As a child, Wayne Applebee was told he would amount to nothing. This week, at the age of 72, he graduated from the University of Canberra with a Doctorate in Cultural Studies.
After commencing her studies with the University of Canberra’s inaugural Master of Speech Pathology cohort in 2018, Michelle Sofo is now graduating, after studying part-time and facing many challenges along the way.
As the University of Canberra celebrates graduation week, recent Bachelor of Communications in Advertising graduate Ella Hourigan shares her success story.
A combination of resilience, determination and reaching out for support has seen Bachelor of Applied Science (Honours) graduate Sarah Fisher realise her dreams of investigating the mysteries of weather phenomena, while living with multiple chronic health conditions.
University of Canberra researcher David Hinwood has his head in robotics theory and his feet firmly on the ground – theory only makes sense if it has practical use in the real world, he says. And he’s set his sights on a robotic revolution in the textile recycling industry.