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Library staff recognised with awards

Monday 16 December 2019

Library staff recognised with 2019 Library Awards and citations at the Vice-Chancellor’s Awards 2019.
Airbnb- licence or lease?

Is a home-share arrangement on Airbnb a residential lease?

Monday 16 December 2019

A Victoria University law researcher and former tenancy lawyer says people using home-sharing arrangements such as Airbnb could be entering into leases bound by Victorian residential tenancy law without knowing it, following a controversial Victorian Supreme Court decision.

Victoria University welcomes Footscray priority precinct announcement

Friday 13 December 2019

Victoria University welcomes the State Government’s decision to make Footscray, one of Melbourne’s fastest growing suburbs in the west, a priority precinct.

VU Research takes out a 2019 ATEM Research Management Best Practice Award

Friday 13 December 2019

VU Research acknowledged at the 2019 ATEM Best Practice awards earlier this year.

Victoria University PhD for swimming champion Shane Gould

Thursday 12 December 2019

Olympic swimming champion Shane Gould, 63, received a PhD from Victoria University in Melbourne on 11 December.

Our new Deputy Vice-Chancellor Research, Corinne Reid

Tuesday 10 December 2019

Deputy Vice-Chancellor Research Corinne Reid has joined VU from Edinburgh University, at the end of September.

VU launches Research Reveal podcasts

Tuesday 10 December 2019

After months of planning and hard work and with the help of a supportive team, Research Reveal was launched on September 13, 2019.

Australia’s health off track

Tuesday 10 December 2019

The national report card on Australia’s health shows that we are not on track to meet our health targets, and foreshadows a rise in preventable chronic illness.

Australia’s health tracker 2019

Tuesday 10 December 2019

Australia’s Health Tracker is a set of national report cards tracking the health risk factors in the Australian population that contribute to preventable chronic diseases.
Kathleen Mikkelsen & Vasso Apostolopoulos with vitamin B products

VU’s Three Minute Thesis competition winner Kathleen Mikkelsen

Monday 9 December 2019

ictoria University’s Kathleen Mikkelsen is back in the lab after winning Victoria University’s Three Minute Thesis Competition.