Latest news in brief...
Monday, 18 July 2011
- Lectures in Semester 2, 2011 will start from Monday, July 18, 2011.
- If you are currently in Year 10 or Year 11 and interested in Science or Engineering and want to find out more about an exciting career in the Australian minerals industry, click here to join us for a 4 day, fully residential and supervised UNSW Minerals Summer School between Monday 9 and Thursday 12 January, 2012.
- The 2011 UNSW/Mitsubishi Lecture was held on Thursday, May 5, 2011 at the NIDA Theatre. Click here to download the presentation.
- The Xstrata Graduate program is open to recent university graduates, or students who will graduate at the end of 2011. The program is for a two year duration and is designed with the aim of developing balanced and creative individuals with an enthusiasm for site work and the opportunity to apply and develop core disciplinary skills as a critical path to their career development. For further information, refer to http://www.xstrata.com/careers/ or contact Michelle Montgomery.
- If you are a UNSW Mining Graduate/Supporter, please click here to update your contact details.
- Photos from the Mining Alumni Dinner and Book Launch are available for viewing.
- A/Prof David Laurence has been appointed as the Mitsubishi Chair of Sustainable Mining Practices. He will also assume the role as the Director of the Australian Centre for Sustainable Mining Practices (ACSMP).
- The School was succesful in being awarded an Australian Research Council (ARC) Linkage Project on the topic of "avoiding catastrophic failure of rock bolts in underground coal mines." The total value of the project is $1,500,ooo comprising $450,000 cash and $1,050,000 in-kind support.
- The 2009 Graduate Destination Survey for the School is available for download.
- The 2011 edition of the MEA Report Writing Guide (RWG) or "the Blubook" has recently been published. The eBook version is now available for download. This is an essential reference book for students in the Mining Engineering program.