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Dear Colleagues
Earlier this week, in a National Press Club Address, Universities Australia Chair Professor Glyn Davis announced a public campaign to raise awareness of the critical role played by universities in promoting the national interest, ensuring Australia remains internationally competitive and the need to maintain or indeed extend public investment in the sector.
This announcement coincided with the release of A Smarter Australia: An agenda for Australian higher education 2013-2016, which sets out a framework for unleashing the full potential of Australia’s universities to contribute to the long-term prosperity of the nation.
The sector faces significant challenges in the coming years. While our competitors increase their investment in education and research, Australia is in the bottom 20 per cent of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) countries for public investment in universities. Our nation, one of the strongest economies in the world, ranks 25 out of 29 developed economies for public investment in higher education.
It is because universities are so critical to our future that Universities Australia has taken the unprecedented step of releasing a policy statement and commencing a public campaign.
To read a copy of A Smarter Australia: An agenda for Australian higher education 2013-2016 visit http://apo.org.au/sites/default/files/docs/UniversitiesAustralia_ASmarterAustralia_2013.pdf
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