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Staff Notices: 16 - 20 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
Cancer, bacterial disease funding boost
Two major University of Adelaide research programs have been awarded a combined $12.8 million in Federal Government grants. The grants of $9.1 million for bacterial disease research and $3.7 million for cancer research will be received over five years. Immunologist Professor Angel Lopez says his cancer research aims to find a common thread among most types of cancer including breast, prostate and leukaemia. Bacterial disease expert Professor James Paton says his project will target some of the most common bacterial infections including pneumonia, meningitis and gastroenteritis.
Source: ABC News (6 February 2009)
Uni full story: University awarded $12.8 million for research
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General Information for Staff
Look, touch the NEW Merchandise range
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Come along Wednesday and you could WIN the Mystery Door Prize, valued at over $300!
Bring your business card
RSVP to Heidi Todd indicating which session you will attend, 12:30pm-2:30pm or 3:30pm-5:00pm, 18 February at Level 14, 115 Grenfell Street.
Marketing & Strategic Communications has launched 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. 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.
Special Studies Program (SSP)
Special Studies commencing January - December 2010
Applications are now invited for programs of Special Studies for the period
January 2010 - December 2010.
Application forms can be downloaded from the HR webpage at: www.adelaide.edu.au/hr/forms/dev/ and must be returned through the Head of School/Area, to your Special Studies Program Coordinator (as below) no later than 31 March 2009.
| Engineering, Computer and Mathematical Sciences | Felicity Donald (ext 35797) |
| Health Sciences | Stella Richards (ext 35274) |
| Humanities and Social Sciences | Zoe Ratcliffe (ext 33767) |
| The Professions | Kerry Braini (ext 36486) |
| Sciences | Cynthia Tan (ext 36371) |
Your entitlement for Special Studies can be found on your payslip. For further information regarding SSP, please see the online SSP information at: www.adelaide.edu.au/hr/career/ssp/ or contact Julie Raeck on ext 31111, Human Resources.
Legal and Risk Update
All reference to "Prudential Services" has been removed from the Legal and Risk website (www.adelaide.edu.au/legalandrisk/) following the recent name change.
There is currently a redirection in place so that anyone trying to access the site through the old prudential address (www.adelaide.edu.au/prudential) will be sent through to the new site.
However, we are asking that faculties and divisions update their Legal and Risk links in the coming weeks (including removing all reference to Prudential Services) as the redirection will eventually be withdrawn.
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
School of Population Health & Clinical Practice - Professorial Seminar
Closing the Knowledge to Action Gap: Making Research Count
Presented by Professor Alison Kitson, new Professor of Nursing and Head of Discipline of Nursing.
Date/Time: Tuesday 3 March 2009, 3:30pm-5:00pm; afternoon tea provided.
Venue: Robson Lecture Theatre, Level 1, Eleanor Harrald Building, Royal Adelaide Hospital
This seminar looks at the science behind knowledge translation or getting research evidence into practice.
Download Alison Kitson flyer.
RSVP to Gabriele Matzke, phone 8303 3884.
Strategic Analysis for Technology Commercialisation
Distinguished Professor Sul Kassicieh (University of New Mexico, USA) will hold intensive sessions on Strategic Analysis for Technology Commercialisation. Content is research and theory-based but practice-oriented. Staff and HDR students may attend all or part of the Intensive.
Dates: Thursday 5 - Friday 6 March 2009
Venue: Thebarton Campus
Free to University staff and HDR students; lunch provided.
RSVP by Tuesday 3 March 2009 to: ecic@adelaide.edu.au or call Karen Snook on 8303 7422 for more details.
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.
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
HDR Supervisor Induction Workshop
If you wish to be registered as an HDR supervisor at the University of Adelaide, in either principal or co-supervisor capacity, you MUST attend an HDR Supervisor Induction Workshop. The induction workshop provides an essential introduction to the policy, practice and strategic context of HDR supervision at the University.
The next one is to be held: Wednesday 11 March, 1:00pm-3:30pm, Equinox Room, Union House, followed by the Cocktails & Connections session.
Please come along and join us.
Register online at: www.adelaide.edu.au/graduatecentre/rep/staff/enrolment/
More about the program at: www.adelaide.edu.au/graduatecentre/rep/staff/hsw/
Further enquiries: Dr Ian Green on 8303 6035, Dr Cally Guerin on 8303 3043, or email: researchereducation@adelaide.edu.au.
Cocktails & Connections
Want to meet some new fellow researchers? Want to get some new ideas for research collaborations? Want to hear from some of the University's research leaders? Then this session is for you. Come along and get connected.
Wednesday 11 March, 4:00pm-6:00pm, Equinox Room, Union House, following the HDR Supervisor Induction workshop.
This is a relatively informal event, with a series of activities designed to get like-minded researchers talking to each other. It is aimed at researchers new to the university as well as established researchers looking to reinvigorate their networks. All researchers welcome!
Register online at: www.adelaide.edu.au/graduatecentre/rep/staff/enrolment/
More about the program at: www.adelaide.edu.au/graduatecentre/rep/staff/cc.html
Further enquiries: Dr Ian Green on 8303 6035, Dr Cally Guerin on 8303 3043, or email: researchereducation@adelaide.edu.au.
