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CHASS Newsletter Number 23
Professor Stuart Cunningham       6 June 2007
  1. Registering for HOTH
  2. National research priorities under the spotlight
  3. Bishop, Brandis, Carr and Keele: All speaking
  4. When will the Commonwealth take over the universities?
  5. Federation Fellows
  6. Collaboration study
  7. The CHASS Board and the Search Committee
  8. Review of RFCD and SEO codes
  9. ARC College of Experts
  10. Directors' Meeting now Septemer 3-4
  11. CHASS: 119 Financial members
  12. Three opportunities
CHASS Newsletter Number 22
Professor Stuart Cunningham       2 April 2007
  1. Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences on the Hill
  2. HOTH now a 'Members-only' event
  3. Why people like HOTH
  4. Productivity Commission report into science and research
  5. Review of RFCD and SEO codes
  6. Directors' meeting for July
  7. Collaboration report: HASS meets science
  8. Panel 13 Workshop: The arts, architecture and design
  9. CHASS staff
  10. Advertising HASS events
CHASS Newsletter Number 20
Professor Stuart Cunningham       6 November 2006
  1. Collaborating across the sectors
  2. Directors' meeting Melbourne July 2007
  3. Membership of CHASS
  4. Policy and submissions: Position vacant
  5. Humanities and law: Panel 11
  6. History and political science workshop
  7. Chass Executive
  8. Productivity Commission report on science and innovation
  9. Creative and Performing Arts Workshop
  10. Prime Minister's prize for Australian history
CHASS Newsletter Number 21
Professor Stuart Cunningham       4 December 2006
  1. Collaborating across the sectors
  2. History and political science: The case for bibliometrics
  3. Architecture, design, creative and performing arts
  4. The RQF: Is your discipline ready?
  5. DEST call for potential panellists
  6. Parliamentary dinner
  7. BCA REPORT New Pathways to Prosperity
  8. Subscribing to announcements by Minister and DEST
  9. The hundredth member
CHASS Newsletter Number 24
Professor Stuart Cunningham       11 September 2007
  1. Humanities and the RQF Workshop: October 4
  2. Electing the new Board
  3. Nominating other candidates for the CHASS Board
  4. AGM Tuesday 2 October
  5. Review of RFCD codes
  6. Delivering Outcomes: Symposium for centre directors
  7. CHASS is moving office!
  8. The PM's Science Council, Chief Scientist: Reviews needed
CHASS Newsletter Number 26
Professor Stuart Cunningham       27 November 2007
  1. A letter from the new Prime Minister
  2. What can we expect from the new government?
  3. The assessment of research
  4. And what to expect in Arts?
  5. Visit by Philip Esler
  6. CHASS website: New features
  7. DASSH Deans take up CHASS office
  8. CHASS Membership expands
CHASS Newsletter Number 27
Professor Stuart Cunningham       4 March 2008
  1. Workshop: The Arts, and the Innovation Agenda
  2. The PhD in the humanities, arts and social sciences
  3. Portrait of a PhD graduate
  4. ERA: research assessment takes shape
  5. The Innovation Review: workshops and submissions
  6. Meeting parliamentarians: dates for 2008
  7. New members
CHASS Newsletter Number 28
Professor Stuart Cunningham       18 May 2008
  1. New 'Fields of Research' codes replace RFCD
  2. The Prime Minister, the 2020 summit and the Innovation Review
  3. PhD scholarship: five point plan to Government
  4. The Budget
  5. Extending the role of the social sciences and humanities in public policy research
  6. 'Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences on the Hill'
  7. Election of the Board: the Search Committee
  8. CHASS Membership continues to grow
CHASS appoints Executive Director
Professor Stuart Cunningham       25 September 2008
It is with pleasure that I announce the appointment of Helen O'Neil as Executive Director of the Council for the Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences (CHASS) for a term of three years from 27 October 2008.
