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Interview with Don Aitkin
Mr Aitkin talks of his employment background; political questions in research funding; the setting up of the ARC; his impressions of Dawkins; the Green and White papers on education; the creation of the Board as a statutory authority; the need for an end user of results of research; his reaction to Dawkins' plan and the Board; key problems in previous advisory structures; Councils setting the agenda; other Councils' lack of ability to interfere with ARC matters; leadership roles within the Board; getting papers through the Board; HEC wrangling in 1989; Julian Disney's role; formation of Federation of Australian Technological Societies.
- "Mr Aitkin talks of his employment background; political questions in research funding; the setting up of the ARC; his impressions of Dawkins; the Green and White papers on education; the creation of the Board as a statutory authority; the need for an end user of results of research; his reaction to Dawkins' plan and the Board; key problems in previous advisory structures; Councils setting the agenda; other Councils' lack of ability to interfere with ARC matters; leadership roles within the Board; getting papers through the Board; HEC wrangling in 1989; Julian Disney's role; formation of Federation of Australian Technological Societies."@en
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