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Staff Notices: 29 June - 3 July 2009

Table of Contents

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

Uni in the News

Electronic stability is compulsory

A requirement for compulsory electronic stability control on all new passenger vehicles sold from November 2011 is being hailed as the most significant road safety initiative since installation of seatbelts became law. Electronic stability control uses sensors that compare the car's course with the driver's steering wheel action, or where the car is going compared with where the driver wants it to go. A computer selectively applies braking to individual wheels to help bring the car back to the intended course. Dr Robert Anderson, deputy director of the Centre for Automotive Safety Research at the University of Adelaide, welcomed the move, saying "we are looking to a significant reduction in crashes". Dr Anderson said only seven per cent of registered vehicles on SA roads had stability control.
See also 2009 CASR Seminar Series below.

Source: The Advertiser, 24 June 2009

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General Information for Staff

Go8 scholarships for University of L'Aquila, Italy

Call for Adelaide research staff to host a L'Aquila researcher

The Group of Eight will offer up to eight scholarships to early career researchers in the Italian city of L'Aquila to help them continue their research in Australia while the University of L'Aquila is rebuilt after the April 2009 earthquake. The Association for Research between Italy and Australasia (ARIA) is coordinating the selection process for the scholarships of $5000 each - approved by the Go8 Vice-Chancellors. The University of Adelaide, through President of ARIA-SA Antonio Dottore, aims to attract one or more eligible PhD students or early career researchers to conduct research at our centres & units.

Further information & contact details on Go8 June News.

 

Review of the Undergraduate and Postgraduate programs in Chemical Engineering,
offered by the Faculty of Engineering, Computer and Mathematical Sciences

The University is currently undertaking a review of the undergraduate and postgraduate programs in Chemical Engineering. Staff, students and members of the University 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 website at: www.adelaide.edu.au/pvclq/reviews/current/.

Submissions can be sent via email to: Susie Smith or via mail to:
Quality Assurance Officer (Reviews)
Quality and Reviews
University of Adelaide SA 5005

The deadline for submissions is 5:00pm, Wednesday 22 July 2009. All submissions remain confidential.

For further information please contact Susie Smith, Quality Assurance Officer, Reviews on 8303 8393.

 

Graduate Entrepreneurial Program 2010

Business Establishment Scholarships worth up to $10,000!

The Entrepreneurship, Commercialisation and Innovation Centre (ECIC), has 4 scholarships for Postgraduates + 2 scholarships for a technology based idea + 2 scholarships for PhDs near completion to support the development of an innovative entrepreneurial business idea.

If you have a desire to develop your own business, whilst studying via our sponsored Graduate Entrepreneurial Program (GEP) then register now! During the course of the scholarship you will obtain a Graduate Certificate in Innovation and Entrepreneurship or Science & Technology Commercialisation whilst being supported in a fully furnished office at the Thebarton Incubator (ThInc).

A FREE seminar will be held on Tuesday 28 July 2009, 3:00pm - 5:00pm, 'How to turn a great idea into an even greater application' to explain the application process and business development initiatives. In addition Dr Allan O'Connor, Academic Director of Innovation and Entrepreneurship accompanied by Mr Antonio Dottore, Academic Director of Science & Technology Commercialisation will equip you with basic skills and knowledge to manage new venture creation processes and business planning.
Venue: Equinox Room, Level 4, Union House, North Tce campus

To register please email your name and contact details to: Julia McCarron

Applicants may apply for a broad range of business support and training, including serviced offices in an incubation environment.

For further information visit: www.ecic.adelaide.edu.au/gep or contact Megan Llewellyn on 8303 4159.

Applications for the 2010 program close Wednesday 2 September 2009.
Download: GEP flyer.

 

Top researcher wins faculty award

Professor Holger Maier from the School of Civil, Environmental and Mining Engineering, has won his seventh award for teaching excellence in as many years. Professor Maier has won the ECMS Faculty Award for Excellence for Higher Degree by Research Supervision. This latest award adds to his long list of teaching accolades in recent years, including the Carrick Award for Australian University Teaching in 2006 and the Stephen Cole the Elder Prize for Excellence in Teaching in 2002.

