| About Research Block Grants |
| Allocations for research block grants to universities are determined by data collected in the Higher Education Research Data Collection. |
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| About the Australian Research and Education Network |
| Following a comprehensive review of the higher education sector’s access to bandwidth and its future requirements, the Australian Government agreed to establish the Australian Research and Education Network (AREN). AREN will extend and upgrade broadband connectivity for the higher education sector and wider research community. |
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| Accessibility Framework |
| Accessibility Framework |
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| Almost half of Australians have literacy skills which would make it difficult to function in everyday life |
| This Snapshot gives an overview of adult literacy and numeracy skills in Australia, based on the Australian Bureau of Statistics’ Survey of Aspects of Literacy 1996. |
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| Analysis of Survey Data on the New Apprenticeships Scheme |
This report presents an overview of the analyses in respect to the New Apprenticeship Outcomes Survey Data. This work is intended to provide an exhaustive descriptive analysis of the survey data, to underpin both the Skills at Work Report, ongoing programme monitoring responsibilities and any further work the department or others might undertake. The report contains seven volumes:
Synopsis
Vol 1: Long term Survey
Vol 2: September Quarter Survey
Vol 3: December Quart |
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| Analysis of the legal framework for patent ownership in publicly funded research institutions [Research Evaluation Programme (REP)] |
| Intellectual Property policy in Australian research institutions is compared to the commercial system in place in the United States. The current legal framework, overseas jurisdictions and possible solutions are investigated. |
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| Analysis of the Legal Framework for Patent Ownership in Publicly Funded Research Institutions |
| Patent Ownership in Publicly Funded Research Institutions |
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| Anglo-Australian Telescope Board |
| The Anglo-Australian Telescope Board (AATB) is an independent bi-national authority which operates under an Agreement between the Governments of Australia and the United Kingdom. |
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| AREN - Across the Pacific to the rest of the world |
| In November 2004 the 10Gbps dual link from Sydney to the west coast of the USA became operational. Through peering arrangements with the Research and Education networks in North America, Asia and Europe, collaboration of Australian scientists with colleagues worldwide is much more possible. |
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| AREN - Northern Territory |
| Access to improved broadband for the higher education and research communities in the Northern Territory is currently being negotiated with a view to providing significantly improved links to institutions and agencies in Alice Springs and Darwin. |
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| AREN projects |
| List of projects that are part of the Australian Research and Education Network |
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| ARIIC Activities |
| ARIIC Activities |
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| ARIIC Meetings |
| ARIIC Meetings |
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| ARIIC Projects |
| ARIIC Projects |
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| ARIIC Supported Activities |
| ARIIC Supported Activities |
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| ARIIC’s Statement on Open Access |
| ARIIC has prepared a statement outlining its support for open access in publishing. ARIIC acknowledges that the Australian government has supported the Open Access declaration formulated by the OECD Committee for Scientific and Technological Policy. It is also noted that scholarly bodies throughout the world have issued statements and declarations relating to their commitment to open access initiatives that will enhance global access to scholarly information. |
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| ARIIC's Members |
| The Australian Research Information Infrastructure Committee is and expert body, with membership drawn from key stakeholders with an interest in the issue of research information infrastructure. |
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| Attitudes to Teaching as a Career |
| The report is a synthesis of recent Australian and international research on the attitudes of teachers, students and parents to teaching as a career. |
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| Australian Competitive Grants Register |
| Australian Competitive Grants Register |
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| Australian e-Research Strategy and Implementation Framework |
| The Report of the e-Research Coordinating Committee to the Government set out the policy issues pertinent to Australia securing maximum benefit from the use of e-Research techniques. The Report proposed strategic directions that should be pursued; and proposed further steps that would allow generation of an implementation plan. It provided essential groundwork for deliberations leading to the investment in Platforms for Collaboration capability. |
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| Australian Partnership for Advanced Computing (APAC) |
| The APAC was established to lead the development of a cooperative and collaborative approach to the provision of high performance computing in Australia. |
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| Australian Postgraduate Awards (APA) |
| The main objectives of the Australian Postgraduate Awards (APA) programme are to support postgraduate research training in the higher education sector and
provide financial support to postgraduate students of exceptional research promise who undertake their higher degree by research at an eligible Australian higher education provider. |
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| Australian Research and Education Network Advisory Committee (ARENAC) |
| The ARENAC, chaired by Dr Mike Sargent AM, was appointed to facilitate collaboration in the development of the AREN and provide advice to the Minister on the strategic investment necessary to achieve the AREN vision. |
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| Australian Research Information Infrastructure Committee (ARIIC) |
| As part of SII the Minister for Education, Science and Training, Dr Brendan Nelson, MP established the Australian Research Information Infrastructure Committee (ARIIC) in August 2003. The Minister appointed the ARIIC to advise the Government on the information infrastructure requirements of the Australian higher education sector and their intersection with the wider information and technical infrastructures used by the scholarly and research community. |
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| Australian Research Information Infrastructure Committee meetings |
| Listing of ARIIC meetings. |
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