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Health

Driving ambition for occupational therapy grad Skye

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Scholarships

Two 2023 New Colombo Plan scholarships for Southern Cross students

Southern Cross undergraduates Pearl Andrews and Yasmeen Daniels at the NCP Awards Ceremony in Canberra
Science, Environment & Marine

New partnership set to ReCirculate plastic waste into construction material

Ben Roche and Shane Ramsey sign partnership agreement between SCU and CRDC
Events

International rugby union star inspires Gold Coast graduates

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Science, Environment & Marine

Growing Australia's coffee industry

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Research & Academic

Innovative alliance to train next generation of health workers

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Science, Environment & Marine

Learning our flood lessons, alumni panel at Living Lab

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Science, Environment & Marine

Growing Australia's coffee industry

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Music and Creative Arts

From the classroom to the festival scene: Meet The Colliflowers

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Research & Academic

Researcher Spotlight: Dr Alana Gall

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Events

Inspiring stories emerge at Gold Coast graduation

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Education and Teaching

We asked five experts: should I lie to my children about Santa?

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Education and Teaching

‘Seasons for Life’: Supporting young people to recover from the devastating impact of suicide

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Health

From PSP to PhD, Scott is in the zone

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Regions in focus for $3.66m mental health initiative

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Music and Creative Arts

Chancellor’s Art Prize winner draws on the Spirit of Country

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Education and Teaching

2022 Faculty of Education Awards for Excellence and Recognition

Madeline Bell and friend Lucas at the 2022 Education awards
University News

2022 Alumni Impact Awards celebrate extraordinary graduates

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Business

Lockheed Martin Australia employee honoured with Alumni Impact Award

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Science, Environment & Marine

Frogs in hot water: habitat shrinking for Gondwana rainforest mountain frogs

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Health

Occupational therapy students show learning can be fun and games

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Business

Transforming ideas into impact through Live Ideas

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Student Life, Groups & Sports

Celebrating community spirit in the Student Excellence Awards

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Science, Environment & Marine

Japan: a once-in-a-lifetime experience for Southern Cross students

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Science, Environment & Marine

Fantastic plastic? It’s all in the chemistry

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Business

Vision for flood-proof future at heart of Living Lab collaboration

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Scholarships

Local fitness trainer weighs in on $15,000 Open Day scholarship

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Kirsten Benkendorff shines as Superstar of STEM for next generation

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Research & Academic

Whitsundays booming with new life after best coral spawning event in years

Peter Harrison with his Coral IVF team in the Whitsundays
Indigenous Knowledge

Southern Cross lecturer co-authors new national guidelines for First Nations Peoples with kidney disease

Dr Liz Rix in front of Indigenous artwork
Arts and Humanities

Film makes space for satellites in global climate conversations at COP27

Film on display at COP27
Health

Forum to tackle trauma impact on mental health

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Tourism

Study tour success for students in Singapore

Students at Suntec in Singapore
University News

Early data shows success of Southern Cross Model

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Chancellor’s Medal recipients recognised for innovative environmental research

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First Lismore graduation following COVID, floods

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Science, Environment & Marine

Not a moment to waste for marine science graduate Zoe

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Rankings

Global reputation confirmed with subject world rankings for Southern Cross

Peter Harrison inspecting coral reef at North Point off Lizard Island
Health

Floods and other emergencies can be extra tough for people with dementia and their carers. Here's how to help

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Arts and Humanities

Dissecting Stevie Wonder’s Superstition, 50 years after we first heard its infectious grooves

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Adult incontinence pads emerging as worse waste problem than baby nappies

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Pasi Sahlberg on transforming education: SCU Buzz podcast

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Engineering & Technology

Right now, more adult incontinence products than baby nappies go to landfill. By 2030, it could be ten times higher

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Research & Academic

Professor Mary Spongberg appointed to ARC expert group

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Health

Not ‘powerless victims’: how young Iranian women have long led a quiet revolution

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Education and Teaching

If Australia wants to improve school outcomes, we need to define what ‘equity’ really means

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University News

Southern Cross consolidates Top 800 place in THE World University Rankings

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Scholarships

Boosted by a Southern Cross University scholarship, Dayna Scapin is helping farmers better understand crop health

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DECRA funds investigation into racial dignity for Africans in Australia

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How the Law can empower you to help those most in need

Tom Kershaw _Alumni Law Student_
Business

With seemingly endless data storage at our fingertips, ‘digital hoarding’ could be an increasing problem

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University News

Southern Cross University flood recovery projects announced

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Commonwealth Games boss inspires the largest cohort of graduates ever at a Melbourne ceremony

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Science, Environment & Marine

A deadly disease has driven 7 Australian frogs to extinction – but this endangered frog is fighting back

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Events

Students to graduate at first Melbourne ceremony in three years

Graduate Rashini at the Northern Territory
Health

Can natural and mainstream medicines coexist?

