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Many mobile apps claiming to support early reading skills in children fail to deliver actual educational benefit, with positive app store reviews seemingly driven by aesthetics and functionality, a new Flinders analysis has found.

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Can robots help young children learn to read? New research led by Associate Professor Nathan Caruana, with colleagues in Switzerland and Australia, are assessing whether social robots can be helpful assistants or companions for primary school pupils. 🤖

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The Craig Ruddy Scholarship is creating opportunity and driving real change for Indigenous students in the Flinders NT Medical Program – while honouring Craig’s vision of improved health outcomes for remote communities.

Find out more here 🔗 https://bit.ly/3LojjDI

Introducing: They Say, We Say, our new campaign that celebrates thinking differently, challenging convention, and shaping what comes next.

They say great minds think alike, we say the greatest ones don’t 🤝
Read more here 👉 https://bit.ly/4i1eLzd

Kangaroo Island in SA is home to a large, mostly disease-free koala population which, at first glance, looks like a conservation success story. But this lack of diversity means they might struggle to adapt to future threats like disease or climate change 🐨
Find out more 🔗 https://bit.ly/4n2kO7E

Flinders University researchers involved in the two winning 2025 Eureka Prize entries.

Forensic-Towards a Smart PCR Process team.

CitSci-Passport to Recovery team.

Flinders' world-class scientists have been awarded with 2025 Australian Museum Eureka Prizes. The 'Towards a Smart PCR Process' team developed a DNA amplification system, and the Passport2Recovery citizen science project rolled out 12 research programs in one website and app.🔗 https://bit.ly/4mL59dl

Could your weekend habits be silently sabotaging your sleep? 👀
New research from FHMRI Sleep Health has identified an emerging sleep disorder that the authors have called ‘social apnea’.

Read more here 🔗 https://bit.ly/4oORByW

A world first trial by FHMRI and @sahmri.bsky.social shows UV-C air purifiers cut respiratory infections by 12% in aged care homes.

Safe, cost-effective, and easy to install—GUV tech could transform infection control for vulnerable populations.
Read more here 🔗 news.flinders.edu.au/blog/2025/07...

Thanks to new ARC Linkage grants, Flinders researchers have been awarded nearly $1.5m for projects protecting Doongmabulla Springs and improving school lunch nutrition across Australia. Find out more 🔗 news.flinders.edu.au/blog/2025/06...

🔥New research from FHMRI Sleep Health reveals global warming could double sleep apnea burden by 2100. Breathing easy at night may become harder as temperatures rise—impacting health, wellbeing & economies worldwide. Find out more: news.flinders.edu.au/blog/2025/06...
#SleepHealth #ClimateCrisis #OSA

Flinders University was honoured to welcome the Honourable Malcolm Turnbull AC, Australia’s 29th Prime Minister, to deliver the inaugural Jeff Bleich Centre Distinguished Lecture at the Adelaide Festival Centre! An insightful panel discussion with Ambassador Bleich and key Flinders experts followed.

Congratulations to Dr Matthew Wallen, Senior Research Fellow and an exercise physiologist who has just been named one of South Australia’s 40 Under 40 young leaders.
His work is all about how lifestyle interventions can benefit people living with cancer. Read more www.flinders.edu.au/research/art...

Today @jasonclaremp.bsky.social visited our Sturt Campus midwifery sim labs to share government support for future nurses, midwives, teachers & social workers. With @louisemiller-frost.bsky.social & VC Prof Colin Stirling, they met students who will benefit from prac payments & reduced student debt.

Flinders A/Prof Emma Kennedy AM has been appointed a Member of the Order of Australia (AM) in the 2025 King’s Birthday Honours List.

She part of a group of ten staff, alumni and associates of Flinders that have been recognised this year. Find out more 🔗 news.flinders.edu.au/blog/2025/06...

For the second year in a row, Flinders University has been named Best Future Skills Provider at the Defence and National Security Workforce Awards 🏆 Find out more news.flinders.edu.au/blog/2025/05...

