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Stephen Hawking's thesis and wheelchair sell for US$1 million

Auction house Christies ran the nine-day online auction called "On the Shoulders of Giants" to raise money for the Stephen Hawking Foundation and the Motor Neurone Disease Association.
Victoria Uni automates email to boost enrolments

What do Barack Obama and Victoria University have in common? Both are using an on-demand CRM system from RightNow to sell themselves.
Postgrad course to boost job prospects

An industry consortium is tackling the ICT skills gap by establishing a postgraduate qualification for graduates with three- or four-year tertiary qualifications. The Postgraduate Certificate in Professional Development covers technical updates and management topics. It is a two year course that allows students to continue working full time while studying.
Plummeting ICT enrolments causing concern

Alarm is mounting over the low number of students enrolling in tertiary ICT education and its potential impact on the industry over the next decade.
Berkeley secures network — and reputation

The University of California at Berkeley has made a name for itself in networking, with innovations such as Unix, Berkeley Internet Domain Name, Smart Dust and SETI@home. But the university has also made headlines over the past few years for things of which it is less proud, namely, a couple of security breaches (a stolen laptop containing personal information on graduates and a compromised database of Californian residents).

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