News: staff news
Easter long weekend early HR processing timelines
Early timesheet submission and validation deadline applies for any casual work undertaken from 9 March to 22 March. Further information available here.
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ARC Mid-Career Industry Fellowship
Professor Kerry Wilkinson (School of Agriculture, Food and Wine) has been awarded $1,141,640 over four years, as part of the Australian Research Council’s Mid-Career Industry Fellowships scheme, to investigate the potential winemaking applications of membrane filtration. More information.
Australian Rover Challenge
The Australian Rover Challenge (ARCh) is an annual robotics competition held by the University of Adelaide, where university students from across Australia and around the globe, battle it out in a full-scale Lunar mission, using semi-autonomous rovers that they have designed and built themselves.
Academic Integrity Policy Review
The Academic Integrity Policy has been reviewed and is now available for consultation. Please view the draft policy and provide any written feedback by Wednesday 27 March via the feedback form or by email to epc@adelaide.edu.au.
Research Medal recipients
The Adelaide Graduate Research School takes great pleasure in congratulating the 15 recipients of the University Doctoral Research Medal and two recipients of the Masters by Research Medal for 2023. These prestigious medals have been awarded to recognise outstanding thesis outcomes. For the full list of recipients, click here.
Woman of the Year Awards
Dr Sarah Scholten (Institute for Photonics and Advanced Sensing) was last week named the SA Weekend Innovator of the Year for her significant contributions to her field, with the experimental physicist generating international attention. Sarah was one of six inspiring women recognised in the Advertiser Sunday Mail SkyCity Woman of the Year Awards. Read more.
Culture Survey: Thank you – that’s a wrap!
Our first cross institutional Culture Survey closed last week, after a three-week period when staff were encouraged to provide their feedback.
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Pay Equity Report
The University commits to monitoring and reporting on pay equity. The reporting framework consists of quarterly reporting to the Vice-Chancellor’s Executive, University Council (via People and Culture Committee), and a summary report to staff. The latest Pay Equity Report for Q4 2023 is available to all staff.
A new security feature in Box
When opening a file in Box, and it contains Personally Identifiable Information (PII) you will see a PII tag “Class 3 PII” alongside your file name. PII is information like name, address, credit card number etc. You can still access the file. More security features are coming. More information.
Windows 11 now available
Windows 11 has commenced being rolled out across the University. Staff can now request to upgrade their University computer to the new Windows 11 operating system. New staff computers ordered from March 2024 will have Windows 11 pre-installed. More information.
