The importance of names in teaching
Dr Margaret Kumar is a Language & Learning Advisor in Deakin's Division of Student Life, and she talks about a book she has co-edited on the importanc...
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Deakin Matters is a Deakin sponsored radio program, broadcast weekly from the studios of 94.7 The Pulse in Geelong. Hosted by Bodey Dittloff it features interviews and discussions with Deakin academic staff and students past and present on a wide range of topics, including latest research and current affairs.
TOBY playpad for Autistic therapy
Prof. Svetha Venkatesh, Chair in Complex Pattern Analysis, Research Leader (TOBY Playpad) research leader behind the TOBY playpad for Autistic therapy...
Post surgery mortality rates of Canadian First Nation peoples
Dr Sharon Brennan is a Senior Clinical Lecturer in the the School of Medicine at Deakin and here she discusses her research into mortality rates after...
Celebrity of Gamers
Dr Chris Moore is a lecturer in Media and Communication at Deakin and he discusses the emerging celebrity of gamers and games as a popular media forma...
2Day FM prank call and tragedy
Dr Patrick Stokes, Lecturer in philosophy at Deakin discusses the the 2Day FM prank call, it's aftermath, the responsibility and the cult of celebrity...
'Tectonic shift on the two-state solution?'
Professor Damian Kingsbury, Director of the Centre for Citizenship, Development and Human Rights at Deakin and here he discusses issues in Midd le Eas...
The impact of legal alternatives to illegal drugs
Dr. Matthew Dunn, a Deakin public health expert, is currently in the process of beginning a new study into the impact of legal alternatives to illegal...
Parents prefer to drive their kids
Dr. Alison Carver, a Deakin research fellow who through the Deakin Centre for Physical Activity and Nutrition Research, funded by VicHealth, studied 4...
Celebrity power and the media
Professor P. David Marshall is the Chair of New Media, Communication and Cultural Studies is a keynote speaker at the Celebrity Studies Conference and...
Laotian medical researcher mentoring
Professor Liz Eckermann was awarded a research grant from AusAid worth $30,000 to bring a Laotian medical researcher to Australia for 3 months mentori...