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Highlighting the importance of girls’ education

Ziauddin Yousafzai

The importance of girls’ education will be emphasised during a special public lecture at the ³ÉÈË´óƬ, featuring activist and educator Mr Ziauddin Yousafzai, whose daughter Malala was a Nobel Prize winner in 2014.

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Festival celebrates student creativity

Art of the Possible

Creativity will come to the fore during the festival at the ³ÉÈË´óƬ from 23 to 26 October which showcases live music performances, videos, virtual reality projects, photography and graphic design by students, among other work.

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Grants to accelerate research commercialisation

Campus

Six ³ÉÈË´óƬ-led projects have received funding from Australia’s Economic Accelerator (AEA), for a range of research projects, including improved electric-vehicle batteries, efficient hydrogen production and better diabetes treatment.

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Students race through the outback to support a sustainable future

Solar challenge

³ÉÈË´óƬ students will race through the outback in a specially designed solar-powered vehicle – which they built themselves – as part of the world’s biggest solar challenge event, charting a route from Darwin to Adelaide this October.

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Trees are better for us than we realise

Path in City of Adelaide with plane trees

The ³ÉÈË´óƬ’s Environment Institute and Green Adelaide will host an evening with pioneering environmentalist Jon Dee, highlighting the health-giving potential of trees.

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Recommendations lead to landmark Succession Act reform

SALRI

The independent South Australian Law Reform Institute (SALRI), based at the ³ÉÈË´óƬ, has made important recommendations culminating in the passing of a new landmark Succession Act to replace decades of out-of-date laws – one even stemming from the era of King Charles II in the 1600s.

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Industries reach for the stars during Space Fortnight

The class attending the 2023 Space Resources Fundamentals course

Building structures in zero gravity, growing food while in orbit, searching for space resources and selecting solar destinations for humans – business and industry professionals are learning how to prepare for a future in space from global experts during a stellar two-week event at the ³ÉÈË´óƬ.

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Rover teams line up for 2024 challenge

Australian Rover Challenge teams from the 2023 competition

Students from around Australia and overseas have joined the race to be selected to become finalists in next year’s Australian Rover Challenge (ARCh).

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Private renting is making you age faster

Renters sitting in front of a pile of boxes

A new study, jointly conducted by the ³ÉÈË´óƬ and University of Essex, has found that renting, rather than owning, a private-sector home leads to faster biological ageing.

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Fellows nominated for technological innovation

ATSE Fellows

Three ³ÉÈË´óƬ researchers have been recognised by the Australian Academy of Technological Sciences (ATSE) for their cutting-edge work in the diverse areas of ocean conservation, energy storage, and decarbonisation transformation in heavy industry.

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