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Date Time Go8 universities critical to facing intergenerational challenges The Group of Eight (Go8) acknowledges the important role Australia’s higher education sector must play in meeting the challenges outlined today by the Federal Treasurer in the 2021 Intergenerational Report. “Treasurer Josh Frydenberg has highlighted three central challenges facing future generations of Australians: our rapidly ageing population, the increasing pressure this will place on the Government’s Budget, and that Australia’s economic growth will continue to be dependent on productivity gains. “Univers...

Date Time Quality and impact of our university research must always be priority – Group of Eight A review into the way in which our university research is assessed by Government underscores the critical importance of both excellence and impact of our national research effort. The final report of the review of Australia’s primary university research assessment exercises Excellence in Research for Australia (ERA) and Engagement and Impact (EI) has now been released. “Representing Australia’s leading research-intensive universities which undertake almost 70 percent of Australian univer...

Date Time Go8 has one handed tied behind its back in supporting a constructive Budget The Group of Eight (Go8) which represents Australia’s leading research-intensive universities and undertakes almost 70% of Australian university research activity applauds the Government’s commitment to a budget which will secure Australia’s economic recovery as we emerge from the catastrophic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic – but this won’t happen without support for Australian universities. Universities are critical to virtually all that the Government has announced in the Budget. Whether it be t...