Parts of US’s higher education sector will increase their foreign intakes, challenging other study destinations like the UK and Australia. “US universities and colleges are going to get pushed into this space more, [but] I think it will be a bumpy road.” timeshighereducation.com/news/bumpy-roa…

US universities have never been as financially reliant on international students as Australian and UK unis, but this could change, as some institutions face financial distress and school-leaver numbers decline in regions favoured by foreign students. timeshighereducation.com/news/bumpy-roa…

New Zealand universities have expressed surprise after staff threatened strikes over the “slow progress in pay negotiations”. timeshighereducation.com/news/new-zeala…

Australian universities have called on the federal government to abandon its “crackdown on international students” after new figures revealed that national economic growth was almost at a standstill. timeshighereducation.com/news/australia…

Caps on unis’ overseas student numbers unlikely to achieve policy rationales of freeing up housing and redistributing international enrolments more equitably, but experts split on the damage they will cause to the country’s top service export industry. timeshighereducation.com/news/who-wins-…

Former federal Labor Party leader and union boss Bill Shorten has been named next head of the University of Canberra (UC), in a move that “breaks the mould” of Australian vice-chancellor appointments. timeshighereducation.com/news/bill-shor…

Well-intentioned but ill-considered reforms will damage Australia’s outward mobility scheme for students and scholars, experts have warned. timeshighereducation.com/news/new-colom…

New 4-week minimum for New Colombo Plan will sideline disadvantaged people, mature-aged students and other equity cohorts “It's not the financial cost; it’s the opportunity cost. It's too difficult for people with carer responsibilities [or] jobs.” timeshighereducation.com/news/new-colom…

Managerialism is the “linchpin” of an academic freedom “problem” sweeping New Zealand universities, according to the author of a comprehensive report on the subject. timeshighereducation.com/news/new-zeala…

“Administrators seem to assume that…if they allow academics to dissent from the orthodoxy, that’s going to hurt their university brand. We think [it] would enhance the university brand.” timeshighereducation.com/news/new-zeala…

“It’s in academics’ interests to talk about this kind of thing. They need to be able to…admit there’s a problem. Unis keep losing respect in society. In the US it’s very clear, most starkly among Republicans but also now among Democrats and independents.” timeshighereducation.com/news/new-zeala…

Early repayment of Australian student loans has soared, as graduates shell out prematurely to avoid indexation of their increasingly costly tuition debts. timeshighereducation.com/news/more-aust…

The Labor government’s proposal to cap overseas enrolments is as bad as its conservative predecessor’s vetoing of research grants, according to the head of the representative body for Australian universities. timeshighereducation.com/news/internati…

Global alliance of higher education regulators co-founded by TEQSA urges internet giants to block advertisements for contract cheating websites. timeshighereducation.com/news/block-ess…

Australian government’s bid to cap international enrolments next year has hit a major logistical hurdle, after a crucial Senate committee inquiry into the underpinning legislation was extended for a third time. timeshighereducation.com/news/australia…

Sarah Henderson has successfully pushed for the Education and Employment Legislation Committee’s reporting date to be postponed until 8 October, in a move likely to forestall debate on the bill before late 2024. timeshighereducation.com/news/australia…

Senate committee defers reporting date for ESOS bill inquiry, reopens submissions until 26 September and convenes a fourth public hearing in Canberra on 2 October to interrogate federal government officials yet again. timeshighereducation.com/news/australia…

Australia’s visa delays could get worse, with reports that immigration officials have been diverted from processing student visas to manage a rising caseload of asylum bids. timeshighereducation.com/news/student-v…

“As the visas of temporary graduates begin to expire, and they cannot now go back to a student visa, an increasing number of them will be forced to apply for asylum in order to extend [their] stay with work rights. That will be a political hot potato.” timeshighereducation.com/news/student-v…

Caps on overseas students and inaction on key accord recommendations risk reversing hard-won gains in indigenous higher education. There is now deep concern that the accord could end up joining a long list of unfulfilled promises to first nations people. timeshighereducation.com/blog/australia…