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ABDC is concerned not just with the role business schools play in providing a large proportion of Australia’s graduate labour force, but also the ability of Australian businesses to pursue innovation, increased productivity and growth within Australia and internationally. In our response to the House of Representatives Education and Employment Committee Inquiry into Innovation and Creativity: […]

ABDC is concerned not just with the role business schools play in providing a large proportion of Australia’s graduate labour force, but also the ability of Australian businesses to pursue innovation, increased productivity and growth within Australia and internationally. In our response to the House of Representatives Education and Employment Committee Inquiry into Innovation and Creativity:

The Australian business school community is very interested in seeing stronger links between business and universities, especially with respect to ensuring effective leadership and management of research commercialisation, innovation, export development and technology transfer. ABDC supports including research and innovation as a central component to Australia’s international competitiveness agenda. We however also recommend ensuring effective

ABDC will establish a new subsidiary network to support those in the most senior general, operational or professional resource management role in member schools. Business faculties and schools, like the universities in which they are located, are facing a turbulent period around funding uncertainty, increasing staff casualisation, disruptive technology and the continuous need for increased

In our submission to the Department of Education and Training, ABDC recommends retaining accountants on the 2016-17 Skilled Occupation List (SOL) to meet term labour market demand for accountants. According to CPA Australia and the Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand, accountants are projected to rank amongst the most highly sought after occupations in the

Responding to the research policy review, ABDC supports the call for policy to support innovative, well-resourced and diverse business research – vital for Australia’s future prosperity and capacity to see industry-relevant research, increased productivity and commercialisation.   In our response to the Review of Research Policy and Funding Arrangements – Issues Paper, ABDC welcomes firstly, the

Responding to the Productivity Commission’s draft report on removing export service barriers, ABDC says Australia needs to do more to support sustainable growth of our international education sector. As ABDC member schools graduate two-thirds of international university students in Australia, we welcome simplified streamlined visa processing and the Productivity Commission’s recommendations to introduce nationwide transport concessions and to

In our submission to ACOLA, ABDC calls for a research training system that enhances Australia’s capacity to deliver innovative and industry collaborative research. In our submission to the review of Australia’s Research Training System, ABDC is concerned not just with the training of future business academics, but also the ability of Australian businesses to pursue innovation and growth. To

ABDC advocates for the ASIC Business Register sale process to include conditions that would enable better academic access to the data currently collected by ASIC. ABDC advocates for the ASIC Business Register sale process to include conditions that would enable better academic access to the data currently collected by ASIC. Having access to this ASIC