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  • XAUAT University will build new, purpose-designed facilities to house the College on its historical campus.

    UniSA leads Australia with new joint college in China

    The University of South Australia will establish a new joint college with a Chinese university and offer bachelor and master degrees in engineering and IT.


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  • UniSA's Jeffrey Smart Building at dusk.

    UniSA continues to rise in international rankings

    UniSA has again moved up in the QS World University Rankings, rising nine places to 279 in a field of almost 1000 institutions globally.


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  • Dr Tom Raimondo in Norway examining weakened rocks.

    UniSA geoscientist ‘rocks it’ as a top researcher under 40

    UniSA’s Tom Raimondo is aiming to use the opportunity of being named in ABC Radio National’s 2017 Top 5 researchers under 40 years old, to spread the word about the fascination and usefulness of geology – a science sometimes seen as an “oldie”, but one he believes is still very much a “goodie”.


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  • Dr Nicky Thomas (centre) with PhD students Chelsea Thorn and Yassamin Al-Bayaty in the Biofilm Test Facility at UniSA’s City East campus.

    SA’s first biofilm test facility to help fight chronic infections

    The University of South Australia is now home to South Australia’s first test facility specialising in the most successful form of life on Earth – biofilms – and will join a global battle against the chronic infections they can cause.


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  • Bachelor of Human Movement student Karly Bartlett and Bachelor of Health Science graduate Alexander Jackson at the Magill Allied Health Clinic, which will complement the new City West Health and Medical Clinic.

    New health clinic to open in the West End

    The finishing touches are being put on a new $4.3 million state-of-the-art health clinic at City West that will offer services to the public.


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  • Lynda Cunningam and Jason Smith from SOS Health Foundation, Major Susan Wallace from The Salvation Army and UniSA researcher Dr Katia Ferrar at the new pro bono, student-led Open Door Health Clinic.

    Health clinic to help Adelaide’s homeless

    South Australians experiencing homelessness now have access to a free health clinic tailored to their needs, through a partnership involving the University of South Australia.


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  • Housing

    The Australian dream: new research centre to contribute to affordable housing policy

    Secure and affordable housing is fundamental to the wellbeing of all Australians, yet there has been a concentrated decrease in home ownership for people aged under 55.


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  • Dean of Faculty of Engineering Sciences at UCL Professor Nigel Tichener-Hooker, UniSA Vice Chancellor Professor David Lloyd and UCL President & Provost Michael Arthur sign the memorandum of understanding for the new fellowship program.

    Santos helps UCL and UniSA to advance women in future industries research

    A new $2 million fellowship program which will target female researchers for UniSA’s Future Industries Institute, has been launched in the United Kingdom this month.


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    Congratulations to Team UniSA-Australia, taking out the Winning Team Award in the 2017 Santos Tour Down Under. Great job guys.

    Congratulations to Team UniSA-Australia, taking out the Winning Team Award in the 2017 Santos Tour Down Under. Great job guys.

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    Click to play video     UniSA 2016 News Highlights

    Take a look back at a selection of news stories and achievements from the University of South Australia in 2016.

    Take a look back at a selection of news stories and achievements from the University of South Australia in 2016.

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    Click to play video     Graduate’s great gift launches UniSA’s Pridham Hall

    Watch the full presentation here: https://youtu.be/pr3_6VrDBq8 The Pridham Foundation, which administers the philanthropic giving by the family of UniSA graduate Andrew Pridham, has presented a $5 million gift to the University of South Australia to support its new great hall, now under construction in the Adelaide CBD’s Hindley Street. Acknowledging this as the largest single private donation in the University’s 25-year history, UniSA Vice Chancellor Professor David Lloyd says the signature building, housing multipurpose sports and graduation venues, will be now be known as Pridham Hall. The importance of the Pridham philanthropic gift is being further recognised by the State Government, which will augment the donation with an additional $1 million to create two new perpetual scholarship programs. The two scholarships are the Elite Athlete Scholarship – supporting high-achieving sportspeople to attain their university education at UniSA - and the Goodes O’Loughlin UniSA GO Scholarship - recognising outstanding academic merit by high-achieving Aboriginal students seeking to study at the University in a range of programs and expanding the work of Adam Goodes’ and Mick O’Loughlin’s GO Foundation.

    Watch the full presentation here: https://youtu.be/pr3_6VrDBq8 The Pridham Foundation, which administers the philanthropic giving by the family of UniSA graduate Andrew Pridham, has presented a $5...

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    Click to play video     Adam Goodes signs Indigenous Defence Consortium MoU with University of South Australia

    The University of South Australia and the Indigenous Defence Consortium (IDC) formalised a new collaboration designed to advance and support business and education opportunities in the defence industries for new generations of Aboriginal leaders. UniSA Vice Chancellor, Professor David Lloyd, and CEO of Indigenous Defence Consortium, Adam Goodes signed a memorandum of understanding that will see UniSA support skills development through its educational offerings in areas such as science and systems engineering, right through to business administration, supply chain management, business marketing and growth and entrepreneurship.

    The University of South Australia and the Indigenous Defence Consortium (IDC) formalised a new collaboration designed to advance and support business and education opportunities in the defence...

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