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Staff Notices: 6 - 10 August 2007

Table of Contents

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

Uni in the News

Lung testing program for firefighters
A University of Adelaide program will do annual testing of about 800 SA firefighters to find out whether their job is adversely affecting their health. Associate Professor Alan Crockett, Director of the Primary Care Respiratory Research Unit, said the program stems from findings of significant lung damage in emergency services personnel who were involved in the 9/11 rescue and clean up in New York. "We're keen to get started and do measurements on the South Australian firefighters so that we've got any information should a disaster or major fire occur in the future that might cause problems," he said.

Source: ABC News (31 July 2007)
Uni full story: Fire Service takes health lessons from 9/11

General Information for Staff

National Wine Centre is Awarded for Excellence

The National Wine Centre of Australia has won Best 'FUNCTION CENTRE' at the Restaurant & Catering SA Awards for Excellence 2007. The Wine Centre was announced the category winner at the annual awards night on 30 July in Adelaide.
www.wineaustralia.com.au

Review of the Undergraduate and Postgraduate Programs in Psychology, offered by the Faculty of Health Sciences

Members of the University community are invited to contribute to the review of the undergraduate and postgraduate programs in Psychology.
The University is currently undertaking a review of the undergraduate and postgraduate programs in Psychology. Staff, students and members of the community are invited to make a submission to the Review on matters relevant to the Terms of Reference, which are available on the Quality and Reviews web site at: www.adelaide.edu.au/pvclq/reviews/current/.

For further information please contact Lou Pacella, Reviews Officer on 8303 8393.
The deadline for submissions is 5:00pm, Wednesday 5 September 2007. All submissions remain confidential.

Review of Student Publications

The General Manager, Student Services is undertaking a review of all student publications produced by the Student Services branch. This includes both hard copy and online versions of all student recruitment and marketing publications, the Calendar and the Student Guide. The Review will investigate content consistency, expenditure and student usage. It will also report on the collation of source information, production, dissemination and distribution processes. Some benchmarking with other universities will be undertaken.

Staff who have been involved directly in the production of these publications have been contacted for interviews. However, there may be other staff who wish to have the opportunity to provide input to the review for one or more of these publications. If you wish to provide feedback or comment please contact Dianne van Eck, Project Manager on 33763 or Dianne van Eck (Tuesdays to Thursdays).

Dr Judy Szekeres
General Manager, Student Services

Assessment that Works

All academic and professional staff with an interest in learning and teaching issues should consider presenting at this year's ERGA 2007 Conference. We are looking forward to an exciting and challenging series of workshops, papers, panels and posters on the very important topic, Assessment that Works. The keynote speaker for this year's ERGA conference will be Professor Royce Sadler from Griffith University.

Pre-conference workshops: Wednesday 19 September 2007
Conference presentations: Thursday 20 September 2007
Venue: North Terrace Campus, University of Adelaide.

More details on the Education Research Group of Adelaide (ERGA) and conference can be obtained from the ERGA web site.

University Archives Joins the National Registry of Audiovisual Collections

The National Film and Sound Archive has launched a unique new publication that brings together information about audiovisual collections held throughout Australia and is destined to become an invaluable tool for researchers, the media industry and the community. The University of Adelaide Archives has been accepted on the register to highlight those sections of its collection that contain recorded sound and moving images, including recently completed oral histories of prominent former and current staff members, Prof Hugh Stretton, Dr Basil Hetzel, Dr Barbara Kidman, Prof John Prescott, Prof John Cooper, Emeritus Prof Horst Lucke and DUniv Ray Beckwith. Further information about the Registry is available at:
www.nfsa.afc.gov.au/the_collection/avregistry.html.

International Office - Country Profiles

The International Office Intranet now has profiles of countries in which the University recruits, containing links to useful University, marketing, government and travel information. Profiles are currently available for the following countries: China, Germany, Hong Kong, India, Malaysia, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Thailand, the United Arab Emirates, and the United States; profiles for other countries will be updated over the coming weeks, A RSS feed is also available to provide notification of all updates to the International Office Intranet. The Intranet can be accessed by University staff only, and is available at:
https://www.international.adelaide.edu.au/staff_only/.

Vacant Positions

www.adelaide.edu.au/jobs/

Events

Friends of the University of Adelaide Library

From first inkling to first draft: putting together a novel
The Friends of the University of Adelaide Library invite you to a free public talk by Jane Rogers.
Date/Time: Thursday 16 August, 6:00 for 6:30pm
Venue: Ira Raymond Exhibition Room, Barr Smith Library
Admission is free: gold coin donation invited.

Jane Rogers is the author of several novels including Mr Wroe's virgins which was dramatised as an award-winning BBC drama, Promised lands, winner of the 1996 Writers' Guild Award (Best Fiction), a story set in New South Wales in 1788, and Island.
Jane also writes for radio, and is Professor of Writing at Sheffield Hallam University.
She is currently a Visiting Research Fellow in the University of Adelaide School of Humanities and Social Sciences. More details are available at: www.adelaide.edu.au/library/news/events/rogers.html

Bookings by Tuesday 14 August to Robina Weir or phone 8303 4064.

