Staff Notices: 7 - 11 July 2008

Table of Contents

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

Uni in the News

Online networking opens door to fraud

With social networking sites growing in popularity and less-experienced computer users growing in numbers, this poses increased opportunities for fraudsters - according to a Senior Lecturer in telecommunications and multimedia engineering. Dr Matthew Sorell, from the School of Electrical & Electronic Engineering, said people should be very careful what information they put on social networking sites. "You just need to think twice before you tell your life story to the world," Dr Sorell said. "The information you put on there can lead to quite a good understanding of who you are, what you do, your relationships and if you happen to be in the sights of someone trying to commit an identity fraud then you become vulnerable." He said even people who legitimately had access to a person's Facebook page could see important personal information that could help figure out password answers to security questions. People should be particularly careful of approaches from unknown people to be "friends" on these websites.

Source: The Advertiser (30 June 2008)

General Information for Staff

New Policy

Jointly Conferred Academic Awards Policy
http://www.adelaide.edu.au/policies/1184/

Election of Graduate Members of Council - Declaration of Result

There were five candidates for the three vacancies on Council, the vacancies being for two years from 6 September 2008 to 5 September 2010. The following candidates have been declared elected:

SIMON MADDOCKS
DR JOHN RADCLIFFE
CAROLYN ANDERSON

Details of the tally can be viewed at:
www.adelaide.edu.au/governance/council/elections/

ITS Hot Tips

Apple iPhone - Expressions of Interest to Purchase
ITS intends to make the iPhone, due for release in mid-July, available to staff and has ordered iPhones for testing on the University of Adelaide mobile and wireless networks. This testing phase enables us to confirm which services such as email and calendar will work and that we will support.

Expressions of interest in the iPhone can be registered via email: pabx@adelaide.edu.au.
Further details: www.adelaide.edu.au/its/networks/mobile/

Changes to Employee Services Online

Human Resources is currently engaged in implementing a number of operational and strategic business and system initiatives to improve service delivery to staff at the University. This is being undertaken within HR and in partnership with ITS and other business units.

A great improvement to be delivered to staff members involves changes to the format and delivery of payslips to all paid staff members.

To provide ease of access for all staff members, the ESO password will be synchronised with your network password. This will provide unprecedented access for all employees and the ease of one password to remember for network, email and payroll needs.

Changes to Superannuation Guarantee Obligations of Employers

From 1 July 2008, amendments to the Superannuation Guarantee (Administration) Act 1992 require the University to use quarterly "ordinary time earnings" (OTE) as the basis for calculating the minimum superannuation contribution the University is required to make on behalf of each of its employees. OTE is what an employee earns for their ordinary hours of work and includes over-award payments, higher duties allowances, shift loadings and commissions but generally excludes such things as overtime.

For most staff, the University makes an employer contribution to superannuation of 17%, so this change in Superannuation Guarantee legislation has no impact.

For those staff who receive a 9% employer superannuation contribution on base salary, AND who currently receive Higher Duties Allowances, Attraction/Retention Loadings, or Performance Bonuses on which no employer superannuation contribution is paid, you receive 9% employer superannuation contributions from 1 July on these additional allowances, loadings or bonuses, to meet the new legislative requirements. There is no impact on take home pay.

University staff are not required to take any action in respect of these changed legislative requirements. The University has taken the necessary steps to ensure that its superannuation guarantee obligations continue to be met.

Further information about these changes are available on the Australian Taxation Office website or by contacting the University of Adelaide HR Service Centre on 8313 1111 or at: hrservicecentre@adelaide.edu.au.

Review of Undergraduate Economics Programs, offered by the Faculty of the Professions

Members of the University community are invited to contribute to the review of the undergraduate programs in Economics.

The University is currently undertaking a review of the undergraduate programs in Economics. 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 from Quality and Reviews through Susie Smith, Reviews Officer on 8303 8393.

The deadline for submissions is 5:00pm, Friday 1 August 2008. All submissions remain confidential.

The Young Investigator Award

One of South Australia's most prestigious prizes for early career scientists - the Young Investigator Award - is back for 2008, and applications are now being accepted.

The Young Investigator Award promotes excellence in South Australia's young researchers in the field of women's and children's health.

The award highlights outstanding new science, and also the researchers' ability to communicate and 'sell' that science to the public.

