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[ 28 Apr 2006 ]

Screening for intimate partner abuse not ready: expert
Routine screening for hidden partner abuse cannot be introduced until appropriate training and protocol measures are established in Australia’s health systems, according to a University of Melbourne researcher who has co-authored a book on intimate partner abuse.

[ 27 Apr 2006 ]

Healthy report card for international students
International students at the University of Melbourne are adapting well to student life away from home, according to a University study, believed to be the first of its kind in Australia.

[ 24 Apr 2006 ]

Market economics and poor services exclude the disabled, says new study
A University of Melbourne researcher has used his personal experiences to inform a study into how current economic thinking excludes people with disabilities from education, employment and access to services.

[ 13 Apr 2006 ]

Lost Vivaldi work has Australian premiere at University of Melbourne
The Australian premiere of Antonio Vivaldi’s lost work Dixit Dominus will be held at the University of Melbourne on Sunday 30 April.

[ 12 Apr 2006 ]

What have Australians been doing for the last three years?
The Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research at the University of Melbourne will today unveil its new report entitled ‘Families, Incomes and Jobs’, which details the way Australians have been living over the last three years.

[ 10 Apr 2006 ]

Top scientists from University of Melbourne elected to Australian Academy of Science
Three leading scientists from the University of Melbourne are amongst 18 scientists to be elected to the prestigious Fellowship of the Australian Academy of Science.

[ 9 Apr 2006 ]

$1.2 billion in extra subsidies shows public transport should be back in public hands: experts
More than $1.2 billion has been wasted on additional public transport subsidies since private operators took over Melbourne trains and trams in 1999, according to Melbourne researchers.

[ 5 Apr 2006 ]

Defence lawyer claims Hicks trial will be a farce: public lecture
David Hicks will not receive fair trial when he faces court, according to his defence lawyer Major Michael Mori, who will present the University of Melbourne Law School’s 2006 Alumni lecture on Thursday (06 April).

[ 4 Apr 2006 ]

University of Melbourne welcomes new Neuroscience Institute
The University of Melbourne has welcomed the Victorian Government’s support for a new Neuroscience Institute which will have two nodes – one on the University of Melbourne's Parkville campus and the other at the Austin Hospital.

[ 3 Apr 2006 ]

Call for graduates to reconnect with Melbourne Jewish studies
In celebration of 60 years of learning and scholarship the Centre for Jewish History and Culture at the University of Melbourne is compiling a retrospective of its achievement and tradition, and wants to hear from past students so it can create an alumni network.

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