 

ALTC Discipline Scholars role for senior academics

As part of the Australian Learning and Teaching Council's Learning Networks program, ALTC will be appointing Discipline Scholars across the following disciplines: Law; Science, Engineering and Technology; Architecture and Building; Business, Management and Economics; Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences; Creative and Performing Arts; Health, Medicine and Veterinary Science; and Education and Human Service Professions.

The role of discipline scholars is to further the learning and teaching agenda within their discipline across Australia and internationally, as well as to publicise work already completed under ALTC-funded projects. They also investigate current and emerging trends within their field.

Ideally, candidates will be senior academics who already have strong links across their disciplines with a strong commitment to learning and teaching. Opportunities exist for the roles to be taken up in a part-time capacity. More information about the program and current scholars can be found at: www.altc.edu.au/supporting-discipline-networks.

The first three discipline scholars were appointed for the Engineering and Technology and Business, Management and Economics disciplines last month. The next four discipline groupings to be targeted are Architecture and Building; Creative and Performing Arts; Health, Medicine and Veterinary Science; and Science. Work is expected to begin in January 2010 and expressions of interest for these positions close on 2 October 2009.

 

Vacant Positions

www.adelaide.edu.au/jobs/

 

Events

2009 CASR Seminar Series

Staff at the Centre for Automotive Safety Research (CASR) invite you to attend a series of seminars presenting a selection of the Centre's work and research outcomes.

This seminar series will address major topics in the fight to reduce road trauma and highlight the latest research in the area.

Day & Time: Fridays, 4:00pm - 5:30pm
Venue: Art Gallery Auditorium

Semester 2 Seminars:

Managing Traffic Safety
Dr Jeremy Woolley
24 July

Young Drivers
Craig Kloeden
4 September

Medical Conditions in Crash Causation
Tori Lindsay
16 October

Pedestrian Impact Testing
Andrew van den Berg and Giulio Ponte
27 November

Download: Invitation or visit: http://casr.adelaide.edu.au/.
RSVP to Leonie Witter, phone 8303 4114.

 

Sunday afternoon jazz at Urrbrae House, Waite Campus

Date/Time: Sunday 5 July, 3:30pm with refreshments from 3:00pm.

"Classic 1960's Piano Jazz"

Featuring

Ed Heddle (piano), Anna Butterss (bass) and Kevin van Zwaag (drums).

(Ed, Anna and Kevin are students at the Elder Conservatorium)

Admission $10 (students $5)

There will also be a FREE tour of Urrbrae House at 2:00pm prior to the concert.

Phone: 8303 7497 or email Bill Wallace to make a booking for the concert (and tour).

 

French Studies Symposium

"Discovery and Empire: the French in the South Seas"
Date: Wednesday 8 July
Venue: State Library of South Australia

Papers will cover the extended period commonly referred to as the Age of Discovery, from the early 16th century voyage of the Abbé Paulmier through to the scientific voyages of the first part of the 19th century. The day will end with a FREE Public Lecture in the Pacific Cultures Gallery of the SA Museum, to be given by Professor John Gascoigne (UNSW), on the topic "The Globe Encompassed: Pacific Convergences in the Age of the Enlightenment" from 5:30pm - 6:30pm.

The symposium is one of the strands of the XVIIth Biennial Conference of the Australasian Association of European Historians.

Symposium programme and registration form can be found on the Discipline of French Studies page: www.hss.adelaide.edu.au/french/discovery.html

 

Research Tuesdays

Rising to Global Power
How Australia could supply the whole world's energy needs
Presented by Professor Derek Abbott, School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering

Date/Time: Tuesday 14 July 2009, 5:30pm
Venue: Napier 102 Lecture Theatre, Napier Building, University of Adelaide
FREE Public Seminar. All welcome.

Synopsis: Future energy supply is a major global problem. Although no-one knows exactly when oil production will cease, its days are undoubtedly numbered and its environmental shortcomings well recognised.
Clearly, however, any alternatives that involve extracting resources from the earth will be similarly unsustainable, at best only temporarily deferring the problem. So where does the answer lie?
According to the University of Adelaide's Professor Derek Abbott, it could be right here in Australia.
In this exciting presentation, he examines the question of how - by expanding our vision to consider energy supply on a massive scale - an Australian collaboration between electrical engineers, economists and chemical engineers could potentially power the entire world.

