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On December the 8th, an announcement was released to staff of Flinders University from the Vice Chancellor of the university:

This message is from the Vice-Chancellor to all staff. If you are not a member of staff at Flinders University please ignore this message.

The University has been concerned about the situation with respect to engineering for a number of years. Flinders has employed different strategies aimed at increasing demand however student interest and enrolments in engineering continue to remain low.

I am writing to advise that after careful and deliberate consideration and evaluation, Flinders University Council at its meeting on December 7, as the governing council of the University, gave in-principle agreement to a plan for Flinders to refocus the activities of its Faculty of Science and Engineering, with the emphasis on science and technology.

The University established courses in engineering in the early 1990s but, while the courses are highly regarded professionally, they have not been attracting high enough numbers of students in recent years to continue to be sustainable. The University will not have an intake into engineering courses (other than software engineering) in 2007.

Flinders is examining the implications of this situation for the staff and the students and for the University and today affected School staff and all other School and Faculty staff have been advised of the Council’s decision.

The University will be developing plans to manage the future and will ensure that all students enrolled in these courses will be able to complete their degrees.

Professor Anne R. Edwards
Vice-Chancellor
Flinders University

The committee of The IET responded to this by writing a letter, which you can read below:

Engineering at Flinders Letter

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Students from our three universities present their final year projects whilst competing in the IET Australia Technical Papers Presentation Prize Competition. IEEE Student Subject prizes will also be presented at this meeting.

Fore more information on the ATPP:
http://sant.theiet.org.au/awards/#atpp

Electrical & Electronic Joint Technical Program Event, hosted by TSA.

Engineers House, Chapman Hall, 11 Bagot Street, North Adelaide
6.15pm Tuesday 14th February 2007
Refreshments from 5:30pm

Speaker: Prof. Zbigniew Michalewicz, School of Computer Science, Adelaide University.

In the modern information era, managers must recognize the competitive opportunities represented by decision support tools. Adaptive Business Intelligence systems combine prediction and optimization techniques to assist decision makers in complex, rapidly changing environments. These systems address the fundamental questions: What is likely to happen in the future? And what is the best course of action? Adaptive Business Intelligence includes elements of data mining, predictive modeling, forecasting, optimization, and adaptability. The talk introduces the concepts behind Adaptive Business Intelligence, which aims at providing significant cost savings & revenue increases for businesses. A few real-world examples will be shown. Current trends in commercial software, as well as the growing importance of adaptability, will also be discussed.

More Information: www.adaptivebusinessintelligence.com.au

Download flyer for full details of the JTP at http://sant.theiet.org.au/2007/03/joint-technical-programs-2007/

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