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Group of 8 Australia, August Newsletter Table of contents • Imagining an Australia built on the brilliance of our people 2 • Go8 names new Executive Director effective January 2015 3 • Learning let loose: reforming our universities 5 • New Go8 publications 7 • New Go8 Indicators 9 • Go8 sponsors Australia Day at the 64th Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting 12 • Go8 conducts pre-departure briefing for Brazilian SWB Students 14 • Go8 Submission 16 • New Organisation Structure at the Department of Industry 17 • Executive Files 18 • Research with Impact 21 • Calendar of Events 23 Go8 Newsletter August 2014 PDF Version Imagining an Australia built on the brilliance of our people The Chair of the Entitled “Imagining The text of the speech is same way and the same Group of Eight an Australia built on as follows: things no matter where the brilliance of our they study? (Go8), and Vice- Higher education and people”, Professor Chancellor and research in Australia is Are we content with Young’s speech President of The at a cross-road. It is time having a good university challenges the nation, for us to make choices system? Or do we want Australian National and Government in about what we want one that stands out University, Professor particular, to make the for our country and amongst the best in the Ian Young AO, hard decisions that what we want for future world? delivered an will ensure Australia’s generations. Time to Address to the universities will stand out The decisions we make make choices about the as amongst the best in now will fundamentally National Press Club future of our universities. of Australia on 30 the world. shape Australia’s future. Do we view universities July 2014. Professor Young argues Imagine, for a moment, as critical to underpinning for differentiation and what the future can be – a highly skilled, clever deregulation, and for students, for research and innovative Australia? outlines why both are and for our nation. necessary if Australia Or do we see universities To read, download or wants a report card that as a finishing school for print the entire speech, gives a grade better than our young? An extension please visit: https://go8. “B minus”. of high school where we edu.au/article-type/ teach young people the leaders-statements August 2014 Newsletter PDF Version page 2 Vicki Thomson The Group of Eight names new Executive Director The Group of Eight Ms Thomson, who on all fronts between at present. I am very (Go8) welcomes the will succeed Mr Mike Australia’s leading much looking forward appointment of Ms Gallagher, comes to the universities and build to assisting the Go8 Vicki Thomson as its role after more than on current international navigate its way through Executive Director, a decade leading the partnerships, including them. Far from resting on Australian Technology those in Latin America their laurels as leading effective January Network (ATN) of and in China with the C9 Australian universities, 2015, following a Universities. Ms Thomson group of universities. the Go8 seeks to competitive global is also a member of the maintain and build on its Ms Thomson is pleased search. Australia China Council international reputation to be able to take the Board and the New for higher education and helm at the Group of Colombo Plan Reference research,” Ms Thomson Eight at a time of change Group. said. and opportunity for the The Go8 Chair and ANU Australian university “In addition to the great Vice Chancellor, Professor sector. social and research Ian Young AO, believes contributions made “The sector is facing that the appointment of by Go8 universities, some very complex Ms Thomson will further their capacity to meet political and policy issues strengthen collaboration the productivity and August 2014 Newsletter PDF Version page 3 Mike Gallagher innovation challenges Professor Young Professor Young. from Australian industry indicated that: “Ms Professor Young added: is vast and unparalleled,” Thomson comes to the “Over seven years in the said Ms Thomson. role with an outstanding Executive Director’s job, record of achievement in Ms Thomson added Mike has been a leading Higher Education, public that: “The profile of spokesman for the sector. service and advocacy. the Go8 for delivering He has contributed to The Go8 welcomes her research excellence is many policy debates, appointment and looks well recognised. This ensuring that they forward to her taking up stands as a solid platform have been informed this important role.” on which to further by policy principle and demonstrate the full “I would also like to that reforms have been firepower of the Go8 take this opportunity to subject to evaluation and across teaching and the thank Mr Mike Gallagher analysis. His efforts have full spectrum of research for his outstanding strengthened the Go8’s to our stakeholders in service to the Go8 links in Australia and government, industry