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Celebrating our colleagues: Sonja Graetz

Virtually everything we do in Infrastructure is designed to make people’s work or study life better. Bringing people together is important, and even more so in the transition to Adelaide University. We are developing a fluid and intuitive gateway between UniSA’s City East and our own North Terrace campus.
Academic Mentoring for Women Program
Applications are now open for both mentors and mentees in the University’s Academic Mentoring for Women Program for 2025, closing on Friday 7 February. More information.
Employment Screening Procedure
The revised Employment Screening Procedure has been approved by the COO and is now available on the Policies website.
Introduction to course readings webinar
Join the Library to learn more about creating or rolling over an existing list, adding items and editing your list, and embedding your readings into your MyUni course. There will be time for questions during the session. Thursday 6 February, 10–11 am. Online. Register.
Global Engagement Funding Program
Applications are now open for the Global Partnership Engagement Fund and the Global Partnership Joint Funding Program. Foster collaboration and activate engagement with flagship, emerging flagship, and core partners under the Global Partnership Development Framework. More information.
Mental Health First Aid refresher course
A refresher course is available for staff who have completed a full two-day mental health first aid course and the accreditation assessment within the last three years. You will need to provide a copy of your Certificate of Accreditation to the instructor prior to the training. You can access a copy via your Mental Health First Aid Account. If you are unsure, please contact mhfa@mhfa.com.au or (03) 9079 0200. Tuesday 4 February, 10 am to 2.30 pm. Contact jillian.allen@adelaide.edu.au for further details.
Library information literacy workshops
The Library offers tailored information literacy workshops for undergraduate, honours and postgraduate by coursework courses in all disciplines. Contact the Library’s Learning Support Team liaisonlibs@adelaide.edu.au if you are interested in the team delivering a workshop to your students.
Casual engagement essentials
These sessions will provide information about the obligations and various strategies that can be used to support our casual workforce. Attendance is strongly encouraged for timesheet validators, supervisors and hiring managers of casual staff, but is open to anyone else involved in the casual engagement process. Refer to HR News for more information.
Accelerating to Zero: Pathways for collaboration
The University is a founding member of SA Zero Cluster which has released its first report to support the State's emission reduction targets. The report, available here, calls for the pace and scale of decarbonisation and the circular economy across South Australia to increase through deeper collaboration across business, industry, academia and government. For further information, contact sustainability@adelaide.edu.au.
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Strategic Conference Sponsorship Round 3 applications announced
Round 3 outcomes of the Strategic Conference Sponsorship Fund have been announced. Six conferences across all three Faculties were selected. Information about the conferences selected is available here.
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