Here is a snapshot of QUT in the media for the week from July 2, 2018
Professor Margaret Sheil
More funding needed for pure research: The Australian, Campus Morning Mail, Times Higher Education
Striking the right balance between funding for basic and applied #research: #QUT VC @margaretsheil in @australian @uniaus https://t.co/XBWA007bxm
— QUT Media (@QUTmedia) July 4, 2018
Associate Professor Leonie Barner
Plastic bag ban should only be the beginning of the war on waste: News Corp
Dr Mary Crawford
Super Saturday by-election in Longman: Fairfax Media
Greg Creed (alumnus)
Among the top 100 influential Queenslanders: Courier-Mail
Dr Cassandra Cross
Third party app developers’ access to people’s gmail: ABC Radio Gold Coast Drive (1:00:50), ABC Radio Riverland SA
What to do if your data is breached: The Conversation, 2SER
Latest scam cloning myGov and Medicare websites: ABC News Online
Data breach fatigue breeding online security complacency: ABC News, ABC Radio Taree NSW Statewide Drive, ABC TV News Sydney
Increase in phishing attacks at tax time: ABC News Online
Latest #scam warning: #fake myGov & Medicare sites look like the real deal. #Scammers becoming more sophisticated #QUT's @DrCassCross via @abcbrisbane @abcnews @CrimeJusticeQUT @qutlaw https://t.co/GGLDYlOAOR
— QUT Media (@QUTmedia) July 5, 2018
Professor Jeremy Davey
Holiday high-visibility policing and road safety: ABC News Online
Mathilde Desselle
Herston Biofabrication Institute to transform future of healthcare: Create
Professor Matt Dunbabin
RangerBot protecting the reef: Australian Geographic
Dr Rebecca English
How unschooling is changing education: The Educator
Tim Fairfax, Chancellor
Among the top 100 influential Queenslanders: Courier-Mail
Alex Hahn (alumnus)
Founded a start-up developing education apps and gamified learning tools: Careers with STEM
Dr Katherine Hanna
Is eating alone bad for you?: The Guardian
Dr Sue Keay
Bringing sight to robots: COSMOS Magazine
Professor Graham Kerr, Nadeesha Kalyani (PhD researcher)
Research findings on benefits of dancing for people with Parkinson’s: ABC Radio National Breakfast
Dr Mark King
Reducing speed limits on CBD streets: ABC Radio Brisbane Breakfast (2:34:24)
Dr Juxi Leitner
Research into robot grasping: Engineering.com
Dr Mark McGovern
Calls for creation of a development bank in response to Haynes royal commission: Financial Review
Dr Lee McGowan
Researching the history of women’s soccer: ABC News Online
Professor Michael Milford
Robots can learn from nature if they want to see: The Conversation
Associate Professor Gary Mortimer
Supermarkets financial windfall from plastic bag ban: News Corp, Inside Retail
Supermarkets touting their ‘green’ credentials: International Business Times
Single use plastic bag ban: Australian Food News
Distinguished Professor Aileen Moreton-Robinson
Opinion, unsettling White Australia: ABC National Religion & Ethics
Dr Erin O’Brien
Ethical consumerism and modern slavery: ABC Radio Brisbane Evenings (1:53.48)
Opinion, human trafficking campaigns by celebrities can be misleading: ABC News Online
Dr Kylie Pappalardo
Jobs in creative fields and copyright in a digital age: ABC Radio Brisbane Drive (43:40)
Sofie Pringle (PhD researcher)
What creates happiness in an urban environment: Fairfax Media
Associate Professor Chamindie Punyadeera, Dr Arutha Kulasinghe
Developing a blood test to detect cancers likely to spread: 7 News
Simple blood test will help cancer sufferersAn Australian discovery is allowing doctors to quickly identify the risk of cancer spreading.
Posted by 7 News Australia on Thursday, July 5, 2018
QUT
Trials of bioreactor in north Queensland to improve Great Barrier Reef water quality: Queensland Country Life
QUT to join with four other unis for the next World Solar Challenge: Yahoo NZ, Mail on Sunday UK
Bowerbird and the Bride exhibition: Brisbane News
QUT Big Lift Club
Students spend their break giving a helping hand to rural Qld communities: Chinchilla News
QUT Robotics Club
Jessie McVicar, Marisa Bucolo and Doug Palmer on the Droid Racing Challenge: ABC Radio Brisbane Breakfast (24:28)
Professor Paul Roe
How Queensland became a leader in eco-acoustics: Fairfax Media
Leigh Sales (alumnus)
Among the top 100 influential Queenslanders: Courier-Mail
Associate Professor Wendy Scaife
Research on fetes as school fundraisers: ABC Radio Brisbane Afternoons (45:25)
Feature on philanthropy: ABC Radio Brisbane Focus
Associate Professor Prashant Sonar
New material that could make solar energy more efficient, stable and cheap: Energy Source Distribution
Associate Professor Cori Stewart
The science of making art and the role of robots: 2SER
Dr Daniel Timms (alumnus)
Among the top 100 influential Queenslanders: Courier-Mail
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