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Associate Professor Jenny Onyx (1 November 2003)
Business
Australian Senior
Volunteering to help others can be good for you as well. That is the view of Jenny Onyx of UTS whose paper on the subject was recently published in the Australasian Journal on Ageing.
She concluded that older people who volunteered had strong social networks beyond the immediate family and had multiple and valued social roles.
Professor Michael Cortie, Director, Institute for Nanoscale Technology (1 November 2003)
Science
What's New In Electronics
Collaborative nanotechnology research involving UTS has proved the value of gold as a vital component in the next generation of electronics.
Professor Dexter Dunphy (1 November 2003)
Business
National Business Bulletin
A recent survey sought the views of more than 5,000 people in Australia, New Zealand, Malaysia and Singapore regarding reaction to recent corporate scandals. Professor Dexter Dunphy of UTS considers the full challenge for business is to operate a sustaining corporation in a regenerative community. This suggests that in the new generation of 'wealth' is assessed according to increased and shared community values.
Maureen Henninger (1 November 2003)
Humanities and Social Sciences
Government News
Maureen Henninger is a senior lecturer in knowledge management at UTS and is the author of the book "The Hidden Web" which provides strategies for finding quality information on the Internet.
Gary Inberg (3 November 2003)
Executive and Admin
Australian Financial Review
UTS is about to unveil a unique 253-bed student housing development down the road from its main campus on busy Broadway. UTS asset development manager Gary Inberg said it was the first time a university in NSW has been able to self fund a development of its kind.
Alexia Bannikoff, Director, International Office (3 November 2003)
Executive and Admin
Australian Financial Review
A concern has been raised that the growing number of international students, who often have poorer English than native speakers, are slowing down learning. Alexia Bannikoff, Director of the International Office at UTS disagrees and says "demand is so strong that there would be no reason to keep the level of English down artificially."
Associate Professor Michael Dawson (5 November 2003)
Science
Sydney Morning Herald
Found in most cold and flu medications, pseudoephedrine mimics the effect of the sympathetic nervous system, releasing chemicals that normally prepare you to fight, runaway or have sex.
Professor Michael Dawson of UTS says it's not a drug that people would go to the chemist and buy for an afternoon's entertainment. "In the US it is illegal to buy more than three packs in 24 hours. In Australia, however, pharmacists are only disciplined if they are found guilty of inappropriate supply."
Professor Peter Miller (6 November 2003)
Science
Channel 7
An entire public housing estate at Minto in Sydney's Southwest has been overrun by rodents. Professor Peter Miller of UTS says rodents can spread disease and pose significant health risks.
Professor Mark Lyons (8 November 2003)
Business
Sydney Morning Herald
The creation of a new council to represent non-profit organisations has stirred up anxieties in the welfare sector. Mark Lyons, Professor of Social Economy at UTS says "it would be difficult to see the business sector flocking to join a peak body that had been initiated by the non-profit sector and government."
Kirsten Edwards, Director of UTS Innocence Project (9 November 2003)
Law
ABC Radio National
An innocence movement which started in the US has seen lawyers, academics and students digging through old crimes to investigate if the wrong person is behind bars. Three innocence projects similar to those that have been successful in the US have been set up in Australia, one at UTS.
Louise Remond (10 November 2003)
Science
ABC Science Online
Research is proving that doodling can be a useful tool in psychotherapy for troubled teens.
Louise Remond from the Health Psychology Unit at UTS says cognitive behaviour therapy generally has a premise that people are fairly articulate and can grasp principles and write down patterns of thinking. That can be a difficulty for some young people.
Professor Alastair Pennycook (10 November 2003)
Education
New Sunday Times (Malaysia)
Research has shown that learning a second language is a complex social practice. Alastair Pennycook, author of the book "The Cultural Politics of English as an International Language" and Professor of Language in Education at UTS, states that all education is political and all knowledge is "interested". The teaching of language itself is a political act.
Louise Remond and Rebekka Sommer (10 November 2003)
Science
Morning Bulletin (Rockhampton)
Psychologists at UTS have found that allowing troubled teens to doodle helps them deal with stress, anxiety and depression. Louise Remond and Rebekka Sommer discovered the young people they were working with liked to doodle and decided to use that as a means of getting them to open up about themselves, and start talking without fear of being judged.
Associate Professor David Wilson (11 November 2003)
Information Technology
Australian Financial Review
There is a considerable decline in IT enrolments and it's continuing. Associate Dean (education) in the UTS Faculty of Information Technology, David Wilson, said the international IT student numbers had held up but the first round of preferences figures from the Universities Admissions Centre showed an average drop across NSW of 24.39.
