The latest media releases from Deakin University http://www.deakin.edu.au/news A new teacher education program developed by Deakin University academics Dr Debbie Ollis and Associate Professor Lyn Harrison and PhD candidate Claire Maharaj, will ensure beginning teachers have the skills to lead sexuality education lessons with their students. http://www.deakin.edu.au/news/2013/14052013sexed.php http://www.deakin.edu.au/news/2013/14052013sexed.php Tue, 14 May 2013 15:00:00 +1000 Be honest, what games do you have on your phone or Facebook profile? Do your kids beg to play Angry Birds? Do you spend time while waiting in a queue slicing virtual fruit? http://www.deakin.edu.au/news/2013/09052013Gamers.php http://www.deakin.edu.au/news/2013/09052013Gamers.php Thu, 09 May 2013 11:30:00 +1000 Eight Deakin University researchers are going direct to the people in a bid to find money for their research projects. http://www.deakin.edu.au/news/2013/06052013Pozible.php http://www.deakin.edu.au/news/2013/06052013Pozible.php Wed, 08 May 2013 13:35:00 +1000 Passionate Melbournians with an interest in photography are being encouraged to get behind a Deakin University Research My World project - RetakeMelbourne which aims to reshoot the images of immigrant Australian photographer Mark Strizic. http://www.deakin.edu.au/news/2013/08052013Strizic.php http://www.deakin.edu.au/news/2013/08052013Strizic.php Wed, 08 May 2013 13:30:00 +1000 Deakin Vice Chancellor, Professor Jane den Hollander, today applauded the State Government’s announcement of funding for the construction of a new railway station at Grovedale. http://www.deakin.edu.au/news/2013/26042013grovedalestation.php http://www.deakin.edu.au/news/2013/26042013grovedalestation.php Fri, 26 Apr 2013 16:00:00 +1000 The 2015 Centenary of the Gallipoli landings on ANZAC Day is heading for disaster because the Australian Government is ignoring an option showing more people can be accommodated at the site, a Deakin University academic argues. http://www.deakin.edu.au/news/2013/23042013Gallipoli.php http://www.deakin.edu.au/news/2013/23042013Gallipoli.php Tue, 23 Apr 2013 14:30:00 +1000 Deakin University today announced the appointment of Professor Gary Smith as its new Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Global Engagement). http://www.deakin.edu.au/news/2013/22042013DVCglobalappt.php http://www.deakin.edu.au/news/2013/22042013DVCglobalappt.php Mon, 22 Apr 2013 16:00:00 +1000 Deakin University study suggests that alcohol fuelled aggression amongst young men is linked to abusive fathers. http://www.deakin.edu.au/news/2013/170413fathersonrelationships.php http://www.deakin.edu.au/news/2013/170413fathersonrelationships.php Wed, 17 Apr 2013 11:45:00 +1000 Industry heavy weights Deloitte, Ernst & Young, IBM, SAS and Microsoft, will head into the classroom to teach students how to help their employers grapple with 'big data' as part of Deakin University's new Masters of Business Analytics. http://www.deakin.edu.au/news/2013/17042013Analyticslaunch.php http://www.deakin.edu.au/news/2013/17042013Analyticslaunch.php Wed, 17 Apr 2013 11:30:00 +1000 Representatives of the City of Greater Geelong, Geelong community leaders and Deakin University today (Tuesday 16 April) celebrated the move of Deakin’s Faculty of Business and Law to the Geelong CBD. http://www.deakin.edu.au/news/2013/160413townandgowngeelong.php http://www.deakin.edu.au/news/2013/160413townandgowngeelong.php Tue, 16 Apr 2013 16:30:00 +1000 Fiddling the books is now as simple as zapping records of cash till transactions away and Deakin University's fraud expert has warned business owners as well as people thinking of buying a business to check business records carefully. http://www.deakin.edu.au/news/2013/15042013zappers.php http://www.deakin.edu.au/news/2013/15042013zappers.php Mon, 15 Apr 2013 10:30:00 +1000 A Deakin University study has found that the rate of morbid obesity in women increased by almost 70 per cent over a 10 year period. http://www.deakin.edu.au/news/2013/040413morbidobesityrates.php http://www.deakin.edu.au/news/2013/040413morbidobesityrates.php Thu, 04 Apr 2013 12:30:00 +1000 The $12.2million refurbishment of the Institute of Koorie Education's building at Deakin University's Geelong Waurn Ponds Campus was officially opened today (Wednesday 27 March) by Minister for Employment Participation and for Early Childhood and Child Care, Kate Ellis. http://www.deakin.edu.au/news/2013/270313koorieeducation.php http://www.deakin.edu.au/news/2013/270313koorieeducation.php Wed, 27 Mar 2013 14:00:00 +1000 Australian sport faces a looming shortfall in experienced coaches as the workforce ages and less people are entering the system, a Deakin University study has found. http://www.deakin.edu.au/news/2013/250313coachshortage.php http://www.deakin.edu.au/news/2013/250313coachshortage.php Mon, 25 Mar 2013 11:00:00 +1000 Deakin University's new UNESCO Chair in Comparative Research on Cultural Diversity and Social Justice, Professor Fethi Mansouri, has many goals to achieve as part of his new role but close to his heart will be seeing cultural diversity accepted and embraced as a core tenet of humanity. http://www.deakin.edu.au/news/2013/21032013Fethichair.php http://www.deakin.edu.au/news/2013/21032013Fethichair.php Thu, 21 Mar 2013 14:00:00 +1000 The results of a new national study, led by Deakin University, show that alcohol remains the driver for most of the harm experienced in the night-time entertainment districts across the country, with greater levels of intoxication and harm linked to later trading hours. http://www.deakin.edu.au/news/2013/210313alcoholviolence.php http://www.deakin.edu.au/news/2013/210313alcoholviolence.php Thu, 21 Mar 2013 08:50:00 +1000 Five years ago sporting codes had the health of the environment top of mind as they cancelled practices and matches due to the drought and now a Deakin University academic is asking them to look at the role they can take in improving the environment and get