Innovative region: Australia's university venturing
Among the initiatives seeking to accelerate cooperation between universities and business is the Australian Technology Network of Universities (ATN). Consisting of five institutions – Queensland University of Technology, Sydney University of Technology, RMIT University, South Australia University and Curtin University – the network was founded in 1975 as the Directors of Central Institutes of Technology, and renamed the ATN in 1999.
The ATN, which put in place a standardised approach to intellectual property in April 2016, aims to…