CHASS Newsletter Number 19
Mr Toss Gascoigne       15 September 2006
  1. New CHASS President
  2. Presidential priorities
  3. New Board members
  4. Retiring Board members
  5. Creative and Performing Arts Workshop
  6. Humanities and law: Panel 11
  7. History and political science
CHASS Newsletter Number 15
Mr Toss Gascoigne       30 April 2006
  1. Ministerial interference with ARC grants ends
  2. Expanding Horizons chockablock
  3. Cross-disciplinary discussions
  4. Engaging with Europe
  5. Brain drain - or recirculation?
  6. Arts degrees under fire in UK
CHASS Newsletter Number 25
Mr Toss Gascoigne       10 October 2007
  1. New Board elected at AGM
  2. New Executive
  3. Retiring Board Members
  4. President's and Auditor's Reports
  5. New web Site for CHASS
  6. CHASS has moved!
CHASS Newsletter Number 13
Mr Toss Gascoigne       6 February 2006
  1. Expanding Horizons
  2. The survey
CHASS Newsletter Number 1
Mr Toss Gascoigne       30 April 2004
  1. Aims and purpose of CHASS
  2. The next step
  3. Draft constitution
  4. HASS on the Hill
  5. Foundation Membership
  6. National Press Club Address
  7. Note for newsletters
  8. Members of Steering Committee
CHASS Newsletter Number 2
Mr Toss Gascoigne       15 May 2004
  1. HASS on the Hill June 15-16 - registrations
  2. HASS on the Hill - accommodation
  3. HASS on the Hill - sponsors
  4. Foundation Membership
  5. Meetings at universities around Australia
  6. Subscription levels
  7. And an unforgivable mistake
CHASS Newsletter Number 3
Mr Toss Gascoigne       30 May 2004
  1. Registrations for HASS on the Hill June 15-16
  2. Advising appointments
  3. Program
  4. Sponsors for HASS on the Hill
  5. HASS on the Hill - Accommodation
  6. Business at the AGM
  7. Foundation Members
Launch of Occasional Paper #5
Mr Toss Gascoigne       23 June 2008
What responsibilities should such a Council have? Should they include formulating a national design policy, directing programs of support for Australian business, and providing Australia with authoritative design knowledge? CHASS is launching a new policy paper to explore these issues, at The Boathouse by the Lake restaurant in Canberra.
