Staff Notices: 20 - 24 October 2008

Table of Contents

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

Uni in the News

Radical fibre optic work wins top award

University of Adelaide physicist Professor Tanya Monro, Director of the Centre of Expertise in Photonics, has been awarded one of the five Prime Minister's Science Prizes for 2008 — the $50,000 Malcolm McIntosh Prize. Revolutionary fibre optic technology uses new "soft glass" with microscopic holes to increase the intensity of light carried by the fibres. The glass reacts in specific ways depending on the material it comes into contact with and sends a message to a monitor. Professor Monro said a new world in which fibre optics were used not just in phone systems, but also in medicine and construction, was just around the corner.

Source: The Advertiser (17 October 2008)
Uni full story: PM's Science Prize to Uni of Adelaide Professor

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General Information for Staff

Council News - 13 October meeting

Council news from the 13 October 2008 meeting is available at:
www.adelaide.edu.au/governance/council/meetings/2008/

New Policy

At its 13 October meeting, Council approved the "Fraud Prevention Policy and Plan". This represents the commitment of the University to effective fraud risk management. It also requires the commitment, cooperation and involvement of all staff in preventing, detecting and responding to all instances of fraud.
http://www.adelaide.edu.au/policies/2803/

Draft Policies/Procedures - For Comment

The University's Policy Framework has been revised and the following documents are available for comment:

University Policy Framework
Stage One Proposal
How to Write a Policy
FAQs: Policy Framework
https://www.adelaide.edu.au/policies/drafts/ [UA access only]

The consultation period ends on Monday 27 October.

Have your say on University merchandise

Marketing & Strategic Communications Office is reviewing the current range of approved University merchandise that is available for faculties, schools and branches to purchase. As a University employee, you have been identified as a possible user of the new merchandise catalogue. Please take a few minutes to fill out this survey. The results will be returned to us automatically via the web. With thanks in anticipation of your response.

Your valuable input will determine the future direction we take with respect to branded merchandise.

Christmas/New Year Close Down of Advertising Positions Vacant

Information for Managers & Supervisors
Please note that the University will not be advertising positions vacant during the Christmas/New Year close down. Please note the dates below for cut-off periods.

Any paperwork received after this time will not be processed until the New Year.

Those with ads appearing on 13 or 17 December 2008 must ensure you account for the fact that the University will be closed until 5 January 2009 and therefore ensure you specify this in the advertisements or adjust the closing date of the advertisements to allow for this, you must also ensure you will still be able to acknowledge applications in a timely manner.

Close down over Christmas/New Year occurs because there is generally a limited response to advertisements during this time.

Advertising will resume again as per normal from 8 January 2009 with the deadline for HR to receive paperwork being Close of Business Thursday of each week for your position to be advertised at the end of the following week.

Enquiries: Jessica Moses, phone 8303 3809.

Recruitment Services Team
Human Resources Branch

Young Investigator Award Final

The 2008 Young Investigator Award Final will be held on Wednesday 22 October, 6:00pm-9:00pm at the Adelaide Convention Centre.

Two out of three finalists come from the Faculty of Health Sciences.

• Lachlan Moldenhauer
  PhD candidate, University of Adelaide
  Lachlan's research involves the maternal immune response in establishing a healthy pregnancy.
• Christopher Turner
  Lysosomal Diseases Research Unit, CYWHS and PhD candidate, University of Adelaide
  Christopher's research involves the development of a therapy for a severe form of Muscular Dystrophy known as Pompe Disease.

Visit YIA website: www.cywhs.sa.gov.au/yia/

Access to IT Services for Visitors and Postgraduate Research Students

ITS is committed to improving the quality of IT services for staff, students and visitors of the University. As part of a major IT upgrade currently underway, access to IT services is being customized to better suit the unique needs of a research intensive University.

What is changing?
From 11 October 2008, a new role for postgraduate research students has been introduced to allow for these students to have access to the IT services they require for the duration of their research association. In addition, new IT provisions for visitors to the University will be implemented, including online visitor access requests and a streamlined approval process. More targeted communication will be sent to people about the services they can access when their roles change.

How will people be affected?
Many users of the University's IT systems will not notice any change. People whose IT services are to be modified will be notified individually by the ITS Helpdesk prior to the change taking place.

Further information about these changes is available on the ITS website at: www.adelaide.edu.au/its/accounts/information/.

Campus Coloured Maps

Campus Coloured Maps are due for their annual update.

