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Staff Notices: 19 - 23 February 2007

Table of Contents

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

Uni in the News

World First Operation To Repair Heart
A University of Adelaide cardiologist has saved the life of a 70-year-old Adelaide woman after performing the world's first operation to repair a tear in her heart. Prof Stephen Worthley, from the Discipline of Medicine and the Cardiovascular Research Centre, used a combination of medical imaging, catheters, and a butterfly-shaped plug to fix the tear which normally leads to fatal blood loss within seconds.

Source: Bernama (Malaysia), 12 February 2007
Uni full story: www.adelaide.edu.au/news/news17241.html

General Information for Staff

Interim Director, Human Resources
As from Wednesday 21 February, Ms Trish Hughes will be contracted for a period of three months to the position of Interim Director, Human Resources. Gaye Glazier will be Trish's Personal Assistant and can be contacted on 35747.

As from 21 February, Ms Lee Jones will be seconded for six months as Deputy Director, Human Resources. Our thanks go to Lee for the excellent service she has given in the position of Acting Director, Human Resources over the past 20 months.

The University is continuing with the process to search for and appoint the Director, Human Resources.

Universities' HR Benchmarking Program - HR Performance Indicators for the University of Adelaide
The report is a summary of key findings from the Universities' results for the HR Benchmarking program and provides an outline of the trends and patterns that have occurred in the survey results.

It is available to all staff at: www.adelaide.edu.au/hr/managers/wkpl-strategy/.

For further information, contact Staff Planning and Strategy, Human Resources on 830 34845.

Course Evaluation Questionnaire (CEQ) & Graduate Destination Survey (GDS)
CEQ & GDS results for University of Adelaide in 2006 are available through the Data Warehouse
You should all now be aware that in the 2007 Learning and Teaching Performance Fund (LTPF) the University of Adelaide was successful in getting extra funding of $1.34 million.
This funding is directly linked to the results of the CEQ and GDS survey data from 2005.
Next year, the LTPF grows to more than $100 million, which means that the CEQ and GDS survey results continue to be important.
The Data Warehouse has been updated with the results from the 2006 CEQ & GDS survey round, which means that University of Adelaide information is available for 2004, 2005 and 2006.
The benchmark information for all Australian universities is expected to arrive in the next month or so, and will then be loaded into the Data Warehouse.

Standard reports on the CEQ and GDS are available to all staff at: www.adelaide.edu.au/sp/data_warehouse/
For further information, please email Tom Grieve from Strategy and Planning or phone 830 38386.

Self Defence courses for staff and students
Security Services runs free self defence courses for University staff and students, with the first course for 2007 starting in March.

For further information, download the attached flyer (pdf 209kB)

Individual Schools and Disciplines are welcome to make separate group bookings for staff. To find out about group bookings, please contact Voula in Security Services on 830 35990.

Launch of Online Situational Learning Project
The Online Situational Learning Project has been established to promote and develop online situational learning at the University of Adelaide. It is funded by a University of Adelaide Business and Resource Learning & Teaching Funding Grant and the Faculty of Engineering, Computer and Mathematical Sciences. The project is being managed and supported by the Centre for Learning and Professional Development (CLPD).

Date: Thursday 29 March 2007, 4:00-5:00pm
Venue: CLPD, Level 2, Schulz Bldg, North Terrace campus (map).
RSVP: email Ann Davenport by Monday 26 March.

Project Manager Ann Davenport will be running workshops and seminars and also promoting a 'community of practice' for staff interested in developing situational learning approaches within their teaching programs.
For further information, visit the University Situational Learning web site.

Are you preparing a Course Handbook for students?
Brief information and contact details about the CLPD's Language and Learning Service and the Mathematics Learning Service are available. If you are preparing student or course handbooks, or updating related web sites and would like a copy of these details, please email Peter Murdoch at the CLPD.

Rugby Club - Invitation to play University Rugby in 2007
The Adelaide University Rugby Club is now recruiting players and support staff for the 2007 season.
The club celebrates its 75th birthday this year and we will have teams competing in Premier, Second and Third Divisions.
We have positions available for experienced players as well as those who want to try rugby for the first time.
Training has already commenced so if you would like to play or simply want to be involved and support the club, please contact Roger Cook on 0413 948 343 or Bob Dwyer on 0417 801 591.

