The books chosen as finalists in this year’s Stella Prizes can help us draw on our innate resources. We can seek inner truths and explore ways to support each other thanks to these gifted writers.
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University of Notre Dame Australia
The University of Notre Dame Australia was founded through an Act of the Parliament of Western Australia in December 1989. Since its inception, Notre Dame has become a leader in higher education and now boasts over 11,000 students enrolled across its three Campuses in Fremantle, Sydney and Broome.
Notre Dame is an Australian university which has embraced both the modern Australian university tradition and the ancient and esteemed traditions of Catholic universities both in Europe and North America.
It has sought to be a university which specialises in excellence of undergraduate education. Its focus is the education and training of young people for entry to the major professions: medicine, law, teaching, nursing, accounting and finance, physiotherapy, counselling, health sciences and the priesthood.
The University is especially noteworthy for its role as a leader in the great traditional professional disciplines of Health and Education, so long associated with the mission of the Church in Australia. It has also assumed a special role in the education of, and service to, the indigenous people of northern Australia.
In the 2016 Good Universities Guide, Notre Dame was awarded 5-star ratings in the following categories: Teaching Quality; Generic Skills; Overall Graduate Satisfaction; Getting a Full Time Job; and Graduate Starting Salary. This is the ninth consecutive year that Notre Dame has received the maximum 5-star ratings in Teaching Quality, Generic Skills and Overall Graduate Satisfaction and the second year the University has received 5-star ratings in the categories of Graduate Starting Salary and Getting a Full Time Job.
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Whether you’re home sick or sick of being at home, our 13 experts have picked excellent things you can read, watch, look at or listen to.
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If you were in charge of the new parliamentary book club, what Australian book would you want your representative to read? Our experts weigh in.
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A new book scrutinises the social and psychological causes of domestic abuse, its terrifying consequences, particularly the impact on children, and the failure of our legal and social institutions to adequately respond.
A flawless French film, a Macedonian parable and a documentary following alt-right strategist Steve Bannon are three of the stand out films from this year’s festival.
As revenge films go, Australian writer-director Jennifer Kent’s The Nightingale is watchable if uninspired. Perhaps the most interesting aspect of the film is the controversy surrounding the violence it depicts.
An Australian documentary about a group of young Afghanis who form a heavy-metal band highlights rock’s subversive power.
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Senior Lecturer in Theology, University of Notre Dame Australia
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Adjunct Professor and Senior Research Fellow, University of Notre Dame Australia
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Lecturer in Communications and Media, University of Notre Dame Australia
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Associate Professor in Media, University of Notre Dame Australia
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Executive Dean, Faculty of Education, Philosophy and Theology, University of Notre Dame Australia
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National Head of School, University of Notre Dame Australia
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Senior Lecturer in Social Justice and Sociology, University of Notre Dame Australia
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Research Fellow University of Notre Dame Australia; Adjunct Fellow (National Institute of Complementary Medicine), Western Sydney University, University of Notre Dame Australia
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Senior Lecturer, School of Medicine, University of Notre Dame Australia
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Associate Professor, University of Notre Dame Australia
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Lecturer Politics and International Relations, University of Notre Dame Australia
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Clinical A/Prof Breast Physician, Westmead Breast Cancer Institute, University of Notre Dame Australia
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Sexual Assault Clinician/Lecturer in Counselling, University of Notre Dame Australia
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Conjoint Professor of Nicotine Addiction, Avondale University and, University of Notre Dame Australia
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Associate Professor in Nursing (mental health), University of Notre Dame Australia
