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The Australian Centre for Advancement of Literacy presents the Advancing Literacy Conference 2025 for Primary and Secondary Teachers on Saturday 29th March 2025 on ACU ...
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Two Australian Catholic University students have been awarded New Colombo Plan scholarship to study abroad in 2025.
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The Very Reverend Dr Gerald Gleeson has been appointed as ACU's Senior Advisor, Catholic Identity and Mission.
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Professor Zlatko Skrbis has been appointed for a second five-year term as Vice-Chancellor of Australian Catholic University.
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ACU academics have won a prestigious government grant that will see them work with the best and brightest PhD candidates and industry partners to solve real-world chall...
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More than 80 per cent of Australian principals have experienced critical incidents in their schools including violent security threats, mental health crises, suicide at...
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ACU researchers in education and early Christian studies have been awarded more than $2.5 million in Australian Research Council (ARC) Discovery grants.
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Award-winning journalist Dr Rachael Kohn told guests at the annual Federal Parliamentary Interfaith Breakfast that true democracy needed all Australians, regardless of ...
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Engineering’s loss became law’s gain when a teenaged James Penny learned he had a fervor for debate that would drive him all the way to the Victorian Bar.
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A curated journey featuring 21 exceptional works by both established and emerging artists from the ACU Art Collection.
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Cutting-edge stroke research, an innovative industry PhD program and teacher education hubs were among the projects recognised at the 2024 Vice-Chancellor's Staff Excel...
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ACU's Peter Faber Business School has earned accreditation from AACSB, joining an elite group of business schools to receive the prestigious tick of approval.
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Female educators face substantial personal, social, and systemic obstacles that prevent them from rising to senior leadership roles, new ACU research shows.
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Australian Catholic University Associate Professor and computational intelligence expert, Niusha Shafiabady, has put her 20 years of experience in artificial intelligen...
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A new website spearheaded by ACU will provide evidence-based information and resources for educators and families to help teach and protect children in today’s digital ...
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Debate had continued to rage around public access to government and private school facilities.
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ACU education experts have won an Australian Research Council grant for a home reading program that will improve Indigenous literacy.
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Lack of green space and air pollution play a pivotal role in shaping cognitive health and can contribute to developing dementia.
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New ACU research found time-restricted eating was as effective as the diet intervention to control blood glucose levels in people with type 2 diabetes.
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Research with usEvery 25 years, the Church proclaims a Holy Year, a special gift of grace and mercy for all people and a time for the faithful to be renewed in their commitment. ACU will be celebrating the 2025 Pilgrims of Hope Jubilee with events and activities designed to bring us together as a community, renew us in our commitment and refresh us to take up our mission anew.
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International development studies graduate
Yarrie’s childhood was disrupted by a blood civil war that ravaged her hometown. After coming to Australia for refuge, she has found healing through entrepreneurship.
Nursing graduate
Raised in Ipswich in southeast Queensland, Dr Derek Chong is the state's first Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander psychiatrist.
Youth work graduate
Nicola Parkes has dedicated her life to supporting people with a refugee experience.
In recognition of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples’ deep spiritual and cultural connection to Country, it is customary to acknowledge Country as we pass through it. We acknowledge and pay our respects to the First Peoples, the Traditional Custodians of the lands and waterways where Australian Catholic University campuses are located, and we thank them for their continued custodianship.
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