Dr Sarah Edelman (November 2005)
Science
Good Medicine
Depression can also contribute to heart disease. Dr Sarah Edelman, research psychologist at UTS says, "It might not rate as highly as smoking and obesity, but it's up there as a major risk factor."

Stephen Grant (1 November 2005)
Jumbunna, Information Technology
Information Age
Indigenous Australians' innate sense for story telling has yielded uniquely high competency in Web design, according to UTS academic Stephen Grant. Indigenous culture management without a written language gives Aborigines and Torres Strait Islanders a head start in developing logical information streams, he says, borne out by their success in UTS's program to give Indigenous people a grounding in ICT as a career precursor.

Professor Igor Hawryskiewycz (1 November 2005)
Information Technology
Information Age
Professor Igor Hawryskiewycz from the Department of Information Systems at UTS writes on the framework for integrating learning into business processes from an IT perspective.

Professor Larissa Behrendt (1 November 2005)
Jumbunna
ABC Kimberley (Broome), ABC Goldfields WA, SBS Ethnic Radio (Melbourne), ABC Central Coast (Gosford)
An Indigenous law expert has warned that the Federal Government's proposed industrial relations changes could disadvantage Aboriginal people. Professor Larissa Behrendt from UTS says statistically Indigenous people are poorer educated and have a lower skill set in the workforce and are more likely to be part of the casualised workforce.

Dr David McKnight (1 November 2005)
Humanities and Social Sciences
Radio Adelaide
ASIO has acknowledged today that deported American activist, Scott Parkin, had not been involved in any dangerous or violent protests whilst in Australia. The admission from Australia's security agency at a Senate hearing has placed in doubt the reason behind his deportation in September this year. Professor David McKnight from UTS has written a book about Australia's intelligence services and says Scott Parkin's deportation demonstrates ASIO has been lowering its risk assessment criteria.

Michelle Zeibots (1 November 2005)
Institute for Sustainable Futures
Inner Western Suburbs Courier
Last week the Government announced plans to hold a high-level review to improve the way it delivers future motorway developments. Following the announcement, Michelle Zeibots, a transport planning expert at UTS, said the motorway infacstructure review had to apply to the M4 East extension.

Associate Professor Patrick Keyzer (2 November 2005)
Law
Sydney Morning Herald, The Australian
Patrick Keyzer, a barrister and Associate Professor of Constitutional Law at UTS, says that despite the doubts expressed by some commentators, as long as the State and Federal Governments comply with recent High Court precedent, then antiterrorism provisions authorising judges to make detention orders are very likely to be found valid in a High Court challenge.

Dr Tanja Dreher (2 November 2005)
Humanities and Social Sciences
Bankstown Canterbury Torch, Auburn Review Pictorial
Racially motivated violence and verbal abuse in NSW soared in the months following the US 2001 September 11 attacks, a new report shows. The report was prepared by Dr Tanja Dreher from UTS for the Community Relations Commission For a Multicultural NSW (CRC) and offers vital insight into the likely impact of more recent events such as the Bali and London bombings on acts of racial vilification within the community.

Professor Pat Brodie (2 November 2005)
Nursing, Midwifery & Health
Camden Advertiser, Campbelltown-Macarthur Advertiser
Sydney South West Area Health Service and UTS Professor of Midwifery Pat Brodie said the midwife model of maternity care is ideal for low-risk women, although the idea is relatively new to Australia. Camden Hospital has given the service the thumbs up.

Professor Bijan Samali (3 November 2005)
Engineering
The Australian
Builders of Sydney's collapsed Lane Cove tunnel pressed ahead underground last night despite calls from the State Opposition to halt construction. Professor of Engineering Bijan Samali from UTS said, "It is a major negligence if people have caused this. There could be all kinds of possibilities - time pressures, inadequate supervision or financial pressures to finish jobs on time or capitalise on bonuses that have been promised."

Associate Professor Paula Hamilton (3 November 2005)
Humanities and Social Sciences
Mosman Daily
Paula Hamilton, an Associate Professor of History at UTS has written a book 'Cracking Awaba', which chronicles the lives of 72 residents during the Depression years in Mosman and the northern beaches.

Professor Michael Wallach (7 November 2005)
Science
Inner Western Suburbs Courier
Professor Michael Wallach, Director of the UTS Institute for the Biotechnology of Infectious Diseases, has warned that antibiotic-resistant microbes will thrive in Australia unless the public, academic and private sectors cooperate in finding new methods of disease control. Professor Wallach says inappropriate use of drugs in rearing livestock and treating people is contributing to the rise of 'super-bugs'.

