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Staff Notices: 27 - 31 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
Coorong could be saved: scientists
The catastrophic position of the parched Coorong is recoverable, according to a three-year ecological study into the health of the region. The $5.3 million CLLAMMecology research cluster has developed management tools to help maximise environmental outcomes for the Coorong and Murray Mouth. The findings of the study have led to a consortium of scientists developing a framework to help land and water managers restore the ecology of the region. The Report recommends 300 gigalitres of water be allocated to the Coorong for environmental use each year. Scientists say that amount of fresh water would be enough to influence the overall health of the Coorong and maintain salinity at safe levels. A/Prof Justin Brookes, from the University of Adelaide's Water Research Centre, said fish and bird species numbers in the system were under threat. "The system is in decline, but is recoverable. "Our work provides a whole-of-system approach for planning environmental flow initiatives for the region," he said.
Source: The Independent Weekly (22 July 2009)
Uni full story: Coorong's future helped by new science
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General Information for Staff
Survey Framework
The attention of all staff is drawn to the University's Survey Framework. This framework has been approved by VCC and developed to assist all staff, students and external stakeholders to understand the process for conducting surveys that involve students, staff and alumni, as well as community and employer groups. The University acknowledges the importance of evidence-based decision making that is assisted through the collection and analysis of survey data. However, surveys conducted by or within the University require the approval of the Survey Reference Group (SRG) and are to conform to relevant University policies and guidelines governing surveys. The contact person for all surveys is Stephen Jeisman, on ext 36346. Further details are available at: www.adelaide.edu.au/pvclq/survey/.
Draft Policies For Consultation
Participation in Cooperative Research Centres Policy
The Commonwealth Government has revised the CRC Program Guidelines. The main change in the Guidelines is that there is no longer a
formal requirement to form an incorporated entity and the application process has been streamlined, with only one stage in the
process rather than the previous two stages. The University Policy has been amended to reflect these changes. A full, formal
review of the Policy will take place in 2010.
The consultation period ends on 3 August 2009.
Health, Safety and Wellbeing Policy
The University of Adelaide is committed to providing the highest standard of occupational health, safety and wellbeing to the
University community, to ensure that all persons are protected from risks to their health and safety. This will be achieved through
the integration of health, safety and wellbeing into all organisational activities, ranking this equal with all other operational
considerations.
The objectives of this policy and supporting processes, as set out in Section 3 Policy Principles and the University's Health Safety and Wellbeing Handbook, are to assist the University to comply with all relevant Occupational Health, Safety and Welfare (OHSW) and Injury Management legislation.
The consultation period ends on 14 August 2009.
Research Grants, Contracts and Consultancies Policy
Staff are encouraged to secure external research funding in support of their research and the University's strategic vision.
External funding includes research grants, contract research and consultancies, and is a critical part of the University's activity.
Funds from most research activity can be reported to the Commonwealth Government as part of the University's annual research income
return, thus generating additional infrastructure funding for the University. This Policy sets out the principles and procedures
that apply to the process of seeking and expending external research funding.
The consultation period ends on 31 August 2009.
https://www.adelaide.edu.au/policies/drafts/ [UA staff only]
2009 SA Science Excellence Awards Finalists
Congratulations to our people named as finalists in the 2009 South Australian Science Excellence Awards.
Professor Robert Norman, South Australian Scientist of the Year finalist, has produced world class results in fertility and reproductive biology.
Professor Alastair MacLennan, Excellence in Research for Public Good finalist, has done work on improving birth outcomes for women, managing menopause and generating insight into the causes of cerebral palsy.
Healthy Development Adelaide, Excellence in Research Collaboration Award finalist, has programs focussing on developmental health research.
Dr Karin Barovich, Professor Derek Leinweber and Professor Holger Maier, Tertiary Science Educator of the Year finalists, have been recognised for their contribution to science, physics and engineering education.
Professor Barry Brook, Community Science Educator of the Year finalist, has led research in global ecology and conservation biology.
Winners will be announced at the Awards Gala Dinner on Thursday 20 August. The South Australian Scientist of the Year will receive $50,000, while winners from other categories will receive $10,000 to use within their research project or program. Dinner Reservations close on 10 August. Bookings at: www.scienceawards.sa.gov.au.
Annual Book Sale
The Library's annual book sale will take place on Monday 3 August and Tuesday 4 August 2009, 9:00am - 5:00pm.
Venue: Ira Raymond Room, Barr Smith Library
Broad coverage of subjects, but, this year, German Language is a specialty.
We will be selling pre-loved books, most for only $2.
No listings available, and no previews. Just come along and have a browse!
Any enquiries to: Margaret Hosking, Book Resources Librarian, email: library-brl@adelaide.edu.au, phone 8303 5285.
