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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)

Research Workforce Strategy: Ms Helen O'Neil 17 August 2010; 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: Ms Helen O'Neil 22 July 2010; 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: Ms Helen O'Neil 19 April 2010; 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: Ms Helen O'Neil 15 February 2010; 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: Ms Heidi Hutchison 18 November 2009; 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: Ms Heidi Hutchison 17 November 2009; 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: Ms Heidi Hutchison 8 October 2009; 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: Ms Heidi Hutchison 2 June 2009; 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: Ms Helen O'Neil 12 December 2008; 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: Mr Toss Gascoigne 15 May 2008; 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: Professor Stuart Cunningham 20 April 2008; 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: Mr Stuart Hamilton 27 February 2007; 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: Mr Toss Gascoigne 2 February 2007; 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: Mr Toss Gascoigne 6 December 2006; 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: Mr Toss Gascoigne 7 August 2006; 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: Professor Malcolm Gillies 27 April 2006; 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: Mr Toss Gascoigne 21 February 2006; 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: Professor Malcom Gillies 4 October 2005; 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: Mr Toss Gascoigne 18 July 2005; 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: Professor Malcolm Gillies 22 April 2005; 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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