A new project has been launched to provide training and support for nurse educators and facilitate clinical placements to drive more nursing students into residential aged care homes. The University of Canberra was granted $2.1m as part of the government's Aged ...
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Graduates of Curtin University are most preferred by employers, according to the federal government’s latest 2022 survey results, with employing organisations asked to rate the quality of the graduates they hire. With an employer satisfaction rate of 89.7 per cent, ...
More »New university alliance aims to tackle environmental crisis
Curtin University has joined forces with the University of Aberdeen and the University of Calgary to tackle global environmental issues as part of a new tripartite alliance. The alliance aims to develop innovative solutions to climate change, energy transition and ...
More »Mass redundancies left academics with ‘survivors guilt’
Tenured academics feel exploited, trapped in their jobs and experience a sense of ‘survivor's guilt’ from seeing their colleagues being made redundant during COVID-19, a survey has shown. Researchers from Curtin University and Murdoch University spoke with 35 full-time academics ...
More »New Curtin University initiative empowers women in regional areas
A new Curtin University initiative is aiming to give regional women more job opportunities across the healthcare, agriculture, regional tourism and technology sectors. Launched this month, the initiative, thought to be the ‘first of its kind’ was created in partnership ...
More »Monash first in the world for pharmacy studies: QS world rankings
Australian universities have shone against international competitors in the latest round of global subject rankings. Monash University, Curtin University and the Australian National University all secured top spots in the twelfth annual QS World University Rankings 2022. Monash has emerged ...
More »Curtin releases research into ailment driving 1 in 4 workers to distraction
It could be described like a mozzie living in your eardrum, but for many Aussies living with tinnitus is a daily reality. New research from Curtin University has revealed a quarter of Aussie workers suffer from the condition, experiencing a ringing, buzzing, ...
More »Big data farming puts farmers at ‘centre of innovation’
Expanding the existing global network of farmers and researchers who connect using on-farm experimentation (OFE) could help transform the agricultural industry and solve some of its toughest challenges, a Curtin University-led study has found. OFE is a big data approach to ...
More »Journey of discovery: challenges of the pandemic reignite VC’s desire to lead
Harlene Hayne has a unique perspective on the effects of the pandemic on higher education. After guiding The University of Otago through most of the challenges of the past two years, she crossed the ditch and took up the reins ...
More »Curtin leads ‘first large-scale examination’ to tackle stillbirth in Aboriginal families
Curtin university researchers will be carrying out a first-of-its-kind examination of stillbirths among Aboriginal families in a project supported by the federal government. Led by Associate Professor Carrington Shepherd from the Curtin medical school, the project will involve researchers and ...
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