http://www.unisa.edu.au/ News releases from the University of South Australia http://www.unisa.edu.au/Media-Centre/Releases/Hawke-Institute-invests-in-researching-our-changing-times-/ Former Australian Prime Minister Bob Hawke knows all about transformation. http://www.unisa.edu.au/Media-Centre/Releases/Hawke-Institute-invests-in-researching-our-changing-times-/ Thu, 16 May 2013 06:22:17 Z http://www.unisa.edu.au/Media-Centre/Releases/Why-July-is-a-good-time-to-start-at-UniSA/ Potential students seeking an early start to their studies at the University of South Australia are being encouraged to avoid delay and learn more at a midyear information session in May. http://www.unisa.edu.au/Media-Centre/Releases/Why-July-is-a-good-time-to-start-at-UniSA/ Thu, 16 May 2013 01:36:18 Z http://www.unisa.edu.au/Media-Centre/Releases/Leading-health-academic-UniSAs-new--Provost-and-Chief-Academic-Officer-/ After an international search for the newly created position of Provost and Chief Academic Officer at the University of South Australia, leading health academic and UniSA graduate, Professor Allan Evans has won the position at his own alma mater. http://www.unisa.edu.au/Media-Centre/Releases/Leading-health-academic-UniSAs-new--Provost-and-Chief-Academic-Officer-/ Tue, 14 May 2013 07:25:51 Z http://www.unisa.edu.au/Media-Centre/Releases/Human-rights-expert-shares-the-power-of-technology-/ Renowned human rights advocate and President and CEO of the Global Fund for Women Dr Musimbi Kanyoro will highlight how technology is transforming women’s rights movements across the globe at an address at the University of South Australia this week. http://www.unisa.edu.au/Media-Centre/Releases/Human-rights-expert-shares-the-power-of-technology-/ Mon, 13 May 2013 07:11:22 Z http://www.unisa.edu.au/Media-Centre/Releases/investment-in-Indigenous-kids/ The Federal Government’s investment of $2.4 million in a three-year program to lift Indigenous participation in education has been given a resounding endorsement from the University of South Australia. http://www.unisa.edu.au/Media-Centre/Releases/investment-in-Indigenous-kids/ Fri, 10 May 2013 05:49:32 Z http://www.unisa.edu.au/Media-Centre/Releases/Environmental-bridge-over-troubled-waters/ A breakthrough innovation designed to purify water through the rapid removal of oily pollutants, could have major environmental benefits in agriculture and manufacturing industries. http://www.unisa.edu.au/Media-Centre/Releases/Environmental-bridge-over-troubled-waters/ Wed, 08 May 2013 04:46:31 Z http://www.unisa.edu.au/Media-Centre/Releases/Windsor-Gardens-gets-on-the-ball-with-Football-United/ After a highly successful season in 2012, the University of South Australia will join forces with the Port Adelaide and Enfield City Council to deliver the Football United® program at Windsor Gardens Secondary College this month. http://www.unisa.edu.au/Media-Centre/Releases/Windsor-Gardens-gets-on-the-ball-with-Football-United/ Thu, 02 May 2013 02:15:36 Z http://www.unisa.edu.au/Media-Centre/Releases/Step-back-in-time-with-a-prisoner-of-war-and-SA-buildings/ The University of South Australia is this month taking part in About Time, a month-long history festival. http://www.unisa.edu.au/Media-Centre/Releases/Step-back-in-time-with-a-prisoner-of-war-and-SA-buildings/ Wed, 01 May 2013 02:50:47 Z http://www.unisa.edu.au/Media-Centre/Releases/Jam-sweetens-the-plan-for-UniSAs-future/ The University of South Australia is about to embark on a world-first in university planning when it launches one of the biggest online discussions about its future next month. http://www.unisa.edu.au/Media-Centre/Releases/Jam-sweetens-the-plan-for-UniSAs-future/ Mon, 29 Apr 2013 00:17:47 Z http://www.unisa.edu.au/Media-Centre/Releases/The-right-to-be-heard-regardless-of-age-/ Empowering elderly people to maintain the quality of their lives and not become victims of abuse and discrimination is one of the aims of a conference being held at the University of South Australia. http://www.unisa.edu.au/Media-Centre/Releases/The-right-to-be-heard-regardless-of-age-/ Wed, 24 Apr 2013 03:04:18 Z http://www.unisa.edu.au/Media-Centre/Releases/Who-protects-our-human-rights/ Did you know Australia is the only western democracy without a Charter or Bill of Human Rights? A visiting expert will shed light on the complex issues that surround the basic need to protect our human rights at a free lecture at the University of South Australia on April 23. http://www.unisa.edu.au/Media-Centre/Releases/Who-protects-our-human-rights/ Mon, 22 Apr 2013 06:09:21 Z http://www.unisa.edu.au/Media-Centre/Releases/Low-carbohydrate-diets-best-for-weight-loss/ The low carbohydrate diet is one of the more popular diets to emerge in recent years amid increasing obesity levels in Australia – but how effective is it when it comes to weight loss? http://www.unisa.edu.au/Media-Centre/Releases/Low-carbohydrate-diets-best-for-weight-loss/ Mon, 22 Apr 2013 02:16:46 Z http://www.unisa.edu.au/Media-Centre/Releases/Experts-warn-we-are-holding-back-a-social-tsunami/ Australia’s most senior researchers in work and family issues are calling for better support for Australian workers with caring responsibilities. http://www.unisa.edu.au/Media-Centre/Releases/Experts-warn-we-are-holding-back-a-social-tsunami/ Thu, 18 Apr 2013 05:39:10 Z http://www.unisa.edu.au/Media-Centre/Releases/New-study-could-ease-acne-burden-in-our-community-/ Teenagers and young adults across the country could benefit from a new University of South Australia study, which is investigating essential oils and aromatherapy as an effective and inexpensive way to treat acne. http://www.unisa.edu.au/Media-Centre/Releases/New-study-could-ease-acne-burden-in-our-community-/ Thu, 18 Apr 2013 06:10:54 Z http://www.unisa.edu.au/Media-Centre/Releases/40-days-of-fitness-to-kick-start-new-lifestyle/ Who do you think would get better fitness results – someone who participates in outdoor adventure exercise or group exercise? http://www.unisa.edu.au/Media-Centre/Releases/40-days-of-fitness-to-kick-start-new-lifestyle/ Thu, 18 Apr 2013 04:48:16 Z http://www.unisa.edu.au/Media-Centre/Releases/UniSA-satellite-system-sends-data-for-a-song/ A new communications system being trialled at the University of South Australia (UniSA) could radically lower the cost of using satellites to send and receive sensor information collected in Australia’s vast unpopulated areas. http://www.unisa.edu.au/Media-Centre/Releases/UniSA-satellite-system-sends-data-for-a-song/ Wed, 17 Apr 2013 06:09:05 Z http://www.unisa.edu.au/Media-Centre/Releases/New-edition-Anzac-Day-guide-for-journalists/ A new edition of a style guide for journalists reporting on Anzac Day has now been released by University of South Australia (UniSA) researcher and freelance journalist, Sharon Mascall-Dare. http://www.unisa.edu.au/Media-Centre/Releases/New-edition-Anzac-Day-guide-for-journalists/ Wed, 17 Apr 2013 02:30:33 Z http://www.unisa.edu.au/Media-Centre/Releases/Retirement-is-more-than-money/ Planning for retirement involves more than your financial future - thought also needs to be given to what will keep you busy and healthy on a day-to-day basis. http://www.unisa.edu.au/Media-Centre/Releases/Retirement-is-more-than-money/ Wed, 10 Apr 2013 05:50:23 Z http://www.unisa.edu.au/Media-Centre/Releases/Universities-need-a-new-pitch-to-win-over-non-traditional-students/ If the current communication practices within the tertiary education system continue, Australian universities will struggle to lift the participation rates of students from non-traditional backgrounds. http://www.unisa.edu.au/Media-Centre/Releases/Universities-need-a-new-pitch-to-win-over-non-traditional-students/ Fri, 05 Apr 2013 03:00:27 Z http://www.unisa.edu.au/Media-Centre/Releases/Climate-concerns-link-the-Galapagos-to-South-Australia/ The Galapagos Islands will provide the focus of two forthcoming events at the Hawke Centre this month, in which the unique wildlife of this Ecuadorian province and concerns over climate change will be highlighted. http://www.unisa.edu.au/Media-Centre/Releases/Climate-concerns-link-the-Galapagos-to-South-Australia/ Tue, 02 Apr 2013 06:01:50 Z http://www.unisa.edu.au/Media-Centre/Releases/UniSA-researchers-decode-family-ties-in-epilepsy/ Working with an international team of colleagues, University of South Australia researchers have tracked a hereditary gene responsible for a common form of epilepsy known as focal or partial epilepsy. http://www.unisa.edu.au/Media-Centre/Releases/UniSA-researchers-decode-family-ties-in-epilepsy/ Mon, 01 Apr 2013 22:52:46 Z http://www.unisa.edu.au/Media-Centre/Releases/Raising-pain-awareness-through-pedal-power/ Hundreds of cyclists are expected to take to the road on April 7 to raise awareness about the issue of chronic pain as part of the second annual Ride For Pain event http://www.unisa.edu.au/Media-Centre/Releases/Raising-pain-awareness-through-pedal-power/ Thu, 28 Mar 2013 05:36:39 Z http://www.unisa.edu.au/Media-Centre/Releases/UniSA-researcher-puts-digital-foam-on-show-and-tell-/ UniSA researcher Dr Ross Smith will be putting his digital foam technology on display for the public next month when the Mini Maker Faire comes