their fans to do the same. http://www.deakin.edu.au/news/2013/19032013sportconf.php http://www.deakin.edu.au/news/2013/19032013sportconf.php Tue, 19 Mar 2013 16:00:00 +1000 Australian researchers have taken the first step in using bioactive peptides as the building blocks to help ‘build a new brain’ to treat degenerative brain disease. http://www.deakin.edu.au/news/2013/190313braindiseasetreatment.php http://www.deakin.edu.au/news/2013/190313braindiseasetreatment.php Tue, 19 Mar 2013 12:00:00 +1000 "Should Australia do more to help newly arrived Iraqi refugees settle, given Australia was a key member of the 'Coalition of the Willing' that launched a pre-emptive strike on Iraq in 2003?" a Deakin academic will ask today in Melbourne, Thursday, March 14. http://www.deakin.edu.au/news/2013/12032013BenIraq.php http://www.deakin.edu.au/news/2013/12032013BenIraq.php Thu, 14 Mar 2013 10:00:00 +1000 Deakin Vice-Chancellor, Professor Jane den Hollander has congratulated Deakin alumnus, Dr Denis Napthine, on becoming leader of the Victorian Parliamentary Liberal Party and Victoria's new Premier. http://www.deakin.edu.au/news/2013/070313alumnusvictorianpremier.php http://www.deakin.edu.au/news/2013/070313alumnusvictorianpremier.php Thu, 07 Mar 2013 17:00:00 +1000 Two of Deakin University's business programs, the MBA and Bachelor of Commerce have received an ultimate benchmark of international quality -accreditation by the European Foundation for Management Development's Programme (EFMD). http://www.deakin.edu.au/news/2013/27022013EPAS.php http://www.deakin.edu.au/news/2013/27022013EPAS.php Wed, 27 Feb 2013 17:00:00 +1000 Deakin University's commitment to the health workforce needs of rural and regional Australia has taken a step forward with the opening today (22 February) of a new $53million building on its Geelong Waurn Ponds Campus http://www.deakin.edu.au/news/2013/220213regionalhealth.php http://www.deakin.edu.au/news/2013/220213regionalhealth.php Fri, 22 Feb 2013 16:00:00 +1000 As flights in and out of Melbourne were cancelled as a freak storm hit Melbourne, the chairperson of the Nobel Peace Prize (2007) winning Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change and Director General of The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI) Rajendra K Pachauri urged people to use the knowledge they now have at their disposal to mitigate the impacts of climate change and pursue development in a more sustainable manner. http://www.deakin.edu.au/news/2013/22022013Pachauriaddress.php http://www.deakin.edu.au/news/2013/22022013Pachauriaddress.php Fri, 22 Feb 2013 10:30:00 +1000 Federal Minister for Regional Australia, Regional Development and Local Government, Simon Crean, has opened the first stage in the development of a $103million fibre research and innovation centre at Deakin University’s Geelong Waurn Ponds Campus. http://www.deakin.edu.au/news/2013/210213researchandinnovationcentre.php http://www.deakin.edu.au/news/2013/210213researchandinnovationcentre.php Thu, 21 Feb 2013 17:30:00 +1000 Achieving justice in complex cases in Australia and internationally, such as Queensland's 'Honeymoon Killer' case, is becoming increasingly expensive and difficult, researchers at Deakin and Monash Universities argue in a new book to be launched by Mr David Galbally QC next Tuesday, February 26. http://www.deakin.edu.au/news/2013/19022013Honeymoonkiller.php http://www.deakin.edu.au/news/2013/19022013Honeymoonkiller.php Tue, 19 Feb 2013 12:30:00 +1000 Public art galleries across Victoria are urged to trial late night openings from 2014, a technique more commonly seen in shopping and retail centres, as a way of boosting their popularity with visitors a report has revealed. http://www.deakin.edu.au/news/2013/14022013Kerrimuseums.php http://www.deakin.edu.au/news/2013/14022013Kerrimuseums.php Fri, 15 Feb 2013 10:30:00 +1000 Melbournians will get a rare chance to hear the thoughts of, question and decide for themselves, whether climate change is an issue and worth their attention or not when one of the world's leading experts on climate change delivers a free public lecture, hosted by Deakin University, next Thursday, February 21. http://www.deakin.edu.au/news/2013/14022013Pachaurilecture.php http://www.deakin.edu.au/news/2013/14022013Pachaurilecture.php Fri, 15 Feb 2013 10:30:00 +1000 There is no right to privacy, in fact the push for more rights to privacy is irrelevant in the face of social media and technological advances, Deakin University's Head of the Law School, Professor Mirko Bagaric argues in a new book to be launched in Canberra today. http://www.deakin.edu.au/news/2013/06022013Mirkoprivacy.php http://www.deakin.edu.au/news/2013/06022013Mirkoprivacy.php Wed, 06 Feb 2013 12:00:00 +1000 Strips of land along roadsides, drains and railway lines could be the key to survival for our native wildlife in developed landscapes, according to a Deakin University researcher. http://www.deakin.edu.au/news/2013/050213savingwildlife.php http://www.deakin.edu.au/news/2013/050213savingwildlife.php Tue, 05 Feb 2013 15:00:00 +1000 A Warrnambool Primary School teacher has developed a new program which is changing the way children learn to comprehend. http://www.deakin.edu.au/news/2013/05022013literacy.php http://www.deakin.edu.au/news/2013/05022013literacy.php Tue, 05 Feb 2013 12:00:00 +1000 Fishing communities in Victoria, Queensland and Western Australia will play a vital role in a project aiming to help fishers stay healthy and handle stress. http://www.deakin.edu.au/news/2013/04022013fishers.php http://www.deakin.edu.au/news/2013/04022013fishers.php Mon, 04 Feb 2013 16:00:00 +1000 Australia's corporate watchdog - ASIC (the Australian Securities Investments Commission) is loved and hated by companies and consumers alike but it is so unique and its powers so manifest Deakin University's corporate governance expert, Professor Jean du Plessis, wants Germany and the world to know about it. http://www.deakin.edu.au/news/2013/01022013DuPlessisaward.php