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Posts tagged with research
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NTEU Supports ABS/ERA review into Indigenous Research Codes
The National Tertiary Education Union (NTEU) welcomes the announcement to incorporate specific Field of Research (FOR) Codes for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander research.
The announcement, ...
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NTEU renews call for a review of the Excellence in Research for Australia (ERA) scheme
The NTEU has renewed its call for a review of the ERA’s cost-effectiveness and its broader ramifications upon the Australian research community.
NTEU National President Jeannie Rea said, ...
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2012 ERA Results
ERA Results
The Australian Governemnt today released the results of the 2012 ERA exercise. The results show that both the volume and quality of reserach being undertaken at Australian ...
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National Research Investment Plan released
Following the government's Focusing Australia's Publicly Funded Research Review last year, Minister Chris Evans launched the National Research Investment Plan (NRIP) on Wednesday. The Plan sets out ... -
Chief Scientist’s Committee to oversee new Defence regime for two years
The new Defence Trade Controls Act will have important implications for the university sector, including an increased burden of risk and potential erosion of academic freedom.
The Act not only ...
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Exclusion clause amendment protecting academic freedom in tatters
The National Tertiary Education Union (NTEU) is appalled at the failure of the House of Representatives to legislate amendments to the Defence Trade Controls Bill proposed by their Senate colleagues ...
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Speculation rife on funding cuts to research and higher education
NTEU has written and spoken to the office of the Minister for Tertiary Education, Senator Evans regarding the NTEU’s concerns in relation to suggestions raised in the media about possible cuts ... -
Update on whether research grant funding is being cut
At Senate Estimates yesterday (17 October 2012), further discussion occurred about the Federal Government's budget review, the pause on discretionary funding and whether the allocation of research ...
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Undue haste on Defence Trade Controls Bill could damage Australian research
The National Tertiary Education Union urges the federal government to pause and fully consider the consequences of rushing through the Defence Trade Controls Bill 2011. The haste to push the bill ...
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Impact of the Defence Trade Controls Bill on academic freedom
Today in the Sydney Morning Herald, the University of Sydney's DVC Research Jill Trewhella has written a notable opinion piece about the proposed Defence Trade Controls Bill, proposed legislation ...
