Adelaide University has signed a major multi-partner agreement with the SA Government, Flinders University and industry to mark the next stage of the innovative engineering degree apprenticeship model, which fuses study and practical on-the-job-learning. In 2024, the University of South Australia, the State Government and industry partners launched the Software Engineering Degree Apprenticeship – t...
Australia–EU partnership is critical with global trade under strain
The recommendations are outlined in a new e-book, Australia–EU Trade Relations in the Global Context, released this week by Adelaide University’s Institute for International Trade (IIT) and the Australian Centre for International Trade and Investment (ACITI). The publication brings together expert contributions from researchers around Australia and in Europe. “As economies that value open markets, ...
Research from Adelaide University and the South Australian Research and Development Institute (SARDI) has shown for the first time that Australian sea lion pups can learn foraging behaviour from their mothers. Social information transition exists in some mammals, such as sea otters, bottlenose dolphins and chimpanzees – the latter of which teaches their young to fish for termites using a stick.
Is the term ‘resilience’ becoming a burden for farmers?
Published in Journal of Rural Studies, the study explores the perspectives of women involved in farming businesses across Australia, examining how resilience is understood, experienced and talked about within the sector. “The major finding was that our participants believed they were inherently resilient, often having to find ways to overcome the everyday challenges faced in farming enterprises,” s...
Weight-loss wonder pills prompt scrutiny of key ingredient
A new study from Adelaide University is turning a spotlight on those tablet versions, finding that the absorption-enhancing ingredient salcaprozate sodium (SNAC) may have measurable adverse biological effects for the gut and beyond. It is the first in vivo study to systematically evaluate the effects of repeated SNAC exposure on gut microbiota composition, function, and metabolic outcomes. In an an...