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

Events

2007 Scholarships Ceremony
Date: Tuesday 27 February, 11:00am-12noon
Venue: Bonython Hall

To celebrate the achievements of some of our 2007 scholarship recipients, the University will officially award their scholarships at a presentation ceremony on Tuesday 27 February 2007 at 11:00am.

Scholarships to be awarded on the day include:

• The University of Adelaide South Australian Merit Scholarships
• The University of Adelaide South Australian Principals' Scholarships
• The Adelaide Undergraduate Scholarships
• The Andy Thomas Scholarship
• The Adelaide Vietnam Scholarship
• The Adelaide Outstanding Achievers International Scholarships
• The Malaysia Australia Colombo Plan Commemoration Scholarships

Vice-Chancellor & President of the University of Adelaide, Professor James McWha, will be in attendance to welcome guests and present recipients with a certificate commemorating their award.

Attendance by invitation only. RSVP to Karen Pichlmann, Prospective Students Office, phone: 830 33225 or email: karen.pichlmann@adelaide.edu.au

School of Mathematical Sciences Colloquium Series
Title: "Good and Bad Vibes"
Date: Friday 23 February, 3:10pm
Venue: G08, Mathematics Building
Speaker: Prof Maurice Dodson
All welcome.

Further information on School of Mathematical Sciences Colloquium webpage: www.maths.adelaide.edu.au/news/events.php
Enquiries to Jonathan Tuke.

School of Mathematical Sciences - Fluid Mechanics Seminar
Speaker: Professor Frederic Dias (Ecole Normale Superieure Cachan, Paris)
Title: "On the generation of tsunamis by earthquakes and on the effect of dissipation on water waves"
Date: Monday 5 March, 3:00pm
Venue: Mathematics G08. All welcome.
Enquiries to Associate Professor Jim Denier: jim.denier@adelaide.edu.au.

Monitoring Global Entrepreneurship - AGSB Research Seminar Series
Date: Wednesday 21 February, 12:00noon-1:15pm
Venue: NAB Room, AGSB, Level 5, 233 North Terrace
Speaker: Dr Kim Klyver, Westpac Post Doctoral Fellow in Entrepreneurship, is currently visiting the University of Adelaide from the Australian Graduate School of Entrepreneurship (Swinburne University of Technology).

Dr Klyver received his PhD from the University of Southern Denmark and has regularly published on small business management and entrepreneurship. Since 2000, he has also been part of both the Australian and Danish teams of the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM) research project led by the London Business School, UK and Babson College, USA (www.gemconsortium.org). This is currently the most extensive global exploration on entrepreneurship's role in national economic growth. Among other things, his presentation will cover the latest findings for research and policy that have come out from this study, that involves more than 40 countries, with the most recent report just released in January 2007.

For further information, download the attached flyer (pdf 127kB)
RSVP to Sarah Taylor, Adelaide Graduate School of Business.

History of Science, Ideas and Technology Group - Meeting
The Global Elimination of Brain Damage due to Iodine Deficiency
Date: Monday 26 February, 7:00pm
Venue: Ira Raymond Exhibition Room, Barr Smith Library
Speaker: Emeritus Professor Basil Hetzel AC

Iodine deficiency is recognised as the most common preventable cause of brain damage in the world today.
At our February Meeting we will hear about a programme of prevention, dating from 1990, that has been developed within the United Nations system with Australian initiative, involving the use of iodised salt.

The talk will be followed by discussion.
Supper: Gold coin donation. Visitors welcome. Contact Dr Pauline Payne, President, on 8361 8040 or Bob Major, Secretary, on 8352 8949.

