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This index features all of Universities Australia's policy and information relating to research activities. Indexes relating specifically to researchers and research infrastructure are also available.

Items on research collaboration, commercialisation, and intellectual property are linked both here and in the Business & Community category.

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Policy & advocacy

  • Research students Universities Australia continues to advocate for further increases to both the number of PhD places funded and the funding per research student received by universities; resources to enable enhanced international collaboration including to improve the attractiveness of Australia as a career ...¦ Read More
  • Fees for external examiners Universities Australia regularly reviews the standard fees that it recommends universities pay to external examiners for Masters, PhDs, and Higher and Professional Doctorates.¦ Read More
  • Postgraduate scholarships Universities Australia recommends annually to universities the stipend and allowance rates to apply to university postgraduate awards.¦ Read More
  • Research quality assessment Universities Australia is working with government on the establishment of the Excellence in Research for Australia (ERA) initiative.¦ Read More

Submissions & reports

  • Australia's IP system February 2010 Universities Australia supports the overall direction of patent reform in streamlining processes and removing ambiguities from the current intellectual property system.¦ Read More
  • International research engagement February 2010 Executive summary In 2009, Universities Australia produced a report, The Nature of International Education in Australian Universities and its Benefits 1 , which covered the many economic and non-economic benefits of international engagement.¦ Read More
  • Commercialisation Institute September 2009 Universities Australia welcomes the Government's commitment of $196 million for the CCI to enhance commercialisation of the best ideas developed by Australia's universities and public research organisations.¦ Read More
  • Regulatory burdens March 2009 Executive summary Universities Australia makes this submission to the Productivity Commission's Annual Review of Regulatory Burdens on Business -- Social and Economic Infrastructure Services on behalf of Australia's universities, which, due to their broad activities in higher ...¦ Read More
  • Response to the Bradley Review February 2009 Universities Australia remains strongly supportive of the Review and the overall direction of its recommendations.¦ Read More
  • Response to Cutler Review September 2008 Universities Australia welcomed the opportunity to comment on venturousaustralia, the report of the Review of the National Innovation System ('the Review'), which was released on 9 September 2008.¦ Read More
  • Climate change August 2008 Universities Australia welcomed the opportunity to make a brief submission to the Senate Inquiry into the Effects of Climate Change on Training and Employment Needs.¦ Read More
  • Research training June 2008 Universities Australia provided a submission and appeared at the House of Representatives Standing Committee on Industry, Science and Innovation's inquiry into research training and research workforce issues in Australian universities.¦ Read More
  • Cutler Review submission April 2008 Universities Australia's submission to the Review of the National Innovation System (the 'Cutler Review') outlined the strong linkages between the higher education sector and innovation, the role of innovation in sustaining a vibrant economy, and the need for funding and support ...¦ Read More
  • Academic workforce March 2010 This study was jointly commissioned by Universities Australia and Professions Australia to establish whether existing research on the ageing of the workforce addresses the issue of whether there will be sufficient suitably qualified academic staff - to teach courses to prepare ...¦ Read More

