Submissions • October 2020
ARC Excellence in Research for Australia and Engagement and Impact Consultation
The ARC undertook a review of EI (and its companion exercise Excellence in Research for Australia) during 2019 and 2020. The aim was to ensure that it continued to reflect the world’s best practice in research evaluation as well as responding to the needs of the university sector.
Submissions • September 2020
Job-ready Graduates Package Senate Inquiry
Submission to the Senate Inquiry into the Higher Education Support Amendment (Job-Ready Graduates and Supporting Regional and Remote Students) Bill 2020. DASSH recommends significant changes to the draft legislation put forward for the Job-ready Graduates Package.
Submissions • August 2020
Job-ready Graduates Package draft legislation consultation
Submission to the Job-ready Graduates Package draft legislation consultation. DASSH urges the Parliament to amend the legislation to ensure that student contributions to the costs of a university education are made equal across all discipline clusters.
Submissions • December 2019
Australian 2020-21 Pre-Budget Submission
DASSH asks the Federal Government to prioritise investment in education and research, particularly in the humanities, arts and social sciences, in its 2020-21 Budget.
Submissions • November 2019
Response to the Education Council review of Senior Secondary Pathways
DASSH members believe current secondary students need to be made aware of the need for continuing, lifelong education, both to manage their expectations of post-secondary courses and to relieve the anxiety that many students experience during the final years of secondary school.
Submissions • October 2019
Response to the ACOLA Discussion Paper, Enhancing Research Outcomes from Australia’s Regional, Rural and Remote Universities
DASSH recognises the vital role of Regional, Rural and Remote universities and campuses and supports ACOLA’s current project aiming to enhance research excellence in such institutions.
Submissions • September 2019
Response to the Parliamentary Inquiry into Nationhood, National Identity and Democracy
In responding to this discussion paper, DASSH focused on the role of humanities, arts and social sciences education in promoting, strengthening and securing the ongoing stability of democracy and democratic values in the Australian nation.
Submissions • June 2019
Submission – Australian Academy of the Humanities Discussion Paper: Future Humanities Workforce
In responding to this discussion paper, DASSH intends primarily to provide insights from the perspective of leaders in the academic humanities workforce. Our members’ knowledge in this sense is drawn from direct experience in defining strategic directions and managing academic personnel in university contexts, and from their understanding of graduate career pathways and non-academic employers’… Continue Reading»
Submissions • June 2019
Submission to the Australian and New Zealand Standard Research Classification (ANZSRC) Review
While DASSH supports the principles outlined in the Discussion Paper in general, members suggested that the task of research classification could be more effectively achieved and efficiently undertaken were it to draw on techniques arising from advances in artificial intelligence, machine learning, and data science.
Submissions • June 2018
Submission to the Inquiry into Funding Australia’s Research
In this submission, DASSH sets out the key areas of concern for humanities, arts, and social sciences disciplines in the higher education sector.
Submissions • February 2018
Response to the Inquiry into Provisions of the Higher Education Support Legislation (Student Loan Sustainability) Bill 2018
DASSH welcomes this opportunity to respond to the changes and impact of lowering the HELP repayment threshold and subsequent threshold adjustments, and limits on HELP loans as outlined in the Higher Education Support Legislation (Student Loan Sustainability) Bill 2018.
Submissions • August 2017
Response to the Review into Rural, Regional and Remote Education
DASSH welcomes the consideration in this Discussion Paper of key issues, challenges, opportunities and barriers that impact upon the learning outcomes of regional, rural and remote students in Australia. The focus of DASSH’s submission is on challenges that regional, rural and remote students face beyond school and especially in the transition to university and other… Continue Reading»