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Game on!

It’s time to abandon your preconceptions, put on your game face and roll the dice.This year, Citizenship and Communication Subject Coordinators Jenna Price and Christina Ho have turned university...

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Bootcamp, nursing style

‘University’ is a word that can evoke fear and excitement in many first-year students. For UTS health students, though, there’s really no need to worry, thanks to the faculty’s annual ‘nursing...

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Hackathons replace lectures

To the uninitiated, the word ‘hackathon’ may invoke images of a cybercrime spree. But for those in the know, it actually describes a marathon collaborative programming event that uses big data to solve...

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MDSI students take awards in 2016 Unearthed Sydney hackathon

UTS students completing the Master of Data Science and Innovation (MDSI) degree again achieved amazing success at this year's Unearthed Sydney hackathon, winning all three cash awards.More than 30 UTS...

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Rankings rise continues for UTS

UTS has for the first time been ranked among the top 200 universities globally by the QS World University Rankings.In QS’ 2016/2017 ranking, released today, UTS has jumped to 193 in the world, up from...

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Professor Andrew Parfitt appointed next UTS Provost

Vice-Chancellor of the University of Technology Sydney, Professor Attila Brungs, today announced the appointment of Professor Andrew Parfitt as UTS's next Provost and Senior Vice-President.Parfitt is...

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International healthcare leader wins top alumni honour

The Chief Executive Officer of the International Council of Nurses (ICN) Dr Frances Hughes, responsible for leading a global force of more than 16 million nurses, has been recognised with the...

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UTS among top 10 young universities worldwide

UTS remains the top-ranked "young" Australian university and has leapt from 14th to 8th in the world with the release today of the 2016/2017 QS Top 50 Under 50.Earlier this month UTS jumped to 193 in...

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Safe and sound: 3P winner fills gaps in construction crews

Having worked on big construction projects himself, Mladen Jovanovic, winner of this year's IBISWorld 3P Innovation Competition, knows that losing just one labourer from a shift can cost thousands of...

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New Colombo Plan boost for study and internships in the Indo Pacific

More UTS undergraduate students will have the opportunity to study and undertake internships in the Indo Pacific region with a boost in funding under the Australian Government's New Colombo Plan (NCP)...

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UTS 3MT winner investigates the outer limits of property rights

Getting a planetary-sized subject down to a bite-sized three minutes has earned UTS PhD student Matthew Johnson a place in Friday's Asia-Pacific Three Minute Thesis (3MT) competition in Brisbane.The...

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Garth Barnett Auction and Scholarship Trust Launch

One of Sydney's most celebrated interior design specialists, Garth Barnett died suddenly last October.Garth Barnett, picture by Cedric TourasseAs the principal of his own design agency, Garth was...

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Reflecting on practice

How does reflective thinking make you a better pharmacist? And how do you measure a student’s ability to think reflectively? Just ask Cherie Tsingos-Lucas.“To be a good health professional you should...

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Baxter and Gillian

Walking in to Gillian Leahy’s office, you half expect to see Baxter, her best friend, brown Labrador and recent muse, wagging his tail. Leahy, who is an Associate Professor in the Faculty of Arts and...

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Citations recognise UTS-wide effort supporting student learning

Individually and collectively hundreds of UTS academics and professional staff have been recognised for commitment to the learning experience of UTS students in the 2016 Citations for Outstanding...

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Jordan tour gives journalism students a real taste of international reporting

Next month eight UTS and Swinburne University journalism students will venture outside the classroom to Jordan producing live stories from the ground.The 2016 Foreign Correspondent study tour, from 5...

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Why do parents take such different approaches to their kids' education?

While some children spend the school holidays studying in tutoring centres, enrolled in sports camps or other structured activities, others are left to do their own thing.So why is it that parents take...

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UTS joins national initiative to boost female leadership in the start-up economy

UTS has teamed up with Australian start-up and innovation group BlueChilli to launch SheStarts– a national accelerator program and campaign to turbocharge female leadership in the start-up economy.The...

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"Making It Real": How live mental healthcare simulations encourage student...

According to UTS Health academic Fiona Orr, empathy – the process of stepping into someone's shoes and attempting to connect and understand how they are thinking and feeling – is an "absolutely...

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Urgent reform needed to make midwife-led maternity care more accessible

Maternity services in Australia are in urgent need of reform to deliver a better experience for more women and a better use of 21st-century midwifery education.High-level evidence shows women are...

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