Student satisfaction clean sweep for Bond
Professor Chris Del Mar
MASTERS DEGREE A FIRST THE Faculty of Health Sciences and Medicine is set to offer a new Master of Occupational Therapy in Semester 163, the first of its kind in Australia. The Master of Occupational Therapy is designed for students seeking to extend their expertise in the field and attain an internationally recognised qualification. The degree was developed in response to the demand for an education that focuses on research and business expertise. Deputy Executive Dean of Health Sciences and Medicine, Dr Linda Crane, says the program will make students
IF IT wasn’t already official, it is now: A Bond education satisfies. According to the 2015 Student Experience Survey results recently released by the Department of Education and Training, Bond University students are the most satisfied higher education recipients in the country.
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“Bond’s approach to higher education goes beyond academic knowledge to encompass the key personal, employability and leadership skills that recruiters are looking for,” says Professor Brailsford.
PROFESSOR of Public Health Chris Del Mar has been awarded the 2015 TurnerGibson Oration medal.
He also confirms that the core of the university’s focus will always remain on student experience. “In line with these latest student experience survey results, our focus at Bond will remain firmly on our students, the quality of their learning, overall experience and graduate outcomes,” says Professor Brailsford.
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“Occupational Therapy is one of the few health care professions with international standards for pre-registration education programs,” says Dr Crane. “By providing a Master of Occupational Therapy program, Bond University provides the most transferable degree type.” The degree itself will be split into two streams – a clinically-focused pathway and a business-focused pathway. A full-time course load will run for six semesters.
The incorporation of the businessoriented stream responds to the ongoing trend of privatised occupational therapy, and will better prepare students looking to work in a leadership or management role. The traditional clinical pathway is the only program in Australia to offer a research project that continues throughout the student’s enrolment in the degree, preparing students for a future in research. Dr Crane says students will be taught by the best in the business undertaking subjects in the Health and Business faculties.
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A CAIRNS student took out best filmmaker at the Bond University Film and Television Awards (BUFTA).
Vice-Chancellor and President Professor Tim Brailsford says the results have helped to cement Bond’s reputation as a leading academic model, with several highly effective key points of difference.
Professor Brailsford commends the Beyond Bond program for playing a significant part in the student experience and the promotion of ongoing graduate success.
more internationally competitive.
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Bond was also the highest rated university in Australia across the fields of teaching quality, learner engagement and learning resources.
“From day one, our on-campus Career Development Centream works with each and every student to help refine their career goals and map out a career pathway.”
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The medal honours two pioneering Queensland doctors whose advocacy improved the safety, health and welfare of children in Queensland and throughout Australia. Professor Del Mar was awarded the honour after his speech to the Paediatric Society of Queensland in October last year. Dr Mark Coulthard of the Paediatric Society of Queensland says Professor Del Mar was the ideal candidate thanks to his ongoing work in the field of paediatrics. “Professor Del Mar came very highly recommended and the subject of his speech, shared decision making, was very topical for us as paediatricians,” says Dr Coulthard. “His after-dinner speech had broad general appeal and was very well received by the audience of doctors and their
Ms Elizabeth Cullen, 17, was crowned Best Filmmaker for her short films The Artist and Alone, and is the second female to win the top award in the event’s 20-year history. Ms Cullen is now one step closer to seeing her name in lights after winning Best Overall Filmmaker and Best Directing at the 2015 BUFTA Gala, earning her a full scholarship to study a Bachelor of Film and Television at Bond.
partners, distinguished Professors and members of the media.” The medal, established by the TurnerGibson Oration, celebrates the advocacy of Dr John Lockhart Gibson and Alfred Jefferis Turner, whose activism against endemic lead poisoning in Queensland children from domestic lead paint was hugely successful.
The most awarded film this year was After Tracy, by Darwin High School student Nathaniel Kelly who took home the prizes for Best Drama, Best Cinematography, the Dean’s Choice Award and the Jury Prize, which included a 25 per cent scholarship to study a Bachelor of Film and Television at Bond.
“The subject of his speech, shared decision making, was very topical for us as paediatricians.”
The Oration provides a forum for other eminent protectors of children’s health and safety to reach out and publicise issues of pertinence in the field of paediatrics.
Dr Michael Sergi, Director of Film and Television, says the 2015 cast of aspiring filmmakers was among the best he had seen in the history of BUFTA. “This year marks the 20th anniversary of BUFTA and the talent we have uncovered since the competition began is simply extraordinary,” says Dr Sergi.
From left: Dr Michael Sergi, Ms Elisabeth Cullen and Professor Raoul Mortley
“This year we saw more female entrants and nominees than ever before which culminated in the exceptionally talented Elizabeth Cullen taking home the top gong for Best Filmmaker.” www.arch.bond.edu.au
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