UNSW Innovations

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A UNSW team is encouraging new language learners to practise their conversation skills in a “safe” environment using virtual reality.

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Five UNSW teams will be hoping their startups stoke imaginations and open pockets when they pitch to Australia’s largest angel investing syndicate, Sydney Angels, on 13 March.

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Two UNSW research teams have been selected to join the CSIRO sci-tech pre-accelerator, ON Prime, to help drive their science and technology ideas from the lab to the marketplace.

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Open 24 hours, seven days a week, Sydney-based incubator Fishburners is helping to hatch the next generation of startup entrepreneurs, and many of the most committed are from UNSW.  

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A unique program designed to extend the lifespan of student startups by taking them to the next level is now up and running at UNSW. 

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Most girls are interested in entrepreneurship, they just don’t know where to start, say the organisers of the UNSW Female Entrepreneurship Initiative, a program offering support for women in the startup space.

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Once the domain of software and cyber security, student-led hackathons are emerging as a creative force for good in diverse and unexpected areas.

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If we really want to secure prosperity into the future we need take a long, hard look at why Australia has long been floundering at the bottom of the OECD league table for university–industry interaction, write Ian Jacobs and Kevin Cullen.

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Medical scientists have invented a new spinal fusion device to reduce chronic back pain, the most common reason for pain and disability in people aged under 50.

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Feeling hungry but don’t have time to leave your desk? Or maybe you just want to avoid the lunchtime queues? A new business by UNSW student entrepreneurs could have the solution.