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National Broadband Network, fibre enabled Projects

Transforming Australia: The Broadband Revolution and the Digital Economy— a comprehensive publication on the emerging digital economy. Published by Primer Books, 2012.
ISBN 978-0-646-58138-5

Our fibre enabled technology projects

Increasingly, in our modern society and with our younger generation, fibre technology plays an important role in everyday living and how people choose to transmit information and communicate with each other.  Academia is also using the power of fast speed broadband to partner with organisations and individuals in their communities at local, national and international levels. We have developed a number of projects on which we are working with industry partners to develop far-reaching education and research programs.

UNE's  Faculty of The Professions has embraced the National Broadband Network (NBN) policy initiative of the Commonwealth Government.  We have used the 'NBN imagination' to illustrate how emerging communication technologies enable people to create projects that step 'outside the box' and produce environments of learning and research that are relevant, enriching, and value-add to people's lives and the nation's wealth.

From the right-hand list, link to project case studies that our academic colleagues are working on collaboratively with other universities, professional and community organisations — such as schools, workplace organisations, clinicians, aged care providers, scientific organisations like the CSIRO, and governments at local, state and federal levels. The projects are relevant to people across the lifespan: from school kids who require support for maths literacy, to adults who are seeking to improve their employment options, to grandparents who require support with living independently in their homes, and to clinicians who want to take advantage of the tele-health opportunities that will change how health care is delivered in the future.

We hope you enjoy learning more about our fibre enabled projects. Please feel free to contact me if you require further information.

Professor Victor Minichiello
Pro Vice Chancellor and Dean