Sustainable VU: news stories

Find the latest media related to protecting Country and the Sustainable Development Goals at Victoria University.

Weather forecasting worlds unite

12 January 2023

Indigenous knowledge and contemporary meteorological weather methods connect to provide reliable, accurate and accessible weather forecasts for the Pacific in Victoria University project.

VU Staff finish 2022 brilliantly

14 December 2022

The VU Staff Awards acknowledge the contribution and expertise of people whose work makes a significant impact and celebrates VU staff who positively contribute to the University’s workplace culture.

Victoria University (VU) Online honoured at LearnX Summit

25 November 2022

Victoria University (VU) Online has won two Platinum awards at the LearnX Summit and Award Show 2022.

VU & Chinese researchers team up to fight plastic pollution with seaweed

21 November 2022

Dr Jianhua Zhang, researcher from Victoria University (VU), believes seaweed could be harnessed to replace one of the biggest contributors to waste in our oceans: plastic packaging.

'Summer Gap' program supports young people to explore next steps after high school

21 November 2022

Researchers at Victoria University and AVID Australia have just completed a state-government-funded project, Summer Gap, working directly with young people.

Boost to AI research to improve aged care

18 November 2022

Victoria University will share in just over a million dollars from CSIRO to look at how artificial intelligence (AI) could improve the quality of life and wellbeing of those living in aged care.

Veggie waste offers green solution to single-use packaging

14 November 2022

Australia’s mounting packaging stockpile could soon shrink with a little help from greener packaging made from vegetable waste.

Research aims to replace wheelchairs with 'exoskeletons'

8 November 2022

Exoskeletons — motorised mechanical devices attached to an individual’s body to assist movement — have been a popular feature in science fiction movies from Robocop to Iron Man as a means to give someone superhuman s

Photograph celebrating traditional owners of the land wins Picturing Footscray 2022

7 November 2022

After two years of being held virtually, Picturing Footscray finally returned to a physical exhibition and community celebration in 2022.