The Australian Research Council and Education department have backed the ministerial intervention powers that overturn their peer-reviewed grant recommendations, claiming the latest backlash stems from a “communication” problem. On...
The University Research Commercialisation Action Plan has been developed by the Department of Education, Skills and Employment. However, in a case of ‘if all you have is a hammer,...
Labor has promised not to block any funding for research projects recommended to it by the Australian Research Council following backlash to several Coalition ministers vetoing funding fo humanities...
A parliamentary inquiry will examine the power of ministers to veto research funding after the Greens successfully referred their bill seeking to the remove the power to the Senate...
CSIRO’s chief operating officer Judi Zielke has been appointed acting chief executive of the Australian Research Council (ARC) in a move away from the academic experience of previous leaders...
The experts who recommended funding for research projects that were later blocked by the acting Education minister late last year have condemned the intervention, warning it “undermines” the independent...
As custodians of our taxes, the Commonwealth government should be aiming to get the best return for the nation from expenditure on our public Universities. While the most recent...
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 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...
The Auditor General has been asked to investigate an unprecedented delay in the announcement of research grant recipients by the federal government, as thousands of researchers prepare for a...