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STATEMENT LAUNCH TODAY; Industry Driven Research: Fixing the Disconnect
The vast disconnect that exists between research produced by universities and that used by industry is unnecessary. 'Australia produces a high level of research. It has a low level of take up of the research produced and low levels of…
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Not Another Metric
The release of Research Engagement for Australia by the Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering (ATSE) does not provide the needed balance to the Excellence in Research for Australia (ERA) assessment to recognise the excellence of university research in…
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Higher Education Infrastructure Working Group (HEIWG): IRU Submission
The evidence from the PhillipsKPA report and the tenor of the IRU’s discussion with the Working Group confirms the considerable diversity across the sector be it in the state of capital infrastructure, degree of universities’ autonomy from the respective state…
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Reducing government funding where higher fees are charged
Following the failure of the Government’s higher education package to pass the Parliament we now need to explore openly options for the future that that would: substantially alter the current settings in a way that could be sustained for a…
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Who should go to university?
Who should go to university, only the select or all who want to? It is the question that ran through the 2015 Universities Australia Conference (10-11 March 2015). It is lurking behind the contentious funding and fees debate that has…
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Whence: how do we solve the trilemma?
The farce continues. Universities cannot budget for 2016 and beyond with the level of base government investment and student payments essentially unknowable. Since April 2013 universities have been subject to two budget driven changes neither of which has been implemented.…
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Will Government fund higher education to the standard required?
The IRU argues that the approach of Governments of both sides has not and will not deliver the significant increase in Government funding sufficient to teach students to the standard required. Governments have not taken past opportunities to increase funding…
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Support reform bill, now without funding cut: IRU Submission
The Innovative Research Universities (IRU) call on the Senate to pass the Higher Education and Research Reform Bill 2014 following the Government’s decision to focus on the important reforms to university funding and student charges it has proposed, without the…
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IRU Membership for 2015
The Innovative Research Universities Network (IRU) and The University of Newcastle (UON) have agreed that UON will cease its membership of IRU on 31 December 2014. IRU membership in 2015 will be Charles Darwin University, Flinders University, Griffith University, James…
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IRU urges Government to agree the higher education package Mark three with Senators
The IRU calls on the Government to work with Senators on its higher education reform package to agree the changes needed to meet university needs and satisfy Senators’ concerns. The revised Higher Education and Research Reform bill Mark Two, tabled…
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IRU Urges Government and Senate to reach agreement on final Higher Education package
The IRU welcomes the Government’s announcement of changes to its higher education package. These show that it is serious about reaching agreement with Senators to make the full set of changes needed for the package to be right for passage.…
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Engaging with Asian: IRU signs agreement with Malaysia Research University Network
The Innovative Research Universities (IRU) signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Malaysia Research University Network yesterday 10 November 2014. The Memorandum commits the two groups to stimulate research linkages and to explore the common challenges ahead for teaching and…
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