The federal government has launched a match-making website where companies can search all the intellectual property patents Australia’s universities and public research bodies hold. The assistant minister for innovation, Wyatt Roy, launched Source IP in late November. It was developed ...
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Bipartisan plan targets biases against women in politics
“There is a special place in hell for women who don’t support other women.” That quote from Madeleine Albright, the first woman to be US Secretary of State, was Labor deputy leader Tanya Plibersek’s message at the launch of a University of Melbourne program ...
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UNSW pre-service teachers to help run Sydney high school’s centre
The University of New South Wales has established a university presence on a high school campus. Matraville Sports High School, in Sydney’s south-east, has donated a building to the university to create a centre where pre-service teachers can work directly ...
More »Australia all over ranking of top young unis
UTS led seven other young local institutions in the latest ranking of the top 50 universities worldwide less than 50 years old, giving Australia the most places of any country in the index. In the list, compiled by rankings agency QS and spearheaded by Asian ...
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Opinion: VET reform promises disappointment
Recent Senate paper builds up reader expectations of a robust effort to reform VET – but the Coalition’s minority report shoots down those hopes. By John Mitchell A familiar experience: you start reading a new government report on the VET ...
More »Med students admit to ‘inappropriate posting’
More than a third of medical students post inappropriate material, mainly depicting intoxication, to their social media accounts, according to an Australian survey. The voluntary online survey, held during six months in 2013, was completed by 880 of the 16,993 ...
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USC expects Petrie campus to double uni’s size
The University of the Sunshine Coast’s new campus will almost double its student population. USC has recently won a tender from Moreton Bay Regional Council to set up a campus in Petrie, Brisbane. The campus will be completed in 2020 and ...
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