Flinders Social Monitor: Self-employment, Gender and Job Security
Monday, 21 May 2007
Concerns about the impact of population ageing on the supply of labour have prompted the government to consider ways of increasing the labour force participation of older people and other disadvantaged groups. In this context, Anna Lane from the National Institute of Labour Studies, Flinders University explores the role of self-employment. [View]

[*] Corporate Social Responsibility
Monday, 21 May 2007
The paper scopes out what CSR is, what capabilities are needed for CSR and provides some examples of what shape it can take with volunteers and volunteering endeavours. This includes defining employee/corporate volunteering and providing some sign posts for the road ahead for both business and volunteer involving organisations. [View]

[*] Towards a Fairer Society: Community Case Studies, Volume 2, 2006
Wednesday, 16 May 2007
This volume comprises an outline of programs to address inequality in the health and wellbeing of people in South Australia. [View]

[*] What is a skill shortage?
Sunday, 13 May 2007
This report is part of a suite of research projects entitled 'A well-skilled future: Tailoring VET to the emerging labour market' conducted by a consortium of researchers from the National Institute of Labour Studies and the Centre for Post-compulsory Education and Lifelong Learning. This report aims to clarify the term 'skill shortage' and to explain how skill shortages can be resolved naturally by market forces. It also provides some guidance on determining when a skill shortage requires public-policy intervention. [View]

Keeping Our Mob Safe: A National Emergency Management Strategy for Remote Indigenous Communities
Saturday, 12 May 2007
Keeping our mob safe: National emergency management strategy for remote Indigenous communities was a response to an identified need for a practical approach by government at the local, State/Territory and national levels, and by Indigenous communities to address the community emergency management priorities of remote Indigenous communities. [View]

A Conventional Labor Landslide: The 2007 Federal Election
Monday, 28 July 2008, 11:00 am to 12:30 pm
Discipline of Politics Seminar [View]

Drug Use: A Snapshot Of Local/National/International Issues & Responses
Tuesday, 22 July 2008, 9:00 am to 4:00 pm
This seminar will include presentations on experiences with and barriers to treatment among users of performance and image enhancing drugs; results from the amphetamine trial project; illicit drugs reporting system; ecstasy and related drugs reporting system; trends in medically prescribed drugs of dependence consumption: international, national and local issues etc. [View]

[*] Sponsorship: creating meanings and delivering value
Tuesday, 12 August 2008, 5:30 pm
Sponsorship: creating meanings and delivering value [View]

[*] In the tradition? Writing the Australian official history of the Vietnam War
Thursday, 17 July 2008, 6:00 pm to 7:30 pm
Professor Peter Edwards: In the tradition? Writing the Australian official history of the Vietnam War [View]

[*] Colloquium: An Ageing Society Future Directions
Tuesday, 5 August 2008, 12:30 pm to 5:00 pm
Professor Jan Paterson invites you to a half day [View]

[*] River Murray in crisis, say scientists
Tuesday, 3 July 2007
The River Murray is in crisis, receiving less than 20% of the water it needs to maintain its ecological balance and prevent it salting up, according to a University of Adelaide academic. [View]

[*] Here come the biofuels
Tuesday, 3 July 2007
As oil reserves dwindle, interest in alternative sources of fuel is increasing sharply. [View]

[*] Australian workers feel the work-life squeeze
Thursday, 28 June 2007
More than half of Australian employees surveyed in the first national survey of work-life outcomes - the Australian Work Life Index (AWALI) - believe that work sometimes, often or always affects their lives outside of work. [View]

[*] Women in control
Sunday, 24 June 2007
They are the all-female all-stars of UniSA's Scheduling and Control Group, developing practical mathematical solutions to everyday logistical problems in business, management and the environment. [View]

[*] Outsmarting bulimia
Sunday, 24 June 2007
Researchers at Flinders University are evaluating a new weapon in the fight against bulimia, the vicious cycle of binge eating followed by sometimes drastic attempts to lose weight. [View]