The University of South Australia (UniSA) is a public

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in the Australian state of

South Australia South Australia (commonly abbreviated as SA) is a state in the southern central part of Australia. It covers some of the most arid parts of the country. With a total land area of , it is the fourth-largest of Australia's states and territories ...

. It is a founding member of the

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of universities, and is the largest university in South Australia with approximately 37,000 students. The university was founded in its current form in 1991 with the merger of the South Australian Institute of Technology (SAIT, established in 1889 as the South Australian School of Mines and Industries) and the South Australian College of Advanced Education (SACAE, established 1856). The legislation to establish and name the new University of South Australia was introduced by the Hon Mike Rann MP, Minister of Employment and Further Education. Under the University's Act, its original mission was "to preserve, extend and disseminate knowledge through teaching, research, scholarship and consultancy, and to provide educational programs that will enhance the diverse cultural life of the wider community". UniSA is among the world's top newer universities, ranked in the World's Top 50 Under 50 (universities which are under 50 years old) by both the Quacarelli Symonds (QS) World University Ranking (#29) and Times Higher Education (THE) (#46). It has two

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campuses, two

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metropolitan campuses, and two South Australian regional campuses.

History

UniSA was formed in 1991 by the merger of the South Australian Institute of Technology with three South Australian College of Advanced Education campuses. To the former SACAE campuses of Magill, Salisbury, and Underdale, SAIT added its three campuses at City East, The Levels (now called Mawson Lakes) and Whyalla. The two other SACAE campuses, City (adjacent to

University of Adelaide The University of Adelaide (informally Adelaide University) is a public research university located in Adelaide, South Australia. Established in 1874, it is the third-oldest university in Australia. The university's main campus is located on N ...

), and Sturt (in Bedford Park, adjacent to

Flinders University Flinders University is a public research university based in Adelaide, South Australia, with a footprint extending across 11 locations in South Australia and the Northern Territory. Founded in 1966, it was named in honour of British navigator ...

), were later merged into their nearby universities.

School of Arts

The South Australian School of Arts can trace its history back to 1856 and the work of Charles Hill and H. P. Gill, and connected to the South Australian School of Design. As such, it can claim to be one of the oldest art schools in Australia, and the oldest public art school. The school, now within UniSA's Division of Education, Arts and Social Sciences, is also known for providing a visual arts scholarship, the Ann & Gordon Samstag Scholarship.

SACAE

The South Australian College of Advanced Education (SACAE) was formed in 1982 with the merger of five

Colleges of Advanced Education The College of Advanced Education (CAE) was a class of Australian tertiary education institution that existed from 1967 until the early 1990s. They ranked below universities, but above Colleges of Technical and Further Education (TAFE) which offer t ...

(CAE). Adelaide, Hartley, Salisbury, Sturt, and Torrens CAEs became the Adelaide, Magill, Salisbury, Sturt, and Underdale campuses of the SACAE. The CAE themselves were formed from various teachers' colleges in 1973. *Adelaide CAE developed from Adelaide Teachers' College (est. 1921), which had its roots in a training school established in 1876. *Murray Park CAE originated from Wattle Park Teachers College, which branched off from Adelaide Teachers College in 1957. *Torrens CAE had its origins in the South Australian School of Arts, which dates back to 1856, and in Western Teachers College, which branched off from Adelaide Teachers College in 1962. *Kingston CAE developed from the Adelaide Kindergarten Teachers College (est. 1967), which had its roots in a kindergarten training centre established in 1907. *Sturt CAE was originally Bedford Park Teachers College (est. 1966). *Salisbury CAE was originally Salisbury Teachers College (est. 1968). In 1979 Hartley CAE was formed from the merger of Murray Park CAE and Kingston CAE.