Associate Professor Angelo Karantonis (12 November 2003)
Design, Architecture and Building
The Australian
The rewards for economists in terms of lifetime earnings far outstrip those for graduates in law and commerce. One of the more interesting economics courses at UTS in Sydney is attached to the School of Design, Architecture and Building. Property studies director, Angelo Karantonis says graduates work in niche areas of property market analysis and investment portfolios and trusts.
Professor David Barker, Dean (12 November 2003)
Law
The Australian
UTS Law Dean David Barker suggests there is more to law than working in corporate firms. Professor Barker says most students study two degrees, allowing them to specialise in niche areas.
Dr Gordon Menzies (12 November 2003)
Business
Sydney Morning Herald
Gordon Menzies, economist at UTS, comments on whether it's beneficial to access your superannuation early. "If a lot of superannuation money is released for housing, it may simply push up the price," he said.
Associate Professor Peter Miller (12 November 2003)
Science
Sydney Morning Herald
Moths are a problem in Parliament, it seems. They are eating away at the interior of Parliament House and it's a growing concern. Parliament has it's own "expert on vermin" - Associate Professor Peter Miller of UTS, to advise it. It is costing tens of thousands of dollars a year to try and control the moths but no permanent extermination has been successful.
Dr Martin Thomas (12 November 2003)
Humanities and Social Sciences
Blue Mountains Gazette
ARC postdoctoral fellow in the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Dr Martin Thomas, has drawn on his UTS doctoral thesis to create an impressive blend of imaginative reflection and documentary research, which explores myths and meanings, derived mainly from collective cultural memories of the Blue Mountains. The book is titled The Artificial Horizon: Imagining the Blue Mountains.
Dr Simon Beecham (13 November 2003)
Engineering
Sydney Morning Herald
Regular feature 'On The Job' profiles Simon Beecham, director of water engineering at UTS. Beecham's proudest moment is writing the computer program used to design the siphonic roof drainage system at Stadium Australia.
Professor Andrew Jakubowicz (15 November 2003)
Humanities and Social Sciences
Manly Daily
Northern beaches Secondary College and UTS are holding a free public lecture at the Freshwater campus. Professor Andrew Jakubowicz will speak on Australian identities and the politics of respect.
Carl Masens, Project Manager, Institute for Nanoscale Technology (17 November 2003)
Science
Sydney Morning Herald
UTS researchers are investigating how nanotechnology can be used in the home. "The purpose of the Nanohouse project is to illustrate the way many of those opportunities are being captured and transformed into products that have direct uses in our daily lives," says coordinator Carl Masens.
Professor Geoff Smith (17 November 2003)
Science
Sydney Morning Herald
Professor Geoff Smith and researchers at UTS are using nanotechnology - the science of particles as small as a billionth of a metre - to develop an energy efficient "light pipe".
Julian Cribb (17 November 2003)
Science
ABC South East NSW
UTS Adjunct Professor Julian Cribb says farmers are under pressure to provide what society wants and if that's bad for the environment then the market signal going to farmers is the wrong signal. Australians must think harder about what it is they demand and think in a more water conservative way.
Jennifer Burn (17 November 2003)
Law
Canberra Times
Bad news from government can now be surreptitiously published on the Internet, where it will be found only by searching. There is concern that consultation is not a priority and UTS law lecturer Jennifer Burn argues for stronger measures to ensure consultation is carried out.
Carl Rhodes, Professor Stewart Clegg and Martin Kornberger (18 November 2003)
Business, Education
Australian Financial Review
There's a big difference between a management consultant and a business coach, says a new study conducted by UTS, which has been welcomed by coaches keen to professionalise their sector. The study says consultants advise, coaches facilitate - the coaching role being one of working with clients to help them define and achieve their goals.
Associate Professor David Wilson (18 November 2003)
Information Technology
The Australian
IT faculties are in crisis as student enrolments fall again. Associate Professor David Wilson, Associate Dean (education) in the UTS IT faculty says the drop in student interest will be the major concern at a meeting of NSW IT department heads next month.
Professor Jane Hall, Director, Centre for Health Economics Research and Evaluation (18 November 2003)
Business, Nursing, Midwifery & Health
Channel 2 (Lateline)
While their health budgets are similar, the Coalition and ALP have different approaches to spending tax payers' money. The ALP supports a universal system and the Coalition a user pays system. Professor Jane Hall comments.
