Australia & NZ News

ViewStandards agency lists red flags for research training

Guidelines for Australian research degrees highlight integrity, safety and supervision

ViewAustralia news roundup: 6-12 September

This week: animal research ethics, prime ministerial backing, long Covid and international student numbers

ViewAustralian Research Council promises to fix timelines

Chief executive says universities can expect certainty on grant dates—or an explanation

ViewMake Australia’s climate plan fairer, report urges

National Strategy for Just Adaptation calls for cross-disciplinary cooperation to protect the most vulnerable

ViewResearchers ask ‘what next’ as Era process is halted

End of time-consuming Australian research assessment exercise causes both relief and concern

ViewResearch impact definition too shallow, Australian study says

Academics call for less focus on metrics and more on the “how” of research translation

ViewAustralia to extend post-study work rights

International students in areas of “verified skill shortages” will be able to stay for longer

ViewGet ready for Disease X, CSIRO says

The next pandemic will challenge Australia’s research and health sectors, national study finds

ViewAustralia news roundup: 30 August to 5 September

This week: a quantum alliance, a carbon roundtable and an intellectual property framework

ViewAutonomous threats

Researchers are concerned the Covid-19 pandemic drove increased government oversight of Australia’s universities

ViewMinister halts next round of research assessment exercise

Jason Clare launches Australian Research Council review and says research assessment framework must be replaced

ViewMelbourne receives A$250m to set up pandemic research centre

Philanthropic donation could help “transform the management of future pandemics”

ViewClimate bill promising but more ambition needed, scientists say

Leading researchers say Australia needs policy clarity and research investment to meet climate promises

ViewInternational research students ‘feel pressure to conform’

Foreign doctoral students in Australia face uphill battle to retain their cultural values, study finds

ViewAustralia news roundup: 23-29 August

This week: artificial intelligence think tanks, ocean energy and Indian links

ViewAgenda for Australian skills summit takes shape

Vice-chancellors set out need for reforms around microcredentials and visas

ViewIndigenous and international partnerships win Linkage funding

Australian Research Council announces A$29 million for topics including crocodile farming

ViewRisks to ocean industries are poorly understood, study finds

Researchers setting up “risk registry” to resolve clashes among water-based industries

ViewUniversities to compete for new student places

Federal jobs push provides money for twin priorities of key sectors and disadvantaged students

ViewAustralia news roundup: 16-22 August

This week: complaints about the National Interest Test, Australia’s secret science minister and more

ViewAnimal research: regulation maze

Researchers are moving towards openness in animal research, but Australian states have different rules

ViewAustralian research offices complain of Nit-picking woes

Tighter rules and increased rewrite requests for Australian Research Council’s National Interest Test cause concern

ViewAustralia ‘needs to reward people who practise the arts’

University deans say national cultural policy should back arts workers, libraries and archives

ViewNHMRC may mandate gender equity for Investigator Grants

Australia’s national health research funding body could make changes as early as this year

ViewCovid pandemic burst research productivity bubble, study finds

Australian researchers highlight effect on different disciplines and persistent gender gap

ViewAustralia news roundup: 9-15 August

This week: Chinese students, a vaccine lab and a plant research centre

ViewAustralia steps up biosecurity battle

Government releases national strategy and launches taskforce to improve biosecurity data, tracking and coordination

ViewPsychedelics research ‘could help treat depression and anxiety’

Resurgence in research into mind-altering substances carries promise but also risks, Australian expert says

ViewUK academics spend only third of their time doing research

Figure even lower for teaching staff as much time is spent on admin and meetings

ViewAustralian government pledges to fix gaps in tech training

Minister responds to report identifying shortfall of 42,000 training places in higher and vocational education