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Pre-Budget submission 2020
Summary of actions required in 2020 Budget Through the Higher Education Relief package of 12 April 2020, the Government ensured that its funding to universities for 2020 would remain at the level expected. However, the significant mid-term impact of COVID-19…
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ABS proposal to redevelop the Business Characteristics Survey – IRU Response
The IRU supports the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) proposal to redevelop the Business Characteristics Survey (BCS). The goals of the proposal and the four drivers for change outlined in the ABS’s proposal are sound. User information requirements are not…
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Review of Provider Category Standards
The IRU has responded to the Department of Education, Skills and Employment review of Higher Education Provider Category Standards. The review of the Provider Category Standards had two main objectives: to confirm the meaning of University in Australia, with requirements…
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Temporary migration Senate inquiry: IRU response
The IRU has responded to the Senate Inquiry on Temporary Migration. The inquiry targets important issues concerning the employment and lives of the extensive number of people in Australia who are not citizens or permanent residents. However, there are concerns:…
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HESA free speech amendments – IRU response
The Innovative Research Universities (IRU) has responded to the stakeholder consultation on proposed freedom of speech amendments to the Higher Education Support Act 2003 (HESA) and parallel changes to the Higher Education Standards Framework. Our full response is below. 1.…
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Review of the Skills and Workforce Development Agreement: IRU response
The IRU has submitted its response to the Productivity Commission review of the National Agreement for Skills and Workforce Development, which is primarily about the vocational education and training sector. Using the IRU's November 2018 discussion paper Towards a Tertiary…
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Review of Senior Secondary Pathways: IRU submission
The Innovative Research Universities (IRU) group has submitted its comments to the Review of Senior Secondary Pathways, led by Professor Peter Shergold AC (who is separately the Chancellor of IRU member Western Sydney University). The review seeks to help young Australians make informed choices about…
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Modernising the Rural Research and Development Corporation (RDC) system
The Australian Government Department of Agriculture is seeking way to modernise and improve the Research and Development Corporation (RDC) system. This is the IRU's response. The IRU believes the Rural Research and Development Corporation (RDC) system is an important and…
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