As the Australian Financial Review is a subscription service, links will not work unless you or your organisation is a paid subscriber. ________________________________________________________________________________________________ Uni limits fee rises as it cuts costs Private Bond University will keep fee rises below the inflation rate next year as it attempts to stem a 10 per cent decline in new students. Curtin leads the way on pay rises Curtin University staff will receive a 16 per cent salary rise over four years following a ground-breaking deal reached by university executives and the National Tertiary Education Union. More students get taste of the real world When … [Read more...]
The 2012 Ig Noble Prizes for Improbable Research
11 October 2012 Nobel Prize laureates Eric Maskin, Rich Roberts and Dudley Herschbach lean over behind a mini Eiffel Tower during a performance at the Ig Nobel Prize ceremony (AP Photo/Charles Krupa) It's the Nobel Prize season, with daily announcements coming from Nobel Foundation in Stockholm, Sweden of this year's recipients of the prestigious awards. Late in September the Ig Noble Prizes for "improbable research that makes people laugh and then think" were announced in a ceremony at Harvard University. This year's recipients include Dutch researchers who won the psychology prize for studying why leaning to the left makes the Eiffel Tower look smaller; four Americans who took … [Read more...]
L’Oréal recognises three young scientists their life-transforming work
Science in Public 17 August 2012 The $25,000 L’Oréal Australia and New Zealand For Women in Science Fellowships for 2012 have been awarded to three remarkable young women scientists from Melbourne and Christchurch. Giving patients more control of their lives Dr Suetonia Palmer, University of Otago, Christchurch, New Zealand Suetonia is challenging the status quo for kidney disease treatment and helping millions of people with chronic kidney disease take back control of their lives. Working from temporary facilities as Christchurch rebuilds, she is guiding doctors and policy makers across the world as they attempt to make the best decisions for their patients. “I … [Read more...]