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Times Higher Education covers IRU regional students story
The IRU's analysis of regional enrollment data has been covered in a Times Higher Education story: Australia’s freezing of teaching funding has put an end to a growth spurt in higher education in rural areas, universities have warned. Newly compiled…
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33,000 more students for regional Australia – so why stop now?
The number of students enrolled at university campuses in regional Australia has grown by around 33,000 in five years, according to new analysis by the Innovative Research Universities (IRU) – though further growth will be hard because there is no…
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IRU students set to study in France after Embassy scholarship deal
Students at Innovative Research Universities (IRU) campuses will get the chance to spend up to six months in France following an agreement between the IRU and the Embassy of France. The Nicolas Baudin Internship in France Student Mobility Program will…
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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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IRU appoints new Vice Chancellors’ Fellow
The IRU has appointed its second Vice-Chancellors’ Fellow to pursue its commitment to better student and graduate success. Dr Amani Bell will take up the position from 1 April 2018, joining the IRU network from her current role as an…
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Minister must listen to Liberal colleagues and reject lifetime student loan limits
Education Minister Senator Simon Birmingham should reverse plans to introduce a lifetime cap on student loans following a Bill committee report rejecting the idea, the IRU said today. The Government plans to introduce a maximum lifetime limit of $104,440 for…
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IRU responds to Labor plans for HE inquiry
The Innovative Research Universities (IRU) welcomes the Australian Labor Party’s recognition that universities and TAFEs are central to post-school education and universities to our research system. All Australians need to complete year 12 and then complete at least one further…
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Times Higher Education publishes IRU article on university cuts
IRU Executive Director Conor King has a comment piece in Time Higher Education (THE) about the impact of cuts on Australian universities and their budget surpluses. "Between 2010 and 2016, revenue for all universities rose by 36 per cent, but…
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Freezing university education undermines future workforce
The Government’s planned freeze on university funding is a simple act of revenge that ignores the cogent reasons the Senate has not passed its last higher education package. Revenge is a dish best not eaten. Since 2012 the demand driven…
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Jenny Graves, La Trobe University Geneticist, wins 2017 Prime Minister’s Science Prize
The Innovative Research Universities (IRU) congratulates La Trobe University geneticist and Distinguished Professor Jenny Graves, AO, on being awarded the 2017 Prime Minister’s Science Prize. Professor Jenny Graves AO has transformed our understanding of how humans and all vertebrate animals…
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