UNIVERSITIES AND COLLEGES – VICTORIA

Anger after News Corp and Google Australia set up journalism academy at university business school

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Original article by Amanda Meade
The Guardian Australia – Page: Online : 9-Feb-22

News Corporation executive Campbell Reid will be the inaugural head of the Digital News Academy, which is a joint venture between the media giant and Google Australia. Reid says the University of Melbourne’s business school was selected to provide the nine-month course because it is "unashamedly about the business of journalism". However, the decision to offer the course via the business school has been criticised by Andrew Dodd, the director of the university’s Centre for Advancing Journalism. He says it reflects News Corp’s long-standing antagonism for university journalism programs. Dodd adds that he was not aware of the new initiative until he read about it in a press release.

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NEWS CORP AUSTRALIA PTY LTD, NEWS CORPORATION – ASX NWS, GOOGLE AUSTRALIA PTY LTD, GOOGLE INCORPORATED, UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE. BUSINESS SCHOOL, UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE. CENTRE FOR ADVANCING JOURNALISM

Union warns of action as deal rejected again

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Original article by Sian Powell
The Australian – Page: 31 : 20-Feb-19

Some 67 per cent of Victoria University’s employees have voted against an offer of a two per cent pay rise over five years. It follows a previous ballot in 2018 when 77 per cent of staff voted against the university’s pay deal. The National Tertiary Education Union has urged the university to put forward a new offer, flagging the possibility of industrial action if it fails to do so. The union argues that Victoria University’s block teaching program has increased staff workloads by up to 18 per cent.

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VICTORIA UNIVERSITY, NATIONAL TERTIARY EDUCATION INDUSTRY UNION

Only two universities increase first-round offers

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Original article by Benjamin Preiss, Henrietta Cook, Craig Butt
The Age – Page: 2 : 20-Jan-15

Victorian Tertiary Admissions Centre (VTAC) data shows that 48,599 first-round offers of university places have been made in 2015, which is one per cent lower than previously. The number of people applying for undergraduate courses via VTAC fell by 2.2 per cent, to 76,648. Some universities have reported a rise in the number of people applying directly. The University of Melbourne and the Australian Catholic University were the only institutions to make more first-round offers than in 2014

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VICTORIAN TERTIARY ADMISSIONS CENTRE, UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIAN CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY, FEDERATION UNIVERSITY AUSTRALIA, DEAKIN UNIVERSITY, SWINBURNE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY, AUSTRALIAN EDUCATION UNION, VICTORIA. DEPT OF EDUCATION AND EARLY CHILDHOOD DEVELOPMENT

Bionic eye closer to trials on humans

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Original article by Bridie Smith
The Age – Page: 8 : 3-Dec-14

Monash University is matching dollar-for-dollar the donations by the charitable foundations of chancellor Alan Finkel and entrepreneur Marc Besen to the Monash Vision Group. The funding of $A3m in total will enable the bionic eye researchers to proceed to human trials in 2015. The expenditure on the project has averaged $A2.5m per annum, but Monash Vision director Arthur Lowery notes that there will be no further grants by the Australian Research Council. Monash Vision is a joint effort of Monash University, Alfred Health, MiniFAB and Grey Innovation

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MONASH VISION PTY LTD, MONASH UNIVERSITY, ALFRED HEALTHCARE GROUP, MINIFAB (AUST) PTY LTD, GREY INNOVATION PTY LTD, BIONIC VISION AUSTRALIA, AUSTRALIAN RESEARCH COUNCIL, AUSTRALIA. NATIONAL HEALTH AND MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL, BESEN FAMILY FOUNDATION

Test for Alzheimer’s gives early warning

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Original article by Kate Hagan
The Age – Page: 13 : 29-Oct-14

A new study published in the "Molecular Psychiatry" journal shows that scientists at the University of Melbourne have developed a new advance test for Alzheimer’s disease. They found that looking at micro ribonucleic acid in blood samples allows doctors to identify individuals with a certain genetic signature, which indicates they either already have the disease or are likely to develop it later in life. Further trials will be conducted, but at present the success rate of the test is 91%. Early diagnosis is crucial for Alzheimer’s as there is no cure available

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UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE, KING’S COLLEGE LONDON

Academics plead to save course

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Original article by Ben Potter
The Australian Financial Review – Page: 4 : 7-Aug-14

Concern has been expressed about La Trobe University’s plan to downgrade the status of economics in its curriculum. The university proposes to abolish its stand-alone economics degree and integrate it into the Bachelor of Commerce, while academic staff will be slashed. Economics professors at rival universities are among those who want La Trobe to back down. Falling demand for economics courses has prompted the decision

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LA TROBE UNIVERSITY, THE AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND SCHOOL OF GOVERNMENT LIMITED, UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE, DELOITTE ACCESS ECONOMICS PTY LTD, AUSTRALIAN FAIR PAY COMMISSION, MONASH UNIVERSITY, ECONOMICS SOCIETY OF AUSTRALIA, THE GROUP OF EIGHT LIMITED, AUSTRALIA POST, LINFOX PTY LTD, ACTU, INCITEC PIVOT LIMITED – ASX IPL, WESTPAC BANKING CORPORATION – ASX WBC, JC FLOWERS AND COMPANY LLC