Universities are supporting the government’s innovation agenda, and Labor has said of the sector that its “political judgement's not always been the strongest". Labor Senator Kim Carr, shadow minister for higher education, said yesterday’s innovation policy announcement was underwhelming and ...

The release of the innovation statement, the government’s first major economic statement since Malcolm Turnbull was appointed prime minister, is a genuine attempt to address the paradox of Australia’s strong research performance and poor track record in translating research outcomes into ...

New research has found it can take young people 10 years to secure full-time work, but through no fault of their own. The Life Patterns study from University of Melbourne’s Youth Research Centre followed a cohort of just under 4000 ...

The Australian National University has topped the Excellence in Research Australia rankings, amid a strong showing nationwide. The ERA results, compiled by the Australian Research Council and released today, showed 95 per cent of ANU's broad-field research was rated above ...

Australia needs a consistent innovation incentive for business to invest in research and development, a report has argued. Australia relies on the R&D Tax Incentive to encourage businesses to invest in research and development. Businesses that put $20,000 into R&D ...

Universities don’t lack innovation, they just don’t share knowledge with one another effectively, the leader of a US network of universities has said. As a consequence, universities frequently double up on research, Bridget Burns said. Burns is executive director of the ...

Research funds should be allocated based on commercialisation success as well as quality, the new chair of Innovation Australia has said. Speaking to Campus Review, Ferris reiterated the federal government’s message of establishing a more innovative nation. He said roughly ...

  Robots will get young people back on the farm, a University of Sydney roboticist has said. Australia’s agriculture sector is facing an ageing population and Australian Bureau of statistics figures show that since 1980, the number of people in ...

The federal government has launched a match-making website where companies can search all the intellectual property patents Australia’s universities and public research bodies hold. The assistant minister for innovation, Wyatt Roy, launched Source IP in late November. It was developed ...

“There is a special place in hell for women who don’t support other women.” That quote from Madeleine Albright, the first woman to be US Secretary of State, was Labor deputy leader Tanya Plibersek’s message at the launch of a University of Melbourne program ...