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- August 2008
CPA Australia FREE Information Session (PDF 670.55KB)
THIS SESSION WAS VERY WELL ATTENDED -
92 postgraduate Accounting students came along!
When: Thursday 28 August, 2008
Where: RR5-09
What Time: 12:15pm to 01:30pm
Program :
- Local and International Internship Program
- CPA Passport and how it can assist you
- Pathway to becoming a member of CPA
- DIAC (Department of Immigration and Citizenship)
- Tips for international students
Colliers International Industry Evening
About: Meet leaders in the commercial and industrial property
industry in SA. Gain insight on what we do and how your career can be
accelerated by working for a global company.
Target Audience:
UniSA Bachelor of Business (Property) and
UniSA Business Double
Degree (Property) 2nd & 3rd year students
Event Organiser: Colliers International
When: Thursday 7 August, 2008
Where: Level 10, 99 Gawler Place, Adelaide
What Time: 04:30pm onwards
Registration Fee: n/a
How to Register: Please email Irina Tadevosyan at
irina.tadevosyan@unisa.edu.au
indicating your interest to attend by Thursday 31 July, 2008
Working Links2008 Seminar Series
Corporate governance and boardroom accountability: lessons from the top
About: Remarkably little is known about what goes on in the top-floor
inner sanctums of private, public and non-profit sector boardrooms. Yet they
have a profound impact on corporate performance and accountability. Lee
Parkers presentation gives us a fly-on-the-wall insight into corporate
governance based on his own board-level research and drawing on latest
international research and practice. What are a directors role and
responsibilities for strategic management, organisational control and
internal boardroom governance? Lee examines all the processes,
highlighting implications for future practice in boardroom corporate
governance.
Target Audience: Business community, students, alumni and academic
staff
Event Organiser: The "Working Links" team
When: Tuesday 26 August
Where: Bradley Forum, Hawke Building, City West campus, UniSA, North
Terrace
What Time: 05.45 - 08.00pm
Registration Fee: n/a
How to Register:
Please
Register NOW
Presenter:
Professor
Lee Parker
Lee is Professor of Accounting at UniSAs
School of Commerce, and an
Honorary Professor at the University of St Andrews, Scotland. Previous
positions include the Universities of Glasgow, Dundee, Monash, Griffith,
Flinders and Adelaide with visiting professorships in the UK, USA, NZ,
Singapore and Kuwait. He's published over 150 articles and books
internationally, was joint founding editor of the Accounting, Auditing and
Accountability Journal and currently serves on over 20 editorial boards. He
is past-President of the Academy of Accounting Historians (USA), the
American Accounting Association Public Interest section and CPA Australia
(SA); past-Vice-President International of the American Accounting
Association; and past-Deputy President of AIM (SA).
- July 2008
End
of Financial Year Bash 2008
About: Having cleared away the debris from 2007's Future Directions
Parliamentary invasion, Minister for Transport, Energy and Infrastructure
The Hon. Patrick Conlon and Opposition Leader in the Upper House, The Hon.
David Ridgway MLC boldly invites you back into the members' lounge to
celebrate the End of Financial Year with great food, drinks and company!
Target Audience:
UniSA Bachelor of Business (Property) and
UniSA Business Double
Degree (Property) students
Event Organiser:
Future Directions: Young People in Property
(Property Council of Australia)
When: Friday 4 July, 2008
Where: Members Dining Room, Parliament House, North Terrace, Adelaide
What Time: 05:30pm to 08:30pm
Registration Fee: $25.00
How to Register: Please email Irina Tadevosyan at
irina.tadevosyan@unisa.edu.au
indicating your interest to attend by Monday 30 June, 2008
Event Photos:
Victoria Ninnes, Drew Villani and Mark Tettis
Jessica Cocks, Robert Gardner and Joel Adih
"...last night was a great night, a great opportunity to be able to meet potential employers and people in the professional arena. Thank you again. I will keep my eye out for more events like this."
Daniel Christmas 05/06/08 (Bachelor of Business (Property) Student)