Staff Notices: 13 - 16 March 2007

Table of Contents

• Uni in the News
• General Information for Staff
• Events
• Training and Development Opportunities
• Information for Researchers

Uni in the News

Study into toddlers' eating habits
The University of Adelaide is looking for people to be part of a study to assess how parents manage their youngsters' diets. The children will be given the choice of healthy and unhealthy snack foods, and their option recorded. PhD psychology student Nadia Corsini said many children's foods were "energy dense and nutrient poor... What we don't know is how different approaches influence the child's response to these foods." For more information, phone Ms Corsini on 8303 8817.

Source: The Advertiser, 5 March 2007
Uni full story: New study examines toddler food choices

General Information for Staff

IT Outages in March/April: impact on key services
ITS is currently engaged in a major program of improvements to services in addition to its ongoing maintenance program. A number of key services will be unavailable during 3 weekends around the mid-semester break:

• Friday 30 March 6:00pm to Sunday 1 April at 9:00pm (weekend only)
• Friday 13 April 6:00pm to Tuesday 17 April at 6:00pm (includes Monday & Tuesday)
• Friday 20 April 6:00pm to Sunday 22 April at 9:00pm (weekend only)

Several services will be unavailable for short periods from 30 March 6:00pm to 1 April (weekend only) including:

Saturday
Library Catalogue
Computer Science LDAP logins
Streaming Media
Student L: and P: drives
Sunday
MyUni including MapleTA, wikis, & streaming lectures
Student U: drives
Some University webpages
Syllabus Plus
Research Master
TRIM
Access Adelaide
PeopleSoft HR
PeopleSoft Student Admin
PeopleSoft Finance
Course Planner
Employee Services Online (ESO)

Download IT Outage March/April for services affected on the other two weekends. Additional information and updates will be available at: www.adelaide.edu.au/its/projects/infrastructure/april_outage/.

Stephen Cole the Elder Awards
The Awards were first presented in 1991, and are the University of Adelaide's premier teaching awards. Up to four Stephen Cole the Elder Awards (formerly Prizes) for Excellence in Teaching will be offered in 2007, each worth $8000. Both undergraduate and postgraduate coursework teams and teachers may be nominated.

The three categories of award are:

1. Stephen Cole the Elder Award for Excellence in Early Career Teaching (five years or less)
2. Stephen Cole the Elder Award for Excellence in Team Teaching
3. Stephen Cole the Elder Awards for Excellence in Teaching (more than five years)

Winners of a Stephen Cole the Elder Award are eligible for the Vice-Chancellor's Award for Teaching Excellence.
Guidelines for the Stephen Cole the Elder Award are available online at: www.adelaide.edu.au/dvca/grants/ua/sce.html.
Information about writing your application is available at: www.adelaide.edu.au/clpd/lta/grantsprizes/#stephencole.

Council News - 26 February meeting
Council news from the 26 February meeting is available at:
www.adelaide.edu.au/governance/council/meetings/2007/

Internal distribution of Adelaidean
With the new Adelaidean now out, the editor is seeking feedback from faculties, schools, disciplines and research centres about the internal distribution of Adelaidean.
Do you receive too many copies? Not enough? Has the name of your area changed?
Please provide all feedback to David Ellis in Marketing & Strategic Communications.
www.adelaide.edu.au/adelaidean/

Volunteers wanted for Blood Pressure + Chocolate and Tomato-extract Study
Is your blood pressure in the high-normal = pre-hypertensive range: 120 - 139 mm Hg systolic and/or 80 - 89 mm Hg diastolic?
Would you like to participate in our 6-month study testing either chocolate or tomato-extract and the effect on blood pressure?

You need:

• to be 20 years or over
• not to be taking any kind of medication that lowers blood pressure.

For more information please contact: Nicky Bennett or Dr Karin Ried, Discipline of General Practice, University of Adelaide, Royal Adelaide Hospital - phone 8303 3460.

