Australia & NZ News

ViewNew Zealand news roundup: 2-8 September

This week: university fees, an International Science Council appointment and concerns over pastoral care

ViewAcademics report free speech concerns and heavy workloads

Union survey reveals constraints on time and academic freedom at New Zealand institutions

ViewNarrowing of freedoms ‘chilling’, says New Zealand union

Academic freedom conference hears that restructures and online courses are stripping agency from university staff

ViewNew Zealand news roundup: 26 August to 1 September

This week: complex systems, the Scott Base redevelopment and a call for Catalyst Fund reviewers

ViewLockdown drags on in Auckland

Second Covid-19 case recorded at University of Auckland as activities move online

ViewHorizon Europe ‘bureaucracy’ a fear in Australia and New Zealand

Countries call for simplification of rules, as European Commission encourages them to join R&D programme

ViewNational lockdown hits Marsden Fund application process

Royal Society of New Zealand tweaks schedule for major funding scheme

ViewNew Zealand news roundup: 19-25 August

This week: managerialism in universities is criticised and Massey cancer research is boosted by alumni

ViewLockdown freezes universities as Covid cases rise

New Zealand extends nationwide shutdown, leaving university projects and classes in limbo

ViewFull launch of research database delayed until 2022

New Zealand’s national research information system gets revised timeline after new leadership appointed

ViewNew Zealand news roundup: 12-18 August

This week: Universities shuttered in emergency lockdown, pharmaceutical regulator reviewed, China Covid-19 collaboration and more

ViewPost-pandemic overhaul needed for universities’ emergency plans

Redraft of emergency response plans recommended in new report on New Zealand’s 2020 crisis

ViewNew Zealand news roundup: 5-11 August

This week: encouraging clinical trial participation, searching for a university leader and an Antarctic scholarship

ViewNew Zealand climate change action ‘in hands of government’

Researchers say “science has done its job” after publication of damning IPCC report

ViewNew Zealand seeks to refocus Antarctic research

Next decade of work should prioritise climate change and underline Māori knowledge, says government agency

ViewNew Zealand news roundup: 29 July to 4 August

This week: marine science awards and cancer knowledge gaps

ViewHRC funds focus on Māori and Pacific people

New Zealand health research council awards $NZ68 million, with University of Auckland winning big

ViewMāori science row rumbles on

Auckland researcher criticises colleagues’ stance over mātauranga Māori

ViewUniversities sign up to openness agreement on animal use

Signatories to New Zealand declaration commit to transparency around use of animals in research

ViewPublic letter from academics sparks Māori science row

Indigenous knowledge is “not science”, Auckland academics claim

ViewNew Zealand news roundup: 22-28 July

This week: a call for stronger academia-industry links and a search for bioprotection researchers

ViewResearch database delayed

Software issues blamed for holdups in New Zealand’s national research information system

ViewResearchers call for international Covid-19 elimination strategy

Countries pursuing elimination have experienced less disruption and economic damage, New Zealand professors say

ViewNew Zealand news roundup: 15-21 July

This week: a student safety code of practice and support for the transgender community

ViewResearch centre ‘well placed’ to help reduce farming emissions

Priority areas include breeding lower-emitting sheep and producing methane inhibitors, research director says

ViewAgency changes tack from ‘study in’ to ‘study with’ New Zealand

Change of focus aimed at promoting offshore learning while Covid keeps borders closed

ViewNew Zealand news roundup: 1-14 July

This week: a Royal Society appointment, agriculture research funding and discrimination against Muslims

ViewNational research fund adjusted to boost diversity

Two-year review leads to increased weighting for Māori work in New Zealand’s Performance-Based Research Fund

ViewCouncil pushes for ethical animal research in New Zealand

Institutions asked to sign up to “openness agreement” on use of research animals

ViewNew Zealand news roundup: 24-30 June

This week: Endeavour Fund guidelines, greenhouse gas research grants and high-quality Antarctic data