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James Cook University's College of Arts, Society and Education (CASE) reflects and shapes the social, economic, environmental and political factors that define Northern Australia and the tropical Asia-Pacific - the place that defines our teaching.
Dive into a literary life in Australia’s Wet Tropics with this podcast featuring CASE Research Officer for the Roderick Centre for Australian Literature and Creative Writing (RALC) Dr Elizabeth Smyth. Play: tinyurl.com/3wk6akpx.
October 29, 2025 at 1:37 AM
Dive into a literary life in Australia’s Wet Tropics with this podcast featuring CASE Research Officer for the Roderick Centre for Australian Literature and Creative Writing (RALC) Dr Elizabeth Smyth. Play: tinyurl.com/3wk6akpx.
Factor-Inwentash Faculty of Social Work University of Toronto field instructors were recently invited to attend a talk by Professor Ines Zuchowski, CASE’s Associate Dean, Research.
Associate Professor Zuchowski shared insights on working with students in field education in Australia.
Associate Professor Zuchowski shared insights on working with students in field education in Australia.
October 29, 2025 at 1:32 AM
Factor-Inwentash Faculty of Social Work University of Toronto field instructors were recently invited to attend a talk by Professor Ines Zuchowski, CASE’s Associate Dean, Research.
Associate Professor Zuchowski shared insights on working with students in field education in Australia.
Associate Professor Zuchowski shared insights on working with students in field education in Australia.
To mark World Teachers' Day this week Inspiration on Tap is shining a light on the power of mindset in transforming education. Join CASE’s Dr Tanya Doyle, Dr Kelsey Lowrie and Dr Grace Jefferson as they explore the powerful impact teachers have in shaping young lives. Click below to register now.
JCU Inspiration on Tap
To mark World Teachers' Day, Inspiration on Tap is shining a light on the power of evidence and mindset in transforming education.
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October 29, 2025 at 1:32 AM
To mark World Teachers' Day this week Inspiration on Tap is shining a light on the power of mindset in transforming education. Join CASE’s Dr Tanya Doyle, Dr Kelsey Lowrie and Dr Grace Jefferson as they explore the powerful impact teachers have in shaping young lives. Click below to register now.
It was a big day for Social Work at JCU today with a celebration of field work held at JCU's Townsville Bebegu Yumba campus.
More than 100 students, liaison officers, field educators, task supervisors and host agencies gathered to hear students speak about their placement journeys and network.
More than 100 students, liaison officers, field educators, task supervisors and host agencies gathered to hear students speak about their placement journeys and network.
October 22, 2025 at 6:02 AM
It was a big day for Social Work at JCU today with a celebration of field work held at JCU's Townsville Bebegu Yumba campus.
More than 100 students, liaison officers, field educators, task supervisors and host agencies gathered to hear students speak about their placement journeys and network.
More than 100 students, liaison officers, field educators, task supervisors and host agencies gathered to hear students speak about their placement journeys and network.
Meet Ryan Catholic College's careers advisor, Nicole Stott-Whiting, and hear how studying JCU's Graduate Certificate of Career Development has enhanced her practice.
Learn more about this CICA-endorsed course at: www.jcu.edu.au/courses/graduate-certificate-of-career-development
Learn more about this CICA-endorsed course at: www.jcu.edu.au/courses/graduate-certificate-of-career-development
Discover JCU's Graduate Certificate of Career Development
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October 17, 2025 at 12:52 AM
Meet Ryan Catholic College's careers advisor, Nicole Stott-Whiting, and hear how studying JCU's Graduate Certificate of Career Development has enhanced her practice.
Learn more about this CICA-endorsed course at: www.jcu.edu.au/courses/graduate-certificate-of-career-development
Learn more about this CICA-endorsed course at: www.jcu.edu.au/courses/graduate-certificate-of-career-development
Students from JCU's Master of Global Development recently went on an unforgettable field trip to Mossman, where the community is transitioning from a century-old sugar industry to a green, sustainable economy built on ecotourism, high-end horticulture, and innovative green technology.
October 14, 2025 at 11:33 AM
Students from JCU's Master of Global Development recently went on an unforgettable field trip to Mossman, where the community is transitioning from a century-old sugar industry to a green, sustainable economy built on ecotourism, high-end horticulture, and innovative green technology.
Congratulations to Winton State School's Campbell Evans on winning the Excellence in Beginning to Teach Qld TEACHX Awards.
Campbell graduated JCU with a Bachelor of Education degree in 2021. As Head of Department (Primary), his leadership has been instrumental in implementing literacy programs.
Campbell graduated JCU with a Bachelor of Education degree in 2021. As Head of Department (Primary), his leadership has been instrumental in implementing literacy programs.
