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Events

Creating the Ethical Academy: A Systems Approach to Understanding Misconduct and Empowering Change in Higher Education

Tuesday, 7 February 2012, 10:00 am to 12:00 pm
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6th Australasian Housing Researchers' Conference - Housing in an Era of Risk and Crisis

Wednesday, 8 February 2012 - Friday, 10 February 2012
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Cultural Safety in Practice

Wednesday, 8 February 2012 - Friday, 10 February 2012, 9:00 am to 4:30 pm
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Dr Martin Seligman's First Lecture - Wellbeing and Resilience: Building a Flourishing State

Wednesday, 8 February 2012, 6:00 pm
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Fukushima and the Future of Nuclear Power

Monday, 13 February 2012, 5:30 pm
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Social Democracy Conference 2012 - Is Social Democracy Exhausted? Pathways, Reflections and Dilemmas

Friday, 17 February 2012 - Saturday, 18 February 2012
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The National Policy Officers' Training Experience 2012

Tuesday, 6 March 2012 - Wednesday, 7 March 2012
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Publications

The Role and Contribution of Gavin Walkley CBE in Advancing Planning Education in South Australia

This paper reviews the role and contribution that Walkley played in constructing and developing planning education and his associated activities that enabled and supported the maturation of the planning profession in the state. [view] 

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Cost of Living Summit: Post-Summit Report

The SACOSS Cost of Living Summit brought together nearly 100 leading thinkers and practitioners from business, university, government and the community sector to address the issues covered by SACOSS's quarterly Cost of Living Updates: housing, utilities, food, income (minimum wage and income support), health, and transport costs.
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Cost of Living Update: No. 8, November 2011

This SACOSS Cost of Living update is the eighth in a series of reports, but has an updated format and uses a different methodology. The report tracks changes in the cost of living for the least advantaged in South Australia.
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At Home and in Place? The Role of Housing in Social Inclusion

This is the Final Report from a project that aims to enhance understanding of aspects of home, housing and place which interact with social and economic disadvantage and the ways in which housing related policies and programs can promote social inclusion with some focus on South Australia.
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Managing Two Worlds Together: City Hospital Care for Country Aboriginal People - Project Report

The goal of this project is to improve knowledge of what works well and what needs improvement in the health care system for Aboriginal patients from rural and remote areas of South Australia (and parts of the Northern Territory). It explores their complex patient journeys and what happens when they come to Adelaide for hospital care.
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News & Opinion

Dracula in the Blood Bank


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New Personalised Treatment Options for Cancer

A new cancer research centre established at the University of Adelaide will focus on treatment options tailored to the individual, taking into account DNA and genetic variations between people.
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What Can the Brain Teach Us about Information Processing?

Senior Research Fellow at UniSA's Institute for Telecommunications Research (ITR), Dr Mark McDonnell has been awarded a six-month research fellowship as part of the Australian Government's Endeavour Awards to discover more about how the structure of our brain may provide a model for information processing.
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Teaching Nursing Homes Prove Effective

Findings of new research looked at the emergence of teaching nursing homes in Australia, as well as the various models in operation.
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