Sheep CRC Education Modules

Links to more detailed information about the Wool and Sheep Industry CRC Education Resources are provided below, and in the index on the right hand side of this page. These links provide a brief summary of the learning objectives of each topic within each module. The resources cannot be downloaded from the site as they are subject to your acceptance of specific terms and conditions. Information on how to obtain the materials is provided at the head of each page. However, in the short term future this will be changed and a means of access to approved users will be provided.

Wool and Sheep Industry Education Modules

ANPR 350-400
Commercial Management of the Sheep Enterprise

ANPR 420-520
Sheepmeat Production and Marketing

ANUT 300-500
Applied Animal Nutrition

GENE 422-522
Genetic Evaluation and Breeding Program Design

MEAT 418-518
Meat Technology

RSNR 403-503
Sustainable Land Management

WOOL 300-300
Fundamentals of Sheep and Wool

WOOL 412-512
Sheep Production

WOOL 422-522
Wool Marketing and Clip Preparation

WOOL 472-572
Wool Biology and Metrology

WOOL 482-582
Wool Processing

Obligations of AWET

In partnership with the Sheep CRC, Australian Wool Innovation, the Australian Meat and Livestock Association and the University of New England, the Australian Wool Education Trust provided funding for a comprehensive range of education modules to be developed and delivered by UNE. With the winding up of the Sheep CRC in 2007 the CRC and its core parties assigned the intellectual property associated with the Sheep and Wool Modules produced during the course of the CRC to the Trust. This Deed requires the Trust to make this Intellectual Property available to other organisations and individuals, but with some caveats.

The Assignment Deed requires AWET to use its reasonable endeavours to:

  1. ensure that the Modules are made available on a not-for-profit basis for education in the sheep and wool industry in Australia in a manner consistent with the objects of AWET; and
  2. ensure that the Modules are maintained and updated as AWET reasonably sees fit so as to remain useful to the sheep and wool education industry in Australia.

To comply with these obligations AWET has granted a licence to the Modules and the Module IP to the University of New England (UNE) for the purposes of conducting specific educational activities based on the Modules.  This arrangement is covered by the Assignment Deed.
In granting this licence AWET retained the right to Use the Licensed IP and to grant licences to third parties for any purpose, provided that where in the reasonable opinion of AWET there is a direct conflict between the proposed activities of a proposed third party and the activities of UNE, AWET must consult with UNE and will use its reasonable discretion in considering such grant to any other third party licensee.
Under the terms of the Assignment Deed AWET must on request:

  1. grant a licence to the Assigned IP and Improvement IP to the New CRC for Research Activities (including the right to sublicense to participants in the New CRC) on such reasonable terms as AWET sees fit;
  2. where reasonably appropriate, make the Modules, Module IP and related Improvement IP available on reasonable terms to any third party organisation within the sheep and wool education sector;
  3. AWET may make the Modules, the Module IP and related Improvement IP available to third parties outside the sheep and wool education sector and for purposes other than educational activities, if AWET in its sole discretion is satisfied that all consents and approvals necessary for such distribution have been obtained;
  4. AWET must not unreasonably decline to grant such a licence to any of the CRC Core Parties;
    If a party identifies appropriate opportunities to distribute any of the Modules or Module IP to any third party, the relevant party will promptly inform AWET in relation to such opportunity.
  5. Any licence to be granted by AWET is to be on a not-for-profit basis consistent with the objects of AWET.

Furthermore, under the terms of the Assignment Deed AWET must grant:

  1. to each of the CRC Core Parties a non-exclusive, world-wide, royalty-free licence to Use the Modules, Additional Materials and the Assigned IP for Research Activities, including the right to sublicense to third parties for Research Activities;
  2. to each of the Assignors other than the CRC Core Parties a non-exclusive, world-wide, royalty-free licence to Use their Assigned IP and the corresponding Modules and Additional Materials for Research Activities, including the right to sublicense to third parties for Research Activities; and
  3. to each of the Assignors a non-exclusive, world-wide, royalty-free licence to Use the Improvement IP created or developed by or on behalf of that Assignor for Research Activities, including the right to sublicense to third parties for Research Activities.

Accessing These Resources

Educational Institutions. other than the University of New England, wishing to utilise these resources as research and/or reference materials will be provided a copy of all the materials, including source documents in Microsoft Word format, subject to their acceptance of a licencing contract with the Australian Wool Education Trust. This contract spells out their obligations to AWET and the limitations in the use of the materials. Such institutions must have an appropriate licence with the Copyright Agency Ltd.

Institutions or individuals who wish to utilise the materials as references or for self education will be provided access to the source documentation in PDF format only, subject to their acceptance of the terms and conditions. They can request modules and/or topics. If they have a CAL licence then the materials are provided free of charge. Otherwise a fee of AUD50.00 will apply.

Download a copy of the Terms of Use and the Application Form

Sheep and Wool Education

UNE is the leading centre for the study of wool science in Australia with the most comprehensive range of sheep and wool units. These units cover all aspects of the wool supply chain from farm to fabric utilising these resource materials.

A total of 10 education modules are available, although not all of these are offered every year. Students can be enrolled directly at the University of New England or participate in the education modules offered by UNE via distance education.

UNE is in the heart of premium fine wool country and there is ready access to all the resources needed for teaching and research in sheep and wool science, including University rural properties and animal houses. Much of this research is conducted with UNE, CSIRO Livestock Industries and NSW DPI co-supervisors in the economics, genetics, biochemistry, nutrition, wool metrology and health areas.

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