Data and social media: how researchers are creating a positive impact
We are inundated with information every day. The ubiquity of social media and the 24-hour news cycle means we are faced with more data than we know what to do with. But can we harness this data...
View ArticleUOW academics planning dementia research workshop
By Dr Sharon Hook In light of the government’s recent cash injection into dementia research, Dr Justin Yerbury, from the Illawarra Health and Medical Research Institute, and I have proposed to hold a...
View ArticleUOW project helping emergency services retain their volunteers
By Dr Yoke Berry Effective leadership is a critical success factor for any organisation. However, in the place of defective or absent leadership in for-profit organisations, an employee may be willing...
View ArticleManufacturing collaboration to aid Australia’s innovation
By Professor Geoffrey Spinks Most researchers appreciate the benefits of collaboration, yet most collaborations develop almost accidentally. In November, the University of Wollongong and Swinburne...
View ArticleThink it. Design it. Make it: Innovation Works! opens for 2016
By Professor Geoffrey Spinks Like many other academics, I spend a lot of time thinking about things – trying to come up with solutions to the various problems we are interested in. In my case, I’m...
View ArticleEnabilise: working with users to create new mobility aids
By Dr Eliza de Vet How do you imagine yourself as an older person? Are you hunched over your uniform grey walker, fearful of falling, no longer able to bend your knee for a game of lawn bowls? These...
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