Global financial crisis bad for your health
The global financial crisis has already had a devastating on business, banking and employment – but a drop in living standards is set to have a big impact on our health.
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Aged care workforce defies employment trend
A study of the aged care workforce by the National Institute of Labour Studies (NILS) at Flinders University has found that community-based workers enjoy higher job satisfaction than workers in residential facilities.
It’s not your usual office job
Charlie Huveneers says diving with sharks is never boring. It’s a masterful understatement from the newly appointed shark ecologist at the Port Lincoln-based Lincoln Marine Science Centre.
Collection calls for hanging
Over coming months, many more of the 5000 works of art in the Flinders University Art Museum’s collection will be seen on campus as the roll out of a new art rental scheme begins.
Lincoln Marine Science Centre expanded
The Lincoln Marine Science Centre (LMSC) is set to enter a new phase of leading edge research with the opening of Stage II of the Port Lincoln-based Centre.
Racism major obstacle to Indigenous wellbeing
The goal of closing the gap in health status and life expectancy between Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal Australians is unlikely to be met unless racism is tackled, according to new Flinders University research.
Flinders to introduce first optometry course in SA
Flinders University is planning to introduce a new course in optometry that could reduce the flow of local students interstate and boost eye health in indigenous communities.
Digging up the dirt on SA palaeontology
Can you pick the difference between a thylacine’s thigh bone and flightless bird’s fibula?
Flinders shows the way on futureproofing cities
A new research institute that aims to improve the lives of Australians in all cities and regions has been launched in Adelaide.