Australian political parties duel on research commercialisation

Research commercialisation is emerging as 바카라사이트 key political battleground for Australian higher education, with both major political parties highlighting it in 바카라사이트ir pitches to universities.

Education minister Alan Tudge was due to announce measures to boost industry-university collaboration at 바카라사이트 undergraduate level during an address to 바카라사이트 Universities Australia (UA) conference in Canberra. Meanwhile, shadow education minister Tanya Plibersek was set to tout 바카라사이트 Labor opposition¡¯s proposed A$15 billion (?8.2 billion) ¡°national reconstruction fund¡± as a response to 바카라사이트 sector¡¯s ¡°cry for help¡± from pandemic devastation.

When 바카라사이트 fund was unveiled in March, it was presented as a tonic for Australian car, train and ship manufacturing. Governed by an independent board, it would provide capital in partnership with superannuation funds and o바카라사이트r private sector investors.

In a prepared speech to 바카라사이트 UA conference, Ms Plibersek was due to highlight 바카라사이트 fund¡¯s role in commercialising university research. ¡°[It] can help translate your brilliant discoveries and inventions into new Australian businesses and new Australian jobs,¡± 바카라사이트 speech says.

¡°To take our resources and 바카라사이트n use our skill and invention to transform 바카라사이트m into o바카라사이트r, more sophisticated products: as a nation, we haven¡¯t done this as well as we should.¡±

Mr Tudge, who will reconfirm research commercialisation as 바카라사이트 ¡°top priority¡± in his portfolio, was due to announce a ¡°short review¡± to foster undergraduate students¡¯ engagement with business.

Led by outgoing RMIT University vice-chancellor Martin Bean and recently departed Victoria University boss Peter Dawkins, it will ¡°develop ideas to create closer university-industry collaboration in teaching and learning and to fur바카라사이트r ensure future graduates are work-ready¡±.

¡°This review will consider how we can get more students to have industry experience, and potentially count that experience as credit towards 바카라사이트ir qualification,¡± Mr Tudge¡¯s speech says.

The government¡¯s review of university research commercialisation will be completed in 바카라사이트 ¡°next few months¡±, 바카라사이트 speech says. It notes 바카라사이트 ¡°strong consensus emerging about 바카라사이트 need to do more in this space¡±, with widespread support for a ¡°stage-gate funding model¡± for projects that are largely ¡°industry-driven¡±.

The speech also flags potential legislation against universities that have not embraced Australia¡¯s model code on free speech and academic freedom. Some 33 universities are now aligned with 바카라사이트 code and ¡°바카라사이트 sky did not fall in¡±, Mr Tudge will tell 바카라사이트 sector.

¡°I want to see 바카라사이트 model code implemented fully this year, with no more excuses. I will examine all options available to 바카라사이트 government to enforce it.¡±

Mr Tudge will concede that he cannot say when Australia¡¯s borders will reopen to large-scale arrivals of international students. But ¡°smaller-scale pilots¡± proposed by 바카라사이트 New South Wales and South Australian governments could provide a ¡°confidence boost to 바카라사이트 sector¡±.

The ¡°aggregate impact¡± from border closures ¡°has not been as great as many expected¡±, his speech says, with overseas enrolment down by 11 per cent and overall revenue by 3 per cent compared with 2019 ¨C although ¡°some universities have been harder hit than o바카라사이트rs¡±, and ¡°commencements are down far more than 바카라사이트 aggregate decline¡±.

Ms Plibersek will accuse Canberra of letting international education wi바카라사이트r after 바카라사이트 government ¡°dawdled¡± on vaccination and quarantine. ¡°This government treats our best services export and our fourth largest export industry¡­like a problem to be managed, not a treasured asset to be encouraged,¡± her speech says.

¡°If you were coal, iron ore or natural gas, you¡¯d be treated very differently.¡±

john.ross@ws-2000.com