The 1990s, Tumultuous and Crucial Years
This blog is part of our series, History of Deakin, created by the Deakin Archivist and Deakin Archives team. Explore…
The history of Deakin Centre for Academic Development: Celebrating 30 years of sector-leading digital education
In the beginning, for universities in particular, the internet’s obvious potential for information sharing was inspiring. Unfortunately, that potential was…
Capturing Deakin’s photographic history in the Archives
In the University Archives, we have been busy wrangling our vast photographic negative collection. There are many thousands of images…
Celebrating International Archives Day
Did you know that today is International Archives Day? It’s an opportunity to remind ourselves of the important works archivists…
The Briggs Affair Part 3: Fallout
In the last instalment of this series we heard that despite the evidence that prominent researcher Prof. Michael Briggs had…
The Briggs Affair Part 2: The push for a University inquiry
In the first instalment of this story, we introduced prominent researcher and academic Prof. Michael Briggs, who became Deakin’s Dean…
The Briggs Affair Part 1: An academic scandal
It’s a fascinating saga in Deakin’s early history, featuring an internationally recognised academic, questionable research, one of the first cases…
From the archives: Christmas in Campus
From carvery specials in the Union Bistro to carols by the Deakin Choir, a glimpse through Deakin’s staff newsletter Campus…
Your window to the world: The unique value of audiovisual archives
Did you know that October 27 is World Day for Audiovisual Heritage? UNESCO created the day to ‘raise general awareness…