

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