Archive
February 2013
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Seizing the potential uni life offers
28 February 2013
We hear of the mixed emotions young children experience in their first days at primary school, but starting at university can be just as daunting for many.
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Fines not fair for vulnerable
28 February 2013
Despite recent amendments, Victoria’s infringement system does not adequately consider the circumstances of disadvantaged and vulnerable people, new research has revealed.
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Amateur players need to beware of long term effects of concussion
27 February 2013
While it’s important to recognise the risk of brain injury in our elite hockey, rugby, AFL, rugby union, etc players – it’s also critically important to recognise these same injuries can be happening to our kids every weekend, with much more serious resul
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Opening the pages on children's rights
27 February 2013
A new book gives an international perspective on critical issues faced by governments and practitioners working in the area of child welfare.
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'As a matter of fact, I’ve got it now’: alcohol advertising and sport
27 February 2013
Sport is generally a healthy activity that transmits important societal values, such as fairness, perseverance, and teamwork. Unfortunately, it’s also the primary vehicle for marketing alcohol to the general population.
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Sound exhibit to debut in Australia
26 February 2013
An exhibition exploring sound art, curated by celebrated US artist Stephen Vitiello, will make its Australian debut at Monash University next month.
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Class size, Gonski and schools funding: what are the facts?
26 February 2013
The Gonski reforms to school funding are front and centre in this election year. But despite their prominence, much of the plan – including who will pay – is yet to be decided.
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Calling on swimmers, kayakers and generosity
26 February 2013
The Monash Tritones have dusted off their swim caps and are all set to swim for a good cause in the upcoming Giants of the Bay event.
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The end of the ALP/Green alliance is all sound and fury
26 February 2013
The termination of the ALP/Green alliance has been characterised by some sections of themedia and the commentariat as a “divorce”.
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Youth face snakes and ladders on the path to full-time employment
25 February 2013
Getting a job is a major concern for young Australians. Last year’s National Survey of Young Australians showed a large rise in the proportion of young people valuing getting a job, from 16 per in 2010 to 22.7 per cent in 2011.
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Making the most of orientation
25 February 2013
Orientation Week (or O'Week) at Monash University begins on Monday 25 February.
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An exposé of the ‘honeymoon killer’ case
25 February 2013
Researchers investigate the contentious handling of the ‘honeymoon killer’ case by the Queensland and Alabama legal systems in their new book A Second Chance for Justice.
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A high-flying future for Australian Manufacturing
25 February 2013
The Monash Centre for Additive Manufacturing, built to drive the establishment of high-end, waste-free, tailored manufacturing for the aerospace industry, has been launched in Melbourne.
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Aspirin study reaches 10,000 participants
22 February 2013
The largest primary prevention aspirin study ever undertaken in older people has reached an important milestone, signing up 10,000 participants in Australia.
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A new future for regional university education
22 February 2013
The Vice-Chancellors of Monash University and the University of Ballarat announced today that the Gippsland campus of Monash University and the University of Ballarat will join forces to investigate forming an expanded regionally focused university.
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Swim stars must look to Talbot era
22 February 2013
Reviving the Australian swimming team to the heights of the golden era under Don Talbot's reign will take years and significant corporate and government money.
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Customers have responsibilities too
21 February 2013
Addressing the need to create value by customers and banks will ensure better financial outcomes for both according to a new study.
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Karate kids: should we be worried about martial arts in pre-schools?
21 February 2013
When you think of martial arts, you probably think of bare fists and bloodied faces, not a four year-old in a child care centre.
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A fitting time to judge a book by its cover
21 February 2013
A new awards program recognising the best in Australian and New Zealand book design will hand out its first accolade next month.
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Trekking for a good cause
20 February 2013
An adventure of a lifetime awaits Dr Chris Harvey as she prepares to trek through northern Vietnam to raise money for disadvantaged children and families.
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Neurotrauma research to benefit from development grants
20 February 2013
Twelve new research projects focusing on improving outcomes for the Transport Accident Commission and WorkSafe Victoria clients have been funded through the ISCRR 2013 Development Grants Program.
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Government didn’t walk away from the Greens, but Milne needed to ditch Labor
20 February 2013
Greens leader Christine Milne’s announcement yesterday that the alliance between the Greens and Labor was over had more symbolic than practical implications for Australian politics.
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Religious instruction has no place in our public schools
20 February 2013
The policy of Special Religious Instruction or Special Religious Education currently enacted through differing state education statutes across Australia, is an outdated and flawed model of segregated, unaccountable and unprofessional religious instruction
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Removing the barriers from higher education
19 February 2013
Monash University is hosting a new initiative aimed at increasing the number of students from low socio-economic status communities undertaking tertiary education.
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Australia to lead the way in innovative sleep research and advocacy
19 February 2013
The Federal Government recently announced the establishment of a Cooperative Research Centre (CRC) for Alertness, Safety and Productivity following a competitive, merit-based process as part of the 15th selection round of the CRC program.
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Scholarship a health aid legacy
19 February 2013
For many it's a dream opportunity: an overseas trip and the chance to assist on an international aid program. This dream became a reality for Monash pharmacy student Lee Ross.
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Plants lower the temperature in towns
18 February 2013
Scientists are using thermal imaging to work out how plants can be used to reduce the severe temperatures in our cities.
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Post-hospital care the weak link in trauma system
18 February 2013
The first study to examine in detail the experience of patients in Victoria's trauma system has found that post-discharge care and poor communication were low points in an otherwise high-quality experience.
