Media Releases : Archive
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[ 29 Jan 2009 ] Health Ministers launch new health-related teaching, training and research facility for Melbourne’s West
A new $51.6 million Teaching, Training and Research Centre (TTR), including a new Western Clinical School at Western Health, Sunshine is being launched today with an official turning of the sod ceremony. [ 27 Jan 2009 ] International music educator to head new University of Melbourne School of Music
Internationally-renowned music educator, Professor Gary McPherson, has been appointed to the Ormond Chair of Music in the University of Melbourne from 1 July 2009, following an international recruitment process. [ 27 Jan 2009 ] Hoarding rainwater could “dramatically” expand range of dengue-fever mosquito
Ecologists have developed a new model to predict the impact of climate change on the dengue fever-carrying mosquito Aedes aegypti in Australia – information that could help limit its spread. [ 25 Jan 2009 ] PhD student awarded $5,000 scholarship to study parasites in Europe
A postgraduate student researching the molecular make up of worm parasites that affect billions of humans and animals worldwide has won the prestigious Dr Sue Newton scholarship for 2009. [ 25 Jan 2009 ] Summer heat experts: bushfires, gardens and pets
University of Melbourne experts available to comment on: [ 21 Jan 2009 ] Fifty - two Young Science Ambassadors who flew over South Magnetic Pole, Antarctica end their science education week at University of Melbourne today
To celebrate 100 years since the first party located the South Magnetic Pole in Antarctica, fifty-two science students marked the expedition in a special Centenary flight on Saturday 17 January 2009 [ 20 Jan 2009 ] Australia's English-speaking advantage is no long-term defence in international student market
Australian universities cannot afford to be complacent about their success in the international student market, says University of Melbourne Vice-Chancellor Professor Glyn Davis. [ 19 Jan 2009 ] Victorian first study of women seeking advice for unplanned pregnancy published today
Results of a University of Melbourne, Australian Research Council funded, study of women seeking advice for unplanned pregnancy will be published today in the Medical Journal of Australia. [ 19 Jan 2009 ] Sciences surge at Melbourne – and Melbourne Arts is No 1
Around 5770 applicants for a place at the University of Melbourne will have reason to celebrate this evening when they receive offers to study at Melbourne in 2009. [ 19 Jan 2009 ] Women rely on mothers, sisters and female friends for pregnancy info but celebrity baby-bump also plays a role
Mothers, sisters and female friends and relatives are still the most important examples and sources of information available to women about how to “do” pregnancy and motherhood, according to recently completed doctoral research by the University of Melbourne’s Dr Meredith Nash. [ 16 Jan 2009 ] New Associate Professor to enhance animal welfare in Australia
A veterinary graduate of the University of Melbourne is returning to become Associate Professor in Production Animal Management and Welfare after a career working across the globe. [ 13 Jan 2009 ] Squatters must vacate University premises
The University of Melbourne is disappointed that squatters occupying University-owned offices in Carlton have not voluntarily vacated the premises so that the University could comply with a City of Melbourne building notice by close of business on Wednesday 7 January 2009. [ 13 Jan 2009 ] Barry McGaw to lead international educational assessment project
Professor Barry McGaw, Director of the University of Melbourne’s Melbourne Education Research Institute (MERI), has been appointed executive director of an international multi-sector research project aimed at transforming global educational assessment and improving learning outcomes. [ 9 Jan 2009 ] Demand for New Generation courses surges – and Arts tops the pops!
The University of Melbourne’s Bachelor of Arts - a cornerstone of the University’s Melbourne Model - is by far the most popular course in Victoria and probably Australia, according to the Victorian Tertiary Admissions Centre’s December ‘Pop Polls’ data. [ 5 Jan 2009 ] University continues to seek squatters' cooperation to voluntarily vacate University premises
The University of Melbourne has been forced to take legal action to recover University-owned offices in Carlton, which have been occupied by squatters since August 2008. |
