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What we really think

9 May 2012

Politicians may pronounce global warming the greatest moral dilemma of our time, but ask everyday Aussies what they really think is important and the answers may surprise.

Renew, restore, regenerate

9 May 2012

An initiative lead by UTS Shopfront and Arts NSW is guiding landlords, artists and local governments through space re-use initiatives.

Is the Toyota way the only way?

9 May 2012

The 350 redundancies at Toyota’s Altona plant raises some larger and awkward questions for management practitioners and academics – ones that go beyond the usual sensationalist adversarial fixations of business and unions.

Renewed support for creative industries innovation at UTS

2 May 2012

The Federal Government has announced an additional three years funding for its business advisory service, the Creative Industries Innovation Centre (CIIC), housed at UTS.

Students to participate in unique practicum experience

24 April 2012

UTS Business School students to participate in unique practicum experience with industry and university partners

Australia needs a management skills upgrade

5 April 2012

Innovation capability is the key to Australia's future success in manufacturing and other sectors, according to Professor Roy Green, Dean of the UTS Business School and Andrew Liveris, Dow Chemical Company Chairman and Chief Executive Officer.

Speaking at the launch of Dow's Advanced Manufacturing Plan for Australia recently in the UTS Great Hall, Professor Green noted that Australia currently lags the rest of the world in management skills.

Journal of Sustainable Tourism

5 April 2012

The blending of real world issues and academic literature is what makes this 20th anniversary edition of the Journal of Sustainable Tourism so relevant.

UTS Business School Student Challenge

28 March 2012

Registrations are now open for UTS Business School's Student Challenge for Individuals with Business Flair and Creativity in the Space of 3Ps

Corporate leaders help guide a new vision for business education

27 March 2012

Fourteen prominent chief executives and company directors will bring their knowledge and experience to bear as members of UTS Business School's new Business Advisory Board.

Chaired by former head of IBM, Australia New Zealand, Glen Boreham, the board is a key element in UTS's new approach to educating business thinkers, according to Dean of the UTS Business School, Professor Roy Green.

Business School transforms itself in line with transforming economy.

21 March 2012

UTS Business School has developed a new approach to business education. Developed in close consultation with corporate Australia, the new approach is designed to produce managers and leaders with the expertise to shepherd their companies through the structural transformation of Australia’s economy and the creativity to set the course in an uncertain future.

Gehry's vision gets NSW government approval

21 March 2012

Frank Gehry's first Australian building, UTS's Dr Chau Chak Wing Building, has received planning approval from the NSW Department of Planning and Infrastructure.

"This is a major milestone in the design of an Australian architectural icon," said UTS Vice-Chancellor Professor Ross Milbourne. "We welcome this approval: it brings us one step closer to creating a world-class education precinct in Sydney's southern CBD."

UTSpeaks: Shapeshifters - the New Creatives

21 March 2012

The 21st century presents us with a complex and competitive world, where nations are searching for processes that deliver innovation, creativity and solutions to our biggest challenges. Can Australia compete? In this public forum, dynamic presenters, who embody a hybrid of creative industries and technology, investigate Australia’s position and future in creative innovation.

Fantastic Mr Fox

7 March 2012

As Student President for the UTS Union Board, Business student James Fox is likely to be fighting the good fight well after he graduates.

Accessing opportunity

7 March 2012

Rangan Srikhanta is the Chief Executive Officer of One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) Australia. The social enterprise is changing Australia’s educational landscape with specially designed laptops for children in remote communities.

Falling through the net

7 March 2012

The purpose of Medicare is to provide Australians with access to affordable health care, but are higher out-of-pocket costs preventing some patients from using the system. Is the government responding to this appropriately?

UTS students pitch their model for sustainable urban tourism

24 February 2012

You can be pretty sure glossy brochures of Sydney's tourist highlights don't include Redfern, but that's a missed opportunity according to two UTS MBA students pitching the potential of the inner-city suburb this week in Singapore.

With its long and checkered history, Redfern has been the case study for Nathan Wiltshire and Baptiste Bachellerie in their model for community-driven urban tourism called South of the Border.

Dr Jochen Schweitzer - "Shapeshifter"

24 February 2012

Is the global innovation movement challenging us to re-discover the innate creativity in all of us? UTS Business School's Dr Jochen Schweitzer will be a speaker at a public forum: Shapeshifters - the new creatives.

Whaling nations could trade eco warriors for eco tourists

8 February 2012

Sustainable tourism experts believe Japan and Iceland could profitably move from whaling to the growing business of whale watching.

