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We love this beautiful shot of our #Geelong Waterfront campus, taken by student Michelle Rodrigues.
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The view from our #Geelong Waterfront campus never gets old. For more beautiful shots, head to our Instagram page: bit.ly/2pAWfmf
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Once, the way we viewed celebrities was framed by the legacy press and the entertainment industry. Now fans and social media are rewriting the script. More from #Deakin Prof David Marshall: bit.ly/3b7r5gv @DeakinArtsEd #FramingBritneySpears
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ICYMI: #Deakin's Food and Mood Centre is equipping people around the world with a new approach to promoting mental wellbeing - through good diet - thanks to a free online short course: bit.ly/32ZInF0
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Not long until #ATAR scores are released. What's the vibe out there?
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Ann Brown had to leave school when she was 14, now aged 75 she is about to graduate from Deakin with a PhD: bit.ly/2JJnjtt
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The safety and wellbeing of our community is our top priority. From and including Wednesday 18 March until Friday 27 March, Deakin is pausing all on-campus teaching, including classes (lectures), seminars and pracs. For more, visit our FAQs page: bit.ly/30YoWgs
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📰 | #Deakin will become the first university in the world to open an international teaching campus in India.
The campus in the heart of the smart business district GIFT City will give students access to future-ready postgraduate courses.
🔗 deakin.au/3YwfLA8
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Coverage of women’s sport rarely rises above 10% of total sports coverage on any given day in Australia. So what’s one simple way to increase it? Employ more women in sports journalism: bit.ly/3i0lfzq @ktoffa @DeakinArtsEd @Siren_Sport
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As a proud partner, we'd like to wish the @GeelongCats good luck ahead of their first match of the 2018 #AFL season. Go Cats! #AFL #WeAreGeelong
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Great news: #Deakin and @NetballAust today announced an all-of-sport partnership that will see Deakin support #netball through@SuperNetball , @AussieDiamonds, the Australian Netball League and @Fast5Netball. Find out more: bit.ly/2A8F0lu
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A #Deakin sport sociology researcher has tracked the evolution of the perception of female #sports fans and found they are now seen as legitimate supporters, provided they don’t threaten the dominant view that serious fandom remains a male pastime. More: bit.ly/2EG1oSv
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📰 | Human rights activist, sports broadcaster and former @Socceroos captain @Craig_Foster AM will present the 2023 @DeakinLaw School Oration, to be held tonight at @FedSquare
🔗 deakin.au/3pITKlG
ALT Professional headshot of Craig Foster AM.
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Congratulations to Laura English, #Deakin's first Indigenous doctor who graduated today in Geelong! Read more: bit.ly/2C9iHLV #DeakinGrad 🎓
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We're proud of our partner the @GeelongCats who have today announced they will join the @aflwomens competition from 2019! 🏆 #WeAreGeelong
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In addition to the financial assistance already announced for domestic students experiencing hardship as a result of COVID-19, #Deakin will offer up to $25 million in targeted support for international students. Read more: bit.ly/2RDVdGn
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Despite more women than men now participating in sport and physical activity, coverage of women’s sport rarely rises above 10% of total sports coverage on any given day in Aus. More: bit.ly/3oHYFxP @ktoffa @DeakinArtsEd @Siren_Sport
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Tertiary students have rated #Deakin as Australia's number one public university for the 'overall student experience'. This stretches the institution’s run as the top Victorian university to a fourth consecutive year: bit.ly/33cIOgW
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Deakin's School of Exercise & Nutrition Sciences has again been ranked number 1 in the world, according to the ARWU: bit.ly/2hcajjd
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🥇 Students have once again rated #Deakin as the best Victorian university for overall student experience.
More: bit.ly/3QU1lH1
ALT Deakin student Jess jumping for joy under the Deakin cube at the Melbourne Burwood Campus.
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Great news: We have been ranked Victoria's number 1 university under 50 years old by Times Higher Education for the fifth year in a row: bit.ly/2HtsThU
ALT Image of a building at Deakin's Melbourne Burwood campus against a blue sky with scattered clouds. Building has a large Deakin logo on it.
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Please be aware that the following information may be triggering. If you would like support, please contact the support services listed below.
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Deakin has climbed 33 places to enter the world’s top 250 universities, according to the QS World University Rankings released today. Deakin’s overall rank of 233 is its best QS World University Rankings result and confirms its position in the top 1% of universities worldwide: deakin.au/3JAFvX8
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If you're unhappy at work, desperation can make you want to do whatever it takes to get out of there – and fast. We spoke to three professionals about the best way to move on to greener pastures: bit.ly/2KXKW5x
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“#Deakin is passionate about inspiring women to achieve their goals in whatever they choose to do, which is why we are thrilled to continue our support of the @GeelongCats to achieve its goals in the @AFLWomens league,” says @VCdeakin. More: bit.ly/2J9JNVj @CatsWomens
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📽️ | Look who visited our #Warrnambool campus last week. We hear he's interested in a #Deakin environmental science Koalafication.