http://www.deakin.edu.au/news/2013/01022013DuPlessisaward.php Fri, 01 Feb 2013 16:00:00 +1000 Being blonde, beautiful and a star in a TV reality series would normally be seen as an advantage, but not if you are a female academic, Deakin University's Dr Cassandra Atherton told an international conference on celebrity recently. http://www.deakin.edu.au/news/2013/07012013Athertonblonde.php http://www.deakin.edu.au/news/2013/07012013Athertonblonde.php Tue, 08 Jan 2013 14:50:00 +1000 An invention that uses waste engine heat to cut car fuel consumption has won Deakin University engineer Frank Will a national innovation award. http://www.deakin.edu.au/news/2012/131212fuelsavinginvention.php http://www.deakin.edu.au/news/2012/131212fuelsavinginvention.php Thu, 13 Dec 2012 13:50:00 +1000 Salt may be lurking as a silent contributor to the growing childhood obesity epidemic, Deakin University health researchers have found. http://www.deakin.edu.au/news/2012/111212saltlinktoobesity.php http://www.deakin.edu.au/news/2012/111212saltlinktoobesity.php Tue, 11 Dec 2012 09:30:00 +1000 Deakin University will appoint a staff and a student representative to its Council in early 2013, following the changes to its Act passed by State Parliament this month. http://www.deakin.edu.au/news/2012/10122012Councilchanges.php http://www.deakin.edu.au/news/2012/10122012Councilchanges.php Mon, 10 Dec 2012 19:15:00 +1000 The increasingly common practice of drinking at home before hitting the nightclubs is the major predictor of people experiencing harm or violence, Australia’s largest study into alcohol-related nightlife crime has found. http://www.deakin.edu.au/news/2012/101212alcoholrelatedviolence.php http://www.deakin.edu.au/news/2012/101212alcoholrelatedviolence.php Mon, 10 Dec 2012 10:15:00 +1000 Deakin Vice-Chancellor, Professor Jane den Hollander, has welcomed today's Excellence in Research for Australia (ERA) results which show that Deakin Research is world standard or above in nearly three quarters of the Fields of Research submitted to the Australian Research Council. http://www.deakin.edu.au/news/2012/06122012ERAResults.php http://www.deakin.edu.au/news/2012/06122012ERAResults.php Thu, 06 Dec 2012 12:30:00 +1000 Preschools could hold the key to kids developing a life-long interest in physical activity. http://www.deakin.edu.au/news/2012/051212childrensmovementskills.php http://www.deakin.edu.au/news/2012/051212childrensmovementskills.php Wed, 05 Dec 2012 11:30:00 +1000 Males have their own distinct repertoire for attracting females and stick with it regardless of how successful they are; at least that’s what Deakin University researchers have found with the great bowerbird. http://www.deakin.edu.au/news/2012/041212matingrituals.php http://www.deakin.edu.au/news/2012/041212matingrituals.php Tue, 04 Dec 2012 10:30:00 +1000 For celebrity obsessed Australians it would appear to be the feast of a lifetime but when the world's celebrity experts gather at Deakin University from the 12 to 14 December, the discussion will not be about the latest gossip from the stars on Twitter. http://www.deakin.edu.au/news/2012/02122012Celebrity.php http://www.deakin.edu.au/news/2012/02122012Celebrity.php Mon, 03 Dec 2012 12:30:00 +1000 Deakin University's Alfred Deakin Professor and Professor of Australian Studies, David Walker, has been appointed as the inaugural BHP Billiton Chair of Australian Studies at Peking University. http://www.deakin.edu.au/news/2012/26112012BHPWalker.php http://www.deakin.edu.au/news/2012/26112012BHPWalker.php Mon, 26 Nov 2012 12:30:00 +1000 Deakin Vice Chancellor, Professor Jane den Hollander, today welcomed the Federal Government’s announcement of funding for the university’s new Centre for Advanced Design in Engineering Training (CADET) at Geelong Waurn Ponds campus http://www.deakin.edu.au/news/2012/23112012cadetsuccess.php http://www.deakin.edu.au/news/2012/23112012cadetsuccess.php Fri, 23 Nov 2012 11:30:00 +1000 Australian's have been accused of being racist but what is their everyday understanding of racism? http://www.deakin.edu.au/news/2012/22112012YinRacism.php http://www.deakin.edu.au/news/2012/22112012YinRacism.php Fri, 23 Nov 2012 11:30:00 +1000 A Deakin University academic will call on government and football sporting agencies to direct more funding and support to sport in remote Aboriginal communities as a way of improving the condition of their people and ultimately the towns themselves. http://www.deakin.edu.au/news/2012/22112012BHMIndigenousfootball.php http://www.deakin.edu.au/news/2012/22112012BHMIndigenousfootball.php Thu, 22 Nov 2012 10:30:00 +1000 Australia's Race Discrimination Commissioner, Dr Helen Szoke, threw down the gauntlet to delegates at an international conference on multiculturalism held at Deakin University last week. http://www.deakin.edu.au/news/2012/20112012CCGHelenSzoke.php http://www.deakin.edu.au/news/2012/20112012CCGHelenSzoke.php Wed, 21 Nov 2012 13:30:00 +1000 A new international network will for the first time monitor government and food industry efforts to improve the world's food environments and prevent obesity. http://www.deakin.edu.au/news/2012/151112globalobesity.php http://www.deakin.edu.au/news/2012/151112globalobesity.php Thu, 15 Nov 2012 14:30:00 +1000 The use of legal substances that mimic the effects of illegal drugs appears to be on the rise in Australia, yet little is known about their long-term impact on users. http://www.deakin.edu.au/news/2012/141112fakedrugsstudy.php http://www.deakin.edu.au/news/2012/141112fakedrugsstudy.php Wed, 14 Nov 2012 13:00:00 +1000 Deakin University’s Professor Peter Hodgson has been recognised by India’s premier industry association for his leadership in developing partnerships between Indian industry and Australian researchers. http://www.deakin.edu.au/news/2012/091112indianpartnershipaward.php http://www.deakin.edu.au/news/2012/091112indianpartnershipaward.php Fri, 09 Nov 2012 16:00:00 +1000 Deakin University has