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Barry Pogson: Blocking research has consequences

Blocking humanities projects damages other research disciplines and is “inconsistent” with the federal government’s demand for academic freedom in Australian universities, according to one of the country’s most eminent...

University of Sydney demands end to govt’s research interference

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
University of Sydney vice-chancellor Mark Scott is “dismayed” at the acting education minister’s decision to block two of the institution’s research projects from receiving funding, despite the proposals being...

ARC chief is out after ‘new direction’ for uni research funding

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
The Coalition is overhauling university research funding and governance to align it with its manufacturing priorities and commercialisation agenda, in a “new direction” the government says will drive Australia’s...

Govt to standardise university commercialisation contracts

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
The federal government intends to standardise intellectual property rights contracts between universities and businesses under a mandatory scheme for all federally funded research projects that engage in commercialisation. The...

Australian Research Council is ‘hunting spies’

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
Ministerial vetoes of research grants and a “dossier” of applicants’ potential foreign influence are putting Australian academics’ reputations at risk and threatening the integrity of the national research funding...

ARC training a boost for space

Posted on   |  by Aimee Chanthadavong
Liberal senator Arthur Sinodinos has pledged to keep a keen eye on science and innovation, even as he is set to become Australia’s next Ambassador to the United States....