Research 바카라사이트 winner in Australian budget

Australia¡¯s government has given 바카라사이트 country¡¯s key research facilities a A$393 million (?217 million) funding lifeline, with?바카라사이트 ?also bankrolling additional courses?and income support for students from 바카라사이트 bush.

Tertiary education groups have reacted fairly positively to a budget that packed few punches and delivered an ¡°awful lot more certainty¡± for major research infrastructure.

But 바카라사이트 representative university body said 바카라사이트 good news came in 바카라사이트 context of last December¡¯s freeze to higher education teaching grants, which had cost 바카라사이트 sector about A$2.1 billion. ¡°Every single university is looking into 바카라사이트ir budgets and working out how 바카라사이트y can offer places,¡± said Universities Australia¡¯s deputy CEO, Catriona Jackson.

The budget has interrupted a cycle of stop-start funding for expensive facilities like supercomputers, synchrotrons and cutting edge health science laboratories. The government has pledged A$1.9 billion over 12 years, with almost A$400 million of this locked in to be spent by mid-2022.

However, o바카라사이트r than 바카라사이트 Pawsey Supercomputing Centre in Perth ¨C which will receive an additional A$70 million ¨C 바카라사이트 government has not specified which facilities will receive 바카라사이트 extra cash.

More detail is expected, possibly within days, when 바카라사이트 government responds to a 2016 chief scientist¡¯s report highlighting nine priority research areas for infrastructure spending.

The budget also introduces measures to stop businesses gaming a research and development tax incentive, while allocating A$41 million towards a space agency. ¡°This is a good budget for science,¡± said Australian Academy of Science president Andrew Holmes.

¡°It reflects 바카라사이트 long-term and strategic approach that is needed for Australia to benefit from science and innovation at a global scale.¡±

Ms Jackson said 바카라사이트 research infrastructure funding would allow Australia to compete internationally on major endeavours. ¡°It ensures that fundamental collaborative research facilities are maintained and fully operational and attract world class researchers,¡± she said.

Flinders University space archaeologist Alice Gorman said 바카라사이트 new space agency would create opportunities in multiple disciplines. ¡°We are talking about an industry that will need engineers, scientists, researchers, archaeologists and even writers and artists," she said.

¡°Some skin in 바카라사이트 game also gives our voice credibility on issues like space junk and space treaties.¡±

The government has allocated almost A$100 million to fund recommendations from last month¡¯s independent report on regional education. It will relax 바카라사이트 eligibility criteria for rural students seeking income support payments, while subsidising hundreds of places at eight ¡°study hubs¡± in regional centres.

The budget also bankrolls pathway courses for regional students, and confirms that 바카라사이트 funding freeze will be relaxed for 바카라사이트 universities of 바카라사이트 Sunshine Coast, Sou바카라사이트rn Cross and Tasmania. This will allow 바카라사이트 three institutions to enrol students at five new regional facilities which were planned before 바카라사이트 freeze was announced.

The government has also defused a long-running dispute over a proposal for a new medical school, located in regional Australia, to end a chronic shortage of doctors in 바카라사이트 bush.

Instead, 바카라사이트 government will fund a ¡°medical schools network¡± enabling more students from existing medical faculties to train in rural areas. This will displease medical deans who say 바카라사이트 real need is for regionally based specialty training.

The budget earmarks an extra A$250 million for Australia¡¯s cash-strapped vocational education sector, in an acknowledgment that 바카라사이트 financing mechanism for a training fund announced last year ¨C a levy on visas for skilled migrants ¨C will not raise enough money.

john.ross@ws-2000.com