set up a pollen count facility at its Melbourne and Geelong Waurn Ponds campuses to alert allergy sufferers when it is safe to go outdoors during hay fever season. http://www.deakin.edu.au/news/2012/311012hayfeverpollencount.php http://www.deakin.edu.au/news/2012/311012hayfeverpollencoun.php Wed, 31 Oct 2012 16:00:00 +1000 Allan Asher delivered the 2012 Deakin University Brookes Oration - Fair Go: A journey into fairness in commerce. http://www.deakin.edu.au/news/2012/26102012Brookes.php http://www.deakin.edu.au/news/2012/26102012Brookes.php Fri, 26 Oct 2012 16:30:00 +1000 At a time when childhood obesity rates are on the rise, Deakin University research has found that parents prefer to play chauffeur than let their children walk or ride to school or around the local neighbourhood. http://www.deakin.edu.au/news/2012/231012childrenphysicalactivity.php http://www.deakin.edu.au/news/2012/231012childrenphysicalactivity.php Tue, 23 Oct 2012 12:30:00 +1000 Four Geelong-based Deakin University researchers have been awarded prestigious fellowships from the Australian Academy of Science. http://www.deakin.edu.au/news/2012/191012australiaindiafellowships.php http://www.deakin.edu.au/news/2012/191012australiaindiafellowships.php Fri, 19 Oct 2012 15:30:00 +1000 Chisholm Institute CEO, Maria Peters and the Vice-Chancellor of Deakin University, Professor Jane den Hollander have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) which will deliver new pathways into a number of Deakin bachelor qualifications. http://www.deakin.edu.au/news/2012/17102012MOUChisholm.php http://www.deakin.edu.au/news/2012/17102012MOUChisholm.php Thu, 18 Oct 2012 10:30:00 +1000 At Deakin University Ben Isakhan spends much of his time working with two sombre databases. One, provided by the Iraq Body Count, is a meticulously kept record of civilian deaths in Iraq, while the other is a list of the heritage sites and museums that have been destroyed since the country's 'liberation'. http://www.deakin.edu.au/news/2012/16102012beniraq.php http://www.deakin.edu.au/news/2012/16102012beniraq.php Wed, 17 Oct 2012 10:30:00 +1000 Deakin University has conferred the title of Alfred Deakin Professor on six professors. http://www.deakin.edu.au/research/stories/2012/10/11/alfred-deakin-professors#email_dialog http://www.deakin.edu.au/research/stories/2012/10/11/alfred-deakin-professors#email_dialog Wed, 17 Oct 2012 11:30:00 +1000 A world-first trial to test if a healthy diet can improve the mental health of people with depression is being conducted by Deakin University researchers. http://www.deakin.edu.au/news/2012/161012dietanddepression.php http://www.deakin.edu.au/news/2012/161012dietanddepression.php Tue, 16 Oct 2012 13:30:00 +1000 Melbourne, Australia - October 12, 2012: Deakin University and IBM (NYSE: IBM) today announced the launch of Australia's first Centre for Excellence in Business Analytics following the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU). http://www.deakin.edu.au/news/2012/12102012IBM.php http://www.deakin.edu.au/news/2012/12102012IBM.php.php Fri, 12 Oct 2012 12:30:00 +1000 Former Justice of the High Court and Adjunct Professor at Deakin University, the Honourable Michael Kirby AC, CMG encouraged Deakin University graduands and the incoming new Justice of the High Court of Australia, Justice Stephen Gageler to heed the message of Apple founder Steve Jobs - "stay hungry, stay foolish, ask questions, insistently, always." http://www.deakin.edu.au/news/2012/9102012MichaelKirbyhondoc.php http://www.deakin.edu.au/news/2012/9102012MichaelKirbyhondoc.php Tue, 9 Oct 2012 15:30:00 +1000 A Deakin University study has found seven in ten children are eating more than the recommended upper limit of salt each day, putting their health at serious risk. http://www.deakin.edu.au/news/2012/081012highsaltdiets.php http://www.deakin.edu.au/news/2012/081012highsaltdiets.php Mon, 08 Oct 2012 16:30:00 +1000 Deakin University welcomed back to Geelong former Vice-Chancellor, Emeritus Professor Sally Walker AM, for the naming of a building in her honour. http://www.deakin.edu.au/news/2012/081012sallywalkerbuilding.php http://www.deakin.edu.au/news/2012/081012sallywalkerbuilding.php Mon, 08 Oct 2012 16:00:00 +1000 Deakin University researchers are investigating the anti-inflammatory properties of virgin olive oil to see if it as the potential to protect against the inflammation involved in muscle wasting conditions such as muscular dystrophy. http://www.deakin.edu.au/news/2012/051012oliveoilandhealth.php http://www.deakin.edu.au/news/2012/051012oliveoilandhealth.php Fri, 05 Oct 2012 15:00:00 +1000 Deakin University today announced the appointment of Mr Ron Fairchild as its Vice President (Advancement). http://www.deakin.edu.au/news/2012/051012Fairchild.php http://www.deakin.edu.au/news/2012/051012Fairchild.php Fri, 05 Oct 2012 14:00:00 +1000 The construction of new student accommodation at Deakin University's Geelong Waurn Ponds Campus was marked with a sod-turning ceremony today (Thursday 4 October). http://www.deakin.edu.au/news/2012/041012geelongstudentaccommodation.php http://www.deakin.edu.au/news/2012/041012geelongstudentaccommodation.php Thu, 04 Oct 2012 14:00:00 +1000 Deakin Vice Chancellor, Professor Jane den Hollander paid tribute today to the late Emeritus Professor Fred Jevons AO, the founding Vice Chancellor of Deakin University, who died last weekend. http://www.deakin.edu.au/news/2012/031012Jevons.php http://www.deakin.edu.au/news/2012/031012Jevons.php Wed, 03 Oct 2012 12:00:00 +1000 Melbourne shoppers changed a number of ingrained habits and by doing so contributed to a successful first year for warehouse club retailer Costco, Deakin University research has found. http://www.deakin.edu.au/news/2012/27092012StellaCostco.php http://www.deakin.edu.au/news/2012/27092012StellaCostco.php Thu, 27 Sep 2012 13:00:00 +1000 Society needs to debate the rate of profitability in the financial sector, Dr Guy Debelle, Assistant Governor (Financial