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Description |
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B-HERT
Position Paper No. 14 (June 2007) - Higher Education Election
Manifesto 2007 - Closing the Gap
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This
Position Paper outlines B-HERT's policy positions as we approach
the 2007 Federal election. Positions outlined include
market structure, quality, philanthropy, innovation, community
engagement, business-university collaboration, student access
participation and support, funding, indexation, demographic
growth, educational pathways, research capabilities and research
training.
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| B-HERT
Position Paper No. 13 (December 2006) - Increasing Private Support
for Australian Universities |
This
Position Paper brings together a number of initiatives that
B-HERT is pursuing to enhance the level of philanthropic support
for universities in Australia. |
B-HERT
Position Paper No. 12 (December 2006) - "Australia's
Universities: Building Our Future in the World" |
Response
to the Australian Labor Party's White Paper |
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Position Paper No. 11 (June 2006) - Universities' Third Mission:
Communities Engagement |
Communities
Engagement is premised on facilitation.
Communities Engagement has a broad vista that extends beyond
business and economic aspects.
Such engagement (3rd mission) has two purposes - Institutional
capacity building and specific projects and initiatives.
Funding for Communities Engagement must not be at the expense
of teaching and research. |
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Position Paper No. 10 (September 2002) - The Importance of the
Social Sciences to Government |
The
social sciences cover a wide array of complex issues and disciplines.
Government activities are now centrally related to social policy
and the boundaries between social, economic and science policy
are blurred. Commonwealth Government expenditure on social security
and welfare, health and education amounts to some 65% of total
expenditure and indicates the importance and persuasiveness
of social policies. |
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B-HERT
Position Paper No. 9 (August 2002) - Enhancing the Learning
and Employability of Graduates: The Role of Generic Skills
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This
paper outlines the nature and scope of generic skills. Examples
of the incorporation of generic skills into higher education
structures and courses are also described.
Finally the paper makes some recommendations to enhance the
employability of graduates. |
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Position Paper No. 8 (July 2002) - Higher Education in Australia:
The Global Imperative
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B-HERT's
submission to the Nelson Review on Higher Education. |
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Position Paper No. 7 (January
2002) – Greater Involvement and Interaction between Industry
and Higher Education |
This
paper looks at the need for a more enhanced partnership between
the business community and higher education. |
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Position Paper No. 6 (August 2001) – Sharing Administrative
Functions at Lower Costs |
This
paper highlights an innovative approach to achieving savings
in administrative activities. |
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Position Paper No. 5 (June 2001) – What is Needed
to Make Australia a Knowledge-Driven and Learning-Driven Society? |
This
paper aims to identify major public policy challenges that
stem from a proper understanding of the nature of knowledge
and learning. |
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Position Paper No. 4 (February 2001) – The Critical
Importance of Lifelong Learning |
This
paper aims to establish the significance of lifelong learning
in the Australian context. Drawing on analyses of lifelong
learning policies and practices in Australia and other OECD
countries the paper seeks to identify a number of policy priorities
for government, particularly in the areas of lifelong learning,
business and higher education. |
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Position
Paper No. 3 (April 1999) – The Case for Additional Investment
in Basic Research in Australia |
Australia
needs to ensure that additional funding is provided within
a broader policy framework. Such a framework should ensure
maximum returns from this investment through diffusion of
knowledge to industry and community, improving the skills
level of the workforce, encouraging organisational culture
change and collaboration, and promoting competition. |
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Position
Paper No. 2 (October 1998) – The Development of Cooperative
Research Centres |
Overall
the program has resulted in a strongly positive effect on
Australian spending on research and development by government
departments, universities, CSIRO and other public R&D
agencies and industry. |
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Position Paper No. 1 (July
1998) – Higher Education in Australia: The Global Imperative |
B-HERT has identified the necessary key features of the
higher education sector in this country - the prerequisites
for Australian universities to compete effectively at the
highest international levels. |
(Please
note, Position Paper No.s 8, 9 & 10 are unavailable for download)
