An effective innovation system requires productive interactions between all its parts. Within Australia there is a view that business-university interactions are suboptimal. Government has set a target for doubling the interactions between business and publicly funded researchers by 2020; and the Group of Eight has a strategic priority to build closer links between its member...

This background paper looks at a wide variety of methods of measuring the impact of research. Each method has its own characteristics and advantages. No one method is complete in itself and does not offer unambiguous or certain results. Measuring the impact of research is necessary and can be useful but it is important to...

This submission to the federal government's Higher Education Review recommends a complete overhaul of the structure and financing model of tertiary education in Australia in order to increase participation in post secondary education and deepen the skills base of those already in the workforce. The submission argues that if Australia aspires to perform among the...

Australia has a proud reputation in many areas of education, research and training. Languages Other Than English (LOTE), is no longer one of them and urgent action is required if Australia is to avoid the serious educational, national security and economic consequences of becoming monolingual. Decades of policy neglect and inaction mean Australian school students...

The Group of Eight is heartened by the renewed, bipartisan interest in higher education. This convergence of views on fundamental tenets of policy is a rare historical opportunity, after 35 years of disagreement, to achieve a coherent policy outcome for Australia. This paper seeks to test the possibilities of this opportunity. This paper sets out...