October 8, 2025 at 6:13 AM
Congratulations to Winton State School's Campbell Evans on winning the Excellence in Beginning to Teach Qld TEACHX Awards.
Campbell graduated JCU with a Bachelor of Education degree in 2021. As Head of Department (Primary), his leadership has been instrumental in implementing literacy programs.
Campbell graduated JCU with a Bachelor of Education degree in 2021. As Head of Department (Primary), his leadership has been instrumental in implementing literacy programs.
Townsville voters will select their next mayor at a by-election on November 15, with nominations opening today.
Press play below to hear JCU’s Dr Liam Moore (Lecturer, International Politics and Policy) chat with the ABC North Queensland Breakfast show about the upcoming postal vote.
Press play below to hear JCU’s Dr Liam Moore (Lecturer, International Politics and Policy) chat with the ABC North Queensland Breakfast show about the upcoming postal vote.
Countdown to Townsville by-election
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October 7, 2025 at 4:08 AM
Townsville voters will select their next mayor at a by-election on November 15, with nominations opening today.
Press play below to hear JCU’s Dr Liam Moore (Lecturer, International Politics and Policy) chat with the ABC North Queensland Breakfast show about the upcoming postal vote.
Press play below to hear JCU’s Dr Liam Moore (Lecturer, International Politics and Policy) chat with the ABC North Queensland Breakfast show about the upcoming postal vote.
Meet JCU’s 2025 Outstanding Alumni Awards winner (Trailblazer Award) Tamara Loehr.
Tamara completed a Bachelor of Arts at JCU in 1997 and is now an award-winning entrepreneur, impact investor, and co-CEO of Enterprise Growth Systems, where she helps mid-sized companies scale with purpose.
Tamara completed a Bachelor of Arts at JCU in 1997 and is now an award-winning entrepreneur, impact investor, and co-CEO of Enterprise Growth Systems, where she helps mid-sized companies scale with purpose.
2025 Trailblazer Award - Tamara Loehr
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October 7, 2025 at 4:06 AM
Meet JCU’s 2025 Outstanding Alumni Awards winner (Trailblazer Award) Tamara Loehr.
Tamara completed a Bachelor of Arts at JCU in 1997 and is now an award-winning entrepreneur, impact investor, and co-CEO of Enterprise Growth Systems, where she helps mid-sized companies scale with purpose.
Tamara completed a Bachelor of Arts at JCU in 1997 and is now an award-winning entrepreneur, impact investor, and co-CEO of Enterprise Growth Systems, where she helps mid-sized companies scale with purpose.
Have a listen to this Public Seminar by Dr Mykaela Saunders, University of Sydney, supported by JCU’s Roderick Centre for Australian Literature and Creative Writing.
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Stories Accumulate Like Time: First Nations Speculative Fiction
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September 25, 2025 at 6:26 AM
Have a listen to this Public Seminar by Dr Mykaela Saunders, University of Sydney, supported by JCU’s Roderick Centre for Australian Literature and Creative Writing.
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Dr Elizabeth Smyth's new article celebrates the university-educated woman farmer in John Naish’s 𝘛𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘔𝘦𝘯 𝘚𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘍𝘦𝘢𝘳 (1963).
Dr Smyth argues that this forgotten novel reshapes the genre of the Australian farm novel and expands traditional representations of women and class.
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Dr Smyth argues that this forgotten novel reshapes the genre of the Australian farm novel and expands traditional representations of women and class.
tinyurl.com/bdjsvrj
September 25, 2025 at 5:14 AM
Dr Elizabeth Smyth's new article celebrates the university-educated woman farmer in John Naish’s 𝘛𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘔𝘦𝘯 𝘚𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘍𝘦𝘢𝘳 (1963).
Dr Smyth argues that this forgotten novel reshapes the genre of the Australian farm novel and expands traditional representations of women and class.
tinyurl.com/bdjsvrj
Dr Smyth argues that this forgotten novel reshapes the genre of the Australian farm novel and expands traditional representations of women and class.
tinyurl.com/bdjsvrj
Congratulations to the Townsville Museum for its recent 40-year anniversary celebrations, attended by CASE's Dr Claire Brennan (second from right), a lecturer in history at JCU.
September 25, 2025 at 5:11 AM
Congratulations to the Townsville Museum for its recent 40-year anniversary celebrations, attended by CASE's Dr Claire Brennan (second from right), a lecturer in history at JCU.
Congratulations to first time author Khin Myint, who has won this year’s $50,000 Margaret and Colin Roderick Literary Award for Fragile Creatures: A Memoir.
