Federation University Australia

Prospective students, their families and the community will be welcomed to campus with live music, food stalls and expert course advice when Federation University Australia throws open its doors for Open Day 2026. Visitors will have the opportunity to meet academics, students and the University’s industry partners while soaking up the Berwick Campus atmosphere with live entertainment and complimentary food.

And the good news is you don’t need a complete lifestyle overhaul. Making a few simple adjustments can improve your body’s natural sleep-wake cycle, helping you get good quality sleep. Your body clock starts with morning light You might be surprised to know that one of the best ways to support healthy sleep begins shortly after your alarm clock goes off. Try to get 10-20 minutes of natural sunlight within the first hour you wake up. It helps reduce melatonin and reset your body clock for the day.

As a member of Australia’s formidable Steelers wheelchair rugby team, Brad Dubberley competed on the world stage and earned Paralympic success as a player and coach. Throughout that three-decade journey, he built a reputation beyond the Steelers’ winning ways, transitioning from athlete to coach and becoming known for developing talent, building resilient high-performance teams and helping athletes realise their potential on and off the sporting arena.

Problem gambling, gaming disorders and compulsive social media use are among a growing range of digital-age addictions creating significant health, social and financial harms worldwide. Increasingly, researchers are finding these behaviours often occur together and alongside mental health conditions such as anxiety and depression, creating complex challenges for individuals, families and health services.

Federation University Australia has welcomed the Australian Government's announcement to expand the Commonwealth Prac Payment to students in an additional 10 health disciplines from 1 July next year, helping ease financial pressures for students undertaking mandatory placements.

Regional athletes will be able to access elite training facilities and high-performance support closer to home under a new partnership between Federation University Australia and the Victorian Institute of Sport (VIS). The partnership will see Federation University's Mt Helen campus recognised as a preferred regional training location for VIS athletes, reducing the need for many regional athletes to travel for access to high-performance facilities, training environments and support services.

Current and aspiring coaches will have a unique opportunity to learn from some of Australia's most accomplished sporting leaders, with the launch of the Central Highlands Coaches Collective.

General Practitioners who smoke are less likely to advise their patients to quit, new research from Federation University has found, revealing how doctors' own smoking behaviours can influence patient care. Author of the study and medical doctor Dr Masud Salehin, a Federation PhD candidate, examined the relationship between GPs’ smoking status, their attitudes towards quitting and their use of evidence-based cessation strategies.

Federation University Australia has risen to the number one Victorian spot for undergraduate median salary and overall undergraduate employment rates, in the latest graduate outcomes survey. The newly released Quality Indicators for Learning and Teaching (QILT) 2025 Graduate Outcomes Survey found the University had also retained its spot as number one in Victoria for post-graduate full-time employment.

A decision to pause the publication of a historical manuscript is creating a rare opportunity to revisit how a chapter of Australia’s past is told. The manuscript, drafted by historian Dr Peter Dowling OAM, looks at the impact of colonisation on the health of Tasmanian Aboriginal people forcibly moved to Wybalenna on Flinders Island between 1831 and 1835. Instead of proceeding with publication, the project has been delayed for three years to allow the work to be reconsidered before release.