Category: Media Releases and Statements
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Go8 Media Release: Go8 launches Australia’s first graduate recruitment portal in China
The Group of Eight (Go8), which comprises Australia’s leading research intensive universities, is to assist its Chinese graduates who return home. The graduates will be helped to start their careers by using a Go8 sponsored portal to connect with major employers operating in China. In partnership with the China-Australia Chamber…
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Go8 Media Release: Smart membership decisions ensure Council for International Education can “hit the ground running”.
The Go8 welcomes the Government’s announcement of “Council for International Education” membership. “The membership represents a broad range of experience across the many facets of our $19 billion international industry and that is essential,” says Go8 Chief Executive Vicki Thomson. “It is critical to it being able to ‘hit the…
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Go8 Media Release: Group of Eight welcomes university driven leadership program
The Group of Eight (Go8) congratulates all partners involved in the Atlantic Fellows for Social Equity (AFSE) program launched by the Prime Minister today. The AFSE will see up to 25 Fellowships a year awarded for the next 20 years to advance a fairer, healthier, more resilient and inclusive society.…
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Go8 Media Release: Group of Eight congratulates Ai Group on Graduate Employment Service
The Group of Eight (Go8) is highly supportive of the Ai Group’s excellent Graduate Employment Service launched today. Vicki Thomson, Chief Executive of the Go8, says the development of a service for students and businesses – particularly SMEs – that is personalised and designed to facilitate closer alignment of skills…
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Go8 Media Release: Group of Eight welcomes R & D Tax Incentive Review report as incisive response
The Group of Eight (Go8), which represents Australia’s leading research intensive universities, welcomes the Review report as constructive, pragmatic, and importantly with an emphasis on sustainable policy. Go8 Chief Executive Vicki Thomson said that the Go8 now looked forward to further progress in prioritising the view in its earlier Review…
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Go8 Media Release: Go8 maintains position – only Australian universities in the top 200 Times Higher Education World University Rankings
The Group of Eight (Go8) comprises Australia’s leading research intensive Universities. Its members continue as the only Australian universities ranked in the world’s top 200 by the 13th Times Higher Education (THE) World University Rankings released today. Go8 Chief Executive Vicki Thomson said the Go8 was very proud of its…
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Go8 Media Release: Go8 maintains its premier position in Academic Ranking of World Universities
The Group of Eight (Go8), which comprises Australia’s leading research intensive Universities, has maintained it strong global performance in the Academic Ranking of World Universities Subject Rankings – providing 11% of globally top performing institutions. “These rankings measure research excellence across Science, Engineering, Life Sciences, Medicine and Social Sciences,” says…
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Go8 Media Release: Go8 delivers Australia six Universities in the world’s top 100
The Group of Eight (Go8) comprises Australia’s leading research intensive universities. The 2016/17 QS World University Rankings released today, reaffirm Go8 members as the only Australian Universities in the world’s top 100. “We have six Go8 members in the top 100 and a further two in the top 200 (the…
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Go8 Media Release: Group of Eight clarification after media misreporting
Despite media reports to the contrary yesterday (Wednesday 17 August), the Group of Eight (Go8) continues to support the Demand Driven System (DDS) which underpins our university access system. As we outlined in our “Priority Directions” document released publicly in June during the Federal Election campaign, and as was restated…
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Go8 Media Release: Go8 delivers Australia six Universities in the world’s top 100
The Go8 is proud it has enabled Australia to claim six universities in the world’s top 100; with the 2016 Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU) conducted by Shanghai Jiao Tong University released today. “The ARWU is considered by many experts the premier global university ranking system and so the…
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Go8 Statement: Go8 leads in defence and security research
Go8 leads in defence and security research Below is a two-page Group of Eight (Go8) advertisement that is published in “The Australian” RESEARCH on 12 August 2016. RESEARCH is a first for “The Australian” with its digital edition promoted through The Wall St Journal and the Times and Sunday Times…
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Go8 Media Release: Go8 positive about senior Ministerial appointments
The Group of Eight, (Go8) Australia’s group of leading research intensive Universities, is pleased Prime Minister Turnbull has recognised the need for stability and continuity in the higher education portfolio by reappointing Senator Simon Birmingham. “It matters to us that we are dealing with a Minister well across the fact…
