UNSW big winner in Canberra funding THE University of NSW has won the most prize money in the 2009 teaching and learning stakes. UNSW gets $6.9 million of the $73 million 2009 Teaching and Learning Performance Fund announced today by federal Education Minister Julia Gillard. UNSW, the University of Western Australia and the Australian National University were top performers across the disciplines. For the first time, institutions have been rewarded not just for excellence, but for improvement since the fund began in 2006 amid lively criticism of its methodology. Today Ms Gillard sold the improvement measure as a way to reward more universities - 32 get money this year compared with 23 in 2008. "Under the previous Liberal government, only universities with the very best outcomes were eligible to receive funding with (the) LTPF," she said. "Only a few, mainly prestigious universities received funding and little, if anything, went to regional and less well resourced universities." UNSW won $1.76 million for improvement.
Expert predicts virtual future for Queenslanders THIS is now ... Brisbane's bustling skyline is dominated by skyscrapers. Source: The Courier-Mail FANS went wild ... when the Beatles came to Brisbane, young women were screaming for more. Source: The Courier-Mail IN its heyday ... BEATLEMANIA ... it was 1964 and people lined the streets of Brisbane to see four young men from Liverpool, the Beatles. THAT was then ... COLOUR and movement ... QUEENSLANDERS in 2083 will be moving in virtual worlds, living up to 100 years of age and may have done away with the state government. That is the opinion of leading Queensland futurist Sohail Inayatullah, who says the state's future hinges on our decisions over the next few years. "Where we are headed can be broken down to the challenges facing the world and Queensland, and the trends that have already begun," he said. While he maintains the future is always uncertain, Mr Inayatullah agreed with most scientists that Queensland's future would be shaped by climate change. "In one form or another."
UNSW Foundation Year Sydney - FoundationStudies.com.au The University of New South Wales (UNSW) in Sydney has developed a comprehensive pre-university Foundation Year program to prepare students for tertiary study in Australia. The program is delivered in a caring and encouraging way that makes the transition to undergraduate studies a much simpler process than it would otherwise be. UNSW offers a variety of completion methods to suit most English abilities and timetables. Students are able to select from a range of undergraduate programs they might like to pursue and then choose the appropriate stream from the Foundation Studies options. To find out more about the UNSW Foundation Year you can click on the following link to explore their website and make an application: UNSW Foundation Program Link
myUNSW Moving Feedback Forward: Innovation and Opportunity 9 May Learning and Teaching Forum will explore the relationship between technology-enhanced assessment and feedback practices, well-supported learning experiences and student development. Registrations Open UNSW 2014 Travel Survey - Kensington campus Take the 2104 Travel Survey - win great prizes! The 2014 Travel Survey is an opportunity to share your thoughts on travelling to and from the Kensington campus. The survey will take 2-3 minutes to complete and if you enter your staff or student number at the end you will go into the draw to win one of: 2 x $500 Visa gift cards, 5 x $100 Visa gift cards, 4 x $50 UNSW bookshop gift cards. All staff and student numbers will be removed from the survey data before it is used by UNSW in future campus and transport planning.
UNSW Aviation Handwrite e-mails with the D:Scribe pen - News - Mobile Accessories video We talk to the student designer of the D:Scribe, a digital fountain pen that will convert your scribblings into text messages and e-mail. Each year the Dyson Student Award -- a category of the Australian International Design Awards -- showcases a bunch of innovative concept products that could end up in your home one day. A competition held to promote design talent among uni students, the Award attracts entries from inventive tinkerers around Australia, who submit their creations to be judged by designers with a metric boatload of industry experience. Finalists in the 2008 Award include such curious products as a bone conduction headset, collapsible surfboard and -- most intriguing for us -- the D:Scribe pen, which takes text you write by hand and sends it as an SMS, MMS or e-mail. The D:Scribe is the brainchild of UNSW student Reuben Png, who created the pen with the aim of bringing the human touch back to digital communication.
University of New South Wales - CCRC - CCRC IT faculty revolts over UNSW overhaul - News - Software Tensions are rising at UNSW's School of Computer Science and Engineering (CSE), where a plan by the university to centralise all IT services has met with a hostile response from staff and students. The plan, known as the OneUNSW IT Change Program, commenced in late 2007 with the goal of reducing costs and consolidating IT infrastructure and services. The plan is nearing completion, with new email facilities, a datacentre with 300TB of storage and tailored services rolled out to most faculties, schools and administrative units. It is part of UNSW's plan to rank among the top three G08 Australian universities. However, staff and students have voiced concerns about implementing this plan at CSE. Rumours are flying about changes IT Change might make to CSE. Also, the school uses a number of bespoke systems that some believe will not work in the IT Change environment. A discussion paper written by staff member Peter Linich outlined some areas of concern.
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