Flinders game controller wins state design award
“Orby” – a novel computer game controller that enables children with disabilities to play computer games – has won a prestigious state prize from the Design Institute of Australia.
China and US destinations for Endeavour winners
The highly prestigious Endeavour Awards will take Flinders law student Jordan Gifford-Moore (pictured) to China and nursing academic Associate Professor Alison Hutton to the US in 2014.
Lefties aren’t so gifted after all
Despite popular belief, left-handers are no more gifted than their right-handed counterparts, with Flinders research finding that some left-handed children actually have lower cognitive abilities.
Flinders joins forces with Seeley International and TAFE SA for real-world training
Seeley International will partner with Flinders University and TAFE SA at Tonsley to establish a research and development centre for new energy efficient cooling and heating technologies.
Vast freshwater reserves found beneath the oceans
Scientists have discovered huge reserves of freshwater beneath the oceans kilometres out to sea, providing new opportunities to stave off a looming global water crisis.
Prize-winner on track for a future in water
Finding quicker ways to detect the parasitic protozoan Cryptosporidium in water has won the annual Hodgson Medal for Flinders biotechnology Honours student Anna Wilson.
Improving access for people with disabilities at Flinders
With the celebration today of the International Day of People with Disability, Flinders University is continuing to work to make its steeply sloping site more accessible.
Exploring the motherhood experience
The day-to-day experiences of motherhood are strongly related to psychological wellbeing, new research from Flinders University shows.
Flinders takes out State engineering prize
A team of first-year students from Flinders’ School of Computer Science, Engineering and Mathematics has won the state final of the Engineers Without Borders Australia (EWB) Challenge.