MANCINI - Evening Jazz Concert

Featuring Jazz vocalist, Michelle Nicolle with the Conservatorium Big Band
directed by Dusty Cox and a premier student jazz ensemble.
Date/Time: Saturday 11 August, 7:30pm
Venue: Elder Hall

The program will include:

The Days of Wine and Roses
Slow Hot Wind
Moon River
Whistling Away the Dark

... all by the inimitable Henry Mancini, as well as other dazzling jazz standards. A not to be missed event featuring one of Australia's best female jazz singers who is sponsored by a Helpmann Academy Grant.

Tickets: $25 Adult / $20 Concession / $14 Student - University of Adelaide staff at concession price.
Still time to subscribe to the last 3 concerts to save. Contact Helen Simpson on 8303 5286 (Wednesday/Thursday).
www.adelaide.edu.au/events/concert/evening/

French revelations in Little Theatre

The University of Adelaide Theatre Guild's production of Marat/Sade is running in the Little Theatre from Tuesday - Saturday until 18 August at 7:30pm.

Peter Weiss's modern classic is set in 1808 in the asylum of Charenton, where the infamous Marquis de Sade is an inmate. In a "play with the play", de Sade is directing a play he has written about the assassination in 1793 of the French revolutionary figure Jean-Paul Marat - played by Dr Ben McCann from the Discipline of French Studies.

In de Sade's production, the players are the inmates of the asylum, and the audience is the local bourgeoisie - who get more than they bargained for!

University of Adelaide staff and students can see Marat/Sade for the special price of $15 on Tuesday 7 and 14 August (normal price is $25 Full / $20 Concession) available from the Theatre Guild on 8303 5999 or online at:
www.adelaide.edu.au/theatreguild

2007 Florey Annual Lecture

Sir Gustav Nossal
Date/Time: Wednesday 19 September 2007, 5:30pm
Venue: Florey Lecture Theatre, Medical School North
Sponsored by The Florey Medical Research Foundation.
Admission is free. All Welcome.

Sir Gustav Nossal, named Australian of the Year for 2000, is one of Australia's most respected medical researchers and humanitarians.

For more information, please contact Judith Turner, phone 8303 5211 or Stella Richards on 8303 5274.
Download the attached invitation (pdf 65kB).

Florey Foundation Art Exhibition

Date/Time: Wednesday 26 September 2007, 6:30pm
Venue: Bonython Hall
Entry: $20.00 per person includes wine and Canapés.

The Florey Medical Research Foundation's Art Exhibition has been an enormous success for the past three years, attracting over 300 participating artists each year. Each year we have been overwhelmed by the interest and support from National and South Australian professional artists, amateur artists, art students, school students and kindergarten kids.

Over 800 art collectors attended last year's Exhibition Opening Night Cocktail Party.

This year the exhibition is titled "Florey Fourth Famous ArtFest" and for the fourth year in a row we have been delighted with the commitment and enthusiasm of so many artists.

The novel idea behind this exhibition still captures the imagination! Contributing artists are given a 40cm x 50cm blank canvas, they create a painting of their own subject, and donate the painted canvas back to the Florey Medical Research Foundation.

Artists can choose any subject, in any medium - paintings are signed only on the back of the canvas. Thus no painting is identified until after the painting is sold. Every painting is just $250.00 each.

Guests can view the paintings until 7:15pm. The Exhibition will also be open on Thursday 27 September, 11:00am-4:00pm.

All proceeds go directly to important medical research through The Florey Medical Research Foundation at the University of Adelaide.

For more information, please contact robponti@internode.on.net (phone 8267 1919, mob: 0407 711 517) or Judith Turner, phone 8303 5211.

Indigenous Australian writers and storytellers

University of Adelaide Creative Writing PhD students Dylan Coleman and Jared Thomas will be among local Indigenous writers and storytellers joining 2007 Miles Franklin winner Alexis Wright and author Anita Heiss for an evening of readings in support of Indigenous literacy.

Ngutto (gaining knowledge) takes place at Sarah's Café, Leigh Street, on Tuesday 14 August at 6:00pm. Other writers and storytellers taking part include Uncle Lewis O'Brien and Natalie Harkin.

Ngutto will celebrate the achievements of Indigenous Australian writers and storytellers and all proceeds will go to support literacy programs and books for young Indigenous people. The entry fee is $10.

Chair of Creative Writing Professor Nicholas Jose will introduce the speakers. The event will also feature popular Indigenous band 'The MERRg'.

The event is coordinated by Arts SA, the Australian Society of Authors and University of Adelaide.

For further details and reservations contact Tamara Watson, Arts SA, on 8463 5450.

