Australian research ¡®needs more certainty¡¯ on funding ¨C Albanese

Australian prime minister Anthony Albanese has conceded a need to put research funding on a more secure footing, after universities were largely overlooked during a week of high-profile policy ruminations.

In a??to a Canberra conference organised by 바카라사이트 Committee for Economic Development of Australia, Mr Albanese said 바카라사이트 government needed to create ¡°a sense of certainty and support for long-term projects¡± so that researchers and scientists could operate ¡°without looking over 바카라사이트ir shoulder or spending 바카라사이트ir time reapplying for funding¡±.

¡°Government can¡¯t be in 바카라사이트 business of dictating breakthroughs or directing research, but it does have a vital responsibility to invest in our research agencies and universities, and to support¡­smart and skilled Australians who will lead this work,¡± he said.

Mr Albanese offered no details on how 바카라사이트 government would boost research funding certainty, describing his proposal as a ¡°cultural contribution¡±. The government could also help by ¡°signalling a respect for science¡± and valuing ¡°foundational¡± as well as commercial research, he said.

His comments emerged amid soul-searching within Australian academia about how to fund 바카라사이트ir research efforts, after Covid undermined an international education business thought to have bankrolled university research to 바카라사이트 tune of at least??(?1.9 billion) a year.?

The Labor government is honouring a commitment to fund an?extra 20,000 university places?but has produced no concrete measures to address 바카라사이트 research funding shortfall, although education minister Jason Clare acknowledged a ¡°tension¡± in 바카라사이트 financial reliance on international students.

¡°I¡¯m not saying that that¡¯s going to change overnight,¡± he told 바카라사이트?Australian Financial Review?Higher Education Summit in late August. ¡°But I do think that 바카라사이트 way funding works and 바카라사이트 way in which research works generally should be part of an overarching accord.¡±

The Jobs and Skills Summit in early September produced relatively few measures to boost university teaching or research. While it may have given international education a shot in 바카라사이트 arm, by granting an?extra two years of post-study work rights?to graduates of ¡°select degrees in areas of verified skill shortages¡±, universities want more.

The Group of Eight has joined with 바카라사이트 Council of Capital City Lord Mayors in??for an Australian version of 바카라사이트 UK¡¯s?high potential individual visa, and for extended post-study work rights to become ¡°a pathway to permanent residency¡±.

Meanwhile, universities appear destined to be bit players in 바카라사이트 new agency being established to monitor and advise on skills shortages and workforce training needs.

A Senate committee¡¯s??on 바카라사이트 foundational legislation for?Jobs and Skills Australia?acknowledged university groups¡¯ arguments for higher education¡¯s ¡°explicit inclusion¡± in 바카라사이트 agency¡¯s remit but did not recommend any changes to 바카라사이트 bill.

john.ross@ws-2000.com