This session also functions as the orientation workshop for the Future Research Leaders program, but is open to all members of the university's research community - enrolment in the FRLP is not necessary.
Future Research Leaders Program
The Future Research Leaders program has been developed collaboratively by the Go8 universities, and is delivered in full each semester for the benefit of the research community of the University of Adelaide. The program is aimed at current and aspiring research leaders, and seeks to build a range of skills and knowledge critical to successful research leadership and management.
There are eight modules in the program, together with a researcher orientation module. Modules are undertaken by a combination of online study, independent research and a face-to-face workshop. Do just one module, or do as many as you like. It's up to you. And it's all free!
More about the program at: www.adelaide.edu.au/graduatecentre/rep/staff/frlp/
Register for workshops at: www.adelaide.edu.au/graduatecentre/rep/staff/enrolment/
Further enquiries: Dr Ian Green on 8303 6035, Dr Cally Guerin on 8303 3043, or email: researchereducation@adelaide.edu.au.
Exploring Supervision Program
The Exploring Supervision program (formerly the Effective Supervision program) provides professional development for HDR supervisors. Each semester we present a series of three interactive workshops, together with a range of tools, techniques and resources, covering key topics in HDR supervision. In addition, completion of the full module of the program leads to registration as a principal HDR supervisor.
More about our workshops: www.adelaide.edu.au/graduatecentre/rep/staff/esp/
More about the full module of the program at: www.adelaide.edu.au/graduatecentre/rep/staff/fullmodule.html
Register for workshops at: www.adelaide.edu.au/graduatecentre/rep/staff/enrolment/
Further enquiries: Dr Ian Green on 8303 6035, Dr Cally Guerin on 8303 3043, or email: researchereducation@adelaide.edu.au.
ALTC Citations: Expressions of Interest
Please note that Expressions of Interest in participating in the Australian Learning and Teaching Council Citations for 2009 should be sent via email to Barbara Brougham by 24 February.
When submitting the EoI:
- indicate which criteria you intend to address
- write no more than one A4 page outlining your Philosophy of Teaching
- provide a brief summary, including a selection of student comments, of your last three SELTs
- include a curriculum vitae of no more than three pages
If you have any queries concerning the EoI, contact Barbara Brougham on ext 34721. Further information can be found on the Awards and Grants webpage.
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.
Educating the Net Generation Workshop
This interactive workshop is part of a series to enable universities throughout Australia to engage more fully in Educating the Net Generation. Further details on this ALTC-funded project are available at: http://netgen.unimelb.edu.au/outcomes/workshops.html.
The workshop complements and extends on webinars run by the University of Adelaide during 2005. Participants are encouraged to bring a wireless notebook, however this is not mandatory.
Date/Time: Thursday 26 February 2009, 9:30am-12:30pm
Venue: CLPD, Level 2, Schulz Building West
Coffee/tea will be available on arrival and morning tea will be provided.
Numbers are limited. Register now to avoid disappointment.
Registrations close Wednesday 18 February 2009 at 5:00pm.
Register by sending your name and job/role title to: clpd@adelaide.edu.au.
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.
Professional & Continuing Education
Upcoming Professional Development Courses
Captivating Communications in the Workplace
Friday 20 February
Managing Stress in the Workplace
Tuesday 24 February
Improve Your Business Writing Skills
Thursday 26 February
Supervisor Development Program
Tuesday 3 & Wednesday 4 March
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.
Language Courses
Open to all adult learners, the University of Adelaide's Centre for Professional and Continuing Education (PCE) offers a wide range of language courses catering for beginners to the more advanced. Full Year courses commence in late March and run for 30 weeks, one evening a week.
Languages offered:
Arabic
Italian
Chinese (Mandarin)
French
German
Indonesian
Japanese
Russian
Spanish
5% discount offered to University of Adelaide staff and students.
For further information or to enrol please email Rupert Irudayaraj or phone 8303 4777, or visit our website at: www.adelaide.edu.au/pce to view our extensive program offering.
Information for Researchers
Call for nominations: Fresh Science 2009
Now in its 12th year, Fresh Science is supported by the Federal and Victorian Governments, New Scientist and Museum Victoria.
A total of 16 early-career researchers will be selected to go to Melbourne where they will receive media training and then present their work to the media, schools and the public.
If you fit the criteria of:
- early-career researchers with an upper limit of five years post-doc and no lower limit
- a peer-reviewed result which has had no media coverage
- some ability to present ideas in plain English
... Nominate by 5:00pm, Thursday 19 March 2009!
This national event brings together scientists, the media and the public to:
- enhance reporting of Australian science
- highlight and encourage debate on the role of science in Australian society
- provide role models for the next generation of Australian scientists
This year Fresh Science will take place in May/June. Researchers may also have the opportunity to present in their home state during National Science Week, 18-24 August.
Enquiries to Tim Thwaites on (03) 9383 4600 or Niall Byrne on (03) 9398 1416.
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.