TAFE institutes are demanding a bigger role in the national R&D system, proposing a Canadian-style approach of direct applied research funding to leverage their industry connections and nation-wide network.
An outside expert has backed the push, after finding the sector and the “techies and tradies” it produces have become a central but unheralded part of Australia’s innovation system.
The calls come as policy makers search for ways to revitalise an ailing R&D system that faces multi-billion dollar gaps in public and private investment.
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