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“The University is committed to expanding our research capability throughout all of our campuses,” Professor Leigh Sullivan, Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research and Innovation), said.

“We are focused on establishing research priorities that build on our present strengths and that are relevant to and support the development of the regional areas that Federation University Australia serves.

“Our five main research priorities are information forensics and security; transformative and preventative health; history and heritage; improving policy and practice in vocational education and training; and dynamic landscapes,” Professor Sullivan said.

“The University has senior researchers throughout our campuses that are leading experts in each of these fields.”

As part of the five research priorities eight specific fields will be pursued:

Cyber security

Multimedia signal processing and machine learning

Translating basic and applied research to improve healthcare

Injury prevention in active populations

Sport and recreation

Australian history and heritage

Improving policy and practice in vocational education and training

Dynamic landscapes: environmental knowledge and management tools

“We also are pleased to have awarded 20 additional full-time scholarships to PhD students in each of the new research priority areas,” Professor Sullivan said.

“The research projects that these students undertake will provide a boost to innovation in each of these specific fields.”