SAIT

The South Australian Institute of Technology traced its origins back to 1889 when the South Australian School of Mines and Industries established on the corner of North Terrace and

Frome Road Frome Road is a connecting road in the South Australian capital city of Adelaide. It starts from North Terrace in the Adelaide city centre, running in a northerly direction past the University of South Australia, the site of the old Royal Adela ...

between the University of Adelaide and the Royal Adelaide Hospital. The building, towards which Sir

George Brookman Sir George Brookman KBE (15 April 1850 – 20 June 1927) was a South Australian businessman who made a fortune from a gold discovery in Western Australia, and is remembered as a generous benefactor of the South Australian School of Mines and Ind ...

was a significant contributor, was from 1918 to 1960 the home of

Adelaide Technical High School Glenunga International High School (GIHS), formerly Glenunga High School (GHS), is a publicly-funded international school in Adelaide, South Australia. It is located approximately south-east of the Adelaide city centre in the suburb of Glenun ...

. In 1960 it became the South Australian Institute of Technology (SAIT) and Adelaide Technical High School moved to

Glenunga Glenunga is an List of Adelaide suburbs, inner southeastern suburb of Adelaide, the capital of South Australia. It is located in the City of Burnside, five kilometres southeast of the Adelaide city centre. The name Glenunga is a composite of Au ...

to become Glenunga High. The SAIT was made up of three campuses, all of which remain a part of the University of South Australia. In 1965 SAIT was designated a college of advanced education resulting in a broadening in the range of courses offered, particularly at the professional level. Under a government reform to education in 1991 it was given the option of merging with the newly formed TAFE SA or the SACAE to form the University of South Australia. SAIT was an educational institution with 3 campuses in suburban Adelaide, and had a broad range of topics making it a clear fit with neither institution, though SACAE was chosen in the end.

21st century

Shortly after the merger, Salisbury campus was vacated in 1996, given its proximity of the nearby Levels campus, but its sale was held up for many years by litigation. In 1997, a new campus was opened at City West with schools from Underdale being relocated there. In 2005, the campus at Underdale was closed as part of the Blueprint 2005 project, and its remaining programs were moved to other campuses. In 2013, the university released the 2013–2018 Strategic Plan named "Crossing The Horizon", shaping the future actions of the university nationally and internationally. As part of the plan, the university committed to differentiate itself as Australia's University of Enterprise and to focus its activities on end-user needs. In 2014 the first building in a major new infrastructure plan to support those goals was opened. Named in recognition of the great Australian artist and UniSA alumnus, the Jeffrey Smart Building houses the UniSA Library and a host of student services. In 2018 two new buildings were opened; the new Great Hall, named Pridham Hall after a generous benefaction from a UniSA alumnus Andrew Pridham, and the University of South Australia Cancer Research Institute which houses the Centre for Cancer Biology (an alliance between UniSA and SA Health), the research-rich School of Pharmacy and Medical Sciences, UniSA's technology-based business incubation hub, the Innovation and Collaboration Centre and a new and unique future-focused public museum, #MOD. In June 2018, the university, along with

, launched official talks of a possible merger. The proposition was endorsed by

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and

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, but the merger was called off in October 2018. In 2022, the topic of a merger was raised again by the new government led by

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, which proposed setting up a commission to investigate the possibility of a merger of UniSA, Adelaide and

. Staff's opinions were evenly divided on the idea of a commission. In 2021, the university celebrated its 30th birthday.

Campuses

There are two campuses in the

(both on North Terrace), two metropolitan campuses (at

Mawson Lakes Mawson Lakes is a residential suburb in the City of Salisbury, Adelaide, Australia. Named in honor of Sir Douglas Mawson, it has a census area population of 10,872 people. The suburb is located in the northern suburbs of Adelaide around 12 ...

, formerly The Levels, and

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), and two campuses in regional South Australia, (

Whyalla Whyalla was founded as "Hummocks Hill", and was known by that name until 1916. It is the fourth most populous city in the Australian state of South Australia after Adelaide, Mount Gambier and Gawler and along with Port Pirie and Port Augusta ...

and

Mount Gambier Mount Gambier is the second most populated city in South Australia, with an estimated urban population of 33,233 . The city is located on the slopes of Mount Gambier, a volcano in the south east of the state, about south-east of the capital Ad ...

