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Budget confirms students pay more for universities which have less
The 2017 Budget confirms a double whammy to universities and their students - the Government is asking students to pay an additional 7.5% for their education by 2021, while applying cuts of $2.8bn in Commonwealth support to Universities. All up…
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Students and Innovation Foremost for New IRU Chair
The new chair of the Innovative Research Universities (IRU) network Flinders University ViceChancellor Professor Colin Stirling has named student experience and educational outcomes, and innovation as priorities for his term. Professor Stirling says he has accepted the chair at a…
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IRU students excel as New Colombo Plan 2017 scholars
The Innovative Research Universities (IRU) congratulate the twelve IRU students awarded New Colombo Plan Scholarships for 2017. IRU scholarship winners will be supported to study and experience an internship in: China: Elizabeth Dowrie, Griffith University and Georgia Toft, Griffith University;…
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Let’s focus on achievable, useful changes
Innovative Research Universities (IRU) congratulates the Liberal National Coalition on its return to government following the 2016 election. IRU looks forward to continuing to work with Senator Simon Birmingham, whose reappointment will allow continuity in developing a revised Government approach…
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A Timely Focus on University Research Funding
Labor’s pledge to restore university research funding is a step in the right direction. It focuses the lens on the importance of underpinning Australia’s research capability, a critical component of the transitioning Australian economy. IRU supports the commitment to restore…
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IRU Responds to Labor’s Plan for Budget Repair
The Labor ‘Plan for Budget Repair’ maintains Labor’s pledge to reverse any reductions to the base Commonwealth Grant Scheme crucial to universities’ education and research delivery. This will maintain base funding at the 2012 levels indexed. This commitment is fundamental…
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IRU supports Labor’s Indigenous teaching focus
Innovative Research Universities (IRU) supports the Australian Labor party’s commitment to provide 400 new indigenous teaching scholarships if elected to Government. Increasing the number of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander teachers is crucial to raising Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander…
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Budget provides higher education clarity from the Government
Budget 2016 provides the needed clarity about the Government’s long-term intention. The higher education discussion paper provides a solid basis to focus on adjusting the higher education funding system to achieve the outcomes required. Higher education needs certainty for the…
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Towards a comprehensive impact and engagement measure for Australian research
ATSE’s final report on its ‘Research Engagement for Australia’ project is a useful contribution towards a comprehensive impact and engagement measure for Australian research as envisaged by the National Innovation and Science Agenda. “The ATSE report completes their work and…
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NISA provides the incentives – now we need to respond
Innovative Research Universities (IRU) supports the Government’s National Innovation and Science Agenda ‘Welcome to the Ideas boom’ which has 24 valuable measures to transform Australia’s approach to innovation. This comes in the wake of Labor’s recently announced innovation policy agenda…
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IRU rises within the sector
As Australian universities register remarkable improvements in research excellence, the Innovative Research Universities (IRU) – Australia’s innovation network – records its best ever performance in the Excellence for Research Australia (ERA) exercise with 83% of its research rated at world…
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Striking a better balance – Supporting university research
Dr Ian Watt’s Review of Research Policy and Funding Arrangements proposes a fundamental overhaul of the Research Block Grant programmes so that they support both fundamental research and that supporting industry and other end user needs. “The Report gives the…
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