to Adelaide for the first time on April 6. http://www.unisa.edu.au/Media-Centre/Releases/UniSA-researcher-puts-digital-foam-on-show-and-tell-/ Thu, 28 Mar 2013 04:26:13 Z http://www.unisa.edu.au/Media-Centre/Releases/Top-academic-researcher-and-industry-collaborator-to-lead---science-and-technology-education-at-UniSA--/ Leading materials and manufacturing science researcher, Professor Rob Short has been appointed as Pro Vice Chancellor for Information Technology, Engineering and the Environment at the University of South Australia. http://www.unisa.edu.au/Media-Centre/Releases/Top-academic-researcher-and-industry-collaborator-to-lead---science-and-technology-education-at-UniSA--/ Wed, 27 Mar 2013 03:52:46 Z http://www.unisa.edu.au/Media-Centre/Releases/Fulbright-scholarship-awarded-to-UniSA-pharmacologist/ A Research Fellow at the University of South Australia has won a Fulbright Postdoctoral scholarship to examine treatment options for women who are addicted to heroin and other opiates during pregnancy. http://www.unisa.edu.au/Media-Centre/Releases/Fulbright-scholarship-awarded-to-UniSA-pharmacologist/ Tue, 26 Mar 2013 04:38:24 Z http://www.unisa.edu.au/Media-Centre/Releases/UniSA-research-connects-art-and-wellbeing/ The therapeutic benefits of art, music and design have long been recognised in societies around the globe but until recently it has been anecdotes and not hard evidence that has supported the claim. http://www.unisa.edu.au/Media-Centre/Releases/UniSA-research-connects-art-and-wellbeing/ Thu, 21 Mar 2013 04:55:22 Z http://www.unisa.edu.au/Media-Centre/Releases/The-dangers-of-living-in-sterile-urban-bubbles/ Our loss of exposure and interaction with natural biodiverse environments is creating health issues and diseases which were not recognised a century ago, health expert Professor Philip Weinstein warns. http://www.unisa.edu.au/Media-Centre/Releases/The-dangers-of-living-in-sterile-urban-bubbles/ Tue, 19 Mar 2013 00:44:58 Z http://www.unisa.edu.au/Media-Centre/Releases/Kaurna-welcome-to-country-for-UniSAs--new-Vice-Chancellor-as-5000-graduate-this-week/ More than 5000 University of South Australia students will have their degrees conferred in March when the University holds its graduation ceremonies for the full week of March 18 to 22. http://www.unisa.edu.au/Media-Centre/Releases/Kaurna-welcome-to-country-for-UniSAs--new-Vice-Chancellor-as-5000-graduate-this-week/ Fri, 15 Mar 2013 07:06:14 Z http://www.unisa.edu.au/Media-Centre/Releases/The-Art-of-life/ Singer, author, playwright, artistic director and advocate for the significant role of the arts in our everyday lives, Robyn Archer AO, will be here in Adelaide to convince all comers that life without the arts is a very dull dish. http://www.unisa.edu.au/Media-Centre/Releases/The-Art-of-life/ Fri, 15 Mar 2013 06:20:30 Z http://www.unisa.edu.au/Media-Centre/Releases/Research-looks-at-the-benefits-of-meditation-for-carers/ Understanding if regular meditation can relieve the burden of stress on people caring for dementia sufferers is the focus of a new study being led by the University of South Australia, in collaboration with RMIT, the Maharishi Invincibility Centre and Adelaide Hills Council. http://www.unisa.edu.au/Media-Centre/Releases/Research-looks-at-the-benefits-of-meditation-for-carers/ Tue, 12 Mar 2013 23:34:19 Z http://www.unisa.edu.au/Media-Centre/Releases/Poh-to-cook-up-feast-with-international-students/ Celebrity chef Poh Ling Yeow will teach 30 international students how to cook a three-course meal in UniSA’s new commercial kitchen at City East Campus next Tuesday (March 12). http://www.unisa.edu.au/Media-Centre/Releases/Poh-to-cook-up-feast-with-international-students/ Fri, 08 Mar 2013 02:09:14 Z http://www.unisa.edu.au/Media-Centre/Releases/Volunteers-with-diabetes-sought-for-vascular-research/ Diabetes is a growing problem in Australia, it is a condition which affects more than a million Australians and which a further two million are expected to develop by 2025. http://www.unisa.edu.au/Media-Centre/Releases/Volunteers-with-diabetes-sought-for-vascular-research/ Wed, 06 Mar 2013 04:15:39 Z http://www.unisa.edu.au/Media-Centre/Releases/Political-cartoons-set-to-draw-a-crowd-at-UniSA-this-festival-season/ Through the eyes of Australia’s best political cartoonists, travelling exhibition Behind the Lines 2012 is inviting visitors to take a comical journey through the political year that was. http://www.unisa.edu.au/Media-Centre/Releases/Political-cartoons-set-to-draw-a-crowd-at-UniSA-this-festival-season/ Fri, 01 Mar 2013 02:04:56 Z http://www.unisa.edu.au/Media-Centre/Releases/Pack-your-Wiggles-lunchbox-the-class-of-2013-are-starting-uni/ Around Australia this week a new generation of university students is being freshly minted and they have their own cultural reality. The Class of 2013 are the Wiggles generation and they expect education to be entertaining, interactive and colourful. http://www.unisa.edu.au/Media-Centre/Releases/Pack-your-Wiggles-lunchbox-the-class-of-2013-are-starting-uni/ Fri, 01 Mar 2013 03:35:16 Z http://www.unisa.edu.au/Media-Centre/Releases/Touching-lives-through-video-therapy/ An innovative therapy service is making a difference to the lives of those in Port Augusta who have been receiving Tele-web psychology counselling sessions from clinical psychology students in Adelaide. http://www.unisa.edu.au/Media-Centre/Releases/Touching-lives-through-video-therapy/ Fri, 01 Mar 2013 01:32:58 Z http://www.unisa.edu.au/Media-Centre/Releases/UniSA-professor-secures-pivotal-industry-role/ University of South Australia Business School Professor Bruce Gurd has been appointed president of the Australian and New Zealand Academy of Management (ANZAM), an organisation dedicated to furthering management education, scholarship, research and practice. http://www.unisa.edu.au/Media-Centre/Releases/UniSA-professor-secures-pivotal-industry-role/ Wed, 27 Feb 2013 02:10:51 Z http://www.unisa.edu.au/Media-Centre/Releases/UniSA-and-Tianjin-University---on-a-mission-to-build-sustainable-cities/ The University of South Australia is set to become the Australian epicentre for advanced research into sustainable urban development, in a million dollar partnership with Tianjin University which will develop research and expertise that reaches across China, Australia and the Asia-Pacific. http://www.unisa.edu.au/Media-Centre/Releases/UniSA-and-Tianjin-University---on-a-mission-to-build-sustainable-cities/ Wed, 20 Feb 2013 04:24:37 Z http://www.unisa.edu.au/Media-Centre/Releases/UniSA-set-to-lead-Cell-Therapy-Manufacturing/ The University of South Australia will lead a new Cooperative Research Centre for Cell Therapy Manufacturing set to underpin significant innovations in the treatment available for diabetes, wounds, and transplant patients. The CRC represents a http://www.unisa.edu.au/Media-Centre/Releases/UniSA-set-to-lead-Cell-Therapy-Manufacturing/ Tue, 19 Feb 2013 07:50:11 Z http://www.unisa.edu.au/Media-Centre/Releases/Adelaide-cyclists-urged-to-gear-up-for-Ride-for-Pain/ Adelaide’s recreational cycling community is being urged to gear up for the next big community cycling event for 2013, the University of South Australia’s Ride for Pain, and help raise awareness about chronic pain. http://www.unisa.edu.au/Media-Centre/Releases/Adelaide-cyclists-urged-to-gear-up-for-Ride-for-Pain/ Wed, 20 Feb 2013 00:02:12 Z http://www.unisa.edu.au/Media-Centre/Releases/Religion--finance-the-right-equation/ Could religion have stopped the Global Financial Crisis (GFC)? Could an ethics-based financial system be the key to preventing similar financial crises in the future? http://www.unisa.edu.au/Media-Centre/Releases/Religion--finance-the-right-equation/ Tue, 19 Feb 2013 23:28:32 Z http://www.unisa.edu.au/Media-Centre/Releases/Unmasking-the-threat-of-identity-theft/ In today’s brave new world where online financial transactions are as commonplace as birthday request reminders on social media websites, the rising menace of extreme identity theft looms large. http://www.unisa.edu.au/Media-Centre/Releases/Unmasking-the-threat-of-identity-theft/ Wed, 13 Feb 2013 00:42:27 Z http://www.unisa.edu.au/Media-Centre/Releases/Ball-Park-Music-and-Hungry-Kids-of-Hungary-headline-UniSA-music-and-arts-festival-/ This year the University of South Australia will kick off the academic year with a huge arts and music festival, GEAR UP 2013, at City West campus headlining some of Australia’s coolest indie and pop rock bands on Wednesday February 27 from 12 noon. http://www.unisa.edu.au/Media-Centre/Releases/Ball-Park-Music-and-Hungry-Kids-of-Hungary-headline-UniSA-music-and-arts-festival-/ Mon, 11 Feb 2013 05:38:42 Z http://www.unisa.edu.au/Media-Centre/Releases/In-an-Honourable-light/ University of South Australia graduates from as far back as 1951 and as recent as 2002 have been honoured for their contribution to Australian society in the Australia Day Awards this year. http://www.unisa.edu.au/Media-Centre/Releases/In-an-Honourable-light/ Fri, 08 Feb 2013 05:00:10 Z http://www.unisa.edu.au/Media-Centre/Releases/New-e-learning-course-champions-patient-safety/ A new learning course pioneered by two University of South Australia lecturers is aimed at