Achievements
UniSA has a proud history of achievement since its inception. The
following are some of the recent highlights.
Teaching
- We ranked first among universities which received teaching and learning grants from the Australian Learning and Teaching Council (ALTC) and third for the number of ALTC Citations received.
- Our MBA program became the highest ranked in South Australia and among Australia's top ten, with a five-star rating in the 2009 Good Universities Guide released this year.
- We entered a Memorandum of Understanding with the Australian National University to build joint programs that offer students the opportunity to study at both institutions: a crucial step towards establishing a world-class university system, and allowing students to benefit from the expertise of two universities.
- In 2008 we graduated approximately 9,000 students who have now gone out into the world as our problem-solvers of the future, contributing to the economic and social sustainability of Australia and indeed our world.
Research
- In 2008, for the first time in our history, we secured more than $50m in total research income.
- We were awarded $40m through the Federal Government's Education Investment Fund (formally HEEF) towards a new international Materials and Minerals Science Learning and Research facility at Mawson Lakes.
- We received multi-million dollar funding for two new research centres that promote our core values of cultural diversity and international relevance: the National Centre for Student Equity in Higher Education, and the International Centre for Muslim and non-Muslim Understanding.
Engagement and collaboration
- We were awarded the inaugural Ashley Goldsworthy Award by the Business and Higher Education Round Table (BHERT) for our sustained efforts to foster collaboration with business.
- We held a Northern Community Summit to establish new ways of improving
education and employment opportunities in Adelaide's north, and pledged $170,000
to support northern Adelaide students at school and at university. See
www.unisa.edu.au/news/2008/250608.asp.