Media centre

  • Web of Knowledge licence Universities Australia today announced a three-year extension to the national site licence agreement with Thomson Reuters covering the Web of Knowledge.¦ Read More
  • Whole-of-sector purchase of Scopus Universities Australia today announced an historic three-year agreement that will provide researchers in all 39 Australian universities with access to Scopus, Elsevier's flagship product and one of the world's largest abstract and citation database of peer-reviewed literature.¦ Read More
  • Federal Budget Universities Australia applauds the Government for delivering real outcomes for Australia through the university sector, announced as part of the 2009-2010 Budget.¦ Read More
  • Research quality assurance Universities Australia welcomes the Government's announcement of the Excellence in Research for Australia (ERA) initiative, a metrics-based system to replace the Research Quality Framework.¦ Read More
  • Speech - Senator the Hon. Kim Carr Universities Australia Plenary Meeting (12 March 2008), Mills Room, Chancelry Building, Australian National University, Canberra Professor Richard Larkins, Dr Glenn Withers, ladies and gentlemen, thank you for the invitation to address you today.¦ Read More
  • Balanced consideration of university research Universities Australia affirms the importance of pursuing structured understanding of the world's societies and religions through university research.¦ Read More
  • Financial support for research students Universities Australia supports the Council of Australian Postgraduate Associations' (CAPA) call for the Government to address the need for greater support for postgraduate research students, as part of the Review of the National Innovation System.¦ Read More
  • Joint media release with AAMRI Joint media release by Universities Australia and the Association of Australian Medical Research Institutes (AAMRI): Universities Australia and AAMRI support medical research funding.¦ Read More
  • Investment in Australian innovation Universities Australia welcomes Dr Terry Cutlers constructive report on the Review of the National Innovation System, which recognises the central role of universities and provides imaginative ideas for increasing university contributions to national innovation goals.¦ Read More
  • Higher education infrastructure initiatives Universities Australia supports the Government's decisive action today to fast track investment in university infrastructure from the returns of the Higher Education Endowment Fund (HEEF).¦ Read More
  • Nation-building Funds legislation Universities Australia welcomes the passage of the Nation-building Funds Bill 2008 through Parliament. The Education Investment Fund (EIF), which is part of the Nation-building Funds legislation, will make available much needed infrastructure funding to the higher education sector.¦ Read More
  • Investing in human capital The Australian Vice-Chancellors' Committee (AVCC) welcomes the release of the New Directions paper on innovation, competitiveness and productivity by the Opposition Leader, Mr Kevin Rudd, MP and Shadow Minister for Industry, Innovation, Science and Research, Senator Kim Carr.¦ Read More
  • New ARC Chief Executive Officer Universities Australia has today welcomed the appointment of the new Chief Executive Officer of the Australian Research Council (ARC), Professor Margaret Sheil.¦ Read More
  • Handling misconduct Integrity in research, meeting community expectations, and handling allegations of misconduct are the focus of a new national code released today by the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC), the Australian Research Council (ARC) and Universities Australia.¦ Read More
  • AVCC welcomes support for Australia's research and Innovation The Australian Vice-Chancellors' Committee (AVCC) has today welcomed the announcement by the Treasurer Peter Costello and Minister for Education, Science and Training, Ms Julie Bishop of the Productivity Commission Review into the benefits of public investment in science and innovation in ...¦ Read More
  • AVCC welcomes release of RQF final advice by the Minister The Australian Vice-Chancellors' Committee (AVCC) welcomes today's release of the Research Quality Framework Expert Advisory Group's final advice by the Minister for Education, Science and Training Ms Julie Bishop.¦ Read More
  • Sedition Laws not appropriate for universities The Australian Vice-Chancellors' Committee (AVCC) has today released its submission to the Australian Law Reform Commission's Review of Sedition Laws in which it has recommended the new sedition laws be repealed and replaced with laws that more appropriately deal with threats to national security ...¦ Read More
  • AVCC recommends changes to ARC Bill to Senate Committee today The Australian Vice-Chancellors' Committee (AVCC) today recommended changes to the Australian Research Council Amendment Bill 2006 when it appeared before the Senate Employment, Workplace Relations and Education Legislation Committee which is conducting an inquiry into the provisions of the Bill.¦ Read More
  • AVCC makes strong case for increased support in science and innovation The Australian Vice-Chancellors' Committee (AVCC) has submitted its response to the Productivity Commission research study into the economic, social and environmental returns on public support for science and innovation in Australia.¦ Read More
  • Sustaining the Great Barrier Reef and Wet Tropics through public support for science and innovation Australia's Great Barrier Reef catchment is benefiting from public support for science and innovation as a result of collaborations between universities and publicly funded research agencies in the areas of rainforest and reef research.¦ Read More
  • Australia's universities underpin research and innovation Australia's universities underpin the Nation's research and innovation effort, and in partnership with industry can deliver long-term economic, social and environmental benefits said the President of the Australian Vice- Chancellors' Committee (AVCC) Professor Gerard Sutton.¦ Read More
  • Boosting Australia's R&D Performance Australia's business and university sectors need to work more closely to find ways to boost the nation's research and development performance, according to the President of the Australian Vice-Chancellors' Committee Professor Gerard Sutton.¦ Read More
  • AVCC welcomes draft research report - Public Support for Science and Innovation The Australian Vice-Chancellors' Committee (AVCC) today welcomed the release of the Productivity Commission's draft research report - Public Support for Science and Innovation - saying it reinforces the positive benefits of research for the nation.¦ Read More
  • Federal election statement Australia's ability to prosper as a productive, healthy and sustainable society depends crucially on its capacity to make the most of its people's potential. The future is one of rapid change, with enormous social and environmental challenges, and economic restructuring.¦ Read More
  • Implementing Bradley Review Universities Australia expressed strong support for the announcements made today by the Deputy Prime Minister, the Hon. Julia Gillard MP as she opened the inaugural Universities Australia Higher Education Conference in Canberra.¦ Read More
  • Integrated portfolio an excellent move Universities Australia welcomes the Prime Minister's announcement to re-integrate science and research with higher education. Chair of Universities Australia, Professor Glyn Davis said, "This is an excellent move.¦ Read More
  • Thanks Kim Universities Australia today thanks outgoing Innovation Minister, Senator Kim Carr, for his outstanding contribution to research, science, discovery and innovation in Australia.¦ Read More
  • Universities support closer partnerships with industry The new Industry Transformation Research Program, announced today by the Prime Minister and Innovation Minister, is welcome news to a university sector becoming increasingly partnered with industry to drive innovation and productivity.¦ Read More
  • Review confirms universities underfunded In releasing the independent report to Government today, the Chair of the Base Funding Review Expert Panel, Dr Jane Lomax-Smith, has attested that `the time is right' to reform the university funding system.¦ Read More
  • Cuts unfortunate Universities Australia, the peak body representing Australia's university sector, has responded to the mid-year budget statement released today by Treasurer the Hon. Wayne Swan MP.¦ Read More