Category: News
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Go8 Media Release: Go8 welcomes Labor policy direction that enquires into all aspects of a post-secondary education
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, is pleased that Labor has supported the push of the Go8 and others to have a holistic inquiry into how best Government can assist deliver and…
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Go8 Submission: Inquiry into the Future of Work and Workers
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Go8 Submission: Supplementary Submission to the Foreign Influence Transparency Scheme Bill 2017
The Go8 thanks the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security (PJCIS) for the opportunity to provide further input into its review of the proposed Foreign Influence Transparency Scheme Bill 2017, in line with our previous recommendation regarding the need for further consultation. As noted in our previous submission and…
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Go8 Submission: Treasury Laws Amendment (Making Sure Foreign Investors Pay Their Fair Share of Tax and
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Go8 February 2018 Newsletter
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Go8 Media Release: Research grants showcase the Go8
Australian Research Council (ARC) Linkage Grants, which indicate strong relationships with the nation’s industry and excellence in delivering research with real impact, are much sought after and received with pride. “The Group of Eight (Go8) Australia’s leading research-intensive universities is therefore proud it is the recipient of 75.6 per cent…
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Go8 Media Release: Go8 Welcomes New Chair, Professor Ian Jacobs
Professor Ian Jacobs, President and Vice-Chancellor of UNSW, has been appointed as the Group of Eight’s (Go8) new Chair and will take up the role on 1st February 2018. Professor Jacobs has been a strong advocate of the power of higher education to change lives – through education, employment, thought…
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Go8 Media Release: Go8 Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security
PARLIAMENTARY JOINT COMMITTEE ON INTELLIGENCE AND SECURITY Review of the Foreign Influence Transparency Scheme Bill 2017 Go8 Opening Statement – Vicki Thomson, Chief Executive Thank you for the opportunity to put the Go8’s position on the Foreign Influence Transparency Scheme Bill before you. As Go8 Chief Executive, my Board has…
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Go8 Media Release: Go8 Media Release: Go8 Welcomes Australia’s 2030 Innovation Strategy
The Group of Eight (Go8) welcomes the release of the Innovation and Science Australia innovation plan Australia 2030: Prosperity through Innovation as a long overdue big picture approach to the role of innovation in securing Australia’s future. Vicki Thomson, Chief Executive of the Go8, says that whilst the companion piece…
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In the media: Go8 congratulates Australian of the Year 2018!
Congratulations Australian of the Year 2018! The Go8 is extremely proud and pleased to be the home of 2018 Australian of the Year, physics Professor Michelle Simmons. Professor Simmons of UNSW Sydney, is a world-leading researcher in quantum computing. Her research goal is to build a quantum computer that…
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Go8 Submission: Electoral Legislation Amendment (Electoral Funding and
The Group of Eight (Go8) welcomes the opportunity to provide input in to the Committee’s consideration of this Bill. Please note this submission represents the views of the Go8 network; member universities may also make their own, more detailed submissions. The Go8 represents Australia’s eight leading research-intensive universities. As a…
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Go8 Two-way Mobility of PhD Students Between India and Australia 2017
On 22 January, 2018, the Go8 launched its report into strategies for increasing two-way PhD mobility between Australia and India while CE of Go8, Vicki Thomson, and Chair Professor Peter Høj were in Delhi for the Australia India Leadership Dialogue. The report was launched by Mr Peter Varghese AO, Chancellor of…
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Go8 Submission: Foreign Influence Transparency Scheme Bill 2017
The Go8 welcomes the opportunity to provide input into the Committee’s consideration of this Bill. Please note this submission represents the views of the Go8 network; member universities may also make their own, more detailed submissions. The Go8 supports the need for Government to ensure adequate safeguards for our national…
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Go8 December 2017 Newsletter
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In the media: Opinion Editorial: Universities need to get their own Gonski – not a gutting
Universities need to get their own Gonski – not a gutting Financial Review, Dec 20, 2017 Just one hour after being sworn in as New Zealand’s new prime minister, Jacinda Ardern confirmed her government would fast-track its staged free university tuition policy starting in January, sending a clear message of…
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Go8 Media Release: Go8 disheartened and dismayed by Government’s treatment of Australia’s young people
The Group of Eight (Go8) comprising Australia’s leading research-intensive universities – with seven of its eight members ranked in the world’s top 100 universities – says it makes no sense for the Turnbull Government to have so comprehensively abandoned the nation’s young people at a time when more than ever…
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Go8 Media Release: Go8 and AAMRI congratulate Minister Hunt and AMRAB on Medical Research Future Fund Principles
As the largest providers of health and medical research in Australia, the Group of Eight (Go8) and the Association of Australian Medical Research Institutes (AAMRI) welcome the release of the Medical Research Future Fund (MRFF) Principles and congratulates the Minister for Health, the Hon Greg Hunt MP, and the Australian…
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Go8 Submission: Consultation on the Draft Traffic Light Bulletin
The Group of Eight (Go8) welcomes the opportunity to provide feedback on the Draft Traffic Light Bulletin for Public Consultation. Please note this submission represents the views of the Go8 network, and member universities may make their own, more detailed submissions. As noted in the Go8 submission to the Draft…
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In the media: Go8 warn: research university achievements and values under attack
Campus Morning Mail, 22 November 2017 “The erosion of trust in a post-truth society,” is undermining universities, the Group of Eight warns in a briefing for the annual meeting of the international umbrella body of associations of elite research institutions, in Brisbane next week. “In a world where alternative facts,…
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Go8 Submission: Go8 response to the ARC Engagement and Impact 2018 draft submission guidelines
The Group of Eight (Go8) welcomes the opportunity to provide feedback to the ARC Engagement and Impact (EI) 2018 draft submission guidelines, following on previous written Go8 input into the development of the measure[1]. The views expressed in this letter have been informed by consultation across the Go8 members. The…
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Go8 Media Release: Go8 universities amongst the most trusted in the world for employable graduates
Australia’s Group of Eight (Go8) universities are amongst the most trusted in the world for producing employable graduates according to the Times Higher Education (THE) Global University Employability Ranking released today, with five Go8 institutions in the top 100. Vicki Thomson, Chief Executive of the Go8, says that the THE…
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In the Media: Unis face ‘tide of hostility’ and loss of trust
The Australian, 8 November, 2017 By Rowan Callick Universities are encountering “a tide of community and political hostility”, according to the chief executive of the Group of Eight, representing leading Australian universities. Vicki Thomson told a conference in Shanghai on Tuesday that “the more available to the community a university…
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Speech to 7th International Conference on World-Class Universities (WCU-7), Shanghai, China: Managing a group of the world’s leading research-intensive universities through fragile political settings
By Vicki Thomson I am, as always, privileged to be invited to China. As you know, I am here today as Chief Executive, representing Australia’s eight leading research-intensive universities, the Group of Eight. In this position, I represent a group which has seven of its members proudly ranked in the…
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In the Media: Tabloid derision threatens Australia’s research capability, universities head says
The Guardian, 3 November 2017 By Michael McGowan The derision of academic research by tabloid newspapers risks undermining Australia’s research capabilities, the head of the Group of Eight has warned. This week the education minister, Simon Birmingham, announced the rollout of long-mooted plans to make the $3.5bn in funding that…