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Planetary health seminars & workshops

Join us for our five sessions, 1–9 December 2020, in which the Victoria University community will gather, reflect and make decisions that will strengthen our planetary health focus in 2021.

Green rooftops, the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), working with our communities, carbon-neutral campuses, Global Ethics Toolkit, transdisciplinary learning and research are just some of topics on the agenda for our inaugural Planetary Health Huddle.

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Paramedicine student on study tour

Paramedicine student on study tour in Vanuatu, reflecting our international development efforts, where we support VU students to undertake activities that serve a moral purpose.

Building the resilience of tourist destinations

As part of Victoria University’s focus on planetary health, a research program has been implemented to respond to the disastrous impacts of bushfires and the COVID-19 pandemic on the Victorian visitor economy.

VU & Brimbank City Council partner to benefit local community

Brimbank Council and Victoria University have affirmed their commitment to work together to help improve local employment, education, learning, health, wellbeing and socio-economic opportunities for the Brimbank community and Melbourne’s west.

Targeted interventions for world's most vulnerable pays big dividends

Targeted interventions can improve future of world’s most vulnerable

Targeted spending on health and education for young people in the world’s poorest countries could yield more than ten times that amount in social and economic benefits, a UNICEF report led by Victoria University finds.