Melbourne university students, affiliates and alumni have now the opportunity to bring their research to life thanks to two major funding partnerships, which UniMelb calls a first in Australia at this scale. The university has secured two partnerships with Breakthrough ...
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Research was granted the bulk of university funding in Treasurer Josh Frydenberg's fourth budget last night. The Morrison Government’s $2.2b University Research Commercialisation Action Plan was announced in February, and is scheduled to roll out $1b over five years, with ...
More »Independent international education providers obtain the lion’s share of funding
The Morrison government will provide than $50 million of targeted support for international student providers that have been worst affected by the pandemic border closures. The new measures wIll assist thousands of both domestic and international students, as well as ...
More »Proposed higher ed reforms: Which unis win and which lose revenue?
The University of the Sunshine Coast's coffers will be hardest hit by proposed changes to higher education funding, with the institution facing a loss of over $31 million a year. That was one of the surprising findings from new analysis ...
More »Senate committee report backs uni fee reform
A senate committee report has recommended the government’s job-ready graduates bill be passed with the contingency that it is reviewed after two years. The committee’s chair, Liberal senator James McGrath, wrote that the bill will “deliver policy and funding certainty for the sector”. But Greens senator ...
More »University fee shake-up a ‘win-win’ for students: Tehan
School leavers who are hoping to study humanities will either have to foot a bill double that of their predecessors or pick different subjects under a new scheme announced by Education Minister Dan Tehan. Under the plan, the government will ...
More »La Trobe ‘not going broke’ as unis face $16b shortfall
La Trobe University has hit back at claims that it’s “at risk of going broke in a matter of weeks”. Late last night, The Age published an article that reported the university was in dire straits – with cash reserves ...
More »Bushfire research highlighted in ARC funding announcement
Minister for Education Dan Tehan today announced that the government would fund an early warning system for bushfires in the latest batch of funding through the Australian Research Council. Tehan detailed funding to the tune of $9.5 million for 20 ...
More »MIT students call for professor’s sacking over Epstein affiliation
MIT students are pushing their university to fire a professor who has ties with late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. Professor of mechanical engineering Seth Lloyd met with Epstein – a billionaire financier who was jailed in 2008 for soliciting ...
More »VET should be first choice for most students but sector has work to do: Cash
Senator Michaelia Cash has vowed to lift the profile of Australia’s VET sector. Speaking at the 28th National Vocational Education and Training Research Conference last week, the Minister for Employment, Skills, Small and Family Business said she wants to make ...
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