The prizes for the Young Investigator Award are among the biggest of their kind anywhere in Australia. The winner receives the $10,000 The Hon. Carolyn Pickles Award, and for the first time this year both of the runners up will receive $3000 each.

The Young Investigator Award is an initiative of the Children, Youth and Women's Health Service and the Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Adelaide. The University of South Australia and Flinders University are also partners in the Award together with the Women's and Children's Health Research Institute and the Women's and Children's Hospital Foundation.

Entries close on Friday 18 July 2008.

Researchers working in the field of women's and children's health are urged to apply. Further information and eligibility criteria are available on the website: www.cywhs.sa.gov.au/yia/.

VARK Learning Style Questionnaire

The University of Adelaide has taken a 6 month subscription to VARK, which stands for Visual, Aural, Read/Write and Kinesthetic learning preferences. This online questionnaire is available for all teaching staff at the University to make available to their students. The students will receive immediate feedback on their learning preferences after taking the questionnaire, with guidelines on how to approach their study. Staff will also receive feedback for each student in order to assist them understand the learning styles of their students.

Further information about VARK at: www.vark-learn.com.

If you would like to have access to the VARK questionnaire via your MyUni course/s, email: Judi Baron at CLPD.

Unlimited Discounts all around town, for only $20

Much cheaper than the Entertainment Book, the AUU Membership card is only $20 and gives you unlimited two-for-one discounts at restaurants, movies and other entertainment venues in Adelaide and around Australia!

PLUS, you'll get The Advertiser free Monday to Friday during term-time.

Further details on discounts and associate membership at: www.union.adelaide.edu.au/student/memberships/.

Vacant Positions

www.adelaide.edu.au/jobs/

Events

Author event with Peter Edwards

The Friends of the University of Adelaide Library and the History Trust of South Australia invite you to a FREE author event with Professor Peter Edwards.

In the tradition? Writing the Australian official history of the Vietnam War
Date/Time: Thursday 17 July, 6:00pm for 6:30pm
Venue: Ira Raymond Room, Barr Smith Library
Seating is limited.

What is it like to carry the tradition of Australia's official war historian, initiated by Charles Bean after the 1914-18 war, into the controversial arena of Vietnam? How does an official war history treat a major protest movement, strike the right balance between the military and the political-diplomatic aspects of the war and address sensitive medical issues, such as those associated with 'Agent Orange'?

Professor Peter Edwards, the official historian of Australia's involvement in the Vietnam War, will discuss these questions and some of the conclusions of the award-winning, nine-volume official history.

Bookings by Tuesday 15 July to Robina Weir, phone: 8303 4064
Full details are on the University Library web site.

David Korten Public Lecture

This lecture is hosted by the Don Dunstan Foundation in association with Flinders University and the Australian Institute for Social Research.

The Great Turning: From Empire to Earth Community
Date/Time: Tuesday 15 July, 5:45pm for 6:00pm start
Venue: 102 Napier Building, University of Adelaide
Cost: $15; $10 DDF Subscribers/Concession

Dr David C Korten is the author of The Great Turning: From Empire to Earth Community. His previous books include the international best-seller When Corporations Rule the World and Post-Corporate World: Life after Capitalism.

Online Bookings: http://www.mybookingmanager.com/davidkortenlecture/

Ethics Centre of SA - Central Seminar Series

Beyond Nuremberg: Time to abandon 20th century approaches to the regulation of research on humans
Presented by: Dr Konrad Jamrozik, Head of the School of Population Health and Clinical Practice, University of Adelaide

Date/Time: Tuesday 12 August 2008, 3:30-4:30pm
Venue: Scots Centre (next to Scots Church), cnr North Tce and Pulteney St.
FREE public seminar. All welcome.

Download: attached flyer
Please RSVP to the Centre Coordinator, Vicki Hattam on 8302 4817.

Fridays Uncorked Winter '08

Dates: Friday 18 July, 1 August, 15 August, 29 August, 12 September
Time: Commences 4:30pm fortnightly
Entry: FREE including cocktail food
Wine: From $4.50 per glass
Venue: National Wine Centre of Australia

Offering a vibrant Friday night venue to the Adelaide business community to wind down their week, taste fine wines from selected regions, enjoy a selection from our cocktail menu, relax to the sound of fine musicians and immerse yourself in the atmosphere at this unique Adelaide icon.

