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Intern choices for James Cook University graduates
No full text[Extract] We report that the internship location choices of the second cohort of medical students to graduate from James Cook University (JCU) are very similar to those of the first cohort.1 Of the 75 students who graduated in the second cohort in 2006, 65 (87%) are working in Queensland; 42 (56%) in North Queensland (roughly the area north of Mackay)
UTC 3.0 Report: James Cook University - Urban Liveability in Tropical Australia Through Urban Diaries and Community Engagement
No full textThis report provides a summary of the Urban Thinkers Campus (UTC) held at James Cook University, Australia in June 2018. It includes details regarding the sessions, their outcomes and the next steps forward. With 105 participants, 29 partners, and representatives from 9 countries, the UTC entitled ‘Urban Health and Liveability in Tropical Australia through Urban Diaries and Community Engagement’ took place on the 8th June 2018 in Cairns and 15th June in Townsville
Prevent Cyber Bullying, James Cook University [Website]
Full text linkI'd like to welcome you to our website, developed to educate students and staff about preventing cyber bullying and being safe in the online world.
Digital citizenship, social responsibility, digital reputation, and digital safety are some of the themes explored on this site.
Our multidisciplinary team of academics working in guidance and counselling, journalism and creative writing at James Cook University Australia have worked with students, staff and community members in developing the content on the site.
Our work with journalism students in a video production class has involved them developing scripts and producing videos that imagined cyber bullying scenarios, some of which are uploaded on the site.
We welcome ongoing feedback and suggestions for improving our prevent cyber bullying site.
The effectiveness of educating individuals in higher education on the ethics of the Online world, in particular cyberbullying, has driven the development of this interactive ground-breaking educational website. Content on the site is directed toward conscientious connectivity. Engaging with the content on the site provides visitors with opportunities to: (1) broaden their knowledge of cyberbullying; (2) respond constructively to stop the bullying; (3) become more informed about breaking the cycle of cyber bullying
Port of Townsville Eastern Breakwater Marine Plant Assessment
No full textPort of Townsville Limited (PoTL) commissioned TropWATER, James Cook University (JCU) to conduct a marine plant assessment of the proposed disturbance area of the Eastern Breakwater area (approximately 60m of the breakwater)
Open Access Week 2019 videos
No full textTwo short videos on Open Access in research, produced by James Cook University Library staff for international Open Access week, 21-27 October, 2019.
Video 1: Open Access.
Open Access has become one of the most critical issues for academics and scholars across the world. The ability to communicate research quickly and without barriers, and to share results and data freely, remains an ongoing challenge.
Staff from James Cook University Library spoke to some of JCU’s leading experts in Open Access, to discuss the nature, benefits, and the future of open knowledge.
Video 2: Open for Whom? Equity in Open Knowledge
The theme of the 2019 Open Access Week is ‘Open for Whom?: Equity in Open Knowledge’. Staff from James Cook University Library spoke to some of JCU’s leading researchers about the relationship between equity and Open Knowledge, and its importance for their work
International student exchange in social work: developing student perspectives about global citizenship
No full text[Extract] This case study explores the nature and impact of an international student mobility initiative within Social Work and Human Services at James Cook University (JCU), in Northern Australia
JCU Doctoral Experience Report 2018
No full textThis research report presents the experiences of current doctoral candidates at James Cook University (JCU). The findings are based on qualitative research conducted in November and December 2017. Themes remain consistent with prior iterations of the biennial JCU Doctoral Experience report conducted on behalf of the Graduate Research School (GRS). Key aspects include JCU administrative support and processes, institutional resources and support, the supervisory experience, and the overall candidature experience
UTC 3.0 Report: James Cook University - Urban Liveability in Tropical Australia Through Urban Diaries and Community Engagement
No full textThis report provides a summary of the Urban Thinkers Campus (UTC) held at James Cook University, Australia in June 2018. It includes details regarding the sessions, their outcomes and the next steps forward. With 105 participants, 29 partners, and representatives from 9 countries, the UTC entitled ‘Urban Health and Liveability in Tropical Australia through Urban Diaries and Community Engagement’ took place on the 8th June 2018 in Cairns and 15th June in Townsville
TransOceanik: academic research & public domains
Full text linkAcademic research is inherently linked to public domains: civic society, community groups, NGOs, places and spaces, including cyberspace. Public domains are also where academics share their research – with each other, graduate and undergraduate students, civil society and the general public. Such was the case of a colloquium on the theme Academic Research in the Public Domain: Interactions, Interpretations and Display.
This special issue of Etropics is a selection of papers first presented at the colloquium organised by the TransOceanik Links research group in collaboration with the Culture, Agency and Change Research Group, The Cairns Institute, the Laboratoire d'Anthropologie Sociale, CNRS, Paris, and the School of Arts and Social Sciences, James Cook University. The colloquium was held at The Cairns Institute (TCI), the tropical research institute of James Cook University which serves its tri-city campuses in Cairns, Townsville and Singapore
Journal of Rural and Tropical Public Health launches new section on disasters, emergencies and crises
Full text linkAlong with a new home page, the Journal of Rural and Tropical Public Health is pleased to announce the addition in August 2006 of a new Section on prevention, preparedness, response and recovery in disasters, emergencies and crises. This was made possible by support from the Anton Breinl Centre for Public Health and Tropical Medicine at James Cook University
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