Australia and New Zealand

While flurry of approvals raises concerns about the financial viability of offshore outposts, government policies leave ambitious universities with few other choices

VU credits sequential approach to teaching as revenue increases and salary bill drops – but union says it is leading to overwork

Hike in fees of up to 6 per cent unlikely to compensate for erosion of research funding and cuts to grant schemes and mobility scholarships

Problems arise when citizenship rather than pedagogy determines delivery mode, critics say

Minister says there will be no changes to visa processing regime that gives effect to government’s thwarted cap proposal

Using jokes where appropriate can build trust, diffuse anxiety and enhance learning, says doctoral supervision award winner

Student-staff ratios climb to highest level in a decade as universities make cutbacks to avoid plunging into the red

Top universities still in robust financial health in year of visa hikes and last-minute withdrawal of proposed foreign enrolment caps

Despite widespread misgivings about productivity gains, digital transformations are considered a safer bet than campus investment, survey suggests

Universities praise continuity of reappointments in era of reform, as post-election reshuffle ushers in new assistant ministry in international education

Country bucks trend of declining enrolments, suggesting policy headaches Down Under matter little compared with what is going on elsewhere, analysis suggests

Brigid Heywood told a court she reflects ‘every day’ on ‘momentary aberration’ that ended 40-year academic career