Rural medical placements go global
Flinders University’s Rural Clinical School at Mt Gambier has taken student placements to a new level by hosting two South Korean medical students.
Flinders University’s Rural Clinical School at Mt Gambier has taken student placements to a new level by hosting two South Korean medical students.
Trials of electronic card systems that self-limit the time and money a gambler can spend on pokie machines have shown some promising preliminary results, but fundamental issues would need to be resolved before they could be introduced, according to the director of the Flinders Centre for Gambling Research, Professor Malcolm Battersby.
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.
It’s not just Australians who stay glued to electronic devices until bedtime – the Americans are at it too, according to Flinders psychologist Dr Michael Gradisar.
On the eve of the 50th anniversary of Yuri Gagarin’s space flight, Flinders University space archaeologist Dr Alice Gorman reflects on the significance of that feat – with an Australian twist.
Flinders University welcomes the result of today’s court action which saw a former employee plead ‘guilty’ in the Adelaide Magistrates Court to a charge in relation to fraudulent misappropriation of monies from Flinders University.
Indigenous students have the opportunity to have their entire Flinders University tuition fees paid for through a new scholarship scheme in groundwater science.
The rest of the world’s response to the rolling wave of “people’s revolutions” across North Africa and the Middle East will be the focus of a public discussion at Flinders University on March 3.
Flinders recently hosted President Obama’s “recovery tsar”, Mr G Edward DeSeve, for a working lunch on campus with academic staff and postgraduates from American Studies, the Business School and the National Institute of Labour Studies.