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Three problems with the Supplementary Report on HELP from the Parliamentary Budget Office
On 6 April 2016, The Parliamentary Budget Office (PBO) released Report no. 02/2016 Higher Education Loan Programme: Impact on the Budget offering models and costings for the HECS/HELP program into the future, taking into consideration Labor’s demand driven policy and…
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Four questions for the Parliamentary Budget Office on the true cost of HECS-HELP
I do not fully understand the Parliamentary Budget Office report: HELP, impact on the budget. The headline figure in is that in 2025-26 the annual cost of HELP on an underlying cash balance basis will be $11.1 billion. How does…
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Innovative Research Universities: Top 100 under 50 years old
The dynamism and excellence of Australia’s young universities has been lauded by the Times Higher Education (THE) 150 Under 50 Rankings for 2016. All six Innovative Research Universities have placed in the top 100. “The 150 Under 50 ranking is…
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Towards a comprehensive impact and engagement measure for Australian research
ATSE’s final report on its ‘Research Engagement for Australia’ project is a useful contribution towards a comprehensive impact and engagement measure for Australian research as envisaged by the National Innovation and Science Agenda. “The ATSE report completes their work and…
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NISA provides the incentives – now we need to respond
Innovative Research Universities (IRU) supports the Government’s National Innovation and Science Agenda ‘Welcome to the Ideas boom’ which has 24 valuable measures to transform Australia’s approach to innovation. This comes in the wake of Labor’s recently announced innovation policy agenda…
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IRU rises within the sector
As Australian universities register remarkable improvements in research excellence, the Innovative Research Universities (IRU) – Australia’s innovation network – records its best ever performance in the Excellence for Research Australia (ERA) exercise with 83% of its research rated at world…
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Striking a better balance – Supporting university research
Dr Ian Watt’s Review of Research Policy and Funding Arrangements proposes a fundamental overhaul of the Research Block Grant programmes so that they support both fundamental research and that supporting industry and other end user needs. “The Report gives the…
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IRU – Innovation in Action Series 4 of 4
Placing Australia securely within the network of global research and innovation is essential. Earlier this year, Innovative Research Universities (IRU) published recommendations for the creation of an Asian Research and Innovation Network outlining the potential for Australia in contributing to…
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IRU – Innovation in Action Series 3 of 4
Innovative Research Universities (IRU) recommends an additional assessment to provide an effective measure of the value of research for end users to support the new innovation agenda. The new measure would complement the existing Excellence in Research for Australia (ERA)…
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IRU – Innovation in Action Series 2 of 4
Placing Australia securely within the network of global research and innovation is essential. Earlier this year, Innovative Research Universities (IRU) published recommendations for the creation of an Asian Research and Innovation Network outlining the potential for Australia in contributing to…
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IRU – Innovation in Action Series 1 of 4
Innovative Research Universities (IRU) is Australia’s Innovation Network. As a dynamic group of top 100 universities in the world under 50 years old, partnerships and innovation with industry play a core role in our identity, vision and growth. With universities…
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Who funds the researcher?
The Grattan Institute report The cash nexus: how teaching funds research in Australian universities has opened up the debate about how universities’ responsibility to lead research and higher education delivery in Australia is achieved within each institution. The issue is…
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