STUDENTS JOB READY
How universities are driving workplace skills
By Nelofar Nawabi
UNIVERSITIES and business leaders plan to implement a strategy to make graduates more ‘job ready’.
FUTURE KNOWLEDGE
Why GWS needs a Science Centre
WESTERN Sydney needs a science centre such as Questacon to help engage young people with science, technology and engineering.
HILLS BUSINESS EXPO
UWS GATEWAY LAUNCHED
One stop access point to the university
THE University of Western Sydney has announced that one of its latest initiatives – the UWS Gateway – is open for business.
ART OF GROUP MANAGEMENT
Tips for converting team members to problem solvers
By Craig Hingston
President Cumberland Business Chamber
IMAGINE having a business in which every team member is pro-actively facing challenges and finding positive solutions.
DITCH HOME READERS
Real books are better for your child
AS school resumes for the new year, the “home reader” routine for primary school children also recommences. For many parents and children, reading these short texts can be the most agonising part of the nightly homework routine. It’s no wonder that so many children dislike reading their home reader.
NEW YEAR HEALTH CHECK
Four ways to improve brain health
By Anthony Hannan
Head of Neural Plasticity and NHMRC Senior Research Fellow at The Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health
THE human brain is the most extraordinary and complex object in the known universe, a kilogram and a half of soft tissue that, at its peak, leaves computers behind with its endless capacity for problem solving, innovation and invention.