Debut author Khin Myint wins 2025 Margaret and Colin Roderick Literary Award
First time author Khin Myint has won this year’s $50,000 Margaret and Colin Roderick Literary Award for Fragile Creatures: A Memoir.
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September 16, 2025 at 1:13 AM
Congratulations to first time author Khin Myint, who has won this year’s $50,000 Margaret and Colin Roderick Literary Award for Fragile Creatures: A Memoir.
Research conducted by Dr Doris Asante and Associate Professor Anna Boucher for Settlement Services International on migrant deskilling has been used by the organisation in developing their policy recommendations to government.
Read below the Mandarin article summarising the research findings.
Read below the Mandarin article summarising the research findings.
What overseas examples tell us about recognising the skills of migrants and refugees
Tailored support, streamlined recognition, and global examples show how migrant skills can boost Australia’s economy.
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September 16, 2025 at 12:50 AM
Research conducted by Dr Doris Asante and Associate Professor Anna Boucher for Settlement Services International on migrant deskilling has been used by the organisation in developing their policy recommendations to government.
Read below the Mandarin article summarising the research findings.
Read below the Mandarin article summarising the research findings.
And that’s a wrap for Social Sciences Week, with celebrations including a focus on the 50th Anniversary of Papua New Guinea Independence at the Cairns Nguma-bada campus.
With thanks to the Australian Academy of Social Sciences for supporting these events with a grant.
With thanks to the Australian Academy of Social Sciences for supporting these events with a grant.
September 12, 2025 at 10:36 AM
And that’s a wrap for Social Sciences Week, with celebrations including a focus on the 50th Anniversary of Papua New Guinea Independence at the Cairns Nguma-bada campus.
With thanks to the Australian Academy of Social Sciences for supporting these events with a grant.
With thanks to the Australian Academy of Social Sciences for supporting these events with a grant.
Congratulations to Dr Elizabeth Smyth, a writer and researcher at JCU’s Roderick Centre for Australian Literature and Creative Writing in Cairns.
She is off to the USA after securing a prestigious Queensland-Smithsonian Fellowship to examine rare manuscripts written by rainforest travellers.
She is off to the USA after securing a prestigious Queensland-Smithsonian Fellowship to examine rare manuscripts written by rainforest travellers.
USA Fellowship to help understand rainforest stories
A James Cook University researcher is off to the USA after securing a prestigious Queensland-Smithsonian Fellowship to examine rare manuscripts written by rainforest travellers up to 125 years ago.
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September 4, 2025 at 7:07 AM
Congratulations to Dr Elizabeth Smyth, a writer and researcher at JCU’s Roderick Centre for Australian Literature and Creative Writing in Cairns.
She is off to the USA after securing a prestigious Queensland-Smithsonian Fellowship to examine rare manuscripts written by rainforest travellers.
She is off to the USA after securing a prestigious Queensland-Smithsonian Fellowship to examine rare manuscripts written by rainforest travellers.
CASE’s Dr Sujin Kim (Lecturer, Career Development) is currently in Indonesia, where she delivered guest lectures for undergraduate and postgraduate psychology students at Diponegoro University (UNDIP).
The trip is supported by UNDIP under their Postdoctoral Research Fellow Program.
The trip is supported by UNDIP under their Postdoctoral Research Fellow Program.
August 28, 2025 at 4:31 AM
CASE’s Dr Sujin Kim (Lecturer, Career Development) is currently in Indonesia, where she delivered guest lectures for undergraduate and postgraduate psychology students at Diponegoro University (UNDIP).
The trip is supported by UNDIP under their Postdoctoral Research Fellow Program.
The trip is supported by UNDIP under their Postdoctoral Research Fellow Program.
Master of Social Work students Angel, Tishma and Paul have been visiting from the De Paul Institute in Kerala (JCU’s international student exchange partner in India). Thanks to the New Colombo Plan, the trio have been hosted in Cairns by CASE Social Work students who travelled to Kerala last year.
August 26, 2025 at 6:23 AM
Master of Social Work students Angel, Tishma and Paul have been visiting from the De Paul Institute in Kerala (JCU’s international student exchange partner in India). Thanks to the New Colombo Plan, the trio have been hosted in Cairns by CASE Social Work students who travelled to Kerala last year.
Today JCU welcomed over 150 high school students to its Townsville campus to celebrate Book Week @JCU.
The students took workshops with young adult and fantasy author Isobelle Carmody and got to see where a passion for storytelling can take you!
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The students took workshops with young adult and fantasy author Isobelle Carmody and got to see where a passion for storytelling can take you!
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Book Week 2025
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August 22, 2025 at 8:10 AM
Today JCU welcomed over 150 high school students to its Townsville campus to celebrate Book Week @JCU.
