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Families including someone with mental illness can experience deep despair. They need support.

Mental illness and distress affects not only the person living with the condition, but family members and communities. ECU Lead, Mental Health and School of Nursing and Midwifery Senior Lecturer, Dr Amanda Cole delves into these issues in her latest article.

Placement Poverty: Why nursing and midwifery students must be paid for clinical placements

A growing number of undergraduate nursing and midwifery students nationwide are voicing concerns about the significant challenges posed by hundreds of hours of mandatory unpaid clinical placements.

ECU first WA university to receive five Cygnet Awards for gender equity

ECU has received its fifth SAGE Cygnet Award, the highest number available. The awards measure and validate efforts by institutions to reduce and remove barriers to gender equity, diversity, and inclusion. We’re very pleased to say that one of the Cygnets was from the School of Nursing and Midwifery.

Language barriers could contribute to higher aggression in people with dementia

A new study has found that immigrants living with dementia were more likely to present with agitation and aggression compared with their non-immigrant counterparts.

Creating choice and giving children a voice: researchers open debate on considerations for parents when they post children's pictures and information online

Parents considering posting pictures and information of their children online should re-think how they go about it, in a new warning from Edith Cowan University (ECU) data experts.

Maternal health support critical in the development of children born to mothers with pre-existing diabetes

Intrauterine exposure to diabetes could be a crucial factor in the mental and psychomotor development of children, particularly those younger than 12 months.

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AI more than just a technology

Professor Sanjit Roy discusses the significant discrepancy between the Utopian future promised from the introduction of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and the result being realised globally.

Is it possible to 'objectively' judge music? We asked 5 experts

Everyone has a favourite band, or a favourite composer, or a favourite song. So if we all have our own opinions on music, is it ever possible to judge it objectively?

ECU's new Creative Humanities degrees offer more specialist skills and hands-on experience for the cultural producers of tomorrow

ECU is taking the lead in preparing graduates with the specialist skills and knowledge required to excel in creative careers, offering new undergraduate degrees that will see students delving deeper into their chosen discipline.

Bright sparks in the heart of Busselton

ECU has partnered with the City of Busselton to deliver some incredible opportunities for budding musicians and performers in the South West over the coming months.

ECU Professor hosts new Channel 9 TV show featuring ECU Race Team

Edith Cowan University (ECU) is set to feature in Channel 9's hit new show Innovation Nation.

ECU researchers call for enhanced research into common post-stroke condition

Lateropulsion, a clinical condition which results in the body leaning to one side, affects about half of all stroke survivors.

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