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capacities The Australia Research Network has four broad but interlocking objectives: promoting research concentration on Australia, including research production and the mentoring of new and emerging research scholars whose primary research interests involve Australia research enhancement and networking across the University sector and, where appropriate, in partnership with relevant industries, cultural institutions and other potential external stakeholders the development of research resources for further application and broader educational purposes both within the University sector in Australia but also offshore related other public intellectual alliances involving research collaboration and the utilisation of research generated outcomes Australian Bureau of Statistics figures indicate that around half of all current research outcomes are generated by or directly involve next generation and emerging research scholars. It is a concern that DEST figures suggest that as few as 30% of all completing research graduates are retained within the University sector. It is beyond the capacity of any Research Network to impact on this trend. However, a properly conceived Network may continue to build associations between credentialed researchers within but also outside of the sector. Further, the recommendations of the Academy of Social Sciences Report into 'Postgraduate Research Training in the Social Sciences' (Marginson et al 2002, see Marginson and Nile.) will be applied as principles in the establishment of the Australia Research Network, namely: The consolidation, dissemination and publication of outcomes of doctoral research Exploration of the implications of the doctoral work for the relevant field(s) of knowledge The further development of lines of fundamental research opened up in the doctorate, facilitation of encounters with related work, and the extension of research programs into new fields and application Training in research team leadership, management of projects, and management of intellectual property, and The exploration of and development of relevant commercial applications The following international professional associations have signalled their preparedness to be identified with the Australia Research Network initiative and to join in a fuller application for the status of an ARC Network: The International Australian Studies Association [link] The British Australian Studies Association [link] European Association for Studies of Australia [link] The German Association for Australia Studies [link] The Chinese Australian Studies Association [link] Centre d'Etude du Pacifique, France [link] American Association for Australian Literary Studies [link] Singapore Australian Studies Interest Group [link] Western Social Science Association, USA [link] InASA, in particular, has a long-standing partnership arrangement with the API Network and a number of its executive members can be identified from within the Network Participants (Darian-Smith, Carter, Lake, Worby). The following international Centres have expressed their support for the Network and their willingness to be associated further with its development: Australia Centre, Universitaet Potsdam, Germany [link] Australian Literature Research Institute, Anhui University, China [link] Australian Studies Centre, Universitat de Barcelona [link] Australian Studies Centre, Petra Christian University, Indonesia [link] Australian Studies Centre, East China Normal University, China [link] Australian Studies Centre, Renmin University, China [link] Australian Studies Centre, National University of Taiwan [link] Australian Studies at University College Dublin, Ireland [link] Centre for Australian and New Zealand Studies, Georgetown University, USA [link] Centre for Australian Studies in Wales, UK [link] Centre for Pacific and Asian Studies, University of Nijmegen, Netherlands [link] Edward A Clarke Center for Australian Studies, University of Texas, USA [link] Menzies Centre for Australian Studies, University of London, UK [link] A number of the Network participants are currently or have been members of other relevant associations, for example: The Australian Historical Association (Lake, Darian-Smith, Carment, Garton, Perkins) The Association for the Study of Australian Literature (Cryle, Strauss, Hocking) The Australasian Political Studies Association (Johnson, Walter, Altman) As part of this bid, we have begun conversations with the major collecting institutions, including: National Library of Australia [link] National Archives of Australia [link] National Museum of Australia [link] Northern Territory Library and Information Services [link] State Library of Queensland [link] State Library of Western Australia [link] State Library of South Australia [link] State Library of Victoria [link] State Library of New South Wales [link] State Library of Tasmania [link] State Records Office, WA [link] The Museum of London has agreed to be named in this report as a potential partner in the development of the Australia Research Network. The Network Hub will be established at the Australia Research Institute at Curtin University of Technology. As a University of Technology, Curtin is committed to the development of new research within the context of technological innovation. The Australia Research Institute is a Curtin University Research Institute in the Humanities and Social Sciences, incorporating within its federated structure a series of research centres and units: Australian Studies Centre [link] Australian Folklore Research Unit [link] Australian Regional Research Unit [link] Life Writing Research Unit [link] Migration Ethnicity Refugees and Citizenship Research Unit [link] Research in Cultural Heritage Research Unit [link] ARI manages and produces the API Network and is the administering unit for New Talents 21C, in partnership with the Universities of Melbourne and Queensland. Among its staff, ARI has two ARC Postdoctoral Fellows, two Curtin Research Fellows and other associated Academic Research Staff. ARI manages Curtin University Books, in partnership with Fremantle Arts Centre Press. It features a production and research enhancement unit and employs a web publisher and an associate publisher, both of whom are expert in the fields of electronic and print on demand technologies. The Institute is an acknowledged national leader in research production, enhancement and communication and through its several partnerships with industry, professional and academic associations, agencies and other universities. It manages an Australian Studies visiting fellowship scheme for the Australia-India Council in partnership with La Trobe, Monash and the University of Queensland. [Introduction] [Scope] [Activities] [Infrastructure & Benefits] [Participants] [API Network]

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