Dr Margaret Kumar is a Language & Learning Advisor in Deakin's Division of Student Life, and she talks about a book she has co-edited on the importance of names in teaching.

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The importance of names in teaching

Prof. Svetha Venkatesh, Chair in Complex Pattern Analysis, Research Leader (TOBY Playpad) research leader behind the TOBY playpad for Autistic therapy, discusses the revolutionary iPad app and it’s functions.

TOBY playpad for Autistic therapy

Dr Sharon Brennan is a Senior Clinical Lecturer in the the School of Medicine at Deakin and here she discusses her research into mortality rates after surgery of Canadian First Nation peoples.

Post surgery mortality rates of Canadian First Nation peoples

Dr Chris Moore is a lecturer in Media and Communication at Deakin and he discusses the emerging celebrity of gamers and games as a popular media format.

Celebrity of Gamers

Dr Patrick Stokes, Lecturer in philosophy at Deakin discusses the the 2Day FM prank call, it's aftermath, the responsibility and the cult of celebrity.

2Day FM prank call and tragedy

Professor Damian Kingsbury, Director of the Centre for Citizenship, Development and Human Rights at Deakin and here he discusses issues in Midd le East; namely the state of play in Egypt as well Palestine and Israel.

'Tectonic shift on the two-state solution?'

Dr. Matthew Dunn, a Deakin public health expert, is currently in the process of beginning a new study into the impact of legal alternatives to illegal drugs.

The impact of legal alternatives to illegal drugs

Dr. Alison Carver, a Deakin research fellow who through the Deakin Centre for Physical Activity and Nutrition Research, funded by VicHealth, studied 430 primary and 258 secondary students, along with their parents, the research finds that: - Parents prefer to drive their children around rather than letting them walk or ride around. - Safety concerns were one of the main reasons for this.

Parents prefer to drive their kids

Professor P. David Marshall is the Chair of New Media, Communication and Cultural Studies is a keynote speaker at the Celebrity Studies Conference and explains the power of celebrity and it's relationship to the media.

Celebrity power and the media

Professor Liz Eckermann was awarded a research grant from AusAid worth $30,000 to bring a Laotian medical researcher to Australia for 3 months mentoring in research and evaluation methods for maternal health. At the moment her research interest involves working with Lao researchers to unpack the reality behind a project called ‘behind the smile’.

Laotian medical researcher mentoring

Broadcast journalism student Katy Andrews reports on smoking laws in Australia.

Smoking laws in Australia

Prof. Marita McCabe, Director of Deakin’s Centre for Mental Health and Wellbeing Research, discusses her research into the growing ‘silent epidemic’ of depression in aged care facilities.

‘Silent epidemic’ of depression in aged care facilities

Dr Stella Minahan, Senior Lecturer in Management at Deakin's Graduate School of Business within the Faculty of Business and Law is an expert in retail and consumer behaviour. She will discuss how consumers have gained significant power as a result of the changes in retail and retail technology.

Changes in the retail sector

Associate Professor Stephen Alomes from the School of Communication and Creative Arts discusses celebrity and how it meets populism in Europe focussing on former European leaders Nicholas Sarkozy and Silvio Berlusconi.

Celebrity meets populism in Europe

Dr. Lisa Barnett, Lecturer, School of Health & Social Development discusses her study into interactive video games improving young children’s motor skills, including the use of games such as a Wii for testing

Wii associated with better motor skills

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