The peak body for universities says the recent federal push into research commercialisation is welcome but has overshadowed a worrying drop in vital discovery research funding in Australia. Adrressing the National Press Club on Wednesday, Universities Australia chair and La Trobe University vice-chancellor John Dewar championed the increasing role universities are playing, and called for…

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