Professor Denise Dignam (March 2006)
Nursing, Midwifery & Health
Nursing Review
Leading nursing academic and an advocate of the role of nurses in health care delivery, Professor Denise Dignam, has been appointed Associate Dean (Teaching and Learning) in the Faculty of Nursing, Midwifery and Health at UTS.

Professor Caroline Homer (March 2006)
Nursing, Midwifery & Health
Nursing Review
Interview with UTS Professor of Midwifery Caroline Homer who was part of a research project that developed the new midwifery competency standards.

Rebekka Sommer (1 March 2006)
Science
Yen
Article on religion. How can you create meaning in your life so that you have a sense of identity and fulfillment beyond being a spoke in the great wheel of capitalist progress? The answer, according to Rebekka Sommer, an adolescent psychologist at UTS, is to nurture and develop your spiritual side.

Associate Professor Kevin Broady (2 March 2006)
Science
ABC Gippsland
A Brisbane-based group of researchers has cracked the genetic code for a protein found in Australian snakes that can stop blood clots. Associate Professor Kevin Broady from UTS tells us more about the implications of this development.

Associate Professor Wendy Bacon (3 March 2006)
Humanities and Social Sciences
The Australian
With demand growing for careers in the print and broadcasting industries but the number of jobs declining, is it time to develop a national accreditation program? Wendy Bacon, Associate Professor of Journalism at UTS said she doesn't see how accreditation would improve journalism. "We value our independence, especially given the concentrated nature of Australian media. Industry input is important but our courses can stand on their own merits."

Richard Cashman (3 March 2006)
Business
ABC Newcastle
The Director of the Australian Centre for Olympic Studies at UTS Richard Cashman discusses the Commonwealth Games saying there has been more mention in the media of the Games than of the Winter Olympics. The Commonwealth Games are not a global competition so the standards are not as high as in the Olympics.

Professor Mary Chiarella (7 March 2006)
Nursing, Midwifery & Health
ABC Radio 702 Sydney
The NSW Health Minister has announced that more than 2,000 nurses will be taking part in a nursing road show. Mary Chiarella, a Professor of Clinical Practice Development at UTS thinks that it is a fantastic idea. She went to the first road show and outlines what occurs. Chiarella says a large number of people want to become nurses at the moment.

Anne Bartlett-Bragg (8 March 2006)
Education
The Australian
Students are becoming more demanding of lecturers' time. The electronic message system provides a direct conduit to an academic's office and lecturers in particular are flooded with the demands, questions and requests from their students at all times of the day and night. There are positives says Anne Bartlett-Bragg an education lecturer from UTS. "A lot of Australian kids are pretty boisterous and that's very intimidating for foreign students. They are shy and not going to ask questions in class or stay back, but they send me an e-mail and that gives me an opportunity to look after them and know they are OK."

Professor Michael Adams (8 March 2006)
Law
Australian Financial Review
Article by Michael Adams, Professor of Corporate Law at UTS, on the "Regulatory double act". The creation of the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority and the Australian Securities and Investments Commission was the result of the Wallis Inquiry in 1997. This was intended to establish more contestable, efficient and fair financial markets resulting in reduced costs to consumers and more effective regulation for financial conglomerates, facilitating competition and efficiency.

Louise Remond (8 March 2006)
Science
North Shore Times
A program run by clinical psychologists at the Health Psychology Unit at UTS, who are based at the Royal North Shore Hospital, the "Taking Charge" programs target young people with general anxieties and those unable to cope with the HSC. Dr Louise Remond, one of the clinical psychologists running the program, said they serve as a secondary level of intervention, bridging the gap between support from a school counsellor and one-to-one sessions with a professional psychologist.

Professor Stuart White, Director (9 March 2006)
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Sydney Morning Herald
Last year petrol consumption dropped eight per cent, analysis by the Commonwealth Bank shows. The fall was the sharpest in 20 years and helps explain why rising oil prices have had only a small dampening effect on the economy. The Bank cautions that the switch to public transport has been more "muted" than in previous oil shocks. Professor Stuart White, Director of the Institute for Sustainable Futures at UTS, said the switch would have been "less muted" if public transport was more convenient and frequent.

