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Good experience as a Voluunteer Tutor
Volunteer Tutor (Former Employee) – Adelaide SA – 14 February 2019
The work duty is group coordinating and helping students in spoken Chinese and went through several spoken Chinese activities by following the instruction of the textbookin the course Chinese 1B tutorial.The most enjoyable part of the job is to see the students got improvement in their spoken Chinese and had fun in learning Chinese and getting to know more about Chinese culture.
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Postdoctoral Researcher (Former Employee) – Adelaide SA – 26 January 2019
I have experience in research and i have valide sientific articles and i have had ten years teaching experience in research methodology and faculty at Iran university
Pros
Faculty members at Iran azad university
Cons
Loung hour
Senior management horrid
Tutor (Former Employee) – Adelaide City Centre SA – 13 December 2018
A brilliant centre unfortunately mismanaged by the "high ups". Job security and ethics of higher management - zero!
Nice job, great students and good, helpful colleagues. Very constructive and well set up. But...
Nice job, great students and good, helpful colleagues. Very constructive and well set up. But...
An Excellent organisation
Various senior administrative officer roles (Former Employee) – Adelaide, AU – 5 December 2018
There were so many different roles that could be undertaken here and staff were encouraged to move around. Staff were also encouraged to undertake professional development courses. Great workplace culture.
Pros
great staff
Cons
none
Incredible
Exchange student (Former Employee) – australia – 6 November 2018
A fantastic university and exchange program with lots of opportunities to grow and develop. A fantastic program enabled me to be paired up with a local family and immerse myself into local culture more. Study adelaide also hosted fantastic events.
Productive and serious work place
Lab instructor (Former Employee) – Adelaide SA 5005, Australia – 24 October 2018
- Teaching there is a great experience
- The collaboration between staffs are good, people from different cultures can mingle well at work
- You get pay reasonably for your part-time job (which is my case)
- The collaboration between staffs are good, people from different cultures can mingle well at work
- You get pay reasonably for your part-time job (which is my case)
Pros
High wage
Cons
non
VC's Office not like other offices.
Adminstrative Assistant (Former Employee) – Adelaide SA – 14 October 2018
Very reactive position. Totally relied on what came out of the VC's office. I worked for three VC's in the time I was there. Work was quite varied, filing, audio typing, formatting, records management, arranging travel, making tea and coffee for meetings, buying VIP gifts, organising couriers, registering foreign gifts received, collating meeting papers, reconciling credit cards, back-up reception. The PA/EA was very easy to work with.
Pros
Excellent pay
Really supportive and fun work environment!
Student Health and Wellbeing Volunteer (Current Employee) – Adelaide SA – 25 September 2018
Both staff and volunteers alike are always very friendly and approachable. Because these roles are made up of Volunteers, everyone has a common interest in what they're working towards and show uttermost enthusiasm to the dedicated job. Excellent support is always on hand, and many benefits are included with the voluntary work that makes the job worth doing.
Pros
Constantly opening opportunities, meet new people
Cons
None!
Productive workplace with work life balance
PhD researcher (Former Employee) – Adelaide SA – 13 August 2018
I enjoyed my time in the Uni Adelaide. There are many good workshops available for PhD researchers. Most of the staff members that I interacted with are helpful.
High quality of pedagogical activities
PhD student (Former Employee) – South Australia – 18 April 2018
the graduate centre offers several essential courses and workshops to maintain a high quality of research. the university is top-ranked for the research as well educational services.
The city is also a good place to live.
The city is also a good place to live.
Cons
a little bit lack of job security
Enjoyed teaching
Lecturer (Current Employee) – Adelaide SA – 6 December 2017
I enjoyed my time teaching at the University of Adelaide but the current management are very poor and do not respect their staff.
I managed a number of different courses and I enjoyed the travel that arose sometimes in my work.
I managed a number of different courses and I enjoyed the travel that arose sometimes in my work.
Pros
Flexible working hours
Cons
management are bad
Very friendly and safe workplace with nice colleagues
Casual Chemistry laboratory demonstrator (Former Employee) – Adelaide SA – 17 November 2017
- Nice working environment, tasks were explained in details and supervised thoroughly.
- Great support from both supervisors and colleagues. Great work conditions.
- High salary.
- HR system needs to improve in their management.
- Great support from both supervisors and colleagues. Great work conditions.
- High salary.
- HR system needs to improve in their management.
Pros
High salary
Cons
Not professional management system (payroll, timesheet management)
Very enjoyable.
Sensory Panellist (Current Employee) – Adelaide SA – 1 November 2017
I enjoy the challenges, the new information and the opportunity to expand my skills and experience. It is always a learning game and I am up to it and continue to improve. My latest achievements accurately and precisely accessing Wine Body and Astringency.
Pros
Always stimulating.
Cons
Poor quality wines.
A very different cuture in academia.
School Finance Manager (Former Employee) – Adelaide SA – 24 October 2017
I found it both challenging and enjoyable working with academics who have specific needs around research and education. I particularly appreciated the well structured training provided in the use of the University's financial systems.
Formula SAE
Adelaide University Motorsport Team - Member (Former Employee) – Adelaide SA – 13 September 2017
This team is made of students who like racecars and students do not get any salaries at all for it. However, there was around 30 active members in the team, most of them are from Mech fac, some of them are from Elec fac. It provides opportunities to learn different things relate to car designing and manufacturing. I am glad and proud to be part of the team.
Pros
Able to work on things I like
Cons
As a non-paid job, sometime its workload would be a bit too high and affect academic result
Self-starting, tough environment, flaxibility and rewarding
Visiting Research Fellow (Former Employee) – Adelaide SA – 6 September 2017
I had many roles at the University of Adelaide. I generally had flexibility to work the hours of my choosing and from home or in the office. Later roles I had the flexibility of my work focus. Assisting PhD students was highly challenging and rewarding, as was starting to work for ERIA through this role. I also did work that was wine economics focused which was enjoyable, busy and very interesting for three years. The contract was not renewed for the role I was doing due to funding constraints, if it had been, I would have stayed.
Pros
Flexibility, learning new skills, independence
Cons
No job security
Uni Adelaide is a top university
Professor & Program Coordinator (Former Employee) – Adelaide SA – 30 August 2017
I liked my time on board and learned a lot about teaching big classes, sometimes without preparation. There are some issues with bad Management, however, this might be solved by now.