COVID-19 has changed the course of history. What started off as a flu-like illness in one person in one corner of the world, has changed the lives, livelihoods and futures of billions. Rather than recommend a single dominant option for pandemic response in Australia, this strategy presents and explains two options for the nation’s consideration...

This analysis focused on the 2016 academic year, and estimated the impact associated with the universities’ world-class research, the direct, indirect and induced impacts of the institutions’ expenditures, educational exports and the impact of teaching and learning activities.

The Russell Group has joined with other global universities in support of research and education in the humanities and social sciences. At a meeting held at Leiden University, the eight groups representing the world’s foremost research universities have committed themselves to: • making the case for strong funding and support of humanities and social sciences...

This short paper examines the impact of demand driven funding on university enrolments, by low socio-economic standard and regional/remote students, two years into full implementation. Key messages Demand-driven funding was implemented in conjunction with a national target to have 20% of undergraduate higher education enrolments from low SES students by 2020. While the share of...

Anyone observing the world in which they live can see how the outputs of research improve our life, work and environment. Some people believe that if governments invest specifically in research designed to produce immediately useful outcomes, it could ensure an even higher return on government investment.