Expert tailors index and breaks new territory to help focus on ground efforts in Papua New Guinea
A new tool which will help Papua New Guinea's government and aid agencies focus their efforts to improve the population's health, education and income will be unveiled by Deakin University's expert in International Development, Professor Mark McGillivray, at the two day conference - Papua New Guinea: Securing a Prosperous Future (April 12 and 13).
Research seeks to answer what makes trendy reef estate for abalone
Local abalone fisheries threatened by a herpes-like virus in recent years in Western Victoria, will be assisted by a team of researchers from Deakin University and the University of Melbourne in a new project funded by the Fisheries Research and Development Corporation.
Deakin lodges final EIF bid
Deakin University has lodged its final submission for funding under the Federal Government's Education Investment Fund to build an innovative engineering education facility at its Waurn Ponds campus.
Papua New Guineans head to Geelong to have voice at conference on their future
It may seem incongruous but Australians have much to share and a lot to learn from their Papua New Guinean neighbours as its people face try to build a prosperous future Dr Jonathan Ritchie, the organiser of next month's Deakin University conference on the country argues.
Expert welcomes committee's call to help donor conceived
Deakin University's expert in donor conception Dr Sonia Allan has welcomed the Victorian Law Reform Committee's recommendations to Government that everyone conceived through sperm donations should know the identity of their biological parent, whether or not the donor wants to remain anonymous.
Reduced salt equals reduced taste in the mind of consumers
‘Reduced salt’ on a food label can lead consumers to believe the food is less tasty according to Deakin University health experts.
Facebook becomes the new medium so the dead can live on
Deakin University's newest researcher and philosopher Dr Patrick Stokes found it a little weird when 'friends' he knew had died started contacting him via their Facebook pages.
Red meat found to be a good mood food
Deakin University health researchers have found that eating less than the recommended amount of red meat is related to depression and anxiety in women.
Let's put dingoes and devils to work to restore our degraded habitats, argue academics
Australia should consider actively conducting a large-scale project where populations of native apex predators – the dingo and the Tasmanian devil – are allowed to recolonise habitats where they once occurred as a way of restoring fragile ecosystems, a Deakin University ecology expert has argued.
Sadness helps spread the word about satisfaction with ANZAC cove ceremony - PhD thesis reveals
When John Basarin's father, a Turkish army officer took him to Gallipoli as a 10 year old, little did he realise it would be the start of a lifetime interest in the battles that occurred there, nor the path to a PhD at Deakin University in Melbourne, Australia, in his very mature age.
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