CHASS Newsletter Number 12
Mr Toss Gascoinge       6 January 2006
  1. Expanding Horizons
  2. CHASS project launched!
  3. Survey on multi-disciplinary collaborations
CHASS Newsletter Number 18
Professor Malcolm Gillies       9 September 2006
  1. Annual General Meeting
  2. Attending and voting at the AGM
  3. Candidates for election to the Board
  4. Proxies
  5. Creative and Performing Arts Workshop
  6. Productivity Commission slammed
  7. MPs name CHASS as a top lobby group
  8. Next Parliamentary dinner
  9. My final newsletter
CHASS Newsletter Number 17
Professor Malcolm Gillies       1 August 2006
  1. To hell with culture
  2. Productivity Commission inquiry on science and innovation
  3. Letter on knowledge transfer from Minister Bishop
  4. ALP Arts policy options paper
  5. ALP White paper on higher education, research and innovation
  6. Next Parliamentary dinner
  7. Defining 'quality' in social policy research
  8. CHASS AGM will be at University of Sydney
  9. The RQF, impact and the visual and performing arts
  10. CHASS newsletter cracks the thousand barrier
CHASS Newsletter Number 16
Professor Malcolm Gillies       31 July 2006
  1. Ministerial intervention on ARC grants
  2. To hell with culture
  3. Diversity in university sector
  4. Learning and teaching performance fund
  5. OZCO: Arts rippa and new media
  6. CHASS AGM
  7. The RQF, impact and the visual and performing arts
  8. Interested in being on the ARC college of experts?
  9. CHASS membership subscriptions
  10. PM: No to medals - but what about the order of Australia?
  11. Cross-disciplinary project
  12. Workshop on school music
CHASS Newsletter Number 14
Professor Malcolm Gillies       6 March 2006
  1. Paddy McGuinness at it again
  2. Expanding Horizons update
  3. Sigrid Thornton CHASS speaker at the National Press Club
  4. Survey on cross-disciplinary research update
  5. Board meeting in Adelaide: Main decisions
  6. Chris Powell visit 15 March
  7. Henk Stronkhorst visit 20-30 March
  8. PMSEIC follow-up
  9. Parliamentary Dinners: David Gonsky
  10. PM no to medals for humanities, arts and social scientists
  11. Artspeak+ meeting in Adelaide
CHASS Newsletter Number 10
Professor Malcolm Gillies       5 October 2005
  1. Measures of quality and impact study
  2. Cross-disciplinary research: New project
  3. Release of ARC grants
  4. Dinner with parliamentarians
  5. ARTSPEAK+ meeting in Melbourne
  6. CHASS policy released
  7. Letter from Minister Nelson
  8. CHASS Board meets in Adelaide
  9. The orchestras we need
  10. And from the USA
CHASS Newsletter Number 9
Professor Malcolm Gillies       1 September 2005
  1. New CHASS Board elected
  2. The Research Quality Framework (RQF)
  3. Measures of quality and impact in research
  4. HASS on the Hill 2005
  5. Letter to Minister Nelson
  6. National Press Club address
  7. Next major project
  8. Thanks to HASS on the Hill sponsors
  9. Symposia by the learned academies
CHASS Newsletter Number 8
Professor Malcolm Gillies       1 June 2005
  1. Make a submission on RQF
  2. Measures of quality and impact
  3. Commercialisation in HASS
  4. Directors of university research and education centres
  5. Membership of CHASS
  6. Dinner with members of parliament
  7. Planning meeting for arts and humanities organisations
  8. Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences on the Hill
  9. Meeting Peter Hoj of the ARC
  10. CHASS policy
  11. R&D tax concession
  12. Iain McCalman appointed to PM's council
  13. Project to examine collaboration with science
CHASS Newsletter Number 7
Professor Malcolm Gillies       15 December 2004
  1. DEST contract signed for major study
  2. Commercialisation study nearly completed
  3. Special general meeting
  4. Book launch
  5. Meeting for directors of university-based centres
  6. CHASS policy statement
  7. A day for the hired hands
  8. Date of CHASS AGM 2005
  9. CHASS Board meets new secretary of DEST
  10. CHASS asks for changes to research priorities
  11. A tart note from a member of the CHASS Board
  12. And seasons greetings to all!
CHASS Newsletter Number 6
Professor Malcolm Gillies       30 October 2004
  1. Directors of university-based research centres
  2. On being commercial - The focus group study
  3. Ministers and shadow minister
  4. Special general meeting
  5. Membership and subscriptions
  6. CHASS in New Zealand
  7. ARC and the College of Experts
  8. Archiving web resources: Issues for cultural heritage
  9. Research grants: Further advances
CHASS Newsletter Number 5
Professor Malcolm Gillies       30 September 2004
  1. CHASS Board: The first meeting
  2. Policy committee: How members shape policy
  3. Malcolm Gillies writes to Prime Minister
  4. CHASS organises political debate
  5. HASS on the Hill and future events
  6. On being commercial - The focus group study
  7. Membership and subscriptions
  8. Occasional paper series
  9. CHASS visits New Zealand
  10. That full complement of riches
  11. Research grants: Progress report
CHASS Newsletter Number 4
Professor Malcolm Gillies       15 June 2004
  1. Malcolm Gillies elected President of CHASS
  2. The CHASS Board
  3. Minister Nelson's support for CHASS
  4. Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences on the Hill
  5. Foundation membership
  6. News flash from CHASS
CHASS Newsletter Number 30
Ms Helen O'Neil       10 December 2008
CHASS will make a short submission to the review of the role of the national broadcasters underway at the Department of Broadband Communications and the Digital Economy.
CHASS Newsletter Number 31
Ms Helen O'Neil       14 May 2009
Federal budget focus
Somewhat neglected in a flurry of media releases and Budget announcements of new spending and savings this week was the release of the Australian Government's Innovation White Paper Powering Ideas: An innovation Agenda for the 21st Century.
CHASS Newsletter Number 32
Ms Helen O'Neil       25 June 2009
Fresh ways of thinking
Transferring the specialist knowledge developed in the humanities, creative arts and social sciences is an urgent issue for Australia as it works through the massive climate, security and economic challenges before it.
CHASS newsletter Number 33
Ms Helen O'Neil       23 July 2009
A culture of open government
The Australian Government recently created the Government 2.0 Taskforce with a brief to build a culture of online innovation. It wants to ensure that Government is open to the possibilities of the new collaborative technologies in Web 2.0 channels, and uses them to improve the way it operates.