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In medicine, the future is light
18 February 2013
Light, together with artificial intelligence systems that deliver fast, accurate analysis, has the potential to reshape the diagnosis and treatment of disease.
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Monash appoints artistic Director
18 February 2013
Dynamic Australian curator Charlotte Day has been appointed as Director of the Monash University Museum of Art.
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ACS Fellowship for IT pioneer
15 February 2013
A Monash University academic was recently named as a Fellow of the Australian Computer Society for her distinguished contributions to information and communications technology research.
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The Melbourne microcosm: how one seat may define the Green v Labor fight
15 February 2013
The battle for the seat of Melbourne at this year’s federal election will be nothing short of a bruising affair. Melbourne is of enormous symbolic importance to both Labor and the Green Party.
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Private land is an important piece of the conservation jigsaw
14 February 2013
There is general agreement that the Commonwealth and state governments lack the commitment, and hence funding, to preserve Australia’s biodiversity.
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A commitment to safer workplaces for women
13 February 2013
Monash is taking a stand on making workplaces safer for women by becoming one of the first Australian tertiary institutions to join the White Ribbon Workplace Accreditation Pilot Project.
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Ideas without borders
13 February 2013
One of only six scholars worldwide to receive an invitation, Dr Adam Clulow will travel to Princeton University to research the nature of claims to territory and sovereignty in the early modern world.
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Carbon capture can’t rely on fine-tuning old technologies
13 February 2013
In reality, there are only marginal improvements to be made to the conventional carbon capture technologies favoured by the power generation industry. A new approach is required.
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Renowned curator joins Monash
13 February 2013
Internationally renowned curator of contemporary art Juliana Engberg has been appointed a Professorial Fellow of the Faculty of Art Design & Architecture at Monash.
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Carbon sponge could soak up coal emissions
12 February 2013
Emissions from coal power stations could be drastically reduced by a new, energy-efficient material that adsorbs large amounts of carbon dioxide, then releases it when exposed to sunlight.
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Doping, gambling and sport: integrity begins at home
12 February 2013
The Australian Crime Commission’s report on organised crime and drugs in sport has unleashed a storm amongst sports fans, particularly those who follow the clubs or codes so far implicated.
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The first supernovae
11 February 2013
Emitting as much power as a few octillion nuclear warheads and visible to the edge of the universe, supernova explosions signal the violent death of massive, but mysterious stars.
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Interns who are going places
11 February 2013
A Monash University student committed to working towards human rights standards that empower and acknowledge will travel to one of the world's leading human rights institutions in Switzerland this month.
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Widespread illicit drug use no surprise in win-at-all costs ‘game’
11 February 2013
“Winning isn’t everything; it’s the only thing”. This win-at-all costs sports creed, adopted by the Americans, has now crept into the psyche of Australian sport.
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New hope for dementia sufferers
8 February 2013
Research that aims to rid dementia sufferers' brains of toxins could lead to a new treatment that reverses the symptoms of Alzheimer’s disease in the future.
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The thinking woman’s philosopher
8 February 2013
A philosophical work long confined to rare book libraries is set to reappear in a modernised edition that may help win the author some of the attention she first enjoyed more than 300 years ago.
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Tornadoes in Australia? They’re more common than you think
7 February 2013
There is a long-standing myth that Australia doesn’t get tornadoes. This simply isn’t true.
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Passion for Australian wildflowers on display
7 February 2013
An exhibition highlighting the artist's dual commitment to scientific accuracy and art will be shown in Victoria from the beginning of March.
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Evolutionary egg question answered: turtle goo reduces oxygen
6 February 2013
Some reptile species give birth to live young, and new research is revealing why turtles have never evolved this ability.
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Journalists McKenzie and Baker go unshielded before demands to reveal sources
5 February 2013
Fairfax investigative journalists Nick McKenzie and Richard Baker had a small win in a Melbourne court yesterday.
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John Monash: a remarkable life
5 February 2013
The life and achievements of the man after whom Monash University was named will be the focus of the University’s first Alumni Speaker Series event for 2013.
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The art of printmaking
5 February 2013
The significance of printmaking in the context of contemporary art and design will be explored at an exhibition in Melbourne this month.
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Scientist wins Japan exchange program
4 February 2013
Monash Institute of Medical Research’s Associate Professor Brendan Jenkins is one of only eight researchers nationally to be selected to participate in the Australia Japan Emerging Research Leaders Exchange Program.
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Migration increases competition for low-skilled jobs
4 February 2013
New research shows that since 2011, the number of jobs created in Australia was equalled by the number of new migrants who found employment, increasing competition in the jobs market.
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Turning a rough start in to victory
4 February 2013
Swimmer Samantha Bennett defied the odds at the recent Portsea Swim Classic to take home first place in the women’s division.
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MBA students find business solutions
4 February 2013
Business students from Monash University are using their study time to help solve business and management challenges faced by community and non-government organisations.
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PMS is real and denying its existence harms women
1 February 2013
A recent opinion piece in the Fairfax papers – based on a Conversation article – discussed “the theory that (PMS) is all in women’s minds as opposed to their endocrinology."
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Medal for (literally) ground-breaking research
1 February 2013
Research that explains the movement of tectonic plates and could predict the location of mega-earthquakes has earned a Monash researcher the recognition of the Australian Academy of Science.
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