Markets) said at Deakin University's Richard Searby Oration. http://www.deakin.edu.au/news/2012/26092012RBASearby.php http://www.deakin.edu.au/news/2012/26092012RBASearby.php Wed, 26 Sep 2012 12:30:00 +1000 It is almost the perfect timing, Deakin University academic and expert on Myanmar, Dr Anthony Ware launches a book on how development can be done effectively in the country just as the Federal Government announces it will more than double its aid to the country to $100 million per year by 2015. http://www.deakin.edu.au/news/2012/17092012Myanmar.php http://www.deakin.edu.au/news/2012/17092012Myanmar.php Tue, 18 Sep 2012 11:00:00 +1000 Depression continues to be a silent epidemic in Australian aged care facilities, according to a Deakin University psychology professor. http://www.deakin.edu.au/news/2012/170912agedcaredepression.php http://www.deakin.edu.au/news/2012/170912agedcaredepression.php Mon, 17 Sep 2012 16:30:00 +1000 Australian researchers have harnessed tablet technology to develop an iPad app that is set to revolutionise the way parents around the world provide in-home therapy for their autistic children. http://www.deakin.edu.au/news/2012/120912autismtherapy.php http://www.deakin.edu.au/news/2012/120912autismtherapy.php Wed, 12 Sep 2012 10:00:00 +1000 Deakin University's Danny Ben-Moshe did not expect his brief trip to Lithuania to visit his grandmother's village would turn into an international battle to support a fellow academic's campaign to stop Jewish genocide being rewritten out of the country's history. http://www.deakin.edu.au/news/2012/10092012holocaust.php http://www.deakin.edu.au/news/2012/10092012holocaust.php Mon, 10 Sep 2012 16:00:00 +1000 Primary school children would like to learn about love, intimacy and being close as part of their sexuality education in school; and their parents would like that too, a project in Geelong has revealed. http://www.deakin.edu.au/news/2012/10092012sexed.php http://www.deakin.edu.au/news/2012/10092012sexed.php Mon, 10 Sep 2012 12:30:00 +1000 Fish populations around the world could soon be full of slow growing, unproductive ‘couch potatoes’ if the current levels of intensive fishing continue, according to Deakin University research. http://www.deakin.edu.au/news/2012/100912overfishing.php http://www.deakin.edu.au/news/2012/100912overfishing.php Mon, 10 Sep 2012 10:30:00 +1000 A new book, looking at Muslims in the West and the challenges they face in achieving belonging hopes to encourage new thinking and a deeper understanding within Australia and elsewhere of the importance of positive intercultural relations. http://www.deakin.edu.au/news/2012/28082012muslimsinthewest.php http://www.deakin.edu.au/news/2012/28082012muslimsinthewest.php Tue, 28 Aug 2012 16:00:00 +1000 In a University, experts come in many forms and aspiring teachers from Deakin University have been putting substance behind the phrase "see the person, not the disability" thanks to help from a group of actors with intellectual disabilities, from Fusion Theatre in Dandenong. http://www.deakin.edu.au/news/2012/28082012disability.php http://www.deakin.edu.au/news/2012/28082012disability.php Tue, 28 Aug 2012 12:30:00 +1000 Australia needs to harness the powerful relationships of its migrant communities with their homelands and build stronger economic, social and political links abroad, a national research project has argued. http://www.deakin.edu.au/news/2012/14082012Diasporas.php http://www.deakin.edu.au/news/2012/14082012Diasporas.php Wed, 15 Aug 2012 12:30:00 +1000 The fate of people suffering with obesity or osteoporosis could lie in the hands of Deakin University researchers who are looking into the way fat and bone cells develop, with the assistance of the humble zebrafish. http://www.deakin.edu.au/news/2012/080812obesityosteoporosistreatment.php http://www.deakin.edu.au/news/2012/080812obesityosteoporosistreatment.php Wed, 08 Aug 2012 12:00:00 +1000 Public health campaigns designed to help overweight or obese men could be having the opposite effect, according to Deakin University health researchers. http://www.deakin.edu.au/news/2012/010812obesitystigma.php http://www.deakin.edu.au/news/2012/010812obesitystigma.php Wed, 01 Aug 2012 11:00:00 +1000 How far and fast do children run when they are playing football? A Deakin University and Australian Football League project will find this out and in the process discover whether modified rules for junior footballers aged 8-12 years are effective. http://www.deakin.edu.au/news/2012/27072012AFLtrackers.php http://www.deakin.edu.au/news/2012/27072012AFLtrackers.php Fri, 27 Jul 2012 16:00:00 +1000 Deakin University health researchers have found pre-schoolers who play interactive video games, such as Wii, have better motor skills. http://www.deakin.edu.au/news/2012/240712childrenmotorskills.php http://www.deakin.edu.au/news/2012/240712childrenmotorskills.php Tue, 24 Jul 2012 12:00:00 +1000 Deakin University Professor of Public Policy , Michael Porter, has labelled the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) decision to decommission parts of the Optus network in favour of the NBN as a travesty of economics, undermining a competitive pro-investment strategy for broadband in Australia. http://www.deakin.edu.au/news/2012/20072012PorterACCCNBN.php http://www.deakin.edu.au/news/2012/20072012PorterACCCNBN.php Fri, 20 Jul 2012 12:00:00 +1000 Australia risks creating an environment similar to Germany where temporary migrants are marginalised and excluded because they are not part of wider multicultural thinking and are often left on the margins of mainstream society, a national conference on multiculturalism at Deakin University was warned. http://www.deakin.edu.au/news/2012/10072012Fethipostconf.php http://www.deakin.edu.au/news/2012/10072012Fethipostconf.php Tue, 10 Jul 2012 15:30:00 +1000 The European Parliament's rejection of an international treaty which attempted to strengthen the enforcement of intellectual property (IP) rights last