Congratulations to Professor Larissa Behrendt, awarded an AO in the 2020 Australia Day Honours for service to Indigenous education and research, the law and the visual and performing arts.
UTS continues an uninterrupted run of improvement in world rankings, jumping 34 places from 194th in the world to equal 160th (and 9th in Australia) in the latest
@timeshighered
World
#University
Rankings. Full story here:
We are announcing today a plan to build Australia's first Indigenous Residential College. Federal Labor says it will contribute $20m if elected and
@Tanya_Plibersek
will join us today. SMH story here:
#auspol
@Malarndirri19
@LukeLPearson
We didn't want to make a fuss, but it's our 30th
#birthday
today. We're proud of how far we've come and of all the people who have made it happen. And we're looking forward to 30 more years of changing people's lives through
#research
,
#ausindustry
collaboration and
#education
UTS has entered the top 100 universities worldwide, rising 47 places to 90th in the QS
@worlduniranking
. UTS VC Andrew Parfitt says it reflects that UTS is a global university, serving both its local community and students from around the world:
UTS's year-on-year improvement in world
#university
#rankings
has continued with a seven-place jump in the latest QS
@TopUnis
world ranking to 133rd in the world.
Our new UTS Central building will open its doors in mid-2019 when construction is complete and the first internal spaces open to students, staff and the community. Here's a preview of how it will look when it's complete.
At a time of COVID-created
#economic
downturn, it’s correct that the government is focused on
#jobs
says
@VerityFirth
, but jobs for whom? She warns the
#highered
reform package will deliver outcomes that further entrench social inequity, via
@smh
Congratulations to Prof Dayong Jin on his ARC Laureate Fellowship. Prof Jin will continue his groundbreaking work on optical nanotechnologies to create the next generation of diagnostic tools.
@arc_gov_au
@UTS_Science
Oxford Street is going off tonight! So glad to be joining the party this year to show our rainbow colours & celebrate love and acceptance
#MardiGras40
#UTSforALL
"The University of Technology Sydney has maintained its envied position as the higher education institution that punches further above its weight in research than any other in Australia." Via
@australian
($)
UTS again rises through QS World University Rankings - now 160 in the world. Also top young uni in Australia in Times Higher Education rankings for 4th year running.
#QSWUR
#YoungUni
#THEUniRankings
UTS Professor Bruce Pascoe "ground-breaking account of the birth of agriculture in Australia, which challenged the idea Aboriginal people were merely hunter-gatherers" Dark Emu is the first pick of the inaugural Parliamentary Book Club!
Congratulations to Dr Jean-Baptiste Raina, a
#marine
microbial ecologist in
@UTS_Science
's
@uts_c3
, who has been awarded a
@arc_gov_au
Future Fellowship to explore how
#disease
-causing bugs spread underwater and find new ways to stop them. Read more:
"We were the university that stood up when nobody else had the guts to do it." Congratulations to Distinguished Professor
@LarissaBehrendt
for being awarded joint winner of the UTS Medal for Research Impact.
#Indigenous
#socialjustice
Exciting news: the beautiful UTS library, with its triple-height reading room, has been shortlisted for the 2021 Australian Library Design Awards
@ALIANational
. Winners announced on 18 March.
#libraries
#architecture
#design
It's being described as an "opportunity to shine," hundreds of teenagers from Sydney's South West guaranteed entry into one of our top universities.
@vickyjardim
#9News
Congratulations to
@VerityFirth
, who has accepted an invitation to take up the newly-created role of Pro Vice-Chancellor (Social Justice and Inclusion), leading
#socialimpact
and engagement at UTS:
Acting UTS Vice-Chancellor and formerly Provost, Professor Andrew Parfitt, today has been announced as the university's fifth Vice-Chancellor and President:
Vice Chancellor Attila Brungs now launching Jumbunna Research’s ‘Indigenous People’s & Work Research and Practice Hub’ offering a point of collaboration across the diversity, Indigenous & research sectors to drive real change.
#IndigenousWorkHub
On this day, and every day, we acknowledge the Gadigal People of the Eora Nation upon whose ancestral lands our university campus stands. We pay respect to Elders both past and present, as the traditional custodians of knowledge for this land.
Where racism is permitted it becomes accepted. We won’t accept racism of any form at UTS. But it's all of our responsibility to actively combat it. We know we can do better. We can all do better.
Racism asks for your silence. Anti-racism asks for your voice. Call it out.
Congratulations to Dr Amanda White, recognised for teaching excellence in Law, Economics, Business and Related Studies at The Australian Awards for University Teaching.
@AmandasAudit
@uniaus
#teaching
#universities
UTS has leapt 112 places in five years in QS world uni rankings: now 160 in the world. Also top young uni in Australia for 4th year in a row, according to Times Higher Ed.
#QSWUR
#YoungUni
#THEUniRankings
Congratulations to all the winners and finalists at the UTS Vice-Chancellor’s Awards for Research Excellence. Distinguished Professor Jie Lu won the Chancellor’s Medal for Research Excellence.
#uts_1_in_impact
Congratulations to our Vice-Chancellor, Professor Attila Brungs, who will succeed Professor Ian Jacobs as UNSW’s next VC.
'This is an exciting opportunity for me to continue to enable the public benefits of higher education by supporting UNSW to continue their strategic journey.'
"We are not only welcoming our 10th President and Vice-Chancellor; we are welcoming back an eminent alumnus and member of the UNSW family.”
Professor Attila Brungs has been appointed as UNSW's next President and Vice-Chancellor, commencing in 2022.
Moving on up ... UTS has risen two spots in the 2020 Times Higher Education World University Ranking, climbing to 194. That makes a jump of 200+ places in the past seven years. Read more here:
Aussies want jobs, open pubs and a hopeful future but why aren’t we prepared to create the future jobs, companies and economy?