Five Flinders engineering graduates are now working in local government thanks to the City of Mitcham and City of Marion Joint Engineering Graduate Program! The graduates will rotate work roles between the two councils throughout the two-year graduate program 🔗 news.flinders.edu.au/blog/2025/05...

Acting PM Richard Marles, @louisemiller-frost.bsky.social @mattburnellmp.bsky.social Claire Clutterham MP & SA Senators Marielle Smith & Karen Grogan visited students & the site of the $300m HealthCARE Centre with Chancellor John Hood, Senior Deputy VC Prof Romy Lawson & MPH VPED Prof Jonathan Craig

Flinders University fossil hunters have found startling evidence of the earliest four-legged life on Earth - and it might be around 40 million years older than previously thought...🌏

Find out more 🔗 news.flinders.edu.au/blog/2025/05...
@nature.com @draliceclement.bsky.social @latrobeuni.bsky.social

Teenagers consider zero-alcohol beverages to be a type of alcoholic drink, leading Flinders University researchers to voice grave concerns about the impact of their exposure to zero-alcohol branding and advertising.
Read more here 🔗 news.flinders.edu.au/blog/2025/03...

For World Psycho-Oncology Day today, we're showcasing the incredible work Flinders researchers and clinicians are doing to improve psycho-social care through research, free resources like findingmyway.org.au/ and clinical support.
Learn more here 🔗 ipos-society.org/WPOD
@ipospsychooncol.bsky.social

Aiming to assist with an often-overlooked side of motor neurone disease, a new project led by Dr Rebecca Francis is working with people living with MND, and their families, to understand and manage cognitive changes associated with the disease. Read more here 🔗 news.flinders.edu.au/blog/2025/04...

Congratulations to Professor Lily Xiao and Associate Professor Michelle Bellon from the College of Nursing and Health Sciences, who have been successful in the latest grant round from the Medical Research Future Fund. Read more here 🔗 news.flinders.edu.au/blog/2025/03...

On #WorldAutismDay we’re highlighting research at Flinders to distinguish between autism & developmental trauma.
Prof Robyn Young & PhD student Alex Brazell (FIMHWell) are refining early screening tools to ensure the right diagnosis & support. Find out more 🔗 news.flinders.edu.au/blog/2025/03...

Flinders University students living in Adelaide’s north will soon have a new place to study, connect and thrive, with the launch of the Uni Hub Playford.
Find out more here 🔗 news.flinders.edu.au/blog/2025/03...

The University of Hyderabad (UoH) and Flinders University have entered into a landmark strategic partnership, formalised through the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU). Find out more here 🔗 news.flinders.edu.au/blog/2025/03...

Flinders named finalist in 2025 Defence Workforce Awards For the second consecutive year, Flinders University has been named a finalist in the 2025 Defence and National Security Workforce Awards for Best Future Skills Provider. […]

For the second consecutive year, Flinders University has been named a finalist in the 2025 Defence and National Security Workforce Awards for Best Future Skills Provider. Find out more here 👉 news.flinders.edu.au/blog/2025/03...

Congrats to Liz McNeill on receiving the 2025 ANMC Commemorative Scholarship! 👏
"I am honoured to receive this award—not only to respect my military ancestors but to inspire leaders with resilience, courage, and determination."
Her PhD is paving the way for the next generation of midwives ⭐

Today is World Sleep Day! Are you getting enough sleep? If not, you’re not alone. Flinders' research team is tackling this complex problem from multiple angles and creating innovative sleep solutions to help change people's lives for the better.

Find out more 🔗 www.flinders.edu.au/research/art...

It's World Glaucoma Week-a global initiative dedicated to raising awareness about a group of eye diseases that lead to progressive vision loss. It affects an estimated 300,000 Australians over the age of 40, and an estimated 80 million people worldwide. Read more: www.flinders.edu.au/research/art...

As #InternationalWomensDay approaches we take a look at some of the research that's changing women's lives. From endometriosis developments, to body image and motherhood, to inspiring STEM researchers. Read more here 👉 www.flinders.edu.au/research/art...
#IWD2025 #endometriosis #STEM