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Ageing drivers: Live and let drive

A recent study examines the re-testing requirements for ageing drivers

La Trobe Law School programs

VIDEO: 30 years strong, La Trobe's Clinical Legal Education program

A lesson in Islamic Finance on iTunes U

Head of Malaysian practice gives La Trobe students a lesson.

La Trobe leads demand for uni places

Greatest growth in first preference applicants over last three years

Events planning for a good cause

Good Cause: Students learn the tools of the trade planning real events

Islamic Finance in Australia

Islamic Finance in Australia: Time to take a bite!

Gender equality and the law profession

The glass ceiling in the legal profession

International moot court competition

La Trobe’s moot court team worldwide competition success

Celebration ahead for students

579 students are about to graduate from La Trobe University Bendigo

Plain packaging on cigarettes will work

Economists refute tobacco manufacturers claims

La Trobe United through Football

La Trobe delivers training to African community soccer clubs.

International uni sport curriculum

Uni sport curriculum in need of an international focus

Penalty shoot-outs

The dreaded penalty shoot-out is still seen as anti-climatic in sport

Highly regarded professor joins La Trobe

New professor says engagement with Business community is priority.

La Trobe mooting takes on the world

La Trobe Law School’s mooting team has ranked highest in Australia.

La Trobe means business on human rights

March 29 La Trobe hosted the Business and Human Rights Seminar at ACMI

La Trobe explores financial markets

3rd Annual Conference on Financial Markets and Corporate Governance

ICAA challenges La Trobe students

The 2012 ICAA student challenge is now on.

PUBLIC SEMINAR: Business & Human Rights

La Trobe Business School presents a seminar on human rights

Ambitious thinking unveiled

Big FAT Ideas present Focus, Ambitious and Transformative talks.

Impact of GFC not over for Australia

World renowned academic to speak on the Global Financial Crisis.

Japan: On March 11 and the year after

How is Japan coping with the impact of the tsunami after a year?

No woman should 'miss' the world

Spare a thought for the millions of women missing from Asia

La Trobe extends its Heart

The partnership with Melbourne Heart has been extended by another year

Women’s day walk for missing millions

Missing women and girls of India spark walk of awareness

La Trobe's moot court in session

VIDEO: The School of Law's successful international mooting program

Juggling uni, work and a broken foot

Student Sam Sparks turns to study because of a foot injury

Academia and experience

How my lessons from life on the field can now make a difference at uni

Islamic Banking boosts career chances

Graduates of Islamic Finance land prime industry positions

Mick Malthouse Vice-Chancellor's Fellow

La Trobe is pleased to announce Mr Malthouse's appointment.

Women’s toilets: writing is on the wall

The study looked at signage and writing on female toilets in Australia

New head means business

Professor Paul Collier is the new head of La Trobe Business School

Interns and the modern workplace

Unpaid work, or a wealth of experience?

Triple J Hottest 100 decoded?

Light shed on which songs have an advantage in national music poll

Legal eagles drink to a mouse

The law of negligence has long been flavoured by unwelcome critters.

AFL expansion to change sport landscape

Rugby League has runs on the board to counter AFL incursion

Moot Competition finalists

Law students to compete in International Criminal Court moot comp

FLM begins new era as FBEL

Introducing the Faculty of Business, Economics and Law.

Crying Wolf comes at a risk

Lobbyists run the risk of misrepresenting communities

Fixing water problems ‘once and for all’

Uncertainty plagues Murray-Darling ambitions

Indonesian Business Study Tour

Students gain cultural knowledge and business skills

Talk is cheap

Basin woes: Talking to the community comes at a hefty price

Graduate awarded Rotary scholarship

La Trobe Law graduate awarded scholarship to study abroad.

What Qantas should do (and not do) next

Qantas must move beyond this dispute as quickly as possible

Big FAT Ideas videos now live

Seven academics confront topical issues in the Big FAT Ideas videos

Students win AMP University Challenge

A La Trobe student has won 1st prize in the AMP University Challenge.

Academic on prominent ICAA panel

Professor Ken McPhail has been chosen to feature on ICAA panel

Law Professor joins China’s 1000-Plan

Professor Jianfu Chen has been selected to join China’s 1000-Plan.

La Trobe academic nominated by Finsia

Dr Ishaq Bhatti, has been shortlisted in Finsia's Pinnacle Awards

New robot siblings arrive at La Trobe

NEC communication robots Matilda and Jack present new siblings

Team La Trobe goes Around the Bay

La Trobe University represented in charity ride.

Canadian graduates sworn in to practice

First Canadian school of law graduates sworn in to practice

Andrew Bolt and the right to free speech

Despite popular opinion, there is no such thing as free speech.

United Nations internship for Law student

La Trobe Law student offered UNICRI exclusive internship

Guy Fawkes epic fail

Guy Fawkes is being reinterpreted on the internet and in movies

Study: No legroom to AFL travel concerns

Evaluation of player fatigue shows no disadvantage

La Trobe MBA ranked in top 100

Aspen Insititute ranks La Trobe in top 100 for international MBAs

Human Resource degree recognised

Australian Human Resources Institute accredits La Trobe degree

Big FAT Ideas

Speakers will confront terrorism, taxes on sins and more...

