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»
Statements • February 2024
Want a good job, good pay and a happy boss? Do an Arts degree.
2023 QILT Longitudinal Graduate Outcomes Survey results released Humanities, arts and social sciences students continue to have outstanding outcomes post-graduation according to the latest Graduate Outcomes Survey. The 2023 longitudinal together with other Quality Indicators for Learning and Teaching (QILT) surveys shows employers are highly satisfied, that students have had positive experiences at university followed… Continue Reading»
Statements • February 2024
Statement | Universities Accord
The Australasian Council of Deans of Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities acknowledges the work of the Universities Accord Panel culminating in the Final Report released on 25 February 2024. DASSH members were highly engaged throughout last year and contributed strongly to the consultation process. There were several key recommendations made by DASSH that have been… Continue Reading»
Statements • February 2024
Student preferences not fees should drive funding
The issue of university fees and funding has heated up with a number of university bodies calling for big changes in pre-budget submissions. The Universities Accord panel wrote in its interim report that JRG needs to be ‘redesigned before it causes long term damage’, damage that was most obvious in the skyrocketing of fees paid… Continue Reading»
Statements • November 2023
Australian Research Council Amendment (Review Response) Bill 2023
The Australasian Council of Deans of Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities welcomes the Australian Research Council Amendment (Review Response) Bill 2023 tabled in parliament this week. This follows Minister for Education Jason Clare’s agreement, or in principle agreement, to implement all 10 recommendations made as part of the Australian Research Council Review conducted this year.… Continue Reading»
Statements • September 2023
The Voice to Parliament Referendum
In May 2017 more than 250 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander delegates from all over Australia signed the Uluru Statement from the Heart. Born from 12 Indigenous-led regional dialogues, its call for Voice, Treaty, and Truth is the result of the most proportionally significant consultation process of First Nations peoples Australia has ever seen. It… Continue Reading»
Statements • May 2020
Statement from DASSH on the COVID-19 pandemic
Australia and New Zealand have so far avoided the worst of the COVID19 pandemic, and our governments should be lauded for the measures they have taken to limit the spread of the virus and support those who have faced loss of income. As we turn cautiously to think about recovery, it will be important to… Continue Reading»
Statements • March 2020
Concerns regarding the ARC’s timeline for the SRI for Australian Society, History and Culture
Our members have expressed concerns in relation to the deadline for the Special Research Initiative for Australian Society, History and Culture.
Statements • February 2020
Higher Education Support Act (2003) Amendments
Comments on the Proposed Legislative Amendments to the Higher Education Support Act (2003). DASSH recommends that reference to Freedom of Speech is removed from the proposed legislative amendments in the absence of constitutional reform.