night could have impact on the debate in Australia, a Deakin University Professor said today. http://www.deakin.edu.au/news/2012/05072012counterfeit.php http://www.deakin.edu.au/news/2012/05072012counterfeit.php Thu, 05 Jul 2012 16:50:00 +1000 Developing rechargeable batteries capable of storing the huge amounts of energy generated by renewable sources, such as wind power, is consuming many hundreds of research hours at Deakin University. http://www.deakin.edu.au/news/2012/040712storingrenewableenergy.php http://www.deakin.edu.au/news/2012/040712storingrenewableenergy.php Wed, 04 Jul 2012 15:30:00 +1000 A national symposium to be held at Deakin University this Friday will examine whether there is a disconnect between government policy surrounding multiculturalism in Australia and academic thought and if so what needs to be done about it. http://www.deakin.edu.au/news/2012/04072012Fethiconference.php http://www.deakin.edu.au/news/2012/04072012Fethiconference.php Wed, 04 Jul 2012 15:00:00 +1000 Nobel Prize winner for economics, Professor Dale Mortensen addressed the 2012 Econometric Society Australasian Meeting in Melbourne today, July 4, which is being hosted by Deakin University. http://www.deakin.edu.au/news/2012/04072012Mortensenaddress.php http://www.deakin.edu.au/news/2012/04072012Mortensenaddress.php Wed, 04 Jul 2012 12:30:00 +1000 Earthquakes might be the shock which democracy needs to get started but they are also rocking the career of Deakin University economics PhD candidate Muhammad Habibur Rahman. http://www.deakin.edu.au/news/2012/03072012Earthquake.php http://www.deakin.edu.au/news/2012/03072012Earthquake.php Tue, 03 Jul 2012 11:30:00 +1000 Managers working in Chinese Indonesian firms are more assertive and competitive, traits which may account for why their companies outperform those run by managers in Javanese Indonesian companies, a Deakin University PhD candidate has found. http://www.deakin.edu.au/news/2012/02072012MirwanIndon.php http://www.deakin.edu.au/news/2012/02072012MirwanIndon.php Mon, 02 Jul 2012 15:30:00 +1000 Rail travelers to Warrnambool and Geelong will get a more 'worldly experience' following Deakin University's two V/Line train wraps as part of its new rebranding campaign. http://www.deakin.edu.au/news/2012/02072012Wordly.php http://www.deakin.edu.au/news/2012/02072012Wordly.php Mon, 02 Jul 2012 14:30:00 +1000 With only days to go before July 1 when the carbon tax comes into effect, Deakin University researchers have found nearly a third of businesses surveyed still have no coherent strategy to address their company's carbon risk. http://www.deakin.edu.au/news/2012/29062012carbonrisk.php http://www.deakin.edu.au/news/2012/29062012carbonrisk.php Fri, 29 Jun 2012 11:30:00 +1000 Embracing the digital frontier and providing its students with a personalised and borderless education experience are key features of Deakin’s new Strategic Plan, launched in Geelong today by Victoria’s Higher Education Minister Peter Hall. http://www.deakin.edu.au/news/2012/280612strategicplan.php http://www.deakin.edu.au/news/2012/280612strategicplan.php Thu, 28 Jun 2012 16:30:00 +1000 One hundred and forty Australian volunteers , registered by Deakin University's Centre for Citizenship, Development and Human Rights (CCDHR and the Australia Timor-Leste Friendship Network (AusTimorFN) are playing a critical role in Timor-Leste's parliamentary election on 7 July. http://www.deakin.edu.au/news/2012/21062012TimorLesteobs.php http://www.deakin.edu.au/news/2012/21062012TimorLesteobs.php Thu, 21 Jun 2012 14:00:00 +1000 Nobel Prize winner for economics, Professor Dale Mortensen will be a keynote speaker at the 2012 Econometric Society Australasian Meeting in Melbourne (3 to 6 July) which is being hosted by Deakin University. http://www.deakin.edu.au/news/2012/2062012AEFESAM12.php http://www.deakin.edu.au/news/2012/2062012AEFESAM12.php Wed, 20 Jun 2012 16:30:00 +1000 Deakin University's international financial crime expert, Professor Louis de Koker has warned there are many security and regulatory issues to be resolved if virtual currency is to replace hard cash as predicted at a forum in Sydney yesterday. (Tues, 5 June) http://www.deakin.edu.au/news/2012/06062012virtualmoney.php http://www.deakin.edu.au/news/2012/06062012virtualmoney.php Wed, 06 Jun 2012 12:30:00 +1000 As with all good ideas the decision to hold Deakin University's Digital Sampling/Remix Culture Forum, Workshop, Film and Music Showcase started with a chat over a drink between Deakin University Associate Professor Dan Meagher and his friend, a founding member of The Avalanches, Darren Seltmann. http://www.deakin.edu.au/news/2012/06062012remix.php http://www.deakin.edu.au/news/2012/06062012remix.php Wed, 06 Jun 2012 12:30:00 +1000 To humans they might be pretty and small, the inspiration for nursery rhymes and children's clothing, but the redder the lady bird, the worse it tastes to the bird which tries to eat it, an international research team, including Dr John Endler from Deakin University has found. http://www.deakin.edu.au/news/2012/21022012Ladybirds.php http://www.deakin.edu.au/news/2012/21022012Ladybirds.php Tue, 05 Jun 2012 15:30:00 +1000 The days have long gone since salt was a valuable commodity and Roman soldiers were paid in it, but for Deakin University's Research Professor in Public Policy, Professor Michael Porter, the issue of salt, more specifically desalination will be worth $496,891 in research funding. http://www.deakin.edu.au/news/2012/04062012salt.php http://www.deakin.edu.au/news/2012/04062012salt.php Tue, 05 Jun 2012 10:00:00 +1000 Deakin University Professor and Chair for Indigenous Knowledge Systems, Mark Rose, talks about the Stolen Generation, National Reconciliation Week and the Australian Government's intervention into Aborginal communities in the Northern Territory with ABC's Radio Australia. http://www.deakin.edu.au/news/2012/01062012MarkRose.php http://www.deakin.edu.au/news/2012/01062012MarkRose.php Fri, 01 Jun 