Swinburne’s wonderful world of research

Venture

Swinburne Media Centre  |    4 March 2014 ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… All universities have a variety of electronic and print magazines spruiking their diverse activities and achievements.  One of our favourites is UNSW's Uniken (UNSW's communications are uniformly very good). We also rather like TAFE Bytes, produced by TAFE NSW, which has a feature this edition on film and TV production training in its TAFE institutes. Swinburne's Venture magazine  provides "a glimpse of the high quality research being undertaken within the university".  The feature article for this edition goes to the age old question of How do you estimate the weight of the universe? and  … [Read more...]

ACER’s research developments

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NMIT ”sound”

The Australian   |    4 March 2014 ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… Victorian TAFE North Melbourne Institute of Technology has confirmed it suffered a “significant” loss last year but says it remains in a “sound” financial position. …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… Victorian TAFE North Melbourne Institute of Technology has confirmed it suffered a “significant” loss last year but says it remains in a “sound” financial position with $280 million in assets and no debt. Last week NMIT surprised the sector with news that chief executive Andy Giddy had suddenly resigned to take up an unspecified academic posting elsewhere. The news came amid speculation NMIT … [Read more...]