Ethics Centre of SA - Central Seminar Series
Understanding globalisation of pharmaceutical consumption: order without laws?
Date: Tuesday 13 March, 3:30-4:30pm
Venue: Scots Centre, Cnr North Terrace and Pulteney Street
Free public seminar. All welcome.
Speaker: Dr Nick Fox, Reader in the Sociology of Health and the Body, University of Sheffield (UK)

Governance of science and technology has traditionally been a matter for national bodies, but the rise of both transnational companies and supranational governments such as the European Union has challenged this.
Meanwhile the Internet has enabled technology consumption across national boundaries. In this seminar, Dr Nick Fox, will explore how governance needs to be understood in this post-national order, with specific reference to pharmaceutical production and consumption.

For further information, download the attached flyer (pdf 136kB)
RSVP to Robert Crotty, Director, ECSA or phone 8463 6198.

About ECSA: www.ecsa.edu.au or www.adelaide.edu.au/news/news8492.html

Beyond Oil SA regular meeting and film screenings
Date: Tuesday 27 February, 6:00pm
Venue: Rennie Lecture Theatre

Beyond Oil SA will have regular meetings at 6:00pm and free film screenings from 6:30pm on the 4th Tuesday of each month. On 27 February we will screen the films "Crude Impact" (which describes how oil influences all aspects of our lives) followed by "The Power of Community - How Cuba Survived Peak Oil". Come and see the important story of how one nation's people met the challenge.
This is a community-based public interest group, with some representation of University staff.
For more information, contact Dr Michael Lardelli or phone 830 33212.

Training & Development Opportunities

What's New in MyUni Information Sessions
For MyUni Instructors
There has been a recent upgrade to MyUni with several new features and enhancements. Information sessions for staff will be held as follows:

Date: Monday 19 February, 1:00-2:00pm
Venue: CLPD, Level 2, Schulz Bldg, North Tce campus (map)

Date: Wednesday 21 February, 1:00-2:00pm
Venue: CLPD, Level 2, Schulz Bldg, North Tce campus (map)

Please RSVP via email to Online Education, indicating which session you will be attending. Further information about What's New in MyUni is available at MyUni News.

Designing Assessments in MyUni
The first in the Effective Use of MyUni series of workshops for 2007, it will focus on techniques for developing assessments in MyUni.

Date: Thursday 1 March, 2:00-4:00pm
Venue: SITTS 1, Level 2, 10 Pulteney St
For further information, please email Judi Baron or phone 830 36040.

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: Tuesday 20 February, 9:00am-12:00noon
Venue: CLPD, Level 2, Schulz Building (map).
For more information and to enrol, visit the PDR webpage.

Introduction to Tertiary Teaching
An introduction for newly appointed academic teaching staff (sessional, contract or tenurable). This workshop is an opportunity for new staff to meet with CLPD staff, to focus on initial learning and teaching issues and to plan access to further support and development opportunities available to academic teaching staff at the University of Adelaide.

Date: Thursday 22 February, 9:00-11:00am
Venue: CLPD, Level 2, Schulz Building
For further information, visit CLPD's Learning and Teaching web site.

CLPD Information Sessions in O-Week
Information Sessions are being run by the CLPD's Language and Learning Service and the Mathematics Learning Service for students during Orientation Week. A detailed list of the sessions can be found on the CLPD website.

Teaching at University courses 2007
Places are still available to enrol in Teaching at University for Semester 1, 2007.
For further information, visit the Teaching at University webpage.

Professional Management Program - Adelaide Graduate School of Business
For middle to senior managers or professionals, this interactive program will help you to broaden and strengthen your management skills. It is presented over 12 months in 6 x 2 day modules.
The PMP is a non award program, suitable for graduates and non-graduates and carries status of 2 courses in the Adelaide MBA.

5% discount for University of Adelaide staff.
For further information, email: Rosemary Tanner or phone 8303 4579.

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

Strategic Thinking and Planning
Tuesday 20 February

Project Management
Wednesday 21 February

Project Management & MS Project
Wednesday 21 February and Monday 26 February

How to Avoid Negative Stress
Tuesday 27 February

Coaching Skills for Enhanced Performance
Thursday 1 March

Confidently Say What You Really Want to Say!
Friday 2 March

For further information or to enrol please email Nicolle Kelly or phone 830 37502, or visit our website 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.