Submit An Item For Student News
Staff and students can submit announcements and events to Student News.
Submission guidelines
- Submitting an announcement
- Submitting an event
- Final submission and publication dates for 2024
- Images
- Feature stories
Announcements can be submitted using the Student News submission form below.
Types of announcements:
- Events on campus
- Careers and employability
- Jobs and volunteering opportunities
- Scholarships
- Internships
- Clubs and societies
- University services for students
- Program information sessions
- Study tips and tools
- Study tours
- Policy updates
- Maintenance and construction works alerts
- I.T. updates
Submissions of over 100 words may be edited to reduce the word count.
If the announcement requires significant editing, the author may be contacted and asked to rewrite the announcement or to provide further information.
Photos and images are encouraged and can be submitted. If you do not submit a picture, we may do this on your behalf.
Links to websites or PDF files are encouraged.
Your submission may be declined. If this happens, we will contact you.
Announcements should be submitted using the submission form below.
Events that are driven or supported by the University of Adelaide will be considered for the Events section in Student News.
The Student News email displays events 4 weeks ahead of the publication date. Therefore, if the email publication date is 8 September 2023, events up until 6 October 2023 are displayed. On the Student News website, events are published within 5 business days.
Please note: All submissions are evaluated to ensure they meet University event guidelines before being posted. Submission does not guarantee that events will be listed.
Events should be submitted using the submission form below.
Student News is published fortnightly on a Friday and pauses during mid-year break and at the end of the year. The submission deadline is 5 pm Tuesday of the same week prior to publishing on Friday.
Please view our final submission and publication dates below.
| Submit your item by | For publication on |
|---|---|
| 6 February | 9 February |
| 20 February | 23 February |
| 5 March | 8 March |
| 19 March | 22 March |
| 2 April | 5 April |
| 16 April | 19 April |
| 30 April | 3 May |
| 14 May | 17 May |
| 28 May | 31 May |
| 11 June | 14 June |
| 23 July | 26 July |
| 6 August | 9 August |
| 20 August | 23 August |
| 3 September | 6 September |
| 17 September | 20 September |
| 1 October | 4 October |
| 15 October | 18 October |
| 29 October | 1 November |
| 12 November | 15 November |
The Student News website has a standard set of image sizes. You have the option to submit your images in these standard sizes. By submitting your image in one of our standard sizes, the image will fill the entire frame.
Standard sizes:
- Landscape / Horizontal – 1166 x 875px (30 x 23cm)
- Portrait / Vertical – 920 x 1380px (24 x 36cm)
- Banner – 2592 x 864px (68 x 23cm)
If your image is not one of our standard sizes, our team will ensure it is formatted to best fit.
Got a question about this? Please email us for more information: dasecomms@adelaide.edu.au
To submit or propose a feature story, please email us at dasecomms@adelaide.edu.au
Feature stories should focus on the following themes and topics:
- Opportunities for students
- Issues directly affecting students
- University academic and personal services
- Community days
The word count for feature stories should be no longer than 400-500 words. Video stories are also welcome.
Student News is a collaboration between students and the Division of Academic and Student Engagement.
Submissions have closed for 2023.
Student News will return on Friday 9 February 2024. Until then, you can still submit a form and we will make an assessment based on the timing of your information and let you know.