Professor Tharam Dillon, Dean (7 November 2005)
Information Technology
Australian Financial Review
Tertiary institutions such as UTS and the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology are introducing new programs that focus on high-level specialisation, large-scale project management and soft skills. At UTS, three separate taskforces are investigating the orientation of future degrees, global information technology directions and industry trends. Tharam Dillon, Dean of the IT Faculty at UTS said, "the full impact on education of the industry's transition will become evident in four to five years times as employers demand 'a better interface to business."

Professor Larissa Behrendt (7 November 2005)
Jumbunna
SBS TV
Proposals to take a tougher stand on Indigenous welfare are the latest direction change the Howard Government is making. Professor Larissa Behrendt says she agrees it is important to have Aboriginal people engaged in the workforce, but she is concerned the Government will attempt to put programs in place in regions where there is little opportunity for employment. The Federal Minister for Workplace Relations and Employment says there are going to be changes to some aspects of the welfare system to encourage people to re-enter the workforce.

Dr Murray Pratt (8 November 2005)
Institute for International Studies
ABC Gippsland (Sale)
The streets of cities around France have become the scene for burning cars, petrol bombs and anger over the past 11 nights as members of the French Arab and African communities take their frustrations to the streets. Dr Murray Pratt from UTS discusses the background to the unrest and whether there is anything for Australia to learn from the events.

Professor Andrew Mowbray (9 November 2005)
Law
The Australian
AustLII is a shining light in the free access to law movement. "When we started in 1995, the commercial site that we replaced used to peak at four concurrent users a day - it was just too expensive and too old fashioned," says AustLII cofounder Andrew Mowbray, law professor and computer scientist at UTS. Now on a slow day some 20,000 users hunt through the AustLII site and its more than four million searchable documents.

Associate Professor Chris Nash (9 November 2005)
ACIJ, Humanities and Social Sciences
The Australian
UTS has claimed a legal victory over the ABC after it won the right to use thousands of complaints to the broadcaster for a research project. UTS's Australian Centre for Independent Journalism made a freedom of information application to the NSW Administrative Appeals Tribunal about the ABC's coverage of the Middle East from September 2000 to September 2004. ACIJ Director Chris Nash said the win brought the centre a step closer to a research project by Adjunct Professor and former ABC news and current affairs director Peter Manning into the broadcaster's Middle East coverage.

Associate Professor Alison Lee (9 November 2005)
Education
Campus Review Weekly
The educational resources of universities need to be creatively redeployed to avoid being reactive to political direction and intervention, a leading NSW academic educator has warned. In her Australian Council of Deans of Education-commissioned paper, 'Knowing Our Business", UTS Associate Professor Alison Lee has called for a robust debate about the futures and roles of education faculties, higher education research units and academic development units.

Malcolm McKenzie (9 November 2005)
Executive and Admin
Sydney Morning Herald
Switching careers through extra study can be done but it needs a special commitment. Michael Napthali used to be marketing director for Sony Music's jazz and classical label, but now he is part of the Frankel Lawyers team defending Melbourne University Press, publisher of the Latham Diaries. He enrolled in a full-time master of laws and legal practice degree at UTS and graduated in three years with a speciality in intellectual property, information technology and cyber law. People change careers for many reasons but market forces play a big role, says Malcolm McKenzie, Manager of UTS's Careers Service.

Dr Antony Kidman (9 November 2005)
Science
ABC Goldfields WA
Final exams are looming for year 12 students around Australia. Dr Tony Kidman, adolescent psychologist at UTS, gives some advice to parents on how best to support their children through this time. Kidman suggests parents avoid being anxious and highlights that there are other avenues to pursue a career, such as attending TAFE.

Professor Larissa Behrendt (11 November 2005)
Jumbunna
ABC Radio National
AWAYE! presents the fifth Dr Charles Perkins Memorial Oration. the orators are the Chief Justice of NSW and Professor of Law and Indigenous Studies at UTS, Larissa Behrendt, who is also a Director of the National Institute of Indigenous Law Policy and Practice.

Dr Don Martin (11 November 2005)
Science
Radio Adelaide
Slice of Science segment, talking about nanotechnology. Dr Don Martin from UTS says nanotechnology has actually been around for millions of years. Nanotechnology is about building things from molecules. He talks about some of the major applications of nanotechnology including making medical products. He also says nanotechnology can be used to improve and correct diabetes. He says experiments are currently being performed at UTS.

Associate Professor Len Perry (27 November 2005)
Business
ABC Radio National
Len Perry from the School of Finance and Economics at UTS explains why strike numbers and picket lines are decreasing around Australia. Perry says for the last six consecutive half decade periods the strike rate has declined. Perry says one of the reasons for the decline is that the inflation rate is low at the moment, the second is a parallel decline in union numbers. Union membership is at its lowest rate in 90 years.