Now all Adelaide OnLion members can register online - visit: www.alumni.adelaide.edu.au/researchtuesdaysjuly to secure your seat!
For further details visit our website at: www.adelaide.edu.au/researchtuesdays/ or phone 8303 3692.

 

Forging a Research Career When The Going Gets Tough!

Date/Time: Thursday 9 July, 9:45am - 1:30pm
Venue: Union House, Level 4 Eclipse Room, University of Adelaide

Back by popular demand... this FREE event is ideal for honours and postgraduate students, and early career researchers to gain some expert advice in career development. The event will include presentations by academics and researchers who have successfully navigated research career challenges in their chosen field. An early career panel discussion will pursue issues raised by the presenters and respond to your questions. Topics will cover the work + life balance, career challenges and career transitions.

Download attached flyer or visit: www.adelaide.edu.au/hda/events/.
RSVPs due by Monday 6 July to Anne Jurisevic.

 

Training & Development Opportunities

Launch of the New Staff Learning & Development website

The University is committed to giving you the opportunity to develop your skills by offering you practical and interesting personal and professional development programs. Human Resources (HR) has developed a new Learning & Development webpage for staff which can be found at: www.adelaide.edu.au/hr/development/.

The webpage provides a range of information for staff and managers, and includes program overviews, learning outcomes and program schedules. You will also find information on how HR can work with managers to address local management issues.

The webpage is a 'work in progress' and will be updated as a new program is offered or a toolkit developed. Don't be shy, take a look and enrol in a program.

 

Join ATEM

Subscribe to the Association for Tertiary Education Management (ATEM) mailing list to receive up-to-date information on ATEM professional development events. Follow the instructions at: http://list.adelaide.edu.au/mailman/listinfo/atem-v. The list is moderated so subscribers only receive relevant information.

What is ATEM?

The Association for Tertiary Education Management Inc (ATEM Inc) is the pre-eminent professional body in Australasia for tertiary education administrators and managers. Established in 1976 as the Australian Institute of Tertiary Education Administrators (AITEA), our Association has grown to around 1,350 individuals and 60 corporate members. We operate as a learning community and our members are our strength. Members are committed to their careers in tertiary education and to the development of their profession.

What can ATEM do for me?
We provide members with an edge in their professional activities and give members a voice in their areas of expertise in the wider community.

Joining ATEM Inc will provide you with many benefits, including:

• association with Australasia's leading tertiary administrators and managers
• regular conferences, seminars and programs for your own professional development
• exclusive access to Members-only website
• networking and learning opportunities at ATEM Inc functions
• preferential rates for ATEM Inc professional development programs, conferences, special events
• recognition by way of postnominals (e.g. ATEMM) that can be used as part of your personal career path in management
• topical and relevant information provided through our association publication ATEM Matters' and
• mailings of ATEM's 'Journal of Higher Education Policy and Management', an internationally distributed, refereed publication produced under the Routledge imprint in Oxford.

However, joining ATEM Inc will provide you with much more. You will be joining a global network of fellow professionals and be supported and encouraged to achieve excellence in your career.

Join ATEM now at: https://www.atem.org.au/membership_join.cfm.

 

MyMedia Information and Demonstration

Staff are invited to attend a MyMedia Information and Demonstration session during the semester break. Two sessions have been scheduled:

Dates: Wednesday 22 July, 1:00pm - 2:00pm; and Friday 24 July (repeat), 2:30pm - 3:30pm.
Venue: Napier 102 Lecture Theatre, Napier Building

 

University Awards for Teaching, HDR Supervision or Enhancing the Student Experience

Applications for the following University of Adelaide awards are due by 5:00pm, Friday 11 September 2009.
Further details are available from the Teaching Awards and Grants website.

• Stephen Cole the Elder Awards for Excellence in Teaching 2009 (undergraduate and postgraduate by coursework teaching)
• Excellence in Higher Degree by Research Supervision 2009 (higher degree supervisors)
• Award for Excellence in Support of the Student Experience 2009 (Professional staff award)

Award writing seminars

The Teaching Awards and Grants Office will be running an Award Writing Seminar twice prior to the date of submission for University of Adelaide awards. The seminars will be an opportunity to talk to previous award winners and attend a presentation about award writing given by experienced award writer and editor, Barbara Brougham, the Teaching Awards and Grants Officer.

