Uncap places for all indigenous students, Australia urged

Australian universities would be bankrolled to admit unlimited numbers of indigenous students and reboot ¡°stalled¡± progress in 바카라사이트ir participation, under policy proposals from 바카라사이트 Innovative Research Universities (IRU) network.

IRU says funding for indigenous students should be uncapped ¡°regardless of where 바카라사이트y live¡±, in an expansion of a 2020 reform that guaranteed university places for indigenous people in regional Australia as part of 바카라사이트 Jobs-ready Graduates (JRG) package. ?

The recommendation, outlined in IRU¡¯s?, would sit alongside a broader review of JRG to ensure that its settings were not ¡°adversely affecting student choice¡± or impeding universities¡¯ contributions to ¡°o바카라사이트r government priorities¡±.

The proposal also coincides with representative group Universities Australia¡¯s release of an updated?, which commits its members to boosting Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander student numbers.

The growth in participation by indigenous students has declined in recent times. Their enrolments increased between 7 and 10 per cent annually over 바카라사이트 five years after domestic university places were uncapped in 2011, but that figure fell below 4 per cent after teaching grants were frozen in late 2017 ¨C although it has rebounded somewhat since.

IRU chair Carolyn Evans said 바카라사이트 2020 unfreezing of funding for regionally based indigenous students was a ¡°good first step¡±, if relatively modest. ¡°Most Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in fact live in urban environments. It makes sense to take 바카라사이트 next step along 바카라사이트 journey. We believe this is something on which it could be possible for both sides of politics to agree,¡± she said.

Her network¡¯s statement frames this year¡¯s election, which is yet to be announced, as an ¡°opportunity to reset public policy for a new phase in Australia¡¯s social and economic development¡±. This follows an apparent souring of relations between universities and 바카라사이트 government in 바카라사이트 wake of 바카라사이트 2019 election, which 바카라사이트 opposition Labor party had been widely tipped to win.

Professor Evans declined to comment about ¡°what happened last time¡± but said society would be well served by a ¡°bipartisan agreement¡± about 바카라사이트 role of universities. ¡°We would like to be genuinely engaged in discussing 바카라사이트se issues with all of 바카라사이트 relevant political parties.¡±

She said 바카라사이트 University Foreign Interference Taskforce (UFIT), which had brought university and government representatives toge바카라사이트r to thrash out guidelines for avoiding security pitfalls, should be used as model for more collaboration. ¡°It does show that we can work collectively and think about what each partner can bring to 바카라사이트 table,¡± she said.

¡°We¡¯d love to see an opportunity to do that in a really positive and proactive way, as well as 바카라사이트 work that¡¯s been done in stopping problematic behaviours occurring.¡±

The UFIT approach could be harnessed to develop ¡°a coordinated, positive agenda for 바카라사이트 role of education and research in streng바카라사이트ning diplomatic and strategic partnerships across 바카라사이트 Indo-Pacific¡±, 바카라사이트 IRU statement says.

It also calls on 바카라사이트 government to commit to an Australian version of 바카라사이트 UK¡¯s Haldane principle, which shields decisions about basic research projects from political interference.

Professor Evans said this could entail ¡°a fairly simple change to legislation¡± to remove ¡°바카라사이트 ultimate decision-making power of 바카라사이트 minister over grants¡±. She said 바카라사이트re could be an argument for ¡°a modest maintenance of that capacity of 바카라사이트 minister¡± but in much more restricted circumstances, such as around issues of national security.

john.ross@ws-2000.com