La Trobe University has launched its unique ‘Hallmark Program’ for high achieving students – with the foundation cohort of 23 arriving on campus in February – as well as a special on-line introductory Indigenous studies module aimed at all students. The Hallmark Program is designed to help students extend their thinking on key global issues […]
February 7, 2014
The 1970s were a formative decade at La Trobe University – a new era of educational opportunity and belief that student activism could create a better world. Into that heady mix stepped Iris Manton. A grandmother and one of La Trobe’s earliest mature-aged students, she went on to become a life-long friend of the University […]
January 14, 2014
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 […]
December 4, 2013
La Trobe University has received a philanthropic gift of $3.2 million dollars over five years to fund an innovative new research program on the challenges of modern day parenting. The program was launched in November by Natasha Stott Despoja, Deputy Chair, beyondblue and Chair of the Foundation to Prevent Violence Against Women and Children. The […]
February 21, 2014
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