Download: attached flyer.
www.wineaustralia.com.au/news/

Field Geology Club of SA lecture

The Nile in Prehistory
Venue: Mawson Lecture Theatre, Mawson Laboratories
Date/Time: Thursday 10 July, 7:45pm
Presenter: Professor Martin Williams, Foundation Professor of Environmental Studies &
Affiliate Professor in Geology and Geophysics, University of Adelaide
Visitors welcome.

The lower Nile valley was one of the cradles of urban civilisation, totally dependent on floods from the upper Nile, just as Egypt is today. This great civilisation was based upon sedentary agriculture and a complex social structure, in strong contrast to the hunter-gatherer communities of the Later Stone Age who occupied the Nile valley before the advent of Neolithic farming some 8,000 and more years ago. The question then arises as to how these prehistoric communities might have interacted with the changing environments in the Nile basin and what light this might shed upon the beginnings of food production in this region.

For further details contact (the Publicity Officer) Paul Curnow, phone 0402 079 578.
The Field Geology Club of SA is associated with the School of Earth and Environmental Sciences.

Training & Development Opportunities

Leading and Managing People - 11 & 12 August - Executive Education Unit

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 department 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, please contact: Mary Quinless, Executive Education Unit on 8303 3268.

Graduate Entrepreneurial Program 2009 (GEP)

Applications are now open until Friday 29 August 2008 to University of Adelaide staff, students and external interested people who fit the criteria.

Do you have an idea to develop your own business? Are you innovative and forward thinking? You may have the qualities to become an Entrepreneur.

The Entrepreneurship, Commercialisation and Innovation Centre's Graduate Entrepreneurial Program offers individuals an opportunity to start their own business, by supporting small start ups to develop the skills to be successful.

Potential Entrepreneurs are offered an opportunity to study the Graduate Certificate of Innovation and Entrepreneurship or the Graduate Certificate of Science Technology and Commercialisation and actively participate in the Thebarton Business Incubator's Enterprise Laboratory. This experience offers participants a supported environment to progressively establishing the skills necessary to successfully commercialise a business idea, all supported by a 6 month Scholarship.

Visit: www.ecic.adelaide.edu.au/gep/ for further information, or to register your interest in the 2 hour workshop, How to turn a Great idea into an even greater application on Tuesday 5 August, 3:00-5:00pm, by booking a place at register.ecic@adelaide.edu.au including your name, phone and email address.

For further information, contact Megan Llewellyn on 8303 4159.

Counselling Services Free Workshops Semester 2, 2008

Conscious Breathing Workshop
Using the breath as an aid to managing stress, anxiety or depression
Monday 11 August, 1:00-2:00pm
(Bookings Required)

Managing Stress and Being a Successful Student
Monday 8 September, 1:10-2:00pm
(Bookings Required)

Managing a PhD
For first year PhD Students
Thursday 18 September, 1:10-2:00pm
(Bookings Required)

Stress Less Exams Workshop
Monday 27 October, 1:10-2:00pm
(Bookings Required)

Counselling Services, Ground Floor, Horace Lamb Building. Phone 8303 5663.
Full schedule of FREE workshops at: www.adelaide.edu.au/counselling_centre/

Professional & Continuing Education

English for Professionals

PCE, through the English Language Centre, offers a 10-week part time course English for Professionals, designed for people from non-English speaking backgrounds who want a successful professional career in Australia. They may be a skilled migrant, a current or past overseas student or working as a professional. The course further develops general language proficiency and focuses on the skills and strategies required to advance in an Australian professional career.

The next course commences on Tuesday 19 August 2008.
Classes are held on Saturdays 10:00am-2:30pm and two evenings, Tuesdays and Thursdays from 6:30-9:30pm each week.

Further information: www.adelaide.edu.au/elc/courses/engprof/

Upcoming Professional Development Courses

Writing Winning Tenders and Proposals
Wednesday 9 July

Networking for Success
Tuesday 5 August

Understanding and Using Statistics
Wednesday 6 August

Creatively Managing Conflict
Tuesday 12 August

Voice Training
Friday 15 August

Writing for the Web
Wednesday 20 August

5% discount for University of Adelaide staff.

For further information or to enrol please email Jo Carrick or phone 8303 4777, 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.