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IRU submission to Senate Inquiry on HELP reforms
The IRU has made a written submission to the Senate Inquiry into the Higher Education Support Legislation Amendment (Student Loan Sustainability) Bill 2018. The Bill proposes four changes to the Higher Education Loans Program (HELP), of which the lower first…
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Redevelopment and audit of HE data collection
Innovative Research Universities (IRU) has responded to the Department of Education & Training discussion paper about revamping and simplifying student data collection processes. The IRU supports efforts to improve the efficiency and quality of the Higher Education Data Collection. However…
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Future-proof, The BCA case for a coherent secondary and tertiary education system – IRU response
Future-Proof, the Business Council of Australia’s case for a coherent secondary and tertiary education system, is a valuable articulation of the reality that all Australians need to complete year 12 and then complete at least one further qualification, whether vocational…
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Impact of the Skilling Australia Fund Levy: IRU submission
The Innovative Research Universities objects to the imposition of substantially higher costs through the proposed Skilling Australia Fund on the recruitment of staff with higher education qualifications who require visas to enter Australia. Changing the charges for skilled visas: the…
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Using Government programs to support regional development and decentralisation
Regional development and decentralisation will be strengthened through Government programs ensuring an intentional national distribution of resources and services. The creation of the next stage of national research infrastructure is a lead case where this approach should apply. The IRU…
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Protecting the Education Investment Fund (EIF)
IRU Submission to the Senate Standing Committee on Economics Inquiry into the Medicare Levy Amendment (National Disability Insurance Scheme Funding) Bill 2017 and 10 related bills Key recommendation to the Committee The IRU strongly opposes the abolition of the Education…
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A Dodgy Chart Does Not a Good Case Make
The Report of the Senate Education and Employment Legislation Committee into the Government’s higher education package sheds little new light but it does include a notably dodgy chart that undermines, not supports, the Minister’s rhetoric about higher education funding growing…
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In support of national strategy: IRU response to the University Precincts Issues Paper
The Innovative Research Universities (IRU) supports the development of a national universities precincts' strategy that encourages local level stimulation of existing and new businesses through better industry-research collaboration. The paper sets out the broad concept of a ‘precinct’, rightly keeping…
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