). The University of South Australia also runs offshore degree programs in collaboration with private institutions in Hong Kong Baptist University and other higher education institutions throughout Asia.

City East

Located on the corner of North Terrace and Frome Road, adjacent to the

, on the site of the former

South Australian Institute of Technology The University of South Australia (UniSA) is a public research university in the Australian state of South Australia. It is a founding member of the Australian Technology Network of universities, and is the largest university in South Australi ...

, and before that, the School of Mines. The campus has undergone several building upgrades and expansions in recent years. The Basil Hetzel Building was opened in 2005 and includes 2,000 square metres of multipurpose biomechanical, pharmaceutical and microbiological laboratory space. There was a major reconstruction to the historic School of Mines building in 2008–09 to include a new outdoor plaza, a new exercise physiology clinic, outdoor walkways, student lounges and other upgrades.

City West

Located on the corner of North Terrace and

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(in the city), the City West Campus is located between North Terrace and

Hindley Street Hindley Street is located in the north-west quarter of the centre of Adelaide, the capital of South Australia. It runs between King William Street and West Terrace. The street was named after Charles Hindley, a British parliamentarian and soc ...

in buildings constructed in the 1990s for the new campus. New building was also undertaken as part of a $167 million six-year asset plan known as Blueprint 2005, including the A$35 million Hawke building, named in honour of former Prime Minister of Australia

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and opened in 2007. The Hawke Building houses the second largest public

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in the state of South Australia, the

Anne and Gordon Samstag Museum of Art The Samstag Museum of Art, also known as the Samstag Museum, was opened in October 2007 as the Anne & Gordon Samstag Museum of Art, in the Hawke Building of the CityWest campus of the University of South Australia (UniSA). The museum is named in ...

. It also includes the Kerry Packer Civic Gallery, (purpose-built for exhibitions relating to culture, history and social debate), the Allan Scott Auditorium, the Hawke Prime Ministerial Library, and Australia's only architecture museum. Officially named The Bob Hawke Prime Ministerial Centre, the building is known as the Hawke Centre, and is hosts many events, both within the building and at other venues. The Blueprint project included the construction of six major buildings, extensions and upgrades across UniSA's six campuses and featured the Dorrit Black and Kaurna buildings completed in 2005 at City West, the

South Australian School of Art The University of South Australia (UniSA) is a public research university in the Australian state of South Australia. It is a founding member of the Australian Technology Network of universities, and is the largest university in South Australi ...

, and the Louis Laybourne Smith School of Architecture and Design. In 2014 the University opened a new learning centre, the Jeffrey Smart Building, on the City West campus. Also on the City West campus are the new Pridham Hall featuring a sports complex, swimming pool and facilities for graduations, exams, corporate and cultural events which opened in 2018 and the new UniSA Cancer Research Institute, part of the biomedical and health precinct being developed on North Terrace. The building, also opened in 2018, houses the university's Museum of Discovery (MOD).

Magill

Magill Campus is located on St. Bernard's Road at Magill. It currently focuses on a range of education, humanities and social science disciplines, including psychology, social work, communication and media, public relations, journalism, and the study of creative industries.

Mawson Lakes

Mawson Lakes (formerly The Levels) currently houses computing and information technology, engineering, science, civil aviation, applied science, sports science, e-commerce and environmental studies programs. The campus also houses many research institutes and centres, including the

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(FII) which conducts industry-connected research in engineering and the physical sciences. The campus also houses a number of industry collaborations within the space and defence industries.

Whyalla

Programs offered at

include nursing, social work, early childhood and primary teaching, engineering and community wellbeing as well as a Foundation Studies program.

Mount Gambier

Based in the Limestone Coast region of southeast South Australia, UniSA's Mount Gambier Campus opened in 2005, and provides for country-based students and researchers. Mount Gambier offers students undergraduate programs in nursing, social work, primary and early childhood education, and UniSA Foundation Studies, which prepares students for tertiary education. In 2016 the Mount Gambier Learning Centre was officially opened.