@TurnbullMalcolm
joins UTS on 9 July for a frank conversation on the importance of entrepreneurship in Australia's recovery:
Following the announcement of changes to the timing of the 2021
#HSC
, UTS and other NSW
#universities
have moved to reassure prospective
#students
that they would be welcomed next year as normal:
Congratulations to UTS Pro Vice-Chancellor (Indigenous Leadership and Engagement) and
@Jumbunna_Inst
Director Professor Michael McDaniel - recognised with an AO in the 2021 Queen’s Birthday Honours:
Flags at UTS are half mast today as we join with the nation remembering much loved former PM Bob Hawke. A great champion of social inclusion, equity and education for all. Vale.
The New Social Contract
#podcast
made by Impact Studios at UTS has been nominated for the 'Best Lockdown Podcast' in the 2020 Australian Podcast Awards, announced 21 November.
@TNSCpod
@UTSImpact
#education
#highered
More here:
There's good evidence exercise can improve health outcomes in the early stages of cancer, but not yet for patients with advanced cancers.
@UTS_Health
's new Program Director in Clinical Exercise Physiology Nicolas Hart is working to change that, read more:
Raise your banners! From Central to Wattle St UTS celebrates three women who exemplify this year's
#NAIDOCWeek
theme "Because of Her, We Can": Distinguished Professor Larissa Behrendt, Aunty Joan Tranter & Alison Bush
@JumbunnaMedia
.
@UTS_Science
#forensic
#scientist
@MaikenLand
is re-creating dogs' special ability to sniff out human remains using sensor
#technology
and her knowledge of the chemical breakdown of cadavers. She's now been named a NSW 2021 Young Tall Poppy, read more:
Asked which Australian she most admires Nicole Kidman says her father Prof Antony Kidman "dedicated himself to helping others, especially young people dealing with
#depression
,
#anxiety
and stress". The Kidman Centre "continues this important work".
Biomedical engineer
@JiaoJiaoLi_Syd
is using the healing powers of stem cells to treat chronic diseases like osteoarthritis, work that has won her an
@AusStemCell
2023 Metcalf Prize. Read more:
(Official) welcome
@TimHarcourt
in his new role as Industry Professor and Chief Economist with
@IPPGatUTS
. Professor Harcourt specialises in Australia’s economic engagement with the
#global
#economy
, particularly Asia, Latin America and
#emergingmarkets
:
UTS welcomes the announcement by the NSW Government that a plan to create a safe pathway for
#international
#students
to return to on-campus learning in Australia has been approved and submitted for Federal Government review. Read more:
For over 30yrs former Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Education & Students) Prof
@SAlexander_UTS
AM demonstrated her deep commitment to the UTS community as a
#leader
#mentor
#donor
&
#educator
. But her career into academia was unconventional. Read her story
Huge recognition for Dr Amanda White, winning award for teaching excellence in Law, Economics, Business and Related Studies, at The Australian Awards for University Teaching.
@uniaus
@AmandasAudit
You can catch her on her YouTube show:
Australia's first national Indigenous residential college is due for completion in 2025, helping break down some of the obstacles
#Indigenous
#students
face studying at
#university
says UTS PVC and
@Jumbunna_Inst
Director Michael McDaniel, via
@abcnews
Congratulations to NSW Tall Poppies for 2022
@JiaoJiaoLi_Syd
& Dr Peter Irga
@UTSFEIT
. Dr Li is using stem cells for a new therapy for osteoarthritis; Dr Irga is developing green roofs and walls for healthier cities.
@aipolsci
Australia’s lack of strategic
#AI
skills is “incredibly dangerous” and could lead to more programs like the "
#robodebt
disaster” says former Human Rights Commissioner
@esantow
, now Industry Professor –
#ResponsibleTechnology
at UTS. Story via
@Innov_Aus
:
Sydney researchers have developed a saliva test that can detect COVID in just 15 minutes. Scientists from
@utsengage
say their swab can pick up the virus earlier and provides a quicker result than current methods.
#7NEWS
UTS is Australia’s number one young university for the fifth year in a row, now ranked 13th among the world’s young unis in the
@timeshighered
#YoungUni
rankings
Congratulations to director of the UTS-based National Justice Project (
@NJP_Au
)
@GeorgeNewhouse
on being named among Australia's most influential lawyers by
@Aus_Lawyer
, in the human rights, advocacy, and criminal law category:
Attn: Teachers & public education enthusiasts. We’re hosting
@JaneCaro
and
@JordsBaker
in conversation with
@VerityFirth
for an evening of discussion to explore politics of funding decisions that drive social and economic disadvantage in our education systems. Join us on May 9
Congratulations
@UTSLaw
's Dr Laura Smith-Khan (
@LauraSKh
, pictured left), awarded the
@HumanitiesAU
2022 Max Crawford Medal for research bringing new perspectives to the legal understanding of migrants’ experiences. Read more:
What started as a way to make
#classes
a bit of fun during
#lockdown
"escalated pretty quickly" says
@UTS_Science
's
@scottchadwick87
. He says his
#students
enjoy the effort and "engage a bit more". Seems it's easier/less scary to ask a question of Tiger King or Dwight Schrute!
Social impact is a huge part of our vision for UTS. Universities should exist for public benefit, so we're launching a new Centre for Social Justice & Inclusion to connect us with communities and transform society for the better
@UTSSocialImpact
Today we welcome innovative educator and equity champion Professor Kylie Readman, newly announced as UTS's next Deputy Vice-Chancellor and Vice-President, Education and Students, joining the UTS community in November. Read more about her here: