Australia’s universities will push the Albanese government for a $500 million funding commitment in the run up to the election to raise the living allowance for PhD candidates and allow more international participants. A recent drop in enrolments is being blamed on “poverty line” stipends that see thousands of the country’s most promising researchers relying…

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