Business events contribute billions to economic activity in Australia, even on the simplest count of coffee cups and visitor beds. But a decade of study has drawn out their much wider economic and social benefits and, in turn, influenced the industry to seek deliberate – rather than incidental – impact for governments, industries and communities here and overseas.

Australian schools are increasingly implementing ‘bring your own device’ schemes, but what will it mean for learning? Researchers from the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences are developing a best practice model for utilising mobile devices in STEM – science, technology, engineering and mathematics – to help teachers and students make the most of new technologies.

Human rights lawyer and UTS researcher Dr Ramona Vijeyarasa has been developing a new tool, the Gender Legislative Index, to understand – and highlight – the good and the bad of laws affecting women around the world.

Data analytics and nursing may seem like unlikely bedfellows, but a new data-driven collaboration between the UTS Faculty of Health and the Connected Intelligence Centre (CIC) has the potential to transform nursing education and practice.

Despite negative public perception, government regulation may have an important role to play in supporting collaborative models of leadership.

A collaboration between UTS and Xerox Research Centre Europe uses cutting-edge software to help students master the notoriously tricky skills of academic writing.