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New approach needed to help Indigenous sufferers of kidney disease
Tuesday, 18 June 2013 News > Latest news > 2013 > 06Treating kidney disease in Indigenous people requires addressing both medical and socioeconomic factors, the latest review of the disease by ECU-based Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet has found.
ECU researchers examine WA’s online sex offender registry
Tuesday, 18 June 2013 News > Latest news > 2013 > 06Researchers from ECU are investigating the public’s attitude toward the WA Government’s child sex offender registry website, including whether parents feel their children are safer.
WAAPA graduate wins 2013 Heath Ledger Scholarship
Monday, 17 June 2013 News > Latest news > 2013 > 06WAAPA class of 2008 acting graduate James Mackay has been awarded the 2013 Heath Ledger Scholarship.
Turning tweets into art
Friday, 14 June 2013 News > Latest news > 2013 > 06Tell ECU how you think university should be with a tweet using the hash tag #ECUopenday and watch as ECU graduate and artist Woah Jonny transforms the messages into a giant mural.
ECU art on show in Joondalup
Thursday, 13 June 2013 News > Latest news > 2013 > 06ECU art students Prina Shah and Rebecca Jensen have won awards at the Joondalup 2013 Community Art Exhibition.
Study to shed light on recently separated mothers
Thursday, 13 June 2013 News > Latest news > 2013 > 06ECU PhD Candidate Sarah Barbas is seeking participants for a study which aims to help ease the trauma of separation and divorce for parents and their children.
Dementia a growing concern for China and the world
Tuesday, 11 June 2013 News > Latest news > 2013 > 06An ECU researcher is one of the lead authors of the first study analysing the increase in prevalence of Alzheimer’s disease and other forms of dementia in China.
ECU scientists lead the way on Alzheimer's research
Tuesday, 11 June 2013 News > Latest news > 2013 > 06An Edith Cowan University (ECU) researcher has been awarded $536,949 to investigate the role of associated proteins in early-onset Alzheimer’s disease.
Exhilarating student exchange
Thursday, 06 June 2013 News > Latest news > 2013 > 06After completing the first two years of his Bachelor of Business degree at ECU, Phillip Camping took a leap of faith into the unknown for his final year.
Global recognition for ECU
Friday, 31 May 2013 News > Latest news > 2013 > 05ECU has been named in the top 200 worldwide for its research activity in the areas of communications and education, according to a global university rankings list.
Research Online hits 1 million downloads
Wednesday, 29 May 2013 News > Latest news > 2013 > 05ECU’s institutional repository, Research Online, reached a significant milestone recently when the one millionth download was recorded on 17 May.
Retaining foster carers
Thursday, 23 May 2013 News > Latest news > 2013 > 05A set of resources developed by Edith Cowan University (ECU) researchers aims to address one of the common causes of families withdrawing from foster caring.
Metadata: what is unseen
Thursday, 16 May 2013 News > Latest news > 2013 > 05The massive increase in the use of mobile devices to access the internet has led to a massive increase in personal information being uploaded to the internet in the form of metadata, says Professor Craig Valli, Director of ECU's Security Research Institute.
New role for optic fibre
Wednesday, 15 May 2013 News > Latest news > 2013 > 05Edith Cowan University (ECU) researchers have developed a new water quality sensor utilising fibre optic nano technology.
ECU looks to China
Thursday, 09 May 2013 News > Latest news > 2013 > 05ECU Vice-Chancellor and President Professor Kerry O. Cox has begun a three-week visit to south west China to explore further opportunities for student exchange, degree articulation and research collaboration.