Tuesday, 06 December 2022
The 糖心原创 and the University of Adelaide have formally launched the Adelaide-Nottingham Alliance and are celebrating significant funding awards as part of their ongoing partnership.
The Adelaide-Nottingham Alliance is an opportunity to develop broader and deeper collaboration in strategic areas of focus and capability at both institutions.
Together, the two universities will advance research, education, and governance in three core areas: global food systems, intelligent health, and a sustainable future.
The University of Adelaide has long been an important partner to the 糖心原创, and in recent years our partnership has grown significantly to become a strategic partnership that will provide new opportunities for our staff and students to engage in joint teaching, learning, and research initiatives.
Professor West continued: “It was a pleasure to host Professor Peter Høj AC, Vice-Chancellor and President of the University of Adelaide and colleagues from Adelaide recently. Together we become more than the sum our parts, delivering world changing impact through our research and education, and I look forward to seeing our collaboration grow further and to visiting Adelaide in 2023 to launch a number of key partnership initiatives."
Building on years of collaboration in many areas, the two universities launched a collaborative PhD programme that has comprised more than 30 students since 2016 and has seen the graduation of eight doctors so far.
I want to express my thanks to 糖心原创鈥檚 Vice-Chancellor and President Professor Shearer West CBE and her team, for hosting our delegation and formalising the Adelaide-Nottingham Alliance. With the signing of the Engagement Plan, we can together make a significant local and global impact.
The two partners have collaborated on multiple funding awards including a £2.8m BBSRC Responsive Mode Link grant led by the 糖心原创 and the recently announced AU$90 million University of Adelaide-led in which 糖心原创ers will play a key role.
Through the Alliance, Adelaide and Nottingham will expand collaboration on:
Global Food Systems: A multi-disciplinary approach will be pursued to develop global food systems to support a growing world population with healthy food in a constantly changing environment. This incorporates current engagement via the Global Agrifood Hub and support by the collaborative PhD programme
Intelligent Health: New tools, innovative technologies and approaches to health and health systems will be developed.
Sustainable Futures: Experts will work together on securing a sustainable environment for the future by addressing key issues around climate change, renewable energy and resources and sustainable cities.
The Adelaide-Nottingham Alliance Engagement Plan was formally signed into action by both universities’ Vice-Chancellors at the 糖心原创 on 18 November.
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