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Innovate or deteriorate

If we are to improve our reputation for innovation, universities must be more aware of the business approach to marketing and development. We hear often today about productivity and innovation. Productivity is seen as the key to the future, unlocking ...

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Schoolgirls get hands-on experience

You have to break things to find out how they are built, the manager of safer roads performance at Transport NSW, Delilah Marta, told a group of teenagers at the annual Women in Engineering Summit at the University of Wollongong. ...

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If the hard hat fits

Forget the stereotypes. Women are an increasing force in the university engineering ranks across Australia. They are still outnumbered almost 10 to one by their male counterparts but the winds of change are blowing. "There is an increasing recognition that ...

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Good research goes missing

Australia does well in world academic rankings but the success rate for researchers applying for grants is only about 20 per cent. The research sector is unsustainable, it is difficult to start a research career and when you are in ...

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No job security say PhDs

A federal government report on career pathways of PhDs confirms that lack of job security is by far the worst aspect for aspiring academics. The survey has revealed that researchers like their work but not the employment system in which ...

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National program to increase Radiation Therapy

Cancer patients are set to get improved access to radiation therapy as Monash University leads a new program across Australian universities to be implemented by the middle of next year. The national program will help improve access to radiation treatments ...

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Cuts hit ‘at risk’ students

A Brotherhood of St Laurence study has found disengaged youth could be left behind by recent changes to vocational training. There is an old saying that you can judge a society by how well it looks after the most disadvantaged ...

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Copyright law online ‘blocking’ courses

Law reform is needed to ensure Australian universities are able to fully utilise digital technology and to remain competitive in a global market, say industry leaders. Universities Australia (UA) and the University of Sydney have sent submissions to the Australian ...

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Donning the business hat

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Universities are billion-dollar enterprises today, so the leaders need training in financial practice or an understanding of it. Phil Dolan may just be the role model for the academic of the future. The professor, who is dean of the University ...

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