News in Brief

Carols on Campus - free event

The University of Adelaide is holding its inaugural Carols on Campus in historic Bonython Hall this month.

In the tradition of Carols from King's at Cambridge University, Carols on Campus will feature a full academic procession, soloists and musicians from the University's Elder Conservatorium of Music, and the magnificent Bonython Hall organ.

This free community event will be held at 7.00pm on Tuesday 21 December in Bonython Hall, North Terrace Campus.

Members of the public are invited to bring their family and friends and join the University's choir for a traditional program of Christmas music, readings and carols.

Digital identity explored in new book

A book recently launched by author Dr Clare Sullivan offers a new legal concept of digital identity.

Published by the University of Adelaide Press, Digital Identity argues that the concept of identity will become embedded in processes essential to the national economic and social order.

Under a national identity scheme, being asked to provide 'ID' will become as commonplace as being asked your name, it says.

Dr Sullivan is a Visiting Research Fellow in the University of Adelaide's School of Law. She has practised law for thirty years and has published widely on the relationship between identity and changing technology. She is also a former research analyst with the Australian Institute of Criminology and a consultant to its Global Electronic and Economic Crime Unit.

Digital Identity is available for $39.95 (paperback) or free (PDF download). For more information about the book and the University of Adelaide Press, go to: www.adelaide.edu.au/press

New CRC for mineral exploration

The University of Adelaide is an inaugural participant in a new Cooperative Research Centre aimed at addressing significant challenges to the future of the minerals industry.

The Deep Exploration Technologies Cooperative Research Centre (DET CRC), launched in Adelaide last month, will deliver research programs in more successful, cheaper, safer and more environmentally friendly ways to drill, analyse and target deep mineral deposits.

With $112 million of cash and in-kind funding from the Australian Government and participants, the DET CRC is the world's best-supported independent research initiative in mineral exploration.