Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency Amendment Bill 2014: IRU Submission

The IRU supports passage of the Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency Amendment Bill 2014. The Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency Amendment Bill 2014 amends the Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency Act 2011 (TEQSA Act) to give effect…

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TEQSA Future Directions discussion papers- TEQSA regulatory processes, TEQSA’s regulatory risk framework: IRU Submission

The Innovative Research Universities (IRU) strongly supports the conclusions of Professors Kwong Lee Dow’s and Valerie Braithwaite’s Review of higher education regulation. The Report is carefully argued and its conclusions nuanced. It argues that the response to it should showcase…

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IRU submission: review of demand driven funding

The Innovative Research Universities (IRU) is a network of seven research intensive universities established in the outer urban areas of Australia’s capitals and in major regional cities to stimulate economic, community and individual advancement. We bring universities with comprehensive activities…

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Commission of Audit: submission from the Innovative Research Universities Overview

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Assessing the wider benefits arising from university-based research discussion paper: IRU Submission

Innovative Research Universities (IRU) members are eager to further the discussion on research impact and to contribute to the development of a national approach to communicating the benefits of Australian research and the development of any impact assessment exercise. The…

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Innovative Research Universities Response to Higher Education Standards Panel Call for Comment Number 2

The guiding principle that ERA performance reports are ‘not an appropriate requirement of minimum standards for research’ is welcome. The use of the term ‘fields of research’ used throughout the draft standards is prescriptive, and strongly linked to ERA assessments.…

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Coalition’s Online Higher Education Working Group: IRU submission

The IRU welcomes the interest from the Coalition in forming the Online Higher Education Working Group to examine the changes in online and digital learning for the potential they have to change the nature of higher education delivery. Download the…

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Draft standards for Course Design and Learning Outcomes: IRU Submission

The IRU welcomes the Higher Education Standards Panel’s release for comment of two draft standards for Course Design and Learning Outcomes. The IRU’s comments address the Panel’s two requests for: 1. a response to its approach to drafting the standards;…

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