Sabbatical accommodation near Oxford (UK)
Available from August 2007 for approx. 6 months. House with small garden, sleeps 3. Five mins walk to Didcot station (12 mins Oxford, 45 mins Paddington). Non-smokers only. Contact Anne Swan.

Vacant Positions
www.adelaide.edu.au/jobs/

Events

Law School Seminar Series - Semester 1, 2007
'A Market for Legal Claims? An examination of the Normative and Efficiency Grounds for Establishing Claim Alienability.'
Date: Monday 26 March
Speaker: Dr Vicki Waye

'The Combet Case and the appropriation of taxpayers' funds for political advertising - an erosion of fundamental principles?'
Date: Monday 30 April
Speaker: Professor Geoffrey Lindell

'Factoring Human Rights into Judicial Discretion: A Proposal for a Rebuttable Presumption at Common Law'
Date: Monday 21 May
Speaker: Dr Wendy Lacey

'Dixonian Strict Legalism'
Date: Wednesday 6 June
Speaker: John Gava

All seminars are held at 1:05pm in the Moot Court, Ligertwood Building. Sandwiches and light refreshments provided. Enquiries to John Gava.

Friends of the University of Adelaide Library
'Ruby Payne-Scott: a woman scientist in a man's world'
Date: Thursday 22 March, 6:00pm for 6:30pm
Venue: Ira Raymond Exhibition Room, Barr Smith Library
Speaker: Dr Miller Goss
www.adelaide.edu.au/library/news/events/goss.html

Barr Smith Discovery Series
'Joyce Cary: a varied life'
Date: Thursday 29 March, 1:05pm
Venue: Ira Raymond Exhibition Room, Barr Smith Library
Speaker: Tristram Cary
www.adelaide.edu.au/library/news/events/cary.html

Admission is free: gold coin donation invited. Bookings to Karen Hickman, phone 8303 4064.

Classical Association
'The ecology of vices and virtues: animal motifs in early Christianity'
Date: Monday 2 April, 6:00pm for 6:30pm
Venue: Council Room, Level 7, Wills Building
Speaker: Dr Peter Hill
Enquiries to Ron Newbold.

Don Dunstan Foundation Program, March/April 2007
Corporate Responsibility: How successful businesses around the world are operating for people, profit and planet with David Grayson CBE
Date: Thursday 15 March, 5:15pm for 5:30pm
Venue: Enterprise House, 136 Greenhill Road
Cost: $50 inc. GST (includes light refreshments)

Addressing the Challenges of Climate Change through Green Productivity with Heinz-Werner Engel
Date: Tuesday 3 April, 5:15pm for 5:30pm
Venue: Room 102, First Floor, Napier Building, University of Adelaide

Food Justice in South Australia: From the ground up with Professor Fran Baum and Zannie Flannagan
Date: Thursday 19 April, 5:15pm for 5:30pm
Venue: Radford Auditorium, Art Gallery of South Australia
Cost: $20 inc. GST (includes light refreshments)

For more information please visit www.dunstan.org.au. For bookings please call Josie on 8303 3364 or josie.covino@adelaide.edu.au.
Mention this notice from Inside Adelaide and receive a 10% discount!

HERDSA 2007 Conference, Adelaide, 8-11 July
Higher Education Research and Development Society of Australasia (HERDSA) annual conference
Date: Sunday 8 - Wednesday 11 July
Venue: Hilton Hotel, Adelaide

Keynote speakers at HERDSA 2007 will be Professor Simon Marginson (Centre for the Study of Higher Education, University of Melbourne), Professor Sue Clegg (Carnegie Research Institute, Leeds Metropolitan University) and Dr Andrée Sursock (Deputy Secretary General of the European University Association).

The conference theme is "Enhancing Higher Education, Theory and Scholarship" and will provide opportunities for you to engage with critical issues associated with higher education theory and scholarship and focus on how enhancements to teaching and learning activities might translate into an enhanced student experience. You are encouraged to bring your differing perspectives to these discussions - disciplinary expertise, academic development, learning support, research education and policy development. The focus of explorations may be from a transition perspective, undergraduate or postgraduate experiences, or from involvement in research education.