Vacant Positions
Events
Asian Studies Workshop Series 'Thinking about Asia'
Workshop 1: Australia's Ambivalent Re-Imagining of Asia
Speakers: Professor Carol Johnson, Discipline of Politics, University of Adelaide
Professor Pal Ahluwalia, Pro Vice Chancellor, Education, Arts and Social Sciences, University of South Australia
Associate Professor Greg McCarthy, Head, School of Social Sciences, University of Adelaide
Date/Time: Friday 7 August 2009, 1:10pm - 2:00pm
Venue: Ligertwood Room 529, North Terrace Campus
FREE Public Workshop.
The first workshop of the series 'Thinking about Asia' will debate aspects of Asia in relation to Australia. The speakers will highlight how significant Asia has been in the Australian political imagination, how 'Asia' has operated as a sign and symbol in Australian domestic politics, and how Asia has helped to define "Who We Are" in the international context.
Download: workshop flyer.
Contact: Dr Shoko Yoneyama, Centre for Asian Studies, phone 8303 5187.
Research Tuesdays
Where have the birds gone?
Why replacing our native habitat is vital to saving species from extinction
Presented by Associate Professor David Paton, Head, Discipline of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Date/Time: Tuesday 11 August 2009, 5:30pm
Venue: Lecture Theatre G04, Napier Building, North Terrace Campus
FREE Public Seminar. All welcome.
Synopsis: The Mt Lofty Ranges is not the haven for wildlife you might assume it to be. In contrast to Adelaide's leafy image, less than 10% of our original native vegetation remains.
In fact, the Mt Lofty region is listed as one of Australia's 10 "Biodiversity Hotspots". Around half of the area's native bird species now face regional extinction.
Massive re-establishment of natural woodland habitats is desperately needed – and fast – if we're to save these species. That, of course, requires a clear plan, world-class research and significant ongoing funding.
A/Prof David Paton will explain how our precious species could be saved from extinction, and what it would take to get it right.
Now all Adelaide OnLion members can register online - visit: www.alumni.adelaide.edu.au/researchtuesdaysaugust to secure your seat!
For further details visit our website at: www.adelaide.edu.au/researchtuesdays/ or phone 8303 3692.
Richard II
By William Shakespeare
A University of Adelaide Theatre Guild production
Directed by Harry Dewar, Designed by Peter Bok
Dates: Saturday 8 August, Tuesday to Saturday 11-15 & 18-22 August 2009, 7:30pm
Venue: Little Theatre, The Cloisters, North Terrace Campus
Tickets: $25 Full Price; $20 Concession
Special Uni Tuesdays: $15 for University of Adelaide staff and students on 11 & 18 August, subject to availability.
Bookings on 8303 5999 or online at: www.adelaide.edu.au/theatreguild.
Shakespeare's Richard II is the first play in a series about the nature of kingship that includes Henry IV (Parts I and II), and Henry V.
In the medieval understanding there is an intimate connection between Ruler and Realm. The "king's body" is both personal and political, and to make war on the King is to make war on the Country. But if the King's actions are harmful to the Country, how should the loyal patriot behave? And if the King is subdued and forced to rule for the good of others, in what sense is he still the King?
The struggle at the heart of Richard II - between Richard II and his cousin Henry Bolingbroke - is thus more than an armed conflict. It is a fundamental clash between the right of the king to rule and the right of the kingdom to be ruled well.
The play is also about the moving journey the self-centred Richard makes towards self-knowledge, as his political fall opens the door to personal wisdom.
Cast: Graham Self as King Richard II, Russell Slater as Bolingbroke (the future Henry IV) and John Edge as John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster, with Mollie Birch, Eleanor Boyd, Geoff Brougham, Anita Canala, Brett Carruthers, Joshua Coldwell, Geoff Dawes, John Dexter, Georgia Dodd, Matthew Dowdall, Rowena Garcia, Marieka Hambledon, Peter Kentish, Keith Manson, David Mitchell, Blake Parham, Bronwyn Ruciak and Anna Taylor.
Download: Richard II flyer.
‘Bush Dance’ at Urrbrae House, Waite Campus
Date/Time: Saturday 29 August, 7:30pm - 11:00pm.
Make up a group or join a group: easy to follow dances for couples and groups with instruction provided. Casual clothes. BYO supper and drinks.
Cost: $20 Adults; $10 Students/Children (Children 8+yrs only)
Contact: Bill Wallace, phone 8379 1905 for further information or to make a booking.
