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Ingham Institute raises $44,500 for critical research
THE Ingham Institute has raised $44,500 for reserch programs from its recent Hope Luncheon.
Australia's oldest official paper money found
THE only known specimen of the first official banknote issued in Australia, uncovered in a private collection in Scotland, is to be auctioned in Sydney later this month.
By Renata Cooper
CEO Forming Circles and angel investor
I WAS at the So You Think You Can Start Up event recently and was struck by how few women were in the room – and no women pitching for funding.
Holmes appointed Deputy VC for UWS
THE University of Western Sydney has appointed an internationally recognised business management and health economics expert, Professor Scott Holmes, as the university’s new Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research and Development).
Hayley’s Born to be Chic
University graduate building an empire
By James Preston
HAYLEY Mehmet is not your typical university graduate. At just 22 she has already established a successful small clothing business called ‘Born to be Chic’, stocking some of the hottest brands in women’s fashion and shipping over 350 parcels a month.
Hayley, who has previously worked as a fashion blogger for popular Melbourne company Chadstone The Fashion Capital; initially conceived the idea for her business during a working holiday in Canada following the completion of her communications degree at UWS.
Prime Minister's Scholarship for humble council officer
A PASSION and dedication to geography and mapping has earned Hills Council’s Senior Spatial Systems officer Chunhua Zhang a scholarship from the Prime Minister to study for a PhD at the University of Queensland.
By Deborah Trevallion
Lecturer in the School of Education at University of Newcastle
AUSTRALIA finally has its first digital technology curriculum which is mandatory for all Australian children from Foundation, the name replacing kindergarten, to Year 8.
