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Curtin students awarded prestigious overseas scholarships
Four Curtin University undergraduate students are set to take their studies global after being awarded prestigious scholarships in the 2025 New Colombo Plan (NCP) Scholarship Program. The scholarships will enable Lloyd Allen, Elliott Mitchell, Julian Tearney and Jasmine Trinh to live, study and undertake internships while they immerse themselves in the language and culture of host countries across the Indo-Pacific…
Curtin signs strategic partnership with Singapore’s Oceanus Media Global
Exploring the future of human story telling through digital media is at the heart of a new partnership between Curtin University and Southeast Asia-based creative media technology company, Oceanus Media Global (OMG). Curtin Pro Vice-Chancellor, Humanities, Professor Richard Blythe said signing a Memorandum of Understanding with OMG is a transformative moment for creative media technology education and an excellent example…
SMART work design: The key to beating burnout
Burnout and disengagement are pressing challenges for workplaces worldwide, but latest research from the Centre for Transformative Work Design (CTWD) at Curtin University shows changing the way jobs are designed could improve employee well-being and boost productivity. Based on decades of research and shared in MIT Sloan Management Review, a new SMART model for improving work design highlights five key…
Older Australians turning to cannabis as cigarette prices rise
New research from Curtin University has revealed increasing cigarette prices over the past several years have seen more older Australians turn to cannabis use as an alternative. Researchers from Curtin’s School of Accounting, Economics and Finance investigated the buying habits of nearly 100,000 Australians from 2001 to 2019 by analysing data from the Australian National Drug Strategy Household Survey. The…
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Machine learning tool to boost vaccination rates in Perth children
Curtin University is collaborating with the Boorloo (Perth) Public Health Unit on a research project using a Future Health Research…
Curtin number one in WA for graduate employment for sixth year running
Curtin University has again been named Western Australia’s top public university for undergraduate employment, according to the latest Good Universities…
WA GreenTech Hub now “open for business” with new Innovation Challenge
Curtin University is helping Western Australia take giant strides towards a net zero future, announcing the first Innovation Challenge as…
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