Closing the digital divide
Facebook, blogs and internet chat sites may ring alarm bells for some parents, but these social networking tools are the focus of a study aimed at bridging the digital divide for young people with a disability.
Research
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.
Funding boost for Flinders health research
Intensive care specialist Dr Shailesh Bihari has just won a $109,358 funding boost from the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) to find a way to improve survival rates for patients with acute lung injury, under a new PhD project at Flinders University.
Abortion on the rise for women over 30
Rising abortion rates for women in their 30s and 40s in Adelaide’s southern suburbs has sparked a new awareness campaign led by Flinders University. The Southern […]
Lessons learned from the trauma of autism
For Flinders lecturer in education Leigh Burrows, one of the most complex and intractable cases of child behaviour management in her professional life has since become a source of inspiration, a PhD thesis and, most recently, a book.
Australia Council support for second novel
Flinders University creative writing lecturer Dr David Sornig won’t be around on campus next year; instead, he’s banishing himself to the metaphorical writer’s garret, thanks to a $25,000 Australia Council Emerging Writers Grant.
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.