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IRU calls for an election agenda to reset higher education
The 2022 federal election provides a unique opportunity for government to move beyond the Covid-19 pandemic and set the policy foundations for a new phase in Australia’s economic and social development. Universities – bringing together education, skills, research and innovation…
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Don’t forget the Indo-Pacific when building new research ties
In The Weekend Australian, in an article about universities strengthening links with the UK, Peter Jennings from the Australian Strategic Policy Institute said that research collaboration would increasingly have to happen with our military allies: “You can choose the West or…
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Are universities over-reliant on China?
The IRU has published a new briefing assessing the often-used claim that Australian universities are overly reliant on Chinese international students as a revenue stream. "In 2019, 133,000 Chinese international students studied at universities in Australia, making up 13% of…
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Are Australia’s universities over-reliant on China?
China is undoubtedly an important market for international education. However, IRU analysis shows that many industries considered essential to our economy depend on China at a much higher rate than education.
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Don’t let research be another victim of COVID
The IRU's Executive Director Conor King has published a comment article about the risks to Australian research funding due to the COVID-19 pandemic. In it, Mr King points out that, even though universities are at the forefront of efforts to…
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Don’t let university research be another victim of COVID
University researchers are playing a major role in Australia’s COVID-19 recovery. But with universities facing a major reduction in revenue in 2020, the longer-term future of Australian research appears uncertain.
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Year 12 outcomes and university selection under COVID
The IRU has published a short paper on the impact of COVID-19 on Year 12 school outcomes and the challenges this creates for university selection of the 2020 school leaver cohort.
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What do final school results really tell us?
The following article by IRU Executive Director Conor King has been published as a comment piece by Education Review. Read the original article With the recent release of VCE results, parents across Victoria have been eagerly hoping to find out…
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Commentary: Non-medical research loses again
IRU's Executive Director Conor King has a comment piece in the Higher Education section of today's edition of The Australian, reflecting on six years of Coalition government budgets. The full published text of the article is below - or you…
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Impact of the Demand Driven System 2009 to 2017
It is ten years since the demand driven system for funding university places was announced. The Government wanted to ensure that all Australians had the opportunity to gain the knowledge and skills in the fields that drive them, as the basis for productive contribution to Australia’s future. To mark the tenth anniversary of demand driven funding, the IRU has published a report analysing the system's key achievements.
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MYEFO hits universities with $130m a year funding cut
The Innovative Research Universities (IRU) group says universities are facing “another budget horror” after further cuts of $130 million each year were published in MYEFO documents today. The MYEFO papers state the Government will chop a total of $328.5 out…
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Tertiary education reviews must take whole sector approach
The Innovative Research Universities (IRU) group has welcomed new commitments to tertiary education by both major political parties – but cautioned that any reviews must take a whole sector approach. In a speech at the Australian Academy of Science last…
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