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Your lifestyle could be affecting your brain’s ‘brake system’ and putting you at a higher risk of dementia
8 Aug 2025Researchers from the University of the Sunshine Coast’s Thompson Institute believe lifestyle risk factors may be leaving chemical warning signs of decline in your brain – long before any symptoms of dementia play out.
Study shows how body image bullying affects teenage girls' brains
16 Jul 2025University of the Sunshine Coast researchers have shown, for the first time in Australia, what happens in the brain of adolescent girls when they see someone being subjected to body image-related cyberbullying (BRC)
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Nundi the turtle’s second chance at life is helping UniSC researchers save her species
29 Oct 2025To the cheers of rescuers, Nundi the green sea turtle dives into the ocean after months of rehabilitation – carrying with her vital clues in understanding a dramatic increase in sick, injured and diseased marine turtles.
How a buggy crash on his island home drove Tim Ives towards a career in paramedicine
16 Sep 2025After a dramatic buggy rescue on remote Scotland Island, Tim Ives was inspired to study Paramedicine at UniSC and is now saving lives as an NSW Ambulance paramedic
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Outdoors teacher Lynda’s now a university medallist – Scout’s honour!
16 Apr 2025After a decade guiding Scouts through nature, Lynda Aldridge went on to finish her double degree with top honours and her dream teaching job.
‘Feels like a new lease of life’: Graduate, 61, earns Chancellor’s honour as UniSC reaches 40,000 graduates
8 Apr 2025As UniSC reaches a major milestone – 40,000 graduates and counting – a 61-year-old is celebrating an achievement of her own
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Outdoors teacher Lynda’s now a university medallist – Scout’s honour!
16 Apr 2025After a decade guiding Scouts through nature, Lynda Aldridge went on to finish her double degree with top honours and her dream teaching job.
‘Feels like a new lease of life’: Graduate, 61, earns Chancellor’s honour as UniSC reaches 40,000 graduates
8 Apr 2025As UniSC reaches a major milestone – 40,000 graduates and counting – a 61-year-old is celebrating an achievement of her own
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Nundi the turtle’s second chance at life is helping UniSC researchers save her species
29 Oct 2025To the cheers of rescuers, Nundi the green sea turtle dives into the ocean after months of rehabilitation – carrying with her vital clues in understanding a dramatic increase in sick, injured and diseased marine turtles.
How a buggy crash on his island home drove Tim Ives towards a career in paramedicine
16 Sep 2025After a dramatic buggy rescue on remote Scotland Island, Tim Ives was inspired to study Paramedicine at UniSC and is now saving lives as an NSW Ambulance paramedic