Research could take ‘decades to recover’ after budget overlooks universities

Research could take ‘decades to recover’ after budget overlooks universities

Universities warn with international students shut out from the country for another year,research programs are at risk and will be very hard to rebuild.

  • byLisa Visentin

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ANU academic slammed over citation of ‘sub-par’ Chinese genocide research

ANU academic slammed over citation of ‘sub-par’ Chinese genocide research

The professor has backed her citation of the non-peer-reviewed paper at a Press Club address and said she knows “more about Xinjiang than Mike Pompeo”.

  • byLatika Bourke
‘Hardest 12 months’ ever:ANU reports $162m deficit

‘Hardest 12 months’ ever:ANU reports $162m deficit

ANU vice-chancellor Brian Schmidt said the result was better than initially anticipated due,in part,to strong international student enrolments.

  • byLisa Visentin
China talent programs may be accessing Australian technology,linked to grant fraud

China talent programs may be accessing Australian technology,linked to grant fraud

There is concern Australian academics are giving Beijing access to their technologies and inventions through talent recruitment schemes controlled by the CCP.

  • byAnthony Galloway
Scott Morrison should act as international students stay away,says ANU chief

Scott Morrison should act as international students stay away,says ANU chief

Vice-chancellor Brian Schmidt said governments should be prepared to consider alternatives to hotel quarantine such as on-campus quarantine,or Australia will lose market to friendlier countries.

  • byLisa Visentin
'Stink from the corpse':WA universities caught in vicious cycle for rankings,research and revenue
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'Stink from the corpse':WA universities caught in vicious cycle for rankings,research and revenue

Academics are calling for a royal commission into higher education as an obsession with rankings and publishing research overtakes universities'fundamental mission.

  • byAja Styles
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Global rankings are distorting universities'decisions,says ANU chief

Global rankings are distorting universities'decisions,says ANU chief

Australian universities are letting world ranking ambitions skew what they teach at a cost to local history and politics,says Australian National University vice-chancellor Brian Schmidt.

  • byJordan Baker
Australia in race against UK,Canada,China to keep university students

Australia in race against UK,Canada,China to keep university students

Universities overseas are chartering flights for thousands of Chinese students,leaving Australia racing to keep up with its top competitors.

  • byLisa Visentin andEryk Bagshaw
UNSW,ANU to each shed more than 200 jobs as revenues plummet

UNSW,ANU to each shed more than 200 jobs as revenues plummet

The universities announced the job cuts in response to the severe financial toll the COVID-19 pandemic had levelled on their budgets.

  • byLisa Visentin
Carbon-pricing countries achieve'massive'emissions reductions:study

Carbon-pricing countries achieve'massive'emissions reductions:study

Countries that put a price on carbon have achieved far higher emissions reductions than countries that do not.

  • byMike Foley
Unis'press pause'on pilot plan to bring back international students

Unis'press pause'on pilot plan to bring back international students

The effort would have seen 350 students fly to Canberra from Asia to undertake second semester studies.

  • byFergus Hunter