Dr Rowan Tulloch receiving his Future Makers Award for his innovative software that helps teachers ‘gamify’ their classrooms. This week on the Pioneering Minds podcast we sit down with Dr Rowan Tulloch from the Department of Media, Music, Communication and Cultural Studies to discuss the stigma and changing nature of gamification, and its effects on […]
Yearly Archives: 2016
MGSM and postgraduate staff scholarship applications now open
Eligible staff are invited to submit applications by 28 October.
Submissions invited for review of Department of Economics
Written submissions from interested staff should be submitted by Friday 7 October.
Checking IT systems status now easier than ever
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The interpreters’ secret to taking better meeting notes
During last month’s Three Minute Thesis (3MT) event, Applied Linguistics PhD student (and competition winner) Sijia Chen wowed us all with her research on the note-taking habits of interpreters. But is there a way we can apply those habits to our own note-taking in meetings or at conferences? “There’s a lot we can learn from […]
Film event: Human Rights in Latin America
Professor Kevin Jameson announced as Acting Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Academic)
Following Professor John Simons’ retirement at the end of 2016, Professor Kevin Jameson will become Acting Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Academic) in early January 2017. Professor Jameson will step down as Acting Executive Dean of the Faculty of Business and Economics on 2 January, following the appointment of Professor Stephen Brammer as the new Executive Dean. Prior to joining […]
Young Tall Poppy for anxiety expert Viviana Wuthrich
Anxiety and mood disorder expert Associate Professor Viviana Wuthrich has received a prestigious Young Tall Poppy Science Award for her work on developing manualised and computerised anxiety and mood treatment systems. Viviana accepted the award during a gala event recognising New South Wales’ best young scientists. “Several of Associate Professor Wuthrich’s programs have already been […]