News from our schools
See below for news from the Faculty or view the news from within the Adelaide Business School, Adelaide Law School, Elder Conservatorium of Music, and the School of Economics and Public Policy.
Latest news
Search news stories
Enter a keyword to search news.
Grape growers are adapting to climate shifts early - and their knowledge can help other farmers
It’s commonly assumed Australia’s farmers and cities are divided over climate issues. This is not true. After all, farmers are on the front line and face the realities of our shifting climate on a daily basis.
If you’re renting, chances are your home is cold. With power prices soaring, here’s what you can do to keep warm
If you’re feeling the cold this winter, you’re not alone. About a quarter of all Australians have trouble keeping their homes warm enough in winter. That figure is likely to soar this year, due to poor quality housing and the rapidly escalating energy crisis.
Riverland bootcamp boosts agtech innovation
Innovative AgTech ideas will be at the forefront of a bootcamp in the heart of South Australia’s Riverland that brings together the best minds from local businesses, agriculture and schools.
[Read more about Riverland bootcamp boosts agtech innovation]
What Albanese needs to build a new industrial relations consensus
A few weeks before his election victory, Anthony Albanese made an important speech to the Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry. He talked of “socially inclusive growth – the kind of growth that is only possible with economic reform that lifts productivity”.
[Read more about What Albanese needs to build a new industrial relations consensus]
Geraldine Brooks’s Horse is a richly detailed examination of the violence of America’s past
In a letter accompanying the advance copy of her latest novel, Pulitzer Prize winner Geraldine Brooks reveals the inspiration for Horse.
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial at 40 – a deep meditation on loneliness, and Spielberg’s most exhilarating film
40 years ago this month saw the release of Steven Spielberg’s E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial – a film about a stranded alien, the boy called Elliott who discovers it and a bond of friendship that remains as magical and heartbreaking as it did back in 1982.
Sussan Ley says she is listening to women who rejected the Liberals. But will she hear what they are saying?
Sussan Ley, deputy leader of the Liberal Party and shadow minister for women, has been given a difficult task: bring women voters back to the Liberal Party. This will be no mean feat, given widespread acknowledgement they played a significant role in the Morrison government’s defeat.
Friday essay: grey-haired and radiant – reimagining ageing for women
Ageist thought patterns and reactions are so embedded in Australian culture that even educated people, people who otherwise insist on political correctness, will open their mouths and deliver a hurtful, hateful judgement.
[Read more about Friday essay: grey-haired and radiant – reimagining ageing for women]
Amplifying narratives about the ‘China threat’ in the Pacific may help China achieve its broader aims
Yet more proposed Chinese “security agreements” in the Pacific Islands have been leaked.
Announcement: Head of School, Social Sciences, Professor Simone Dennis
Appointment of Head of School, Social Sciences.
[Read more about Announcement: Head of School, Social Sciences, Professor Simone Dennis]
