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Federation University Australia transforms lives and enhance communities by providing innovative and integrated lifelong learning, job skills and impactful research that enable people and communities to prosper locally, regionally and globally. Federation is Australia’s newest university built on a history of success. It is the only regional, multi-sector university with campuses in Ballarat, Gippsland, Berwick, Wimmera and Brisbane.
Our research is organised into three broad, cross-disciplinary research priority areas: Health and Wellbeing - Developing the best prevention, treatment and care for bodies and minds; Society and the Environment - Understanding and managing the world we live in, from the constructed to the natural; and Virtual, Digital and Computational Environments - Exploring, analysing and creating our new reality through innovative technologies. In the latest Excellence for Research Australia (ERA) assessment, Federation was rated well above or above world standard in Applied Mathematics, Environmental Science and Management, Civil Engineering, Clinical Sciences, Human Movement and Sports Science, Nursing, Environmental Science, Artificial Intelligence and Image Processing, and Medical and Health Sciences.
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Revelations of the theft of firearms from Victorian MP Peter Crisp’s farm draws attention to a genuine but often overlooked link between farm crime and criminal events in urban communities. Discussions…
Most people infected with influenza show no symptoms and only a small proportion become unwell enough to seek medical help, a new study shows. But since influenza can severely affect the elderly, pregnant…
Federal education minister Christopher Pyne has announced a scheme to make Australian schools “more autonomous”. Amid the fanfare of the announcement there was little detail except the hope that by 2017…
The Conversation is running a series, Class in Australia, to identify, illuminate and debate its many manifestations. Here, John Smyth identifies the failure of government policies to tackle the nation’s…
At some point, you’ve no doubt heard someone say “football is my religion”. And if we follow French sociologist Emile Durkheim’s famous building blocks for religion, we will find that football is not far…
Most Australians have benefited from Australia’s decade-long period of economic prosperity – except for single parents and their children, a new study reveals. The latest release of the Household, Income…
Older motorcycle riders are up to three times as likely to be seriously injured in a crash as young adults, according to new research from Brown University in the US. The study, published in the journal…
Most urban Australians don’t tend to think about regional Australia, and when they do it’s often hazy notions of a place blighted by natural disasters, economic gloom and declining population. But for…
We’ve heard a lot about concussion this AFL season, with claims that too many knocks to the head can cause mental illness, calls for more research into the possible link between football concussions and…
Australian basketballer Liz Cambage has made history as the first woman to slam dunk at an Olympics. There was much praise for her athleticism and for the impact that this single move would make on the…
Are you as fascinated as I am by the helmets that the cyclists are wearing, particularly in the Olympic velodrome events? Do you like their futuristic design? Are you wondering why they are designed to…
The reality is that whenever and wherever athletes meet in competition, to push their bodies to the limits of their physical performance, then musculoskeletal injuries will occur. The International Olympic…
Equestrian events have been part of every summer Olympic Games since 1912. Yet there are still some who question their status as a sport. After all, they have nothing to do with a person running faster…
About three weeks! At least in 2012. Ramadan is a holy month each year during which Muslims from around the world take time to reflect on their lives and their spirituality. It lasts for 30 days and is…
We are about to witness an extraordinary sporting carnival, made possible only by much preparation. London has been busy building new housing, road and transport infrastructure, state-of-the-art sports…
Recent media and expert commentary has called for more research into brain injuries sustained by footballers. The focus has been on the need for a long-term study of the effects of concussion and chronic…
Few would begrudge New Zealanders revelling in their rugby World Cup success. After two major disasters in the form of the Christchurch earthquake and the Greymouth coal mine explosion, some morale-raising…
RUGBY WORLD CUP – The Cup has already taken its toll on many players – finalists New Zealand have lost star player, Dan Carter and Australia goes into its battle for third place against Wales four men…
Spare a thought for Peter Costello. His successor as Federal Treasurer, Wayne Swan, has just been named Finance Minister of the Year by Euromoney magazine. It is a bit like seeing the plodding nerd at…
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Lecturer in Management, Federation University Australia
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Senior Fellow, Federation University Australia
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Associate Professor in Microbiology and Fermentation Technology, Federation University Australia
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Senior Lecturer, Chemistry, Federation University Australia
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Associate Professor in Visual Arts, Federation University Australia
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Lecturer in Law, Federation University Australia
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Senior Lecturer in Microbiology and Fermentation Technology, Federation University Australia
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Senior Lecturer in History, Federation University Australia
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Lecturer in Ecology, Federation University Australia
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Lecturer in Food Science and Sustainability, Federation University Australia
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Professor, National Centre for Reconciliation, Truth, and Justice, Federation University Australia
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Lecturer in Education, Federation University Australia
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Senior Lecturer in media and screen studies, Federation University Australia
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Lecturer, Biological Sciences. Institute of Innovation, Science and Sustainability, Federation University Australia
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Senior Lecturer, Exercise Sport Sciences, Federation University Australia
