UTS wanted its look to match its "authentic, creative, energetic, open and entrepreneurial" lean. The result? A new, unboxed logo: UTS is emblazoned in bold font on a background of red, blue, black, white and grey bubbles. Its previous logo was, ...
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University, union spar over misconduct allegations. By Dallas Bastian. The University of Technology, Sydney has laid serious misconduct charges against its National Tertiary Education Union branch president. UTS recently suspended its’ NTEU branch president, Simon Wade, based on allegations that ...
More »Safety fears after UTS crane fire
The National Tertiary Education Union is calling for a public inquiry following the collapse of a construction crane at the University of Technology Sydney. Simon Wade, president of the UTS NTEU branch, witnessed the accident and said he was concerned ...
More »Australia in the Asian Century: Academics query detail
Universities are concerned by the lack of specifics in the government’s new plans for academic expansion into Asia, reports The government’s Australia in the Asian Century white paper outlines how the nation must engage with Asia to take advantage of ...
More »Colour makes the difference in UTS revamp
As part of the University of Technology Sydney’s renovations, haptic principles have been used in the redesign of the INSEARCH buildings. INSEARCH general manager education, Tim Laurence, who headed the $16 million project, based the upgrade design on haptics – ...
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Roff kicks off new role Former Wallabies winger Joe Roff has begun his new role as chief executive of the University of Canberra Union (UCU). The position was created as a result of UCU’s new strategic plan and direction to ...
More »Soft landing for backyard favourite
Trampolines with no springs or hard edges are much safer for children, a team of researchers has found Non-traditional soft-edge trampoline design can reduce injuries by 30 to 80 per cent, according to a new study led by play equipment ...
More »Excellence in teaching rewarded at UTS
Three academics have been recognised for their work in teaching and learning at the University of Technology, Sydney. The Faculty of Design, Architecture and Building (DAB) introduced the awards to recognise the pedagogical skills across the faculty and to raise ...
More »Graduate journalism school ‘to help shape’ industry
Despite major changes in communications technology, independent quality journalism remains vital for democracy and the functioning of civil society and maintenance of an informed public sphere, those attending the launch of a graduate school of journalism in Sydney have been ...
More »The blog rankings – academic English
Reading and writing are basic skills required for university but for many first-year students the jump to academic English can be something of a shock. High HSC marks in maths and science might not translate to an ease with the ...
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