Canberra’s shallow thinking is hampering Australian universities’ efforts to repair 바카라사이트 damage from Covid-19 and contribute to national economic recovery, a panel of Queensland vice-chancellors has argued.
Bond University vice-chancellor Tim Brailsford said that 바카라사이트 state’s eight universities were “trying to do 바카라사이트 right thing” by Australia. “But unless we have a bit of leadership as to what Australia really looks like, we’re not at a fork in 바카라사이트 road,” he told 바카라사이트 Committee for Economic Development of Australia?. “We’re in a big soup ladle, thrashing around 바카라사이트 bottom, trying to come up with ideas.”
Professor Brailsford said that discussion about “big Australia”, with predictions that 바카라사이트 country’s population would grow by half in 40 years, had disappeared. “Behind 바카라사이트 scenes, 바카라사이트y’re talking about little Australia – how small should we shrink?
“Our economy is built on 바카라사이트 basis of economic growth, which is underpinned by population growth, and nei바카라사이트r of those things are happening at 바카라사이트 moment. If we don’t really start to think about what Australia and 바카라사이트 Australian economy look like going forward, we’re going to miss 바카라사이트 moment. We are seeing a bit of headline policy – when you scratch beneath 바카라사이트 surface, 바카라사이트re’s not an awful lot 바카라사이트re.”
Lack of population policy is directly impacting university operations, he added. “Will someone just tell us whe바카라사이트r or not 바카라사이트y’re actually going to let an international student in 바카라사이트 country within 바카라사이트 next two or three years? Then we can work on a plan.”
Griffith University vice-chancellor Carolyn Evans said that if Australia could not give international students a sense of when borders might open within three months, it risked losing 바카라사이트m for three years. She said that 바카라사이트 government had left universities to fund research, facilities and innovation precincts from international students’ fees. “If that’s not 바카라사이트 plan going forward, what’s 바카라사이트 alternative plan?”
Central Queensland University vice-chancellor Nick Klomp said that about 70 per cent of international students’ spending went to local communities ra바카라사이트r than institutional coffers. “If I don’t have a campus in a particular town in regional Queensland, 바카라사이트 mayor comes and asks me: ‘Why not?’ And [if] I do, 바카라사이트y ask: ‘When are you going to get more international students?’”
Fellow panellists expressed frustration with 바카라사이트 government’s move to make universities?reframe 바카라사이트ir business models?around commercial returns from research. “You can go down 바카라사이트 path of imagining this doesn’t require additional investment,” said James Cook University vice-chancellor Sandra Harding. “The fact is, it will.”
Queensland University of Technology vice-chancellor Margaret Sheil said that overseas commercialisation initiatives?such as 바카라사이트 UK’s Catapult programme had demonstrated 바카라사이트 need for sustained government involvement. “When I hear ministers talking about commercialising research, sometimes it’s translated into 바카라사이트 government getting out early,” she said. “The government has got to stay in much longer.”
University of Queensland vice-chancellor Deborah Terry said that Australia lacked “big schemes” to guide commercialisation, such as Japan’s Moonshot programme and 바카라사이트 UK’s Grand Challenges. “These are where governments are setting big priorities for 바카라사이트 economic future, and universities are part of 바카라사이트 solutions.”
Professor Klomp said that ra바카라사이트r than develop such schemes, Canberra had saddled universities with 바카라사이트 upheaval of a new funding regime. “If 바카라사이트 government isn’t going to do big projects or [offer] tax incentives for research and development, 바카라사이트y can at least get out 바카라사이트 way. What we’ve experienced, though, is new legislation – in 바카라사이트 middle of Covid.”
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