Media Releases : Archive
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[ 20 Dec 2004 ] New Dean for Land and Food appointed
The University of Melbourne is taking steps to revitalise agricultural and related education in Victoria with a restructure and repositioning of its Faculty of Land and Food Resources (LFR). [ 16 Dec 2004 ] Twins top off a great year for physio scholars
It has been a productive year for postgraduate students Anne Holland and David Berlowitz, who each completed PhD degrees in physiotherapy, and welcomed twin daughters Ruby and Ella to the family in April. [ 15 Dec 2004 ] University honours its Vice-Chancellor
The University of Melbourne has honoured its outgoing Vice-Chancellor Professor Kwong Lee Dow with its highest gift, its honorary degree of Doctor of Laws. [ 14 Dec 2004 ] Melbourne Uni scholarships go to top 2004 VCE students
Nine outstanding young Victorians have been named as the first recipients of the University of Melbournes 2005 round of Melbourne National Scholarships, a fund worth up to $1 million. [ 9 Dec 2004 ] Melbourne Uni scholarships to be awarded to top 2004 VCE students
The best and brightest 2004 VCE students will be named winners of the University of Melbournes 2005 Melbourne National Scholarships next week. [ 7 Dec 2004 ] Nobel Laureate presents the magic and power of nano-science and technology
Nobel Prize winning physicist, Professor Heinrich Rohrer, will discuss the big changes we may see in future technologies and electronics as scientists tackle the world on an ever smaller scale, at a University of Melbourne free public lecture on Thursday, December 9. [ 3 Dec 2004 ] Melbourne Business School paves way for Innovation
Melbourne Business School (MBS) Dean and Director, Professor John Seybolt, has approved the introduction of a new course aimed to support the innovation and entrepreneurial needs within business. [ 2 Dec 2004 ] Political processes damaging to Indigenous Australians
The commitment by both major political parties to the abolition of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission (ATSIC) in 2004 symbolises profound problems that continue to limit movement towards meaningful reconciliation in Australia, according to a University of Melbourne study published in the Australian Journal of Public Administration by Dr Katrina Alford (School of Population Health) and Jan Muir, a member of the Yorta Yorta nation in the Goulburn Murray region. [ 1 Dec 2004 ] Social inequality, not bad teaching the key issue in improving education outcomes
Debate in the recent federal election overplayed the language of class and class warfare, causing negative voter response to Labors education policies, according to a leading expert who will speak to a conference of education researchers at the University of Melbourne tomorrow (2 December). |