raising the standard of handover of patient care in hospital and care facilities across the country. http://www.unisa.edu.au/Media-Centre/Releases/New-e-learning-course-champions-patient-safety/ Wed, 06 Feb 2013 23:00:07 Z http://www.unisa.edu.au/Media-Centre/Releases/UniSA-boosts-support-for-Defence-Reservists/ The University of South Australia will sign an important Memorandum of Understanding with the Australian Defence Forces on February 8 that ensures staff and students of the University can carry out reservist duties in a work and study environment that acknowledges their contribution to the nation. http://www.unisa.edu.au/Media-Centre/Releases/UniSA-boosts-support-for-Defence-Reservists/ Wed, 06 Feb 2013 00:52:22 Z http://www.unisa.edu.au/Media-Centre/Releases/Disengagement-not-disruption-key-issue-in-classrooms-/ Results from one of the largest surveys of school teachers undertaken in South Australia have revealed that it is high levels of student disengagement that are the real problem in schools. http://www.unisa.edu.au/Media-Centre/Releases/Disengagement-not-disruption-key-issue-in-classrooms-/ Fri, 01 Feb 2013 03:50:14 Z http://www.unisa.edu.au/Media-Centre/Releases/Samsung-Award-success-for-UniSAs-Magic-Vision-Lab-/ A grant worth $122,000 has been awarded to researchers at the University of South Australia, to develop augmented reality (AR) technology on mobile phones, with qualities more advanced than those used for special effects in films. http://www.unisa.edu.au/Media-Centre/Releases/Samsung-Award-success-for-UniSAs-Magic-Vision-Lab-/ Tue, 22 Jan 2013 04:15:58 Z http://www.unisa.edu.au/Media-Centre/Releases/David-Lloyd/ The University of South Australia welcomes Professor David Lloyd who takes up the position of Vice Chancellor and President from Monday, January 21. Prior to his appointment, Professor Lloyd was Bursar and Director of Strategic Innovation at Trinity College Dublin, one of Europe’s oldest and most prominent universities. He has also been Dean and Vice President of Research at Trinity and, as a biochemist specialising in computer-aided drug design, headed the Molecular Design Group at Trinity - Ireland’s leading innovative drug discovery research centre. http://www.unisa.edu.au/Media-Centre/Releases/David-Lloyd/ Mon, 21 Jan 2013 06:43:50 Z http://www.unisa.edu.au/Media-Centre/Releases/Bottle-Light-set-to-transform-cycling-safety/ As South Australia gears up for the Santos Tour Down Under, an invention by a University of South Australia lecturer is set to make cycling safer for all recreational riders. http://www.unisa.edu.au/Media-Centre/Releases/Bottle-Light-set-to-transform-cycling-safety/ Sun, 20 Jan 2013 23:37:29 Z http://www.unisa.edu.au/Media-Centre/Releases/In-the-deep-end-for-space-walk-training/ Carrying out space station repairs can be tricky in zero gravity conditions, but for students of the Southern Hemisphere Summer Space Program (SHSSP) at the University of South Australia, working in a simulated space environment means plunging the depths rather than reaching to the stars. http://www.unisa.edu.au/Media-Centre/Releases/In-the-deep-end-for-space-walk-training/ Wed, 16 Jan 2013 04:55:38 Z http://www.unisa.edu.au/Media-Centre/Releases/The-21st-centurys-reinvention-revolution-/ In the 21st century we can be thinner. We can have whiter teeth, more hair, and younger looking skin. If we read the right books and download the right motivational mp3s we can grasp the brass ring and move into the corner office. http://www.unisa.edu.au/Media-Centre/Releases/The-21st-centurys-reinvention-revolution-/ Mon, 14 Jan 2013 05:54:02 Z http://www.unisa.edu.au/Media-Centre/Releases/Thin-Film-Coating-Group-forms-international-alliance/ The University of South Australia’s Thin Film Coatings Group has entered into a strategic alliance with Swedish research and development company Arubedo AB to bring new electronic products to market. http://www.unisa.edu.au/Media-Centre/Releases/Thin-Film-Coating-Group-forms-international-alliance/ Fri, 11 Jan 2013 00:47:37 Z http://www.unisa.edu.au/Media-Centre/Releases/Global_tech_giants_invest_in_talking_cars_technology/ Adelaide ‘car-to-car’ communications technology company Cohda Wireless has attracted a substantial, undisclosed investment deal from global networking equipment firm Cisco Systems and NXP B.V. a top 10 global semiconductor company. http://www.unisa.edu.au/Media-Centre/Releases/Global_tech_giants_invest_in_talking_cars_technology/ Thu, 10 Jan 2013 01:41:41 Z http://www.unisa.edu.au/Media-Centre/Releases/NEWS-FEATURE---The-Long-View-Aboriginal-health-issues/ Institute for Health Research, Professor Kerin O’Dea (pictured below), is animated as she talks about her work with Aboriginal Australians. http://www.unisa.edu.au/Media-Centre/Releases/NEWS-FEATURE---The-Long-View-Aboriginal-health-issues/ Fri, 04 Jan 2013 04:24:06 Z http://www.unisa.edu.au/Media-Centre/Releases/191212b/ The brain’s perception of space can determine whether a part of a body which occupies that space is either healthy or “neglected”. http://www.unisa.edu.au/Media-Centre/Releases/191212b/ Wed, 19 Dec 2012 05:12:13 Z http://www.unisa.edu.au/Media-Centre/Releases/191212/ South Australian star-gazers, aspiring astronauts and science enthusiasts will have the opportunity to meet three international astronauts in January including Australia’s first NASA astronaut, Adelaide born Andy Thomas. http://www.unisa.edu.au/Media-Centre/Releases/191212/ Wed, 19 Dec 2012 04:35:02 Z http://www.unisa.edu.au/Media-Centre/Releases/181212/ The Eternal city beckons for UniSA graduate artist, Mary-Jean Richardson, who has won an inaugural award that will see her take up a studio residency at the British School at Rome in 2013. http://www.unisa.edu.au/Media-Centre/Releases/181212/ Wed, 19 Dec 2012 01:14:29 Z http://www.unisa.edu.au/Media-Centre/Releases/101212b/ The AFL’s Richmond defender, Bachar Houli and Kelvin Grove Urban Village’s eXchange group in Brisbane have been named the inaugural winners of the Award for Muslim and non-Muslim Understanding. http://www.unisa.edu.au/Media-Centre/Releases/101212b/ Mon, 10 Dec 2012 03:11:48 Z http://www.unisa.edu.au/Media-Centre/Releases/101212/ The Excellence in Innovation for Australia national trial to assess the economic, social and environmental benefits of research sets out a way for all Australians to understand the vital role of research and innovation funding, University of South Australia Deputy Vice Chancellor; Research, Professor Sakkie Pretorius says. http://www.unisa.edu.au/Media-Centre/Releases/101212/ Mon, 10 Dec 2012 02:50:06 Z http://www.unisa.edu.au/Media-Centre/Releases/071212/ University of South Australia property graduate, Mark Steinert, has been announced as the new Managing Director and CEO of Stockland, Australia’s largest diversified property company. http://www.unisa.edu.au/Media-Centre/Releases/071212/ Fri, 07 Dec 2012 01:07:43 Z http://www.unisa.edu.au/Media-Centre/Releases/UniSA-delivers-more-world-class-research/ University of South Australia Acting Vice Chancellor, Professor Joanne Wright, says the University’s plans to develop a wide portfolio of world class research are on target. http://www.unisa.edu.au/Media-Centre/Releases/UniSA-delivers-more-world-class-research/ Wed, 05 Dec 2012 23:07:23 Z http://www.unisa.edu.au/Media-Centre/Releases/041212/ Twenty one years ago South Australia faced a watershed. http://www.unisa.edu.au/Media-Centre/Releases/041212/ Wed, 05 Dec 2012 03:33:24 Z http://www.unisa.edu.au/Media-Centre/Releases/031212b/ Multiculturalism will play a significant role in commemorating the Anzac Centenary according to a new BBC World Service documentary produced and presented by University of South Australia researcher Sharon Mascall-Dare. http://www.unisa.edu.au/Media-Centre/Releases/031212b/ Tue, 04 Dec 2012 00:32:32 Z http://www.unisa.edu.au/Media-Centre/Releases/031212/ A collection of narratives that together form a book revealing the lived reality of war will be launched at the University of South Australia this week. http://www.unisa.edu.au/Media-Centre/Releases/031212/ Tue, 04 Dec 2012 00:32:37 Z http://www.unisa.edu.au/Media-Centre/Releases/291112/ Proposed clinical guidelines to help individuals at risk of attempting or completing suicide will be outlined at a mental health symposium, jointly presented by the University of South Australia and Country Health SA, in Whyalla on December 6. http://www.unisa.edu.au/Media-Centre/Releases/291112/ Thu, 29 Nov 2012 00:10:30 Z http://www.unisa.edu.au/Media-Centre/Releases/281112/ The University of South Australia’s Aviation Academy will run a seven-day-a-week aerial shark patrol service this summer, starting on Saturday (December 1) through to the end of March. http://www.unisa.edu.au/Media-Centre/Releases/281112/ Wed, 28 Nov 2012 03:09:06 Z http://www.unisa.edu.au/Media-Centre/Releases/271112/ How can the way we communicate improve our wellbeing and the quality of life of people around us? http://www.unisa.edu.au/Media-Centre/Releases/271112/ Tue, 27 Nov 2012 04:00:48 Z http://www.unisa.edu.au/Media-Centre/Releases/261112/ Cooking minerals in huge mixing tanks can turn them to jelly, and a researcher from the University of South