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Unis forced to screen all foreign research engagements

Universities will be legally required to screen research projects’ risk to “national interest” for the first time under new efforts to protect against espionage and knowledge theft or misappropriation...

Australian unis unite to build own AI tools

20 July 2026 | by David Allen

More than a dozen Australian universities have banded together to build new AI tools using shared infrastructure in a bid to solve problems facing the higher education sector. Led...

Govt’s ‘Startup Year’ loan scheme abandoned after low uptake

5 June 2026 | by Joseph Brookes

A national scheme offering HECs style loans for university graduates to launch startups has been scrapped after only eight people utilised the pilot and it struggled to compete with...

More than 500 research projects share in $370m ARC Discovery funding

28 October 2025 | by Trish Everingham

More than 500 basic and applied research projects will begin exploring areas like cloud computing encryption, AI in the workplace and clean-energy technologies after sharing in more than $370...

SERD seeks research funding revamp to boost translation

24 September 2025 | by Justin Hendry

A landmark review of Australia’s R&D system has proposed overhauling university funding models to prioritise research impact over output volume, as it warns of growing pressure on university budgets....

Research reprieve: Govt eases cap on international students

4 August 2025 | by Trish Everingham

The federal government will allow an extra 25,000 international students to enrol in Australia next year in a boost to research heavy universities that rely on the foreign student...

Europe makes pitch to lure scientists as Trump battles universities

6 May 2025 | by Elizabeth Pineau and Dominique Vidalon

The European Union and France on Monday announced half a billion euros worth of incentives to lure scientists to the continent, seeking to profit from US President Donald Trump’s...

Technology unis call for CPI-indexed R&D funding

2 May 2025 | by Trish Everingham

Australia should follow other nations in pegging public funding for research to inflation to give researchers and partners more confidence, technology focused universities have told a generation review of...

Foreign interference taskforce to stay out of Trump’s war on research

27 March 2025 | by Justin Hendry

US efforts to sway Australia’s research direction through thematic cuts to funding fall outside the remit of a federal government taskforce set up to counter foreign interference in universities,...

Universities demand focus, funding for national skills build

25 February 2025 | by Joseph Brookes

Universities will on Wednesday call for a suite of funding moves worth billions of dollars to lift the sector to the point it can churn out 1 million more...

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Unis forced to screen all foreign research engagements

Australian unis unite to build own AI tools

Govt’s ‘Startup Year’ loan scheme abandoned after low uptake

More than 500 research projects share in $370m ARC Discovery funding

SERD seeks research funding revamp to boost translation

Europe makes pitch to lure scientists as Trump battles universities

Technology unis call for CPI-indexed R&D funding

Foreign interference taskforce to stay out of Trump’s war on research

Universities demand focus, funding for national skills build

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