ARC Complex Open Systems Research Network (COSNet) - SA Node Seminar Series

Modelling aspects of solid tumour growth
Speaker: Professor Philip Maini (Centre for Mathematical Biology, Mathematical Institute, Oxford University)
Date/Time: Monday 13 August, 12:00noon. All welcome.
Venue: G08 Lecture Theatre, Mathematics Building
Further information on COSNet: www.complexsystems.net.au
Enquiries to: A/Prof Jim Denier

Lloyd Cox Memorial Lecture

Professor David Handelsman
Men: the Missing Half of Reproductive Health
Date/Time: Thursday 23 August, 5:30-6:30pm
Venue: Florey Lecture Theatre, Medical School North

Professor David Handelsman is Professor of Reproductive Endocrinology and Andrology, University of Sydney and Director of the ANZAC Research Institute situated at Concord Hospital. His expertise is in all aspects of male reproductive health, medicine and biology.

Download the attached invitation (pdf 31kB) or visit RCRH webpage: www.adelaide.edu.au/rcrh/news/events.html.
RSVP by Thursday 16 August to Virginia Furness or phone 8303 4552.

Brian Daily Memorial Lecture

"The Nilpena Ediacaran Open Air Museum"
Date/Time: Thursday 9 August, 7:45pm
Venue: Mawson Lecture Theatre, Mawson Laboratories
Speaker: Dr Jim Gehling, South Australian Museum

The Ediacara fossils, discovered 60 years ago in the Flinders Ranges, are of worldwide significance as they provide our first glimpse of large multicellular organisms. But were these weird creatures the early ancestors to modern animal species, or just a failed evolutionary experiment? The recently listed Nilpena heritage site provides a unique open air museum where these extraordinary fossils can be studied "in situ", revealing a whole new world of information as to their origin and significance.

A charge of $2.50 will go towards the Brian Daily Memorial Prize for a deserving student in the discipline of Geology.
For further information, visit: Field Geology Club SA web site.
Enquiries to Frances Williams.

Training & Development Opportunities

Project Management 22 & 23 August - Adelaide Graduate School of Business

If you are a middle to senior level manager or professional, this program will help you to improve your project management skills.
Highly competent project managers execute decisions on time, on budget and in line with specific performance targets. Project Management will provide you with the principles of a systematic approach, allowing you to methodically, efficiently and consistently achieve your objectives.

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

More 50 Minutes Lunch Time Sessions on Situational Learning

Interested in creating more interactive and engaging learning activities for your students?
Bring your lunch and join in any of the following informal sessions which provide information and tools to assist in developing situational learning activities (scenarios and role play) for online or blended learning environments. Discussion and critique welcome.

Venue for all sessions: CLPD, Level 2, Schulz Building, North Terrace Campus (map)

50 Minutes on Online Scenario Based Learning

• Tuesday 7 August, 12:10-1:00pm
• Thursday 16 August, 12:10-1:00pm

50 Minutes on Online Role Play

• Thursday 9 August, 12:10-1:00pm
• Tuesday 14 August, 12:10-1:00pm

To register send an email to Ann Davenport.

For more information, visit the Getting Involved page on the University's Situational Learning web site.

Assistance with Maths and Stats: The Maths Drop-In Centre

Open to all students learning or using maths and/or stats. No appointments required. We specialise in

• adjusting to the new skills required for University study
• catching up with assumed knowledge (e.g. from interstate or overseas high schools with different curricula)
• assisting International and mature age students
• catching up after illness
• preparing for exams

Open Monday to Friday, 10:00am-4:00pm
Venue: Level 1, Schulz Building
For a timetable of staff availability, visit: www.adelaide.edu.au/clpd/maths/drop_in/

Student Academic Development Workshops

One-hour workshops for students on writing, speaking and general study skills at University including Critical Reading, Developing Academic Writing Skills and Managing Your Workload.

Venue for all sessions: CLPD, Level 2, Schulz Building (map)
For further information, visit the Language and Learning Service web site.

The Writing and Speaking Centre

The Writing & Speaking Centre is a new space in the CLPD on the North Terrace Campus where students come for assistance to advance their academic skills.

Location: CLPD, Level 2, Schulz Building (map).
Visit the LLS web site for Opening Hours and further details.

Meeting Organisation

The session will include making meeting arrangements; preparing documentation for meetings; and recording and producing minutes of the meeting. This will include the use of University templates. Facilitated by Heather Karmel, Council Secretary, Council Secretariat.

Date: Tuesday 21 August, 10:00am-12:00pm
Venue: CLPD, Level 2, Schulz Building (map)

Bookings via online enrolment form on the Organisational and Professional Development web site, or phone Janet Hart on 8303 3130.

Financial Management For Leaders

This seminar is designed to provide academic and professional staff with an understanding of the University's financial management practices. All University of Adelaide staff members are welcome to attend. Presented by Shane McGregor, Chief Financial Officer, Financial Services.

Date: Tuesday 21 August, 12:00noon-4:00pm
Venue: WP Rogers Room, Level 4, Union Building

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

Planning and Development Review - have you attended a training session?

As part of the University of Adelaide's staff development program, the Centre for Learning and Professional Development is running training sessions for staff in Planning and Development Review (PDR). The PDR process provides a formal framework for discussion between managers/supervisors and staff members. Staff on continuing and fixed term contracts of 12 months or more should attend training.

The next training session will be held on:
Date: Friday 10 August, 2:00pm
Venue: CLPD, Level 2, Schulz Building (enter via western end).
For more information and to enrol, visit the PDR webpage.

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.