The Australian Government's Innovation Report

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(Pictured L-R) Amanda Huen, Gold Medalist; Dr Nick Hagan, Biology Programme Director; Christopher Loo, Silver Medalist; Dominic Balasuriya, Silver Medalist; Yu-tian Fang, Silver Medalist and Kenneth Chan, Biology Programme Deputy Director. (Pictured L-R) Michael Frazis, Silver Medalist; Michael Fahey, Bronze Medalist; Ying Yeung Chan, Silver Medalist; Kartik Ramesh, Bronze Medalist; Dr Mark Ellison, Chemistry Programme Deputy Director; Anthony Phillips and Elizabeth New (Pictured Standing) Jack Chen, Silver Medalist. (Pictured Sitting L-R) Albert Yin, Bronze Medalist; Lucy Pfeifer, Bronze Medalist; Alexander Zhang, Gold Medalist; Jordan Brell, Bronze Medalist. Photo credits: Australian Science Innovations school designed to extend their skills and knowledge and stimulate their passion for science. Thirteen scholars were selected to join Australia’s teams to the International Science Olympiads – the Olympic Games for Science. These prestigious competitions are held each year in different countries. This year biology was held in Argentina, chemistry in South Korea and physics in Spain. As the 2006 teams departed for their respective competitions, Australia was shown what it is really like to be a Science Olympian through the ABC four part documentary mini-series Battle of the Brains. The show followed the 2005 biology team as it trained to compete against the best science scholars in the world at the International Biology Olympiad in Beijing. Informatics (IOI Team) 2005. From left to right: Minister Brendan Nelson, Christopher Nelson, Alexander Davies, Ramana Kumar, MP for Canberra Annette Ellis, Christopher Leong In 2006, all of Australia’s 13 competitors were awarded medals including two gold. Australia maintained its ranking amongst the best competing countries and placed 6 th out of 48 in biology, 20 th out of 66 in chemistry and 14 th out of 77 in physics. The Australian Science Olympiads is proudly supported by Merck Sharp & Dohme and the Australian Govern ment through the Science Connections Programme administered by the Department of Education, Science and Training. Mathematics (IMO) 2005. From left to right: Minister Brendan Nelson, Graham White, Konrad Pilch, Samual Chow, Stephen Muirhead, Vinoth Nandakumar, Kim Ramchen. Informatics (IOI Team) 2006 with Minister Bishop. From left to right: Jarrah Lacko, Jack Murray, Minister Julie Bishop, Alan Alpert, Christopher Chen Mathematics (IMO Team) 2006 with Minister Bishop. From left to right: Charles Li, Graham White, Konrad Pilch, Minister Julie Bishop, Vinh Pham, Matthew Ng, Vinoth Nandakumar. Chapter 2 - Initiatives for a dynamic national innovation system 85
Mathematics and informatics In 2005, Australian teams competed in the International Mathematical Olympiad and International Olympiad in Informatics. The mathematics team, which travelled to Merida, Yucatan, Mexico, was particularly successful with all team members taking a bronze medal in the upper half of the bronze medal range. The informatics team competed in Novy Sacz, Poland, and one member won a bronze medal. In 2006, the mathematics team travelled to Ljubljana, Slovenia and the Informatics team travelled to Merida, Yucatan, Mexico. Professor Peter Taylor, Executive Director of the Australian Mathematics Trust, which administers Australia’s involvement in the International Mathe matical Olympiad, acknowledged the Australian Government’s commitment to the Olympiads. Funding of $1.8 million has been provided over three years to support the Australian Mathematics Trust and Australian Science Innovations as well as the teams representing Australia at the Olympiads. More information about the Australian Mathematics Trust can be found at: www.amt.edu.au 2000 Additional Targeted University Places To strengthen Australia’s national skills base, $151 million was provided for 2000 additional targeted university places commencing in 2002 with a priority on mathematics, science and information and communications technology. The funding extension through Backing Australia’s Ability – Building our Future through Science and Innovation is providing additional funding of $213.2 million over five years from 2006-07 to maintain the number of places. Bids for places were assessed on the universities’ approaches to teaching and learning, whether these approaches were designed to meet the needs of industry, and whether they would attract talented students to careers in science and technology (see table for successful allocations). The places for 2005 will be ongoing. Table 10: Backing Australia’s Ability 2000 additional targeted university places, 2002 to 2005 2002 2003 2004 2005 Charles Sturt University 60 105 139 164 Macquarie University 60 105 139 164 Southern Cross University 0 0 0 0 University of New England 70 123 162 191 University of New South Wales 100 175 231 273 University of Newcastle 0 0 0 0 University of Sydney 80 140 185 219 University of Technology Sydney 60 105 139 164 University of Western Sydney 20 35 46 55 University of Wollongong 100 175 231 273 Deakin University 60 105 139 164 La Trobe University 40 70 93 109 Monash University 100 175 231 273 Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology 0 0 0 0 Swinburne University of Technology 120 210 278 328 University of Ballarat 60 105 139 164 University of Melbourne 50 88 116 137 Victoria University of Technology 0 0 0 0 Central Queensland University 100 175 231 273 86 Backing Australia’s Ability
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The Australian Innovation Scorecard
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Conclusions The Australian Innovati
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