The University of Melbourne Voice
Issues, views, debate, University news and events, fortnightly Vol. 1, No. 2, 2 – 16 April 2007 Cover StoryLost in translation?
Science and the media Fifth World Conference of Science Journalists
More than 450 journalists and writers from around the globe will meet in Melbourne from 16 April to 20 April for the 5th World Conference of Science Journalists. The Triple Helix
Students at the University of Melbourne have formed their own chapter of the prolific international undergraduate science journal The Triple Helix. The journal, which began two years ago at Cornell University in the United States, explores the impact of science on socio-economic, legal, political and technical issues. Melbourne joins the ranks of 28 other universities around the world, including Cambridge, Berkeley, the National University of Singapore and the entire Ivy League. NewsMelbourne, Monash in $2m water crisis move
‘Food bowl’ focus for strategic uni research. Stargazers eye new telescope
Radio emissions hold clues to the ‘dark ages’ of the early universe. Key role in ‘Future Melbourne’
Plan for ‘knowledge city’ looks ahead 10 years. Female adult asthma link to child obesity
Evidence builds of long-term harm from being overweight. Melbourne Model is ‘go’ for 2008
The University of Melbourne Council has authorised the implementation of the Melbourne Model from 2008. IVF mums need ’extra support’
Women who conceive using assisted reproductive technology, such as IVF, are more likely to feel anxious and lack confidence in caring for their babies than those who conceive without treatment, according to a University of Melbourne study. From the Vice-Chancellor
Moving to the Melbourne Model is an historic decision for the University of Melbourne. Top minds meet
University of Melbourne PhD students can meet the University’s most influential thinkers in new PhD Colloquia seminars run by the School of Graduate Studies. Study of doctors’ work-life balance
The impact on Australia’s medical workforce of changes in work-life balance for doctors is the focus of a major new study led by the Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research (MIAESR). Youth welfare ‘OK’
Welfare stigma associated with receiving income support seems not to attach to youth in Australia, according to a study by the University of Melbourne’s Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research (MIAESR). Reviews and PreviewsWandering Scholar’s Guide to Melbourne
A new edition of a familiar companion has been launched – a short guide to Melbourne for academics visiting the University. Macintyre on ‘making’ history
University of Melbourne Professor of History Stuart Macintyre talks of his new appointment at Harvard University and about the ‘history wars’. 10 000 years in Egypt
Egyptian artefacts spanning more than 10 000 years, from the third millennium BCE through to the spread of Christianity, are among items in a new exhibition – Discovering Egypt – showing at the University of Melbourne’s Ian Potter Museum of Art to 26 August. 60 seconds with ...
Amir Nissen From the Source: Tony Birch
Shadowboxing (Scribe Melbourne 2006). Skene’s ‘ethico-legal barometer’
It is generally ethical for scientists to conduct research in other countries, even if that research would be unlawful, or not generally accepted, in their own country, provided that the research is scientifically rigorous and accords with international ethical consensus statements and oversight requirements. Campus Snapshot
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