In brief
Masters
Physiotherapy Award
Congratulations to Fiona Hay who scooped the pool of prizes at last month’s inaugural Master of Physiotherapy graduation. Fiona was awarded the Ruth Grant prize for Academic Excellence and the Elma Casely Prize for the student whose assessments throughout the program show the greatest clinical and human relationship skills. In a combined event prior to the formal graduation event, students celebrated with academic staff and members of the South Australian Branch of the Australian Physiotherapists Association.
Short and Sweet
Tim Winton, Peter Carey, and Frank Moorhouse might be our most famous short story authors, but the artform is a living, breathing entity. As the compulsory publication aspect of their creative writing program, a group of students from Dr Ioana Petrescu’s short story course have collaborated to publish The House that Words Built. It took two years to complete, with students writing and editing the stories. Staff Ioana Petrescu and Paul Skrebels, and students Russell Talbot, Suzi Clift, Troy Foster, Ian Bourne, Rebecca Freeborn, Rob Parry, Jodie George, Melissa Leaver, Fleur Lewis, Jessica Sullivan, Heidi Marwood, Christopher Franks, Dorothy Shorne and Sam Kellett were all involved. If you’d like to be transported to another place, for just a little while, The House that Words Built is available from Imprints Bookshop, Dymocks, Unibooks, and Wakefield Press.
2006 Les Taylor Prize
Clayton Utz and the Commonwealth Bank of Australia are sponsoring an annual prize to honour Les Taylor, one of Australia’s longest serving and most highly regarded banking lawyers. With $20,000 for the winning submission, the prize has been created to foster quality through leadership and encourage gifted and original thinking in Australia’s banking and finance industry. The topic for this year’s competition is: The impact of regulation on the banking and financial services industry in Australia over the last decade and its implications for future policy direction. Entries will be judged by a distinguished panel chaired by former High Court Justice Sir Darryl Dawson. The competition is open to all Australian residents and entries close on March 1 2006.
SA Great Design Competition
SA Great is looking for six fresh, new designs to produce a new series of
SA Great streetscape banners and is calling on all creative South
Australians to enter The Big Picture design competition. The banners will be
displayed in prominent metropolitan and regional locations including Sir
Donald Bradman Drive and the Wayville Showgrounds. Six designs will be
selected that visually represent the six key objectives of South Australia’s
Strategic Plan: Growing Prosperity, Improving Wellbeing, Attaining
Sustainability, Fostering Creativity, Building Communities, and Expanding
Opportunities. You can find out more about the strategic plan at
www.stateplan.sa.gov.au. Winning entries will not only receive statewide
exposure, they will also receive $2000 cash, a digital camera valued at $375
– thanks to Diamonds Camera, Video and Digital, and go into the running to
receive the prestigious ‘Judges Choice Award’ a trip for two to London –
courtesy of Malaysian Airlines and Radisson Hotels. There will also be a
major prize awarded to the best school entry.
Further information, entry
forms and competition guidelines are available by contacting Amanda
Goodfellow at SA Great on (08) 8211 8111 or email
amanda.goodfellow@sagreat.com.au
Sweden in Adelaide
Big changes and plans for better cooperation among European educational
institutions may provide new opportunities for Australian students to study
there, and the Swedish are wasting no time in enticing Australian students
into a bit of northern exposure. Representatives from eight Swedish
universities are making a grand tour of Australia to help establish study
exchange relationships on a country-to-country basis. UniSA is hosting the
delegation in South Australia - it already has close research ties with Umeä
University and welcomes many Swedish students each year. The Swedish
contingent will be in Adelaide on October 4 before flying to the eastern
states to continue their road show. The aim of the game is to improve and
enhance crosscultural education opportunities.
More information is available
at www.studyinsweden.se