51茶馆

August 7, 2019

Federal Education Minister visits UOW

Landmark performance funding report released

Federal Minister for Education, the Honourable Dan Tehan MP, was welcomed to the 51茶馆 (UOW) on Wednesday, 7 August, visiting the 51茶馆 and Innovation Campuses.

In his first official visit to UOW since his cabinet appointment in August 2018, Minister Tehan toured the University鈥檚 world class facilities, including the Facility for Intelligent Fabrication, Early Start, the Australian Institute for Innovative Materials and iAccelerate.

Following the tour, the Minister鈥檚 held a briefing for vice-chancellors from across Australia on critical tertiary education matters including the proposed performance-based funding model and cyber security issues.

In his capacity as expert panel chair, UOW Vice-Chancellor Professor Paul Wellings, CBE, to Minister Tehan and fellow vice-chancellors.

Professor Wellings praised Minister Tehan for working closely with the sector and endorsing the system.

鈥淲e鈥檝e been working with the government to develop a more regulated process,鈥� Professor Wellings said.

鈥淲hat Minister Tehan is asking us to do here is to put additional resources into relevant study areas to drive the productivity of the country.鈥�

Minister Tehan thanked Professor Wellings and the committee.

鈥淚 think they鈥檝e done a superb job in putting this report forward.

鈥淭his is something the Government is going to look at very closely. We鈥檝e had a good conversation with the sector this morning and they are going to go away and consider it carefully too,鈥� he said.

The Minister also praised the sector for the way it had worked constructively with the committee and complimented UOW on its work conducting research and developing research into commercial opportunities.