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Ready to help build an inclusive workplace?

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Culture, Values & Inclusion

Southern Cross University partners with Hidden Disabilities Sunflower initiative

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University News

Southern Cross Chancellor shares leadership lessons on backing yourself sooner

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Business

Lead sustainable change: Study the circular economy

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Scholarships

Future researchers nurtured through scholarship program

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Scholarships

Three Southern Cross University scholars celebrated on International Women's Day

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Health

Collaborative research aims to keep mental health social workers in regional communities

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Science, Environment & Marine

The Conversation: Is Australia’s scorched earth baiting program actually paving the way for fire ant invasion?

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University News

New courses in demand as thousands commence studies for 2026

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Law

The Conversation: How should Australia handle ‘sovereign citizens’ clogging the courts? A former magistrate explains

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Science, Environment & Marine

Australia’s current fire ant eradication methods may be helping the invader spread

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Education and Teaching

The Conversation: TikTokers are ‘becoming Chinese’ in a new trend that’s part parody and part politics

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Partnerships

The science of saving the world's surf breaks

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Business

The Conversation: Rebuilding after a disaster is a long road. Lismore’s businesses offer hope for others

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Law

The Conversation: An illegal bioweapons lab was found in a Las Vegas garage. It’s a warning for Australia

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Engineering & Technology

International model law aims to strengthen building accountability and regulatory clarity

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Health

The Conversation: Will drinking hot water help me lose weight, clear my skin or treat cramps?

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Research & Academic

Southern Cross University appoints two senior leaders to strengthen academic and research strategy

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Education and Teaching

Leading researcher and inspiration in mathematics education joins Southern Cross

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Harvest to Health

Southern Cross University hosts SCU-Sejong University Plant Science Symposium

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Education and Teaching

The Conversation: Who is the new face of China’s Year of the Fire Horse? Draco Malfoy, of course

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Science, Environment & Marine

New partnership with Wildlife Recovery Australia to train wildlife-ready vets and tackle veterinarian shortage

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Naturopathy

A university first: Southern Cross brings Clinical hypnosis into higher education

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Education and Teaching

The invisible problem: Smart glasses, child safety and the new ban in early childhood education

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University News

Flood-resilient rebuild restores Lismore student housing after 2022 disaster

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Science, Environment & Marine

Historic sawfish specimens reveal conservation insights

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Business

The Conversation: In ancient Mesopotamia, what was a ziggurat?

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Health

The Conversation: What’s the best way to remove a splinter?

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Research & Academic

World’s oldest rock art offers clues to early human migration to Australia

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Research & Academic

The Conversation: Humanity’s oldest known cave art has been discovered in Sulawesi

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Rankings

Southern Cross lifts in THE Business & Economics subject ranking

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Health

The Conversation: Prioritising protein? What the new US dietary guidelines get right – and wrong – according to 2 nutrition experts

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Education and Teaching

The Conversation: The 6-7 craze offered a brief window into the hidden world of children

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Science, Environment & Marine

Scientists find microbes enhance benefits of trees by removing greenhouse gases

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Science, Environment & Marine

The Conversation: We discovered microbes in bark ‘eat’ climate gases. This will change the way we think about trees

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Health

The Conversation: Why does mint make water taste so cold? A scientist explains

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