United Kingdom
If
you are a graduate from UniSA and currently live in the UK, or plan to
in the future, the
South Australian Universities Alumni UK
Chapter will
be a valuable resource for you. The Chapter is designed to help
graduates form strong, supportive professional networks in an
international context - the kind of networks you would have in
Australia.
A UniSA Alumni Chapter in the United Kingdom was launched in London on Saturday 6 September 2003. The launch, in the Chancellor's Hall, Senate House, University of London, was a tripartite function for Flinders, Adelaide and University of South Australia alumni.
Upcoming events
Australian Business Schools Alumni (ABSA)
4th Annual Dinner Dance
| Date and Time | Friday 16 October 7:00pm Pre-dinner drinks 7:30pm Dinner service commences |
| Location | HMS President (1918) Victoria Embankment, London
EC4Y 0HJ |
| Cost | Price per ticket £69 (AGSM/ASB, MBS, MGSM alumni and party) £79 (Other school alumni and party) |
| RSVP | 2nd October 2009 |
| Contact | To register and make payment please contact: AGSM – Christine (christine_druce@hotmail.com / 07920 537 599) MBS – Stephen (Stephen.Gay@KPMG.co.uk / 07884 235 302) MGSM – Gurmeet (gurmeetkaurbond@gmail.com / 07918 841 011) Other – Maria (maria.sukumaran@gmail.com) |
| Payment | Internet payment to bank account: Sort Code: 40–05–35 Account: 61335804 Download flyer |
Australian Business Schools Alumni (ABSA)
post graduate business alumni drinks
| Date and Time | 6 Nov – First Friday Drinks, Old Bank of England, 194 Fleet Street, London EC4A 2LT (Temple Tube) |
| Contact | D_Paynter@bigpond.com (all events excl Annual Ball) Nishal.Sukumaran@WorleyParsons.com (all events) |
Wednesday, 11 November 2009
Annual General Meeting
| Time | 6:30pm |
| Venue | The Australian Centre, London |
Premier's Reception
Reception for the Premier of South Australia Mike Rann at Australia
HouseCo-hosted with the Agent General for South Australia.
| Time | Date and time to be confirmed |
| Location | Australia House - The Strand |
Recent events
Adelaide Universities Alumni UK's Second Alumni Lecture by Baroness Susan Greenfield CBE
Baroness Susan Greenfield CBE, Patron of the Adelaide Universities Alumni UK
and Director of the Royal Institution of Great Britain, gave the
Second Alumni Lecture at the Ri on 28th April 2009 in the Sunley Room.
Her lecture was entitled "The 21st Century Mind. Unchanged or Unprecedented". The Lecture was very well attended and provoked an interesting discussion afterwards.
Baroness Greenfield’s lecture was based on her book published in 2008 "ID. The Quest for Identity in the 21st Century".
Susan shared some thought provoking trends. One such trend around the huge force of technology such as video games and its impact on human development in terms of individuality and identity development, particularly of young people.
She spoke of ‘. . . the dynamism, the ‘plasticity’ of the brain. How our identity is our brain or rather our mind’ and how a range of different experiences and different connections can strengthen the brain’s malleability, thereby differentiating one brain from another. She went on to say that in the young person’s brain which is still developing and ‘. . . most malleable according to what inputs are most hardworking and in whatever brain areas’, the future technologies will certainly impact the way young people might think and learn differently from preceding generations, and which will have implications as to what kind of people they might become.
She told our audience and the House of Lords this year that children’s experiences on social networking sites ". . . are devoid of cohesive narrative and long-term significance. As a consequence, the mid-21st century mind might almost be infantilised, characterised by short attention spans, sensationalism, inability to empathise and a shaky sense of identity".
Whilst future technologies also brings benefits, such as increased level of society’s IQ from the use of the internet, Susan maintains that we all have a responsibility to look at what we want for ourselves, for our children and for our future society, and to consider how we shape that future.
Alumni Committee members Elsa D’Ercoli – Vice Chair, Simon Fourmy – Hon. Secretary, Diane Tofts – Hon. Treasurer, Sonja Townsend, Amy Lunn, Chantal Hirth and visiting Life Member from Tokyo Kristina Dryza hosted the event with the generous help of the Ri staff. Our thanks go to them for all their support.
Committee Members
Dennis Muirhead - President
Elsa D’Ercoli - Vice President
Simon Fourmy - Hon. Secretary
Diane Tofts - Hon. Treasurer
Sonja Townsend
Matt Leske
Amy Lunn
Chantal Hirth
Ann Davis
Joanne Niel
Contact
To explore the opportunity of becoming a member of the Chapter contact Chairman Dennis Muirhead or Development Coordinator (Alumni Services) Sheila Bailey.
Website: www.adelaidealumniuk.eu
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