Media Releases : Archive
Here is an archive of news releases, newest first. Older articles can be retrieved using the News Search box.
[ 28 Jun 2005 ] Senior HK administrator and academic joins University of Melbourne Council
A senior Hong Kong education administrator and distinguished educationist has joined the University of Melbourne Council. [ 27 Jun 2005 ] Overseas research without leaving Melbourne
University of Melbourne scientists can now use remote control to manage experiments on the other side of the world, after researchers in a new ‘telepresence’ studio had a successful inaugural session with a University of Sydney laboratory. [ 24 Jun 2005 ] University welcomes VET programs’ call for expressions of interest
The University of Melbourne has welcomed the call for expressions of interest (CEI) for the future delivery of agriculture-related vocational education and training (VET) programs currently delivered by the University. [ 24 Jun 2005 ] Low demand leads to phase-out of University of Melbourne nursing course
The University of Melbourne will phase out its undergraduate Bachelor of Nursing Science (BNSc) course at Shepparton due to low demand for the course from suitably-qualified applicants coupled with a significant expansion of nursing places in the region. [ 23 Jun 2005 ] Young Australians learn about war
Students from Mary McKillop Primary School in Keilor Downs got a taste of university life recently when they visited the University of Melbourne for a lecture about Australians at war. The session was part of a course the students have taken on conflict and resolution. [ 23 Jun 2005 ] Miniature mechanics: the next stage of nano-sized science
Imagine a tiny mechanical machine, complete with miniature valves, switches, pumps and motors all operating together on a nanoscale size – too small for the eyes to see. This is the dream of University of Melbourne chemist Associate Professor Paul Mulvaney. [ 22 Jun 2005 ] Victoria’s top minds meet to present their work
What plants can tell us about Malaria, how ultrasound can cause liquid bubbles to explode, and which genes are responsible for epilepsy are some of the topics that will be presented by the newly elected Fellows of the Australian Academy of Science (Victoria) at a special University of Melbourne symposium tonight. [ 22 Jun 2005 ] Peace and Conflict in the Classroom
Teachers can learn to manage conflict in the classroom constructively to promote cooperative learning, at a University of Melbourne event that is part of the Fulbright Symposium on Peace and Human Rights Education this Saturday, 25 June. [ 22 Jun 2005 ] Linkage success confirms Melbourne’s top position
The University of Melbourne has topped the list of successful applications in the second round of the Australian Research Council’s linkage projects, winning 23 grants worth $6.4 million. [ 22 Jun 2005 ] Where will our workers come from?
Managing the short term economic outlook and labour force participation in the future will be two challenging issues addressed at the University of Melbourne’s Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research Public Economics Forum next Wednesday 29 June. [ 21 Jun 2005 ] The Potter re-opens 6 August 2005
The Ian Potter Museum of Art, University of Melbourne will open its doors on 6 August to launch a program of exhibitions and events, marking the reopening of the museum in 2005. [ 20 Jun 2005 ] National Security v Human Rights?
Has the quest for security gone too far? Are human rights being sacrificed in the ‘War on Terror’? A University of Melbourne event brings outstanding US and Australian experts to debate whether we have sacrificed too many rights and freedoms in our bid for safety. [ 17 Jun 2005 ] Six months on: technologies for minimising a tsunami’s devastation
Six months since the devastating Boxing Day tsunami, which resulted in the loss of about 175,000 lives, a free public forum will address what actually happens when a tsunami hits and present new technologies that are now being developed to minimise destruction. [ 17 Jun 2005 ] Fulbright Symposium brings experts on peace and human rights to Melbourne
Expert academics and practitioners on peace and human rights from the United States and around Australia will be in Melbourne next week when the Faculty of Law at the University of Melbourne hosts the prestigious Fulbright Symposium for 2005. [ 16 Jun 2005 ] Researchers uncover the inequalities of Aussie wealth
How much wealth does the typical Aussie family have? Researchers at the Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research have discovered that the distribution of wealth amongst Australians is very unequal. They have released their findings with some remarkable results - in the first significant survey since World War I. [ 16 Jun 2005 ] Labor tax cuts more generous but you’ll have to be patient
The Federal opposition’s 2005-06 tax cuts for 2006-07 are 30 per cent higher than the Federal government’s 2006-07 tax cuts according to leading economists at the Melbourne Institute, a department within the University of Melbourne. [ 16 Jun 2005 ] $21 million awarded for x-ray science and free-radical research
X-ray science and free-radical chemistry will be the focus of two new University of Melbourne-led Centres of Excellence that will receive $21 million in funding from the Australian government. [ 15 Jun 2005 ] Creswick Forestry’s bright future
The future of the Creswick campus of the University of Melbourne is looking bright as the University’s Faculty of Land and Food Resources prepares to focus on its higher education and research programs in forestry. [ 15 Jun 2005 ] International law failing
The prospect of a ‘lawless’ world – caused by the US throwing the rulebook out the window – will be argued by leading international scholar and barrister Philippe Sands QC, when he presents the Melbourne Law School’s Alumni Lecture 2005 at the University of Melbourne today (Wednesday 15 June). [ 14 Jun 2005 ] Tree Genes for Finer Furniture
The discovery of a gene in eucalypts believed to control wood formation could help scientists breed better trees for furniture making. |
