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21 February, 2017
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Exhibition: Scholarly Discovery 2016: Researching in Special Collections
Date/Time: Monday, 6 February 2017 - Sunday, 9 April 2017
Location: Barr Smith Library, Rare Books & Special Collections, Level 1
Cost: Free: All Welcome
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This exhibition showcases the contributions of Rare Books & Special Collections to learning and research throughout 2016. We have supported undergraduate students with assignments, researchers with source materials and creative projects with inspirational works. We have also responded to queries from interstate and international researchers ranging from Broome to Russia, and supplied resources to exhibitions from Springfield (Adelaide) to Edinburgh (Scotland), while our digitised items continue to disseminate our unique holdings throughout the world.
Contact: Ms Cheryl Hoskin, Email: cheryl.hoskin@adelaide.edu.au, Special Collections Librarian, Business: (08) 8313 5224
LightWorks
Date/Time: Friday, 17 February 2017 - Sunday, 26 March 2017, 8:30 pm to 12:00 am
Location: North Terrace campus frontage (front fence)
Cost: Free event - all welcome.
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LightWorks is a motion-sensing wall of lights that detects your presence and mirrors your movement as you walk. LightWorks is a playful display, a lightshow that is engaging to watch as shapes and pictures unfold. Start thinking of your moves, and step out of the shadows and leap into the light.
Contact: Mrs Maria Mesa, Email: maria.mesa@adelaide.edu.au, Events and Sponsorships Coordinator, Business: 08 8313 6381
Academic Entrepreneurship: Rethinking Strategy and Support
Date/Time: Tuesday, 21 February 2017, 5:30 pm to 7:00 pm
Location: G.03, Napier Bldg, North Terrace Campus
Cost: Free
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Academic entrepreneurship has developed rapidly over recent years. Drawing on a research program over the past 15 years, this presentation assesses where we have got to with traditional approaches to academic entrepreneurship.
The presentation then considers the emerging strategies and support landscape in terms of the why, what, who and how of academic entrepreneurship. In particular, new initiatives in student entrepreneurship programs are moving rapidly beyond traditional classroom teaching to experiential learning.
The presentation develops a general framework to understand the ecosystem needed to provide coherent support for the new landscape of students actually starting ventures.
The elements of this ecosystem framework include university mechanisms to facilitate student entrepreneurship along a continuum of involvement from pre-accelerators through to accelerators; the involvement of a variety of entrepreneurs, support actors and investors; the particular nature of the university environment and the external context; and their evolution over time. The presentation includes examples of strategies and support.
Contact: Ms Tina Morganella, Email: tina.morganella@adelaide.edu.au, Research Support Coordinator, ECIC, Business: 8313 1286
