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Learning, leading, and living: Jacob’s university journey

Dylan Alcott Foundation Scholarship recipient Jacob Clear visited the University of Canberra once – on UC Open Day – and never looked back.

16 Sep 2025

How does mental fatigue impact athletes? A UC researcher is trying to find out

PhD student at the UC Research Institute for Sport and Exercise Yleia Mariano is using their experience as an athlete, as well as their undergraduate qualifications, to aid research into mental fatigue in athletes and sportspeople.

08 Sep 2025

The UC midwifery student looking to keep her workforce alive and well

Alix Dornbusch is researching best practices to support midwives in a profession facing a staffing crisis.

01 Sep 2025
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Discover Design at UC Open Day Fest

The distinctive booth, designed by Faculty of Arts and Design students, will contribute to a larger treasure hunt activity on 20 September.

17 Sep 2025

UC’s HEAL Global Research Centre to assess community centres as shelters from heatwaves and bushfire smoke

As part of the Climate Resilience Centres project, University of Canberra researchers and collaborators across Canberra and NSW will look at libraries and other public spaces to protect communities and as drivers of climate change adaptation.

16 Sep 2025

The fight against deadly RSV takes top spot at UC Three Minute Thesis 2025 finals

Showcasing a diversity of impactful research – from bringing maths to life with innovative spatial processing techniques for school students, to addressing RSV, the impacts of long COVID, and heart disease – eight PhD students from the University of Canberra took the competition stage by storm.

11 Sep 2025
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