Charles Sturt University will receive 63 scholarships valued at $2,838,000 as part of the Coalition Government’s Destination Australia program, conceived to encourage more students into regional areas of the country. More than $800,000 in scholarship funding has been earmarked for ...
More »Podcast: Dr Sara James – The ATAR issue and factors that influence course decisions
Dr Sara James is a lecturer and cultural sociologist at La Trobe University in Melbourne and has completed research on the factors that influence students' degree and course choices. As James' work has found, one of the key factors influencing ...
More »Equitable higher education is everyone’s business: new research
Although many universities are no longer the elitist institutions they may have once been, there is little doubt that for some students – particularly those from disadvantaged or “equity” backgrounds – they still present a rigid “framework” that can detrimentally affect their ...
More »La Trobe honour for Bollywood star
Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan will be given an honorary doctorate from a Victorian university in front of thousands of fans. La Trobe University will recognise his efforts to support women and underprivileged children – along with his Bollywood achievements ...
More »‘Sport on display’: La Trobe Sports Park enters stage two
La Trobe University is excited to see its purpose-built Sports Park move into stage two, with works commencing on teaching and research areas for sport science subjects including biomechanics, strength and conditioning exercise physiology and sports analytics. La Trobe Sports ...
More »Not finishing uni has advantages: study
'Finish what you start' is a widely revered tenet of neoliberal psychology, yet a new study by La Trobe University flips it on its side. Researchers at the university's Centre for Higher Education Equity and Diversity Research have found that those who complete ...
More »Fare thee well, campus? Not for these universities
The world's oldest universities weren't just sites of learning. They were also civic, religious and social institutions. Without Oxford, Bologna and Al-Karueein we wouldn't have modern-day ethics, or defences against bygone empires or the omniscient power of the medieval church. Universities were ...
More »La Trobe sets example for universities globally
Is your university, in every sense, #tobaccofree? After signing the world’s first Tobacco-Free Finance Pledge, La Trobe University is. This means the Melbourne-based university not only prohibits smoking on campus, it has no tobacco-related investments, and will advocate for other organisations ...
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