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First Nations HIgher Education

First Nations scholarship winners head to Rome

First Nations students Drew Campbell and Jacob Lasserre are preparing for their first visit to the Eternal City after winning Australian Catholic University’s prestigious Francis Xavier Conaci Scholarship.

Evangelisation HIgher Education

Evangelisation stall offers life course for university  students

University students like Heath Gaydon are bringing the wisdom of the Church to their peers at a critical time in their lives. Source: The Catholic Leader.

HIgher Education Interfaith

Notre Dame launches Jewish philosophy initiative   

The University of Notre Dame Australia’s Centre for the History of Philosophy is launching a new academic initiative focused on the study of Jewish philosophy.

Education HIgher Education

Robots to help pre-schoolers read and count

A new Australian Catholic University collaboration will help preschoolers access robotic tutors designed to give them a head start in their literacy and numeracy learning.

HIgher Education Western Australia

Future health professionals get a tase of rural life

An immersion program in Western Australia’s Wheatbelt region is building connections between future health professionals and rural communities. Source: UNDA.

Digital Life HIgher Education

ACU launches course to prepare students for the challenges of AI

Australian Catholic University has unveiled a unique, fast-track double degree in Computer and Data Science that will prepare students for the jobs of tomorrow through cutting-edge academic training and industry engagement. 

Health HIgher Education

Notre Dame partners with US university to produce ‘health care leaders’

The University of Notre Dame Australia has formed a partnership with a United States university to deliver new interprofessional learning for nursing and health students. 

HIgher Education

Academic who helped establish ACU awarded honorary doctorate

Gabrielle McMullen has been awarded an honorary doctorate from Australian Catholic University (ACU) for her contributions to Catholic education and Church institutions.

First Nations HIgher Education

Indigenous academic describes how ‘old people taught me many things’

Community members, scholars and elders gathered at the University of Notre Dame Australia’s Broome Campus for the Lucy (Ngarbal) Marshall Oration of the Chair of Indigenous Knowledges.Â