Category: News
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Debate@Go8 – Episode 16 – Nobel laureate Professor Brian Schmidt AC
ANU Vice Chancellor Professor Brian Schmidt on the future of higher education, science, the universe and the Nobel Prize. Recorded October 2022.
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Media release: Annual Skills Priority List a smoking gun – Group of Eight
The National Skills Commission’s (NSC) annual skills priority list is the smoking gun that reaffirms the role our universities can and must play in addressing a skills crisis that cuts across all sectors of the economy and at all qualification levels. The Group of Eight (Go8) Universities educate almost half…
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Go8 Submission to the consultation on the 2022 List of Critical Technologies in the National Interest
Department of Industry, Science and ResourcesCritical Technology Hub Cc: Defence Science and Technology Group (DSTG) consultation on Analytics and Metrics for Critical Technologies The Group of Eight (Go8) welcomes the opportunity to comment on the Consultation Paper on the 2022 List of Critical Technologies in the National Interest (the List).…
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Go8 submission to the Australia-India Education Qualifications Recognition Taskforce
Australia-India Qualifications Recognition TaskforceInternational DivisionAustralian Government Department of Education The Group of Eight (Go8), representing Australia’s leading research-intensive universities, welcomes the opportunity to provide input into the Australia-India Education Qualifications Recognition Taskforce (the “Taskforce”) consultations. Please note that this submission represents the views of the Go8 network, and member universities…
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Capital Concern: Australia’s international student market
Australia’s international student market -CCCLM and Go8 September 2022Download
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Media release: CCCLM and Go8 join forces to tackle Australia’s workforce crisis
Read the paper The Council of Capital City Lord Mayors (CCCLM) has partnered with leading Australian universities to advocate for visa policy reform for international students, to help address the nation’s workforce crisis. The newly formed alliance welcomed the Albanese Government’s recent announcement regarding changes to post-study work visa arrangements…
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In the media: City leaders urge longer work stays for foreign students
Sarah Ison – The Australian – 8 September 2022 A group of mayors has joined forces with the country’s elite universities to call on the government to extend the work rights of all international students, allowing them to stay for an extra two years and help fill skills shortages. Labor…
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Go8 Submission to the consultation on the TEQSA Guidance Note for research requirements for Australian universities
The Group of Eight (Go8) welcomes the opportunity to provide comments on the draft TEQSA Guidance Note Research requirements for Australian universities. Please note that this submission represents the views of the Go8 as a whole and individual members may provide a submission, focusing on their specific circumstances. Also note…
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Great opportunity lies in the Australia-India relationship
Innovation and research is the foundation of our future with India for quality education, graduates and discovery. Vicki ThomsonAustralian Financial Review – Sep 4, 2022 – 12.44pm Last week’s Jobs and Skills Summit was an exemplar of what can be achieved when we come together with a solutions-based mindset to…
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Media release: ARC Review essential to Australia’s national interest
The Australian Government’s commitment to review the role and function of the Australian Research Council (ARC) is timely and essential to the nation’s long-term interests. “The Group of Eight is the major stakeholder in the ARC funding programs receiving nearly 70 per cent of all funding allocations. As the university…
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Media release: Go8 Summit addresses ICT workforce shortage
Australia’s leading research-intensive universities are spearheading a drive to boost the number of high-value IT and Computer Science graduates, underpinned by research led experience. As part of a long-term strategy to address Australia’s workforce needs, the Group of Eight (Go8) is bringing together industry, university, and government stakeholders to identify…
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Submission: Senate Education and Employment Legislation Committee inquiry into the Jobs and Skills Australia Bill 2022 [Provisions] and the Jobs and Skills Australia (National Skills Commissioner Repeal) Bill 2022 [Provisions]
Committee SecretarySenate Education and Employment Committees Introduction The Group of Eight (Go8), as Australia’s leading research-intensive universities (with seven of our members ranked in the world’s top 100 universities) which are responsible for 70 per cent of the sector’s research and graduate more than 110,000 students each year strongly supports…
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Go8 Submission to the Australia-India Economic Cooperation and Trade Agreement (AI-ECTA)
The Group of Eight (Go8), representing Australia’s leading research-intensive universities, welcomes the opportunity to make this submission to the Joint Standing Committee on Treaties (JSCT) inquiry. Please note that this submission represents the views of the Go8 network, and member universities may choose to make their own submissions. The Go8…
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Submission: Go8 Feedback on the AQF Architecture and Taxonomy Consultation
Dr Daniel EdwardsResearch Director, Tertiary EducationAustralian Council for Educational Research (ACER) Dear Dr Edwards RE: Australian Qualifications Framework (AQF) Architecture and Taxonomy Consultation The Group of Eight (Go8) is pleased to have an opportunity to provide a submission to ACER’s consultation on potential models for a revised AQF architecture and…
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Media release: Group of Eight universities are critical to the knowledge economy
Australia’s Group of Eight (Go8) universities are critical to all aspects of Australia’s future economic prosperity and are at the forefront of the research, innovation and technology we need to create lasting solutions to the challenges we face as a nation. “The Productivity Commission’s Key to Prosperity Interim Report released…
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Debate@Go8 – Episode 15 – Interplay of knowledge and power with Professor Michael Mintrom
Monash University’s Professor Michael Mintrom on the critical role of universities in the knowledge economy. Recorded July 2022.
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Media release: Go8 supports solution to national skills shortage
The creation of Jobs and Skills Australia is an important step towards addressing Australia’s workforce and skills shortage. Group of Eight Deputy Chief Executive Dr Matthew Brown said Australia’s research-intensive universities would work with Government and the new agency to help deliver the current and future skills and workforce Australia…
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Submission: Go8 response to the National Industry PhD Program Guidelines consultation
25 July 2022DESE Industry PhD Team The Group of Eight (Go8), representing Australia’s leading research-intensive universities, welcomes the opportunity to provide feedback on the National Industry PhD Program Guidelines. The Go8 is strongly committed to both research and research training, conducting $6.5 billion in research annually and in 2020 completed…
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Debate@Go8 – Episode 14 – Professor Duncan Maskell on universities and society
University of Melbourne VC Prof Duncan Maskell talks about education, research, the esoteric and entrepreneurship. Recorded June 2022.
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Submission: Go8 response to consultation on the National Data Security Action Plan
Data Security and StrategyDepartment of Home Affairs The Group of Eight (Go8) welcomes the opportunity to respond to the Department of Home Affairs’ consultation on the draft National Data Security Action Plan. The Go8 represents Australia’s leading research-intensive universities, accounting for more than two-thirds of Australian university research activity and…
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Debate@Go8 – Episode 13 – Professor Michael Wesley on Australia’s regional security
International education as a response to China’s charm offensive in SE Asia and the Pacific, with Professor Michael Wesley. Recorded June 2022.
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Speech: Recover, Refresh Connect
ACBC Australia-China Education Symposium, Dockside Vicki Thomson, Chief Executive, Group of Eight 10 June 2022 Thank you for inviting me to speak here today. It was an invitation much appreciated. I say that with feeling, because, as Chief Executive of the Group of Eight Universities, I consider keeping our relationship…
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Publication: Facts of Distinction 2022
Go8 Facts of Distinction 2022
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In the media: There’s a new tone in dealing with government, say Go8 universities
Vicki Thomson – The Australian – 6 June 2022 After a number of Canberra meetings last week with our new federal government and departmental officials, the tone of conversation has changed from “how did we get to this” to “how do we get out of this together”. The mutual aim…