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In this issue:
Goodies for you...good for the planet
Learn about ETHOS: DIY DNA
Listen to a new season of MOD. Cast
Help to improve student mental health and learn some useful tips along the way!
Apply for a scholarship for cheaper rent at Atira
Get involved with Bus Stop Films: Accessible Film Studies Program
UniSA creative alumni taking Adelaide by storm
STUDENT LIFE
 
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Goodies for you...good for the planet
Are you looking to make a practical difference towards sustainability but don't know where to start? Want to network with game changing professionals in the sustainability space?

Come along to UniSA’s Sustainable Futures event and connect with UniSA alumni and local groups making a positive impact. Take away valuable knowledge and your very own goodie bag as a first step towards making a real difference.

Listen: to inspiring UniSA Alumni speakers and panellists who are making a difference, and how they are taking action.

Learn: how we all can make small shifts in our day-to-day activities to contribute to the solution.

Act: be curious and ask questions to the panellists and USASA’s Sustainability Collective Club to learn more about how you can get involved.

Included in your ticket price is delicious sustainable food and wine tasting by eco-conscious Forage Supply Co. Additonally everyone will receive a goodie bag that will help you do good for our planet, valued at $20!
Date
Wednesday 8 December
Time
5.30pm – 8.30pm
Location
Hawke Building 2-16,
City West Campus
Tickets
$5 students • $10 staff and alumni • $20 public
Register Now
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Learn about ETHOS: DIY DNA
Do you like to keep your genetic material to yourself, or at least your nearest and dearest? Do you worry about your DNA heading out into the world and getting up to no good?

Join Professor Leanne Dibbens from UniSA Clinical and Health Sciences, and Dr Eric Hsu from UniSA Justice and Society to hear about their investigations in to what our genetic materials say about us, and consider the moral and legal implications of digging into our heredity. The forum will begin with a provocation video by Dr Helen Pynor and Dr Jimmy Breen about how they collected, extracted, and sequenced their own DNA just by breathing.

There will be a free drink and snack on arrival, and the bar will be open for drink purchases.
Date
Thursday 18 November
Time
6.00pm – 7.30pm
Location
MOD., Bradley Building, North Terrace
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Listen to a new season of MOD.Cast
In this season of MOD.Cast we’re getting up close…. really close. We have teamed up Radio Adelaide and UniSA Journalism students, Elise Graham and Ayla Liebenberg, to explore the underlying themes of our online exhibition UP CLOSE. We’ll put humanity under the microscope and look at how things within us, on us, and around us influence our personal and shared experiences. We’ll consider what drives our responses to touch, humour, relationships, and our environment, and look at how our connections with machines will augment and enhance our lives into the future.
Listen Here
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Apply for a scholarship for cheaper rent at Atira
Scape has a limited number of one year, 50% rent subsidised scholarships available at its Atira Waymouth property. There are two categories of scholarships including the Rising Star Accommodation Scholarship for Academic Excellence and the Scape Accommodation Support Scholarship.

Here are some key dates:
• Applications open on Friday 5 November 2021
• Applications close on Wednesday 12 January 2022
• Awardees advised on Monday 17 January 2022

For more information about the scholarships, including eligibility criteria and terms and conditions, visit the website.
Apply Now
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Help to improve student mental health and learn some useful tips along the way!
Wellbeing at university matters now more than ever. ANU researchers are looking for students to participate in a research trial of a new online program to improve university student wellbeing.

The program is easy and quick to complete and will be emailed to you – it only takes five to 10 minutes per week. Participants will also complete four brief surveys during the trial and if you complete them all, you have the chance to win a $100 gift card!
Get Involved
FOR YOUR PROFESSIONAL AND PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT
 
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Get involved with Bus Stop Films: Accessible Film Studies Program
We are thrilled to be partnering with Bus Stop Films for their award-winning Accessible Film Studies Program for people living with disability in Adelaide. This November and December, we will be hosting a series of free taster workshops to allow potential students to get a feel for the full year program, which kicks off in February 2022.

The classes teach older teens and adults with an intellectual disability film studies subjects, as well as literacy, social and work ready skills. Mentored by passionate filmmakers and industry professionals, you will create amazing films of the highest artistic quality, which have won multiple awards and screened in festivals all over the world.
Register for Workshop
Enrol in the Program
Bus Stop’s expansion is supported by a Screenrights Cultural Grant. Students can pay for the course using their NDIS funding and you will need to ensure funding is available under Capacity Building.
ALUMNI FEATURE
 
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UniSA creative alumni taking Adelaide by storm
From humble beginnings to holding Adelaide’s social scene in the palm of their hands, Lucy and Rachel are the dynamic duo taking over South Australia’s events industry. The pair, who studied here at UniSA, started up their own creative studio in 2016 when they found a niche market missing in Adelaide. Rachel Evans, who completed a Bachelor of Graphic Design, describes how university gave her the software skills and eye for design that she needs to bring her visions to life. Lucy Temme, who completed a Bachelor of Journalism, always saw herself doing something hands on and creative.

Their business, Hygge Studio, is a one-stop-shop for all things ‘events’, offering the full package of event styling, management, graphics, floristry, lighting, and custom design/hire. Hygge was initially founded as a boutique graphics studio, consulting on branding, logos and website design by Co-Creative Director Rachel. In the following months, Lucy, now partner in crime and Co-Creative Director, jumped on board with the idea, bringing her flare of styling to the table - whilst in the midst of planning her own wedding.

“Our Hygge hire team are continuously creating and building new concepts and designs for our hire range, and our styling and graphics team have the ability to create anything your heart desires!” Lucy says.

Over the years, their business concept continued to develop, and COVID-19 was just another stepping-stone that the Hygge team graciously took in their stride. They say the pandemic was their toughest challenge, yet also their biggest achievement.

“With events and weddings postponed, we had to make a lot of adjustments to our business model. We learnt that you have to be resilient, you have to roll with the punches, and you have to adapt. We decided to re-shift our focus to our new office space on King William Road, Hygge Atrium, a bespoke venue for hire and workshops. Launching the space has opened the doors to amazing workshop experiences, collaborations and events!” says Rachel.

As UniSA alumni, both girls reminisce on their schooling days and explain how they are constantly drawing on the skills they learnt on campus.

“We encourage everyone, especially while at university, to try different jobs, as it helps you gain different skills to use later in life”, Rachel says.

“I agree with Rachel, my top tip for university students looking at getting into events is to gain some catering experience, graphics experience, and try some floristry; no experience is bad experience it’s great to get it all under your belt!”

In true Hygge fashion, there is nothing better than a surprise waiting on the horizon that is sure to blow our minds away.
 
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