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Playford Trust Scholarships awarded for 2024
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Twenty-one University of Adelaide students have received scholarships from the Playford Memorial Trust.
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University of Adelaide scores highly in subject rankings
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The University of Adelaide has retained its position among the world’s top universities, with the release of the latest QS World University Rankings by Subject.
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More realistic hospital experience for medical students
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Medical students at the University of Adelaide will graduate with a better knowledge of how to use the electronic patient record system that’s in place in hospitals around South Australia.
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2023 Playford Trust Scholarship recipients
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Twenty-nine University of Adelaide students have received scholarships from the Playford Memorial Trust.
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Scholars supported to drive positive change
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Six students from the University of Adelaide have been awarded prestigious Westpac Scholarships for 2023.
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Top scholars spread their wings to the US
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Three of the University of Adelaide’s brightest young people have been awarded Fulbright Scholarships to continue their studies in maths, evolutionary biology, and data science and machine learning.
Program boosts allied health students in schools
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South Australia’s three leading universities have joined forces with the State Government to provide better opportunities for university students studying allied health roles to undertake practical work experience in the state’s schools.
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Commonwealth funded student places address skills shortages
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A total of 890 new places will be available to give more students from under represented backgrounds the opportunity to study at the University of Adelaide.
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Students’ ingenious ideas aim to improve the way we live
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University of Adelaide students are showing their final year projects at Ingenuity, including a robot that mimics animal movements, improvements to lunar rover technology and a method of altering the direction of waves.
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Academy fast tracks students’ careers
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University of Adelaide students have the opportunity to boost their future careers by participating in a new student experience program with global professional services firm, Deloitte.