Flinders course offers rise again
Demand has again increased for Flinders undergraduate degree courses, and in response a total of 5025 offers (up from 4777 offers in 2011) has been made to date, with further places remaining available.
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Flinders extends its praise to emerging early career researchers
Flinders University’s 2011 Vice-Chancellor’s Awards for Early Career Researchers have just been announced, with 10 researchers sharing in a pool of $25,000.
Christmas comes early for seven higher degree students
Flinders University has awarded its first-ever Best Student Paper Award to seven higher degree research students specialising in a range of fields – from sustainable solar panels to the increasing problem of piracy in Somalia.
Five projects find new ways to learn
Three team and two individual staff projects that propose novel ways to engage students and improve learning have received Flinders University’s annual Teaching and Learning Innovation Grants of between $6000 and $12,000.
Flinders celebrates its teachers
A team of two academics from the School of the Environment has been awarded the 2011 Vice-Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Teaching.
SMAF: a running start to Year 12 maths and science
Ninety senior secondary school students have had a taste of what lies ahead for them in the Science and Maths Academy at Flinders (SMAF) program.
National recognition for medical device collaboration
Flinders University’s Medical Device Partnering Program has been named Best Research and Development Collaboration in the prestigious annual Business/Higher Education Round Table Awards.
Flinders success in ARC grants
Flinders University researchers have achieved the University’s best result in the Australian Research Council’s (ARC) Future Fellowships and Discovery Early Career Researcher Awards, winning $2.6 million for five research projects.
Flinders phone software goes global
A revolutionary software program which allows mobile phones to communicate when normal phone lines are down has earned Flinders University’s Dr Paul Gardner-Stephen a place in the finals of an international competition.