Doubling up on scientific talent
Graduating twins Megan and Amy Hawley say they have effectively been their own study group – and now they’re moving on to PhDs.
Graduating twins Megan and Amy Hawley say they have effectively been their own study group – and now they’re moving on to PhDs.
Students from Flinders courses in China who have travelled to Adelaide for their graduation are helping to build influential connections between Australia and China.
The Federal Government’s funding cuts to higher education will impact on staff and student services, Flinders University Vice-Chancellor, Professor Michael Barber, has said.
Flinders Living has won the inaugural national award as the College/University Housing Operation of the Year.
Halls of Residence, University Colleges and other forms of student accommodation can play a fundamental role in educating students in life-skills and broadening their world view, according to the Dean of Flinders Living, Ms Helen Fletcher.
Orientation activities took a philanthropic turn when 120 Flinders Hall residents assembled birthing kits for use in developing countries.
Research into synthetic preparation of rare natural medicines will take Flinders PhD student Matthew Norris to Princeton University, thanks to a Fulbright Scholarship.
The Bard really does turn up everywhere – this year’s Fringe will find Titania and Oberon scheming against each other in a bushland setting outside Nairne in the Adelaide Hills.
Australia remains the only developed country in the world not to have eliminated trachoma, the leading cause of infectious blindness, despite recent progress in tackling the disease.