Tag: Vicki Thomson
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In the media: Australian unis left vulnerable by reliance on overseas student fees: study
ABC, 31 August 2015 New research from the Grattan Institute has found that in 2013 overseas students paid $4 3 billion in fees to Australian universities the bulk of the $6 billion total The institute warns this leaves. Samantha Donovan reported this story on Monday, August 31, 2015 12:25:00 Listen…
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In the media: Universities unite to lure elite Indian students
Financial Review, 24 August 2015 By Tim Dodd Australia’s top universities have teamed up with elite Indian private schools in “a concerted push” to attract students whose first preference would be Oxbridge or the US Ivy League. Australia’s eight leading research universities, witnessed by federal Education Minister Christopher Pyne, will…
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In the media: Research needs EIF, says Carr
The Australian, 19 Aug 2015 By Julie Hare The $3.9 billion from the now defunct Education Investment Fund should be set aside to cover the capital and ongoing costs of research infrastructure, under a proposal by opposition higher education spokesman Kim Carr. Mr Carr said the money could be used to…
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In the media: Don’t believe the research about us, say elite unis
The Australian Financial Review, 17 July 2015 By Vicki Thomson The Group of Eight (Go8) universities are proud to be recognised globally as Australia’s eight leading research universities. We position ourselves as elite but not elitist, as educating tomorrow’s leaders not just training tomorrow’s workers. Our students and their parents…
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Go8 Media Release: Group of Eight welcomes new Vice Chancellor
The Group of Eight (Go8) congratulates Professor Brian Schmidt on his appointment as the next Vice Chancellor of its member university, the Australian National University (ANU). “To the Go8 Professor Schmidt needs no introduction as he is already a very esteemed and much celebrated academic at the ANU. I consider…
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Speech by Go8 CEO: Building strategic partnerships and global collaborations to strengthen University performance
Ms Vicki Thomson, Chief Executive from The Group of Eight, delivered a speech at EduTECH Congress, Brisbane on 2 June 2015. The title of her speech is “Building strategic partnerships and global collaborations to strengthen University performance” Please click the link below to view or download the transcript in PDF.
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In the media: Gap between budget rhetoric and outcomes, says Group of Eight
The Australian Financial Review, May 18 2015 By Vicki Thomson Federal Budgets are not usually the catalyst for self-examination, but last week’s budget has been. Working through the budget papers elicited the emotion of “they know not what they do”. And if they don’t then why don’t they, and how…
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In the media: Budget Special: Pyne buys time
Campus Morning Mail, 13 May 2015 By Stephen Matchett A budget with an intensely political purpose Supporters of the status quo in higher education got what they wanted in last night’s budget – no structural change to the student funding system. But they paid a price for peace with carefully…
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In the media: Science research spared the axe
The Australian, 7 May 2015 By Sarah Martin Science research infrastructure that was threatened by the government’s controversial higher education reforms will receive a $300 million lifeline in next week’s budget. The Australian can reveal that funding for the National Collaborative and Research Infrastructure Strategy will be given a two-year…
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In the media: Pyne’s punishment most certainly does not fit crime
The Australian, 6 May 2015 By Vicki Thomson Whatever the budget does, the fundamental problems remain. If ever there were to be a sequel to Dostoyevsky’s Crime and Punishment, this looming federal budget for the university sector could prove to be it. Not to put too fine a point on…
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In the media: Ranking on income ‘a dud measure’
The Australian, 29 Apr 2015 By Andrew Trounson A proposal to measure research engagement by ranking universities on income from end users risks being meaningless unless backed up by peer review assessment, the Innovative Research Universities network has warned. At the centre of what is potentially a high-stakes fight over…
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Go8 Media Release: Rankings highlight need to invest for global success
The Group of Eight (Go8) has yet again cemented itself as a globally-recognised premier group of Universities in the “QS World University Rankings by Subject 2015” listings released today. Go8 universities do consistently well in the rankings across institutions and fields. More than 80% of fields across the Go8 are…
