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New book addresses Indigenous education
Thursday, 22 March 2012 News > Latest news > 2012 > 03Just 30 per cent of Indigenous students are completing Year 12 – compared to 76 per cent of non-Indigenous students – a rate that has increased by just three per cent in the past 10 years.
Closer ties with China
Friday, 16 March 2012 News > Latest news > 2012 > 03Edith Cowan University students and researchers will benefit from closer ties to China following a visit to the country by the ECU President and Vice-Chancellor Professor Kerry Cox.
Strengthening tomorrow's surfers today
Wednesday, 14 March 2012 News > Latest news > 2012 > 03Australian surfers are now benefitting from the sort of elite training programs that US professional athletes have used for years, thanks to input from ECU researchers.
All in the mind for Olympic trialists
Monday, 12 March 2012 News > Latest news > 2012 > 03Dr Craig Harms is busily preparing for the 2012 Australian Olympic swimming trials – even though he won’t be getting anywhere near the pool.
Life on exchange
Friday, 09 March 2012 News > Latest news > 2012 > 03Bachelor of Education student Danielle Bunn is taking her studies global by relocating to the United States for a semester through ECU’s exchange program.
Feature funding for WA Screen Academy graduates
Friday, 09 March 2012 News > Latest news > 2012 > 03WA Screen Academy graduates Damien Spiccia and Ben Young have received $20,000 in development funding from the ScreenWest’s Feature Navigator Program.
Students in Bangladesh
Friday, 09 March 2012 News > Latest news > 2012 > 03Bangladesh is visually powerful place to visit – just ask ECU’s photojournalism students.
Women leading change
Thursday, 08 March 2012 News > Latest news > 2012 > 03The CEO of a local Perth council has used her speech at ECU on International Women’s Day to encourage women to support each other to change male-dominated industries.
Professor inducted into Women’s Hall of Fame
Thursday, 08 March 2012 News > Latest news > 2012 > 03Professor Colleen Hayward was inducted into the 2012 WA Women’s Hall of Fame today.
Occupational Therapy award
Thursday, 01 March 2012 News > Latest news > 2012 > 03Congratulations to ECU academic Associate Professor Jeannine Millsteed, the recipient of the 2011 Occupational Therapy (OT) Australia National Award.
US Ambassador at WAAPA
Monday, 27 February 2012 News > Latest news > 2012 > 02US Ambassador Jeffrey Bleich has addressed an audience of Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts (WAAPA) students on the topic of protecting intellectual property during a recent visit to Perth.
South West graduates celebrate in style
Monday, 27 February 2012 News > Latest news > 2012 > 02Students from ECU’s Faculty of Regional Professional Studies were the centre of attention as they paraded down the main street of Bunbury.
Film graduates breaking into the US
Friday, 24 February 2012 News > Latest news > 2012 > 02Two WA Screen Academy graduates have been invited to screen their film at the 2012 South by South West (SXSW) music and film festival in Austin, Texas.
Wifi sensors to tackle bushfires
Tuesday, 21 February 2012 News > Latest news > 2012 > 02A network of inexpensive fire monitoring sensors positioned throughout bushland could be the latest early-warning system in the fight against fires.
Scholarship to help young women
Monday, 20 February 2012 News > Latest news > 2012 > 02ECU has received a donation from the WA Women’s Society of Fine Arts and Crafts, which will go towards setting up a scholarship for deserving female arts students.