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- Go8 Newsletters
- Go8 Note - Student Support
- Go8 Backgrounder 31 - Higher education financing
- Media Release: Excellence in Innovation for Australia trial measures impact of university research
- Go8 Backgrounder 24a - The German Excellence Initiative: update
- Go8 Backgrounder 30 - World University Rankings: ambiguous signals
Welcome to the Group of Eight
The Group of Eight (Go8) is a coalition of leading Australian universities, intensive in research and comprehensive in general and professional education. The Go8 exists to:
- enhance the contribution of its member universities to the nation’s social, economic, cultural and environmental well-being and prosperity;
- extend the contribution of its member universities to the generation and preservation of the world’s stock of knowledge;
- strengthen Australia’s capacity to engage in and benefit from global developments, respond to global and local challenges;
- expand opportunities for Australian students, regardless of background, to participate in higher education of world class.