Yesterday
Thousands of jobs face the axe as unis slammed again
Universities are facing tough times as low demand, stricter migration measures and reduced funding hit their bottom lines.
Why Harvard took on Trump in fight of its life
The president will freeze $3.5 billion in funds because the Ivy League university refused to comply with his demands. The school says the alternative was unthinkable.
This Month
Western Sydney Uni to cut 400 jobs to stave off $80m deficit
Western Sydney is the latest university to announce a big cost-cutting program and hundreds of job cuts.
Trump freezes $3b in federal funding for Harvard
The government froze funding to Harvard after the Ivy League school said it would not submit to its requests to overhaul hiring and address antisemitism concerns.
UTS restructure fraught with risks
The inner workings of a $100 million a year cost-cutting plan provide a timely case study of the enormous pressures on Australia’s $50 billion education export industry.
UTS to cut $100m and sack 400 despite surge in foreign students
UTS is facing a staff backlash and questions over its governance as it pushes ahead with a cost-cutting plan triggered by the student cap legislation that never passed the federal parliament.
‘Dangerous’ cut to overseas students would trash $51b sector
Peter Dutton has long talked tough on migration. Now he’s revealed a plan that will target our best universities while giving carve-outs for private colleges.
Nous billed ANU for $500k, not the ‘circa $50,000’ executive claimed
Australian National University has been engulfed in a growing furore over a major change management plan, having trouble getting its facts in order.
Pocock says ANU misled Senate, demands inquiry
The university’s vice chancellor, Genevieve Bell, is again under fire after the ACT senator accused her of providing misleading information to an inquiry.
Trump crackdown forces academics to cancel US trips
University researchers are rewriting their travel plans over arrests and rejections at the US border.
A master’s no longer a golden ticket – just ask the AI job interviewer
Wendy Qin has a higher degree in management on top of her commerce degree. She applied for 40 jobs before landing her first gig.
March
ANU council’s ignorance about Bell’s Intel role belies Bishop’s words
Genevieve Bell and Julie Bishop survive vote of no confidence in their leadership, but questions on notice at Senate estimates raise some puzzling issues.
‘Shouted into submission’: Monash Uni stops Sabsabi show
The cancelled artist’s gallerist has blasted Creative Australia for not having his client’s back.
$60m overstatement of ANU deficit raises staff alarm
Three months after senior figures at ANU questioned whether budget forecasts were being “catastrophised”, the university’s 2024 deficit has been downgraded.
PEP weighs options for $100m-a-year tertiary education business UP
Home-grown buyout firm Pacific Equity Partners’ dealmakers are preparing to grade request-for-proposal submissions from investment bankers for UP Education.
How this engineering student will graduate debt-free from RMIT
Thomas Radon, 18, is one of more than 1000 students on a new model that lets him get paid while he’s studying.
Trump administration cuts grants to 7 unis, PM urged to step up
The Trump administration has cut funding to seven Australian universities sparking fears further interference may put $600 million in joint research at risk.
This vice chancellor blames populism for worsening productivity
University of NSW vice chancellor Attila Brungs says government, business and universities should be working together to fix stagnant productivity.
Overseas student numbers blow out to historic high
A record 200,000 overseas students flooded into Australia in February, defying expectations that 18 months of tougher entry rules would dampen demand.
Read the questionnaire Trump has sent to Australian unis
A questionnaire sent to Australian universities by the Trump administration has sparked alarm among academics. You can read it here.