Please check your organisational units listing on the relevant map: North Terrace, Waite or Roseworthy.
Organisational units WILL NOT be contacted individually.
Each office needs to designate one person to check the map and forward any changes.
Please advise in writing with a photocopy of the relevant portion of the map and index clearly marked in red as to the changes needed.

Please provide a contact Name and telephone number and forward the information to:

Andrew Trotter - Manager,
Facilities Records, Property Services
12th Floor, Schulz Building, North Terrace Campus
Email: facilities.records@adelaide.edu.au

The deadline for correction advice is Friday 14 November 2008.

Current maps are available online at: www.adelaide.edu.au/campuses/.

Have your say on Library services

The Library is undertaking a major survey of students, staff and other users now until 26 October.

The Library Client Survey is designed to give you an opportunity to tell us how well you think the Library performs on the things you think are important. Your feedback is valuable and will help us understand how we can work together to make your Library better for all concerned.

Complete the survey (via the News blog on Library homepage) and be in the draw to win one of two new 8Gb iPod Nano's. It will take about 10 minutes of your time to complete and all information and responses remain confidential.

Vacant Positions

www.adelaide.edu.au/jobs/

Events

Innovation Conference 2008
Building South Australia's Innovation System

Friday 7 November
Venue: Adelaide Convention Centre

The University of Adelaide's Vice-Chancellor and President, Professor James McWha, will be a guest speaker on Research and Innovation in South Australia. The keynote speaker is Dr Terry Cutler, Chair of the National Innovation System Review and author of Venturous Australia: building strength in innovation, 2008. Other keynote speakers include The Hon Paul Caica MP, Minister for Science & Information Economy and Dr Catherine Livingstone, former Chair of CSIRO.

The conference is an opportunity for industry leaders, academics and government to explore and exchange ideas for advancing growth and development in innovation.

Download the program and register at: www.innovation.sa.gov.au/innovation_conference_2008.
Fee: $200 per person. Registration closes 27 October. Book early - places are limited.

Professor Brian Castro
Arrested Motion and Future Mourning

The Friends of the University of Adelaide Library invite you to a FREE public talk with Professor Brian Castro.
Date/Time: Thursday 30 October 2008, 6:00pm for 6:30pm
Venue: Ira Raymond Exhibition Room, Barr Smith Library
Seating is limited.

Professor of Creative Writing at the University of Adelaide, Brian Castro, will discuss hybrid writing as it covers skin and ideology, authenticity and tradition, form and reception.

Brian's recent research has focussed on the fugue, in both its psychological and musical forms. He is currently engaged in research on melancholy and its relationship to creativity. His latest novel, The Bath Fugues, is due out in October 2008.

Bookings by Tuesday 28 October to Robina Weir, phone: 8303 4064
Full details are on the University Library web site.

What the Butler Saw

"I'm not mad. It only looks that way."
Tuesday to Saturday 21-25 October & 28 October-1 November 2008, 7:30pm
Venue: Little Theatre, The Cloisters, University of Adelaide
Tickets: $25 Full Price; $20 Concession
Special Uni Tuesdays: $15 staff and students on Tuesday performances, 21 & 28 October, subject to availability.

Joe Orton's raucous sexual farce is just what the doctor ordered! A lying, philandering psychiatrist desperate to cover his tracks is the spark that ignites this classic feast of theatrical pandemonium.

Fast, furious and funny, What the Butler Saw combines madcap farce, ribald comedy, biting social commentary not to mention more than a little cross-dressing, undressing and sexual innuendo!

Come and see how Orton upends all the conventions of theatre in this gloriously witty dissection of normal notions of sanity and morality.

Bookings on 8303 5999 or online at: www.adelaide.edu.au/theatreguild.
Download flyer: What the Butler Saw.

Classical Association 4th Centenary Public Lecture

The Fall of the Roman Empire: when and why
Speaker: Dr Ron Newbold, University of Adelaide
Date/Time: Monday 27 October 2008, 8:00pm
Venue: Hughes Lecture Theatre, Level 3
FREE.

A recently published book is entitled "Are We (i.e. the USA) Rome?" The why and when of the fall of Rome has always fascinated people, often people anxious to draw some moral that can be applied to the present. Was it "bad luck", an unfortunate combination of factors that crippled an organism that was very much alive and punching its weight? Or was it because Rome had truly become lazy, flabby, complacent, even, gasp, decadent?

