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Staff Notices: 9 - 13 February 2009
Table of Contents
- Uni in the News
- General Information for Staff
- Events
- Training and Development Opportunities
- Information for Researchers
Uni in the News
Dunstan legacy marked, 10 years on
A Norwood function marks 10 years since the death of former South Australian Premier Don Dunstan. Claire Bossley from the Don Dunstan Foundation, based at the University of Adelaide, says his legacy remains. "The most visible sign of it is the Festival Centre but he created so many other things," she said. "He made the first environment department in Australia, for example, he did the first Aboriginal land rights legislation in Australia and that was right back in 1966, even before the referendum." Don's Party is the first of a series of events planned in 2009 to commemorate one of the most visionary premiers in Australia's history.
Source: ABC News (6 February 2009)
Uni full story: Don's Party attracts a full house and the Premier
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General Information for Staff
Research Tuesday with Dr Jeremy Austin
Secure Your Seat Now!
"The Devil's in the D-tales: How ancient DNA is demystifying today"
Date/Time: Tuesday 10 February 2009, 5:30pm
Venue: Napier 102, Napier Building
FREE public seminar. All welcome.
Analysis of up to 100,000-year-old DNA at the Australian Centre for Ancient DNA promises to throw new light on some of today's most intriguing questions.
Do the Tasmanian Devil's ancestors hold genetic clues to halting the voracious devil facial tumour disease? Was the iconic Dodo really just a big pigeon? Can the lone sailor recovered from the HMAS Sydney finally bring closure to his living relatives?
In clear, everyday language, Dr Jeremy Austin will bring this fascinating field of discovery to life.
Bookings: research.tuesdays@adelaide.edu.au or phone 8303 3692.
Further details at: www.adelaide.edu.au/researchtuesdays/.
Annual Meeting of the University Community
Annual Meeting of the University Community (staff, students and graduates) is your opportunity to ask questions about your University. You will also hear reports from the Chancellor and the Vice-Chancellor and President.
Date/Time: Monday 16 February 2009, 12:00noon-1:00pm
Venue: Napier 102, Napier Building
There will be a video link to the Waite and Roseworthy Campuses:
Waite - Room 205, Charles Hawker Centre
Roseworthy - Room GO5, Eastick Building
Please note that viewers at these locations will be able to see and hear proceedings in Napier 102 but will not be able to ask questions.
The meeting is being convened by the University Council under section 18 of the University of Adelaide Act 1971. The Vice-Chancellor and President will preside at the meeting.
You are encouraged to attend.
Legal and Risk
The University's legal advisory team, Prudential Services, has been re-named "Legal and Risk" to better explain its role to staff and students. The new title clarifies its role - a team of lawyers, insurance advisors, compliance officers and associated support network who provide professional advice and support to help the University understand its legal obligations, make decisions and plan and implement projects. Legal and Risk is still located in Room G07 in the Mitchell Building and can be contacted on 8303 4539.
University Merchandise goes online
Based on the feedback provided via our recent online survey, Marketing & Strategic Communications is pleased to announce the launch of a new online merchandise catalogue for 2009.
Corporate Express is now our preferred supplier of branded merchandise and we have negotiated competitive prices on all of our products. Please speak with your local area administrator who can place an order on your behalf via the Net Express system. The items will be delivered direct to your area within 2 days and charged to the appropriate dept ID and project code.
We have incorporated items that can be used for various events, such as fillers for show bags and corporate gifts, as well as a limited range in clothing, which includes both ladies and men's sizing. There is also the option to pay by credit card for personal items.
Would you like to have a closer look? Please join us on Level 14, 115 Grenfell Street on Wednesday 18 February, between 12:30pm and 2:30pm or between 3:30pm and 5:00pm to view the University's new merchandise range. Please RSVP to Heidi Todd, stating which session you would like to attend.
Corporate Express will assist with any other merchandise needs that sit outside of the approved range such as one off conference materials. Please call their Promotional Marketing team on 8243 8627. They will provide a competitive quotation for your consideration. Use of the University logo and design of non standard merchandise requires the approval of M&SC.
