Tag: research

Cross-Tasman open access push to unlock research

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
Australian and New Zealand universities are teaming up to strike better open access deals with research publishers, in one of the first tests of how an alliance model could...

Govt R&D spend to slide after post-pandemic bump

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
Government R&D spending as a share of GDP is set to continue its slide after a brief bump over the last two years, with new data forecasting expenditure will...

The quantum leap we can’t afford to miss is sitting in our unis

Posted on   |  by Professor Bronwyn Fox AO
Quantum technology is a once-in-a-century scientific leap, comparable to the advent of the Internet. Right now, Australia is delivering disproportionate impact: our universities are home to some of the...

Google commits US$1bn for AI training at US universities

Posted on   |  by Kenrick Cai
Alphabet’s Google on Wednesday announced a three-year, $1 billion commitment to provide artificial intelligence training and tools to U.S. higher education institutions and nonprofits. More than 100 universities have...

News Wrap: The Horizon Europe giant looms into view

Posted on   |  by James Riley
The Australian Academy of Science’s Shine Dome in Canberra was the venue for a detailed and surprisingly upbeat briefing on the Horizon Europe research funding program this week. It...

No quick fix for our broken system of research funding

Posted on   |  by James Riley
It is worth digging a little deeper into the important contribution that Nobel laureate Brian Schmidt and UNSW Scientia Professor of Economics Richard Holden made in their National Press...

Higher education sector shifts toward data standards

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
A higher education sector effort to align data standards across institutions and global borders will take a step forward on Thursday with the addition of Australia’s largest enterprise software...