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  • Starting in 2009, the University has instigated a 12 in 13 week semester with staggered start dates for lectures etc.
    The start dates for courses in the Mining Engineering program in Semester 2, 2009 have been finalised, click here for details.
    Contact the relevent School authority for the start date of courses offered in other Schools.

  • UNSW and Mitsubishi sign a $1.1 million sustainable mining agreement.

  • The 2009 edition of the MEA Report Writing Guide has been revised and expanded. This is an essential reference book for students in the Mining Engineering program. Copies of the book will be made available to students during the upcoming semester. An eBook version is also available for download.

  • New distance delivery postgraduate course launched. Click here more for details.


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Recent events and other stories...

   
UNSW Miners remain
in big demand...

Students in the Mining Engineering program have again found plenty of opportunities for graduate employment.The 2007 survey of final year students found the
mean graduate starting salary was $94,293.
 
Graduate destination by mining sector
Graduate destination by mining sector
Prof Miklos Salamon
 

School bids farewell to Prof Miklos Salamon
Miklos Salamon died on 31 January 2009.  A Memorial Service was held for him in the Budapest Cathedral, on 26th February, 2009.  Miklos was a world leader in the field of mining rock mechanics, making his mark across many continents and across the world’s underground mining industry...

Rocks, Minerals and Ores Collection...
This collection of rocks, minerals and ores represent one of the few remaining collections of its type, anywhere in the world...
  Minerals Collection
UMSS students in front of one of the largest mining trucks
UMSS students in front of one of the largest mining truck
  High School students complete 2009 UNSW Minerals Summer School....
On 12th January, 2009, 16 high school students arrived at the School of Mining Engineering, at The University of New South Wales, ready to embark on a four day Summer School adventure...
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Extracts from the press...

 
Newspaper articles

Mining students highly sought after, Graduate Careers Australia report shows
"Mining and engineering university graduates had a 100 per cent success rate of landing a job, new data shows."
The Daily Telegraph , 11/01/09

Can you dig it: students explore a new world
"Unless they've grown up in a mining town, few young people have ever see a working mine, and even less consider mining as a career option.
To bridge this gap, the University of NSW (UNSW) is preparing to take a group of around 30 senior high school students on a four-day exploration into the world of mining....
UNSW head of mining and engineering, Bruce Hebblewhite, says the diverse opportunities within the mining industry are often overlooked. A lot of kids don't even realise that there's such a thing as a mining engineering discipline, he says.... With the program, we're overcoming that lack of awareness and then telling them how it can be a very productive, lucrative and rewarding career opportunity.
CareerOne, The Daily Telegraph, 15/11/08

Digging for quantity and quality
"The success of a unique collaboration between three universities and the mining
industry has set the groundwork for the scheme to expand. The Mining Education Australia (MEA) program is thought to be the first joint venture worldwide between the undergraduate university sector and the mining industry... the University of Adelaide has now said it too will join MEA next year"
Campus Review, Kent Rosenthal, 26/08/08

Excavation marks the spot
"The resources boom has been widely hailed as a major boon for the Australian economy. Yet what has been less well advertised is the chronic shortage of workforce talent available to fill crucial roles in all areas of the mining sector...
Louise Dodson, the director of external relations for the Minerals Council of Australia says demand for talent is tipped to increase markedly by the year 2020...By 2020 the industry will need an additional 90,000 people... "
My Career , The Sydney Morning Herald, Owen Thomson, 14/07/08, p2

Miner change
"Rio Tinto Coal short-term planning superintendent David Bennet didn't follow the typical route to become a mining engineer...after finishing high school Bennet began driving heavy machinery...
After all those years I dodged going to uni it was time to step up and get some qualifications just to complete the learning curve, says Bennet....
Bennet then began a diploma of Mining Engineering at the University of NSW which he completed part-time.
While many mining graduates complain they don't learn enough practical knowledge at university, Bennet found the experience to be just the opposite. When I went to uni I found I learnt a whole lot about the mining industry that I didn't know before...It opened my eyes to a lot of different types of mining operations like underground mines and open-cut mining.
CareerOne, The Daily Telegraph, Henry Budd, 08/03/08, p1

 

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