CHASS Newsletter Number 34
Ms Helen O'Neil       10 September 2009
Register now …
Registrations for HASS on the Hill (October 27 and 28) are rolling in. This exciting two day program is the highlight of our annual calendar and offers the opportunity of engagement and discussions on current issues in the humanities, arts and social sciences.
CHASS Newsletter Number 35
Ms Helen O'Neil       6 October 2009
Research workforce
The Australian Government's 2020 Research Workforce Strategy to 2020 will be critical for the humanities, arts and social sciences. We will be relying more on realising the potential of Australia's human capital, and creative, innovative research is essential for extending knowledge and skills.
CHASS Newsletter Number 36
Ms Helen O'Neil       20 November 2009
Wicked as
At HASS on the Hill Australia's Chief Scientist called for collaborative research and teams to tackle the "wicked problems" which confront Australia. Professor Penny Sackett defines these as "problems which cannot be objectively defined and cannot be solved by trial-and-error, because attempting any solution can cause irreversible impacts on that system".
CHASS Newsletter Number 38
Ms Helen O'Neil       18 February 2010
Forging new connections
There is a pressing need for investment in networks to support better communications of humanities, arts and social sciences research and knowledge.
CHASS Newsletter Number 39
Ms Helen O'Neil       17 March 2010
Universities perform a quarter of Australia's total research, including 84 per cent of our pure basic research and 82 per cent of our research in the humanities, arts and social sciences. If research and development is to drive growth and innovation, these broad figures from the Department of Innovation, Industry, Science and Research underline the importance of building networks for knowledge exchange between university-based research teams and the organisations and professions based on humanities, arts and the social sciences.
CHASS Newsletter Number 40
Ms Helen O'Neil       27 April 2010
In 2010 Australia will be debating the research workforce strategy to underpin the major growth planned for Australian tertiary education student enrolments. A successful workforce strategy is crucial for Australia to realise its ambitions as a knowledge economy, because researchers will be the key creators and translators of the knowledge produced in Australia and an important part of productivity growth for the future.
CHASS Newsletter Number 41
Ms Helen O'Neil       31 May 2010
The intense debate and media coverage of a national curriculum for Australian schools has until recently overshadowed the project to devise and implement academic standards for university degrees. However the standards project, managed by the Australian Learning and Teaching Council (ALTC) is a major development for academic disciplines, Australian students and educators.
CHASS Newsletter Number 42
Ms Helen O'Neil       7 July 2010
HASS researchers and managers have a rare opportunity to influence the national debate at the highest level at this year's HASS On The Hill in Canberra.
CHASS Newsletter Number 43
Ms Helen O'Neil       4 August 2010
Four issues emerged when we asked member organisations to tell us what parties and candidates contesting the 2010 Federal Election should take as their agenda in the humanities, arts and social sciences.
CHASS Newsletter Number 11
Professor Linda Rosenman       5 December 2005
  1. PMSEIC report released
  2. OZCO's Creative innovation strategy
  3. From the UK: Creativity in business
  4. Measures of quality and impact study
  5. Cross-disciplinary research: New project
  6. ARC Grants #1
  7. ARC Grants #2
  8. National research priorities
  9. And seasons greetings to all!
CHASS Newsletter Number 29
Professor Linda Rosenman       28 November 2008
CHASS's new Board met last week to look at a draft strategic plan for 2009 and beyond and will be asking for member feedback on priorities and goals over the next few days. It is based on a clear commitment to promote the humanities, the arts and the social sciences, and support their contribution to a prosperous, innovative, creative and inclusive Australia
CHASS Newsletter Number 37
Professor Linda Rosenman       21 December 2009
Reflection and progression
Just over one year ago at the National Press Club, the Minister for Innovation, Industry, Science and Research, Senator The Hon Kim Carr, spoke to members and supporters of the Council for the Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences about the changes to government policy in research and innovation. Senator Carr unequivocally stated that the humanities, arts and social sciences were critical to the new innovation strategies and the HASS sector provided vital insight into developing strategies for renewal and solutions to pressing real-world problems.
New CHASS President and Board elected
Ms Fenja Theden-Ringl       15 October 2008
The new President of CHASS is Professor Linda Rosenman, Deputy Vice Chancellor (Research and Region) at Victoria University in Melbourne.

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