Overseas study rewards global thinking
Flinders law and international relations student Philippa Ward has won the 2010 Henry Fong Award for her contribution to increased understanding of global citizenship.
Flinders law and international relations student Philippa Ward has won the 2010 Henry Fong Award for her contribution to increased understanding of global citizenship.
Flinders University has appointed Mr Shane McGregor to the new position of Vice-President (Strategic Finance and Resources).
Flinders University research projects into sleep apnea, superbug drug resistance and colorectal cancer are among 10 projects to receive $8.44 million in National Health and Medical Research Council funding announced today.
Dr Rod Watkins, Director of Strategic Development in the Department of Optometry and Vision Science at Flinders, has been appointed a Fellow of the National Vision Research Institute.
Ms Karen Burke da Silva, lecturer in the School of Biological Sciences, has been awarded a valuable Australian Learning and Teaching Council grant for a project aimed at aligning biology curricula at secondary and tertiary levels.
China now reigns supreme as the biggest and fastest growing nation on Earth but faces significant challenges as it moves forward to become the world’s largest economy by 2035 or earlier, according to Dr Roger Sexton, a leading Australian company director and investment banker.
One of Australia’s most successful businessmen and a major benefactor of Flinders University, Mr Greg Poche AO, is the winner of the Award for Outstanding Philanthropic Support of Higher Education 2010.
Flinders student Jakob Braunack-Mayer has won a prestigious Endeavour Scholarship as part of the 2011 Prime Minister’s Australia Asia Undergraduate Awards.
Flinders University today welcomed the release of the State Government’s Darlington Transport Study and the recommendation that a rail link be extended to the University.