It’s the end of one chapter and the start of another for the Hunter Research Foundation.
The foundation which has provided economic and social modelling for 60 years, is entering a partnership with the University of Newcastle to ensure its sustainability.
HRF Chair, Dr Eileen Doyle made the announcement at the foundation’s Economic Update breakfast in Newcastle this morning.
“As Hunter Research Foundation celebrates its 60th year, the organisation has entered an exciting partnership with The University of Newcastle that will secure the long-term role of collecting and analysing the region’s economic and social data,” Dr Doyle said.
“The collaborative Hunter Research Foundation Centre will preserve the 60 year legacy of the Foundation and will secure future regional research for many years to come,” she said.
“It makes good sense for the Foundation to work within the framework of our own University. For an organisation to be sustainable it must innovate and look to new models that ensure it will remain relevant. As a world-class centre of education research and academia, The University is well placed to be able to provide this to the Hunter Research Foundation Centre and all those who connect with it,” Dr Doyle said.
The foundation will move from its headquarters on Throsby Creek at Maryville next year.
The university is yet to decide whether the new centre will be based at Callaghan , or its new Hunter Street building.
