Archive for July 23rd, 2012
University of Sydney tribute to Anne Dunn
By Campus Review | 23rd July, 2012 | News | Journalism education has lost one of its staunch activists with the passing of journalist and scholar Professor Anne Dunn. The former ABC journalist and pro-dean (academic) of the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences at the University of Sydney died More..
By Campus Review | 23rd July, 2012 | News | Journalism education has lost one of its staunch activists with the passing of journalist and scholar Professor Anne Dunn. The former ABC journalist and pro-dean (academic) of the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences at the University of Sydney died More..
Chinese dream a nice surprise
By Antonia Maiolo | 23rd July, 2012 | International, News | A Sydney student who competed in a Mandarin competition in China believes the best way to know a country is to learn its language. Competing in the finals of an international language contest, University of NSW law student Andrew Blackie More..
By Antonia Maiolo | 23rd July, 2012 | International, News | A Sydney student who competed in a Mandarin competition in China believes the best way to know a country is to learn its language. Competing in the finals of an international language contest, University of NSW law student Andrew Blackie More..
Cuts impact asteroid spotter
By Antonia Maiolo | 23rd July, 2012 | News, Research |
An Australian astronomer who detects asteroids heading our way has lost his project funding. World-renowned astronomer Rob McNaught, who has discovered more than 400 comets and asteroids, may have to desert his watch over Southern Hemisphere skies. McNaught, the only More..
By Antonia Maiolo | 23rd July, 2012 | News, Research |
An Australian astronomer who detects asteroids heading our way has lost his project funding. World-renowned astronomer Rob McNaught, who has discovered more than 400 comets and asteroids, may have to desert his watch over Southern Hemisphere skies. McNaught, the only More..
Drones to the rescue
By Antonia Maiolo | 23rd July, 2012 | International, News, Research |
Pilotless aircraft may be feared in war zones but they also have the potential to save lives at sea and boost biosecurity. Unmanned aircraft have been deployed by the US military in combat zones for many years. Now the pilotless More..
By Antonia Maiolo | 23rd July, 2012 | International, News, Research |
Pilotless aircraft may be feared in war zones but they also have the potential to save lives at sea and boost biosecurity. Unmanned aircraft have been deployed by the US military in combat zones for many years. Now the pilotless More..
Let managers manage, and academics teach
By Paul Abela | 23rd July, 2012 | News | Institutions need to rethink how academics’ time is best spent At a conference recently, I was reminded of the close co-operative arrangement that underlies tertiary institutions. The academic and professional areas are the yin and yang; when they are in More..
By Paul Abela | 23rd July, 2012 | News | Institutions need to rethink how academics’ time is best spent At a conference recently, I was reminded of the close co-operative arrangement that underlies tertiary institutions. The academic and professional areas are the yin and yang; when they are in More..
Cloud learning’s 12 key features
By John Catford | 23rd July, 2012 | News, Research | Deakin University is exploring the internet’s power to deliver learning in new ways Students today are the connected generation; they routinely use mobile devices to socialise, to access information and to actively engage with content anywhere, anytime. Through the internet, More..
By John Catford | 23rd July, 2012 | News, Research | Deakin University is exploring the internet’s power to deliver learning in new ways Students today are the connected generation; they routinely use mobile devices to socialise, to access information and to actively engage with content anywhere, anytime. Through the internet, More..
Reef still robust, say scientists
By Antonia Maiolo | 23rd July, 2012 | News, Research | There is growing evidence that the Great Barrier Reef is more resilient than previously thought The spotlight has been focused recently on one of Australia’s greatest natural treasures, the Great Barrier Reef, with UNESCO considering whether to place it on More..
By Antonia Maiolo | 23rd July, 2012 | News, Research | There is growing evidence that the Great Barrier Reef is more resilient than previously thought The spotlight has been focused recently on one of Australia’s greatest natural treasures, the Great Barrier Reef, with UNESCO considering whether to place it on More..
Cuts impact asteroid spotter
By Antonia Maiolo | 23rd July, 2012 | News, Research | An Australian astronomer who detects asteroids heading our way has lost his project funding. World-renowned astronomer Rob McNaught, who has discovered more than 400 comets and asteroids, may have to desert his watch over Southern Hemisphere skies. McNaught, the only More..
By Antonia Maiolo | 23rd July, 2012 | News, Research | An Australian astronomer who detects asteroids heading our way has lost his project funding. World-renowned astronomer Rob McNaught, who has discovered more than 400 comets and asteroids, may have to desert his watch over Southern Hemisphere skies. McNaught, the only More..
Chinese dream a nice surprise
By Antonia Maiolo | 23rd July, 2012 | International, News | A Sydney student who competed in a Mandarin competition in China believes the best way to know a country is to learn its language. Competing in the finals of an international language contest, University of NSW law student Andrew Blackie More..
By Antonia Maiolo | 23rd July, 2012 | International, News | A Sydney student who competed in a Mandarin competition in China believes the best way to know a country is to learn its language. Competing in the finals of an international language contest, University of NSW law student Andrew Blackie More..
Drones to the rescue
By Antonia Maiolo | 23rd July, 2012 | News | Pilotless aircraft may be feared in war zones but they also have the potential to save lives at sea and boost biosecurity. Unmanned aircraft have been deployed by the US military in combat zones for many years. Now the pilotless More..
By Antonia Maiolo | 23rd July, 2012 | News | Pilotless aircraft may be feared in war zones but they also have the potential to save lives at sea and boost biosecurity. Unmanned aircraft have been deployed by the US military in combat zones for many years. Now the pilotless More..
Centuries-old map of America unearthed
By Campus Review | 23rd July, 2012 | News | Librarians at Ludwig Maximilian University in Munich have found an ancient copy of the 500-year-old map that christened the New World as “America”. According to the university, the map, a variation on the one created in 1507 by German cartographer More..
By Campus Review | 23rd July, 2012 | News | Librarians at Ludwig Maximilian University in Munich have found an ancient copy of the 500-year-old map that christened the New World as “America”. According to the university, the map, a variation on the one created in 1507 by German cartographer More..
By Dr John Mitchell | 23rd July, 2012 | Comment | Ai Group’s Innes Willox says taxpayer-funded VET courses cater more for student whims than industry needs Many groups have voiced concerns about the continuing VET controversies in Victoria, including educators, students and local communities, but national industry leaders have been More..