The University of Hull is pleased to announce that Professor Dave Petley has been...
Professor Petley will join Hull from the University of Sheffield, where he is currently Vice-President for Innovation. He will take up his post from 1 September 2022, succeeding Professor Susan Lea when she steps down at the end of her five-year term in August.
Otago boosts economy by $1.79 billion
The University of Otago contributed $1.79 billion in total value added to the New Zealand economy last year, a new report has revealed.
Researchers fear career breaks risk future funding success
Fierce competition for medical research funding makes many researchers loath to disclose in grant applications their career disruptions, such as illness or childbirth, to explain research output gaps for fear of appearing ‘weak’ or unable to fulfil long-term research.
How NZ could become a world leader in decarbonisation using forestry and geothermal technology
On The Conversation, Civil and Natural Resources Engineering lecturers Rebecca Peer and David Dempsey, and PhD student Karan Titus explain geothermal BECCS, a new method to capture electricity production emissions and trap them in geothermal fields.
UM develops bacteria-mimetic nanomedicine to enhance cancer therapies
A research group led by Wang Ruibing, associate professor in the Institute of Chinese Medical Science, University of Macau (UM), has developed a bacteria-mimetic supramolecular nanomedicine by immune cells in vivo...
Blue/Green Tech Lab opens in Tauranga
Tech week – New Zealand’s festival of technology and innovation – kicked off in Tauranga last night with the opening of a brand new aquaculture and horticulture collaboration, University of Waikato’s Blue/Green Tech Lab.
University of Newcastle welcomes $50M to trailblaze in recycling and clean energy
The University of Newcastle has welcomed today’s Federal Government announcement of $50 million in funding to produce clean energy and recycling innovations through the creation of the Australian Trailblazer Recycling and Clean Energy (ATRaCE) Program.
REDI Fellowships for medical research
Two La Trobe staff members have been awarded sought-after Fellowships as part of the Researcher Exchange and Development within Industry (REDI) Fellowship program by MTPConnect.
First UK-wide evaluation since 2014 confirms University of Manchester is a research powerhouse
The University of Manchester has retained 5th place for research power1 - the quality and scale of research and impact - in the UK government’s Research Excellence Framework (REF) 2021, the major national exercise to evaluate research activity, which was last held in 2014.
High school STEM summit focuses on Olympic city’s jobs of the future
The count-down is on for the free 2022 QUT Future You STEM Summit for high school students, with online applications closing on Monday night at midnight.
