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researchprofessionalnews.com | Jenny Sinclair
Image: Grace Gay for Research Professional News This week: a proposed tuition fee increase, Waikato aquaculture research and school science kitsIn depth: The upcoming merger of New Zealand’s Crown Research Institutes into public research organisations is an opportunity to close the gender pay gap, researchers have said.
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researchprofessionalnews.com | Jenny Sinclair
New Zealand’s planned public research organisations should explore possible interventions, paper saysThe upcoming merger of New Zealand’s Crown Research Institutes into public research organisations is an opportunity to close the gender pay gap, researchers have said.
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researchprofessionalnews.com | Jenny Sinclair
Image: Business Council of Australia“Declining levels of R&D in Australia reflect decades of policy inaction,” national review toldThe Business Council of Australia says research reform is the key to improving national productivity. The council wants “significant” increases in spending, including tax breaks and more support for businesses that take risks, as well as “better collaboration between universities and business”.
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researchprofessionalnews.com | Jenny Sinclair
Australian universities repeat calls for Accord reforms to be completed and for better national coordinationAustralian universities have told a national inquiry that higher education reform must be completed to boost the nation’s productivity. In a submission to the Productivity Commission released on 6 June, Universities Australia said it wants the “reform and growth objectives of the [Universities] Accord” to be met through improvement and enlargement of the higher education system.
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eco-business.com | Jenny Sinclair
Edwards adds that the Marshall Islands currently does not have the right number of people trained to enforce conservation rules, nor the resources – such as scientific equipment and satellite access – to quantify all its environmental treasures. Challenges include getting to the far-flung locations, which require the use of boats and proper training.
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researchprofessionalnews.com | Jenny Sinclair
Image: Grace Gay for Research Professional News This week: an Adelaide University appointment, Australian Research Council delays and Horizon EuropeIn depth: A revised statement on how consumers and the community should be involved in health research will set “high expectations” but will not make consumer input a requirement for receiving grant funding.
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researchprofessionalnews.com | Jenny Sinclair
United States reconsiders submarine deal, four years inA review by the United States of the Aukus submarine and military cooperation programme has put Australia’s turn towards nuclear technologies in doubt. The programme, a collaboration between Australia, the UK and the US, is to be reviewed by Elbridge Colby, US undersecretary of defence for policy.
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researchprofessionalnews.com | Jenny Sinclair
Draft guidelines from Australia’s NHMRC urge greater involvement, but not as a requirement for fundingA revised statement on how consumers and the community should be involved in health research will set “high expectations” but will not make consumer input a requirement for receiving grant funding.
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researchprofessionalnews.com | Jenny Sinclair
New Zealand society warns of “cultural limitations, bias, hallucinations and inaccuracies of artificial intelligence”New Zealand’s researchers have been warned to use a “critical approach” to how they incorporate generative artificial intelligence into their work. A set of guidelines issued on 5 June by the Royal Society Te Apārangi outlines the way the emerging technology might impact researchers’ work.
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2 weeks ago | 
netballscoop.com | Jenny Sinclair
While there isn’t a pinnacle event for the Diamonds this year, head coach Stacey Marinkovich is keeping busy. She’s been engaging with her athletes and Suncorp Super Netball (SSN) clubs, watching games and working alongside the Australian 21s coach Cathy Fellows as she tilts for the World Youth Cup. There’s also the not-so-small matter of choosing the 2025/26 national squad. In a Commonwealth Games or World Cup year, teams have to be submitted by set deadlines.
