News: achievements
Global Youth Committee
Faculty of ABLE student Emily Parsons is one of 17 young leaders nationally selected to sit on a Global Youth Committee established by the Global Institute for Women’s Leadership and chaired by Julia Gillard. The Committee aims to bridge the gap between the experiences of young people and the policies that dictate their lives.
StudyAdelaide International Student Awards
International students from the University of Adelaide have been awarded for their academic excellence and community engagement. Adelaide Dental School PhD student Taseef Farook has won the Overall Recognition for International Student of the Year award and the Postgraduate Research category. Other category winners were Hania Abdul Baseer (Undergraduate), Pornthip Srisantisuk(Community Engagement), On Yin Chan (Peer Support), Gavin Quek (Rising Star Alumni) and Adelaide University Vietnamese Student Association won the Student Association of the Year.
[Read more about StudyAdelaide International Student Awards]
Rhodes Scholar-Elect: Oliver Douglas
Mr Oliver Douglas has been named as the University of Adelaide’s 114th Rhodes Scholar-Elect during an event at Government House this October. The prestigious scholarship will enable him to undertake further study at the University of Oxford. More information.
Staff join the Adelaide Education Academy
Congratulations to the 19 staff members who successfully applied to join the Adelaide Education Academy (AEA) in the recent round. Learn more about the AEA and their members here.
University participating in APWiL Mentoring Program
As an active member of APRU, the University of Adelaide has two mentees and two mentors participating in the 4th cohort of the APWiL Mentoring Program: Dr Esma Dogramaci, Associate Professor Zohra Lassi, Dr Dilcar Joali Paredes Mariño, and Dr Sonia Lin. More information.
[Read more about University participating in APWiL Mentoring Program]
AIEC Awards
The University of Adelaide and University of Adelaide College have jointly won the Best Training award at the Australian International Education Conference, after being nominated for the award by one of the industry’s largest agents, AECC Global.
Fellows nominated for technological innovation
Professor Bronwyn Gillanders, Professor Zaiping Guo and Professor Gus Nathan were announced as 2023 Australian Academy of Technological Sciences (ATSE) Fellows, which the organisation bestows upon researchers whose work demonstrates technological innovation.
[Read more about Fellows nominated for technological innovation ]
2023 AMI Excellence Awards
The Marketing team won the Content Marketing award at the Australian Marketing Institution’s Excellence Awards, and were also national finalists in awards for Social Media Marketing, Small Budget Marketing, and Brand Revitalisation, as well as the ROI category of the Advertising Council Australia Effie Awards.
Awards for Adelaide Dental School
PhD candidate Sonia Nath and Honours student Vanessa Burns (Adelaide Dental School) both had success in the Colgate Research Awards at the Australia/New Zealand Division of the International Association for Dental Oral and Craniofacial Research annual conference in Sydney last week.
2023 Corporate cup
The DASE Teams ER-ratic and Couch Potatoes Can Only Run Sofa were formed by previous participants of the Corporate Cup and ran a total of 273km across the 5 rounds, improving their overall fitness and partaking in some friendly office competition.
