The Senate has three choices not two. The choice is not between the two bad options of the JRG package as presented or continuation of the frozen system imposed from 2018. The Senate can do what it has done many Read more

Senators must fix four major weaknesses in the Job-Ready Graduates legislation before letting it pass through Parliament, the Innovative Research Universities (IRU) group has said. In a written submission to the Senate Inquiry into the Higher Education Support Amendment (Job-Ready Read more

Further changes to the Government’s Job Ready Graduates (JRG) legislation are vital before it is passed, the Innovative Research Universities (IRU) group says. Rejecting the bill is not an option. The current university funding system cannot continue, with university funding Read more

University research capacity will be permanently damaged if long-term funding reforms are not coupled with short-term support to plug funding gaps, the Innovative Research Universities (IRU) group has warned. Education Minister Dan Tehan has convened a ‘research sustainability’ group to Read more

The Innovative Research Universities (IRU) group is pleased the Government has responded to university requests to recommence processing international student visas in preparation for the re-opening of Australia’s borders and ensured that students affected by COVID-19 restrictions will still have Read more

The Innovative Research Universities (IRU) group has supported the Government’s plan to meet growing demand for university education through additional university places. Responding to changes outlined by Minister for Education Dan Tehan at a Press Club speech on Friday (19 Read more

The Innovative Research Universities (IRU) group has welcomed the Victorian Government’s $350 million ‘Higher Education State Investment Fund’ announced today (19 May 2020). Victoria’s Minister for Training and Skills and Higher Education Gayle Tierney and Treasurer Tim Pallas said the Read more

The Innovative Research Universities group has compiled a snapshot list of 20 ways its members are supporting the battle against Coronavirus in Australia and throughout the Asia-Pacific region. The list illustrates the vital role IRU members are playing throughout the Read more

The IRU’s Executive Director Conor King has published a comment article about the risks to Australian research funding due to the COVID-19 pandemic. In it, Mr King points out that, even though universities are at the forefront of efforts to Read more

The IRU has published a short paper on the impact of COVID-19 on Year 12 school outcomes and the challenges this creates for university selection of the 2020 school leaver cohort. COVID-19 has forced each of Australia’s school systems to Read more