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There are logical steps to bringing universities and industry into more productive collaboration, writes Ian Jacobs.

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UNSW President and Vice-Chancellor Ian Jacobs has been appointed to an Australian-first panel of experts to measure the value of university research.

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UNSW has welcomed the launch of a $50 million investment fund to help bring to market the innovative research and technologies developed at Australian universities.

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In what is being hailed by Chinese media as a “breakthrough” for collaboration with Chinese industry, UNSW has forged two separate deals focused on technology transfer and research commercialisation. 

In a first for Australia, UNSW will offer most of its intellectual property to companies for free, in a radical step to turn more university research into real-world applications.

Australia could be a world leader in medical innovation but risk aversion and parochialism are holding the industry back, a leading venture capitalist will argue at a public debate at the UNSW next week.

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UNSW researchers have developed a more accurate, less confronting and more convenient way of administering insulin to diabetics.