Australia has found out why. The research could save the industry millions of dollars a year in lost production and cleaning costs. http://www.unisa.edu.au/Media-Centre/Releases/261112/ Mon, 26 Nov 2012 05:19:09 Z http://www.unisa.edu.au/Media-Centre/Releases/231112b/ A unique performance of part of a lost Monteverdi opera dating back to 1608 and an analysis of video game music are among the highlights of a music research colloquium being hosted by the University of South Australia’s Hawke Research Institute in December. http://www.unisa.edu.au/Media-Centre/Releases/231112b/ Fri, 23 Nov 2012 04:51:02 Z http://www.unisa.edu.au/Media-Centre/Releases/221112A/ The University of South Australia has secured $18 million in funding from the Federal Government to expand its physical footprint in Mt Gambier and its information technology infrastructure and capacity to deliver better higher education opportunities to regional South Australia. http://www.unisa.edu.au/Media-Centre/Releases/221112A/ Thu, 22 Nov 2012 04:49:04 Z http://www.unisa.edu.au/Media-Centre/Releases/221112/ As South Australia gears up for the festival season, a leading tourism management academic from the University of South Australia is calling for organisers to make sure the events staged benefit the local community. http://www.unisa.edu.au/Media-Centre/Releases/221112/ Thu, 22 Nov 2012 04:05:55 Z http://www.unisa.edu.au/Media-Centre/Releases/211112/ In the lead up to retirement, a talk to your accountant and your super fund manager will rate high on the “to do” list, but University of South Australia researchers are saying it is just as important to develop a plan of action for your health, fitness and well being. http://www.unisa.edu.au/Media-Centre/Releases/211112/ Wed, 21 Nov 2012 03:28:47 Z http://www.unisa.edu.au/Media-Centre/Releases/151112/ More than 100 years on from South Australian women winning the right to vote, do women now have the equal right to be rich, ambitious, and career-driven? http://www.unisa.edu.au/Media-Centre/Releases/151112/ Thu, 15 Nov 2012 06:00:29 Z http://www.unisa.edu.au/Media-Centre/Releases/131112/ As Australia signs onto phase two of the Kyoto Protocol, renowned Solomon Islander Dr Alice Aruhe'eta Pollard will share her own experience of rising sea levels when she investigates the impact of climate change on the global population at an address at the University of South Australia on November 14. http://www.unisa.edu.au/Media-Centre/Releases/131112/ Tue, 13 Nov 2012 06:24:14 Z http://www.unisa.edu.au/Media-Centre/Releases/021112/ The greater accommodation of Indigenous knowledges within universities and society is a key theme Dr Irene Watson will raise when she presents the 2012 Duguid Memorial Lecture at City West campus this month. http://www.unisa.edu.au/Media-Centre/Releases/021112/ Fri, 02 Nov 2012 05:11:39 Z http://www.unisa.edu.au/Media-Centre/Releases/301012/ As budgets tighten in pursuit of a national surplus and many family and work benefits and conditions are given close scrutiny in a bid to make savings – just which policies will deliver the best outcomes for families and the wider community can be difficult to decide. http://www.unisa.edu.au/Media-Centre/Releases/301012/ Tue, 30 Oct 2012 02:49:07 Z http://www.unisa.edu.au/Media-Centre/Releases/291012/ The Federal Government’s Asian Century White Paper, which has just been released, has placed Australia’s relationship with Asia centre stage on the political landscape, just as the 2012 Annual Hawke Lecture will focus on this relationship. http://www.unisa.edu.au/Media-Centre/Releases/291012/ Tue, 30 Oct 2012 03:01:00 Z http://www.unisa.edu.au/Media-Centre/Releases/241012/ On the brink of the US Presidential election, in a year where Greece’s national debt almost sank the nation and its place in the EU, at a time when the fire has waned in the Chinese economy – how will South Australia fare and what will it take to maintain smooth economic sailing? http://www.unisa.edu.au/Media-Centre/Releases/241012/ Wed, 24 Oct 2012 05:48:03 Z http://www.unisa.edu.au/Media-Centre/Releases/231012b/ The first Great Koala Count in South Australia is taking place on November 28, with people across the state being urged to monitor and record their experiences and sightings of koalas on that day. http://www.unisa.edu.au/Media-Centre/Releases/231012b/ Tue, 23 Oct 2012 06:07:44 Z http://www.unisa.edu.au/Media-Centre/Releases/231012/ Fresh from playing a key role in Australia’s successful UN Security Council bid in New York last week, Australia’s last serving President of the UN Security Council and former senior diplomat Richard Woolcott AC will deliver the 2012 Annual Hawke Lecture in Adelaide next month. http://www.unisa.edu.au/Media-Centre/Releases/231012/ Tue, 23 Oct 2012 04:47:44 Z http://www.unisa.edu.au/Media-Centre/Releases/221012/ In a national research partnership, Dr Sarah Heron from the University of South Australia’s Sansom Research Institute, epilepsy research group, has been working to map the genes responsible for a rare form of epilepsy - autosomal dominant nocturnal frontal lobe epilepsy (ADNFLE). http://www.unisa.edu.au/Media-Centre/Releases/221012/ Mon, 22 Oct 2012 03:20:49 Z http://www.unisa.edu.au/Media-Centre/Releases/191012A/ The University of South Australia has won more than $8.6 million in support for health research from the National Medical Health Research Council for 17 new fellowships and projects. http://www.unisa.edu.au/Media-Centre/Releases/191012A/ Fri, 19 Oct 2012 07:28:20 Z http://www.unisa.edu.au/Media-Centre/Releases/191012/ Leading law academic from the University of Alabama, Professor William Andreen, is casting doubt on notions that environmental protection is best managed at a local or state level. http://www.unisa.edu.au/Media-Centre/Releases/191012/ Mon, 22 Oct 2012 01:46:07 Z http://www.unisa.edu.au/Media-Centre/Releases/181012A/ In the 21 years since UniSA was established, it has awarded more than 21,000 degrees in teaching. http://www.unisa.edu.au/Media-Centre/Releases/181012A/ Thu, 18 Oct 2012 23:54:49 Z http://www.unisa.edu.au/Media-Centre/Releases/181012/ Four University of South Australia researchers have successfully achieved Australia-India Fellowship Awards (AIFA) from the Australian Academy of Science which will enable them to travel to India and work with leading Indian research institutions. http://www.unisa.edu.au/Media-Centre/Releases/181012/ Fri, 19 Oct 2012 00:01:13 Z http://www.unisa.edu.au/Media-Centre/Releases/171012/ The global challenge of poverty reduction will be the focus of a lecture by former Supreme Court Judge Robyn Layton at the University of South Australia tonight. http://www.unisa.edu.au/Media-Centre/Releases/171012/ Wed, 17 Oct 2012 01:51:56 Z http://www.unisa.edu.au/Media-Centre/Releases/151012b/ Early childhood expert Professor Deborah Harcourt will be inviting adults to consider including young children in important conversations during her address at the annual de Lissa Oration at the University of South Australia this Wednesday. http://www.unisa.edu.au/Media-Centre/Releases/151012b/ Tue, 16 Oct 2012 02:15:26 Z http://www.unisa.edu.au/Media-Centre/Releases/151012/ Professor Anthony Elliott has commenced as the new Director of the University of South Australia’s Hawke Research Institute, where he will provide leadership for an enhanced program of publicly engaged social science – both in Australia and globally. http://www.unisa.edu.au/Media-Centre/Releases/151012/ Mon, 15 Oct 2012 02:47:44 Z http://www.unisa.edu.au/Media-Centre/Releases/091012/ Associate Professor of Architecture Dr Thomas Mical will discuss the importance of unusual and unfamiliar spaces in everyday life at a free public lecture on Monday October 15. http://www.unisa.edu.au/Media-Centre/Releases/091012/ Tue, 09 Oct 2012 23:18:44 Z http://www.unisa.edu.au/Media-Centre/Releases/051012/ Let your natural rhythms take over and enjoy the later twilight; that’s the advice from Dr Siobhan Banks of the University of South Australia’s Centre for Sleep Research, as daylight saving begins this weekend. http://www.unisa.edu.au/Media-Centre/Releases/051012/ Fri, 05 Oct 2012 06:16:42 Z http://www.unisa.edu.au/Media-Centre/Releases/031012/ The University of South Australia has been awarded a five star rating for its MBA program for the fifth consecutive year by the Graduate Management Association of Australia, a track record achieved by only two other Australian universities. http://www.unisa.edu.au/Media-Centre/Releases/031012/ Wed, 03 Oct 2012 02:22:30 Z http://www.unisa.edu.au/Media-Centre/Releases/021012/ An award winning documentary investigating sexual violence within the U.S. military will be screened at the University of South Australia on October 3. http://www.unisa.edu.au/Media-Centre/Releases/021012/ Tue, 02 Oct 2012 04:35:16 Z http://www.unisa.edu.au/Media-Centre/Releases/270912/ Emeritus Professor at the University of South Australia and author and co-author of 20 books on child protection and education, Freda Briggs has just published a definitive guide for educators and professionals on how to keep children safe. http://www.unisa.edu.au/Media-Centre/Releases/270912/ Thu, 27 Sep 2012 03:49:31 Z