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[ 27 Jul 2007 ]

International Lawyer to Speak on Australia and the EU
Dr Samuel Pisar AO, a most distinguished alumnus of the Melbourne Law School, will deliver a public lecture next week on the state of the European Union and its relation to Australia.

[ 27 Jul 2007 ]

Melbourne/Malaysia ‘split’ PhD partnership launched
An innovative multi-million dollar ‘split’ PhD program is the centrepiece of a new partnership between the University of Melbourne and seven Malaysian universities.

[ 26 Jul 2007 ]

100 Students Get The Chance To Learn From The Best
One hundred students from the University of Melbourne’s Faculty of Economics and Commerce will get the leadership opportunity of a lifetime when they participate in the inaugural Student Leadership Forum ‘Australia to 2020: Challenges and Potential’.

[ 25 Jul 2007 ]

To be or not be … a trained teacher of Shakespeare?
The University of Melbourne’s Faculty of Education will teach a new postgraduate qualification in association with the Royal Shakespeare Company, equipping teachers to teach Shakespeare in schools.

[ 20 Jul 2007 ]

Designing individual treatments for coeliac disease
Treatments individually tailored to the 200,000 Australians with coeliac disease are now closer following Victorian research into the molecular workings behind the disease.

[ 20 Jul 2007 ]

Challenges for Early Learning and Schooling
‘Challenges for Early Learning and Schooling’ is the third seminar in the Education, Science and the Future of Australia public seminar series presented by the University of Melbourne.

[ 19 Jul 2007 ]

Media law experts to tackle the big issues
Experts from both ends of the media-law spectrum will come together at the University of Melbourne’s Law Faculty on Friday July 27 for “The Courts and the Media” conference.

[ 19 Jul 2007 ]

University of Melbourne SIFE Team National Champions
The University of Melbourne’s Student in Free Enterprise (SIFE) team are off to New York after winning the national competition.

[ 19 Jul 2007 ]

Young homeless mums need more support to help turn their lives around, says new report
Despite the extreme difficulties, becoming a mother can be a turning point which inspires many homeless young women to turn their lives around, says a new report released today (19 July).

[ 18 Jul 2007 ]

Meet the Rebels at the University of Melbourne
Melbourne’s newest professional rugby union team, the AAMI Melbourne Rebels, will be welcomed to the University of Melbourne on Thursday 2 August.

[ 16 Jul 2007 ]

McCaughey Centre opens at the University of Melbourne
A new multi-million dollar research centre to promote the mental health and wellbeing of all Australians has been set up at the University of Melbourne.

[ 12 Jul 2007 ]

New Director to drive University of Melbourne’s eResearch agenda
The University of Melbourne has appointed Professor Leon Sterling - an Australian leader in the fields of artificial intelligence and software engineering - as its inaugural Director of eResearch.

[ 12 Jul 2007 ]

Kwong Lee Dow Young Scholars program commences
700 of Victoria’s most talented secondary students from schools across the state to converge on the University of Melbourne.

[ 6 Jul 2007 ]

University of Melbourne Dookie Student to Compete at World University Games
Third year Bachelor of Rural Business student Amanda Holt has been selected for the World University Games to be held in Bangkok from August 6 to 16 this year.

[ 6 Jul 2007 ]

Australia’s Future Science STARS visit the University of Melbourne
A new science outreach program, STARS (Students & Teachers Accessing Research Scientists) Science School, will be launched on Monday 9th July at the University of Melbourne.

[ 5 Jul 2007 ]

Advancing Tertiary Education – onto the election agenda
A Federal election is looming and higher education wants to be on the agenda. The University of Melbourne’s Education, Science and the Future of Australia public seminar series will examine some of the critical policy issues - public funding of higher and vocational education; student costs and financial support - in a seminar on ‘Advancing Tertiary Education’.

[ 4 Jul 2007 ]

ORYGEN Research Institute receives $17 million in funding boost and announces improved recovery rate for youth suffering mental health
Australia’s leading youth mental health service, ORYGEN Research Centre within the University of Melbourne, has received a significant funding boost of $17 million from the Colonial Foundation, it was announced with Minister for Innovation John Brumby today.

[ 3 Jul 2007 ]

Exhibition at University of Melbourne gets to the point of needle and syringes
A new exhibition at the University of Melbourne will tackle community fears about needle and syringes.

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