![]() ![]() Bond pays upīond University academics are in the money, with VC Tim Brailsford advising a 4.5 per cent pay rise for 2016. Not so the (all points of the compass) University of Sydney which lost out yesterday with the NSW government announcing the cross-city metro rail will have a station at nearby (sort of) Waterloo, instead of at the university. Western Sydney University won big with a new light rail route to service three of its campuses last week ( CMM December 9). Dr Fidler’s funds follow last week’s CSIRO announcement of an eight-year study that found Australian cattle emit 24 per cent less methane “than previously thought.” In this way, it seeks to contribute to the standards for statistical inference and reporting in the discipline, and facilitate a cultural shift to ‘open science’ to ensure a more reliable evidence base for environmental decisions,” she writes. “The project plans to assess the reproducibility of environmental research and develop systematic review methods that account for bias in published research. So much for academic anguish that the humanities will lose out under the government’s new research impact strategy ( CMM December 15).īut one project in particular will certainly have an especial impact, Dr Fiona Fidler’s ( UniMelbourne) project “to improve the reproducibility and transparency of environmental science.” And Monash University’s Julie Kalman who will use $787k to “bring Sephardic Jewish traders and their networks into mainstream history of the late 18th and early 19th century Mediterranean region.” And like Richard McDermid ( Macquarie U) who has $694k to study “how the chemical complexity required to form stars, planets and life arose through cosmic history”.Ĭertainly the majority of projects fit the government’s strategic research priorities, with biology, physical sciences and engineering being the biggest categories but they are followed by history and archaeology with five fellowships. Like Mathieu Duval from Griffith U, who has $692k to study early human evolution around the Mediterranean. If everything is now about applied research the ARC obviously did not get the memo because some of the nifty fifty are scholars pursuing knowledge not patents. “These 50 fellows will build on the nation’s innovation efforts and deliver research outcomes that will improve the lives of everyday Australians,” the senator said. ![]() The announcement was an excellent opportunity for Education Minister Simon “softly softly” Birmingham to make nice with academics about their essential role in the innovation economy. Monash leads with eight, followed by Uni Melbourne with six and UofQ, ANU and Macquarie with five each. Some 17 universities are home to Future Fellows. You would not credit the coincidence but just 24 hours after MYEFO cuts in other portfolios the Australian Research Council announced 50 Future Fellowships yesterday. From CERN to MIT they will be writing up resumes. Imagine, executive parking at Kensington and in an honoured spot next to Ian Jacobs. If you would like to receive a set of the Fifty Nifty Econ Cards with the Teacher Resource Guide in the mail, fill out the online form.Plus a blue brews at ANU and Bond pays up Sure-fire talent attractorĬMM’s parking correspondent (busiest round on the newsfloor) reports a tip from the University of New South Wales where a parking space next to the VC’s has a sign, “reserved for the Nobel Laureate.” The University does not have a laureate now, but with this sort of incentive it won’t take long. Use the econ concept words at your grade level to generate your own word puzzles or custom design a puzzle with words of your choice. View the chart of economics and personal finance concepts or the Glossary of Econ Concept Cards to find the grade-appropriate words for your students. The resource guide activities and games will help teachers integrate economic vocabulary into the school day through language, math, social studies and art. Using the accompanying Teacher Resource Guide ( English| Spanish) to introduce the word cards and meanings to students should help provide a foundation in economic thinking. Fifty Nifty Econ Cards are designed for elementary and middle school students to assist them in developing a knowledge base of economic and personal finance words.
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