Dr Jim Athanasou (18 November 2003)
Education
ABC 702
Channel Nine will air its second National IQ Test tonight. Dr Jim Athanasou of UTS says IQ tests were designed to identify gifted children and those with mental incapacities. He says they should be used to enhance people's potential and are generally useful in determining people's mental ability. Dr Athanasou says IQ tests measure memory and the ability to process information quickly among other things. By statistical definition, the average IQ is 100.
Louise Remond (18 November 2003)
Science
ABC Northern Tasmania
Apparently doodling might hold some clues to help troubled teenagers. Louise Remond from the Health Physiology Unit at UTS says, "one of the things we were getting the kids to do with doodling was to think about a situation that they got upset about and draw pictures of how they felt, so we are using that as a way to prompt them to talk about those experiences."
Professor Jane Hall, Director, Centre for Health Economics Research and Evaluation (18 November 2003)
Nursing, Midwifery & Health, Business
ABC 702
Presenter James Valentine talks about the Federal Government's Medicare Plus package. He interviews Professor Jane Hall, UTS Health Economist, who says that the fundamental issue is whether we will pay more on a user pays system or a tax-based system. She says that the direction of Medicare Plus is user pays with some effort to help the people who are less able to pay. Hall says that the financial basis of a medical system is a reflection of a country's values.
Kristine Toohey and Tracy Taylor (18 November 2003)
Business
Sydney Morning Herald
Tracy Taylor and Kristine Toohey, from UTS School of Leisure, Sport and Tourism, have been interviewing Rugby World Cup match goers and tourists about how secure they feel in the post-September 11 world. The initial impression is that people visiting for the World Cup have felt safe and comfortable.
Dr Shayne Quick (19 November 2003)
Business
Sydney Morning Herald
For many spectators of the World Cup, it is just another chance to kick up their heels at a mega event. Dr Shayne Quick of the sport management program UTS says that the teams playing are immaterial. "It's the same as when the Olympics were here. It didn't matter that people knew nothing about European handball, they just wanted to be involved and say they were there."
Professor Jane Hall, Director, Centre for Health Economics Research and Evaluation (19 November 2003)
Business, Nursing, Midwifery & Health
The Age
Professor Jane Hall comments on the Government's reformed Medicare package. She suggests that more radical changes could have included putting more doctors on salaries, instead of paying them as a small business for each patient they see. "We're clearly going down the user pays path," says Professor Hall. "The safety net provisions are a way of ameliorating that for people who are less well off."
Professor Andrew Jakubowicz (19 November 2003)
Humanities and Social Sciences
Glebe and Inner Western Weekly
Professor Andrew Jakubowicz criticises State and Federal Governments for failing to lead the people on the issue of racism. "At the top level of government there is a reluctance to have an informed public debate."
Professor David Goodman, Director (19 November 2003)
Institute for International Studies
Associated Press
Killing sprees have many fearing for their safety in China. "Most people outside the big cities think the law does not work to protect them," said David Goodman, a China scholar at UTS.
Professor Geoff Smith (19 November 2003)
Science
Reuters
The Asia Pacific Nanotechnology Forum will open in Cairns. UTS researcher Geoff Smith said his team would use the event to unveil a new lighting system, which could make fluorescent lighting obsolete. professor Smith said the new system was "still a secret" due to it's enormous commercial potential, but involves the use of a clear, flexible plastic rod containing light-emitting diodes similar to those in televisions.
Brian Leis, Director, Executive Development Unit (20 November 2003)
Business
Sydney Morning Herald
Brian Leis believes short courses fill specific gaps that arise at any level of a company when managers take on new responsibilities. "Quite often they find their first university degree gave them a well rounded qualification, but that it is simply not enough to equip them for the specifics of the workplace."
Associate Professor David Wilson, Associate Dean (education), (20 November 2003)
Information Technology, Business
Sydney Morning Herald
Due to the increasing cost of a management degree, students are questioning the quality and value of degrees. As a result, universities are offering an alternative. UTS's Information Technology Management Program (ITMP) is a case in point. Associate Professor David Wilson says recent research shows that IT people have high growth needs, prefer to work on new challenging technology, and have low social needs - and the design of the ITMP reflects this.
Johanna Vescio (21 November 2003)
Business
ABC 702
Catterns interviews UTS lecturer and the president of Womensport and Recreation NSW, Johanna Vescio. Vescio says if we want to get more girls into sport then role models need to be attainable and the home environment is very important.
Dr Anne Bamford (21 November 2003)
Education
Sydney Morning Herald
Anne Bamford, senior lecturer in education at UTS, is currently running a program in schools that uses experimental arts-based teaching, including dancing and painting, as a way to understand dry subjects like maths. "At least one third of the school day is taught through the arts,"she says. Students used music "to work with fractions, which are inherently a musical problem."