Please note that the "on-selling" of University merchandise is only permitted if you are an approved retailer. Details of the approved retailers can be found online at: www.adelaide.edu.au/msc/merchandise.Service Excellence Program - Recruitment Excellence Project
As part of the Recruitment Excellence Program of work, Human Resources in conjunction with Service Excellence Program, is currently undertaking detailed analysis and research into the University's current recruitment practices to inform the development of a Recruitment Excellence framework as outlined in the current Human Resources Strategic Plan.
This framework will support and enhance the recruitment, attraction and retention of people capable of delivering the research and teaching objectives of the University.
Three surveys have been distributed to a variety of stakeholders in the University. Specifically, 'Recent Appointments' to the University, 'Recruiting Stakeholders' and individuals who have left the University in the last 12 months.
The responses to these surveys will greatly influence the recruitment framework implemented by the University of Adelaide. Your responses are highly valued and will form a key component of this program of work.
The administration of the survey process has been outsourced to a third party provider, PKF, to ensure the confidentiality of responses.
If you receive a survey and have any questions about the process, please contact Scott Way, Managing Director PKF on (08) 7421 1400 or Lucy Maynard, Recruitment Services Manager, University of Adelaide on 8303 8006.
Draft Revised Policies for Consultation
Brand and Visual Identity Policy
This policy replaces the Trade Mark and Brand Assets Policy. The consultation period closes on 27 February 2009.
http://www.adelaide.edu.au/policies/drafts/ [UA access only]
New Policies
Fees for Award Programs and Courses Policy
This policy describes the principles and process for setting and charging tuition fees and incidental fees.
http://www.adelaide.edu.au/policies/2883/
Student Loan Policy
The University's Student Loan Fund (SLF) provides financial support to students whose academic progress is being or may be impeded by a lack of financial resources. The fund is self-sustaining and relies on consistent control and recovery of loans.
http://www.adelaide.edu.au/policies/1443/
University Campus Maps and Directory Boards
These widely used documents have undergone a major redesign. The appearance has been altered to match with University corporate branding and proposed way finding formats. Please replace all old stocks with the new maps.
Supplies are available from:
North Terrace - Student Centre - Phone 35208, email student.centre@adelaide.edu.au
Waite - Property Services - Phone 37217, email maintenance.waite@adelaide.edu.au
Roseworthy - Faculty of Sciences Office - Phone 37812, email Judy Tucker
Thebarton Incubator - Facilities Manager - Phone 34471, email Eric Cossich
Adelaide onLION
Staff are invited to join Adelaide onLION, the University's exclusive online community - it's fun, it's free, and it's a fantastic opportunity to engage with the wider alumni community! Visit: www.alumni.adelaide.edu.au/adelaideonlion
Vacant Positions
Events
Health Literacy seminar
How to make money and improve your sex life - everyday applications of health literacy
This seminar is co-hosted by SA Health Literacy Alliance, Public Health Association of Australia (SA) and Australian Health Promotion Association (SA). Presenters include Associate Professor Robert (Bob) Adams, Senior Lecturer in Medicine, and Professor Chris Findlay, Head of School of Economics.
Date/Time: Wednesday 18 February 2009, 6:00pm-9:00pm
Venue: The Education Development Centre, Milner St, Hindmarsh
Cost: $25 members of PHAA, HLA, AHPA; $40 non members; $10 full-time students
Health is a personal, community and societal asset and health literacy is fundamental to the successful management of this asset at all levels. Health literacy is not just about understanding the health system but rather is about empowering people and communities to engage more effectively in consistently making healthy life choices.
Download Health Literacy flyer & registration form - send RSVPs by 10 February to: Victoria Shtangey or fax: 8226 6040.
Refer to Discussion Paper - Towards a National Primary Health Care Strategy (pdf).
Enquiries can be directed to Susan Gravier or Teresa Burgess.
Adelaide Fringe 2009
The vâices that be gone
Selected poems from William Barnes's
Poems of Rural Life in the Dorset Dialect
(First Collection, 1844)
Read in the original dialect by Dr Tom Burton, Reader in English.
Sessions: Tuesday 10 March 2009, 6:00pm-7:00pm
Thursday 12 March 2009, 6:00pm-7:00pm
Saturday 14 March 2009, 2:00pm-3:00pm
Venue: Ira Raymond Room, Barr Smith Library.