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We're proud to be a partner of the recently announced @GeelongCats women's side next year in the Women's @VFL: bit.ly/2e0U0UB
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One of our very own @deakinartsed graduates, @BaratBatoor, has won Best Australian Director at @MDFFest for his documentary film ‘Batoor: A Refugee Journey’ 👏🎬 Congratulations, Barat!
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Cheer on the @GeelongCats this Saturday at our Waurn Ponds campus as they prepare for their final against the Hawks
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We've just been named in the top 300 universities in the world! Check out the details here: bit.ly/2aTocOi
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#Deakin is continuing to review and monitor the coronavirus situation as it unfolds. These FAQs will be updated as new information comes to hand. Read more: bit.ly/30YoWgs
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Good luck to the @GeelongCats #VFLW team as they take on Hawthorn in the #VFLWGrandFinal this Sunday 🏈 Go girls! 💪 #DeakinSport
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They're back! Great to have the Cats training at our Elite Sports Precinct in Waurn Ponds this week. 📷 : @GeelongCats #AFL
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#Deakin Chancellor John Stanhope AM has announced the appointment of Prof. Iain Martin as the University's next Vice-Chancellor. Prof. Martin will become the 7th VC and President when he succeeds Prof. Jane den Hollander AO in May 2019. More: bit.ly/2NpcsuR
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We're loving this brilliant shot our talented student @AllyshaWebber took of our campus overlooking Burwood highway!
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Deakin has been ranked 10th in Australia and has maintained its ranking of 3rd in Victoria in the prestigious @ShanghaiRanking: bit.ly/2wb4vxI
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We’re proud to have been named in top 400 worldwide by Academic Ranking of World Universities. bit.ly/1BjUE7U
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IMPORTANT: #Deakin and its campuses remain open. For now, students and staff should continue to attend as planned. Read our FAQs for more information: bit.ly/39T5llE
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#Deakin has climbed 62 places to enter the world’s top 300 universities in the QS World University Rankings. More: bit.ly/2sFBmYW
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An analysis by #Deakin shows Australian television news and current affairs programs across all channels are overwhelmingly curated, framed and presented by journalists and commentators from an Anglo-Celtic background: bit.ly/31XQmUv via @ConversationEDU @DeakinArtsEd
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A huge congratulations to #Deakin student and Deakin @MelbourneBoomer star @moniiquecontii on winning an #AFLW flag with the @BulldogsW and Best On Ground! 🏆🥇#AFLWGF
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🎉 | Deakin’s School of Exercise and Nutrition Sciences has been ranked the #1 school of sport science in Australia for the third year running, according to @ShanghaiRanking's Global Ranking of Sport Science Schools and Departments: bit.ly/2IDqSG5 @DeakinHealth
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We have maintained our position as 3rd in Victoria according to the Academic Ranking of World Universities. More: bit.ly/2w86THg
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Happy #InternationalCatDay
ALT Geelong players locked in arms on the fiel including TOm hawkins, Cam Guthrie, Harry Taylor (pointing) and Scott Selwood.
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Morgan's Walk is now open. Elgar Road and the central precinct of the Burwood campus are now safely linked together.
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#Deakin's Vice-Chancellor Professor Jane den Hollander AO has today been honoured with the Business Higher Education Round Table (BHERT) Ashley Goldsworthy Award for Leadership in Industry-University Collaboration. Read more: bit.ly/2zPgR0t
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A new #Deakin $9.8m state-of-the-art aquaculture research centre is set to drive sustainable fish production, novel feed and aquaculture technology development, and industry training: bit.ly/39LTOpH @DeakinSust @deakinresearch
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Coverage of women’s sport rarely rises above 10% of total sports coverage on any given day in Australia. So what’s one simple way to increase it? Employ more women in sports journalism: bit.ly/2XtTiXq @ktoffa @DeakinArtsEd @Siren_Sport
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#Deakin has continued its climb in the QS Top 50 Under 50 World University Rankings, rising from 31st to 26th in the 2021 index. Find out more: bit.ly/2Z1QPDL
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#Deakin has announced a plan to safely welcome students and staff back to its campuses as part of a staged reopening aligned with the Victorian Government’s Roadmap: bit.ly/3l9W0xF
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As a community, we stand together to recognise and support those that have been impacted by this persistent state of emergency and the devastation and displacement that bushfires bring: bit.ly/2tACmT3
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BREAKING NEWS: @leighsales has received the 2019 Alumni Lifetime Achievement award. @abc730 @chat10looks3 @penguinbooksaus
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Love is in the air: What a beautiful ending to our #deakingrad ceremony last night. 💍♥️ @VCdeakin
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Wanting to know why you should attend #Deakin’s Virtual Open Day? @GeelongCats superstars @dangerfield35 and @zach2e share some reasons why virtual is best 💻 Register here: bit.ly/3xKVgmz #DeakinVirtualOpenDay
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We have been ranked Victoria’s #1 university under 50 years old by @timeshighered for the second year in a row: bit.ly/2nJb84j
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Get down to our Waurn Ponds Elite Sports Precinct at 11.30am tomorrow to watch the @GeelongCats in action. #AFL
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That's a wrap for Trimester 2 exams! Congratulations to all of our students - you did it! Enjoy your Friday and #Melbourne's beautiful sunshine 🌞... 📹: Meagan Nuestro
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Congratulations to our Deakin Dragons Indigenous Games team who are once again basketball champions!
