Celebrating success

Telling the greatest story of survival

Dr Nick Prescott, Senior lecturer from the College of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences, interviewed Antarctic explorer and filmmaker Tim Jarvis OAM in front of a sold-out session at the Piccadilly cinema on Monday 6 March. The interview and subsequent Q&A session followed a screening of the film Shackleton – The Greatest Story of Survival, which describes Sir Ernest Shackleton’s 1916 expedition to the Antarctic, and follows Jarvis’s recreation of that journey and his ongoing work to raise awareness about climate change. Shackleton – The Greatest Story of Survival is now in cinemas.

Improving the right to appeal
Associate Professor Sangha and Dr Moles

Associate Professor Bibi Sangha and Dr Bob Moles have provided a submission to the UK Law Commission on Criminal Appeals, to consider adopting the right to a second or further appeal in the UK – which has been done (or is being done) in most Australian jurisdictions. While appeal rights were initially introduced by the UK in 1907, but Australia has taken the lead on the development of this reform. Associate Professor Sangha and Dr Moles have provided suggestions to encourage the further development of the current model. The UK submission is available here: http://netk.net.au/UK/UK50.pdf

Dr Space Junk at the cutting edge of science

Associate Professor Alice Gorman (image: Daniel Kukec Photography)

In honour of International Women’s Day 2023, Cosmos released a list of the top 50 exceptional and interesting female researchers and scientists in Australia – and a Flinders academic makes an appearance. Associate Professor Alice Gorman has been named among the top female researchers in Archaeology in Australia. To view the full list, click here.

Experience history like never before

Flinders University graduates Sam Haren (BA ‘99, PhD(EHLT) ‘09, BA(Hons) ‘20) and Dan Koerner (BA(Hons) ‘20) are bringing history to life with the latest projects from their ‘experience’ design studio Sandpit. The duo is working with Californian palaeontologist Professor Mary Droser to bring the so-called Ediacara biota to life, which Professor Droser says will showcase “the dawn of animal life on Earth”.

Thanks to Professor Droser’s decades of research, Haren and Koerner’s team has brought the fossil to life thanks to the use of cutting-edge technology – allowing the viewer to travel half a billion years back in time to observe and interact with these animals in their environment.

Upcoming projects for Sandpit studio include a new exhibition at the Melbourne Holocaust Museum. It uses imagery, footage, letters and stories to create a moving experience where it appears that survivors are sharing their personal stories and experiences directly with visitors.

 

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