Interim Universities Accord is an ‘epic fail’ for research


Joseph Brookes
Senior Reporter

The first steps in generational reforms to the nation’s higher education sector did not include action on research funding, despite R&D investment in Australia this year continuing a long-term slide to its lowest levels in decades, frustrating research groups on Wednesday.

Big changes to research, including funding, governance and sustainability will be considered for the final Universities Accord report, but it did not make the cut for an interim report …

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