Organisation and governance

Governance

Chancellery

Academic profile

Rankings and achievements

The University of South Australia's academic structure consists of seven Academic Units: UniSA Allied Health & Human Performance UniSA Clinical & Health Sciences UniSA Business UniSA Creative UniSA Education Futures UniSA Justice & Society UniSA STEM The University of South Australia is ranked within the top 300 universities worldwide by the

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and 251-300th ranking bracket by the 2020

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. UniSA Business School is fully accredited by

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, which accredited fewer than 200 universities worldwide. In 2015 in the Excellence in Research for Australia rankings, 97% of UniSA's research was rated at world class or above. In 2018, this was upgraded to 100% of UniSA's research at or above world class. Research Institutes The University of South Australia is home to three institutes: * Future Industries Institute (FII) * The Ehrenberg-Bass Institute for Marketing Science and * The Centre for Cancer Biology

Affiliations

(ATN) *

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(AVCC) *

Association of Commonwealth Universities The Association of Commonwealth Universities (ACU) was established in 1913, and has over 500 member institutions in over 50 countries across the Commonwealth. The ACU is the world's oldest international network of universities. Its mission is ...

(ACU) *

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Student life

Associations

University of South Australia Students Association (USASA, formerly UniLife) is a democratic organisation run by students. USASA provides administrative support to over 100 sporting and social clubs, a range of events throughout the year and free advocacy and advice services, and also produces the UniSA student magazine ''Verse Magazine''. After the passing of the

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legislation the activities and collective voice of students was significantly diminished. However this has spurred the student association to work hard to offer students better value for money.

Sports

UniSA Sport, which manages the sporting life of students at the university, organises and facilitates the development of sport clubs and activities on campuses. UniSA sport teams participate annually in both national and regional intercollegiate competitions such as the Australian University Games as well as the Southern University Games between Victorian, Tasmanian and South Australian universities.

MOD.

MOD. (Museum of Discovery) is described as "a futuristic museum of discovery". Its seven gallery spaces spread over two levels showcase science in a series of annually changing exhibits. One major unchanging exhibit is the Universal Gallery, featuring "Science on a Sphere", which shows planetary data on a

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, with the surrounding walls being

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s which can be used to transform the planets, sun or moon. Other galleries include the Lecture Gallery, the Street Gallery, the Arcade Gallery, the Gould Interactive Gallery and the Futures Gallery. Aimed at inspiring young adults' interest in science, MOD. is free to visit in the Health Innovation Building (UniSA Cancer Research Institute) or Bradley Building (Purruna Wardli), on North Terrace. The museum has won a number of awards for its interior design, exhibitions and events since 2018, and has been used as a venue for

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events.

Selected exhibits

2022: ''Ngapulara Ngarngarnyi Wirra'' (

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for "Our Family Tree") is an

art installation Installation art is an artistic genre of three-dimensional works that are often site-specific and designed to transform the perception of a space. Generally, the term is applied to interior spaces, whereas exterior interventions are often called ...

commissioned by MOD. and created by

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technologist Angie Abdilla, artist Baden Pailthorpe and former

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player

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, in a project named the Tracker Data Project. The tree refers to a 500-year-old sacred

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, or ''wirra'', that lives on

land. The installation is based on computerised

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data gathered by the AFL via a small device worn on Goodes' back when playing football over the years. Sounds were created by an

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that mixes recordings of the wind and Goodes' voice speaking in the

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with his performance data, while a 3D scan of the wirra and Goodes' data were combined in a

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, resembling stars in the sky.

Events

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, who served as the

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's first international patron from 2001 to 2013, the address has been given almost every year since its establishment. Past speakers include: * 2008:

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* 2009:

Unity Dow Unity Dow ( Diswai; born 23 April 1959) is a Motswana lawyer, human rights activist, specially elected member of parliament, and a writer. She formerly served as a judge on the High Court of Botswana and in various government ministries. Born ...