http://www.unisa.edu.au/Media-Centre/Releases/260912/ Staff at the University of South Australia have won three citations for their commitment to innovative and exciting teaching in the Government Office for Teaching and Learning’s 2012 Citations for Outstanding Contributions to Student Learning. http://www.unisa.edu.au/Media-Centre/Releases/260912/ Wed, 26 Sep 2012 04:37:10 Z http://www.unisa.edu.au/Media-Centre/Releases/240912b/ A two-day symposium being held at the University of South Australia will highlight the need to work effectively with people regardless of their differences, whether it be nationality, ethnicity, age, gender, ability or sexuality. http://www.unisa.edu.au/Media-Centre/Releases/240912b/ Mon, 24 Sep 2012 05:53:35 Z http://www.unisa.edu.au/Media-Centre/Releases/240912d/ Many Australian workers are feeling the pressure of work-life strain, but are unaware of recent government reforms that could help – like the right to request (RTR) flexibility which is available to parents of pre-schoolers and those with a child under 18 with a disability. http://www.unisa.edu.au/Media-Centre/Releases/240912d/ Mon, 24 Sep 2012 05:53:30 Z http://www.unisa.edu.au/Media-Centre/Releases/240912c/ Women in fulltime employment are hurting – that’s the message arising from the latest Australian Work and Life Index (AWALI) survey which highlights a growing gender divide in work life pressures. http://www.unisa.edu.au/Media-Centre/Releases/240912c/ Mon, 24 Sep 2012 05:53:23 Z http://www.unisa.edu.au/Media-Centre/Releases/240912/ Australians’ work-life outcomes have not improved over the past five years, according to the findings of the latest Australian Work and Life Index (AWALI) survey. http://www.unisa.edu.au/Media-Centre/Releases/240912/ Mon, 24 Sep 2012 06:04:16 Z http://www.unisa.edu.au/Media-Centre/Releases/190912/ The University of South Australia’s Associate Professor Sara Charlesworth will critically examine regulatory strategies to improve the quality of jobs held by frontline care workers as part of a $720, 400 Australian Research Council (ARC) Future Fellowship. http://www.unisa.edu.au/Media-Centre/Releases/190912/ Wed, 19 Sep 2012 05:27:18 Z http://www.unisa.edu.au/Media-Centre/Releases/180912a/ The University of South Australia’s Centre for Regional Engagement is making final preparations this week to welcome more than 200 delegates from 19 countries to the 5th International Rural Network World Forum which will run from September 23 – 28 in Whyalla. http://www.unisa.edu.au/Media-Centre/Releases/180912a/ Tue, 18 Sep 2012 07:22:13 Z http://www.unisa.edu.au/Media-Centre/Releases/180912/ PhD student Carla Daunton will represent the University of South Australia at the Tran-Tasman Three Minute Thesis (3MT) Competition next month after her presentation on chronic wound diagnostics captivated the audience at the University’s Competition on September 6. http://www.unisa.edu.au/Media-Centre/Releases/180912/ Tue, 18 Sep 2012 07:22:24 Z http://www.unisa.edu.au/Media-Centre/Releases/110912A/ Five University of South Australia Public Relations students will embark on a PR internship with a difference when they head to Vietnam to volunteer at a blind school in Ho Chi Minh City later this month. http://www.unisa.edu.au/Media-Centre/Releases/110912A/ Tue, 11 Sep 2012 00:55:59 Z http://www.unisa.edu.au/Media-Centre/Releases/110912/ A new partnership between the University of South Australia and the Australian Indigenous Mentoring Experience (AIME) is set to raise young Indigenous South Australians’ school completion rates. http://www.unisa.edu.au/Media-Centre/Releases/110912/ Tue, 11 Sep 2012 00:55:56 Z http://www.unisa.edu.au/Media-Centre/Releases/100912/ When it comes to exercise, our brain’s sense of effort can be as good a measure of effectiveness as a heart monitor, according to research undertaken by University of South Australia Professor Roger Eston. http://www.unisa.edu.au/Media-Centre/Releases/100912/ Mon, 10 Sep 2012 07:02:42 Z http://www.unisa.edu.au/Media-Centre/Releases/070912A/ The myths and realities about the state’s water supply will be the theme of the University of South Australia’s Successful Ageing seminar this month. http://www.unisa.edu.au/Media-Centre/Releases/070912A/ Fri, 07 Sep 2012 05:38:55 Z http://www.unisa.edu.au/Media-Centre/Releases/070912/ Workers in South Australia may have some of the best psychological health conditions in the world according to new research conducted at the University of South Australia’s Centre for Applied Psychological Research. http://www.unisa.edu.au/Media-Centre/Releases/070912/ Fri, 07 Sep 2012 05:39:26 Z http://www.unisa.edu.au/Media-Centre/Releases/060912/ The University of South Australia’s Magill campus will come alive at dusk when the University hosts its first Magill @ Twilight Short Film Festival as part of an information event for the Division of Education, Arts and Social Sciences. http://www.unisa.edu.au/Media-Centre/Releases/060912/ Thu, 06 Sep 2012 05:05:02 Z http://www.unisa.edu.au/Media-Centre/Releases/050912/ Director of the Australian Centre for Child Protection at the University of South Australia, Professor Fiona Arney has used the award presentations in National Child Protection week to emphasise the importance of community connection for families as a key platform for child protection and well-being. http://www.unisa.edu.au/Media-Centre/Releases/050912/ Wed, 05 Sep 2012 04:45:57 Z http://www.unisa.edu.au/Media-Centre/Releases/030912/ UniSA students Gabriel Cole and Jay Dohnt are set to inspire not only the UniSA community but all Australians when they compete for the ‘green and gold’ at the London Paralympics. http://www.unisa.edu.au/Media-Centre/Releases/030912/ Mon, 03 Sep 2012 05:02:01 Z http://www.unisa.edu.au/Media-Centre/Releases/280812/ A UniSA research team is using compounds extracted from an Indigenous medicinal plant to develop a natural cream to treat inflammatory skin conditions like dermatitis and psoriasis. http://www.unisa.edu.au/Media-Centre/Releases/280812/ Wed, 29 Aug 2012 05:07:28 Z http://www.unisa.edu.au/Media-Centre/Releases/270812/ Creating a sustainable and prosperous future for the State’s regional areas will be the focus of upcoming public forum ‘Contemporary leadership in rural South Australia’, which will be hosted by the University of South Australia’s Hawke Centre on August 29. http://www.unisa.edu.au/Media-Centre/Releases/270812/ Mon, 27 Aug 2012 04:39:32 Z http://www.unisa.edu.au/Media-Centre/Releases/240812A/ Three University of South Australia researchers tackling important issues for modern society – Dr Stephanie Reuter Lange, Dr Christopher Raymond and Dr Drew Evans – have been recognised among the state’s leading scientists at this year’s 2012 Science Excellence Awards. http://www.unisa.edu.au/Media-Centre/Releases/240812A/ Fri, 24 Aug 2012 04:37:44 Z http://www.unisa.edu.au/Media-Centre/Releases/240812/ The challenges of dementia will be brought to life on stage during Dementia Awareness Week 2012 in a new play aiming to highlight the role of people who care for those with dementia. http://www.unisa.edu.au/Media-Centre/Releases/240812/ Fri, 24 Aug 2012 02:23:41 Z http://www.unisa.edu.au/Media-Centre/Releases/220812/ Biochemist, researcher and Irish university leader Dr David Lloyd has been appointed as the University of South Australia’s new Vice Chancellor and President. http://www.unisa.edu.au/Media-Centre/Releases/220812/ Wed, 22 Aug 2012 04:44:26 Z http://www.unisa.edu.au/Media-Centre/Releases/210812A/ Researchers have warned that while Australia as a whole has scraped through the Global Financial Crisis relatively unscathed, the crisis has made an impact on multinational companies (MNCs) across all sectors which may have longer term effects. http://www.unisa.edu.au/Media-Centre/Releases/210812A/ Tue, 21 Aug 2012 06:47:27 Z http://www.unisa.edu.au/Media-Centre/Releases/210812/ The University of South Australia’s International Centre for Muslim and non-Muslim Understanding will host celebrations for Eid al Fitr on Wednesday with a strong spirit of inclusion and sharing of cultural and religious understanding. http://www.unisa.edu.au/Media-Centre/Releases/210812/ Tue, 21 Aug 2012 05:44:15 Z http://www.unisa.edu.au/Media-Centre/Releases/170812/ Professor Richard Head, the newly-appointed Director of the University of South Australia’s Sansom Institute for Health Research, says he is looking forward to leading the Institute in an exciting era in science and preventative health. http://www.unisa.edu.au/Media-Centre/Releases/170812/ Fri, 17 Aug 2012 04:12:56 Z http://www.unisa.edu.au/Media-Centre/Releases/160812/ The University of South Australia will showcase more than 300 degrees and help prospective students on the journey to their future careers when it opens up its City West campus to an expected 12,000 visitors at this year’s Open Day on Sunday, August 19. http://www.unisa.edu.au/Media-Centre/Releases/160812/ Thu, 16 Aug 2012 05:32:19 Z http://www.unisa.edu.au/Media-Centre/Releases/150812/ The ravages of war often portrayed in images of the burned out and blasted shells of cities may well be more than just a visual emblem of devastation. http://www.unisa.edu.au/Media-Centre/Releases/150812/ Thu, 16 Aug 2012 01:54:41 Z http://www.unisa.edu.au/Media-Centre/Releases/140812/ University of South Australia researchers who are tackling rising problems of the 21st century have been named as finalists in this year’s South Australian Young Tall Poppy Awards. http://www.unisa.edu.au/Media-Centre/Releases/140812/ Tue, 14 Aug 2012 06:07:34 Z http://www.unisa.edu.au/Media-Centre/Releases/130812/ We all know physical inactivity can lead to weight gain but what many of us don’t realise is that forgoing that thrice-weekly jog or walk makes us much more likely to die of a wide range of conditions, from heart disease and hypertension to diabetes and even some types of cancer. http://www.unisa.edu.au/Media-Centre/Releases/130812/ Mon, 13 Aug 2012 01:50:11 Z http://www.unisa.edu.au/Media-Centre/Releases/060812b/ South Australia’s newest professionals – including more than 210 teachers and 190 nurses and health professionals – will graduate from the University of South Australia this week, building strength and excellence in the South Australian workforce. http://www.unisa.edu.au/Media-Centre/Releases/060812b/ Mon, 06 Aug 2012 05:22:04 Z http://www.unisa.edu.au/Media-Centre/Releases/060812/ Minister for Tertiary Education, Skills, Science and Research Senator Chris Evans will officially open the University of South Australia’s new Minerals and Materials Science Building on Monday August 6 at 12.30pm, for the first time showcasing one of the nation’s most advanced research facilities for materials and minerals science. http://www.unisa.edu.au/Media-Centre/Releases/060812/ Sun, 05 Aug 2012 15:16:27 Z http://www.unisa.edu.au/Media-Centre/Releases/030812A/ University of South Australia researchers have been granted $2.5 million from the National Health and Medical Research Council to support research targeted at ensuring both medicines and medical implants are used more safely in the Australian community. http://www.unisa.edu.au/Media-Centre/Releases/030812A/ Fri, 03 Aug 2012 04:48:53 Z http://www.unisa.edu.au/Media-Centre/Releases/030812/ The University of South Australia will showcase its long history of contribution to the arts when 11 staff members and many more students and alumni participate in the South Australian Living Artists Festival (SALA) this month. http://www.unisa.edu.au/Media-Centre/Releases/030812/ Fri, 03 Aug 2012 00:41:57 Z http://www.unisa.edu.au/Media-Centre/Releases/020812/ In what is set to be one of the most enjoyable research projects around, the University of South Australia’s wine marketing researchers are establishing a wine club that will not only educate its student members, but may offer invaluable insights into the tastes and styles of wine that will be a hit in South East Asia, and particularly in China. http://www.unisa.edu.au/Media-Centre/Releases/020812/ Thu, 02 Aug 2012 03:41:23 Z http://www.unisa.edu.au/Media-Centre/Releases/310712/ The University of South Australia’s Centre for Muslim and non-Muslim Understanding has been successful in securing $100,000 in funding to support the development of a DVD and education kit for schools that aims to dispel key misunderstandings about Muslims through a deepening of the link between diversity and democracy. http://www.unisa.edu.au/Media-Centre/Releases/310712/ Wed, 01 Aug 2012 07:09:43 Z http://www.unisa.edu.au/Media-Centre/Releases/300712b/ University of South Australia research into the benefits of dairy foods in reducing the national health spend has just been published in the Journal of Nutrition, a leading US health journal. http://www.unisa.edu.au/Media-Centre/Releases/300712b/ Tue, 31 Jul 2012 06:55:16 Z http://www.unisa.edu.au/Media-Centre/Releases/300712/ A new study at the University of South Australia will investigate flexible working options to assist workers who are reaching retirement age with depleted superannuation funds. http://www.unisa.edu.au/Media-Centre/Releases/300712/ Mon, 30 Jul 2012 04:52:59 Z http://www.unisa.edu.au/Media-Centre/Releases/230712b/ The Ian Wark Research Institute will join with BioSA to deliver an important network event for anyone interested in the State’s future scientific research capabilities. http://www.unisa.edu.au/Media-Centre/Releases/230712b/ Tue, 24 Jul 2012 00:29:58 Z http://www.unisa.edu.au/Media-Centre/Releases/230712/ Einstein’s famous theory of relativity proposed that matter can distort space and time. Now a new study recently published in the journal Neurology suggests that chronic pain can have the same effect. http://www.unisa.edu.au/Media-Centre/Releases/230712/ Tue, 24 Jul 2012 00:28:43 Z http://www.unisa.edu.au/Media-Centre/Releases/180712/ The University of South Australia will be offering the Bachelor of Education (primary teaching) in Whyalla and Mount Gambier from 2013, opening new opportunities to build a stronger regional teaching force. http://www.unisa.edu.au/Media-Centre/Releases/180712/ Wed, 18 Jul 2012 06:42:54 Z http://www.unisa.edu.au/Media-Centre/Releases/170712/ One of Adelaide’s emerging leaders, Jake Richardson, was inspired to become an active citizen after a life-changing trip to Malaysia. http://www.unisa.edu.au/Media-Centre/Releases/170712/ Tue, 17 Jul 2012 04:21:39 Z http://www.unisa.edu.au/Media-Centre/Releases/160712A/ Accredited exercise physiologists from the University of South Australia will show how exercise can be used as medicine during a Health Check @ UniSA open day this Saturday (July 21). http://www.unisa.edu.au/Media-Centre/Releases/160712A/ Mon, 16 Jul 2012 02:55:28 Z http://www.unisa.edu.au/Media-Centre/Releases/160712/ Australians receive “appropriate” health care in only 57 per cent of consultations, according the first ever national snapshot of the quality of clinical care in Australia. http://www.unisa.edu.au/Media-Centre/Releases/160712/ Mon, 16 Jul 2012 02:55:22 Z http://www.unisa.edu.au/Media-Centre/Releases/110712/ The University of South Australia’s Dr Tracey Bretag, with colleague Dr Saadia Mahmud, and a team from Griffith University and the Queensland Institute of Business, has secured almost $300,000 from the Office for Learning and Teaching (OLT) to embed aspects of exemplary academic integrity policy across the Australian Higher Education sector. http://www.unisa.edu.au/Media-Centre/Releases/110712/ Wed, 11 Jul 2012 06:56:46 Z http://www.unisa.edu.au/Media-Centre/Releases/100712/ The average consumer takes only forty seconds to pick a bottle of wine off the shelf. But what goes into making that decision? http://www.unisa.edu.au/Media-Centre/Releases/100712/ Tue, 10 Jul 2012 02:23:50 Z http://www.unisa.edu.au/Media-Centre/Releases/040712/ The University of South Australia has won support for three projects in the Australian Research Council’s latest funding announcements. http://www.unisa.edu.au/Media-Centre/Releases/040712/ Wed, 04 Jul 2012 05:28:47 Z http://www.unisa.edu.au/Media-Centre/Releases/040712A/ Iodine deficiency is still a problem in Australia today and about 30 per cent of the world’s population remains at risk of the preventable condition that can cause everything from mild learning difficulties to sever retardation, cretinism and stillbirth. http://www.unisa.edu.au/Media-Centre/Releases/040712A/ Wed, 04 Jul 2012 05:28:41 Z http://www.unisa.edu.au/Media-Centre/Releases/020712/ The University of South Australia will bring together the biggest gathering of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander teachers and educational leaders in Australia’s history next week for the inaugural More Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Teachers Initiative ‘Teachers are Deadly’ conference. http://www.unisa.edu.au/Media-Centre/Releases/020712/ Mon, 02 Jul 2012 04:15:48 Z http://www.unisa.edu.au/Media-Centre/Releases/150612/ An international expert in workplace creativity will be urging us to think more about enhancing creativity in the workplace when she delivers a free public lecture at the University of South Australia next week. http://www.unisa.edu.au/Media-Centre/Releases/150612/ Mon, 18 Jun 2012 02:32:16 Z http://www.unisa.edu.au/Media-Centre/Releases/130612/ It was more than 2000 anecdotes and guided observations that contributed to the publication of The Fearsome Flute Players: Australian magpies in our lives. The book is an accessible guide, not only to the habits of magpies and how they exist in the urban landscape, but also the place of this iconic Australian bird in our hearts. http://www.unisa.edu.au/Media-Centre/Releases/130612/ Wed, 13 Jun 2012 04:29:21 Z http://www.unisa.edu.au/Media-Centre/Releases/070612/ Australian researchers have called for a focus on public health interventions that increase dairy food consumption following a new study published this week. http://www.unisa.edu.au/Media-Centre/Releases/070612/ Thu, 07 Jun 2012 06:55:41 Z http://www.unisa.edu.au/Media-Centre/Releases/050612/ A seminar designed to increase knowledge and understanding of dementia and provide some positive messages around coping with the condition will be held at the University of South Australia this month. http://www.unisa.edu.au/Media-Centre/Releases/050612/ Tue, 05 Jun 2012 02:57:49 Z http://www.unisa.edu.au/Media-Centre/Releases/250512/ In its 21st birthday year, the