Submissions

Go8 Submission on the Nation-Building Funds Repeal (National Disability Insurance Scheme) Bill 2017

14 Sep 2017
Submissions
The Group of Eight (Go8) welcomes the opportunity to make a submission to the Committee on behalf of its members who may also make individual submissions.

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Go8 Submission to Independent Review into Regional, Rural and Remote Education

11 Sep 2017
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This submission sets out, at a high level, the position of the Group of Eight providing an overview of the significant contribution we make to rural, regional and remote education and communities along with key recommendations. The Go8 welcomes this review and the opportunity to highlight the wealth of programs and initiatives being taken by our universities to support access to world-leading educational opportunities for all. Our footprint in regional areas is significant, contributing greatly to regional economic development and improving the quality of life of regional Australians.

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Go8 Submission to Higher Education Standards Panel - Response: Improving retention, completion and success in higher education

14 Jul 2017
Submissions
Please find below a brief submission on behalf of the Group of Eight (Go8) in response to the Panel’s paper of 9 June 2017 Improving retention, completion and success in higher education. The Go8 commends the Panel on the release of this paper and notes the identification of trends and possible factors that may be driving the rates of student success, retention and graduate completion in Australia’s higher education sector.
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Go8 Submission to ISA 2030 Strategic Plan Issues Paper

14 Jun 2017
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The Group of Eight (Go8) welcomes the opportunity to comment on the Innovation and Science Australia (ISA) 2030 Strategic Plan Issues Paper, released on 24 March 2017.

The Go8 institutions may make individual and more detailed responses to the report and therefore the Go8 response is deliberately high-level.

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Go8 Submission: Higher Education Support Legislation Amendment (A More Sustainable, Responsive and Transparent Higher Education System) Bill 2017

13 Jun 2017
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The Group of Eight (Go8) welcomes the opportunity to make a submission to the Committee on behalf of its members who may also make individual submissions.

In doing so I would advise you that the Go8 Board is unanimous in its opposition to the Bill and that the Go8 strongly urges the Committee to recommend to the Senate that it block the Bill in its entirety. We have come to this conclusion on the basis that the Bill (and the underpinning Higher Education Reform Package from May 2017):
  • is not a coherent package;
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Go8 response to Review of ATO advice on scholarships

5 Apr 2017
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The Group of Eight (Go8) welcomes the opportunity to respond to the Review of ATO advice on Scholarships.

Please note that Go8 members may make individual and more detailed responses to the paper and therefore the Go8 response is deliberately high-level, focussing on scholarship support for Higher Degree by Research students.

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Go8 Submission to the TEQSA consultation on proposed changes to publication of regulatory decisions

14 Mar 2017
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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 time, the Go8 maintains our previously-stated position that it is very important any such enhancements to those frameworks be made in a deliberative and considered way.

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Go8 Submission to the Foreign Policy White Paper

3 Mar 2017
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The Group of Eight (Go8) support the development of a comprehensive engagement framework recognising the key pillars that will underpin Australia's international engagement and promote our role within a broader, global context. We welcome the opportunity to contirbute to this process and look forward to being activiely involved in further consultations and conversations.

Please note this submission represents the views of the Go8 network. Member universities may also make their own, more detailed submissions.

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Assessment of the Distribution of Medical School Places in Australia: Joint Submission - Medical Deans Australia and New Zealand, Group of Eight Deans of Medical Faculties Group

3 Mar 2017
Submissions

Introduction

This is a joint submission from Medical Deans Australia and New Zealand and the Group of Eight Deans of Medical Faculties Group in response to the request for views on the assessment of the distribution of medical school places in Australia being undertaken by the Departments of Health and Education.

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Go8 Submission to the Draft 2016 National Research Infrastructure Roadmap

18 Jan 2017
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The Group of Eight (Go8) welcomes the opportunity to comment on the Draft 2016 National Research Infrastructure Roadmap.

This submission reflects the collective view of the Go8, representing Australia’s leading research-intensive universities, accounting for over two-thirds of Australian university research activity, and spending around $6 billion per year on research. 

Key points:

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