Deakin Matters

Ms. Kate Fitz-Gibbon, lecturer in Criminology at Deakin discusses her research regarding homicide cases, which showed prosecutors were making secret ‘settlements’ to finish cases as opposed to leaving the decision up to the jury.

PhD Candidate, Lisa Lucas from the School of Exercise and Nutrition Sciences discusses her latest research that looks at the medical benefits of olive oil. She has also just completed a marathon from Sydney to Mt Kosciuszko, Australia's highest mountain.

Assoc. Prof. Julie Pasco from Deakin's School of Medicine discusses her research into levels of vitamin D in mothers during pregnancy. The research is longitudinal study that hopes to test the levels of vitamin D in the mother children who will soon be 9 years old.

Associate Professor Samantha Hepburn in The School of Law discusses the coal seam gas industry in Australia from a legal perspective and in particular its environmental regulation

Associate Head of School in The School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Dr Sally Totman discusses the latest situation in Syria with the pending deployment of 300 observers in Syria to monitor an agreed ceasefire.

Research Fellow Ms Anne Magnus discusses her research into alcohol consumption. Anne also discusses time lost to those participants due to ill-health caused by consuming alcohol.

Professor Brendan Crotty was appointed Deakin’s first Head of the School of Medicine and he discusses the first cohort of students to graduate from Deakin’s Medical school.

Associate Professor in Journalism Martin Hirst talks about a media inquiry into Rupert Murdoch's Australian newspapers and how they are biased against the Gillard Government.

Associate Professor Tim Crowe from the School of Exercise and Nutrition Sciences discusses aspects of "dieting" and eating healthy over the silly season and how people can still enjoy themselves without over-indulging.

Dr Benjamin Isakhan, Research Fellow in the School of Humanities and Social Sciences has been awarded a Discovery Early Career Researcher Award for his project that Measures the Destruction of Heritage and Spikes of Violence in Iraq.