Visit: www.hss.adelaide.edu.au/classics/association/

Training & Development Opportunities

Wanting a University Teaching Qualification?

Fee-waived places are still available in the Grad. Cert. in Higher Education and the Grad. Cert. in Online Learning for 2009.

Applications close Monday 3 November 2008.

Visit the CLPD website for application forms:

• Grad. Cert. in Higher Education
• Grad. Cert. in Online Learning

Performance Excellence Implementation - Planning, Development and Review training

As part of the University of Adelaide's Performance Excellence project workshops are being held for managers and supervisors responsible for holding PDR conversations with staff.

Managers and supervisors are encouraged to attend one of the following training sessions. The sessions are designed to provide you with an overview of the changes to PDR, your responsibilities and preparing for PDR conversations.

Training for Managers & Supervisors responsible for PDR
Wednesday 29 October, 9:00am-1:00pm
Thursday 30 October, 9:00am-1:00pm
Friday 31 October, 9:00am-1:00pm

For more information and to enrol please email Janet Hart or phone 8303 3130.

Teaching Grant Funding

The next round of Australian Learning and Teaching Council Competitive Grants are due on 6 November.

Funding for research to do with innovation in teaching ranges from $50,000 to $220,000 for grants that can run for up to two years. Further information is available from the ALTC website at: www.altc.edu.au/carrick/go/home/grants/pid/49.

Please email Barbara Brougham, phone 8303 7421 or mobile: 0437 649 976 if you wish to apply.

CLPD Staff Development Workshops

University Policy Management
Thursday 23 October, 10:00am-12:00noon

Further information and bookings: University Management Practices.

Academic Learning and Language Semester Seminars - Preparing for exams

Sessions to help students prepare for their end of semester exams are now being held.

If you would like to attend please bring: course outlines, information about the kind of exam you'll be sitting and past exam papers.

Preparing for exams
Wednesday 22 October, 1:10pm

Performing well in exams - multiple choice and short answer questions
Wednesday 29 October, 1:10pm

For the program flyer and further information visit the Academic Learning and Language website.

Professional & Continuing Education

Certificate IV in TESOL

If you are looking to teach English as a second language in Australia or overseas and wish to gain a qualification in TESOL (Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages), then this practical program is for you.

The program is accredited as a Certificate IV within Australia and provides the minimum qualification required to teach ESOL. It provides essential training in the usage of communicative methodologies in teaching adult learners, including lesson planning and classroom practice. This program combines face-to-face delivery, self-study and group work. Participants will observe experienced ESOL teachers and participate in teaching practice with ESOL learners at various levels.

4 Week Intensive Program - 2 January 2009
Part-time Program - 28 February 2009

For further information, including selection criteria and fees, visit our website at: www.adelaide.edu.au/elc/courses/tesol/ or phone 8303 4777.

Upcoming Professional Development Courses

Increasing your Professional and Personal Effectiveness
Thursday 23 October

Introduction to Policy
Wednesday 5 November

Workload Management for Supervisors and Managers
Thursday 6 November

Professional Telephone Skills
Friday 7 November

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 !mpact Awards

Nominations are now open for the 2008 ARI !mpact Awards. A total of $30,000 prize money is available (3 x $10,000 prizes) for University of Adelaide researchers, titleholders and affiliates who have achieved excellence in Research2Business Engagement.

The Awards recognise the creation and application of research outcomes through successful knowledge transfer, where a significant and novel research advantage has delivered (or has the potential to deliver) major benefits to the community including educational, environmental, health, industrial, technological and commercial benefits. In addition to the cash prizes, ARI will also be presenting accolades to significant contributors in the University community, recognising those that facilitate and enable technology transfer and applied research activities.

Staff members of the University of Adelaide (full-time or part-time) including staff of hospitals and other institutions who are clinical or affiliate titleholders pursuing applied research activities (research involving industry) through Adelaide Research & Innovation are eligible for nomination. Eligible engagement activities include contract research/consulting and technology transfer. Anyone can nominate an eligible applicant for an Award (as long as the applicant is aware of the nomination and consents).

Nominations close Monday 3 November. Forms are available online at: www.adelaide.edu.au/aripl/impactawards.

The Awards will be presented on Thursday 20 November at the Adelaide Festival Centre. For more information contact your Commercial Development Manager at ARI.

ARI News

The latest commUNIcate RESEARCH news 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.