Tag: Vicki Thomson
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Media release: Go8 Roadmap to lift Australia’s R&D intensity to 3% of GDP
Australia’s future economic prosperity will hinge on private and public sectors working together to lift investment in research and development to bring Australia back on par with comparable OECD economies. The Group of Eight (Go8) comprising Australia’s leading top 100 globally ranked universities is calling on the Australian Government to…
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Media release: Independent ARC Board will minimise political interference in research funding
The appointment of an independent Australian Research Council Board will strengthen the integrity of Australia’s research funding processes and the nation’s research capability. As Australia’s leading research -intensive universities, the Group of Eight advocated strongly for ARC reform and the establishment of an independent Board to approve research grants within…
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Go8 Australia-United Kingdom AUKUS Pillar II and Research Engagement Roundtable
The Group of Eight will today host the Go8 Australia-United Kingdom AUKUS Pillar II and Research Engagement Roundtable in London. The roundtable will be held at the Australian High Commission, with an opening address by Australian High Commissioner, Stephen Smith. The event will focus on the tri-lateral research and technology…
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Media release: Deepening Engagement through Research Security: High Quality Research Collaboration in a Contested Environment
Australia’s Group of Eight universities will host a high level dialogue in Japan to discuss pathways to safeguard research collaboration in a highly contested global environment. The Group of Eight /Japan Research Security Dialogue being held at the Australian Embassy in Tokyo will explore ways to securely navigate the changing…
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Joint Statement: The Group of Eight Universities and China Education Association for International Exchange deepening cooperation through the Australia-China University Presidents Forum in Adelaide
The Group of Eight Universities (Go8) and the China Education Association for International Exchange (CEAIE) affirm our commitment to working together to support high quality research partnerships and education collaboration that are of mutual benefit to Australia and China. Senior university representatives from 22 leading research-intensive Chinese universities, led by…
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Media release: Group of Eight Universities back Australian Human Rights Commission review into racism
The Group of Eight (Go8), representing Australia’s leading research-intensive universities supports the Albanese Government’s announcement to conduct an Australian Human Rights Commission led review into racism. In response to demonstrations on campuses, Go8 universities have collectively signed a set of five key principles that condemn all forms of hate and…
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Media release: Federal Budget just the beginning of reform for Australia’s research-based future – Group of Eight
The 2024-25 Budget has rightly focused on providing cost of living relief for students, however looking to the long term and measures to boost productivity growth by investing in research and development (R&D) will be key to underpinning Australia’s future prosperity. Group of Eight Chief Executive Vicki Thomson said: “Budget…
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Media statement: Go8 statement on changes to international education
Quotes attributable to Chief Executive Vicki Thomson The Group of Eight (Go8), which educates one in three international students who choose to study in Australia strongly supports an international education sector that is underpinned by quality and integrity – anything short of that is unacceptable. The Go8 supports Government measures…
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Media release: Enabling critical defence research collaboration will underpin national security
The passing of amendments to Australia’s Defence Controls Act will streamline the flow of defence trade between AUKUS partners and support critical research collaboration, underpinning Australia’s national security. Go8 Chief Executive Vicki Thomson said “this legislation paves the way for collaboration in critical defence research with our AUKUS partners. It’s…
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Media release: ARC reform will strengthen Australia’s research capability
The passing of the Australian Research Council Amendment (Review Response) Bill 2023 will strengthen Australia’s research capability and help ensure the sustainability of our world class research. Group of Eight Chief Executive Vicki Thomson said: “The Go8, as the recipient of 70 per cent of ARC funding has driven the…
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Media release: Passage of Defence Trade Controls legislation is key to AUKUS, defence research and national security
The success of AUKUS, Australia’s future research capability and our national security depend on the passage of legislation in Parliament this week to reform Australia’s export controls regime. The landmark reforms will effectively create a research Free Trade Zone between the United States and Australia in areas of sensitive defence…
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Media release: Research collaboration underpins Australia’s long-standing relationship with ASEAN
Research collaboration and education partnerships between ASEAN nations and Australia will continue to underpin and build regional resilience in a challenging geopolitical environment and will be a focus of the CEO Forum of the 2024 ASEAN-Australia Special Summit in Melbourne today. Group of Eight (Go8) Chief Executive Vicki Thomson will…
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Media Release: Senate Select Committee on the Future of Work and Workers – Go8 Opening Statement – Vicki Thomson, Chief Executive
SELECT COMMITTEE ON THE FUTURE OF WORK AND WORKERS Senate Select Committee on the Future of Work and Workers Public Hearing Go8 Opening Statement – Vicki Thomson, Chief Executive Thank you for the invitation to appear before you. The future of the students we enrol and graduate is front and…
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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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Go8 Media Release: Go8 calls on “pragmatic” Government to move quickly on Higher Education enquiry
The Group of Eight (Go8), which comprises Australia’s leading research-intensive universities, strongly supports the Nick Xenophon Team’s call for a comprehensive ‘Gonski-style’ review of post-secondary education and is disappointed the Government has not immediately embraced such a review for the benefit of all tertiary students and the future of the…
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Go8 Media Release: Go8 congratulates the Nick Xenophon Team on supporting students and the future of university education in Australia
The Group of Eight (Go8), Australia’s leading research intensive universities, says NXT has placed Australian students high in the list of priorities for delivering Australia a strong economic future. “NXT withstanding unrelenting pressure from the Government to take a strong and ethical stand against the worst elements of the Government’s…
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In the media: Worries reforms to regional universities will hurt students
The Border Mail, 18 October 2017 By Shana Morgan Regional and metropolitan universities have urged federal senators to block the government’s planned changes to education funding and back Indi MP Cathy McGowan’s idea instead. The Group of Eight, made up of institutions such as the University of Melbourne and University…
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In the media: Opinion Editorial: Group of Eight universities say Australia is falling behind in research and government doesn’t care
The Australian Financial Review, 24 September 2017 By Vicki Thomson Last week a front page headline of The Australian Financial Review shouted the warning “Nation losing innovation race”. It was a blunt message from Australia’s hand-picked and highly respected chief innovation guru Bill Ferris that Australia is lagging behind Singapore,…
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Go8 Chief Executive’s Speech to the University Governance and Regulations Forum, Canberra
Good morning. Thank you for your invitation to speak, and it’s good to be here with you. Given Parliament this week, I hope you will give me some latitude with my speech content. I know when you invited me, that you would have had no idea what a precipitous week…
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Vicki Thomson delivers EduData Summit Keynote Address
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In the media: Opinion Editorial: It almost reads like a fairy tale … one with a very difficult ending. Its title is Privatisation by Stealth.
The Australian, 12 July 2017 By Vicki Thomson Once upon a time there was a land called Australia where higher education was so valued that its universities were almost totally funded by Government. Indeed, if we cast our minds back to the halcyon days of 1974, when the then Whitlam…
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Vicki Thomson delivers EduData Summit Keynote Address
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In the media: 2017 Budget Impact on Higher Education
QUT Radio News interviews Group of Eight Chief Executive Vicki Thomson on some of the outcomes the 2017 budget will have on the higher education sector. (Tune in 1:45 mins)
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Go8 Media Release: Education Senate Committee must recognise the impact of poor budget policy on universities and students – Go8
The Government has stated and re-stated that its 2017 Federal Budget is one based on values and choices. Through the Budget the Government has chosen to support what it values – and this is not the university sector. The Group of Eight (Go8) which represents Australia’s leading research-intensive universities, with…