2012 16:30:00 +1000 Deakin University is searching for charities, foundations and volunteer-based organisations with a burning issue to participate in the 2012 WOFIE (Workshop for Innovation and Entrepreneurship) program, which has as its theme Developing Innovation and Entrepreneurship in the Not- For-Profit (NFP) sector. http://www.deakin.edu.au/news/2012/30052012WOFIE.php http://www.deakin.edu.au/news/2012/30052012WOFIE.php Wed, 30 May 2012 16:00:00 +1000 A proposed national project to create a "virtual laboratory" of humanities research will be a game changer for cultural researchers, project leader and Deakin University's Chair, Media and Communication Professor Deb Verhoeven said. http://www.deakin.edu.au/news/2012/29052012debhuni.php http://www.deakin.edu.au/news/2012/29052012debhuni.php Tue, 29 May 2012 17:00:00 +1000 A simple idea, to help women and girls in Papua New Guinea manage menstruation with dignity has led to its Deakin University student developer, Jac Torres Gomez, creating a prototype, bi-lingual resource, a global campaign and being named 2012 Social Entrepreneur of the Year. http://www.deakin.edu.au/news/2012/29052012JacPNG.php http://www.deakin.edu.au/news/2012/29052012JacPNG.php Tue, 29 May 2012 12:30:00 +1000 Deakin University's gambling expert, Professor Linda Hancock has called on Victorian regulators to draw on the latest research from NSW which shows 3am closures of hotels reduced alcohol related crime in Newcastle. http://www.deakin.edu.au/news/2012/29052012Gamblingregforum.php http://www.deakin.edu.au/news/2012/29052012Gamblingregforum.php Tue, 29 May 2012 12:30:00 +1000 In a research partnership between Deakin University and Parks Victoria, marine scientists have captured rare video footage of fish and other marine creatures living on the seafloor off western Victoria. http://www.deakin.edu.au/news/2012/230512marinelife.php http://www.deakin.edu.au/news/2012/230512marinelife.php Fri, 25 May 2012 17:00:00 +1000 Associate Professor Samantha Hepburn from Deakin University's School of Law discusses the implications of Coal Seam Gas mining interstate. http://www.deakin.edu.au/news/2012/23052012coalseamgassam.php http://www.deakin.edu.au/news/2012/23052012coalseamgassam.php Wed, 23 May 2012 16:30:00 +1000 A Deakin University study, funded by VicHealth, shows significant economic savings and health benefits could be achieved if Australian adults cut their alcohol consumption by 3.4 litres a year. http://www.deakin.edu.au/news/2012/180512alcoholconsumption.php http://www.deakin.edu.au/news/2012/180512alcoholconsumption.php Fri, 18 May 2012 09:30:00 +1000 Deakin University's law lecturer and homelessness advocate James Farrell has received an Australian Leadership Award from the ADC Forum, conferred in part for his vision of an inclusive Australia. http://www.deakin.edu.au/news/2012/16052012JamesFarrellleader.php http://www.deakin.edu.au/news/2012/16052012JamesFarrellleader.php Wed, 16 May 2012 15:00:00 +1000 Rural and regional small business owners in Victoria rarely turn to the legal profession for pro-active advice, instead relying on it as a reactive measure, a new report by Deakin University's Centre for Rural Regional Law and Justice has revealed. http://www.deakin.edu.au/news/2012/14052012rurallawyers.php http://www.deakin.edu.au/news/2012/14052012rurallawyers.php Mon, 14 May 2012 16:30:00 +1000 A new coating technique that can make fabrics ‘self-cleaning’ has been developed by Deakin University scientists. The technique creates a fabric coating that repels water, dirt, grease and other materials and is far more durable than previously possible. http://www.deakin.edu.au/news/2012/140512stainresistantfabrics.php http://www.deakin.edu.au/news/2012/140512stainresistantfabrics.php Mon, 14 May 2012 11:30:00 +1000 Improving community health could lie in the quality of neighbourhood parks, a Deakin University study has found. http://www.deakin.edu.au/news/2012/140512parksandhealth.php http://www.deakin.edu.au/news/2012/140512parksandhealth.php Mon, 14 May 2012 10:30:00 +1000 Got out the bucket list? We are nearly half way through 2012 and on December 21 a cataclysmic event is supposed to occur which according to some will be the end of the world. http://www.deakin.edu.au/news/2012/10052012Anna2012.php http://www.deakin.edu.au/news/2012/10052012Anna2012.php Thu, 10 May 2012 13:30:00 +1000 A Deakin University study is investigating the impact a mother’s vitamin D levels during pregnancy has on the bone health of her children. With funding from the BUPA Health Foundation, Deakin Medical School’s Associate Professor Julie Pasco is leading the study that builds on 2002 research that found poor bone growth in infants whose mothers had low vitamin D levels during pregnancy. http://www.deakin.edu.au/news/2012/090512vitamindduringpregnancy.php http://www.deakin.edu.au/news/2012/090512vitamindduringpregnancy.php Wed, 09 May 2012 12:00:00 +1000 A UK panel, convened after the London Riots, has cited the use of a resilience program born out of a research grant from Deakin University and developed by psychologist and education lecturer, Dr Helen McGrath, as a way of improving young people's engagement in society and future prospects, including employment. http://www.deakin.edu.au/news/2012/07052012McGrathbounceback.php http://www.deakin.edu.au/news/2012/07052012McGrathbounceback.php Mon, 07 May 2012 16:00:00 +1000 Influential former Justice of the High Court, the Honourable Michael Kirby AC, CMG will be awarded an honorary doctorate by Deakin University at its graduation ceremonies in October. http://www.deakin.edu.au/news/2012/01052012LawKirby.php http://www.deakin.edu.au/news/2012/01052012LawKirby.php Tue, 01 May 2012 12:30:00 +1000 PhD thesis presentations aren't exactly known for their drama and emotional power but Michelle Ludecke's presentation of 'The First Time' a performance of her investigation into the experiences of beginning teachers' first year on the job on Thursday, May 17 will be