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Health

Gold Coast psychology students showcase their research projects

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Health

Psychology student develops CSI for analysing our savoured communication styles

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Southern Cross Uni off to a striking start at UniSport Nationals

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Health

Nursing alumna forging rewarding career in aged care

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University News

Early Offer entry to Southern Cross University closes soon

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Business

Backcountry visitors are leaving poo piles in the Australian Alps – and it’s a problem

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Flood survey to assess how a community builds resilience in the face of natural disasters

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Science, Environment & Marine

ARC Linkage to drive hemp food crop quality controls for Aussie growers

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Science, Environment & Marine

Connecting technology and industry for regional benefits

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Scholarships

International students find new direction in Coffs Harbour

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Southern Cross confers honorary doctorate to Warren Grimshaw AM

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Naturopathy

Australia’s newest Naturopathic Medicine training program launches on Gold Coast

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Scholarships

Student Opportunities Fund helps Amy with remote placement

Speech Pathology student Amy Whittle during her placement in rural Australia
Rankings

Top marks for Engineering, Computing at Southern Cross in Good Universities Guide

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Science, Environment & Marine

A recirculated resource from waste to worth

Professor Andrew Rose in laboratory
Events

Ready to swap graduation cap and gown for nursing scrubs

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Research & Academic

World’s earliest evidence of a successful surgical amputation found in 31,000-year-old grave in Borneo

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Research & Academic

Researchers discover earliest known stone-age surgery

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Research & Academic

Growing gains in black rice and hemp

Associate Professor Tobias Kretzschmar with rice crop
Scholarships

Aged care nurse receives Leadership in Nursing Scholarship

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Doctoral project earns international complexity science award for Southern Cross researcher

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Engineering & Technology

Southern Cross Uni launches engineering at Gold Coast campus

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Science, Environment & Marine

Being waste-wise is a class action

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Science, Environment & Marine

So much water so close to home: lessons from the Lismore floods

Professor Amanda Reichelt-Brushett at the Richmond River at Lismore
University News

Business Bites: a new podcast series by Southern Cross University and Northern Rivers Food

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Music and Creative Arts

Get out your glitter and head down the Atlanta Highway – the B-52s are setting out on their final dance party!

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Health

Gleams of light

Dieudonne Ininahazwe psychology graduate on campus at Coffs Harbour
Law

Law graduate a lifelong learner at age 69

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Transforming the future at Southern Cross University BWF panel discussion

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Law

Former magistrate appointed head of Southern Cross Law

David Heilpern Dean of Law

World-record sailing champ to address Southern Cross Sydney graduation

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Education and Teaching

It’s great education ministers agree the teacher shortage is a problem, but their new plan ignores the root causes

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Southern Cross University graduate Matt Bowles awarded Australian Computer Society Medal

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Have your say about the future of farming in Tasmania

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From industry to the ocean – deep impact from the waste up

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Professor Richard Dunford begins interim Executive Dean appointment

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Business

Eddie Betts’ camp saga highlights a motivational industry rife with weird, harmful ideas

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Science, Environment & Marine

Feeding snacks to coral larvae boosts energy for growth and survival

Colleen Rodd with food reared coral larvae experiment
Health

Finding the silver lining: Arpan's story

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Safe passage for native wildlife using highway underpasses

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Science, Environment & Marine

Wave of success as Oceanography leads University ranking rise

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It’s all in the Games for Aussies and CEO Craig

Craig Phillips. Credit: Commonwealth Games Australia
Research & Academic

Research delivers the good oil for tea tree industry

Dr Mervyn Shepherd with tea tree sapling
Science, Environment & Marine

Good news: highway underpasses for wildlife actually work

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Southern Cross Uni to hold first in-person Open Day for three years

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Health

Outback nursing a dream job for graduate Leah

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Top employment rates and salaries for Southern Cross grads: new data

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Student Life, Groups & Sports

Southern Cross crowned surfing’s best at university championships

Surfing Team SCU winners with trophy
Science, Environment & Marine

Salt of the earth: tackling the salinity challenge

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Business

The sky is the limit for Taiwanese aviation graduate

Aviation student Dylan Li Tse Yu on the runway

Tooth-telling brings to light earliest humans from southern Africa

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Partnerships

Southern Cross partners with EPA for a plastic-free future

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Health

Podiatry clinic helps flood-affected put best foot forward

Podiatry clinic for flood affected
Events

Ready, set, go for Gold Coast Marathon’s favourite race: SCU 10km Run

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Events

Bug lady running her best life at Gold Coast Marathon

Kirsten Ellis running through macadamia orchard
Science, Environment & Marine

Understanding a plant’s salt tolerance mechanisms earns Chancellor’s Medal

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Education and Teaching

Mother and daughter graduate together

Daughter and mother, Maddie (left) and Rose (right) Smith, standing in front of a garden.