School of Agriculture, Food & Wine Seminar Series
The Harold Woolhouse Lecture 2009
Speaker: Professor John Bowman, ARC Federation Fellow, Monash University/University of California Davis
Date/Time: Monday 3 August 2009, 4:00pm
Venue: Plant Research Centre Auditorium, Waite Campus
FREE Public Lecture.
As more plant genome sequences become available, researchers are increasingly using comparative genomics to address some of the major questions in plant biology. Professor John Bowman leads a team of researchers who are interested in answering the question of how a single plant cell develops into a multicellular embryo with specific tissue and organ patterns. The 2009 Harold Woolhouse Lecture will be titled 'Evolution of patterning genes in land plants'. In particular, Professor Bowman has investigated the history of genes involved in establishing leaf polarity in the model plant Arabidopsis. Expression and functional studies in early diverging lineages of land plants provide clues as to ancestral functions, and thus to the evolution of land plant morphology. Professor Bowman will discuss how the ancestral roles of patterning genes may lie in interactions with environmental parameters critical in the transition from an aquatic algal ancestor to a land plant.
The 2nd Harold Woolhouse Lecture is named in honour of the former Director of the Waite Agricultural Research Institute. Prof Harold Woolhouse (1932 - 1996) finished his PhD at the University of Adelaide before spending much of his early career (during the 1960s and 1970s) researching heavy metals and senescence. Between 1980 and 1989, Professor Woolhouse developed and directed the world class plant biology research facility, the John Innes Centre (JIC) in Norwich, UK. In 1990, he became Director of the Waite Agricultural Research Institute and was responsible for the co-location of the South Australian Research and Development Institute and Primary Industries and Resources South Australia on the Waite Campus. He also masterminded the merging of Roseworthy Agricultural College with the University of Adelaide.
Contact: Dr Amanda Able, School of Agriculture, Food and Wine, phone 8303 7245.
GMCC'09 conference, 10 - 12 November
Molecular Plant Breeding CRC (of which the University of Adelaide is a Core Participant) is hosting the:
Fourth International Conference on Coexistence between Genetically Modified (GM) and non-GM based Agricultural Supply Chains
(GMCC'09) from 10 - 12 November, Melbourne.
The conference will cover the following session topics:
- Legal frameworks for coexistence
- Socioeconomics of coexistence
- Managing coexistence in farming systems
- Managing coexistence in the marketplace
- Coexistence case studies – canola, wheat and new crops
- Testing methodologies and traceability systems
- Communications on GMOs
Full program and registration details are available at: www.gmcc-09.com. Early bird registration closes on 15 August 2009.
Inaugural Henry Darnley Naylor Memorial Lecture
Classical Association SA, University of Adelaide presents the 2nd CASA lecture 2009:
"Censorship: Ovid and free speech in Augustine's Rome"
Speaker: Associate Professor Peter Davies (Emeritus), University of Tasmania, Visiting Research Fellow at Adelaide.
Date/Time: Monday 24 August 2009, 8:00pm
Venue: Council Room, Level 7, Wills Building, North Terrace Campus
FREE Public Lecture.
Background to the Lecture Series:
The Henry Darnley Naylor Memorial Lecture series has been created after the Centenary celebrations of CASA in 2008 with a view to honouring its founder, Prof Henry Darnley Naylor (1872 - 1945). He migrated from the UK to Melbourne in 1895 and held a teaching position at the university there before coming to Adelaide in 1907. He became the fifth Hughes Professor in Classics and was one of the most distinguished of the eight incumbents from 1874 to 1992. The founder of the Classical Association, he held the Hughes Chair until 1927, when he retired early to promote the work of the League of Nations.
The Hughes Chair of Classics was a foundation chair of the University, made possible by the benefaction of Sir Walter Watson Hughes.
Scott Theatre matinee
Date/Time: Sunday 30 August 2009, 2:00pm
Venue: Scott Theatre, North Terrace Campus
Tickets: $15
The Discipline of Classics is sponsoring the staging of a play about Socrates, as seen through the eyes of the Polish playwright Jerzy Zawieyski (1902 - 1969). The play presents Socrates as a martyr of free speech in an unusual format, re-enacting some scenes from Plato's dialogues, interspersed with a chorus (normally found in Greek drama). The play has both dramatic and comedic elements. The amateur theatre group Ottoway Theatrical Ensemble, which arose from the Polish immigrant community in Adelaide, will do a one-off matinee performance in three acts, staging Zawieyski's witty and engaging play of Socrates' last days.
Reservations - phone Anna (08) 7225 2627 or mobile 0412 637 261.
Ethics Centre of SA - Central Seminar Series
Life as Loss
Presented by Bernadette Richards, Law School, University of Adelaide
Date/Time: Tuesday 11 August 2009, 3:00pm - 4:00pm
Venue: Scots Centre (next to Scots Church), cnr North Terrace & Pulteney St, Adelaide
FREE Public Seminar. All welcome.
