Tag: Southern Cross University
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Biological Farming Conference brings together best soil minds in the world
Hundreds of farmers and primary producers have arrived in Lismore today, to talk all things soil – It’s part of the Australian Biological farming conference. This year, the event’s key focus is on future proofing crops from natural disasters.
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STUDENTS RETURN TO THE CLASSROOM FOR TERM 2 AFTER FLOODS DAMAGE SCHOOLS
Term 2 will look a little different for families in the Northern Rivers, with multiple schools severely impacted by last month’s floods. Classes have been shifted to alternate locations and today students were getting used to their new surrounds.
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1970S VINTAGE KOMBI VAN CONVERTED INTO AN ELECTRIC VEHICLE
For decades, the humble Kombi van has conjured up a lifestyle of sun, sand and surf. Now a group of Lismore students have found a way to make the vintage vehicles that little bit kinder on the earth – converting one into an electric car.
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UNION TAKES AIM AT SOUTHERN CROSS UNIVERSITY OVER NEW WORKLOAD SCHEME
The National Tertiary Education Union has taken aim at Southern Cross University, over its new workload guidelines for academic staff. The new system has seen some teachers take on 60 percent more work. The union believes moving to the ‘Equivalent Full Time Student Load’ framework is a cost-saving push, but the university says it will…
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SCIENTISTS WORKING TO RESTORE THE GREAT BARRIER REEF TO ITS FORMER GLORY
Scientists from Northern New South Wales are leading a team of experts, hoping to restore the Great Barrier Reef to its former glory. Already they’re seeing positive results, through a revolutionary process dubbed ‘coral IVF’.
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SWIMMERS AND SURFERS SIX TIMES MORE LIKELY TO GET CANCER
North Coast beaches are expected to be busier than ever this Christmas. And it has researchers from Southern Cross University concerned, after a recent study found surfers and swimmers are six times more likely to get skin cancer.
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LOCAL SCIENTISTS “OVER THE MOON” AFTER WINNING GLOBAL NASA COMPETITION
A team of Lismore-based scientists are celebrating after taking out a global NASA competition. Their revolutionary product, which repairs cuts and lacerations in record time, is now bound for space.
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UNION SLAMS SOUTHERN CROSS UNIVERSITY FOR JOB CUTS
Southern Cross University has announced it’ll be axing jobs to halve it’s projected budget blackhole. Already, the union is asking management why so many staff have to go.
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SOUTHERN CROSS UNIVERISTY TO AXE 63 JOBS TO MINIMISE BUDGET BLACKHOLE
Southern Cross University will be axing 63 full-time staff in a bid to half its budget blackhole. New Vice-Chancellor Professor Tyrone Carlin says the job cuts will take their current shortfall from $33 million, to $16 million. “I know it sounds like an absolutely shocking number, and it is. The point that we’re working through…
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MORE THAN 70 STAFF MADE REDUNDANT AT SOUTHERN CROSS UNIVERSITY
More than 70 staff have been made voluntarily redundant at Southern Cross University, as the institution grapples with a $38-million budget shortfall over the next two years. 92 staff applied for the program, with 24 academics and 47 professional staff approved. The university warns there will be more job losses and other cost cutting measures…