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Job opportunity: Multiplex graduate and cadet program 2021/2022
Multiplex is a premier, global construction company that has been shaping skylines and delivering iconic projects for over 55 years.
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Science awards celebrate academic, student and staff success
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The recent Faculty of Sciences’ awards showcase celebrated research, teaching, leadership, professional staff and student success.
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Your passion for future tech becomes reality with our Virtual Reality Design & Development course
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Students with a passion for future technologies – especially those who want to develop and create them – can now combine their artistic and technical skills in a cutting edge Virtual Reality Design and Development course offered by the University of Adelaide.
Students and graduates leading backyard biodiversity and citizen science
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Ever wanted to attract native reptiles, bees and birds to your backyard?
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Fish have bigger sex organs and more reproductive success in acidic oceans
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Some species of fish will have higher reproductive capacity because of larger sex organs, under the more acidic oceans of the future.
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Paid internship with Sarah Constructions - apply today
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The successful applicant will receive a 12-week paid placement with Sarah Constructions and a $3‚000 grant paid in the final year of study‚ provided the recipient maintains full-time enrolment and satisfactory academic merit. Applications close 26 January 2021.
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University offers: Hey new students, we’re here to help!
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You've received an offer, what now? Learn how we can help.
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Early 2021 Internship opportunities - applications closing soon
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There are currently a large number of internships ready to start in early 2021 available on CareerHub. See a selection here and apply today.
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A letter to my Year 12 self – Sophie Dolling
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"If I were to have my time at uni again there are a few things I wish I knew…"
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Ancient DNA research reveals evolutionary secrets of Game of Thrones dire wolves
![Artwork credit: Mauricio Antón/Nature. Caption: Somewhere in Southwestern North America during the late Pleistocene, a pack of dire wolves (Canis dirus) are feeding on their bison kill, while a pair of grey wolves (Canis lupus) approach in the hopes of scavenging. One of the dire wolves rushes in to confront the grey wolves, and their confrontation allows a comparison of the bigger, larger-headed and reddish-brown dire wolf with its smaller, grey relative.](/sites/default/files/styles/ua_landscape/public/media/images/2021-01/news-canis-dirus-scene-color.jpg?h=6b9fc150&itok=MSSWAEoE)
University of Adelaide scientists have sequenced the ancient DNA of dire wolf fossils for the first time and uncovered new secrets of the animal made famous by the TV show Game of Thrones.
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