Researchers looking at true world.....
The new Institute for Business Research being launched in Tauranga
The new Institute for Business Research at the University of Waikato is being launched in Tauranga on Friday December 3.
A lot of good business research information is not finding its way to the business community that can best make use of it, says institute director Stuart Locke.
The Waikato University Institute for Business Research is being created partly to encourage the Waikato and Bay of Plenty business communities to ask questions that dig into that intellectual property, says institute director Stuart Locke.
The average academic spends 40 percent of the time on research, 40 per cent teaching and 20 per cent on administration.
With the top management school in the country, Waikato University has some really good research sitting around not being used by the business community, says Stuart.
The IBR is also envisaged as an employment agency for PhD students looking for suitable research projects.
The intention is to attract the interest of businesses that have significant issues, and team them up with up to date research information. If existing research doesn’t apply, then new research can be undertaken.
“I think we are the first cab off the rank in terms of this sort of thing in New Zealand,” says Stuart, who works with the IBR’s Agribusiness Research Group.
The new Institute for Business Research is being launched at the University of Waikato on Thursday December 2 in Hamilton, and on Friday December 3 in Tauranga.
Keynote speaker at the openings is Professor David Hensher, the Founding Director of the Institute of Transport and Logistics Studies (ITLS) and Professor of Management at the University of Sydney.
An authority on urban transport issue, David is the recipient of the 2009 IATBR Lifetime Achievement Award in recognition for his long-standing and exceptional contribution to the wider travel behaviour community. He’s a member of the Singapore Land Transport Authority International Advisory Panel, and is the author of 12 books.
David is a frequent commentator in Australian media, on the broader issues of private participation in infrastructure, especially toll roads, congestion charging and the role in urban areas of rail vs bus transport.
Saturday, November 27, 2010
Researchers looking at true world
New scholarship opportunities..announces
Up to $12,000 in scholarships are available from the Golden LEAF Foundation to attend four-year colleges and universities in North Carolina,,,,,,,,,,,
The Golden LEAF Foundation has recently revised its scholarship program to offer up to $12,000 for students from qualifying counties to attend participating four-year colleges and universities.
“The Foundation is committed to growing the economies of tobacco-dependent, economically distressed and rural communities,” said Dan Gerlach, Golden LEAF president. “Helping cultivate the talent, knowledge and skill of our future workforce is part of the recipe of success for rebuilding these areas.”
Under the new program, a rising college freshman from a qualifying county can apply for a $12,000 Golden LEAF Scholarship to attend one of the participating four-year colleges and universities. Golden LEAF’s four-year scholars will be eligible for $3,000 a year for up to four years. Scholarships are primarily need-based.
Students from qualifying counties that transfer from a community college to one of the participating four-year institutions are also eligible for $3,000 a year for up to three years, depending on the number of credits the student transfers.
Applications will be available December 16 at CFNC.org/goldenleaf. You can visit the Golden LEAF Website’s scholarship page at www.goldenleaf.org/scholarships.html for more information on scholarship opportunities.
“The Golden LEAF Board of Directors decided to revise the Golden LEAF Scholarship program from a year-to-year commitment to providing four years of assistance to make a tangible difference in the choice for young people to further their education," said Edgar Roach Jr., chairman of the Golden LEAF Board of Directors. “The Board is ever aware of the needs of our communities, and is making an investment now in youth to develop the workforce and leadership of the future.”
Since its inception, Golden LEAF has also provided scholarships for students from qualifying counties to attend any of North Carolina’s community colleges. Curriculum students can apply for assistance for up to $750 per semester, and non-curriculum students can apply to receive up to $250 a semester.
Community college students must apply for the scholarship each semester. Awards can be applied toward tuition, fees and related expenses. Scholarships are need- and merit-based.
Contact your local community college’s financial aid office for more information on how to apply for a Golden LEAF Scholarship to attend North Carolina’s community colleges.
Friday, November 26, 2010
Science guru's other first prize
Science guru's other first prize
Sir Paul Callaghan considers himself a lucky man. Not because he's the leader of the team that has won this year's Prime Minister's Science Prize of $500,000.
He's won prizes before, plenty of them - the Ampere Prize, the Rutherford Medal and the Gunther Laukien Prize among them.
Nor does he link his luck to the fact that his team's work in the rarefied world of nuclear magnetic resonance is so widely published - 250 scientific papers between the five of them with a citation "h-index" of 46, putting them up with Nobel Prize winners.
"I've been hugely well recognised and I sometimes wonder why - I've been lucky that way," he says with typical modesty.
The reason Sir Paul regards himself as lucky is that he's still here. Diagnosed with bowel cancer in 2008, he had surgery and chemotherapy, but the outlook wasn't great.
"The tumour had got through the wall and spread cells into my abdominal cavity. I had multiple tumours throughout my peritoneum."
It was a fatal condition with no cure.