ACOLA Review of Australia’s Research Training System

By Jen T. Kwok. In 2015, ACOLA (Australian Council of Learned Academies) was asked by the Federal Minister for Education, Christopher Pyne, to undertake a review of Australia’s Research Training System. The review was tied to the federal government’s larger agenda on commercialisation of public research. The report of the review chaired by John McGagh, a former Rio Tinto executive, was released on 14 April 2016. More...