Media releases
ECU opens first collaborative security research centre in Australia
Friday, 17 October 2008 News > Media releases > 2008 > 10Edith Cowan University's (ECU) Security Research Centre was officially launched this month by the former Chief Scientist of WA, Professor Lyn Beazley.
Governor welcomes primary school students to Science for Kids Day at ECU
Monday, 13 October 2008 News > Media releases > 2008 > 10The Governor of Western Australia, His Excellency Dr Ken Michael AC will visit Edith Cowan University (ECU) Mount Lawley on Saturday, 18 October to officially open the annual Science for Kids (S-Kids) Day.
ECU blitzes the competition in Ethical Hacking Challenge
Monday, 13 October 2008 News > Media releases > 2008 > 10Students from ECU's School of Computer and Information Science have beaten teams from other Western Australian universities to win the 2008 Ethical Hacking University Challenge, hosted by Ernst and Young on Friday, 3 October 2008.
Rural ECU students receive a helping hand from Mrs Mac’s
Thursday, 25 September 2008 News > Media releases > 2008 > 09Wokalup's Erica Mueller has been awarded a Mrs Mac's Rural Scholarship to assist with the cost of moving away from home to study at Edith Cowan University (ECU).
ECU goes pink in support of Breast Cancer Month
Wednesday, 24 September 2008 News > Media releases > 2008 > 09Edith Cowan University's iconic Chancellery Building at the Joondalup Campus will be lit pink this week as part of the Global Illumination event marking the launch of Breast Cancer Month.
New facilities put ECU at the forefront of nanomechanical research in Australia
Monday, 22 September 2008 News > Media releases > 2008 > 09Edith Cowan University's (ECU) School of Engineering is gearing up for the first intake of Mechanical Engineering students next year with the installation of a high-tech new nanoindenter at the state-of-the-art Materials Research Laboratory.
Year 10’s get stuck into science at ECU
Friday, 29 August 2008 News > Media releases > 2008 > 08On Monday, 25 August twenty Year 10 students from four local high schools visited Edith Cowan University's (ECU) School of Natural Sciences to extend their knowledge of chemistry.
ECU research highlights PDA information security breaches
Thursday, 28 August 2008 News > Media releases > 2008 > 08ECU research has revealed that at least one in five second-hand mobile devices still contain sensitive information, leaving individuals and their organisations at risk of identity fraud, theft, blackmail and forgery.
ECU research team to investigate environmental pollution in the South West
Thursday, 28 August 2008 News > Media releases > 2008 > 08Edith Cowan University (ECU) Environmental Management researcher, Dr Andrea Hinwood is looking for pregnant women in the south west to participate in a study investigating whether environmental pollutants in the South West region are significant enough to affect the health of unborn babies.
Federal Health Minister opens ECU’s Health and Wellness Building
Wednesday, 20 August 2008 News > Media releases > 2008 > 08Edith Cowan University's (ECU) new Health and Wellness Building has been officially opened by the Honourable Nicola Roxon MP, Federal Minister for Health and Ageing.
Community Partnerships Toolbox
Wednesday, 20 August 2008 News > Media releases > 2008 > 08Edith Cowan University (ECU) has developed a resource to help support community health nurses working in schools to promote healthy lifestyles to students.
ECU Professor named first Australian director on international board
Monday, 18 August 2008 News > Media releases > 2008 > 08Professor Cobie Rudd, Edith Cowan University's (ECU) Head of the School of Nursing, Midwifery and Postgraduate Medicine, is the first Australian to be appointed to the International Board of Directors for the International Association for Research on Service-Learning and Community Engagement (IARSLCE).
ECU staff recognised for excellence
Tuesday, 05 August 2008 News > Media releases > 2008 > 08Seven high-achieving staff from Edith Cowan University have been recognised by the Australian Learning and Teaching Council (ALTC) with Citations for Outstanding Contributions to Student Learning, the most for any university in the WA.
ECU Professor releases first comprehensive Brian Burke biography
Friday, 01 August 2008 News > Media releases > 2008 > 08Edith Cowan University's (ECU) Dr Quentin Beresford, an Associate Professor of Politics, has written the first comprehensive biography of disgraced former Labor leader Brian Burke.
ECU supports inaugural Global Geotourism Conference
Wednesday, 30 July 2008 News > Media releases > 2008 > 07Convened by Professor Ross Dowling, Foundation Professor of Tourism at Edith Cowan University (ECU) and Chair of the Forum Advocating Cultural and Eco Tourism (FACET), the Global Geotourism Conference will take place from 17 - 20 August 2008 in Perth.