2012 News
New healthy lifestyle app supports new mums
Monday, 11 June 2012 News > Latest news > 2012 > 06A smartphone app to encourage new mothers to adopt a healthy lifestyle is the result of a three year project by ECU researchers.
Teaching with technology
Friday, 08 June 2012 News > Latest news > 2012 > 06Even the youngest school children are confident in using the latest technologies, yet many of our teachers are ill-equipped to teach with them.
Canadian expert gives master class
Wednesday, 06 June 2012 News > Latest news > 2012 > 06Children who can regulate their moods, emotions and behaviours in the classroom will be more successful students and will grow into more successful adults.
Academic joins Nike’s elite performance division
Friday, 01 June 2012 News > Latest news > 2012 > 05ECU’s Foundation Professor of Exercise and Sports Science, Dr Robert Newton, has been appointed to the advisory board of Nike’s athlete performance division SPARQ.
Soccer stars on campus
Thursday, 31 May 2012 News > Latest news > 2012 > 05ECU students got insight into international football from some of the best in the business.
ECU named in best universities list
Thursday, 31 May 2012 News > Latest news > 2012 > 05Edith Cowan University (ECU) has been named in a league table of the world’s best young universities.
New three-year plan for Reconciliation
Monday, 28 May 2012 News > Latest news > 2012 > 05ECU has reinforced its commitment to Reconciliation with the release of the 2012 – 2015 Reconciliation Action Plan (RAP).
Molecular biology in the classroom
Friday, 25 May 2012 News > Latest news > 2012 > 05Students from Woodvale Secondary College have boosted their science skills in ECU’s labs.
Rapid growth in Australian Cruise Industry
Thursday, 24 May 2012 News > Latest news > 2012 > 05Foundation Professor of Tourism Ross Dowling has been researching the growth of the Cruise Industry in Australia. This research features in the latest instalment of the Research@ECU video series.
Waste not, want not
Thursday, 24 May 2012 News > Latest news > 2012 > 05Waste materials and plants cleared from the Building 34 construction site to be recycled, reused and replanted.
Studying overseas
Thursday, 24 May 2012 News > Latest news > 2012 > 05Belinda Sherry has always dreamed of living in Europe. Her other big dream is to complete her Bachelor of Marketing, Advertising and Public Relations degree.
School students push themselves to the limit
Monday, 21 May 2012 News > Latest news > 2012 > 05Year 12 students have pushed themselves to the limits of their endurance – all in the name of putting classroom theory into practice.
Helping hand for Indigenous and rural students
Friday, 18 May 2012 News > Latest news > 2012 > 05Rural student Alana Dean and Indigenous student Meg Barmuta are the latest recipients of the Dorothea Swift Nursing Scholarship.
Volunteer week at ECU
Thursday, 17 May 2012 News > Latest news > 2012 > 05Child Health Promotion Research Centre (CHPRC) volunteers were acknowledged at a special morning tea this week.
Principals at ECU
Thursday, 17 May 2012 News > Latest news > 2012 > 05More than 20 school principals and teachers from across WA got the chance to share ideas and also develop mutually beneficial partnerships at Edith Cowan University’s (ECU’s) annual Principal's Lunch.