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Universities are not rolling in gold: Average funding per student and other funding facts
The Government case that universities can sustain further reductions in revenue rests on false assertions about the financial robustness of universities and over egged claims about the value of Government funding over the past decade and its additional expenditure over…
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Student Success: a call for authentic measures and support for collaboration.
The Innovative Research Universities (IRU) welcomes the informed perspectives this discussion paper adds to the discussions on student success in higher education and current metrics. IRU members echo statements that the reported “crisis of attrition” is an exaggerated response, yet…
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Possible key elements of the Higher Education Participation and Partnerships Program (HEPPP): IRU response
The IRU supports the Government’s proposed changes to the Higher Education Participation and Partnerships Program (HEPPP).
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Students should not pay more for less: The IRU submission on the Higher Education Support Legislation Amendment Bill 2017
Part One: Overview The IRU opposes the Government’s Higher Education Package whose fundamental outcome would be to lessen universities’ capacities to educate the students they enrol and undertake research. The package will harm education and research outcomes through: an ‘efficiency…
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IRU Response: ISA 2030 Strategic Plan – Issues Paper, 2017
The proposed ISA 2030 Strategic Vision is: We want an Australia counted within the top tier of innovation nations, known and respected for its excellence in science, research and commercialization. Innovation, which can underpin a diversity of internationally competitive industries,…
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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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Proposed changes to the publication of TEQSA’s decisions
The IRU supports the proposals for fuller and earlier publication of TEQSA decisions, including rejections. A more open approach to the publication of TEQSA’s decisions, is the most effective way to ensure greater scrutiny of all aspects of the system,…
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