just that. http://www.deakin.edu.au/news/2012/26042012Ludeckeperform.php http://www.deakin.edu.au/news/2012/26042012Ludeckeperform.php Fri, 27 Apr 2012 10:30:00 +1000 Papua New Guinea's "poorest" region - the resource rich Western Province - would rank just above Zimbabwe but below the Democratic Republic of Congo in terms of human development according to new data unveiled by Deakin University's expert in International Development, Professor Mark McGillivray, at the Papua New Guinea: Securing a Prosperous Future conference. http://www.deakin.edu.au/news/2012/23042012PNGMarkIndexresults.php http://www.deakin.edu.au/news/2012/23042012PNGMarkIndexresults.php Mon, 23 Apr 2012 11:30:00 +1000 Deakin University's gambling expert Professor Linda Hancock has called on the government to act ethically, morally and for its own accountability in the public interest on gambling reform. http://www.deakin.edu.au/news/2012/23042012Hancockgambling.php http://www.deakin.edu.au/news/2012/23042012Hancockgambling.php Mon, 23 Apr 2012 10:30:00 +1000 Deakin University has lodged its final submission for funding under the Federal Government’s Education Investment Fund to build an innovative engineering education facility at its Waurn Ponds campus. http://www.deakin.edu.au/news/2012/020412EIFbid.php http://www.deakin.edu.au/news/2012/020412EIFbid.php Mon, 2 Apr 2012 16:30:00 +1000 It may seem incongruous but Australians have much to share and a lot to learn from their Papua New Guinean neighbours as its people face try to build a prosperous future Dr Jonathan Ritchie, the organiser of next month's Deakin University conference on the country argues. http://www.deakin.edu.au/news/2012/30032012PNGconferenceJon.php http://www.deakin.edu.au/news/2012/30032012PNGconferenceJon.php Fri, 30 Mar 2012 12:50:00 +1000 Deakin University's expert in donor conception Dr Sonia Allan has welcomed the Victorian Law Reform Committee's recommendations to Government that everyone conceived through sperm donations should know the identity of their biological parent, whether or not the donor wants to remain anonymous. http://www.deakin.edu.au/news/2012/29032012SoniaAllendonors.php http://www.deakin.edu.au/news/2012/29032012SoniaAllendonors.php Thu, 29 Mar 2012 16:00:00 +1000 ‘Reduced salt’ on a food label can lead consumers to believe the food is less tasty according to Deakin University health experts. http://www.deakin.edu.au/news/2012/290312foodlabels.php http://www.deakin.edu.au/news/2012/290312foodlabels.php Thu, 29 Mar 2012 11:45:00 +1000 Deakin University's newest researcher and philosopher Dr Patrick Stokes found it a little weird when 'friends' he knew had died started contacting him via their Facebook pages. http://www.deakin.edu.au/news/2012/21032012Facebookdeath.php http://www.deakin.edu.au/news/2012/21032012Facebookdeath.php Wed, 21 Mar 2012 17:15:00 +1000 Deakin University health researchers have found that eating less than the recommended amount of red meat is related to depression and anxiety in women. http://www.deakin.edu.au/news/2012/200312redmeatmentalhealth.php http://www.deakin.edu.au/news/2012/200312redmeatmentalhealth.php Tue, 20 Mar 2012 11:00:00 +1000 Australia should consider actively conducting a large-scale project where populations of native apex predators – the dingo and the Tasmanian devil –are allowed to recolonise habitats where they once occurred as a way of restoring fragile ecosystems, a Deakin University ecology expert has argued. http://www.deakin.edu.au/news/2012/19032012EuanDingoes.php http://www.deakin.edu.au/news/2012/19032012EuanDingoes.php Mon, 19 Mar 2012 16:00:00 +1000 When John Basarin's father, a Turkish army officer took him to Gallipoli as a 10 year old, little did he realise it would be the start of a lifetime interest in the battles that occurred there, nor the path to a PhD at Deakin University in Melbourne, Australia, in his very mature age. http://www.deakin.edu.au/news/2012/14032012BasarinANZAC.php http://www.deakin.edu.au/news/2012/14032012BasarinANZAC.php Wed, 14 Mar 2012 15:00:00 +1000 The days of nervous parents being concerned about their anaphylactic children consuming egg-white may soon be over, thanks to some ground-breaking research being undertaken by Deakin University in collaboration with CSIRO in Geelong and the Poultry Co-operative Research Centre. http://www.deakin.edu.au/news/2012/13032012allergyfreeeggs.php http://www.deakin.edu.au/news/2012/13032012allergyfreeeggs.php Tue, 13 Mar 2012 16:00:00 +1000 Deakin University research has shown that being too needy or not needy enough in a relationship can result in sexual issues. http://www.deakin.edu.au/news/2012/050312sexualdysfunction.php http://www.deakin.edu.au/news/2012/050312sexualdysfunction.php Wed, 07 Mar 2012 16:00:00 +1000 Deakin University, Chisholm, South-West and Sunraysia TAFE Institutes today welcomed an announcement by the Minister for Higher Education and Skills and Minister for the Teaching Profession, Peter Hall, which will change the face of early child care delivery and education in regional areas. http://www.deakin.edu.au/news/2012/05032012DAYDBECE.php http://www.deakin.edu.au/news/2012/05032012DAYDBECE.php Tue, 06 Mar 2012 14:00:00 +1000 The international community needs to extend the criteria it uses to allocate development aid to include countries' vulnerability to climate change Eminent French economist, Professor Patrick Guillaumont will argue at Deakin University's Fusion lecture this coming Monday, March 5. http://www.deakin.edu.au/news/2012/28022012Fusionlectureaid.php http://www.deakin.edu.au/news/2012/28022012Fusionlectureaid.php Tue, 28 Feb 2012 12:00:00 +1000 Australian researchers need to investigate the specific physical activity levels required by preschoolers to encourage better exercise habits later in life, academics argue. http://www.deakin.edu.au/news/2012/20022012Skouterispreschoolactivity.php http://www.deakin.edu.au/news/2012/20022012Skouterispreschoolactivity.php Mon, 20 Feb 2012 16:00:00 +1000