and and the leadership overseas, especially in the community.” role he has played in China. ” Higher Education,” said August 2014 Newsletter PDF Version page 4 Learning let loose: reforming our universities Professor Warren In his speech entitled, The text of his speech is that regional universities Bebbington, “Learning let loose: as follows: would struggle to attract reforming our students or be financially Vice-Chancellor In the vast Minnesota universities,” Professor viable in a deregulated and President of cornfields of the Bebbington spoke environment, and even The University of American Upper Midwest extensively about “the metropolitan universities sits the little township of Adelaide, gave spectacular range depend on their local Northfield. Northfield’s an Address to the of choice in higher catchment area for most tiny population are Sydney Institute on education in the students. But this year traditionally wheat, 8 July 2014. USA” and how this is Carleton’s applicants corn or dairy farmers; remarkably absent in were five times the but their number is the Australian public number of places it had greatly swollen each university landscape, available, and they came year by those who come which is marked more by from every American from one of the two sameness and uniformity. state and 37 countries undergraduate colleges abroad. This despite According to Professor nearby. “Cows, Colleges the fact that, just 60 km Bebbington, the country and Contentment” is the away in Minneapolis - St. stands to gain many town’s motto. The more Paul sits the University benefits if the same prominent of the colleges of Minnesota, one of the range of choice is made is on the northern Top 100 universities in available to Australian edge of town, Carleton the world, whose fees are students. There is no College. lower than Carleton’s. reason, he said, we can’t In Australia, we worry learn from America. Unquestionably, Carleton August 2014 Newsletter PDF Version page 5 offers undergraduate a year, and a co-curricular produced 18 Rhodes education of a quality program involving Scholars, and its success Australians can only 90% of students, from with National Science dream of. In Australian community service Foundation Fellowships universities, dropout projects to off-campus is second in the nation. rates of 15% or more are study programs ranging Unlike in Australia, common, but Carleton’s across more than 60 Carleton does not find a retention rate is 97%, countries: in Australia rural setting a weakness: and 91% of its students we would be pleased if it wears it as a badge finish their degree in such programs reached of honour, building the minimum time. 10%. There is a rich traditions around it. Small In Australia’s public extracurricular life, with wonder that among the universities, staff-student over 190 social and 1,800 four-year colleges ratios have declined to sporting clubs—this for in the US, Carleton is around 1:21, and first- a student population of ranked in the top ten, at year lectures of 500, 800, just 2,000, a menu of No. 7. or 1,000 students are not extracurricular activities To read, download or uncommon. At Carleton that would shame an print the entire speech, the staff-student ratio Australian university of please visit: http:// is 1:9, and 65% of its 40,000. blogs.adelaide.edu. classes have fewer than And what of Carleton’s au/vco/2014/07/08/ 20 students. Indeed, graduate outcomes? speech-learning-let- large lecture courses 80% of its students are loose-reforming-our- are unknown: no class is successfully admitted universities/ larger than 49. to graduate schools There are three semesters elsewhere, it has August 2014 Newsletter PDF Version page 6 New Go8 publications The Group of Eight Courses and to their needs. Key to contribution made by the (Go8) is releasing Quality Assurance the success of this reform higher education sector four new papers in in Australian Higher will be strong quality as well as the sources assurance and regulatory August. Below is an Education of research income for outline of their titles mechanisms to ensure Australian universities. In The proposed changes that all Higher Education 2011-12 about $31.6 billion and what they are to higher education, Providers (HEPs) and the was spent on research in about. announced in the 2014 courses that they offer Australia by Government federal budget, will meet minimum standards research organisations, herald the onset of of quality. This paper gives universities, business significant structural an overview of the quality and private non-profit reform if implemented assurance processes used organisations of which as planned. Expansion of by Australian universities as 28% was performed in the commonwealth subsidies part of this process, with a higher education sector. to all registered higher particular focus on course Australian universities education providers with development and delivery.
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