UniSA 2021 Donor Impact Report - Flipbook - Page 6
World leading experts
collaborating with our
brightest minds
Transforming our world in partnership
Research ultimately is for change, for
betterment, for increased understanding.
Research drives cures, disease prevention,
business efficiencies, new industries; it
challenges inequity, saves the environment,
and creates better societies.
However, true change, the most effective
change, is only achieved in partnership. When
researchers work alone, they produce great
outcomes. When researchers collaborate
and combine their exceptional talents,
remarkable outcomes are achieved.
This sums up the importance of the UniSA
Visiting Research Fellowships – a scheme
bringing some of the world’s most talented
minds and practitioners to Adelaide to work
in partnership with our researchers, business
and the community.
Your support has ensured that, so far, 22
leading researchers will be touching down
at UniSA imminently to transform, inspire
and bring the change we wish to see for the
world, all from South Australia as part of the
scheme.
When UniSA launched the Visiting Research
Fellowships, the Fay Fuller Foundation were
one of the first cohort of philanthropic
organisations to commit to this initiative.
As a private philanthropic organisation in
South Australia, supporting community led
and informed approaches to preventative
mental health and wellbeing, they were
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Together, we can achieve something remarkable
excited to support the Fellowship which will
bring the world’s top researchers to South
Australia.
Also, soon heading to Adelaide is awardwinning children’s author, musician and
educator Dr Mark Carthew. After a Research
Dean struck up a conversation with her
dentist, Mark Irwin, about the scheme, he was
inspired by the possibilities the Fellowship
would bring and decided to establish the
Irwin Ermidis Visiting Research Fellowship,
initially supporting Dr Carthew who is working
to improve oracy.
“After struggling with stuttering and
speech anxiety for a great deal of my life,
I very much appreciate the opportunity to
work with such a prestigious organisation
as UniSA in supporting heightened
interest in oracy within our community,”
said Fellowship co-funder Mark Irwin.
“I have been extremely impressed by
the University’s professionalism and
initiatives in the area of philanthropy
generally, and feel confident in positive
outcomes.”
One of our most generous family of
supporters are also funding the Pirku
murititya UniSA Visiting Research Fellowships,
bringing pioneering curator, writer, artist and
activist Djon Mundine OAM FASA and Dr Tyson
Yunkaporta to UniSA. Dr Yunkaporta is an
academic, author, arts critic, and researcher
who belongs to the Apalech Clan from
Western Cape York in far north Queensland.