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About NeoVox Australia

This website is the Australian edition of the international student publication NeoVox, which is based at the State University of New York at Cortland in the United States.

NeoVox Australia is located at the University of the Sunshine Coast in the north-eastern state of Queensland, about one hour’s drive north of Brisbane.

Our mission is to produce articles that reflect the concerns and interests of students at the university.

The university hosts one of Australia's most innovative and practical journalism programs. All our journalism staff are experienced industry professionals. They know that the world of journalism is changing rapidly at present. Whereas journalists once specialised in print, radio or television, technological change and the advent of the internet and world wide web have seen the industry move towards a multi-skilled approach wherein a journalist must be able to report the same story for more than one medium.

One of our aims is to help our students graduate "work ready" in a range of different media - print, broadcast and the web. They should develop high-level practical skills, an ability to think for themselves, and a solid base of general knowledge.

For that reason we built on our commitment to the development of advanced writing skills and created a special course, Writing for the Web, which directly supports the NeoVox project. It is part of our multimedia approach to good journalism in the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences. As part of our multi-skilling curriculum, NeoVox is also a valuable tool in teaching web design.

The University of the Sunshine Coast is Australia's newest university. It was established in 1996 and we currently have about 3000 students. We are located in one of Australia's fastest growing residential and tourism regions. The climate is subtropical and we are only a few minutes drive from sparkling azure-green Coral Sea surf beaches which are rated among the best in the world.

The campus is nestled on the edge of a natural reserve close to the bottom of Buderim Mountain. A colony of kangaroos has taken up residence on our campus and overseas visitors are spellbound as they watch the large marsupials hop around from courtyard to courtyard, often with baby joeys in their pouches.