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25/05/2023
Empowerment, individual strength and the many facets of love: why I fell for Tina Turner
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25/05/2023
Babies crawl, scoot and shuffle when learning to move. Here’s what to watch for if you’re worried
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23/05/2023
Fiji buzzing as Pacific Beekeeping Congress takes flight
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Beekeepers from across the Pacific are meeting in Fiji for the inaugural Pacific Islands Beekeeping Congress, with Southern Cross University taking a lead role.
23/05/2023
From mangroves to fjords, coastal ecosystems can take up or emit greenhouse gases. But globally, they’re a vital sink
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23/05/2023
Coastal ecosystems are a net greenhouse gas sink, new research shows
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A new greenhouse gas budget shows coastal ecosystems globally are a net greenhouse gas sink for carbon dioxide (CO2) but emissions of methane (CH4) and nitrous oxide (N2O) counteract some of the CO2 uptake, according to international researchers led by Australia’s Southern Cross University.
22/05/2023
Student-led festival is music to our ears: SCU Buzz
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Bachelor of Contemporary Music student Alako Myles wants to rewrite the gigging experience for musicians. He is the brains behind the hugely successful Anemoia Music Festival, held recently at the Aardvark on the Northern Rivers campus.
18/05/2023
When midwives face their own birth trauma: new Southern Cross study seeks volunteers
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A traumatic birth experience affects one in three women who deliver a baby, yet what is less well-known is how midwives respond when it happens to them.
15/05/2023
Meeting of circular economy minds at Impact Forum
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International and national circular economy experts, together with business and local government representatives, will meet to discuss solutions and waste reduction strategies at Southern Cross University’s Circular Economy Impact Forum tomorrow.
15/05/2023
Expert to speak on building resilience through community gardens
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Chief Executive Officer at the Stephanie Alexander Kitchen Garden Foundation Dr Cathy Wilkinson will give a free public talk on how kitchen gardens can build community resilience at the Living Lab Northern Rivers on 18 May.
15/05/2023
Why the sovereign citizen movement fails in court: SCU Buzz podcast
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Can you opt out of the legal obligation to pay your taxes or wear a seatbelt?
12/05/2023
Nurse and war veteran awarded Bonnie Boezeman AO scholarship to further leadership goals
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Lieutenant Colonel Kylie Hasse has been awarded the 2023 Bonnie Boezeman AO Leadership in Nursing Scholarship to pursue her studies at Southern Cross University.
12/05/2023
Nursing ambition a team effort for Jess and Charlotte
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With a right arm that ends at the elbow, Jessica Stevens-Farmer wondered whether she could achieve her ambition to become a nurse. Though thriving in her Bachelor of Nursing degree at Southern Cross University, she worried the more technical functions required in nursing might be beyond her.
04/05/2023
Truth, Lies and Chiropractic thesis earns University’s top academic prize
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An internationally-renowned chiropractic thought leader and educator produced a PhD thesis described as a tour de force to earn the coveted Southern Cross University Chancellor’s Medal.
04/05/2023
Midwives provide care but who cares for the midwives?
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International Day of the Midwife on 5 May celebrates the critical work of midwives around the world, but stress in the profession is an ongoing challenge, says Southern Cross Midwifery graduate Georgina Haver. Thanks to a scholarship, Georgina is now researching stress and burnout in the profession as part of an Honours degree. She believes that formal support networks could help retain skilled and resilient midwives.
01/05/2023
Flood research hub rises as beacon for leaders, ideas and conversations
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A once flood-ravaged shopfront in downtown Lismore has emerged as the gathering space for leadership and thoughtful debate on the future of the NSW North Coast.
26/04/2023
Poet, editor, publisher, anthologist: John Tranter’s influential life in literature
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26/04/2023
We’re talking rubbish at the 2023 Circular Economy Impact Forum
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It’s time to seriously talk rubbish. We produce almost three tonnes of waste per capita in Australia according to the latest annual figures of the 2022 National Waste Report, and that’s not counting the hundreds of thousands of extra tonnes generated by last year’s devastating flooding across the country.
26/04/2023
Award-winning entrepreneur and Women in Business CEO Karen Phillips on leadership and impact
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Leadership is not just about ourselves. In fact, it's always about creating opportunities for others
26/04/2023
What Alone Australia tells us about fear, and why we need it
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21/04/2023
Learning our flood lessons: alumni experts at Living Lab panel
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Three Southern Cross alumni and natural resource management experts will head up the next community panel at the Living Lab Northern Rivers on 27 April.
20/04/2023
Coronation Quiche anyone? You’ll need to fork out A$38. Here are cheaper and healthier options
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20/04/2023
Innovative alliance to train next generation of health workers
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Four of Australia’s leading education institutions have formed an innovative collaboration with the Northern NSW Local Health District to grow and train the next generation of skilled healthcare workers and pave the way for improved health outcomes in Northern NSW.
19/04/2023
Southern Cross Uni numbers jump, led by new student demand for Early Childhood Education
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Southern Cross University has welcomed its largest cohort of new students as it moves completely to a new teaching model based around six-week terms.
13/04/2023
Meet your 2023 Gold Coast Mayor’s Student Ambassadors
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Three Southern Cross University Gold Coast students have been appointed to the prestigious role of Mayor’s Student Ambassador for 2023.
