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Successful national strategies for innovation and economic and social development require consideration of how to harness the contribution of the humanities, arts and social sciences (HASS) as well as the natural sciences, technology and engineering.
Governments in Australia have, broadly speaking, accepted the importance of the natural sciences and technology. Departmental and ministerial committees (for instance, to establish national research priorities) are richly populated with natural scientists and technologists, with only token representation from the humanities, arts and social sciences.
One function of CHASS is to strengthen the representation of our sector in policy discussions. We consult our sector, test draft policies with them, and then represent these views to Government in submissions.
Submissions: Index sorted by date (descending)
CHASS Response to the Australia Council Review 2012- ...
- [Title key: CHASS Response to the Australia Council Review 2012]
- CHASS Feedback on the Four Expert Working Groups draft papers and recommendations
- Inspiration from the Deserts (referred to here as 'Deserts')
- Science Engagement into and for Australia's Tropical Region ('Tropical Region')
- Indigenous Engagement with Science: Toward Deeper Understandings ('Indigenous')
- Effective Communication of Marine Science ...
- [Title key: CHASS Feedback on the Four Expert Working Groups draft papers and recommendations]
- Submission to 'Australia in the Asian Century' White Paper
- CHASS invites the government to include a strong focus on the cultural and social implications of the Asian Century as part of its consultations. While the Issues Paper does address this area under some of the considerations, the overarching prism of economic benefits sometimes renders the discuss ...
- [Title key: Australia in the Asian Century]
- Refreshing the National Research Priorities 2012
- Council for the Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences has made relevant submissions to 'Refreshing the National Research Priorities 2012', including proposed wording of the new 'Enhancing Society, Culture and Communities' NRP and amendments to be considered to the existing language of 'A ...
- [Title key: National Research Priorities 2012]
- Towards a national cultural policy for Australia
- Cultural life is a proudly held aspect of our heritage and of our future ambitions for Australia. National Cultural Policy should set the vision for Australian culture and broad policy objectives, engage with all Australians, embrace social, constitutional, immigration and foreign policy dimensions ...
- [Title key: National Cultural Policy]
- Letter re: Private Sector Support for the Arts
- The Council notes that this Review is being conducted in the context of the development of a National Cultural Policy. In February 2010, the Council made a submission to the development of a National Cultural Policy and will continue to make input to this process. This submission to the Review of Pr ...
- [Title key: Letter: Private Sector Support]
- Review of Private Sector Support for the Arts
- The Council welcomes any enhanced role for philanthropy that may result from this Review in extending and enhancing support for the Arts, including increased philanthropic contributions to the arts and cultural institutions. However, the Council would oppose any moves to shift the weight of responsi ...
- [Title key: Private Sector Support]
- Strategic Roadmap for ARI 2011
- The Council notes the need for Australian research infrastructure to support the needs of Australian researchers across the range of disciplines in the humanities, arts and social sciences and their intersections with the natural and physical sciences. Researchers need to be equipped with the right ...
- [Title key: Strategic Roadmap]
- Federal Budget 2011-12
- Department of the Treasury
- The Council for the Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences welcomes the opportunity to provide this submission to ensure it is part of the range of government priorities for determining the Federal Budget 2011-12. ...
- [Title key: Federal Budget 2011-12]
- ARC Discovery Program Consultation Paper
- The Australian Research Council has sought feedback on a number of changes to its Discovery Programs scheme. These changes aim to increase support for early-career researchers, reduce the overlap of fellowships within the Discovery Program and streamline the Discovery Projects scheme. ...
- [Title key: ARC Discovery Program]
- Research Workforce Strategy
- The development of a high quality research workforce is crucial to the health of the HASS disciplines and their ability to contribute to Australia's innovation system, its social cohesion and national identity. The Council supports development of the strategy, and believes ...
- [Title key: Research Workforce Strategy]
- National Research Infrastructure Council discussion paper
- The Council welcomes the inclusion of all research areas within the landmark projects area, moving from earlier explicit concentration on STEM areas of research to include the humanities, arts and social sciences. ...
- [Title key: NRIC]
- Supporting R&D in Australian business
- Submission on the new R&D Tax Incentive second exposure draft
- The Government announced a new tax incentive to drive investment in small and medium enterprises. CHASS supports the reform but notes that the legislation to enable the reform contains a specific exclusion of HASS research & development, which will block investment using these disciplines de ...
- [Title key: Supporting R&D]
- National Cultural Policy
- In preparing this submission on a National Cultural Policy, CHASS sought input from more than 80 member organisations and other peak bodies in the creative and performing arts disciplines of Australian Universities. While this submission is a fair reflection of members' views and feedback, there wil ...
- [Title key: National Cultural Policy]
- R&D Tax Incentive
- In September 2009, the Treasurer and Minister for Innovation, Industry, Science and Research released a consultation paper on the new R&D tax incentive. CHASS submitted a response to the consultation paper. ...
