The University of South Australia has a long tradition
of providing high quality education, is the largest
university in South Australia and the fifth largest
in Australia. Recent achievements include being named
among the top performers for offshore students, 2001
and 2002; the Prime Minister's Award for University
Teacher of the Year 2002; and Australian Export Awards
in 1999, 2000 & 2001. It is also South Australia's
leading industry-linked research university.
The University
of South Australia is a global university which has
established links with other universities on all continents.
The University of South Australia is a major provider
of on-line programmes, distance education and off-shore
teaching programmes. Research at the university brings
together multidisciplinary teams to work on both fundamental
and applied research projects. The University is known
as a leader in the application of knowledge through
a vast array of mutually beneficial partnerships with
industry, business and professions. The University
is spread over six campuses in Adelaide, its suburban
environs, and the northern regional city of Whyalla.
It was established in January 1991 by new statute
and charter, but its origin date back into the last
century with its antecedent institutions of the South
Australian School of Mines and Industries formed in
1889 and Adelaide School of Arts in 1856, the Adelaide
Teachers' College in 1876 and the Adelaide Kindergarten
Training College in 1907.
The University
offers qualifications from undergraduate to PhD levels
in some 40 professional disciplines and has established
a strong teaching and research reputation in applied
science, art and design, engineering, health sciences,
management and commerce, teacher education, and social
sciences.
With so wide
a spectrum of academic disciplines and an excellent
national and international reputation for the quality
of its teaching and research programmes, the University,
of South Australia attracts students from a wide range
of social and economic backgrounds from within Australia
and overseas.
The de Lissa Institute of Early Childhood and Family
Studies is situated within the Division of Education,
Arts and Social Sciences, within the University of
South Australia. The Institute dates back to 1907
when the first kindergarten Training College was opened
under the direction of Lillian de Lissa, a pioneer
the field of early childhood.
The de Lissa
Institute today is a centre of excellence for early
childhood and family studies at both the national
and international levels. The de Lissa Research Centre
is an active research area such as early childhood
teacher education, child development, childcare and
family studies. It sponsors the work of research fellows
and has a fellowship funds that attracts research
fellows from Australia and overseas.