Dates: Thursday 23 July and Thursday 13 August (repeat), 10:30am - 12:30pm.
Venue: CLPD, Level 2, Schulz Building West, North Tce campus (map).

To register your interest for either seminar or to discuss the awards and the awards process, please email Barbara Brougham or phone via mobile 0437 649 976.

 

Teaching @ University: Enrol for Semester 2

There are still vacancies in the Semester 2 Teaching @ University course for academic staff.

Please visit the Teaching @ University webpage to download an enrolment form.

 

ERGA Conference 2009: Feedback and Flexible Learning

24-25 September, University of Adelaide
The 2009 ERGA conference will be addressing the theme of Feedback and Flexible Learning. The aim of the ERGA Conference series is to bring together colleagues from the higher education sector to discuss best practice and new approaches in the tertiary environment.

Our keynote speakers this year will be Professor Marcia Devlin, Chair in Higher Education Research, Deakin University, and Professor Susan Jones, Head of Zoology, University of Tasmania.

Call for Submissions

Proposals are invited for workshop and panel sessions, and abstracts and papers for concurrent sessions. Submissions are due on 31 July 2009.

Please visit the ERGA website for detailed information on the keynote speakers and requirements for submissions, or to register for the conference as an attendee.

Attendance at ERGA 09 is FREE for members of the University of Adelaide.

 

ALTC Graduate Attributes Project Symposia

Staff are invited to participate in one of five national symposia on graduate attributes, as the final phase of the ALTC-funded National GAP (Graduate Attributes Project) scoping study.

The National GAP (Graduate Attributes Project) Symposia
Date/Time: Friday 17 July, 9:00am - 5:00pm
Venue: Equinox Room, Union Building, University of Adelaide

For registration and further information, please download the symposium invitation.

 

Professional & Continuing Education (PCE)

Introduction Language Courses

Introductory courses start at the end of July and run weekly for 10 weeks. Suitable for complete beginners, these 'taster' courses will provide a practical introduction to the language of your choice.

Ideal for travellers, as well as when communicating for business or pleasure, these practical courses will give you the confidence to interact in basic social situations and, importantly, will also enhance your socio-cultural understanding and survival skills for the countries in which your language is used.

Languages offered:
Chinese (Mandarin)
French
German
Italian
Japanese
Spanish

Mid Year Entry to Full Year Courses
If you already have some language ability, you may be able to enter a Full Year course half-way through the year. Mid Year courses commence at the end of July. A range of languages and levels is available.

For further information visit our website, email Rupert Irudarayaj or phone 8303 4777.

Upcoming Professional Development Courses

Critical Thinking
Friday 3 July

Project Management
Monday 20 July

Performance Management That Works
Wednesday 22 July

Focus on Grammar
Thursday 23 July

Managing Stress in the Workplace
Tuesday 28 July

Discount: 5% discount for University of Adelaide staff

You can now enrol and pay online! Visit our website and follow the easy steps.
www.adelaide.edu.au/pce

For further information visit our website, email Jo Carrick or phone 8303 4777.

 

Information for Researchers

Fulbright Scholarships

Looking to build research links with leading US institutions? Considering sabbatical Second Semester 2010 or First Semester 2011?

Applications are now open for the 2010 Fulbright Scholarships!

Valued at up to A$50,000 Fulbright Scholarships are open to Australian citizens to undertake research or study in the United States for 3 - 12 months. Scholarships can be started between 1 July 2010 and 30 June 2011.

As the largest and one of the most prestigious educational scholarship programs in the world, Fulbright provides unique opportunities for Australians to build long term research collaboration and linkages with US universities.

Applications are open to Postgraduates (to do research related to their Australian PhD, or enrol in a US degree); Postdoctoral, Professional and Senior Scholars from any field of study.
NOTE: Applicants from Queensland, Tasmania, Western Australia, Victoria, South Australia and New South Wales are encouraged to consider the state specific Fulbright Scholarships that have now been established.

For further information and application forms, visit: www.fulbright.com.au. Applications close 31 August 2009.

 

Adelaide Research & Innovation

The latest commUNIcate RESEARCH news is available online.

 

Research Branch

See the Research Branch Bulletin for the latest news on major grant rounds & information sessions, a selection of competitive grants, prizes & funding opportunities now open.