Professor David Lewis on UK nanotechnology mission
Professor David Lewis, Director of Flinders University’s Centre for NanoScale Science and Technology, has been chosen to take part in Austrade’s Visiting Researcher Program to Europe in 2011.
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Dutch support for disaster zone phone software
Software developed by Flinders University’s Dr Paul Gardner-Stephen which enables mobile phones to communicate during a disaster will be freely available to the public by the end of the year thanks to the support of the Dutch NLnet Foundation.
Flinders opposes cuts to medical research funding
It would take a decade to recover the lost research capability of Australian universities if the Federal Government was to cut $400 million in medical research funding, according to Flinders University Vice-Chancellor, Professor Michael Barber.
A window into the weird and wonderful
The web-making strategies of spiders, the sexual proclivities of squid, the effects of human tourism on bottle-nosed dolphins and the fight-back by the iconic Darwin’s finch against a voracious parasite are among the phenomena that will be described at a national conference on animal behaviour Flinders University from April 11 to 13.
Jakarta office for Flinders
Flinders University has officially opened an office in Jakarta to assist in servicing and strengthening the University’s extensive network of Indonesian collaborators and alumni.
Flinders looking forward with confidence
Flinders University is well positioned to successfully meet the challenges of a more competitive higher education sector from 2012, according to Vice-Chancellor, Professor Michael Barber, whose contract has been extended by University Council until the end of 2014.
Fulbright turns on the lights for laser research
Flinders honours nanotechnology graduate and 2003 University Medal-winner Dr Jacek Jasieniak is one of 26 Australian Fulbright Scholars announced at the 2011 Fulbright Presentation Dinner at the Adelaide Festival Centre on March 10.
Indigenous scholarship tackles groundwater skills gap
Indigenous students have the opportunity to have their entire Flinders University tuition fees paid for through a new scholarship scheme in groundwater science.
High-achievers appointed to Flinders Council
The appointment of three prominent South Australians to Flinders University’s Council will bring high-level skills from both public and private sectors to the University’s governing body, according to the Chancellor, Mr Stephen Gerlach.