Category: News
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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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Speech by Go8 CEO: Ensuring Transparent ATAR and Alternative Entry Admissions
Keynote speech: Ensuring Transparent ATAR and Alternative Entry Admissions Vicki Thomson, Chief Executive, Group of Eight Australia Good morning. I am very pleased to be here and thank you for inviting me to speak. I know that the 101 of delivering a speech suggests you must start with a joke,…
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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 August 2016 Newsletter
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Speech by Go8 CEO: Graduate Employability and Industry Partnerships Forum
Thank you for inviting me to join you. The title of my presentation today is billed as examining the impact of the Turnbull government’s innovation agenda on higher education and employability – with a sub theme of how can the Higher Education sector play in this new space…. This of…
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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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In the media: Opinion Editorial: Something has to give on sustainable policy
The Australian By Vicki Thomson As we head into the home stretch of the federal election campaign it is a fair question to ask what next for the nation’s universities. Little has been said from either of the major parties and it would appear to the casual observer that we…
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In the media: Opinion Editorial: Other countries spend big on R & D. Why don’t we?
Australian Financial Review By Vicki Thomson For those of us in the higher education sector there was that very special one day last year when the positive vision from Prime Minister Malcolm Turabull was infectious. He told us that our future was innovation. To see a prime minister who understands…
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In the media: Opinion Editorial: Large growth in student number is threatening sustainability of university system
The Conversation By Dr Michael Spence A successful innovation nation needs three things from its universities: excellence in teaching and research, high levels of participation, and equity of access. The current policy settings, while having achieved requisite levels of participation, have failed to substantially boost equity of access and have presented governments…
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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 June 2016 Newsletter
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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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In the media: Opinion Editorial: Go8 and University Funding
Australian Financial Review By Vicki Thomson The storm of media and political niggling over the past few weeks about Universities, their quality, their cost, their entry transparency and their funding is to be expected. It’s what happens when public policy errors are made, left to fester without any well-thought-through restoration…
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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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In the media: Opinion Editorial: Australia’s higher education sector is one of the best in the world. Fact.
The Australian By Michael Spence and Vicki Thomson Plus, Australia relies on its universities to deliver far more of its research than any other first world nation. Fact. Australia’s research is rated as world class. Fact. Australia’s innovation agenda will rely heavily on universities to drive it. Fact. The evidence…
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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…