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In the media: Unis cannot afford to fail them
News.com.au 22 April 2015 A NURSE who accidentally gave a 79-year-old hospital patient dishwashing liquid instead of his usual medication could not read the label on the bottle, despite being awarded a degree at an Australian university. University academics have told Four Cornersof pressure on university lecturers to pass underperforming…
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In the media: Back to drawing board on fees
The Australian, 08 Apr 2015 By Glyn Davis The Senate has rejected for a second time the government’s higher education package. Labor, Greens and crossbench senators objected to the principle of deregulation. They were not swayed by last-minute proposals designed to make markets more palatable. The temptation to do a…
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In the media: Pyne sticks to uni plan
The West Australian, 01 Apr 2015 By Andrew Tillett Education Minister Christopher Pyne has rebuffed calls from Australia’s most prestigious universities to abandon his controversial higher education reforms because they had been watered down so much to become meaningless. The Group of Eight Universities, which includes the University of WA, has…
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In the media: University deregulation: Top-tier institutions call for end to political process, resetting of debate fearing more changes
ABC News, 31 March 2015 By Emma Griffiths Video and audio link: Australia’s leading research universities have called for a “depoliticised process” to reset the higher education debate, fearing talks with the split Senate crossbench will result in too many changes. The Coalition’s proposal to deregulate university course fees, which…
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In the media: Universities call for re-think of reforms
Sky News, 31 March 2015 Video link: Australian universities are calling for a re-think on the government’s proposed changes to the higher education. The Group of Eight leading universities have raised their concerns the watered down university fee deregulation package will not keep the sector sustainable. Chief Executive Vicki Thomson…
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Go8 March 2015 Newsletter
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In the media: University reforms: Elite calls for assessment of options
The Australian, 20 Mar 2015 By Andrew Trounson THE country’s elite universities want the government to convene an independent review panel to assess the alternative proposals emerging for higher education reform. The alternative proposals have emerged as part of bid by Education Minster Christopher Pyne to secure Senate support for a…
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In the media: Politics Unis, the battle intensifies
The Australian Financial Review, 19 Mar 2015 By Tim Dodd and Phil Coorey The federal government remains determined to deregulate university student fees, even though the Senate has rejected the plan twice, and is seeking advice from the universities’ lobbyist After the Senate voted 34-30 on Tuesday night to defeat…
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In the media: University fee deregulation blocked but Pyne pledges to fight on
The Conversation, 17 Mar 2015 By Michelle Grattan The Senate has defeated the government’s plan to deregulate university fees 34 votes to 30, with Labor, the Greens and five of the other eight crossbenchers combining to vote against it. Despite months of lobbying and an 11th-hour bid at compromise, Education…
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In the media: Interview with Vicki Thomson, Group of 8 Universities
My MP – 1377AM (Melbourne) My Melbourne 17/03/2015 09:13 Glenn Ridge 13:05 Andrew Powlay P.A.S.S. Thomson represents a group of the 8 major universities in Australia and discusses the impact of the Federal Government’s higher education changes. She says it is a period of uncertainty for students and they are…
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In the media: U-turn fails to win over Senate
The Australian, 17 Mar 2015 By SARAH MARTIN and ROSIE LEWIS A LAST-DITCH compromise aimed at winning support for university fee deregulation will be voted down by the Senate tomorrow, leaving the future of tertiary funding in doubt. Education Minister Christopher Pyne’s surprise move to split the government’s higher education…
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In the media: Uni reforms headed for defeat despite concessions concessions
Sydney Morning Herald, 17 Mar 2015 By Matthew Knott The Abbott government’s lastditch bid to win support for its higher education reforms by abandoning a threat to sack 1700 scientists has failed to convince the Senate crossbench to support the deregulation of university fees. Education Minister Christopher Pyne announced on Monday…