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The Australian Academy of the Humanities welcomes the revitalisation of the National Science and Research Priorities (NSRPs) released yesterday by the Chief Scientist.
The National Skills Taxonomy provides an opportunity to better recognise and transfer skills across education and employment. Read our full submission here.
The Australian Government has committed to establish an Australian Tertiary Education Commission (ATEC) as a steward of Australia’s tertiary education system. The Academy of the Humanities welcomes the opportunity to respond to the Implementation Consultation Paper to shape this important Commission. Read our full Submission here.
The Academy of the Humanities welcomes the opportunity to make a submission to the Review of the Australian Research Council (ARC), National Competitive Grants Program (NCGP).
A human rights lawyer, Archibald-winning artist, filmmaker, Chancellor & space archaeologist among those awarded highest honour in the humanities.
The Australian Academy of the Humanities has elected eminent Australian historian Professor Stephen Garton AM FAHA FRAHS FASSA FRSN as the Academy’s 20th President.
The Australian Academy of the Humanities acknowledges the “no” result of the Referendum 2023 is a deeply disappointing outcome for many in our community.
A Universities Accord with an excessive focus on technical skills, or single-sector skills, risks selling Australians short. To get the right mix of skills, we need the humanities at the national strategy table.
Distinguished Professor Aileen Moreton-Robinson FAHA explains why we need to invest in Critical Indigenous Studies: not because it is the ‘moral’ thing to do, but for the rich contribution Indigenous scholarship and knowledge stands to make to contemporary inquiry and society.
79 per cent percent of the ARC’s Linkage projects reported social impacts as an outcome of their grant, ahead of economic impacts.
All ten recommendations to the Review of the Australian Research Council (ARC) were agreed to, or agreed in principle, by the Australian Government in a major reform that will signal the end to Ministerial vetos and seek to restore research integrity.