Death by the dollar? How innovation can save manufacturing

7 February 2012

Professor Roy Green, the dean of business at the University of Technology, Sydney, argues that it’s not all doom and gloom. He believes the key to the industry survival’s depends on innovation and ensuring business models can adapt to the ebb and flow of economic change.

UTS Business School student travels to Abu Dhabi for "Festival of Thinkers"

7 February 2012

UTS Business School student, Hardeep Singh Dang, joined two hundred students from around the world to attend the 4th Annual Festival of Thinkers in Abu Dhabi late last year.

UTS Graduate appointed Director of the Australian Institute of Sport

1 February 2012

Mr Matthew Favier, a UTS MBA graduate has been appointed as the incoming Director of the Australian Institute of Sport (AIS). Matthew's most recent role was pivotal to the United Kingdom's 2012 Olympic games strategy.

Nothing blue about UTS sport stars

23 January 2012

Stellar UTS athletes Alyssa Healy and Gavin Woods were honoured as 2011's Sports Man and Woman of the Year last month at the annual UTS Union Blues awards.

A country that 'makes things'? There's more to Australia than manufacturing

20 January 2012

Rushe appointed adjunct professor to UTS business school

12 December 2011

Investment banking leader Martin Rushe has been appointed as adjunct professor to the University of Technology Sydney's innovative business school.

Managing Director of Moss Capital, a leading Australian investment banking business which specialises in energy, technology, real estate and resources, Professor Rushe also has a long career as an entrepreneur and financier.

UTS crosses the gamut in list of 100 most influential Sydneysiders

12 December 2011

Two UTS academics and one entrepreneurial business student have been given an early Christmas present – being named among Sydney's top 100 influential people for 2011 by the Sydney Morning Herald's the(sydney)magazine.

From diverse areas, Dr Peter Macreadie, Professor Roy Green and student Nikki Durkin have all made a significant difference to Sydney this year, in one way or another.

Congratulations from UTS Business School

12 December 2011

UTS Business School wish to congratulate Professor Stephen Taylor and Professor Jane Hall

Congratulations to Dr Francesco Giacobbe

12 December 2011

Dr Francesco Giacobbe Awarded Ippogrifo d'Oro 2011

UTS competition spawns student's international success

12 December 2011

Business student Nikki Durkin has been accepted into the acclaimed and highly sought-after Y Combinator program in the United States after winning gold in a challenging UTS Business School competition.

Still completing her undergraduate business degree, Nikki has already shown entrepreneurial flair, starting her first business at age 15 and as the creator of successful online clothes store 99dresses.

Congratulations: UTS Business School Academics Promoted

12 December 2011

UTS Business School Academics promoted to Associate Professor

NEW PROJECT ON THE FUTURE OF MANAGEMENT EDUCATION

6 December 2011

Today the Australian Business Deans Council (ABDC) announced Australian Government funding support for its $536,000 ‘Future of Management Education’ project.

UTS elite athlete Pat Cummins saves Australia

24 November 2011

UTS Elite Athlete Program scholar and Bachelor of Business student Patrick Cummins recently made his test debut with the Australia Cricket Team in South Africa.

As reported by the Sydney Morning Herald on the 22 November, he "saved Australia" and with his man of the match performance, led Australia to victory over the South African team.

Has the mining boom given us ‘too much luck’? Hardly

22 November 2011

If Paul Cleary is to be believed in his recently published book, Too Much Luck: The Mining Boom and Australia’s Future, the resources boom is the worst thing that ever happened to Australia.

UTS Business School Student Accepted into YCombinator program

18 November 2011

Nikki Durkin, UTS Business School student, has been accepted into the YCombinator program.

Accreditation procures career boost for master's students

18 November 2011

UTS Master of Business students specialising in procurement now have a passport to an international career with the accreditation of their course by the Chartered Institute of Purchasing and Supply (CIPS).

UK Design Policy Expert, Sir George Cox, to Visit Australia

15 November 2011

UTS Business School in partnership with the Australian Design Alliance are co-hosting the forum: Creative Industries, Future-ready Graduates – the role of universities.

Tackling green issues at coalface

11 November 2011

The Sydney Morning Herald interviews Suzanne Benn, Professor of Sustainable Enterprise discussing sustainability and UTS Business School's approach to educating the graduates of tomorrow.

Dr Chau Chak Wing Building Moves On Site

9 November 2011

The first workers have moved onto site and early works are now underway on the Dr Chau Chak Wing Building.

First UN World Tourism Organisation Conference held in Australia

8 November 2011

On September 22-23, Senior Lecturer Dr David Beirman along with major tourism players from around the world organised the first UN World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO) Conference in Australia.

