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Sports management scores goal in Emirates
Sports management specialists from La Trobe University are helping pioneer a new Australian export industry marketing Australia's sports management expertise overseas. full story

Understand your fellow health professional
La Trobe University is helping the many specialisations within the Australian health care profession to work better together. full story

Exact breath of life
New technology to improve the accuracy and safety of a device used to train doctors and nurses in cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) has been developed by Rebecca Hendry. full story

Student mission to Mars
Victorian school children can take part in a Mariner or Viking space mission to Mars following the development of simulation software. full story

Games round off a sporting year
La Trobe University which is about to play a key role in the Commonwealth Youth Games in Bendigo late this year. full story

Silent achievement in Thailand
La Trobe University made history in the provision of tertiary study for deaf people in Bangkok. full story

Free Trade, War in Iraq ... and 'Chick Lit' Burgeoning interest in Australian Studies
Australian Studies is coming out from the shadow of the bush hat and Ned Kelly's helmet. full story

Round Table looks at regional universities
La Trobe University recently hosted the Victorian Regional Engagement Forum of the national Business/Higher Education Round Table. full story

La Trobe PhD students win double award
For the first time, the Sir Robert Menzies Memorial Foundation awarded two Research Scholarships in the Allied Health Sciences and both went to La Trobe University. full story

Employability Challenge
La Trobe University won every prize in this year's inter-university Employability Skills Challenge. full story

Languages, Genes, and Prehistory
How did the English language arrive in Great Britain? How does 'language' develop among any of the diverse cultures that inhabit this planet today? full story

Mildura campus hosts global agroecology conference
The latest developments in agroecology were examined at an international conference on La Trobe University's Mildura campus in September. full story

Students go a-countin' in the annual FROG Census
Students from four north suburban schools recently took part in the annual Frog Census held in La Trobe University's Gresswell Forest. full story

New gay and lesbian health unit opened
A major development in health innovation has been located at La Trobe University's Australian Research Centre in Sex, Health and Society (ARCSHS). full story

Passage to India - Forging new links
La Trobe University's Thesis Eleven Centre for Critical Theory has organised ten days of events in New Delhi, India, from 4 to 15 December. full story

Getting it your way - Information from the world-wide web
La Trobe University has played a prominent role in redesigning the technology of the world-wide web to ensure it meets the needs of many more users. full story

Blurring gender on a flying trapeze
Professor of Theatre and Drama, Peta Tait is carrying out detailed studies of male and female figures in 19th and 20th century circus and theatre. full story

Overcoming communication problems with the sound of music
Speech pathology researcher, Dr Beverly Joffe, by using both music and movement as 'teaching' tools, has improved the speech performance of 19 children from three to seven years old. full story

Smooth talking help for adolescents who stutter
La Trobe University speech pathologists have developed a program they believe is helping adolescents who stutter - in more ways than one. full story

Reading skills pilot a success
The School of Human Communication Sciences has inaugurated a successful program designed to improve children's reading skills. full story

Inter-cultural dialogue - Planning for the long haul
La Trobe University has a key role in leadership training aimed to help discuss and resolve conflict between different religious and cultural communities in Australia. full story

Political playing field uneven for small parties
Australia is one of the great Western democracies - but its political playing field is uneven for smaller parties. full story

College Life: Great for filling boots and growing brains!
Well-known comedian and media personality, Corinne Grant, reflects on her time at La Trobe's Chisholm College. full story

New at Glenn and Menzies
La Trobe Colleges emphasise student leadership and support a wide range of community programs. full story