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News Talks podcast: Will Australian R&D review deliver on promises?

With the 35 recommendations of the Strategic Examination of Research and Development made public this week, we discuss how many of these long-hoped-for reforms are likely to become a reality

Published on
March 20, 2026
Last updated
April 22, 2026
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The far-reaching reforms proposed by Australia鈥檚 Strategic Examination of Research and Development (Serd) have been widely welcomed by the country鈥檚 higher education sector 鈥� but how many will the government choose to adopt?

On this week鈥檚 podcast, Miranda Prynne quizzes 色盒直播鈥檚 Asia-Pacific editor John Ross about Serd鈥檚 key recommendations and the likelihood of such transformative 鈥� and expensive聽鈥� changes to the funding and management of Australian research being enacted.

Hear John explain the thinking behind this review and the problems it sets out to solve, as well as the areas of greatest concern for academics and policymakers聽and the general sentiment across Australian higher education today.

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