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‘As a young girl I dreamed of running out on the Western Whitten Oval and playing at the highest level. It’s why I decided to financially support women’s football in the early 2000’s.’ - @SusanAlberti1 #ParkinOration
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🎓| Congratulations to #Deakin graduate Wendy, who today received her second (2nd!) postgraduate qualification. Wendy completed her Master of Educational Administration in 1992, and has returned to graduate as a Doctor of Philosophy. Her topic was clinical decision making in surgery. Congrats Wendy! #DeakinGrad
ALT A photo of Deakin graduate Wendy, standing and smiling to camera in front of beautiful leaves and a sign saying ‘Deakin Alumni’
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Congratulations to Dr @Erin_Hoare who has received a prestigious Fulbright Future Scholarship to pursue her research into how physical activity and diet influence mental health. Read more: bit.ly/2L5qCgc
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What a match! You did it! 🏆
WE DID IT! 🏆🤘🦊
This one's for your Victoria. We couldn't be prouder.
Thanks for an epic Grand Final @WestCoastFever.
Thanks to our match day partner, @Deakin.
#DoingItForVIC #WitnessFearless #SSNGrandFinal #SSNVixensFever
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Deakin has been named in the Australian @FinancialReview's 100 Most Innovative Companies list for the Deakin Genie smartphone app. As one of only three higher education institutions on the list; Deakin was the highest-ranked: bit.ly/2NXstUm
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Is it ‘re-search’ or ‘ree-search’? ‘Yoh-gurt’ or ‘yo-gurt’? ‘Ah-gain’ or ‘ah-gen’? Take our quiz and find out if you're mispronouncing common words: bit.ly/2tEO2R4
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Our very own @VCdeakin with fellow members of the Deakin community at the 2017 @midsumma #PrideMarch.
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Legal studies is one of the most popular #VCE subjects. Our experts share their top tips to passing it: bit.ly/2w5Kv24
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We're immensely proud to celebrate 40 years since our first 581 students walked into the graduation tent at the Waurn Ponds Campus in Geelong. Find out more about our 40 years of graduates: bit.ly/2Od3f5D nitter.app/Deakin/status/10227007…
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We’ve been ranked #3 in Australia for graduate employability by the @timeshighered Global University Ranking 2016: bit.ly/2fFNAdD
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By popular demand the 5 Tax Strategies for Your EOFY is coming to #Geelong. More: bit.ly/2ssa4bf @bendigobank
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#Deakin researcher Associate Professor Ly Tran has been named among Vietnam's 50 most influential women by Forbes Vietnam for her leading research into Vietnamese higher education reform and international student mobility. More: bit.ly/2NNCIMf
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Three #Deakin graduates have established the world's first recycled carbon fibre surfboard company, with the help of @SPARKDeakin Accelerator 2020 program: bit.ly/3j3zLXm
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Great news: Deakin has improved its position in the latest @timeshighered World University Rankings, climbing inside the top 350. The 2020 rankings, released overnight, reveal #Deakin improved one band to 301-350, up from 351-400 in 2019: bit.ly/2kcN9P7
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Essays, exams etc... so much to do, so little time. Our six tips to improve time management: bit.ly/1ZmrL3j
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#Deakin Chair in Epidemiology Professor Catherine Bennett believes what Victorians have achieved is of international significance: bit.ly/34dqPJp via @newscomauHQ @DeakinHealth
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📸| Only one week to go until Deakin OWeek kicks off! We can’t wait to have you all back on our campuses ❤️🎊 #DeakinOWeek
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A big congratulations to #Deakin nursing student Sophie on becoming our 250,000th graduate! 🎉🎓 #DeakinGrad
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Deakin Postgrad: The postgrad that's ready when you are.
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We're proud to be the first university in Australia and NZ to offer a dedicated VR course: bit.ly/1SogwCB
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🥇 We’ve gone global… again! For the fifth time, Deakin has been ranked the no. 1 Sport Science School in the world in the ShanghaiRanking Global Ranking of Sport Science Schools and Departments 2023.
We want to extend a huge congratulations to everyone who has contributed to this incredible achievement 👏
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Are you addicted to your smartphone? According to a study, Australians check their phones more than 35 times a day on average. Take our quiz to find out if you're addicted: bit.ly/2JcMpoA
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ALT Image: Looking out from the Deakin Residential tower at the Geelong Waterfront Campus. In the distance are several boats floating on the ocean.
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Another beautiful shot taken at our #Burwood campus on Friday. To see more, head to our instagram account: bit.ly/2jkLupD
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