Google goes green...and others may follow, The Conversation article

2 November 2011

Google's green efforts explored

Businesses could benefit from efficiency under carbon tax, The Conversation article

2 November 2011

A look at the business opportunities under the proposed clean energy future package

Sustaining Momentum: Bringing Ethics into Business, U Magazine article

2 November 2011

A discussion of the energy efficiency project and the broader topics of ethics and sustainability in business courses

Energy Efficiency Education - Kirsten Lees interviews Prof Suzanne Benn & Dr Paul Brown

2 November 2011

Kirsten Lees spoke to Professor Suzanne Benn and Dr Paul Brown about the importance of teaching people about energy efficiency and consumption through a training program for accountants and business managers in NSW

Planes set to fly again - but what now for Qantas?

31 October 2011

Qantas planes are set to return to the air today after Fairwork Australia ruled to terminate an industrial dispute that grounded the airline over the weekend. Roy Green, Dean of UTS Business School at the University of Techology, Sydney looks at how it came to this and what now for Qantas

Chancellor's Medal for Exceptional Research - Prof Jordan Louviere

17 October 2011

Congratulations to Professor Jordan Louviere, who was awarded the Chancellor's Medal for Exceptional Research at the Vice-Chancellor's Awards for Research Excellence last Thursday night.

UTSpeaks: Sustaining Business

12 October 2011

Will Vision and Leadership be the Keys that Safeguard Corporations in an Uncertain Future? Australia’s widely diverse corporations make a ‘one-size-fits-all’ strategy for adopting sustainable practices impossible. Yet the pressure to transform how business does business has never been greater.

Innovation key to employment

6 October 2011

The Future Jobs Forum today should investigate how innovation can reposition the Australian economy, writes Roy Green.

Jobs Summit: making a future for manufacturing

6 October 2011

Hot on the heels of the Tax Forum in Canberra is today’s Jobs Summit, which is expected to concentrate on the pressing issues facing manufacturing. Dean of UTS Business School Professor Roy Green, who will address the Summit, spoke to The Conversation on the best ways Australia can continue to nurture its existing manufacturing sector and our need to embrace a hi-tech future.

Future Jobs Forum - Key Note Speakers and Agenda

6 October 2011

UTS Business School Dean, Roy Green is one of the keynote speakers at Future Jobs Forum. The Future Jobs Forum is an opportunity for the Government to hear from business and unions on the opportunities and challenges facing the Australian economy.

UTS ranked one of the world's top 500 universities

28 September 2011

UTS has been awarded Five Stars in the QS Stars system, which recognises excellence in higher education. This is a new ranking program, and an important affirmation of the quality of education that UTS delivers.

Driven By Collaboration: Gehry's Final Design

19 September 2011

UTS has approved the detailed design of the Dr Chau Chak Wing Building designed by architects Gehry Partners.

UTS Business School Ranked in Top 100 World Universities

9 September 2011

QS World University Ranking for 2011/2012, ranks UTS Business School in the Top 100.

Inaugural Mark Lyons Community Management Scholarship Awarded

7 September 2011

UTS Business School awarded the Inaugural Mark Lyons Community Management Scholarship to Deborah Tighe.

Sustaining momentum

1 September 2011

In the wake of the global financial crisis, UTS Business School has responded by developing a more integrative approach based on sustainability to its business education.

IMPACT award winner Professor Stewart Clegg

30 July 2010

The IMPACT Award acknowledges good practice of impactful management scholarship (i.e. teaching, research, leadership development).

UTS protégés scoop Microsoft awards

24 June 2010

UTS Business undergrads walked away with the two top awards at the inaugural Microsoft Protégé Grand Finals, held this week at Microsoft’s Australian headquarters in Sydney.

Numerix software gives UTS financial engineering students a dose of OTC derivatives reality

22 April 2010

UTS Postgraduate finance students have a new window to the real-world operations of the OTC derivatives markets thanks to the support of leading international pricing and analytics software provider Numerix.

International and Cross-Cultural Management Studies: A Post-Colonial Reading By: Gavin Jack and Robert Westwood, Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan

13 April 2010

I am always weary of books with 'international' or 'cross-cultural' management studies in the title.

Keeping good company

13 April 2010

UTS has teamed up with major manufacturer Kimberly-Clark Australia (KCA) to collaborate on original research and real-world teaching and learning. KCA's General Manager – Strategic Innovation, Linda Watts, and Baby Care’s Assistant Brand Manager and UTS Business graduate, Gabrielle Davidson, talk to U: about what the partnership looks like in practice.