Deakin Matters

Deakin Journalism student Melanie Russell reports on the impact of low school funding in some Victorian schools including Bacchus Marsh college.

Associate Professor Liz Eckermann - School of Humanities and Social Sciences discusses Working to reduce the mortality rates of mothers in Lao by understanding ancient customs called Yu Fai.

Dr. Jonathan Ritchie - Senior Research Fellow at the Alfred Deakin Research Institute discusses plans to set up a National Centre for Leadership in PNG.

Dr. Paul Gastin - Senior Lecturer, School of Exercise and Nutrition Sciences discusses maturity in young AFL footballers. In particular, the timing of children's adolescent growth spurt.

Eyal Halamish, CEO of OurSay discusses Deakin’s involvement in the recent ‘hangout with the PM’ initiative, which involved the Primer Minister Julia Gillard interacting online.

Associate Professor Danny Ben-Moshe, Principal Research Fellow - Grants and Partnerships Coordinator, Centre for Citizenship and Globalisation discusses his research into Diasporas in Australia: current and potential links with the homeland. He focuses on migrants having a global outlook as opposed to an Australian one.

Dawn Jones – Head of the PASS program at Deakin University discusses the PASS program (Peer Assisted Study Sessions).

Professor Fehti Mansouri, Chair in Migration and Intercultural Studies, School of Humanities and Social Sciences discusses his new book 'Muslims in the West and the Challenges of Belonging'

Senior lecturer Dr Alecia Bellgrove discusses the dispersal ecology of seaweed spores and the levels of their development during the life cycle.

Associate Lecturer Dr Anthony Ware from the School of Politics and Policy Studies discusses Myanmar, its history and its politics.