Australia & NZ News

ViewReview may lead to new universities

Australia’s top bureaucrat suggests that ongoing scrutiny of research accord plan “should open all options”

ViewAustralia news roundup: 22-28 November

This week: a Stem review, the prime minister’s science prizes and blue carbon research

ViewLong Covid research ‘hampered’ by bureaucracy, inquiry told

Red tape and unclear standards hold back Australia’s efforts to help sufferers, academics warn

ViewRescue deal saves breeding centre for research animals

Western Australia’s resource centre to be reborn in purpose-built replacement after industry buy-out

ViewNational review under way to reform Australia’s research

Funding, fees and governance will come under scrutiny as minister promises focus on affordability

ViewCall for research to involve more nurses, midwives

Academics plead with health council to address structural barriers to hybrid careers

ViewAustralia news roundup: 15-21 November

This week: freedom for Turnell, a merger in Victoria and Covid’s impact in Antarctica

ViewBacking biosecurity

New Australian national strategy highlights importance of research, but also the challenges

ViewAustralia sees infrastructure funding bonanza

Research council will pay out A$39 million for equipment and facilities, including international collaborations

ViewNational interest test ‘improving’, says council

ARC chief executive defends test for research applications, but review will help speed up process

ViewARC may get governing board following review

Consultation paper proposes changes to Australian Research Council, including legally enshrined protection for programmes

ViewGuidelines fail to boost Indigenous health research

Paper calls for “organisational level” change to promote inclusion and improve practice

ViewAustralia news roundup: 8-14 November

This week: student concessions, hearing health research and a deal on the Square Kilometre Array

ViewAustralians at risk of harm in clinical trials

Inconsistent reporting and lack of transparency pose peril to participants, study warns

ViewUA urges academic involvement in defence

Submission to government review suggests armed forces should work more closely with universities

ViewResearch council reveals next centres of excellence

ARC picks 11 projects, ranting from indigenous studies to gravitational waves

ViewAustralia takes ‘deeper engagement’ agenda to COP27

Leaders promise local climate change meeting as early as 2023, with backing from Pacific nations

ViewAustralia news roundup: 1-7 November

This week: a plan to hire more lecturers, extinction awareness and grants for citizen science

ViewBalancing act

NHMRC’s efforts to redress gender imbalance in senior investigator grants welcomed, but doubts remain

ViewAustralia ill prepared for long-term Covid care

Inquiry hears of data shortage and lack of research into ongoing effects of virus

ViewUniversity of Tasmania to rethink Sandy Bay campus move

Majority of locals vote against planned shift of facilities to Hobart in council poll

ViewResearch underused by healthcare, study warns

Australia is lagging in integrating trials and innovation in health sector

ViewTech academy calls for action to fix Australia’s ‘skills crisis’

Report warns of inadequate training and retention of engineers, causing shortage

ViewAustralia news roundup: 25-31 October

This week: research council appointments, a physics medal and Victoria’s upcoming election

ViewUniversities welcome Australian budget

No major shifts in direction, but sector reacts positively to range of budget measures

ViewCampus closures went too far, Australian report says

Independent review of Covid-19 pandemic points to need for better decision-making

ViewNew EU-Australia relations framework kicks in

Australia and EU to support joint calls and researcher mobility

ViewUniversities and health researchers voice budget hopes

Labor government’s first budget should “secure the next waves of research” in Australia

ViewState committee calls for changes to animal research laws

Australian inquiry wants forced swim test phased out, while Animal Resources Centre takeover makes progress

ViewAustralia news roundup: 18-24 October

This week: synchrotron sharing and an investigation into fair work at universities