Category: News
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In the media: Opinion Editorial: Pipeline to a robust rural medical system
The Australian, 26 April 2017 By Christina Mitchell The perfect medical education system is neither easy nor simple to deliver. But we must guard against emotive, kneejerk decisions that masquerade as good policy that may only make the situation worse. There has been some strong lobbying to see the establishment…
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In the media: Podcast: Universities unhappy over axing of 457 Visas
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In the media: Universities dismayed by 457 visa threat to senior academic staff
The Australian, 20 April 2017 By Julie Hare Vice-chancellors of the nation’s leading universities say the government crackdown on 457 visas and its removal of more than 200 jobs from its skilled occupation list — including life scientists, civil engineers, historians, microbiologists and archaeologists — would catch world-class researchers and…
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In the media: ‘They’re not flipping burgers’: Universities cry foul over axing of 457 visas
Sydney Morning Herald, 20 April 2017 Michael Koziol It’s the key question for universities grappling with the Turnbull government’s abolition of 457 visas: can they still bring in the big brains they often need from overseas? As part of the changes ushered in by Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull on Tuesday,…
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In the media: 457 visa changes may stop universities hiring ‘super talents’
Australian Financial Review, 20 April 2017 By Tim Dodd Universities have warned Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull that some of our most eminent scientists, such as Fiona Wood, Ian Frazer and Brian Schmidt, could have been shut out of the country by the controversial abolition of 457 visas announced on Tuesday.…
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In the media: Opinion Editorial: Government’s 457 reforms threaten research, innovation
The Australian, 20 April 2017 By Duncan Ivison Australia is home to some of the world’s leading universities and researchers. It’s partly because we have welcomed researchers from all over the world to pursue their careers with us, whether in the life sciences, natural sciences, social sciences, humanities or creative…
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Go8 Media Release: Go8 warns of unintended consequences for Higher Education from Abolition of 457 visas
The Group of Eight (Go8), comprising Australia’s eight leading research intensive universities, is concerned by the potential unintended consequences for Australia’s international Higher Education sector as a result of the abolition and replacement of the 457 visa announced yesterday. Professor Peter Høj, Chair of the Go8, said that the Go8…
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In the media: Opinion Editorial: Universities to focus on PhD training push in India
Australian Financial Review, 9 April 2017 By Vicki Thomson As it celebrates 70 years of Independence, India has a Prime Minister, Narendra Modi, with a determined and strategic vision for his nation’s future through the modernisation of the economy. Equipping India’s population with the skills to participate in this new…
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In the media: Australia’s elite universities seize opportunity of Malcolm Turnbull’s India visit to boost student numbers
Australian Financial Review, 9 April 2017 By Tim Dodd For Australia’s prestigious research universities, the Group of Eight (Go8), this week’s visit to India by Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull and Education Minister Simon Birmingham is an opportunity to be seized. It could help solve a major problem, which is that…
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In the media: Turnbull commissions India inquiry as FTA talks bog down
Austyralian Financial Review 9 April 2017 By Phillip Coorey New Delhi: Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has commissioned a top-level inquiry into the economic potential of engaging with India amid growing concerns that efforts to tap into the rapidly developing regional power have stagnated. Mr Turnbull, who flew into New Delhi…
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In the media: Educators go to India to turn Trump and Brexit to Australia’s advantage
Australian Financial Review, 9 April 2017 By Tim Dodd Australia is sending a 120-strong education delegation to India this week on the back of the prime ministerial visit, with Education Minister Simon Birmingham leading the group which aims to build stronger university ties, win more international students and boost Australia’s…
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Go8 April 2017 Newsletter
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Go8 Media Release: Go8 has held Australia’s first collaborative PhD forum with India during Prime Minister’s Delhi visit
The Group of Eight’s (Go8) research engagement strategy with India has been reinforced through a high level-forum of Australian and Indian government representatives, Directors and senior management of Indian Education Institutions, and Go8 Vice Chancellors and their deputies (late afternoon Tuesday Delhi time). Importantly the forum called on the expertise…
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Go8 Media Release: Federal Education Minister launches Go8 “Excellence in India” Research Showcase and Strategy in Delhi
The Group of Eight’s (Go8) latest research engagement strategy with India, and its publication “Excellence in India” which celebrates the results of some two decades of research collaboration between the Go8 and Indian researchers, are to be launched by Minister Simon Birmingham this afternoon (Delhi time). Minister Birmingham contributed a…
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In the media: ATO’s proposed bursary changes could hurt the poor: Go8
The Australian, 5 April 2017 By Julie Hare An Australian Taxation Office review of whether education-related scholarships should continue to be tax exempt has been described as “deeply concerning” and could have a “damaging impact on collaboration and innovation in the economy”. In response to the review, the Group of…
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Go8 Media Release: Go8 applauds important recognition of Science and Research value
The National Science Statement released today by the Minister for Industry, Innovation and Science, Senator Arthur Sinodinos, is an important step in establishing a framework that recognises science as underpinning Australia’s future. Vicki Thomson, Chief Executive of the Group of Eight (Go8) says she is pleased the key activities of…
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Go8 March 2017 Newsletter
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Go8 Submission: Tertiary Education and Quality Standards Agency consultation on proposed changes to publication of regulatory decisions
The Group of Eight (Go8) welcomes the opportunity to offer feedback on the proposal put forward by the Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency (TEQSA) regarding the publication of regulatory decisions. The Go8 supports the principle of enhanced transparency and accountability in regulatory and quality assurance frameworks. At the same…
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In the media: Opinion Editorial: Go8 wary of poor policy settings
By Vicki Thomson The Australian We grow up learning that the shortest route between two points is a straight line. And the straight line often missed by those with their hands on Canberra policy levers is that which connects higher education to the economic development driven by Australia’s international education…
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Go8 Media Release: Go8 congratulates Professor Margaret Gardner on her appointment as Universities Australia Chair
The Group of Eight (Go8) considers the appointment of Monash University Vice Chancellor and Go8 Board member Professor Margaret Gardner as Chair of Universities Australia to be an inspired choice of leader – a leader for the times. “As Australia’s university sector faces a difficult and complex time, beset with…
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In the media: Opinion Editorial: More PhDs need to be channelled into industry
By Laura Poole-Warren The Australia At first glance, the statistics might suggest Australia is producing too many doctorates of philosophy. Of the 10,000 or so students who complete their PhD every year only a very small percentage will go on to enjoy an uninterrupted academic career to professor level. But…
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Go8 Media Release: International education values of Go8 recognised in latest global rankings
One in three International students who choose to study in Australia study at a Group of Eight (Go8) university and the excellence of the education in a research intensive environment offered to them is paramount. The Go8 is therefore pleased that its strong contribution to excellence in International education and…
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Go8 Media Release: Go8 Washington meetings lobby to continue valuable US/Australia research collaboration
The Group of Eight (Go8) is currently in Washington for a series of meetings with Australia’s Ambassador, The Hon Joe Hockey, US officials and the American Association of Universities (AAU). The meetings are aimed at reinforcing the immense value to both nations of our well established joint research projects that…