Category: Media Releases and Statements

The Group of Eight (Go8) which represents Australia’s leading research-intensive universities, with seven of its eight members ranked in the world’s top 100 universities, visits Beijing this week for a long-planned series of meetings and interviews and the signing of a new China-Australia University Alliance MoU between the Go8 and…

The Group of Eight (Go8), which represents Australia’s leading research universities, has urged both the Government and the Federal Opposition to move swiftly and adopt the recommendations of a high-level Parliamentary Committee to ratify Trade Agreements with Indonesia and Hong Kong. With seven of its eight members ranked in the…

The Go8, which represents Australia’s leading research universities, has called upon the Australian Senate to block a third attempt by Government to shut down the Education Investment fund (EIF). The $4 billion EIF is slated to be reallocated to support costs associate with the establishment of the Emergency Response Fund.…

Australia cannot afford to compromise the principles underpinning scientific research The National Research and Innovation Alliance resolutely takes the view that benefits to the nation and the advancement of knowledge are best served by a culture where researchers can put forward views and present data for discussion and scrutiny free…

The latest Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU) results – which focus on research performance – has seven of the Group of Eight (Go8) members in the world’s top 100.  Vicki Thomson, Go8 Chief Executive, says “this result is not only recognition for Go8 efforts, but a win for Australia’s…

The Group of Eight (Go8), Australia’s leading research-intensive universities, with seven of its eight members ranked in the world’s top 100 universities, welcomes a specialised visa program which will attract world leaders in vital fields to make their home, and work far more easily, in Australia. “This is a much…

Performance Based Funding provide focused incentives for universities – Group of Eight The Go8, which represents Australia’s leading research-intensive universities, supports the Federal Government’s aim to ensure Australia continues to maintain a high-quality university system which delivers for students, business and industry, and the economy. Go8 Chair, Professor Dawn Freshwater,…

The Group of Eight (Go8), Australia’s leading research-intensive universities, strongly asserts the importance of freedom of speech as fundamental to our capacity to maintain our global standing as high- quality universities. Achieving world class status – as confirmed by the recent 2020 QS World University Rankings in which six Go8…

The QS World University Rankings, released today, confirm the strength of the Australian university sector and specifically that of the Group of Eight (Go8) – Australia’s leading research-intensive universities with seven of its eight universities again in the world’s top 100. Go8 Chief Executive Vicki Thomson said that the Go8…

Go8 Chair’s move to University of Auckland a significant loss to Australia’s higher education sector The Group of Eight (Go8) congratulates Go8 Chair and University of Western Australia (UWA) Vice Chancellor Professor Dawn Freshwater on the announcement that she will leave in March 2020 to take up the position of…

The Group of Eight (Go8) looks forward to working with the returned Morrison Government. As Australia’s leading research intensive universities, the Go8 works closely with a number of Ministers as it pursues its long-standing agenda of above-world-class global research collaborations, improved health outcomes for all Australians, and a successful completed…

The Group of Eight, (Go8) Australia’s group of leading research-intensive Universities, welcomes the newly elected Morrison Government and looks forward to working in partnership to ensure continuing success for Australia by providing a world class higher education and research system. Go8 Chair and Vice Chancellor, University of Western Australia, Professor…

The Group of Eight hosts Chinese Graduate Employability Forum in Shanghai The Group of Eight (Go8) is hosting 57 of China’s major companies at an Employability Forum aimed at ensuring the valued employability of its quality graduates when they return to China. “The Go8 has been enthused by the response…

The Group of Eight (Go8), continues its capability to build on its existing strong and lasting relationships at the highest levels of Government and education in China. Representing Australia’s leading research-intensive universities, with seven of its members in the world’s top 100, and with 99.6 per cent of its research…

THE AUSTRALIAN FINANCIAL REVIEW Research black hole plagues universities By Robert Bolton, Education Editor 12:01AM MAY 13, 2019 The Group of Eight universities say Australia’s R&D capacity is going to take a hit because universities can no longer sustain a funding model which relies on foreign students to subsidise research. Last week…

The Group of Eight (Go8) is highly supportive of Labor’s research and development (R&D) tax incentive policy The Go8 represents Australia’s leading research-intensive universities with seven of its eight members ranked in the world’s top 100 universities. It spends $6 billion a year on research with 99.6 per cent of that…

Go8 Priority Directions for the success of Australia’s Higher Education sector Go8-PriorityDirections2 Outstanding research and innovation has been at the core of Australia’s economic success in the past, and it will be vital to our successes in the future. The Group of Eight (Go8), Australia’s leading research-intensive universities, is issuing…