Common use of FOCUS & MISSION Clause in Contracts

FOCUS & MISSION. The Commonwealth’s Focus for this Compact The Commonwealth's ambitions for higher education include: providing opportunities for people from all backgrounds to participate to their full potential and be supported to do so. This includes supporting the aspirations of Aboriginal and Xxxxxx Xxxxxx Islander people through improved access and support arrangements. The Commonwealth is committed to ensuring the rate of Aboriginal and Xxxxxx Xxxxxx Islander people participating in undergraduate and higher degrees by research (HDR), as well as staffing and academic representation, reaches population parity; providing students with a stimulating and rewarding higher education experience; producing graduates with the knowledge, skills and understanding for full participation in society and the economy; better aligning higher education and research with the needs of the economy, and building capacity to respond to future changes in skills needs; increasing universities’ engagement with all parties and linkages between universities and Australian businesses in particular; playing a pivotal role in the national research and innovation system through the generation and dissemination of new knowledge and through the education, training and development of world class researchers across a wide range of intellectual disciplines; improving knowledge transfer and commercialisation outcomes; consistent with the Asian Century policy framework, ensuring education is at the forefront of Australia’s engagement with Asia; and being amongst the leading Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) countries in terms of participation and performance. In support of these objectives, the Commonwealth encourages universities to consider the following important measures in their planning and delivery: developing partnerships with schools and other organisations to improve the participation of people from disadvantaged backgrounds in higher education; working with business, industry and Vocational Education and Training (VET) providers to provide the Australian economy with the graduates it needs; the suite of performance measurement tools being developed through the Advancing Quality in Higher Education initiative, work on quality in research training, and a feasibility study on research impact assessment (including the possible implementation of a mechanism, separate from Excellence in Research for Australia, to evaluate the wider benefits of publicly funded research); applying the principles and procedures required to support a continuous improvement model for intellectual property; and the National Research Investment Plan, including the need for a strategic outlook to address Australian Government priorities and principles at a national level.

FOCUS & MISSION. The Commonwealth’s Focus for this Compact The Commonwealth's ambitions for higher education include: providing opportunities for people from all backgrounds to participate to their full potential and be supported to do so. This includes supporting the aspirations of Aboriginal and Xxxxxx Xxxxxx Islander people through improved access and support arrangements. The Commonwealth is committed to ensuring the rate of Aboriginal and Xxxxxx Xxxxxx Strait Islander people participating in undergraduate and higher degrees by research (HDR), as well as staffing and academic representation, reaches population parity; providing students with a stimulating and rewarding higher education experience; producing graduates with the knowledge, skills and understanding for full participation in society and the economy; better aligning higher education and research with the needs of the economy, and building capacity to respond to future changes in skills needs; increasing universities’ engagement with all parties and linkages between universities and Australian businesses in particular; playing a pivotal role in the national research and innovation system through the generation and dissemination of new knowledge and through the education, training and development of world class researchers across a wide range of intellectual disciplines; improving knowledge transfer and commercialisation outcomes; consistent with the Asian Century policy framework, ensuring education is at the forefront of Australia’s engagement with Asia; and being amongst the leading Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) countries in terms of participation and performance. In support of these objectives, the Commonwealth encourages universities to consider the following important measures in their planning and delivery: developing partnerships with schools and other organisations to improve the participation of people from disadvantaged backgrounds in higher education; working with business, industry and Vocational Education and Training (VET) providers to provide the Australian economy with the graduates it needs; the suite of performance measurement tools being developed through the Advancing Quality in Higher Education initiative, work on quality in research training, and a feasibility study on research impact assessment (including the possible implementation of a mechanism, separate from Excellence in Research for Australia, to evaluate the wider benefits of publicly funded research); applying the principles and procedures required to support a continuous improvement model for intellectual property; and the National Research Investment Plan, including the need for a strategic outlook to address Australian Government priorities and principles at a national level.