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Rarely will an assignment described as A Load of Rubbish by the person who submits it go on to win accolades in a national competition. Yet a photo essay by Trobe University student Daniel Quinlan dealing with people who live and work in a Thai rubbish dump has done just that. It has been ‘highly commended’ in the Best […]
November 27, 2013
Dr Yolanda Gaspar, from the La Trobe Institute for Molecular Science (LIMS), has won the prestigious 2013 CropLife President’s award for her contribution to Australia’s $1.5 billion plant science industry. The award was presented at the 2013 CropLife National Members’ Forum at the Press Club in Canberra on Thursday 21 November. CropLife is an industry body […]
November 14, 2013
La Trobe University has received almost $8 million in new Australian Research Council (ARC) grants from the Federal Government. A further 1.8 million dollars was awarded by the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC). The latest ARC grants are for studies that will make a difference in fields ranging from children’s health, medicine and food […]
November 10, 2013
More than 94 per cent of La Trobe MBA graduates find work just three months after completing their studies. And they earn one of the highest starting salaries in the Asia Pacific region – an average of nearly $120,500 on completion of their course. These achievements are revealed in the latest QS Global 200 Business […]
October 15, 2013
La Trobe University’s Rebecca Boschert is Australia’s top pharmacy student. In a first for both the University – and for Victoria – Ms Boschert won the national Pharmacy Student of the Year contest held at the Pharmacy Australia Congress in Brisbane in October. Not only did she impress the judges to beat her seven interstate […]
September 13, 2013
La Trobe University historian and author Dr Janet Butler has won this year’s NSW Premier’s Australian History Prize for her book Kitty’s War, based on the diaries of World War One army nurse, Sister Kit McNaughton. The $15,000 award, one of Australia’s top history prizes, was announced last night. The judges described Dr Butler’s work […]
January 14, 2014
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