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40 Under 40 Awards highlight our top innovators
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The University of Adelaide has been strongly represented in this year’s annual InDaily 40 Under 40 Awards.
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Keeping PACE with skills during and post COVID-19
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Learn Fast, Grow Fast, Adapt Fast – this is the concept behind the new Professional and Continuing Education (PACE) unit at the University of Adelaide, which is helping Australians to reskill and upskill for a rapidly changing world.
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JORN a catalyst for collaboration
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World-leading Australian defence technologies are at the forefront of a partnership announced today by the Department of Defence, BAE Systems Australia and the University of Adelaide.
Forty per cent of renters can’t afford essentials
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Almost 40% of Australian tenant households can’t afford essentials such as bills, clothing, transport and food, after paying rent, because their incomes have reduced significantly during the COVID-19 pandemic, new research from the Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute has found.
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Search begins for University of Adelaide’s next leader
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The University of Adelaide has officially begun a global search for its next Vice-Chancellor and President.
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Hollywood comes to University of Adelaide
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A bit of Hollywood glitz came to the University of Adelaide with Adelaide-born actor Tilda Cobham-Hervey, who most recently played singer Helen Reddy in the film I Am Woman.
Business leader appointed to University Council
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The University of Adelaide’s Council has today announced the appointment of a new Council member, a leader in the finance and business sector.
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Learning lessons from bushfires for koala survival
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A University of Adelaide-led research project will study the clinical data of koalas injured in last summer’s devastating bushfires to give them the best possible chance of survival and recovery in future bushfires.
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Droughts are threatening global wetlands: new study
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University of Adelaide scientists have shown how droughts are threatening the health of wetlands globally. Published in the journal Earth-Science Reviews, the scientists highlight the many physical and chemical changes occurring during droughts that lead to severe, and sometimes irreversible, drying of wetland soils.
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$20 million Budget boost for world-leading AI research
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Australia’s position as one of the world leaders in artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning will be further boosted thanks to $20 million announced in the Federal Budget towards a new national centre, to be based at the University of Adelaide.
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