4 May 2020
Federation University Australia researchers are trialling the use of biosolids to improve soil fertility and increase crop productivity in Victorian grain-growing regions.
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Federation University Australia researchers hope a new book will be a catalyst for change in Nepal’s forestry industry.
22 April 2020
They are tiny in stature but a newly discovered Antarctic springtail species has been named after an environmental activist making a giant impact.
15 April 2020
VIDEO Join Lior, Arts Academy Director Associate Professor Rick Chew, an orchestra of 20 and a choir of 40 for a world class concert from two opuses – the Compassion Symphony and Stari Most.
9 April 2020
Remote and flexible learning offers both challenges and opportunities for teachers, students and parents.
3 April 2020
Researchers are tapping into the power of citizen science to study the Latham’s snipe, a shorebird that breeds in Japan and migrates to south-eastern Australia in spring.
31 March 2020
In a world where social isolation and home offices are becoming the norm, Dr Evita March explores how our lives may irrevocably change in the months and years to come.
13 March 2020
A researcher is studying the brown coal that is used to fire a Victorian power station to determine if it holds substances that can improve soil health.
4 March 2020
Long-forgotten stories of Ballarat’s dark and bizarre past are being brought to life in an award-winning podcast series featuring the research of a Federation University Australia historian.
20 February 2020
Jill Orr’s work has appeared at exhibitions around the world, with her work held at major collections including the National Gallery of Australia and the National Gallery of Victoria.
14 February 2020
Disaster management and policy responses have mainly focused on restoring environmental and physical structures. But what about the mental and emotional wellbeing of people affected by disasters?
13 February 2020
The National Apology starts the conversations to move forward in positive ways, focusing on Indigenous issues and what still needs to change to bring awareness, writes Alison McRae.
12 February 2020
Academics have collaborated with the world’s leading authorities on positive displacement machinery to release a book combining the most influential research in the field from the past decade.
7 February 2020
On the anniversary of Black Saturday, it is a time to reflect not only on the trauma associated with these bushfires but the sense of support and community engendered by a common threat.
5 February 2020
Dundee’s renaissance has seen the city known for its industrial past to now be considered Scotland’s ‘coolest city’, driven by an ambitious vision to become a magnet for new talent.
30 January 2020
Australia's bushfire crisis has put an alarming number of species at a much higher risk of extinction as our ecosystems get pushed to, and in some instances beyond, their limit.
22 January 2020
Researchers have started a five-year project to study the threats to five endangered animals on the 40,000-hectare Nanya Station, home to several species only found in far western New South Wales.
21 January 2020
A Federation University academic has been awarded a Fulbright Research and Teaching Scholarship, one of the most prestigious international educational exchange programs in the world.
17 January 2020
If elite athletes are prematurely stopping matches and hospital admissions are increasing, then you might question whether you should be outside.
10 January 2020
Researchers are tapping into the power of artificial intelligence to help diagnose dyslexia, a lifelong learning disorder that affects an estimated one in 10 Australians.
6 January 2020
Nicole Frain has taken the road less travelled on her journey to becoming an elite cyclist.
24 December 2019
A Federation University Australia researcher has joined an international effort to protect a rarely seen and critically endangered mammal.
20 December 2019
Peter Gell has been recognised for his research across Australia’s wetlands where the cores he extracts from metres below the surface reveal the history of human impact on Australia’s ecosystems.
16 December 2019
World renowned mathematician Marco Lopez credits his high school teachers for fuelling his passion for the subject.
9 December 2019
A research team has won a research grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to battle the spread of typhoid fever – a bacterial infection which kills more than 100,000 people a year.