Important date: 23 March 2007 - absolute deadline for all submissions and proposals for presentations.

Further details including information on accommodation and registration can be found on the conference web site at: http://conference.herdsa.org.au/2007/. The conference committee can be contacted by email at: herdsa2007@adelaide.edu.au.

NHMRC Career Development Awards & Training Awards Workshop
Date: Tuesday 27 March, 3:00-5:30pm
Venue: Union House, level 4 (Equinox Room)

Come and join experts from recent career development and training awards assessment committees that will highlight strategies on how to apply for NHMRC Career Development Awards and Training Awards.

An ideal workshop for PhD students, early-mid career researchers and supervisors to gain the competitive edge in putting together the best possible grant application.

Please see attached flyer for further details or visit HDA web site: www.adelaide.edu.au/hda/events/.
RSVP by Friday 16 March to Anne Jurisevic, phone 8303 8222.

Training & Development Opportunities

Student Academic Development Workshops
One-hour workshops for students on writing, speaking and general study skills at University including:

Venue: CLPD, Level 2, Schulz Building
For further information, visit the Language and Learning Service web site.

Designing activity based learning in MyUni
The second in the Effective Use of MyUni series of workshops for 2007, it will focus on techniques for designing activity based learning in MyUni.
Date: Friday 30 March, 10:00am-12:00pm
Venue: SITTS 2, Level 2, 10 Pulteney St

For further information, visit the MyUni Support web site. To book into the workshop email Online Education.

MyUni Support web site
The MyUni Support web site has recently been updated to reflect the University corporate web template and to improve access to resources. It merges the previous Instructor and Student sites into one integrated site. Please update your bookmarks.

You can view the new site at: www.adelaide.edu.au/myuni/

University of Adelaide Governance
The first University Management Program seminar for 2007 will be presented by Heather Karmel, Council Secretary. Morning tea from 9:45am. All staff are welcome to attend.

Date: Tuesday 20 March, 10:00am-12:00noon
Venue: Hoods Room, Level 1, University Staff Club

To register visit the CLPD's University Management Practices Seminars web site.
For further information please email Janet Hart or phone 8303 3130.

Meeting Organisation
This development workshop is designed for staff who are required to take minutes at meetings. It will include making meeting arrangements; preparing documentation for meetings; and recording and producing minutes of the meeting, incorporating the use of University templates. Facilitated by Heather Karmel, Council Secretary.

Date: Wednesday 21 March, 2:00-4:00pm
Venue: CLPD, Level 2, Schulz Building (map)

Book online from the Organisational and Staff Development web site.
For further information, please email Janet Hart or phone 8303 3130.

Leading and Managing People 28/29 March - Adelaide Graduate School of Business
If you are a middle to senior level manager or professional, your people skills as a manager are the key to inspiring and maintaining your team's commitment to achieving your branch or faculty's objectives.
Leading and Managing People will enhance your management and leadership skills, and expand the range of options available to you when seeking to bring out the best in your people.

10% discount for University of Adelaide staff.
For further information, email: Mary Quinless or phone 8303 3268.

PCE Short Courses
Professional and Continuing Education (PCE) are offering the following Professional Development Courses:

Increasing your Professional and Personal Effectiveness
Thursday 15 March

How to Benchmark Services and Organisations
Friday 16 March

Contract Management (2 days)
Tuesday 20 & Wednesday 21 March

Designing the Perfect Corporate Occasion
Friday 23 March

For further information or to enrol please email Nicolle Kelly or phone 8303 7502, or visit our web site at: www.adelaide.edu.au/pce to view our extensive program offering.

Information for Researchers

Adelaide Research & Innovation
The latest 'commUNIcate RESEARCH' newsletter is available online.

Research Branch
See the Research Branch newsletter for the latest information on major grant rounds and information sessions, a selection of competitive grants and prizes now open for application and other research-related news.