PrintPoo Power: from poultry waste to renewable energy
Using curbside, commercial and biowaste from its poultry industry, the City of Greater Bendigo is building a business case that could see the introduction of Australia’s first multiple stream waste to energy facility.
Lifestyle farmers punching above their weight!
Are hobby farmers more important to the local community than industry farmers?
East Gippsland putting a value on the arts
Residents in East Gippsland will soon know for the first time just how much the arts is worth, with a group of University of Melbourne Masters students beginning work on a tool to determine its monetary value.
Bringing business back: University of Melbourne assesses vacancy rates in Shepparton CBD
New initiatives to attract businesses back into the Shepparton CBD area are on the cards, as a group of Masters students from the University of Melbourne assess the city’s vacancy rates.
Students guide South Gippsland to an online retail move
Could a shift to online retailing give a boost to the dairy and retail businesses of South Gippsland?
Students to help guide future of shopping in Chapel Street
Consumer behaviour in the City of Stonnington is under the microscope, as three groups of University of Melbourne students look at how shoppers use the council’s well-known precincts.
Poor neighbourhoods suffer higher incidence of arthritis
People living in poor neighbourhoods have a higher rate and risk of arthritis - one of the most common causes of disability in the developed world.
Inquests more likely for younger people and deaths from medical care complications
Coroners are more likely to hold inquests for deaths involving younger people or people who died of fatal complications from medical care, according to a study from University of Melbourne experts and published in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal.)
Australia Day honours for University of Melbourne
University of Melbourne Vice-Chancellor Professor Glyn Davis has paid tribute to members of the University community named in this year’s Australia Day honours.
Managing the education needs of our young gifted children
PhD researcher Anne Grant is using her knowledge of gifted children in their formative educational years to help better inform and teach these bright youngsters.