The students took workshops with young adult and fantasy author Isobelle Carmody and got to see where a passion for storytelling can take you!
youtu.be/nRR7sbebcc4
The students took workshops with young adult and fantasy author Isobelle Carmody and got to see where a passion for storytelling can take you!
youtu.be/nRR7sbebcc4
CASE's Dr Wili Suluma and Dr Greg Burnett have a new joint publication out - 'The Boarding School Education of Remote Aboriginal Students: What are the Expected Outcomes?'
Read it now int the Australian and International Journal of Rural Education: doi.org/10.47381/aij...
Read it now int the Australian and International Journal of Rural Education: doi.org/10.47381/aij...
August 7, 2025 at 6:26 AM
CASE's Dr Wili Suluma and Dr Greg Burnett have a new joint publication out - 'The Boarding School Education of Remote Aboriginal Students: What are the Expected Outcomes?'
Read it now int the Australian and International Journal of Rural Education: doi.org/10.47381/aij...
Read it now int the Australian and International Journal of Rural Education: doi.org/10.47381/aij...
Looking for some great winter reads? Dip into the shortlist for the $50,000 Margaret and Colin Roderick Literary Award, announced today by The Foundation for Australian Literary Studies.
The five authors are: Garry Disher, Jane Godwin, Gail Jones, Leah Kaminsky and Khin Myint.
The five authors are: Garry Disher, Jane Godwin, Gail Jones, Leah Kaminsky and Khin Myint.
August 4, 2025 at 11:52 PM
Looking for some great winter reads? Dip into the shortlist for the $50,000 Margaret and Colin Roderick Literary Award, announced today by The Foundation for Australian Literary Studies.
The five authors are: Garry Disher, Jane Godwin, Gail Jones, Leah Kaminsky and Khin Myint.
The five authors are: Garry Disher, Jane Godwin, Gail Jones, Leah Kaminsky and Khin Myint.
Don't miss the 2025 Colin Roderick Memorial Lecture!
Emily Maguire will present lectures that explore the work of receptivity — the porous state through which ideas are seeded and developed.
Cairns, 29 July: tinyurl.com/2e4bkb94
Townsville, 31 July: tinyurl.com/39med297
Emily Maguire will present lectures that explore the work of receptivity — the porous state through which ideas are seeded and developed.
Cairns, 29 July: tinyurl.com/2e4bkb94
Townsville, 31 July: tinyurl.com/39med297
July 29, 2025 at 7:22 AM
Don't miss the 2025 Colin Roderick Memorial Lecture!
Emily Maguire will present lectures that explore the work of receptivity — the porous state through which ideas are seeded and developed.
Cairns, 29 July: tinyurl.com/2e4bkb94
Townsville, 31 July: tinyurl.com/39med297
Emily Maguire will present lectures that explore the work of receptivity — the porous state through which ideas are seeded and developed.
Cairns, 29 July: tinyurl.com/2e4bkb94
Townsville, 31 July: tinyurl.com/39med297
JCU recently hosted the visit of his Excellency Mr Pierre Andre Imbert, Ambassador of France to Australia. He was accompanied by Mr Alain Etchegaray Honorary Consul of France in Brisbane and Mr Thomas Jerejian, Counsellor to the Ambassador to discuss JCU activities in the Francophone islands.
July 16, 2025 at 5:32 AM
JCU recently hosted the visit of his Excellency Mr Pierre Andre Imbert, Ambassador of France to Australia. He was accompanied by Mr Alain Etchegaray Honorary Consul of France in Brisbane and Mr Thomas Jerejian, Counsellor to the Ambassador to discuss JCU activities in the Francophone islands.
Congratulations to CASE's Dr Anna Willis (Bioarchaeologist) who has just had a paper published open access in Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences with her colleagues based on her DECRA research.
Living in the middle of the edge: an insight into ancient subsistence practices in Myanmar - Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences
The origins of agriculture have been a focal point of interest in Southeast Asia because of the profound influence domestication of cereal crops had on the ancient inhabitants of the region. Historica...
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July 9, 2025 at 5:30 AM
Congratulations to CASE's Dr Anna Willis (Bioarchaeologist) who has just had a paper published open access in Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences with her colleagues based on her DECRA research.
Last week, in an event organised by CASE Lecturer in History, Dr Tianna Killoran, scholars and artists from Australia and Japan gathered in Townsville for the 'Walking Through Time' symposium and history trail.
July 9, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Last week, in an event organised by CASE Lecturer in History, Dr Tianna Killoran, scholars and artists from Australia and Japan gathered in Townsville for the 'Walking Through Time' symposium and history trail.