The first steps in generational reforms to the nation’s higher education sector did not include action on research funding, despite R&D investment in Australia this year continuing a long-term slide to its lowest levels in decades, frustrating research groups on Wednesday.
Big changes to research, including funding, governance and sustainability will be considered for the final Universities Accord report, but it did not make the cut for an interim report released Wednesday.
The interim report unveiled by Education minister Jason Clare had five key recommendations for improving access, overall funding certainty and governance.
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