Fran Molloy

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Magazine editor: As joint editor of this magazine, I was responsible for commissioning and editing features and sponsored editorial for the annual magazine of the Co-Operative Research Centres Association. The Australian government CRC program funds research with industry partners which is worth about half a billion dollars annually; this magazine reports on the year's highlights. I was privileged to work with some of Australia's leading scientists, researchers and some of Australia's best science writers. The magazine was published by award-winning independent publisher Refraction Media.

mq.edu.au

Heart Of Darkness: Fighting Silk Road and other wild places on The Dark Net

This long-form feature explores the wild ways of the Dark Net, highlighting the research of Dr James Martin and featuring Macquarie's postgraduate course.

sciencemeetsbusiness.com.au

Enter the dragon: the new Australian technology park

UNSW will be home to the first Torch Innovation Precinct outside China, the new Australian technology park.
In a ceremony in Beijing’s Great Hall of the People in April 2016, Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull and China’s Premier Li Keqiang signed off on one of the most ambitious government-backed international research initiatives in recent history: the new Australian technology park.
For the first time, the China Torch Program will establish a science park outside China, on the UNSW...

Sydney Morning Herald

Why Siobhan's making 'a version of Iron Man'

Siobhan O'Brien's honours year project investigates prosthetic hands – specifically, how to optimise mechanical control systems to understand simple messages of intention from muscle movement in a person's arm.
"I love being able to do something to better the human body. I'm making a version of Iron Man!" O'Brien says.
She's just finished a Bachelor of Engineering (mechanical) and B Science double degree at the University of Wollongong.
From future-gazing 3D printed structures of living cells...

Sydney Morning Herald

Tertiary choices: where to start a career in counselling

This story in the Sydney Morning Herald looks at options for counselling careers. While clinical psychologists must do 6 years of tertiary education, other degrees and courses offer shorter training.

Sydney Morning Herald

Where the HSC can take you - HSC Study Guide 2017

This feature in the Sydney Morning Herald 2017 HSC Study Guide explores options for Australian students to study overseas.

postgraduatefutures.com.au

Play the Game: Job tests

Feature for 'Postgraduate Futures' magazine: Prepare to undergo personality tests, scenarios, and virtual challenges to get the best jobs with the most forward-thinking companies.

blogs.csiro.au

Chile’s salmon industry poised to take a leap forward

CSIRO is working with Chile's fisheries service to boost aquaculture by setting ‘triple bottom line’ production targets to limit economic, environmental and social impacts.

postgraduatefutures.com.au

Skip the Interview

Feature for 'Postgraduate Futures' Magazine 2017: Skip the Interview: Can you go from Student Work to Dream Job - without even having an interview?

yourworld.anz.com

Dr Lynne Kelly uncovers the secrets of Stonehenge

Were ancient monuments, architecture and art - like Stonehenge, and aboriginal rock paintings - used by oral cultures as memory systems designed to store vast amounts of knowledge? Dr Lynne Kelly's theory of archaeorality suggests that ancient cultures had encyclopaedic learning systems.

Sydney Morning Herald

Student-built robots compete for international (and space) honours

First Robotics competitions attract more than 460,000 students worldwide and see teams from independent and public schools, typically aged 14-18, designing, building, programming and driving robots.

Sydney Morning Herald

How 'Captain Underpants' rescues the washing

Kids as young as ten are winning national awards for their IT projects.

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Festival Camping in North Stradbroke Island | Qantas Travel Insider

North Stradbroke Island has gained a cultural festival – and some very cool eco shacks – thanks to an Indigenous enterprise. I wrote this story for the Qantas in-flight magazine.

blogs.csiro.au

Managing the world’s wild fish stocks

May 4 2017: Feature in ECOS magazine - Science for sustainability - CSIRO - Since the Commonwealth Harvest Strategy Policy was introduced in 2007, Australia’s wild capture fisheries have operated under national management objectives that set “best practice” targets.

postgraduatefutures.com.au

Agile skills - Postgraduate Futures

Employers want people who are flexible and adaptable – often described as T-shaped – with deep skills in a specialised area - who can also apply their talents more broadly.

Postgraduate degrees can be highly specialised, but during your study you will develop skills across a range of other useful areas.