News and Events 2011 
Keep up with all the latest news and events in the School of Commerce from student information, conferences, newsletters and other special events.
The School of Commerce Research Centres present regular seminars on their research, find more about the research seminars here.
Previous stories from 2008, 2009 and 2010 can also be found.
October NEW!
- PRRES Conference
What: 18th Pacific Rim Real Estate Society Conference
When: Sunday, 15 January - Wednesday, 18 January 2012
Where: University of South Australia, City West campus
The PRRES Conference is the signature event for the
Pacific Rim Real Estate Society and this
conference has achieved an 'A' rating with the Excellence in Research for
Australia (ERA) initiative.
The 2012 18th PRRES Conference will be hosted by the School of Commerce at
the University of South Australia. The conference will include presentations
from Australian and International speakers at the forefront of research and
policy-making and brings together a multi-disciplinary group of leading
property researchers and policy makers from throughout the Pacific Rim
region. It also advances understanding and cooperation between educators and
the property industry in an increasingly complex industry. The PRRES
conference attracts delegates from Australia, New Zealand, Singapore,
Malaysia, Philippines, Japan, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Taipei, South Africa,
England, America, Canada, Germany and Spain.
For further information visit www.prres.net/ or Dr Geoff Page.
To register, download the registration form here.
August
- RICS Foundation Global Symposium
What: Real Options: The Future of Property Investment
and Property Valuation?
When: Wednesday, 18 January - Friday, 20 January 2012 - immediately following the PRRES Conference
Where: Bradley Forum, Hawke Building, City West campus,
University of South Australia
The University of South Australia is honoured to host the first RICS
Foundation Global Symposium to explore the application of option pricing
theory and real options to property investment and property valuation.
For further information see the flyer
here or contact
Professor David Parker
June
- Award winning teaching staff
Congratulations to the School of Commerce's Accounting Lecturer Dr Mei Lim who has recently been awarded an Australian Learning and Teaching Council award for Citations for Outstanding Contributions to Student Learning. These national awards are presented to people who have made a significant contribution to the quality of student learning over a sustained period. The citations have a prize value of $10,000 each and we are pleased that all of the nominations submitted by UniSA were successful.
Dr Lim received her award for motivation, inspiring, and engaging students through approaches that foster life-long learning and the capacity for professional and personal achievement.
The School wishes to congratulate her on this wonderful achievement!
See the official media release here.
June
- Behavioural Finance and Capital Markets Conference CALL FOR PAPERS
What: The Centre for Applied Financial Studies
specialised conference Behavioural Finance and Capital Markets
When: Friday 16 September - Saturday 17 September, 2011
Where: Rockford Hotel Adelaide
The Centre for Applied Financial Studies is calling for submissions of high quality papers addressing issues on either Behavioural Finance or Capital Markets/Market Microstructure. The deadline for submission is Wednesday 6 July, 2011.
For further information and submission details, click here (PDF 19.70KB) or email cafs@unisa.edu.au
June
- National Symposium: The Future of Property Education in Australia REGISTER NOW
When: Friday 5 August, 2011
Where: Hawke Building, University of South Australia
Time: 9:30am to 4:30pm
The first national symposium to:
- examine the state of property education in Australia
- explore the professional education needs of the property industry and property employers
- explain the approach to professional education taken by other professions, including the accounting profession and the construction profession.
For more information and to register, click here. (PDF 42.08KB)
April
- School of Commerce Prizes, Awards and Scholarships Presentation Ceremony 2011
The School's Prizes, Awards and Scholarships Presentation Ceremony for outstanding academic achievement in 2010 was held on April 7th at the Adelaide Pavilion.
The night was a wonderful success with over 90 students and guests, corporate sponsors and academic staff in attendance. Over 30 prizes and 4 scholarships and grants were awarded to students of School of Commerce programs. Awards ranged from monetary prizes to book vouchers to subscriptions to online study resources.
Congratulations to each of the recipients and thank you to our sponsors for their ongoing support.
Information about the prizes, awards, scholarships and grants available to students enrolled in School of Commerce programs can be found here.
April
- Property Matters newsletter
The first edition of Property Matters the Property discipline newsletter is now available.
This edition covers the Property Speed Networking event, Property student Alastair Boucaut's overseas study program, the property discipline's recent research achievements, the Pacific Rim Real Estate Society Case Competition in Wellington and much more.
To download a copy, click here (PDF573kb)
March
Students are invited to attend this networking event, a great opportunity to mingle with business professionals and politicians in Adelaide. The Hon. David Ridgway, Leader of the Opposition in the Legislative Council will speak about Future Business Growth within South Australia. Students are being offered a special discounted ticket price.
When: Wednesday 30 March, 2011
Where: The Hotel Richmond, Rundle Mall
What Time: 6:00pm - 8:30pm
Price: Student special - $35 ($20 off regular price)
For information, email sales@ivyenvymarketing.com.au.
February
Orientation activities introduce you to campus life, to people, to new ways of teaching and learning and to the multitude of resources and support available at the University of South Australia. It is highly recommended that you attend the Orientation activities for your degree.
To assist you with the first few weeks of university life, see here. For some extra advice, the New Student Tips videos have advice and tips from current students.
If you were unable to make it to
Orientation see
here for what you've missed. You can also
download the presentations made by your Program Director, below.