Bulletin

Issue: January/February 2006

Awards

Achievement in business education awards

La Trobe University featured prominently in the latest Business-Higher Education Round Table (B-HERT) awards, taking out three prizes. With collaborators in the Victorian Public Health Training Scheme, La Trobe’s School of Public Health won the Best Education and Training Prize.

The scheme enables specialists in five participating organi-sations to work in the other participating organisations to gain experience and to share expertise.

La Trobe’s Office of Engagement and Enterprise at the Bendigo campus won a key regional award for its collaboration with Alfa Laval, OlivOz and the International School of Oil Masters in launching a processing facility that will serve as a research centre for all stages of the olive oil process, contributing to local economic growth through increased earnings for olive growers and processors.

La Trobe’s Archaeology Program and the company Godden Mackay Pty Ltd received an honourable mention for their long-term collaboration in teaching and research which has involved two major urban archaeological excavations. The scheme’s management and training outcomes have attracted international interest.

B-HERT membership comprises Australian universities, corpo-rations, professional associations and major public research organi-sations. Its objective is to improve the performance of both business and higher education for the benefit of Australian society.