A free suite of resources to help prepare students, university staff and workplace supervisors for work integrated learning (WIL) has been uploaded to the IRU website. More than 30 learning modules, documents, videos and articles have been added to the Read more

Eleven research collaborations between Australian and Malaysian researchers are showcased in a new booklet published by the Innovative Research Universities (IRU) network. The featured research projects were jointly undertaken by universities from across the IRU and the Malaysia Research Universities Read more

The following article by IRU Executive Director Conor King has been published as a comment piece by Education Review. Read the original article With the recent release of VCE results, parents across Victoria have been eagerly hoping to find out Read more

The IRU has published a new report exploring student understandings and concerns in relation to the collection and use of learning analytics. Titled “Learner Facing Analytics: Analysis of Student Perspectives”, the report is the result of a two-year student-focused project Read more

The IRU has given its backing to the following statement in support of scientific peer review, coordinated by the National Research and Innovation Alliance (NRIA): Australia cannot afford to compromise the principles underpinning scientific research The National Research and Innovation Read more

Professor Eeva Leinonen, Chair of the Innovative Research Universities (IRU) network, has welcomed the report into Performance-based funding for the Commonwealth Grant Scheme, saying the IRU will work constructively with the Government to get the performance-funding formula right. Vice-Chancellors from Read more

The Innovative Research Universities (IRU) network is intensifying its focus on health and medical research with the appointment of a new IRU Vice Chancellors’ Fellow for Medical Research. Brendon Douglas, previously the Director of Research at Charles Darwin University, will Read more

The Innovative Research Universities (IRU) network has set out its full response to the Productivity Commission report on university demand driven funding. The IRU says the major outcome from the report is that it highlights the important links from schooling Read more

IRU’s Executive Director Conor King has a comment piece in the Higher Education section of today’s edition of The Australian, reflecting on six years of Coalition government budgets. The full published text of the article is below – or you Read more

The industries making the most use of high-quality university research have been revealed via the Australian Research Council (ARC) ‘Engagement and Impact’ assessment released today. The Engagement and Impact assessment provides the balance to the Excellence in Research for Australia Read more