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Professor Amanda Kenny is a self-confessed email hoarder – which comes in handy when asked to think back to ten years ago. This week Mandy scrolled way, way back to find a host of emails from just before the Federal Government announced $59.6 million would be coming Bendigo’s way to build the La Trobe Rural... Continue Reading →
When Education PhD candidate Aimé Sacrez was tasked with presenting his research topic at this month’s La Trobe 3 Minute Thesis competition, he thought of his daughter. “For me, it’s a thesis, but for Jessica, it’s her future,” says Aimé, seated opposite his seven-year-old daughter, who’s on campus with dad for the day. “Jessica loves maths and science, and she also loves art and writing. The way the education... Continue Reading →
PhD candidate Kacey Sinclair with actress Alice Garner and playwright Bill Garner. Since Kacey Sinclair returned to study at La Trobe she’s written a thesis, acted in a stage show, published an article and now, started a PhD, all thanks to the ghost of Fanny Finch. It’s safe to say Kacey has found her muse.... Continue Reading →
Dr Brett Gordon with PhD researchers Kylie Carra and Stephen Barrett. What can you do in three minutes? Boil a kettle, endure an ad break, sing a pop song. How about explain years of research in an engaging, award-winning summary? That’s what Bendigo’s Stephen Barrett and Kylie Carra have done at the La Trobe Rural... Continue Reading →
Academics often wonder if their thesis will make it into the hands of those who can learn from their research. Education and Trauma lecturer Anne Southall has perhaps found the most assured way to achieve this. Ten years ago, when she laid out the raw materials of her research into the effects of early childhood... Continue Reading →
Darcy Ryan and Liam Groves are two third-year Civil Engineering students at La Trobe University in Bendigo with a lot in common. They both grew up in small towns – Kyabram (Darcy) and Tatura (Liam) – as part of farming families. They both have a self-admitted love of “pulling things apart”. They went to the... Continue Reading →
Helen Irving is our new Professor of Biomedical Science. She began her career with a degree in agricultural science, but soon discovered she was “more interested in biochemistry than in telling farmers how to grow their crops.” Her fascination with cell communication has sustained her ever since. The end product: a broad research portfolio that... Continue Reading →
Forget gold, Bendigo is on the way to being famous for something else of value. Cycling biomechanics research. Cool, hey. Exercise physiology lecturer Rodrigo Bini says biomechanics research is popular all over the world, “but if you filter that down into who’s doing cycling research, it’s only a handful of places”. And we’re fast becoming one... Continue Reading →
Aminul Islam talks to Dr Giselle Roberts about his path from Charailder, Bangladesh, to La Trobe Bendigo and a PhD in environmental chemistry. "I was born in Charailder, a small village 185km away from Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh. In my boyhood, my prospective path through life was full of struggle and uncertainty. My mother... Continue Reading →
