News: staff news
Vice-Chancellor's message

It is a source of immense pride and celebration when two members of our University of Adelaide community are recognised with the nation’s greatest civilian honour, as announced in the 2025 King’s Birthday Honours yesterday.
The Lowenthal Lecture Award
Professor Karen Jones from the Centre of Research Excellence: Translating Nutritional Science to Good Health received The Lowenthal Lecture Award at the recent ANZSNM Annual Scientific Meeting.
Teaching Review Program round 2 now open
The Teaching Review Program has been designed to provide evidence in support of staff applications for individual University teaching awards, academic promotion, or conversion to education specialist appointments. Visit the website for more information and to apply. Deadline for applications is Friday 20 June.
Defence Trailblazer publishing for industry and impact masterclass
Aimed at academic and professional staff who would like to learn more about publishing options regarding their industry partnered research projects, this masterclass will examine university publishing processes, industry’s perspective on publishing joint research projects, non-traditional publishing options and more. Tuesday 24 June, 10 am to 12 pm. Register.
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Adelaide University Childcare Services Inc Board vacancy
The AUCS Board is seeking expressions of interest from staff to fulfil one of the university appointed roles – the role of Secretary and Public Officer. Responsibilities of the position are set out in Governance Policy 1.8. Further information.
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Celebrating our colleagues: Benjamin McCann

For Ben McCann, the University of Adelaide not only gave him the opportunity to pursue his love of French studies and cinema, but completely changed his life.
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Surveying with Qualtrics
Needing to collect data from people in a structured and intuitive way? Qualtrics in a powerful cloud-based survey tool, ideal for social scientists from all disciplines. This course will introduce the technical components of the whole research workflow from building a survey to analysing the results using Qualtrics. Tuesday 24 June, 1.30–4.30 pm. Online. Register.
SAiGENCI cancer research
Lung cancer remains Australia’s deadliest cancer, claiming nearly 9,000 lives last year alone. And for those diagnosed, survival rates are still far too low. That’s why researchers at SAiGENCI’s Tumour Inflammation and Immunotherapy Program are urgently working to change this. Double the impact: donate before June 30 and your gift will be matched. This means that for every dollar you give, $2 will support leading-edge cancer research. Give now.
2025 Children's University Adelaide Quiz Night

A sincere thank you to everyone who attended our recent CU Adelaide Quiz Night, it was a fantastic evening with a great turnout and vibrant atmosphere. We’re thrilled to share that together we raised $5,000 on the night, an incredible result that will help support bringing CU members onto campus for our graduation ceremonies.
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Grey literature for systematic reviews
This library research workshop will provide an introduction to finding grey literature for systematic reviews with a focus on specific tools and approaches that can be utilised to find appropriate material. Monday 23 June, 11 am to 12 pm. Online. Register.