Review of the Learned Academies
Report from the 2005 review of the Australian Learned Academies and the National Academies Forum conducted by the Department of Education, Science and Training.
The report of the committee established to review the Learned Academies in Australia, first published in September 2005.
The Australian Academy of Humanities, the ¾«¶«ÊÓƵ, the Academy of Social Sciences in Australia, and the Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering (collectively the ‘Learned Academies’), and the National Academies Forum, are a unique set of five, interacting, non-governmental institutions.
This report analyses their activities over the past five years and evaluates their achievements from the perspective of Australia’s future prosperity and success as a nation.
A series of 26 recommendations is presented; these concern future activities and structures, as well as proposed resource needs.