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

The Innovative Research Universities (IRU) group has congratulated Australia’s researchers for the improved 2018 Excellence in Research for Australia (ERA) results released today, which the IRU says proves the benefits of continued investment in the sector. The seven IRU universities Read more

Ten years ago in May 2009, the then Government’s 2009 Federal Budget announced the uncapping of the number of funded places for undergraduate study. The uncapping of places became known as the “demand driven” system of higher education funding. The Read more

Vice-Chancellor of Murdoch University Professor Eeva Leinonen has begun a new role as Chair of the Innovative Research Universities (IRU) group for 2019 and 2020. Professor Leinonen takes up the position from Flinders University VC Colin Stirling who has completed Read more

The Innovative Research Universities (IRU) group says universities are facing “another budget horror” after further cuts of $130 million each year were published in MYEFO documents today. The MYEFO papers state the Government will chop a total of $328.5 out Read more

The Innovative Research Universities (IRU) group has welcomed new commitments to tertiary education by both major political parties – but cautioned that any reviews must take a whole sector approach. In a speech at the Australian Academy of Science last Read more