Mike Brooks is rolling out a new stage of his five-year research plan for the University of Adelaide ( CMM, June 8). The great and the good from the Innovative Research Universities group will meet at Murdoch U on Tuesday to consider achievements and establish objectives, exemplified by the conference theme, “ creating globally relevant graduates.” “It is an opportunity to explore questions about and challenges to the value of university education, the nature of future graduates and the skills they need in a changed working environment.” This is seriously sensible, having made a compelling case for expanding access to university IRU members need to do everything they can to ensure that the implicit promise of good jobs for graduates is met. It specifically calls for “more streamlined governance arrangements” for the National Computational Infrastructure and the Pawsey Supercomputing Centre. The submission also discretely suggests more direction on governance for the boards of infrastructure agencies to ensure which users pay how much for what purposes is understood. The $3.7bn is the remains of the Education Investment Fund, which was abolished in the 2014 budget, which on the Eight’s assumption can create a bunch more money for high tech capacity. While the Eight accept “successive periods of fiscal restraint” make it essential to carefully consider infrastructure investment the submission points out industry has committed $1.06 for every public dollar allocated to the National Collaborative Research Infrastructure Strategy. The recommendations are in the Eight’s submission to the research infrastructure capability paper.
And it wants an independent advisory body to oversight outlays on big kit. The Group of Eight want $3.7bn, originally intended for education and now parked in the Future Fund, allocated to research infrastructure.
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“Challenging for some staff,” has an ominous sound to it.Įspecially for people in service areas where there is, “ inconsistency of service experience, duplication of roles and functions, job levels that don’t align, and unclear career paths for professional staff.” Professor Jacobs says to deal with these problems there will be “more shared services, refinement of existing models in a number of functional areas, more efficient processes and better-aligned career paths.” Probably including some that lead away from the university.
… Your divisional head, dean or head of school will meet with you to explain and discuss what is planned in your area,” he said. “Change on this scale, while providing exciting opportunities, will also be challenging for some staff. Yesterday Professor Jacobs told UNSW that the change timetable will be available “in the next few days.”
VC Jacobs told staff that 25 per cent of the cost will come from “ reprioritising existing resources,” and “ greater efficiencies” back in February ( CMM February 5) which sounded then like jobs and programmes to go ( CMM March 7). Mr Andrews also joined Swinburne U’s DVCR Aleksandar Subic at the announcement of a joint research centre in advanced manufacturing with Shandong University.Īn intriguing aspect of Ian Jacobs t en-year plan for UNSW is where the money will come. La Trobe also appears to have been involved at some stage. Yesterday he announced plans for a translational research centre involving Walter and Eliza Hall, Cancer Trials Australia, the University of Melbourne and “prestigious” Nanjing University. Victorian premier Daniel Andrews is making the most of a visit to China.
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Plus $3.7bn for research infrastructure found down the back of Canberra’s couch Uni Adelaide invests in research fellows and Heads Up: the week’s winners at work Energetic Andrews
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