International education as a response to China’s charm offensive in SE Asia and the Pacific, with Professor Michael Wesley.

How will the election outcome impact universities, media and the future of Australian politics with Professor Mark Scott AO.

Go8 political experts analyse the rise of independents and emerging trends in Australian democracy.

The Group of Eight has answered a call from the National COVID Taskforce to help boost vaccination rates in remote and regional Australia, where vaccine take-up is lagging behind the national rate and will struggle to reach 80% this year.

At the height of COVID-19 the Group of Eight stepped up to offer the support and expertise of its student medical ‘workforce’ to fast track the vaccine roll out.  The Go8 has been called on again to boost vaccine rates in regions where up take up is relatively low. Vicki Thomson explains what’s involved in the latest Debate@Go8 podcast.

Uniquest’s Dr Dean Moss explains the workings of research commercialisation, the ‘valley of death’, and why commercialising our world class inventions is key to meeting the challenges ahead.

Group of Eight Chair Professor Margaret Gardner says universities must be autonomous to preserve the capacity for speaking the uncomfortable and researching the unknowable.

Go8 universities are supporting Australia’s battle against COVID-19, delivering life-saving research and a surge workforce to boost the vaccine roll out.

UNSW’s Vice Chancellor Professor Ian Jacobs joins Debate@Go8 to discuss his experience in Australia’s university sector, and examine the important role the sector will play in our nation’s post COVID recovery.

University of Adelaide researchers Professors Wendy Umberger and Randy Stringer join Debate@Go8 to discuss research that’s the changing lives of Indo-Pacific farmers.