School a good place to work on wellbeing
Schooling is increasingly being viewed world-wide as an opportunity to promote students’ overall mental health and wellbeing; a new book edited by Flinders academics looks at the best ways to do it.
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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.
First Jawoyn community person to attend university
Rachael Willika will be the first Jawoyn community person to attend university after successfully completing the Flinders University Foundation course.
Honorary doctorates awarded at graduation
Flinders University will mark the contributions of two remarkable South Australians to Flinders and the Australian community with the award of honorary doctorates to Professor Faith Trent and Uncle Lewis O’Brien at its December graduations.
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.
Antique honour for Celtic scholar
Flinders University’s Emeritus Professor Vincent Megaw has been elected an Honorary Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland in recognition of his outstanding scholarship on the Celts.
Grim murder history wins Hannah major writing prize
Flinders creative writing PhD student and first-time novelist, Hannah Kent, has been named the inaugural winner of the Writing Australia Unpublished Manuscript Award.
A place on Women’s Honour Roll for disability advocate
Flinders academic Dr Lorna Hallahan is one of 20 women selected for inclusion on the 2011 SA Women’s Honour Roll.