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12 July 2006

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University news

Monash South Africa builds research capacity
In support of Monash's vision to be a leading international research-intensive university, Monash South Africa has appointed a Director of Research, Dr Dina Burger.

Aptitude test provides alternative entry to uni
Monash's Berwick campus will host Australia's first pilot program of a new aptitude test for students.

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• Lecture by leading voice on reform in Malaysia
• French delegation visits
• Nursing professor appointed to national ethics committee

Faculty news

Distinguished civic historian's work celebrated
The work of distinguished Monash University academic Professor Graeme Davison was celebrated at a conference held in his honour in Melbourne last month.

Ambulances for asthma
The Monash University Centre for Ambulance and Paramedic Studies (MUCAPS) has been funded by Asthma Foundations of Australia to develop, distribute and evaluate an education package related to ambulance use by people with asthma.

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• New research chairs boost the study of Jewish civilisation
• Race to Germany
• Students enter the core of world media

Community news

Former student returns to track migrant women's health
A visiting academic at Monash is preparing an ethnographic history of the Multicultural Centre for Women's Health -- an organisation she helped establish 30 years ago as a PhD candidate hosted by the university.

Events

It's About Time! 8 Hour Day 1856--2006
The recent changes to industrial laws and workers' entitlements have made an exhibition at Monash University's Switchback Gallery in Gippsland both timely and relevant.

>>Ongoing exhibitions at Monash

• Science -- '63% H20 The body in question' - Clayton
• Science -- 'Australian Synchrotron' - Clayton

World-class facility for aquatic sciences
Behind Monash University's Halls of Residence at Clayton, on eight acres of land hemmed by an animal-proof fence, a transformation is taking place.