Music graduate hitting the right notes on Amy Shark international tour

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Nursing graduate using ‘head and heart’ to help patients

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Fourth time’s a charm: Law student set to graduate after COVID disruptions

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Social Work and Community Welfare

Meeting therapy goals with the help of furry friends

Master of Social Work graduate Noémie Rigaud with therapy dog Tango
Social Work and Community Welfare

How young Black African Australians use social media to challenge anti-Black narratives and reclaim racial dignity

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A fishy capture reveals a prized Queensland species moving south

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Southern Cross academic shares innovative bilingual teaching methods in global forum

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Music and Creative Arts

Student musicians playing from the heart at Lismore Lantern Parade

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Research & Academic

Extreme sports can be good for you, if you take the challenge

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Education and Teaching

$15 billion promise of universal access to preschool: is this the game-changer for Aussie kids?

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Pathways Programs, Short Courses & SCU College

English language students celebrate graduation milestone

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Engineering & Technology

Time to come clean on Lismore's future. People, businesses have to relocate away from floodplains

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Scholarships

Scholarship recipient finds the music in farming

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Rankings

Strong result for Southern Cross in QS rankings of world universities

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Events

Free community yoga event celebrates International Day of Yoga

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Education and Teaching

New Education Minister Jason Clare can fix teacher shortage crisis – but not with Labor's election plan

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Psych student skills up on flood-related mental health

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Health

What is Occupational Therapy? The student perspective

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Southern Cross graduate drives community mapping project of Brunswick River

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Science, Environment & Marine

Drought, megafires, and flood – citizen scientists reveal impact on river water quality

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iSISTAQUIT campaign helping Indigenous pregnant young mums to quit smoking for good

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Science, Environment & Marine

International research partnership takes action on marine plastic

Plastic waste on Ambon Island Indonesia
Research & Academic

Lismore floodwater enough to fill half of Sydney Harbour

Boat on Lismore flood waters 2022
Science, Environment & Marine

Building a shared future for all life by supporting biological diversity

Peter Harrison inspecting coral reef at North Point off Lizard Island
Music and Creative Arts

Educator receives national recognition at Australian Women in Music Awards

Leigh Carriage accepts Humanitarian Award at AWMA credit Embellysh

Fossil tooth unlocks mystery of Denisovans in Asia

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Science, Environment & Marine

Fossil tooth places enigmatic ancient humans in Southeast Asia

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Lismore campus to house temporary accommodation for flood-affected residents

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Celebrating student leadership on International Nurses Day

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Arts and Humanities

Big ideas thrive in small town: Kyogle Writers Festival

Flamingo Writers Salon session at Kyogle Writers Festival 2021

Education expert calls for redesigned assessment to replace NAPLAN

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Student midwife and mum-of-two Heidi shares training insights ahead of Gold Coast Marathon

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Health

Southern Cross Uni celebrates midwives with focus on Indigenous maternal care

Midwife Taneeka Thomas with daughter Pippa
Science, Environment & Marine

New mountainfrog species identified in rainforests of northern NSW and southeast Queensland

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University News

Term 2 kicks off as Lismore students return to campus

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Southern Cross University welcomes $27.5m funding promise for Coffs Health Precinct

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Naturopathy

Researcher Spotlight: Dr Andrea Bugarcic on Parkinson’s and naturopathic medicine

Dr Andrea Bugarcic
Events

Film enthusiasts move SWIFF-tly to Coffs campus for flagship festival

Swiff - Screenwave International Film Festival
Business

Business grad pursuing her passion for positive change

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Countdown is on to Southern Cross University 10km Run at Gold Coast Marathon event

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PhD chat with Colleen Rodd on the Great Barrier Reef

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University News

The Living School moves to Lismore campus

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Social Work and Community Welfare

The workforce in the child protection system needs urgent reform

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Coffs Harbour campus students and staff safe

Coffs Harbour campus Health Sciences Building and lake
Science, Environment & Marine

Ocean Sentinel statue immortalises coral crusader Peter Harrison

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Pathways Programs, Short Courses & SCU College

SCU College celebrates 10 years as a stepping stone into higher education

SCU College EAP students in a group smiling together on the stairs

I've found a better way to learn at uni: one student's story

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Scholarships

AgriFutures Horizon Scholarship awarded to Southern Cross University student

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Culture, Values & Inclusion

Rhiannon Mitchell is making waves for young Aboriginal women

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University News

New academic year heralds new era of immersive learning at Southern Cross Uni

Bachelor of Business and Enterprise student in new academic model group study

Flood appeal supports students in time of need

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Health

Nursing student wins prestigious Edith Cavell Trust Scholarship

Edith Cavill scholarship recipient

Top 4 ways COVID placed harsher burdens on early childhood educators

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Science, Environment & Marine

No oxygen and no fish – Southern Cross scientists investigate deoxygenation and fish kills in the wake of disastrous floods

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Southern Cross joins second flood response

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University News

Lismore community’s mental health supported at SCU Health Clinic

Consulting rooms for the Head to Health Hub Lismore
Scholarships

Rolling Stone Scholarship presents the opportunity of a lifetime for indie-pop artist Kaliya

Kaliya Alldridge Contemporary Music student and Rolling Stone Scholarship recipient
University News

Southern Cross University responds to student safety survey findings

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Doors open to new Lismore primary health precinct

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