Ministerial powers to block Australian Research Council grants will be scrutinised by the federal government as part of Labor's efforts to "reset" relations with universities. Jason Clare announced an independent review into ARC governance during his first address as education ...

Nathan Boase always knew he would be a scientist, and he is currently researching new methods to protect people against viruses like Monkeypox and COVID-19. Boase and his team from QuT have been given the green light to develop a ...

As Australian universities prepare their submissions for the 2023 round of Excellence in Research Australia (ERA), the national research evaluation framework, it is a good moment to reflect and review this thing we call ‘research’. Indeed the ERA exercise, which ...

Minister's powers to block ARC funding grants will be scrutinised in a parliamentary inquiry addressing political interference in research.  On February 9 the Senate opened public submissions to consider removing ministers' veto powers from the Australian Research Council Act 2001. ...

The university sector expected to see cuts to research funding in the Government’s mid-year Budget update, but not at the level unveiled today. Education Minister Dan Tehan earmarked the cuts last month and Mid-Year Economic and Fiscal Outlook (MYEFO) documents ...

The Innovative Research Universities (IRU) group wants universities to have more say in how they spend their funding dollars. They say that universities only get to fully determine how a fifth of their endowment is spent. Raising the issue yesterday at the House of Representatives Inquiry ...

As Professor Deb Verhoeven spoke at Universities Australia's 2018 Higher Education Conference, some men shuffled out of the vast auditorium. Although she wasn't sure if it was because of her speech or the need for the bathroom or a snack, it was ...