Tag: Foreign interference

What’s going on with Australian research security?

Posted on   |  by Brendan Walker-Munro
Over the weekend, Queensland University of Technology PhD student Xiaolong Zhu became national news – and not for a good reason. Zhu is a Chinese citizen, and his visa...

Uni researchers stood down over foreign interference risk

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
Australian university researchers had their pay frozen and were banned from applying for future grants because of foreign interference and national security concerns held by government agencies. An audit...

Online foreign interference probe resurrected

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
The Senate has voted to establish a new foreign interference through social media inquiry amid growing scrutiny of the platforms. A similar inquiry in the previous Parliament called for...

Universities told to ‘harden’ against foreign interference threat

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
Australian universities need to do more to combat foreign interference, the Parliament’s bi-partisan national security committee warned Friday, recommending tighter guidelines for universities’ research, campus activities, appointments and funding....

More foreign interference scrutiny for researchers

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
The guidelines used to mitigate foreign interference risks in universities have been tightened to require declaration of interest disclosures from staff “at risk of foreign interference” and allows for...