• Australia’s research funding system is broken—here’s how to fix it

    16 November 2022

    Australian universities contribute to the public good. But we need to be more ambitious about realising their potential. It’s time to remedy and reimagine our research system.

    Duncan Ivison

  • Young people must be at the centre of the government’s jobs and skills plan

    31 August 2022

    The new Labor government has a historic opportunity to boost young people’s wellbeing as part of its economic agenda—here’s how.

    Travers McLeod

  • “Freedom within a framework” – how Australia’s universities can make a full economic contribution

    30 August 2022

    Is now the moment to (re)introduce an independent "buffer body" for the tertiary sector that will enable universities to respond to future jobs, skills and research needs?

    Libby Hackett

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