“I’m not sure the politics will change. It’s all expediency. It’s playing to the gallery. But it doesn’t feel to me like the gallery is going to want a different tune anytime soon.” timeshighereducation.com/news/australia…

“VCs are telling me that the financial impact…is almost as bad as Covid, and in some cases, it’s worse. We’re dealing with another Covid. I’m…glad that I escaped the sector last year. I’m not sure I would have had the stomach.” timeshighereducation.com/news/australia…

Australian universities are entering a “new era” where they can no longer rely on international education earnings to underwrite their solvency, according to former La Trobe vice-chancellor John Dewar. timeshighereducation.com/news/australia…

Quadriplegic researcher and emergency doctor explains why logistical impediments are not the primary impediments he faces. timeshighereducation.com/people/intervi…

'Unthinking policy responses to perceived problems do sustained damage to a national asset. We need to begin with a positive vision for international education that embraces the virtues of a sustainable, diverse international student cohort.' timeshighereducation.com/opinion/austra…

Pro-Palestinian encampments at Australian universities have remained all but free of the violence marring the US camps that inspired them, despite demands for US-style crackdowns. timeshighereducation.com/news/australia…

Budget expected to raise student visa application fee from current $710 – already among the highest in the world - while agents have reported that the financial capacity requirement imposed on overseas students has been increased from $24,505 to $29,710. timeshighereducation.com/news/locals-wi…

Domestic students appear set to be the winners and overseas students the losers in Australia’s 14 May budget, as the government eases cost-of-living pressures for locals while intensifying the financial hurdles for foreigners. timeshighereducation.com/news/locals-wi…

“If you commit to a tough response early on…you can’t be seen to be backing down from it. If you have a more conciliatory approach from the beginning, you potentially leave yourself room to get tough if negotiations don’t go anywhere.' timeshighereducation.com/news/can-us-un…

The perceived fairness of punishments handed to student protest leaders will be crucial for whether US universities can heal after police were invited to break up pro-Palestine sit-ins. timeshighereducation.com/news/can-us-un…

“Things are looking pretty negative, except for maybe a few of the Group of Eight [members] whose international [numbers] are still healthy. Solutions of the past, like more international [students] or higher student contributions, are no longer feasible.” timeshighereducation.com/news/australia…

The 20 Vic, Qld & WA unis converted a combined $1.1bn deficit into a $427m surplus last year. But the $1.5bn improvement coincided with a $2bn turnaround in investment returns and a $1.1bn increase in overseas student revenue, which is now crashing again. timeshighereducation.com/news/australia…

Huge investment returns and improved international $$$ prevented Vic, Qld and WA unis from plunging deeper into deficit last year, but with the investment windfalls monopolised by a handful of rich institutions, a wealth gap within the sector is widening. timeshighereducation.com/news/australia…

Australia is seeking a new higher education regulator, with veteran administrator Peter Coaldrake relinquishing his role as chief commissioner of the Tertiary Education Skills and Quality Agency. timeshighereducation.com/news/peter-coa…

“One general policy fits all” approach has led to a scarcity of nursing candidates who are “desperately needed for our beleaguered health industry. The government might need to consider a special exemption or carveout for a country such as the Philippines.”timeshighereducation.com/news/visa-chan…

Visa processing changes have contributed to a slump in enrolments from the Philippines, which is among Australia’s 12 top sources of international higher education students and its four top sources of nurses. timeshighereducation.com/news/visa-chan…

Australia’s visa reforms are threatening a key supply of registered nurses, potentially exacerbating the country’s health worker shortages. timeshighereducation.com/news/visa-chan…

PNG student leaders protesting their university’s failure to accredit their degrees find themselves jailed for over 6 months and still awaiting trial, after an ‘opportunist’ torched university vehicles. timeshighereducation.com/news/no-degree…

Free Speech Union said it would hold its own free speech event on campus if necessary. “If it’s scandalous…to claim that universities need to sponsor open and rigorous debate, I’m not really sure what the purpose of a university is any more.” timeshighereducation.com/news/universit…

SRC objected to free speech panel because it included chief executive of the Free Speech Union, which had promoted events featuring “hate speech' ... 'we wanted to make sure that…the points being put across weren’t promoting any disinformation'. timeshighereducation.com/news/universit…