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The solution to the university resource dilemma
The Innovative Research Universities (IRU) call on the Senate to pass the Higher Education and Research Reform Amendment Bill 2014. The Bill, with suitable amendments, offers a solution for university resourcing that supports the future needs of Australia’s students. At…
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Universities Critical to Innovation and Competitiveness
The Innovative Research Universities (IRU) applaud the Government’s commitment to enhancing industry driven research in Australia’s universities in its Industry Innovation and Competitiveness Agenda. “Universities are critical to the innovation process, providing research services to industry partners that allow them…
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Supporting the Government’s five cluster funding reform
The Government proposes to renew the discipline base for funding higher education. It plans to replace the current system of eight funding clusters of disciplines with one of five clusters. The IRU supports the Government’s changes to the funding tiers…
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IRU Support Higher Education Legislation with Amendments
Australia’s Innovative Research Universities (IRU) support passage of the Higher Education and Research Reform Amendment Bill 2014 with amendments to ensure it best supports the future needs of Australia’s students and universities. “The Bill tabled in Parliament today sets the…
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The Higher Education reforms: Issues and areas for change
Timeframe Universities have a strong interest in having the future arrangements decided to allow as much clarity as possible for students considering enrolling in 2015 and to allow universities to plan well for the changes due in 2016. The Government…
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The Red Tape Returns: HE Reforms Create a Three Year Plan For Participation
The proposal outlined by the Department of Education (25 June 2014) that there be three year Access and Participation Plans as part of the revamped Higher Education Participation Program (HEPP) indicates that the Government is on the verge of failing…
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The red tape returns: HE Reforms create a three year plan for participation
The proposal outlined by the Department of Education (25 June 2014) that there be three year Access and Participation Plans as part of the revamped Higher Education Participation Program (HEPP) indicates that the Government is on the verge of failing…
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The Higher Education reforms: Recovering the lost Government subsidy from students
The Department has released the proposed clusters and funding rates from 2016, which simplify the clusters into five groups but also achieve a 20% reduction overall in funding. The proposed clusters are based on a 0.6:2:3:4:6 relative distribution across disciplines…
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The Higher Education reforms: Recovering the lost Government subsidy from students
The Department has released the proposed clusters and funding rates from 2016, which simplify the clusters into five groups but also achieve a 20% reduction overall in funding. The proposed clusters are based on a 0.6:2:3:4:6 relative distribution across disciplines…
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The Higher Education reforms: Recovering the lost Government subsidy from students
The Department has released the proposed clusters and funding rates from 2016, which simplify the clusters into five groups but also achieve a 20% reduction overall in funding. The proposed clusters are based on a 0.6:2:3:4:6 relative distribution across disciplines…
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TEQSA Issues – Education and Employment Legislation Committee
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Higher Education: A package to explore for the future
The IRU will engage actively with the Government on the final shape of the interlinked set of changes to the structure of higher education in Australia it announced in the 2014 Budget. Bringing together all higher education provision in Australia…
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