- [Title key: R&D Tax Incentive]
- ARC Peer Review Process
- The Australian Research Council is reviewing its Peer Review processes of both the Discovery and Linkage schemes of the National Competitive Grants Program. The purpose of the review is to ensure that the peer review processes governing the assessment of applications in the Discovery and Linkage sch ...
- [Title key: ARC Peer Review Process]
- Excellence in Research Australia
- Response to ERA Indicators Consultation Paper
- The ARC sought feedback from the sector on the issues raised in the ERA Indicators Consultation Paper. The Council for the Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences submitted the following response. A number of HASS sector leaders and specialists were involved in the Council's consultation process, with ...
- [Title key: ERA - Indicators submission]
- Creating Capable Students
- The Council for the Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences has put forward a proposal to the Australian Government to work with social science researchers to identify key programs and policies to achieve the Bradley Review target of 20 per cent participation in higher education from socio-economic gro ...
- [Title key: Creating Capable Students]
- Review of the ABC and SBS
- The urgent need to reform the ABC Charter and to provide resources to implement it: The Charter should reflect the diffuse and rapidly changing media landscape of new distribution and communication platforms while - and The Government should provide sufficient resour ...
- [Title key: Review of the ABC and SBS]
- Industry, Science and Innovation
- Early this year CHASS initiated a conversation on the value of a PhD in the humanities, arts and social sciences. We wanted to explore how the PhD might be modernised in terms of the experience it offers and the value to the community of the qualification. ...
- [Title key: Industry, Science and Innovation]
- Review of the National Innovation System
- Modern policy has to transcend the artificial division separating the natural from the human and social sciences. Historically, the role and contribution of the humanities, arts and social sciences have been minimised. The divide has damaging consequences ...
- [Title key: Innovation Review]
- HESA Review Part 1
- Cluster funding mechanism and pipeline arrangements
- CHASS represents organisations working in the humanities, arts and social sciences disciplines in universities and elsewhere, and thus represents people and organisations working in 7 of the Funding Clusters. We consequently have a considerable interest in the review. ...
- [Title key: HESA Review Part 1]
- Federation Fellowship Review
- Response from the Council of the Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences
- Submission to the Australian Research Council
- CHASS welcomes the invitation to respond to the review of the Federation Fellowship Scheme being undertaken by the Australian Research Council (ARC). Our submission draws on the views and opinions of HASS Federation Fellows, as well as other people from our sector familiar with the operation of the ...
- [Title key: Federation Fellowship Review]
- Public Support for Science and Innovation
- A CHASS response to the Productivity Commission's Draft Report
- CHASS is in agreement with much of the Productivity Commission's Draft Report, and supports many of the draft findings that have relevance to the Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences (HASS). ...
- [Title key: Science and Innovation]
- Innovation in a post-smokestack industry era
- Submission to the Productivity Commission study on science and innovation
- We would argue that the humanities, arts and social sciences are highly relevant to innovation. The HASS sector contributes in a number of ways: not just as a supporting act to science; but also as an equal partner with science, technology, engineering and medicine in collaborative projects; and ...
- [Title key: Science and innovation]
- Draft National Protocols for Higher Education Approval Processes
- Submission to the Department of Education, Science and Training
- In its submission to the original (March 2005) discussion paper - Building University Diversity - CHASS argued that there was a good case for re-examining the placement of creative arts higher education within broader universities, as against the creation of specialist institutions operating at univ ...
- [Title key: Draft National Protocols]
- Review of National ICT Australia
- Submission to the Review of National ICT Australia
- Our view is that NICTA could take a broader approach in its contacts with the HASS community. The fact that we have had limited contact with NICTA is in itself a comment on the limited vision NICTA has set for itself. ...
- [Title key: Review of National ICT Australia]
- Response to the RQF Preferred Model
- The Preferred Model shows promise, but ultimately it has failed at the chance to make the changes that Australian research needs. The seeds of its failure lie in its conservatism, its acceptance of past record as a sure-fire predictor of future success, and its half-hearted embrace of the impact fac ...
- [Title key: RQF Preferred Model]
- The Role of Creativity in the Innovation Economy
- Submission to the PMSEIC Working Group
- CHASS welcomes this opportunity to contribute to PMSEIC.s consideration of the role of creativity in the innovation economy. As the peak body representing the humanities, arts and social sciences sectors across Australia, we have a strong interest and day-to-day involvement in this debate and would ...
- [Title key: Innovation Economy]
- Building university diversity
- Submission to the Department of Education, Science and Training
- Fifteen years ago, with the creation of a national and unified system of higher education, many self-standing colleges dedicated to the creative arts were merged into the university system. Fifteen years on, it is not clear that this was, in total, of benefit to education, research or professional p ...
- [Title key: Building university diversity]
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