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International student Ashim Sapkota is from Nepal, at the foot of the Himalayas. He arrived in Bendigo earlier this year to pursue his interest in medicine and health through a Bachelor of Health Sciences. “I was reluctant to come at first, but I had some relatives here who urged me to come and see for... Continue Reading →
There are many pathways to a university degree, and while nursing student Skye took advantage of La Trobe’s partnership with the Bendigo Kangan Institute of TAFE to advance her career, the journey to get there was uniquely hers. Skye said quitting her job at the age of 30 to pursue a different life was one... Continue Reading →
Dr Rodrigo Bini’s latest research project to develop a better boot for defence force personnel highlights the remarkable breadth of expertise on the Bendigo Campus. The Bachelor of Exercise Science course coordinator hails from Brazil, where for two years he taught undergraduate and postgraduate medical students at the School of Physical Education of the Brazilian... Continue Reading →
It’s still early days for the COVID-19 crisis in Australia but already we’re seeing burnout from nurses on the frontline. One La Trobe alumnus has developed a way to support those most at risk. After ten years in the job, critical care and emergency nurse Athol Hann knows how gruelling nursing can be at the... Continue Reading →
When Dr Brad Hodge and Dr Pam Harvey received news this month that their new subject needed to go online, they made a few phone calls, booked a car, and headed off on a regional road trip that’s about to shed light on some little-known aspects of country life. They just made it too, before... Continue Reading →
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 →
Consider Tom Connellan’s first day in an ambulance. The Paramedicine student was stationed in Bendigo when called to a road trauma in Serpentine; a single car rollover and a driver with spinal injuries. “Obviously when you first go to something like that it’s a big thing, and that was my first clinical placement, as a... Continue Reading →
Meet the man who’s had a hundred heart attacks. Give or take. Not to mention countless cancers, hypertension, emphysema, diabetes… the list goes on. In fact, Mick Cumming jotted them all down in time to share his story. “I had fun going through my notes today,” he says. “I’ve had colon cancer, lung cancer, strokes.... 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 →
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 →
