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Research infrastructure funding welcome but needs to be spread more widely – IRU
Innovative Research Universities (IRU) has welcomed the Government’s $1.9 billion commitment to research infrastructure projects announced today, which will allow IRU universities to continue finding solutions to real-life problems. Commenting, IRU Executive Director Conor King said: “This is good news…
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We will all need post school education and training, we just need to fund it – IRU
Innovative Research Universities (IRU) has called on the Government to abandon its higher education funding freeze against the clear future need for more Australians, not fewer, to gain higher education qualifications. IRU Executive Director Conor King said: All Australians entering…
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IRU response to Budget 2018
The IRU has welcomed the additional funding for research announced in the 2018 Budget – but says it is disappointed with new measures to take money from higher education providers. In response to last night’s budget, IRU Executive Director Conor…
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FutureAsia: supporting Australia’s future in Asia
IRU welcomes the Australian Labor Party’s focus on deepening Australia’s engagement with Asia. IRU members have a foundational commitment to engagement with Asia, enjoying long-established links with Asian counterparts. As opportunities for Australian interaction with Asia grow, IRU members lead…
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Addressing sexual assault and harassment on university campuses
The Innovative Research Universities (IRU) supports the range of measures being taken by Australian universities to better understand the extent of sexual assault and harassment experienced by their students, including the release today of the results of the Australian Human…
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Transparency cuts both ways: the Government should publish higher education funding data
Two weeks after the Government announced The Higher Education Reform Package we are little closer to knowing the funding detail of the full suite of higher education programs for 2018 to 2020. Just as the higher education sector should be…
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Momentum for Research Infrastructure
The importance of innovation, science and technology as key drivers of change and economic growth is recognised by the released today of the National Research Infrastructure Roadmap. It is pleasing to have the Minister for Education and Training, Senator Simon…
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National Science Statement, a commitment for the future
The Innovative Research Universities (IRU) welcomes the release of the National Science Statement, which sets out the Government’s commitment to support Australia’s scientists and their work over the coming decade. The challenge ahead is to make good the Statement through…
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IRU response to the consultation draft of a revised National Code of Practice for Providers of Education and Training to Overseas Students
The IRU submission to the ESOS framework review in 2014, focused on the need to consider the interaction of ESOS with the newly developed national quality frameworks in higher education and vocational education and training. Our key argument was the…
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IRU Equity to the fore as two leaders awarded NCSEHE Equity Fellowships 2017
The Innovative Research Universities (IRU) congratulates its members who were awarded two of the three National Centre for Student Equity in Higher Education (NCSEHE) Equity Fellowships for 2017. IRU award winners are Associate Professor James Smith, Program Manager of the…
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Ensuring all Australians make an informed choice about the best course for them
The Innovative Research Universities (IRU) supports the thrust of the Higher Education Standards Panel’s report to ensure that all students are firmly at the centre of the admissions process, able to access clear and comparable information about their options. All…
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Preparing graduates well for the future
With predictions that up to 40% of jobs will change completely or no longer be in existence in the next 20 years, how are universities preparing graduates for the ‘new economy’? Will graduates in WA be ready for the post…
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