Cost: $12.50; Concession $9 (+ service fee)
Tickets from FringeTIX: phone 1300 FRINGE (374 643)
William Barnes (1801-1886) was a prolific writer of poems both in the standard English of his day and in the local dialect of his own childhood.
In this one-hour reading from William Barnes's first collection of Poems of Rural Life in the Dorset Dialect (1844) Tom Burton brings the poems to life, in their original mid-nineteenth-century Blackmore Vale pronunciation, with all their merriment, and all their haunting poignancy, enabling us to hear once more "the vâices that be gone".
Proceeds from this event will be donated to Alzheimer's Australia and the Barr Smith Library.
Download Tom Burton flyer.
Aboriginal Communities Field Trip to APY Lands
Spencer Gulf Rural Health School will be conducting an Aboriginal Cultural Awareness Field Trip to the Pitjantjatjara Lands from 3 - 9 May 2009.
This opportunity will enable you to learn about traditional and contemporary lifestyle, explore the land, culture and knowledge, whilst experiencing the outback environment of the Pitjantjatjara Lands and Central Australia.
SGRHS is part of the Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Adelaide. For further information, or to register interest, contact Pat Sketchley on 8647 8098 or Kym Thomas Head of Aboriginal Health, SGRHS on 8647 6163.
Download field trips flyer, Itinerary A & Itinerary B showing the options available.
Centre for Men's Health - Public Lectures
The Freemasons Foundation Centre for Men's Health presents Dr John B McKinlay (New England Research Institutes, USA) in two Public Lectures.
Is There a Male Andropause? + Speaking Up About Men's Health!
Date/Time: Monday 16 February 2009, 4:00pm-7:00pm
Venue: The Great Hall, Adelaide Masonic Centre, 254 North Terrace.
Race / Ethnic Disparities in Disease Rates - the Fallacy of Misplaced Concreteness
Date/Time: Tuesday 17 February 2009, 3:30pm-5:30pm
Venue: The Radford Auditorium, Art Gallery of SA.
RSVP to: Anne Hayes indicating which event(s) you will attend, or phone 8313 0349.
Download John McKinlay flyer.
School of Mathematical Sciences - Fluid Mechanics Seminar
Impulsively generated drops
Speaker: Professor W.R.C. Phillips (Swinburne University of Technology)
Date/Time: Friday 27 February 2009, 3:00pm
Venue: Napier, LG29
Further information about the Fluid Mechanics Seminar series can be found at: www.maths.adelaide.edu.au/news/events.php?fluids
Enquiries to Jim Denier.
Training & Development Opportunities
Researcher Education Program
"'Getting the Damn Thing Done' or The Last Six Months of the Humanities PhD: Problems, Reasons, Responses, Solutions"
This is a presentation of a research project undertaken for the Exploring Supervision Program. Presented by Dr Lucy Potter, Discipline of English.
Date/Time: Wednesday 18 February 2009, 3:00pm-4:00pm
Venue: Napier 208, Napier Building
All welcome.
For further information contact: Dr Cally Guerin, Researcher Education and Development - Adelaide Graduate Centre, phone 8303 3043.
Starting a New Enterprise workshops
Targeted at start-up and early growth businesses, each workshop will cover different aspects of business start-up. The aim is to provide participants with an overview of the key considerations necessary in starting a business and provide a better understanding of the dynamics and processes involved in successfully developing a thriving enterprise.
Dates/Time: Monday 16 & 23 February 2009, 9:00am-1:00pm
Venue: Building 1 Training Room 1 Floor, Stirling Street, Thebarton Campus
Cost: $195 +GST per workshop
Booking essential via email to: register.ecic@adelaide.edu.au indicating which workshop(s) you wish to attend, or phone Megan Llewellyn on 8303 4159.
Download Starting Enterprise flyer.
For further information on Entrepreneurship & Innovation, Project Management, Science Technology & Commercialisation courses available via ECIC, refer to: www.ecic.adelaide.edu.au.
ATEM Central Region Professional Program
The Association for Tertiary Education Management (ATEM) invites you to the launch of the ATEM Central Region Professional Program for 2009.
Date/Time: Thursday 12 February 2009, 7:30am-9:00am
Venue: Naval, Military & Air Force Club, 111 Hutt St, Adelaide.
Cost: Free for members, $25 for non members; includes breakfast.
