Tag: Department of Education

Govt urged to take the lead on micro-credentials

Posted on   |  by Brandon How
Government support for industry-developed micro-credentials can reverse a decline in productivity growth and should be prioritised by government, according to one of the Parliament’s emerging leaders on technology and...

SA snubs local option in $20m school laptop deal

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
Thousands of laptops will be supplied to South Australian public schools under a new $20 million deal with HP Inc, despite the state government hyping a trial of locally...

Complaint stalls govt’s Economic Accelerator tender

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
A government tender for support running its flagship $1.6 billion research commercialisation initiative has stalled for more than two months after a complaint was made over the process. The...

Gig Guide: New committee to drive Uni Accord response

Posted on   |  by Brandon How
Education department secretary Tony Cook will chair a new committee set up to support the implementation of reforms recommended from the Universities Accord. Announced alongside the federal Budget on...

Next batch of economic accelerators revealed

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
Another $5.5 million has been awarded to 24 university research projects in the pilot phase of Australia’s $1.6 billion research commercialisation scheme. Most of the work relates to value-adding...

Govt asks industry group for commercialisation metrics

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
The Education department has turned to the peak university research translation industry group to measure commercialisation outcomes, funding its annual commercialisation survey and encouraging more universities to engage with...

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...

Education embarks on $4m cyber probe

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
The Department of Education, Skills and Employment has handed more than $4 million worth of contracts to local firms to probe its cyber defences this year, as part of...