06/04/2023
Running experts team up for free webinar ahead of Gold Coast Marathon
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The countdown is on for the Gold Coast Marathon, with experts from Southern Cross University teaming up to help runners put their best foot forward.
05/04/2023
3 reasons you feel hungrier and crave comfort foods when the weather turns cold
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04/04/2023
Southern Cross University celebrates first Gold Coast graduation of 2023
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More than 450 graduands will cross the stage this week at Southern Cross University’s first Gold Coast ceremony for the year. Two graduands – Tracey Schofield and Lily Kiriyama – share their success following years of hard work.
30/03/2023
Don’t listen to Gwyneth Paltrow – IVs are not a shortcut to good health
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30/03/2023
Forestry graduate branches out into major role
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Like a seedling flourishing into a towering tree, forestry science graduate Leisa Overs’ career continues to grow. Leisa was recently appointed Nursery Manager at HQPlantations, the largest plantation forest grower in Queensland.
29/03/2023
Professor Andrew Rose on being a waste matchmaker: SCU Buzz podcast
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Implementing circular economy principles in the community is all about matchmaking, according to Southern Cross University academic and researcher Professor Andrew Rose.
24/03/2023
Woolworths is getting into telehealth – but patients need to be treated as more than customers
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24/03/2023
Barking up the right trees on greenhouse gases
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It is quite the career shift to trade marketing of one of the world’s most iconic surf brands to investigating the link between microbes, trees and greenhouse gas emissions. However, Southern Cross University biogeochemist, Dr Luke Jeffrey, is revelling in the contrast and producing world-leading discovery research.
23/03/2023
Looking for a boost to lose weight? Participants needed for herbal weight loss product trial
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Researchers at Southern Cross University’s National Centre for Naturopathic Medicine are calling for generally healthy adults across Australia to join a clinical trial for weight loss.
23/03/2023
Leadership with a global goal
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In May 2022, biogeochemist Dr Judith Rosentreter completed a Research Fellowship at Yale University in the US and then returned to Southern Cross University. The experience enhanced her scientific reputation and fuelled a new challenge informed by global urgency.
23/03/2023
Environmental Sciences breaks new ground in QS World Uni Subject Rankings
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Southern Cross University’s environmental sciences expertise is now globally recognised and ranks in the latest QS World University Rankings by Subject.
22/03/2023
Best foot forward from Greenpeace to blue carbon
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A few years ago, Dr James Sippo and a group of fellow biogeochemists were seated around a table discussing ways they could support and complement each other’s environmental research.
21/03/2023
A life-long environment for discovery and impact
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From childhood curiosity to a highly credentialled career, a life in science seemed predestined for Southern Cross University’s Associate Professor Joanne Oakes.
21/03/2023
Game changer as AIS awards its first esports project to Southern Cross
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Southern Cross University has received the first grant funded by the Australian Institute of Sport into the growing field of esports to develop a model for our future elite players.
21/03/2023
New research group receives two grants from Australian Institute of Sport
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Southern Cross University’s research leadership in sport, exercise, and physical activity continues to be recognised, with the awarding of two grants from the Australian Institute of Sport.
15/03/2023
Mortality high yet funding low: lung disease deserves more investment say global health experts
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Southern Cross University Professor Gillian Gould is leading an international call for chronic lung disease to be made a global research priority with more funding allocated.
15/03/2023
Taking innovation to a global audience: expert panel
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Entrepreneurs and small businesses have the opportunity to learn from the best about taking their innovation to a national and global market at an upcoming workshop presented by Southern Cross University, in partnership with Sourdough Business Pathways.
07/03/2023
Research improving outcomes for vulnerable and marginalised children
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The voices of children and young people, including those who are most vulnerable and marginalised, are not often reflected in the ‘evidence’ that drives policy debates and programs intended to improve their lives. These Southern Cross University researchers are on a mission to change that.
07/03/2023
International Women’s Day scholarship celebrates three amazing students
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Three outstanding Southern Cross students have been awarded an International Women’s Day (IWD) scholarship. This year the theme of IWD is Embrace Equity.
03/03/2023
Seeds of hope sprout one year on from 2022 floods
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Southern Cross University’s Northern Rivers campus looks starkly different to this time last year.
03/03/2023
New Chair of Science at Southern Cross
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Entomologist and ARC College of Experts member Professor Nigel Andrew has been appointed the new Chair of Science at Southern Cross University.
02/03/2023
It’s coffee time … who ordered the fresh bread flat white?
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Leathery latte, anyone? Petroleum piccolo? How about a skunky short black, a cardboard cappuccino or a mouldy macchiato?
28/02/2023
Why El Niño doesn’t mean certain drought
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28/02/2023
College of Law offers Practical Legal Training at Coffs campus
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From March 6, Southern Cross University's Coffs Harbour campus will host Practical Legal Training (PLT) from the largest provider of practice-focused legal education in Australasia, the College of Law. PLT is a requirement for all law graduates who wish to be admitted to practise in Australia.
28/02/2023
For some LGBTQ+ older people, events like World Pride can be isolating – we need to better understand how to support them
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27/02/2023
What is delirium and why is it under-diagnosed?
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