The Ramsay Fellowship was established in 2008 with a significant bequest from the Ramsay family, founders of the Kiwi Polish Company (later Kiwi International), the famous shoe polish manufacturers.

Hamish Ramsay fulfilled his late stepmother’s wish to help advance scientific research by pledging funds for four-year Ramsay Fellowships.

Dr Kate Wegener, currently a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Oxford, will be the first of the Ramsay Fellows and eventually the Fellowship will support four independent research fellows.

The Faculty of Sciences welcomes Dr Wegener back to Adelaide, and wishes her every success as she undertakes her research!

For more details about Dr Wegener’s research focuses, please view her story in Lumen.

Congratulations to the school of Agriculture Food and Wine -  It’s a website!

You can view all the brand new pages full of research information, project details and contact resources for:

• Farming Systems
• Food & Nutrition
• Plant Breeding & Genetics
• Plant Protection
• Plant Physiology, Viticulture & Horticulture
• Wine Science & Business

Please check them out – and let us know what you think!!

Are you weighing up the career options available to people who have studied science at university? Visit the Faculty of Science Careers page at the University of Adelaide website for some handy links to the employment agencies with listings for jobs in the science sector.

Get a taste of just how far a Science degree can take you!