Synopsis: Can life ever be considered a loss? Is there any point at which the law is prepared to define existence as something worthy of compensation? Or, perhaps even more startling, is there a point at which the law is prepared to favourably compare non-existence with existence? Will the law pause at either of the borders of life and cast its jurisprudential eye over the other side of the border and say, Yes, this individual would be better off either never crossing the initial border into life or crossing over the other border into death? It is my aim in this discussion to address the 'wrongful life' and 'wrongful birth' decisions to demonstrate that in these situations there clearly is a loss which ought to be recognised by the law but it is not, in truth, a question of whether or not life itself is a loss. The plaintiffs in each case have not set out to define living as a loss but they have argued that, because of the actions of another party their life is not as it ought to be. There has been a clear detriment suffered as a result of the careless actions of another. In asking whether life is a loss the courts have misdirected the enquiry and failed to adequately address the true issue before them.
Download: Ethics flyer.
RSVP essential to: Vicki Hattam.
Training & Development Opportunities
Understanding and Analysing Financial Information - 27/28 August - Executive Education Unit
If you are a middle to senior level manager or professional, this program will support your decision making, by providing an increased understanding when analysing and interpreting accounting and financial information.
Understanding and Analysing Financial Information introduces you to basic accounting methods and concepts and shows you how and when to apply them to a range of business situations.
10% discount for University of Adelaide staff.
For further information: Amanda Bramwell, phone 8303 3268.
Take Control of Your Email
Take Control of Your Email
Are you spending more and more time using email? Do you feel like it is controlling you? Is your Inbox out of control? Come to this unique course and learn... How to free up more time, How to manage communications technology instead of it managing you, How to minimise email traffic (in and out) and more. Staff who have attended the course report that they are saving 40 minutes per day, they are suffering less email anxiety and their Inbox size has reduced significantly.
Audience: All staff - why not book new staff into the course in their first week? It's free, but places are limited, so get in quick!
Date/Time: 4 sessions are offered each week - go to https://apps.adelaide.edu.au/training/ to book yourself in.
Wimba Live Classroom Information Session
Wimba Live Classroom will be available in all MyUni courses in Semester 2, 2009. This feature allows staff to conduct real time interactive sessions with students online and is especially useful for those students who are off-campus and studying remotely.
Date/Time: Wednesday 29 July, 1:00pm - 2:00pm
Venue: Lecture Theatre 102, Napier Building
BYO lunch. Tea and coffee available.
Seats limited to 30. A second session will be scheduled if there is demand.
To register, email CLPD.
2009 ERGA Conference: Submission Deadline Extended
Submissions are DUE on Friday 7 August 2009.
This will be the final call for proposals for workshop and panel sessions, and abstracts and papers for concurrent sessions. The 2009 ERGA conference, 24-25 September, will be addressing the theme of Feedback and Flexible Learning.
Please visit the ERGA website for detailed information on the requirements for submissions.
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 available.
For further information visit our website, email Rupert Irudarayaj or phone 8303 4777.
Upcoming Professional Development Courses
Captivating Communications in the Workplace
Friday 31 July
Confident and Persuasive Presentations
Tuesday 4 August
Project Management
Wednesday 5 August
Negotiation Skills
Wednesday 12 August
Report Writing
Tuesday 18 August
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 Joanna Carrick or phone 8303 4777.
Information for Researchers
Call for abstracts for SA Ageing Research Expo
Healthy Ageing Research Cluster (HARC) is pleased to announce it is hosting an Ageing Research Expo in conjunction with the Launch by Office for the Ageing (OFTA) of their report: State of the Ageing in South Australia to be held on Thursday 17 September 2009.
The Ageing Research Expo will showcase current work of researchers in all ageing-related fields across South Australia.
The call for abstracts is now open for poster presentations from researchers in SA in ageing-related fields who wish to participate in the Expo; open to Post-grads, Post-docs, Visiting Research Fellows, Researchers, and Academics.
Registrations and abstracts must be submitted by 5:00pm, Friday 14 August 2009. Visit: www.adelaide.edu.au/harc/news/#events for further details and online registration form.
The State of the Ageing in South Australia report provides a detailed snapshot of South Australia's older population. It provides a benchmark of the contemporary and impending situation of the South Australian older population in order to identify implications and opportunities both present and into the future which will influence policy and service directions as its population ages.
Hon. Jennifer Rankine MP will award prizes on the day in 4 categories:
- Best poster from a PhD candidate
- Best poster from an Early-Career Researcher (0-5 years post-doc)
- Most innovative research
- Best research-to-policy poster
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.
