News • June 2024
Conference tickets on sale
Connected Futures: What Next for Higher Education, Research and Leadership Building on the success of last year’s Conference, this year we will explore the theme of connecting – connecting with other disciplines, connecting with community, connecting with industry, and connecting with each other. Join with colleagues from across Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand in Adelaide as we explore… Continue Reading»
Noticeboard • June 2024
The Noticeboard | June update
Welcome to the June edition of the Noticeboard, a monthly update with news and opportunities from around the sector. If you have anything you’d like to share with members please contact our Policy and Communications Officer Rebekah Harms. News from dassh Special Interest Groups on AI and future of the Honours program established We are excited… Continue Reading»
News • June 2024
Jobs and Skills Australia Information and Feedback Session
DASSH will be hosting an information and feedback session with Jobs and Skills Australia’s (JSA) Director of Tertiary Skills and Pathways, Abbey Hall and Assistant Director Krisztian Baranyai for all members on 18 July at 12-1pm. This is a closed session for DASSH members only. JSA is a government body that aims to help Australia… Continue Reading»
News • May 2024
In the news: National Competitive Grants Program
Future Campus has reported on our recent submission to the National Competitive Grants Program policy review this week. Our Members have called for an expansion of the NCGP beyond a narrow focus on commercialisation to take into account broader research impacts, including around policy reform, public engagement and community enrichment, which are often the domain of research… Continue Reading»
News • May 2024
In the news: Job-ready Graduates
DASSH President Nick Bisley has been interviewed in a recent article for the Australian Financial Review. Nick said the Job-ready Graduates scheme has not succeeded in turning students away from studying arts degrees but the scheme remains flawed. There hasn’t been a drop-off in the number of students doing arts and humanities, but we are… Continue Reading»
Statements • May 2024
2024-25 Budget
The government delivered its budget on 14 May. While DASSH welcomes the government’s announcement that it will be implementing a needs-based funding scheme to come into effect from January 2026, the government has missed an opportunity to reform the Job-ready Graduates scheme which has unfairly targeted students in the humanities, arts and social sciences. The… Continue Reading»
Submissions • May 2024
National Competitive Grants Program
In April 2024, the Australian Research Council and the Department of Education called for feedback on a policy review of the National Competitive Grants Program. DASSH welcomes the opportunity to give feedback to this review. Our Members call for more research funding, including across pure and applied research, and between grants with shorter and longer… Continue Reading»
Noticeboard • May 2024
The Noticeboard | May update
Welcome to the May edition of the Noticeboard, a monthly update with news and opportunities from around the sector. If you have anything you’d like to share with members please contact our Policy and Communications Officer Rebekah Harms. News from dassh Info and feedback session with Jobs and Skills Australia 11am – 12pm (AEST)Online DASSH will… Continue Reading»
Noticeboard • April 2024
The Noticeboard | April update
Welcome to the April edition of the Noticeboard, a monthly update with news and opportunities from around the sector. If you have anything you’d like to share with members please contact our Policy and Communications Officer Rebekah Harms. The DASSH Lounge Join the DASSH Lounge, our exclusive LinkedIn group for DASSH Members where we share the latest… Continue Reading»
Statements • March 2024
Statement | End to ministerial vetoes at ARC
The Australian Senate has today passed a Bill amending the Australian Research Council Act – removing the minister’s ability to veto research projects except in cases of national security. This comes after 32 ministerial vetoes of mostly humanities projects over a number of years. The Australasian Council of Deans of Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities… Continue Reading»
News • March 2024
Opinion: Ministerial research vetoes
DASSH President Nick Bisley has written an opinion piece published in Research Professional News calling on Senators to support the Australian Research Council legislative amendments currently before the Senate. The changes are based on recommendations from the ARC Review Panel last year and would bring Australia in line with global standards. The Senate Education and Employment Legislation… Continue Reading»
Noticeboard • March 2024
The Noticeboard | March update
Welcome to the March edition of the Noticeboard, a monthly update with news and opportunities from around the sector. If you have anything you’d like to share with members please contact our Policy and Communications Officer Rebekah Harms. The DASSH Lounge Join the DASSH Lounge, our exclusive LinkedIn group for DASSH Members where we share the latest… Continue Reading»