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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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Research infrastructure and industry driven research: whither now?
The 2017 Budget provided no answer to two crucial decisions the Government must make: • how to fund national research infrastructure for the coming decade; and • how to ensure the Research and Development Tax Incentive encourages business to use…
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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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Why universities need annual surpluses
Does Australia want its universities to be well run efficient organisations? The Deloitte report Cost of delivery of higher education is a useful analysis of the information from the participating universities within the constraints set by the Government directions to…
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Will Australia have the universities we need for the future?
The IRU has long argued the need to improve investment in Australia’s universities to ensure they provide the education and research needed to underpin future prosperity. We have set out the challenge Australia faces to find the resourcing universities require…
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Impact of More Students at University – Part 2
The decision to open university undergraduate education to all interested and capable students is intended to ensure that all Australian have the opportunity to gain the knowledge and skills in the fields that drive them, as the basis for productive…
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Impact of More Students at University – Part 1
As we mark the fifth anniversary of the demand driven system, the data continues to show the positive benefits of a model steered by student agency and university commitment to access. The IRU regularly monitors data on the discipline choice…
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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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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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Paying extra to not pay now: the issues with a loan fee for the Higher Education Loans Program
Andrew Norton and Ittima Cherastidtham of the Grattan Institute have released Shared interest: a universal loan fee for HELP. It proposes that the Government introduce a common 15% loan fee for each element of the Higher Education Loans Program (HELP).…
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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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