* 2010:

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* 2012:

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* 2014:

Mary McAleese Mary Patricia McAleese ( ; ga, Máire Pádraigín Mhic Ghiolla Íosa; ; born 27 June 1951) is an Irish activist lawyer and former politician who served as the eighth president of Ireland from November 1997 to November 2011. She is an academic ...

* 2015:

Hilary Charlesworth Hilary Christiane Mary Charlesworth (born 28 February 1955) is an Australian international lawyer. She has been a Judge of the International Court of Justice since 5 November 2021, and is Harrison Moore Professor of Law and Melbourne Laureate ...

* 2016:

Geraldine Cox Geraldine Dorothea Cox (born ) is the founder of Sunrise Cambodia, a charity that was originally established as an orphanage in the province of Kandal, in Cambodia, and now extends its services to sustainable development and family support i ...

* 2017:

Geoffrey Robertson Geoffrey Ronald Robertson (born 30 September 1946) is a human rights barrister, academic, author and broadcaster. He holds dual Australian and British citizenship.

QC and Michael Kirby * 2018:

Ronni Kahn Ronni Kahn AO is an Australian social entrepreneur, best known for founding the food rescue charity OzHarvest. Born in South Africa, Kahn moved to Israel where she lived on a kibbutz for many years before emigrating to Australia in 1998 and ...

* 2019:

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* 2022:

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(20 April 2022)

Notable alumni

Arts

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, artist * Beverley Bolin, architect *

Angelica Cheung Angelica Cheung (born April 24, 1966, in Beijing) is a Chinese fashion journalist and the founding editor-in-chief of ''Vogue China'', launching its first issue in 2005. Previously editorial director of ''Elle China'' and editor-in-chief of ''Ma ...

Editor-in-chief, Vogue China * D. M. Cornish, author *

Barbara Hanrahan Barbara Janice Hanrahan (1939–1991) was an Australian artist, printmaker and writer whose work featured relationships, women, women's issues and feminist ideology. Hanrahan was also known for her writings and short stories featuring coming ...

, artist, printmaker and writer *

Peter Serwan Peter Serwan (born 1962, in Mount Gambier) is an list of Australian artists, Australian artist and Teacher, educator based in Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia. Serwan is known for his paintings of urban landscapes. Working mostly in the medi ...

, artist *

Jeffrey Smart Frank Jeffrey Edson Smart (26 July 1921 – 20 June 2013) was an expatriate Australian painter known for his precisionist depictions of urban landscapes that are "full of private jokes and playful allusions". Smart was born and educated ...

AO, artist, studied at the South Australian School of Art and Crafts circa 1940 *

Poh Ling Yeow Poh Ling Yeow (; born 1973) is a Malaysian-born Australian cook, artist, actress, author and television presenter. Early life and history Born in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, into a fifth-generation Malaysian Chinese family, and her mother is of ...

, artist, celebrity chef, television presenter

Business

* Rob Chapman, company director *

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, Chairman,

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* Andrew Pridham, company director *Philip Sims, CEO, South Australian based

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Manufacturing Pty Ltd *Alexandrea Cannon, Chair,

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*Dr Mark Ahn, President and CEO, and Director,

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*Dr Chitra Rajaram, Senior Vice President Vasantham Channel,

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*Dr Nalaka Godahewa, Chairman, Securities & Exchange Commission of Sri Lanka

Human rights

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AO, social justice campaigner * Andrea Mason, CEO NPY Women's Council

Journalism and media

* Phillip Coorey, journalist *

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, former ''

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'' presenter and reporter *

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, former weekend anchor and reporter for ''

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''. (Alumna of SACAE, Magill campus, graduated 1987) *

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, ''

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'' presenter, former ABC reporter and presenter, and South Australian Media Awards Journalist of the Year in 2005 * Kate Collins, Nine News presenter, *

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, Nine News reporter *

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, consumer rights advocate and former television news presenter (ABC and SBS). (Alumna of SACAE) *

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AM, ABC TV journalist and correspondent

Sports

* Eleni Glouftsis OAM,

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field umpire in the

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(AFL) *

John Gloster John Gloster is a physiotherapist who works with cricket teams. He was appointed the physiotherapist to the Indian team in February 2005. Early career Gloster graduated from the University of South Australia, and then worked with the Surrey C ...

