Charitable giving to universities in the US has reached a historic high for the second year in a row, an annual survey has found. With concerns looming in the US about funding and student loan debts, philanthropic donations reserved for student financial aid ...
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Dean of Science at UNSW Merlin Crossley has joined other leading experts concerned over reduced funding to research. "Across the world, Singapore, China, and even the European countries are maintaining or increasing funding to science, and have a strategy to ...
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USYD to trade fossils for footprint
The University of Sydney has announced it will cut its carbon footprint by 20 per cent by divesting from fossil fuel investments over the next three years. The University’s vice-principal operations, Sara Watts, said the move, which will cut heavy ...
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Philanthropic funding Part 1: Changing a culture of giving
Right across the country we need to be thinking about growing philanthropy in higher education, Colin Taylor, director for alumni relations and philanthropy at the Australian National University said. “Australia has a great culture of giving to begin with. The ...
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Encourage more girls into engineering, academic says
Schools and universities need to work together to help break down stereotypes in the portrayal of engineers and encourage more girls to enter the profession, a leading expert argues. Alex Bannigan, the manager of women in engineering at the University ...
More »Science dean warns cuts will send best overseas
A continued reduction in research dollars will force our best and brightest researchers overseas, a leading science academic warns. Professor Bruce Milthorpe, dean of science at the University of Technology, Sydney, said the cuts to research funding would reduce the ...
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