Flinders appoints new Deputy Vice-Chancellor in Research
Eminent plant scientist Professor David Day has been appointed Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research) at Flinders University.
Research
A learning Army is critical to a complex future
Flinders University is playing a leading role with the Defence Science and Technology Organisation in helping the Australian Army develop the skills required to educate soldiers for increasingly diverse and complex operations.
Special math adds up for Masters students
Where is the best place for Master of Education students to learn how to support children having trouble with maths? In the classroom, of course.
Archaeology supporting Indigenous communities
Flinders University students have been working with Indigenous communities in Western Australia to uncover the archaeological history of important cultural sites with a view to developing plans for their management and conservation.
No simple solution to sustainable irrigation
Finding the most efficient and sustainable solution to irrigating crops is more complicated than most people think.
Murder mystery has a short story solution
The Appin murder mystery, the historical 18th century event at the centre of Robert Louis Stevenson’s novel Kidnapped, may have been solved 150 years ago by another great Scottish novelist.
Southgate Institute officially launched
Monique Begin, twice Canadian health and welfare minister in Pierre Trudeau’s governments and chief architect of Canada’s Medicare, has launched the Southgate Institute for Health, Society and Equity at Flinders University.
Vice-Chancellors back new research institute
The new $200 million Health and Medical Research Institute announced in the Federal Budget this week will underpin a new phase of medical research in South Australia, according to the Vice-Chancellors of the State’s three universities.
Will breath of fresh air in US generate winds of nuclear change?
The United States will need to match its rhetoric with action and move to eliminate its own nuclear weapons if the world is to make meaningful steps towards nuclear disarmament, according to Associate Professor Andrew O’Neil.