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December 2024

Jane Hansen and her husband Paul Little donated $40 million to the University of Melbourne before she became its chancellor.

Call to ban big uni donors becoming chancellors

Amid a governance crisis in Australian universities, the academics union says big donors should not be named chancellors.

  • Julie Hare

November 2024

Alan Wong chief executive IND Technology which specialises in innovative monitoring solutions for critical power infrastructure.

‘Find your niche’: The hard lessons of building tech companies

IND Technology has made the rare leap from academia to commercial success, while legal tech start-up Nexl nearly failed but is now growing rapidly in the US.

  • Paul Smith

August 2024

Professor Margaret Gardner has been awarded the 2024 AFR Lifetime Achievement Award.

Meet the economist turned accidental uni vice chancellor

Professor Margaret Gardner, the only vice chancellor to become a state governor, has been awarded this year’s Lifetime Achievement Award.

  • Julie Hare
a world leader in renewable energy Tianyi Ma and has enjoyed breakthroughs in relation to Hydrogen production and CO2 conversion technologies

The three words that unite these emerging leaders

Finalists in the emerging leadership category of the Higher Education Awards are focused on research that has “real-world impact”.

  • Euan Black

May 2024

Protesters have renamed the Arts West building Mahmoud’s Hall, in honour of a Palestinian student who they say intended to study at Melbourne University on a scholarship this year but was killed in Gaza on October 20.

Sydney Uni wins appeal over academic dismissed over Nazi slide

Tough-talking university administrators are showing signs their patience is wearing thin, but police involvement is still a last resort.

  • Julie Hare and Patrick Durkin
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Fluency co-founders Oliver Farnhill and Finnlay Morecombe with their mentor Dr Angel Zhong.

How this intern turned paper-shuffling into a $3m start-up

Finnlay Morcombe found himself spending hours on a tedious but important task while on an internship. It turned into a fantastic business idea.

  • Julie Hare

February 2024

The University of Sydney would be the single largest contributor to the federal government’s proposed infrastructure fund.

Unis that would pay the most – and the least – under ‘envy tax’ plan

Just six of the country’s 41 universities would bankroll half of the annual contributions to the higher education future fund proposed in the Albanese government’s universities accord.

  • Julie Hare

October 2023

Students play basketball at RMIT Vietnam campus in Ho Chi Minh City.

At this Aussie uni, students are happy to turn up 7 days a week

At RMIT in Vietnam, nearly every student finishes their degree and many turn up seven days a week — even when they don’t need to — and stay all day.

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  • Julie Hare

September 2023

Joe Bryant used his MBA from the University of Queensland as a launching pad for his aerospace business, Aeromech.

How this CEO used an MBA to join the space race

MBA’s can be a useful tool for corporate leaders looking to transition into becoming a business founder and owner.

  • Alexandra Cain

August 2023

Beyond patents: How to turn research into social impact

This company is hunting for programmers to recast medical imaging and disease detection in the same way that Uber and Airbnb have transformed ride sharing and tourism.

  • Agnes King

June 2023

Got a degree? That may no longer be enough to get a job

It may not be long before, on top of a degree, employers will want evidence that recruits picked up specific skills in areas like project management or cyber risk.

  • Sally Patten

April 2023

Meg Elkins.

Why employers should hire Gen Zs who read books

Researchers say jobseekers should be prepared to answer interview questions about their reading habits.

  • Tess Bennett

September 2022

Data is the new corporate currency.

Demand grows for data science and analytics execs

Data is the new corporate currency as digitisation sweeps every market in the world.

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April 2022

Thought leaders are driven by an open mind and a hunger for knowledge.

Thought leadership a vital business success ingredient post pandemic

To be a thought leader, you need to have the desire to develop the requisite skills, you need to be in the right environment, and you need to be exposed to a mix of visionaries across a variety of topics. Other attributes that support thought leadership include an open mind and a hunger for knowledge.

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March 2022

RMIT University

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RMIT University is a global university of technology, design and enterprise, committed to creating life-changing experiences for students and shaping the future of education.

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