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Go8 Media Release: Go8 pleased Turnbull Government has focus on internships
The Group of Eight, (Go8) Australia’s group of leading research intensive Universities, sees considerable value in the Coalition $31.2 million commitment to internships and post school career advice for female undergraduates interested in pursuing careers in STEM. “As the group of universities that receives 66% of all research funding from…
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Go8 Media Release: Group of Eight welcomes Labor’s plan to restore university research funding
Australia’s leading research intensive universities say a commitment by an incoming Labor government to move closer toward fully funding the cost of research is a solid step towards addressing the current distorted funding model under which universities currently operate. “In our “Priority Directions” we emphasized strongly that the current policy…
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Go8 Media Release: Group of Eight “Priority Directions” – time for action not activity
Releasing its “Priority Directions” document for the next Government, the Group of Eight Universities (Go8) warns that any innovation agenda will fail without robust policy settings that prioritise universities in line with Australia’s innovative competitor nations such as Canada, the US, the UK, Europe and Singapore. “The Go8 totally understands…
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Go8 Media Release: Greens Research Policy Acknowledges Critical Importance of Research
The Australian Greens Science and Research Policy released today is a strong acknowledgement of the importance of research to the transitioning economy. Australia’s leading research intensive universities, the Group of Eight says the policy outlined a series of initiatives to boost spending on research, including improved indirect cost support for…
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Go8 Media Release: Group of Eight welcomes Government’s response to the “Watt Review”
The Group of Eight (Go8), Australia’s group of leading research intensive universities welcomes the Government’s positive response to “The Review of Research Policy and Funding Arrangements” carried out by Dr Ian Watt. “The Watt Review has made pertinent suggestions regarding the future of research funding and it is a positive…
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Go8 Media Release: Group of Eight welcomes Government’s Budget circuit breaker
The Group of Eight Universities (Go8) is pleased the Government has “hit the reset button” of Higher Education reforms with its Budget Options Paper “Driving Innovation Fairness and Excellence in Australian Higher Education”. “The Go8 called for this circuit breaker just over a year ago and the Government has now…
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Go8 Media Release: French Go8 business dialogue
The Group of Eight (Go8) is today progressing its International innovation and industry collaboration agenda, hosting a high-level French business delegation at Melbourne University. As Australia’s group of leading research universities, the Go8 has been driving the sector’s support of the Australian Government’s innovation and industry engagement policy. Today’s business…
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Go8 Media Release: Group of Eight Universities a “top 30 company”
Group of Eight Universities a “top 30 company” If the Group of Eight (Go8) was a company it would be in Australia’s top 30. The Go8 has set out its business strengths at a reception at Parliament House Canberra. “For the benefit of our students and our researchers, we consider…
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Go8 Media Release: Simon McKeon AO to chair Group of Eight “Industry and Innovation” Board
The Group of Eight (Go8) is pleased to announce the appointment of distinguished businessman and social entrepreneur Simon McKeon as Chair of its “Industry and Innovation Board.” The Board is a key plank of the Go8’s “Innovation 2016” agenda presented to Government in November 2015. The Board – whose private…
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Go8 Media Release: Australian research makes a strong contribution to the discovery of gravitational waves
Today 60 Australian researchers from across five Group of Eight (Go8) universities are joining with around 1000 colleagues globally in celebrating their contribution to the discovery of gravitational waves – a key prediction of Einstein’s Theory of General Relativity. Go8 Chief Executive, Vicki Thomson, said that you don’t have to…
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Go8 Media Release: 2015 Excellence in Australia (ERA) results – Go8 leads
The results of Excellence in Research for Australia (ERA) 2015 have again confirmed the Go8 universities as world leading research institutions and as the top eight research intensive universities in Australia. The Go8 has increased its number of world leading research groups (ERA rating 5) by 51% from ERA 2012.…
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Go8 Media Release – Go8 accompanies Prime Minister Turnbull to Japan
Four Group of Eight (Go8) Vice Chancellors and Go8 Chief Executive Vicki Thomson will join Prime Minister Turnbull in Japan to boost research ties between Australian and Japanese universities. “As Australia’s leading research intensive universities which spend some $6billion in research each year, we have welcomed the ability to utilise…