University of South Australia is again placing the spotlight on the issues that matter for Indigenous Australians, consistent with a strong tradition of recognition for our First People. http://www.unisa.edu.au/Media-Centre/Releases/250512/ Fri, 25 May 2012 02:12:06 Z http://www.unisa.edu.au/Media-Centre/Releases/240512/ Celebrating living history and a significant local hero are two aspects of a key exhibition now open at the University of South Australia’s library this month to coincide with history month, honouring UniSA’s former Chancellor Dr Basil Hetzel and his incredible contribution to world health. http://www.unisa.edu.au/Media-Centre/Releases/240512/ Thu, 24 May 2012 06:37:29 Z http://www.unisa.edu.au/Media-Centre/Releases/210512a/ In December of 1948 the General Assembly of the United Nations adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights including Article 4 which declared with great purpose that No one shall be held in slavery or servitude; slavery and the slave trade shall be prohibited in all their forms. http://www.unisa.edu.au/Media-Centre/Releases/210512a/ Mon, 21 May 2012 07:10:29 Z http://www.unisa.edu.au/Media-Centre/Releases/210512/ University of South Australia organisational behaviour expert Professor Peter Chen will share his knowledge on how human sustainability can be improved to build a healthy workplace at a public lecture at City West Campus this week. http://www.unisa.edu.au/Media-Centre/Releases/210512/ Mon, 21 May 2012 06:45:00 Z http://www.unisa.edu.au/Media-Centre/Releases/160512b/ Traffic congestion, over consumption, pollution, energy and water supply and a growing demand for everything – they are all a part of a mix that makes up modern urbanised communities and as populations globally continue to be drawn away from rural lifestyles and into vast urban centres – these issues are increasingly those of our times. http://www.unisa.edu.au/Media-Centre/Releases/160512b/ Wed, 16 May 2012 02:20:06 Z http://www.unisa.edu.au/Media-Centre/Releases/160512/ Bullying expert Adjunct Professor Ken Rigby will review and evaluate how teachers handle cases of bullying in schools at a seminar at the University of South Australia next week. http://www.unisa.edu.au/Media-Centre/Releases/160512/ Wed, 16 May 2012 02:19:44 Z http://www.unisa.edu.au/Media-Centre/Releases/150512/ As support grows to constitutionally recognise Indigenous people as the first Australians, UniSA’s Bob Hawke Prime Ministerial Centre and Anglicare SA will jointly present a forum to explore constitutional reform on May 30. http://www.unisa.edu.au/Media-Centre/Releases/150512/ Tue, 15 May 2012 02:54:09 Z http://www.unisa.edu.au/Media-Centre/Releases/Designer-medicines-beat-food-factor/ Researchers at the University of South Australia’s Ian Wark Research Institute and Monash Institute of Pharmaceutical Science at Monash University have cracked a way to use innovative nanotechnologies to ensure disease-controlling drugs are absorbed in the body much more efficiently. http://www.unisa.edu.au/Media-Centre/Releases/Designer-medicines-beat-food-factor/ Thu, 10 May 2012 07:53:20 Z http://www.unisa.edu.au/Media-Centre/Releases/040512/ A $4 million investment to deliver a greener, safer, foot traffic-friendly environment in the city’s West End has received strong endorsement from University of South Australia Vice Chancellor Professor Peter Høj. http://www.unisa.edu.au/Media-Centre/Releases/040512/ Fri, 04 May 2012 05:53:13 Z http://www.unisa.edu.au/Media-Centre/Releases/010512/ An international expert in teenage sleep will give a free public lecture at the University of South Australia this week. http://www.unisa.edu.au/Media-Centre/Releases/010512/ Tue, 01 May 2012 05:43:21 Z http://www.unisa.edu.au/Media-Centre/Releases/Hawkes-legacy/ They were years packed with change and controversy and many of the decisions made between 1983 and 1991 helped to fashion a new Australia for the 21st century. http://www.unisa.edu.au/Media-Centre/Releases/Hawkes-legacy/ Fri, 27 Apr 2012 08:09:24 Z http://www.unisa.edu.au/Media-Centre/Releases/260412/ More than 400 recreational cyclists will don their lycra this weekend in Adelaide’s inaugural Ride for Pain, a community bike ride designed to help raise awareness about the frequently overlooked issue of chronic pain. http://www.unisa.edu.au/Media-Centre/Releases/260412/ Fri, 27 Apr 2012 07:16:40 Z http://www.unisa.edu.au/Media-Centre/Releases/230412/ An international pilot shortage has fuelled the expansion of UniSA’s Aviation School with new facilities at Parafield Airport set to be completed at the end of April. http://www.unisa.edu.au/Media-Centre/Releases/230412/ Fri, 27 Apr 2012 02:24:44 Z http://www.unisa.edu.au/Media-Centre/Releases/200412/ UniSA international studies and marketing graduate James Martin and his team have won this year’s Pank Prize for Entrepreneurial Activity for their publishing business which produces a guidebook and smart phone application aimed at international students studying in Adelaide, Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane and Perth. http://www.unisa.edu.au/Media-Centre/Releases/200412/ Fri, 27 Apr 2012 02:20:15 Z http://www.unisa.edu.au/Media-Centre/Releases/180412/ A collaboration between University of South Australia architecture students, street artists, the Integrated Design Commission and the Service to Youth Council is bringing the plight of homeless youth right into the heart of Adelaide this month through a major installation now in place on North Terrace. http://www.unisa.edu.au/Media-Centre/Releases/180412/ Fri, 20 Apr 2012 05:36:16 Z http://www.unisa.edu.au/Media-Centre/Releases/170412/ Media coverage of Anzac Day is set to improve following the release of a media style guide written by UniSA researcher Sharon Mascall-Dare. http://www.unisa.edu.au/Media-Centre/Releases/170412/ Fri, 20 Apr 2012 05:48:36 Z http://www.unisa.edu.au/Media-Centre/Releases/160412/ It may be 2012 but sexual harassment remains a persistent problem in Australian workplaces. http://www.unisa.edu.au/Media-Centre/Releases/160412/ Fri, 27 Apr 2012 05:44:31 Z http://www.unisa.edu.au/Media-Centre/Releases/130412/ A new virtual reality cancer treatment training facility at the University of South Australia is allowing student radiation therapists to learn the best possible treatment and care of cancer patients. http://www.unisa.edu.au/Media-Centre/Releases/130412/ Fri, 20 Apr 2012 05:55:49 Z http://www.unisa.edu.au/Media-Centre/Releases/120412a/ The University of South Australia is hosting anIndigenous Knowledges Symposium highlighting Indigenous practices of effective land and natural resource management. http://www.unisa.edu.au/Media-Centre/Releases/120412a/ Fri, 20 Apr 2012 06:29:26 Z http://www.unisa.edu.au/Media-Centre/Releases/120412/ Professor Christopher Saint will discuss cutting-edge research on the future of Australia’s water supply at a public lecture on Tuesday April 17. http://www.unisa.edu.au/Media-Centre/Releases/120412/ Fri, 27 Apr 2012 05:52:26 Z http://www.unisa.edu.au/Media-Centre/Releases/040412/ One of the most critical challenges in dealing with the increasing rate of child abuse and neglect in Australia will lie in dealing with the problems of adults. http://www.unisa.edu.au/Media-Centre/Releases/040412/ Fri, 27 Apr 2012 05:57:24 Z http://www.unisa.edu.au/Media-Centre/Releases/020412/ An exercise and physical activity program developed by the University of South Australia for children with cancer has helped about 30 South Australian children improve their health and well-being. http://www.unisa.edu.au/Media-Centre/Releases/020412/ Fri, 20 Apr 2012 06:19:49 Z http://www.unisa.edu.au/Media-Centre/Releases/270312/ The University of South Australia is celebrating having been named an Employer of Choice for Women by the Equal Opportunity for Women in the Workplace Agency(EOWA) for the 10th consecutive year. http://www.unisa.edu.au/Media-Centre/Releases/270312/ Fri, 20 Apr 2012 06:25:03 Z http://www.unisa.edu.au/Media-Centre/Releases/270312b/ Osteoporosis prevention strategies – including diet and exercise – will be the focus of the University of South Australia’s next Successful Ageing seminar on April 20. http://www.unisa.edu.au/Media-Centre/Releases/270312b/ Fri, 27 Apr 2012 06:26:16 Z http://www.unisa.edu.au/Media-Centre/Releases/260312/ The University of South Australia’s graduation ceremonies this week will honour former South Australian of the Year, Laureate Professor John Ralston AO, who has recently retired after a distinguished career as one of Australia’s most prominent physical chemists. http://www.unisa.edu.au/Media-Centre/Releases/260312/ Fri, 27 Apr 2012 23:37:09 Z http://www.unisa.edu.au/Media-Centre/Releases/210312/ University of South Australia experts will be making their contribution to keeping the International Space Station (ISS) ticking over as part of an international network of tracking stations monitoring the path of the latest European Space Agency (ESA) rocket launch on behalf of the French Space Agency, Centre National d’Etudes Spatiales (CNES), and Arianespace. http://www.unisa.edu.au/Media-Centre/Releases/210312/ Mon, 30 Apr 2012 03:45:16 Z http://www.unisa.edu.au/Media-Centre/Releases/210312a/ The third in a series of professional symposiums will be held at the University of South Australia this week examining mental health service responses in critical and crisis situations. http://www.unisa.edu.au/Media-Centre/Releases/210312a/ Mon, 30 Apr 2012 00:30:09 Z http://www.unisa.edu.au/Media-Centre/Releases/190312/ Exercise doesn’t need to be all about ‘no pain, no gain’ to reap the associated health benefits, according to research published in two top-ranking journals. http://www.unisa.edu.au/Media-Centre/Releases/190312/ Mon, 30 Apr 2012 03:56:13 Z http://www.unisa.edu.au/Media-Centre/Releases/150312/ UniSA scientist Dr Stephanie Reuter Lange will soon travel to the United States to expand on her research into why the response to medications varies between patients. http://www.unisa.edu.au/Media-Centre/Releases/150312/ Mon, 30 Apr 2012 04:00:35 Z http://www.unisa.edu.au/Media-Centre/Releases/140312a/ The University of South Australia is pleased to announce that Professor Peter Buckskin has been appointed as its inaugural Dean of Indigenous Scholarship, Engagement and Research, reporting directly to the Deputy Vice Chancellor Academic, Professor Joanne Wright. http://www.unisa.edu.au/Media-Centre/Releases/140312a/ Tue, 01 May 2012 05:33:25 Z http://www.unisa.edu.au/Media-Centre/Releases/140312/ Four first year students relocating to Adelaide for study at the University of South Australia have received a financial boost by being awarded John and Johan Høj Rural Connect Scholarships. http://www.unisa.edu.au/Media-Centre/Releases/140312/ Wed, 02 May 2012 01:10:46 Z http://www.unisa.edu.au/Media-Centre/Releases/140312b/ The University of South Australia has secured an international leader in the field of functional genomics to give the first lecture for 2012 in its popular Knowledge Works public lecture series. http://www.unisa.edu.au/Media-Centre/Releases/140312b/ Wed, 02 May 2012 01:03:06 Z http://www.unisa.edu.au/Media-Centre/Releases/090312a/ A new book documenting the lives and stories of young people across four countries has highlighted the lack of support given by local and national funding bodies for music making activities. http://www.unisa.edu.au/Media-Centre/Releases/090312a/ Wed, 02 May 2012 01:16:45 Z http://www.unisa.edu.au/Media-Centre/Releases/090312/ By far Australia’s most significant agricultural area, the more than 3000 km Murray Darling Basin spans five states. And therein lies the historical difficulty in managing the resource. http://www.unisa.edu.au/Media-Centre/Releases/090312/ Wed, 02 May 2012 02:11:59 Z http://www.unisa.edu.au/Media-Centre/Releases/060312/ Four key strategies may make the difference between effective and less effective media campaigns according to a White Paper released by UniSA’s Ehrenberg-Bass Institute for Marketing Science and leading global broadcaster CNBC this week. http://www.unisa.edu.au/Media-Centre/Releases/060312/ Wed, 02 May 2012 02:16:41 Z http://www.unisa.edu.au/Media-Centre/Releases/220212a/ UniSA Honours student, Kate Swaffer, will be making a touching Adelaide Fringe debut on Saturday when she presents her show ‘My Unseen Disappearing World’ encapsulating her battle with early onset dementia. http://www.unisa.edu.au/Media-Centre/Releases/220212a/ Wed, 02 May 2012 02:22:08 Z http://www.unisa.edu.au/Media-Centre/Releases/220212/ Adelaide’s recreational cyclists are being urged to help raise awareness about chronic pain by joining the University of South Australia’s Ride for Pain on Sunday April 29. http://www.unisa.edu.au/Media-Centre/Releases/220212/ Wed, 02 May 2012 02:38:53 Z http://www.unisa.edu.au/Media-Centre/Releases/210212/ Adelaide’s climate will become hotter and drier to mirror Whyalla’s climate in 50 years’ time – and we need to prepare for this change accordingly, research conducted at UniSA has found. http://www.unisa.edu.au/Media-Centre/Releases/210212/ Wed, 02 May 2012 04:38:04 Z http://www.unisa.edu.au/Media-Centre/Releases/160212/ Its known worldwide as “the beautiful game” and it is about to make its mark in a very special way on young people in five high schools across the northern and western suburbs and regional South Australia. http://www.unisa.edu.au/Media-Centre/Releases/160212/ Wed, 02 May 2012 04:44:42 Z http://www.unisa.edu.au/Media-Centre/Releases/150212/ The second of the three little pigs built his house out of wood and although in the fairy tale the wolf blew it down, the head of UniSA’s Zero Waste Research Centre – Professor Steffen Lehmann says piggy number two, may have been onto something. http://www.unisa.edu.au/Media-Centre/Releases/150212/ Wed, 02 May 2012 04:48:58 Z http://www.unisa.edu.au/Media-Centre/Releases/130212a/ Just one month into his appointment at the University of South Australia and Professor of Chemistry and Materials Science at the Mawson Institute, Dr Nico Voelcker, has won a prestigious Humboldt Research Fellowship to carry out a long-term research project in nanomaterials. http://www.unisa.edu.au/Media-Centre/Releases/130212a/ Wed, 02 May 2012 04:53:17 Z http://www.unisa.edu.au/Media-Centre/Releases/130212/ The ‘time bomb’ facing busy Australian workers squeezed by the demands of work and care is the focus of a new book by University of South Australia researchers being launched this evening by Premier Jay Weatherill. http://www.unisa.edu.au/Media-Centre/Releases/130212/ Wed, 02 May 2012 04:58:39 Z http://www.unisa.edu.au/Media-Centre/Releases/090212/ Research academics from around the world will be meeting at the University of South Australia this week to discuss the implications of the results of the largest student academic integrity survey ever conducted in Australia. http://www.unisa.edu.au/Media-Centre/Releases/090212/ Wed, 02 May 2012 05:35:30 Z http://www.unisa.edu.au/Media-Centre/Releases/080212/ Former diplomat and University of Sydney Adjunct Professor Richard Broinowski will give a public lecture on the future of nuclear power in the wake of last year’s Fukushima disaster for the University of South Australia’s Bob Hawke Prime Ministerial Centre in Adelaide next week. http://www.unisa.edu.au/Media-Centre/Releases/080212/ Wed, 02 May 2012 05:41:09 Z http://www.unisa.edu.au/Media-Centre/Releases/070212/ How to educate tomorrow’s accountants to deal with the incoming carbon tax and future sustainability initiatives will be one of the hot topics discussed when the Centre for Accounting, Governance and Sustainability, University of South Australia and the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Australia host a forum on the future pathways to the profession for accountants tomorrow. http://www.unisa.edu.au/Media-Centre/Releases/070212/ Wed, 02 May 2012 06:25:09 Z http://www.unisa.edu.au/Media-Centre/Releases/070212a/ The University of South Australia is helping to keep Adelaide children healthy from the ground up with free children’s podiatry screenings being offered at City East Campus on Saturday February 18. http://www.unisa.edu.au/Media-Centre/Releases/070212a/ Wed, 02 May 2012 05:46:30 Z http://www.unisa.edu.au/Media-Centre/Releases/300112/ It wouldn’t be much of a friendship if you said ‘hi’ then didn’t speak again for the next few years, yet that’s a fair summary of the relationship many Facebook users have with brands they clicked on as ‘liking’, according to a study by University of South Australia’s Ehrenberg-Bass Institute for Marketing Science. http://www.unisa.edu.au/Media-Centre/Releases/300112/ Wed, 02 May 2012 06:29:28 Z http://www.unisa.edu.au/Media-Centre/Releases/250112/ After a childhood spent riding through the streets of Adelaide, 21 year old UniSA student David Parsons is about to chase the dream of becoming an elite professional cyclist when he leaves for Belgium next March. http://www.unisa.edu.au/Media-Centre/Releases/250112/ Wed, 02 May 2012 06:32:33 Z http://www.unisa.edu.au/Media-Centre/Releases/160112/ Can your mind change how allergic your skin is? New research just published in Current Biology shows it can. http://www.unisa.edu.au/Media-Centre/Releases/160112/ Wed, 02 May 2012 06:37:41 Z http://www.unisa.edu.au/Media-Centre/Releases/120112/ Dr Soyeon Yi (pictured right), could be mistaken for a young school girl, but make no mistake that this 33 year-old woman has a PhD in biotech systems, and after intensive training in Russia, was lucky enough to be launched into space in 2008, making her South Korea’s first astronaut! http://www.unisa.edu.au/Media-Centre/Releases/120112/ Wed, 02 May 2012 06:42:14 Z http://www.unisa.edu.au/Media-Centre/Releases/100112a/ Team UniSA-Australia is shaping up as the team to watch for new Australian cycling talent this year with the bulk of the group aged under 25 and already achieving great results both on the road and the track. http://www.unisa.edu.au/Media-Centre/Releases/100112a/ Wed, 02 May 2012 06:46:37 Z http://www.unisa.edu.au/Media-Centre/Releases/100112/ UniSA researchers are about to launch an investigation into the impact of ADHD medications on children in a bid to pinpoint how stimulants such as Ritalin and dexamphetamine may be impacting areas of the brain that control movement. http://www.unisa.edu.au/Media-Centre/Releases/100112/ Wed, 02 May 2012 06:51:11 Z