International Islamic Finance conference

La Trobe post-grad students present papers on ethics

La Trobe Law student is all Heart

La Trobe's partnership with Melbourne Heart gets results.

September 11 – ten years after

The following members of La Trobe University are available

Outlaws mean big business for tourism

The discovery of Ned Kelly's bones show the popularity of outlaws

Leon Gettler ponders the imponderable

The Age Journalist Leon Gettler hosts a seminar at La Trobe University

La Trobe sponsors Victorian Sport Awards

La Trobe announced as the first sponsor of the Victorian Sport Awards

Fall in AFL attendances explainable

Lack of competition bites

The demise of the Malaysian Solution

Let’s not throw the baby out with the bathwater

Managing for climate change online

A new approach to learning with an online course in the regions.

Packaging legislation a much needed win

Australia’s leadership in tobacco control must extend to trade

National Parks and private enterprise

Our national parks are too precious to allow careless development

Council appoints new Vice-Chancellor

Professor John Dewar appointed Vice-Chancellor of La Trobe University

Law graduate’s compassion rewarded

Law graduate Kon Karapanagiotidis acknowledged at Alumni Awards

MBA Student at Daimler World Dialogue

MBA student Janine Young chosen to participate in Stuttgart, Germany

High achievers recognised

Awards night at The Capital lets Bendigo students shine

Accolade for human rights accounting

Prof Ken McPhail to deliver the Kate Stanton Annual Research Lecture

Rural and regional education gap

Tertiary study is being left behind in rural and regional areas

Government and the central banks

Need for better designed and coordinated macroprudential policies

Law and Management honour their finest

FLM recently held their 2011 Prizes and Scholarship Ceremony

Lecturer wins award for innovation

A new subject integrates study and workplace learning

Murray-Darling Basin plan economics

Getting the right balance between winners and losers

Research innovation focus in Vietnam

Southeast Asian conference hosts academics from around the world.

Rail Trails boosting Victoria’s tourism

Research reveals the economics of Victoria's disused rail lines

Corporate governance 101

The buck stops with Rupert Murdoch

Murdoch crisis: the end of an empire?

Author of book on News Corporation discusses some key issues

Global warming: Tim Flannery

Will Australians support the struggle against global warming?

Australia’s first Islamic banking course recognised by ALTC

Recognition for ground-breaking IBF course.

Cultural support for AFL players lacking

Study finds Indigenous AFL players need more support

Industrial relations and Fair Work?

It’s all about political spin

Impact of the minimum wage

Australia’s unique approach to wage fairness

FLM academics receive ALTC citations

2011ALTC citations for outstanding contributions to student learning

A new approach to learning spaces

A new approach to the design of learning spaces in higher education.

The economics of kindergarten

Funding early childhood education crucial for sociological development

New insight into Dispute Resolution Law

Australia’s leading voice in Dispute Resolution Law releases new works

La Trobe mooting team makes final rounds

The School of Law has again made the finals of international competiti

La Trobe champions student success

La Trobe’s low SES and regional students thrive

Sports betting puts youngsters at risk

The risks of sports betting are measured on the young

Islamic finance makes its mark

Inaugural Australia Arab Business Forum and Expo is a great succes

La Trobe raises world leaders

From Students to Ambassadors: La Trobe Raises World Leaders

Law should work for innovation

Conference on Intellectual Property in the global digital era

Ideas & Society: Does Wikileaks matter?

Panel of leading thinkers discuss the issues at the Wheeler Centre

Albury-Wodonga students lead the way

Members of the infinity Leadership Program organised seminar

Law graduate receives Chief Justice honour

School of Law student recognised for academic and community excellence

Asylum deal shameful and inhumane

We can manage without detention centres and people swapping

Federal Budget and Higher Education

Making a real difference in regional Victoria and Melbourne's North

Experts debate the latest in finance

Finance and corporate governance in the spotlight

Sustainable Sunraysia, fact or fiction?

Is the future development of regional and rural areas sustainable?

Power plays and price war

Misuse of market power or just countervailing power

A cruel way to decide a grand final

Penalty shoot-outs can be an unsatisfactory outcome of a soccer match

Economic silver lining for Japan?

Reconstruction tax will ease Japan’s financial burden say economists

Matilda the robot can read emotions

Watch Matilda on ABC’s New Inventors Wednesday 16 March 7.30pm

A way to boost tourism?

Private development in National Parks is not the way to go

Revolution? More like 'Rebelution'

Will Super Rugby fit into the over-crowded sports marketplace?

La Trobe to honour Michael Kirby

Honorary Doctorate for one of Australia’s most distinguished jurists

The Storm, Rebels and sponsorship

Rugby codes 'up the ante' for local fans

Thorpedo’s set to go swimmingly

Ian Thorpe's comeback is valuable in more ways than one

Accounting students get taste of work

Students awarded internships with RSD Chartered Accountants

Universities and competitive balance

Why Australia’s universities can be compared to a sports league

Islamic banking provides a solution

Why access to wider money market for continued growth is important

Islamic Finance e-course

La Trobe global e-learning course breaks new ground

Keen on the World Cup down under?

Australia has a bid in, but should be careful what we wish for.