Australia & NZ News

ViewAustralia signs up to Unesco education treaty

Universities welcome move to improve mutual recognition of qualifications between countries

ViewUniversities Accord submissions show basic-applied schism

Review of Australian university system hears differing views on research and commercialisation

ViewCooperative Research Centres programme to switch focus

Change of priorities announced alongside funding of A$44 million for projects including electric aviation

ViewAustralia news roundup: 17-23 January

This week: a clinical trials framework, international student costs, women in Stem and drone research

ViewScrap ministerial veto and Nits, universities tell ARC review

Sheil review hears of sector-wide concern about administration and focus of Australian Research Council

ViewVisa system to blame for brain drain, say vice-chancellors

Australian universities tell migration review to fix red tape and improve treatment of top talent

ViewIndian student numbers bounce back in Australia

Latest figures and trade deal raise hopes of stronger relationship

ViewAustralia news roundup: 10-16 January

This week: emissions reduction, animal resources, drug trials and a medical appointment

ViewCRCs achieve ‘excellent economic outcomes’, study finds

Long-awaited report backs Australia’s Cooperative Research Centres

View2023: Five things to watch in Australia and New Zealand

Researchers should watch Australia’s ARC review and New Zealand’s changes to its systems

ViewCommercial focus of Australian university review slammed

Science academy takes aim at ‘sloppy thinking’ in terms of reference for upcoming universities accord

ViewARC review ‘should put funder’s focus on fundamental research’

Universities and learned academies call for Australian Research Council to back basic work

ViewAustralia news roundup: 13 December to 9 January

This week: A$400 million for medical moonshots and a pause on Engagement and Impact assessment

ViewAustralia’s ‘door open’ to Chinese students despite travel crackdown

Universities stress importance of foreign students as pre-departure testing begins for people flying from China

ViewTop stories of 2022: Australia

ARC grant rows, new ministers and more—the biggest Australian research stories of the year

View2022: The year of living (almost) normally

Changes at the top and a tentative post-Covid reopening defined Australia and New Zealand’s year

ViewUniversities demand ‘national effort’ on international education

Parliamentary inquiry hears of red tape and misconceptions around Australia’s multibillion-dollar foreign student sector

ViewAustralia struggles with research translation

Misaligned priorities and issues of trust hamper commercialisation of results, nationwide seminar hears

ViewAustralia news roundup: 6-12 December

This week: the ARC’s first chief research officer, collaborative robotics and wildlife training for biologists

ViewScience academy welcomes plan to overhaul nature protection

Proposal could see creation of dedicated environment authority, as well as nationwide data system

ViewAdelaide and South Australia discuss academic merger

Union would create stronger research capacities and attract more international students, partners say

ViewIndustry minster praises cooperative research centres

Ed Husic said government’s approach was “founded on collaboration, cooperation between research and industry”

ViewSKA construction gets under way

“Game-changing” international project two decades in the making breaks ground in Western Australia

ViewAustralian Research Council overhauls National Interest Test

Importance of controversial statements will be watered down to reduce government influence

ViewResearch ‘accelerator’ fund back on table

Commercialisation package debated after Australian government reintroduces proposals formerly put on ice

ViewAustralia news roundup: 29 November to 5 December

This week: SKA construction, emergency at the Great Barrier Reef and universities accord feedback

ViewGetting in, but not getting on

Academics in Australia are struggling to help disadvantaged students who reach university

ViewReport warns of insufficient disaster research capacity

Australian climate council urges redress of “decade of cuts” as country struggles to adapt

ViewTEQSA seeks to loosen reins on regulation

Higher education regulator considering changes to become more adaptable and deal with new challenges

ViewAustralia news roundup: 22-28 November

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