Elizabeth Savage, Centre for Health Economics Research and Evaluation (22 November 2003)
Business, Nursing, Midwifery & Health
SKY
Health Economist Elizabeth Savage discusses the Medicare Plus package. She argues it does not give any real incentive to doctors who are not bulk billing. She says that internationally Medicare has been a very successful system and a lot of people would argue that it is better to maintain the spirit of Medicare.
Martha Ansara (22 November 2003)
Humanities and Social Sciences
ABC 702
Presenter Simon Marnie says that the AFI awards showed that the film industry is passionately opposed to film and television being included in the US-Australia free trade agreement. He talks to film historian Martha Ansara. Ansara explains that the changes would mean that the Government would be unable to regulate the film industry, including advertisements and educational films, or make minimum Australian content rules.
Associate Professor Wendy Bacon (22 November 2003)
Humanities and Social Sciences
Sydney Morning Herald
Twenty-two years ago Wendy Bacon, Associate Professor at UTS, was prevented by the legal fraternity from being admitted to the NSW Bar. Since then she has made her mark as a reputable journalist and has become part of the Prisoners Action Group. Now she uses her legal skills to fight injustices and defend those who have been victims of the police abusing their power.
Associate Professor David Wilson (24 November 2003)
Information Technology
Computerworld Australia
Whether you are changing direction, or adding to your knowledge, degrees can make a difference and tertiary institutions are keeping a close eye on trends. Associate Dean (education) in the UTS IT Faculty, David Wilson, says local postgraduate applications have been impacted by the IT downturn and as a result new courses have been planned for 2004 that are "practice-based" and involved hands-on experience.
David Paul (25 November 2003)
Business
Sunday Telegraph
David Paul is co-author of a new book titled "Life and Work: Challenging Economic Man". Paul stresses that it is time to inject some humanism into businesses for moral and ethical reasons, and not least for survival. He says, "this is all about getting rid of the mechanistic way of thinking... it's time to try something that is more organic."
Professor Andrew Gonczi, Dean (25 November 2003)
Education
Daily Telegraph
Serious criminal acts have forced education chiefs to spend tens of millions of dollars on security measures. A report by Andrew Gonczi of UTS found there was an average of 1.6 serious incidents per school each year, but many had no serious incidents at all.
Associate Professor Claude Roux, Director, UTS Centre for Forensic Science (25 November 2003)
Science
2SM
New technology means that police are able to lift fingerprints off rough surfaces, like bricks. Associate Professor Claude Roux explains how fingerprinting technology works and what has been done in the latest research to improve these methods.
Professor Ross Milbourne, Vice-Chancellor (26 November 2003)
Executive and Admin
The Australian
UTS has teamed up with communications company Alcatel to develop a program that allows Alcatel's research units to explore future product possibilities by working with universities.
"This is the kind of partnership Australian universities must increasingly foster for research in this country to gain a stronger footing overseas, and for our institutions to be considered equal in prestige," says UTS Vice-Chancellor Ross Milbourne.
Professor Jane Hall, Director, Centre for Health Economics Research and Evaluation (27 November 2003)
Business, Nursing, Midwifery & Health
Business Review Weekly
Professor of Health Economics at UTS, Jane Hall comments on the government expenditure on health and its effects. "We are very much in the middle in terms of how much we spend. But every developed country has universal coverage, except the US, and it does seem that countries with strong government involvement have lower prices and better coverage."
Associate Professor Claude Roux and Katherine Flynn, student (28 November 2003)
Science
ABC online
Australian research has tested new chemical sprays that allow prints to be lifted from surfaces as rough as bricks. Professor Claude Roux of UTS, supervised the research and says "the fingerprint powders in standard use are still effective on most surfaces, but the chemical sprays have expanded the armoury, giving better results on some difficult surfaces."
Associate Professor Claude Roux, Director, UTS Centre for Forensic Science (29 November 2003)
Science
Australian Financial Review, Canberra Times
Forensic scientists at UTS have successfully lifted fingerprints from rough surfaces such as bricks, boosting the effectiveness of a crime-fighting weapon that is now a century old. Director of Forensic Science Claude Roux said standard fingerprint powders were still effective but new chemical sprays had expanded the crime-fighting armoury.
Ruth Thompson, Equity and Diversity Unit (29 November 2003)
Executive and Admin
ABC online, ABC 702 (AM program)
Universities such as UTS are opening doors to refugees holding temporary protection visas. Ruth Thompson says the intention of the scholarship scheme is to extend the right to higher education to people who have no way of affording it and who often have the potential to be brilliant students.
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