, physiotherapist for the

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* Isabella Rositano, multi-sport athlete *

Rachael Sporn Rachael Pamela Sporn (born 26 May 1968, in Murrayville) is an Australian former basketball player and three time Olympian. Sporn was Development Executive for the Australian Melanoma Research Foundation but has since left the organisation. C ...

OAM, Olympic basketballer Atlanta 1996, Sydney 2000, Athens 2004 *

Darryl Wakelin Darryl Wakelin (born 11 August 1974) is a former Australian rules footballer who played for St Kilda and Port Adelaide in the Australian Football League as a defender. AFL career Adelaide Wakelin was selected by Adelaide with the 11th pic ...

, AFL footballer *

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, multi-sport athlete

Politics

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AO former Premier of South Australia *

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(1942–2010), Malaysian Member of Parliament, and Deputy Minister of Transportation of Malaysia *

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, Singapore *

Nick Champion Nicholas David Champion (born 27 February 1972) is an Australian politician. He is a member of the South Australian Labor Party and has served in the South Australian House of Assembly since the 2022 South Australian state election, representi ...

, ALP member of the

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representing the

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since 2022 *

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, former Family First Senator for South Australia * Glenn Docherty, Mayor of the

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Trish Draper Patricia Draper (born 2 April 1959) is a former Liberal Party politician. She held the seat of Makin seat from 1996 to 2007. Early life Draper was born in Woodville, South Australia, the daughter of German migrants who travelled to Australia ...

, former

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member of the

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, representing the

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Iain Evans Iain Frederick Evans (born 18 April 1959) is a former Australian politician. He was leader of the South Australian Division of the Liberal Party of Australia from 2006 to 2007. Early life Evans attended Heathfield Primary and subsequently He ...

, former Leader of the Liberal Party in South Australia and former Leader of the Opposition in the South Australian parliament (Alumnus of SAIT) *

Tom Kenyon Thomas Richard Kenyon (born 26 February 1972) is a former Australian politician who represented the South Australian House of Assembly seat of Newland for the Labor Party from the 2006 election until his defeat in 2018. Kenyon left the Labor ...

, ALP Former member of the

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representing the

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MLC, Deputy Leader of

in the

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, former

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, former Leader of the Liberal Party in South Australia, and member representing the

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, former

Senator for South Australia and federal Minister for Veterans Affairs *

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, former

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member of the

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, former

member of the

, representing the

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, and former Minister for Defence *

Trish White Patricia Lynne White (born 7 September 1964) is a company director and former Australian politician, who represented Taylor in the South Australian House of Assembly for the Labor Party. She first won the seat at a state by-election held on 5 ...

, former ALP member of the

representing the

from 1994-2010 *

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, ALP member of the

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, Leader of the Government in the Senate and Minister for Foreign Affairs

Honorary awards

Doctor of the University

The university awards the

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to recognise an individual who has achieved eminence in an area of education or research, or is distinguished by eminent service to the community. The honorary doctorate is not a recognised qualification and as such the title 'Doctor' is not used by recipients, but the

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"DUniv" is granted. Recipients

Startup incubator

The Innovation Collaboration Centre is UniSA's startup incubator. The incubator provides the Venture Catalyst and Venture Catalyst Space program for students and the community to build early-stage

startup company A startup or start-up is a company or project undertaken by an entrepreneur to seek, develop, and validate a scalable business model. While entrepreneurship refers to all new businesses, including self-employment and businesses that never intend t ...

. The incubator offers office space, mentoring, access to industry experts, workshops, university resources and funding to companies accepted into the program.

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