Horticulture's Next-Generation Arises

 

The ideal location for Australia's next phase of horticulture is here:

  • Best in class protected cropping with advanced Priva glasshouse control software
  • Capture the benefits of the emerging protected cropping industry in Australia
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Latest News, Events And Highlights

Aug 21
Soil Biology Masterclass 2018

Participants at our Soils Masterclasses will learn how to adopt practices and strategies to enhance the life in soils and use the power of plant-soil-microbial relationships to unlock soil nutrients, produce healthier and more nutritious plants and understand how microbes drive modern farming success.

This two day program includes:

  • Full overview of soil health, soil biology and nutrition practices that reflect the latest, emerging research findings
  • Conference dinner with delegates at the Sebel Hotel Hawkesbury
  • Conference materials and access to soil health facilities at Western Sydney University's Hawkesbury campus
  • Morning teas, lunches and afternoon teas
Benefits From Below: Using Plant Silicon To Resist Stress
Six projects commencing in 2017-18 are investigating how plants challenged by environmental change and herbivore attack (above- and belowground) could benefit from plant silicon.
Faecal transplants could help preserve vulnerable species like koalas

11th June 2018

Dr Ben Moore and Dr Michaela Blyton write in Nature News on the outcomes of their research into the koala microbiome.

They recently confirmed that it is possible to modify the gut microbiome of koalas to enable koalas to feed on mess-mate eucalypts as well as their usual food source, manna gums.

This important research is enabling scientists to better conserve at-risk koala populations through efforts to relocate overpopulated areas and adapt koalas to different food sources when they get there.

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2018 QS University Rankings

 

The international Quacarelli Symonds Subject Rankings are a worldwide ranking of major disciplines. The criteria for designating a ranking are:

  • Academic peer review
  • Faculty/Student ratio
  • Citations per faculty
  • Employer reputation
  • International student ratio
  • A measurement of the diversity of the student community
  • International staff ratio

 

Quacarelli Symonds Rankings Agriculture and Forestry Top 150

Quacarelli Symonds Rankings Environmental Sciences Top 300 2018

Global Rankings And Research Quality

Top 2% Of Universities In The World

Western Sydney University is ranked in the top 2% of universities in the world by the Times Higher Education World University Rankings. Our research was rated at 5 Stars for Ecological Applications, Soil Sciences, Ecology, Plant Biology, Forestry Sciences by the 2015 Excellence In Research Australia rankings conducted by the Australian Research Council (ARC).

Western Sydney University is ranked among the top 20 Australian universities for achievements in the prestigious Australian Research Council major grants. Nearly a third of the University's ARC grant income is achieved by the Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment. Find out more...

Top 20 Of Universities In The World