To mark ten years since the introduction of a demand driven funding system for university places, the Innovative Research Universities (IRU) group has released new analysis of the key achievements of the system. The report illustrates five key achievements of the demand driven system and its benefits for Australians.

The IRU recently published a discussion paper, Towards a tertiary future, outlining our vision for tertiary education in Australia. This supplemental paper has now been published by the IRU, digging further into Longitudinal Survey of Australian Youth (LSAY) data around applications, acceptances and completions. This includes breakdowns by state, gender, socioeconomic group and metro/non-metro areas.

This IRU discussion paper makes the case for a coherent tertiary education system that ensures each person has the opportunity and incentive to get the vocational and higher education qualifications, skills and knowledge to which they aspire.

This Policy Statement sets out how to ensure regional research systems are sufficiently robust to enable valuable research to be conducted throughout Australia.

This policy paper outlines ways to strengthen incentives for industry and universities to support industry driven research.