2018 News
20/07/2018
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Read more Want to be an elite sports coach and inspire players to get to the top of their game? Or maybe you want to help people with injury or disability participate more fully in life? What if you could complete your entire marine science degree at the National Marine Science Centre, using the Solitary Islands Marine Park as your classroom?
10/07/2018
Why standing up for Standing Rock matters in the Northern Rivers: a Thursday Night Live conversation
Read more The Standing Rock protests in the US against the construction of 1886 kilometre underground oil pipeline has garnered international support. Part of the proposed pipeline cuts through contested Indian Sioux territory and there are concerns a leak could have severe environmental impacts.
10/04/2018
‘Is school out for the 21st century?’: Southern Cross to moderate discussion at Thursday Night Live!
Read more The ‘factory model’ of school, with its standardised curricula and cookie-cutter assessments, has passed its use-by date says a Southern Cross University educator who’s moderating this month’s Thursday Night Live! discussion, ‘Is school out for the 21st century?’, at 6pm on April 12 at Lismore Regional Gallery.
23/02/2018
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Read more Each morning at dawn patrol surfers assess ocean and weather conditions before paddling out. Now the entire surf session experience is set to become more valuable, thanks to a new fin fitted with oceanographic sensors that will share data with scientists interested in the health of coastal zones.