Please join us to learn more about ATEM and the exciting range of development activities on offer in 2009.
Download ATEM Program flyer & ATEM Launch Invitation.
Planning, Development and Review Sessions
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.
Training for Managers & Supervisors
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.
Thursday 19 February, 9:00am-1:00pm
Friday 20 February, 9:00am-1:00pm
For further information and to enrol, email Janet Hart or phone 8303 3130.
Key Dates: Expressions of Interest for Teaching Awards and Grants
Any staff interested in national or internal teaching awards or grants, such as ALTC Citations or Competitive and Leadership Grants, should note the dates by which expressions of interest should reach the Teaching Awards and Grants Support Office in the CLPD.
A table of dates and the requirements for the EoI are available on the Australian Learning and Teaching Council webpage on the CLPD Learning and Teaching site.
EoIs are required six to eight weeks before the final submission to the Australian Learning and Teaching Council. This allows the Committee for Learning and Teaching Awards to assist award and grant applicants prepare their applications.
Email Barbara Brougham in the Teaching Awards and Grants Support Office, or phone 37421 for further information.
Peer Review of Teaching for Promotion Purposes
This ALTC-funded project of the University of Adelaide, Griffith University, University of Wollongong and University of New South Wales is holding a Dissemination workshop.
Date: Friday 13 March 2009
Venue: Equinox Room, Level 4, Union House
Session 1: Internal Peer Review of Teaching
Presentation, 9:00am-9:45am
Workshop, 9:45am-12:30pm
This session will present protocols and tools for summative peer review of classroom teaching, and give participants the opportunity to try them in a workshop setting.
Session 2: External Peer Review of Teaching
Presentation, 1:30pm-2:15pm
Workshop, 2:15pm-5:00pm
This session will present the protocols and tools developed for summative peer review of written applications for promotion, and give participants the opportunity to try them in a workshop environment.
You can download the workshop flyer from the CLPD website.
RSVP via email to Kerrie Le Lievre or phone 8303 6923 by 4 March 2009.
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/Time: Monday 16 March 2009, 4:00pm-6:00pm
Venue: CLPD, Level 2, Schulz Building West
For further information, visit the Learning and Teaching website.
To enrol in this workshop, email Marilyn Purdy or phone 8303 5771.
Providing Difficult Feedback Seminar by Dr Dieter Schönwetter
Places are still available to attend the presentation.
Date/Time: Friday 13 February 2009, 9:30am-11:00am
Venue: Bragg Lecture Theatre, Ground Floor, Bragg Laboratories
HERDSA (SA Branch) are sponsoring a seminar by Dr Dieter Schönwetter on Providing Difficult Feedback: Dynamic and Integral Relationship between Teaching, Learning and Feedback. Dr Schönwetter is an Education Specialist in the Faculty of Dentistry at the University of Manitoba, Canada.
For further information, download the seminar flyer or register your interest with the CLPD, phone 8303 5771 or email clpd@adelaide.edu.au.
MyMedia - recording your lectures in 2009
The MyMedia lecture recording service is now available in 30 common teaching areas (CTAs) around the University.
Recording your lectures in these venues is a simple process:
- Launch the MyMedia application from the icon on the installed computer's desktop
- Fill in a few details about your lecture and start the recording
- On completion of your lecture, the recording will be uploaded to an ITS server and once processed you will receive an email explaining how to publish the links to your recordings in MyUni.
Try it out yourself or come to the information and demonstration sessions to find out more.
MyMedia Information and Demonstration Sessions:
Date/Time: Thursday 12 February 2009, 2:00pm-3:00pm
Venue: Kerr Grant Lecture Theatre
Date/Time: Tuesday 17 February 2009, 10:30am-11:30am
Venue: Hughes Lecture Theatre
Further information on the MyMedia service is available from the MyUni support site at:
www.adelaide.edu.au/myuni/deliver/audiovisual/.
Online Roleplay Workshop
The workshop is being funded by the ALTC EnRole Project and is a full day workshop in the area of online roleplay simulation design and development.
Date/Time: Wednesday 25 February 2009, 9:00am-4:00pm
Venue: CLPD, Level 2, Schulz Building
Please email Judi Baron to register.
For further information, visit the SCOPE website.
Information for Researchers
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.