Professor Mary-Anne Williams (9 March 2006)
Engineering
Channel 10
Mary-Anne Williams from UTS discusses robot soccer. There are four robot soccer puppies on each side in the current four-legged league. The puppies have a colour camera in their nose.

Chris Caines (11 March 2006)
Humanities and Social Sciences
Courier Mail
The Blackberry is a wireless device allowing users to access email, the internet, corporate information and acts as an organiser and mobile phone. UTS media arts lecturer Chris Caines says the Blackberry's reputation as an addictive device is true. He says Blackberry users are likely to show signs of separation anxiety when away from their devices and they could also have a detrimental effect on employees expected to read their e-mail at all times.

Ruth McCausland (12 March 2006)
Jumbunna
ABC Radio National
A $5 million experiment called shared responsibility is being tried out in a number of Aboriginal communities. Ruth McCausland, a lecturer from Jumbunna at UTS, says shared responsibility agreements are the public face of the Government's new arrangements in Indigenous policy.

Professor Tharam Dillon, Dean (13 March 2006)
Information Technology
Australian Financial Review
Until recently, IT professionals who wanted training in management and business opted for broad-spectrum courses or MBAs. This can be a problem according to the Dean of the IT Faculty at UTS Tharam Dillon. "The problem with that is they are not designed for IT people so they are disconnected from the issues they face. There has to be a retraining of the technologist that involves teaching IT to think like business."

Associate Professor Sam Reisenfeld (14 March 2006)
Engineering
MX Sydney
An international broadband conference was today told voice over the internet protocol (VoIP) mobile handsets would be a realistic option in four years. UTS Associate Professor Sam Reisenfeld said internet calls could cut mobile phone costs from 50 cents a minute to about $2 a day. But callers are likely to have to deal with smaller wireless internet providers as the big telcos are unlikely to invest in the technology after spending billions on 3G.

Meredith Jones (14 March 2006)
Institute for Interactive Media and Learning
Inner Western Suburbs Courier
As cosmetic surgery gains acceptance in the mainstream community, Marrickville resident and UTS academic Meredith Jones has claimed that having a procedure will soon become the norm. Ms Jones spoke at and organised a seminar last Friday where she highlighted how cosmetic surgery had influenced broader culture, especially architecture.

Dr Deepak Sharma (14 March 2006)
Engineering
The Standard
Addressing a seminar on the future of the electricity market in Hong Kong last week, Deepak Sharma, Director of the Energy Planning Policy Program at UTS, described the current negotiations with the power companies as being obscured by "ideological' issues".

Peter Manning (15 March 2006)
Humanities and Social Sciences
ABC Radio 702 Sydney, ABC 720 Perth, ABC 612 Brisbane,
Communication Minister Helen Coonan has proposed that advertising could perhaps feature on the ABC. Peter Manning, a senior lecturer in journalism at UTS says ads on the ABC is a "no-no" and people in the bush who depend on the ABC would support this. He says adverts will bring pressures which effect editorial content.

Penny Crofts (16 March 2006)
Law
MX
More than a decade after brothels were declared legal in Sydney, business is booming according to Penny Crofts, a senior criminology lecturer at UTS. Sex dens evolved from hidden and dirty "cash in hand" operations to good businesses. She believes people's beliefs should not prevent a brothel from operating as long as it does not affect the amenity of the area.

Jennifer Burn (18 March 2006)
Law
Courier Mail
Chantima, a young girl from Thailand was offered work in the "hospitality industry" which turned out to be working in a brothel six to seven days a week and owing $45,000. Jennifer Burn, an immigration lawyer helping Chantima is also a senior lecturer in law at UTS and the director of the Anti-Slavery Project. Burn said the mission of the Anti-Slavery Project is to eradicate human trafficking and slavery in Australia.

Dr Antony Kidman, Director (19 March 2006)
Science
Sun Herald
Once intended for rest and recreation, the two-day weekend has been usurped by the demands of twenty-first century living. "Techno stress" stemming from the globalisation of technology is impinging on people's lives says Dr Antony Kidman, Director of the Health Psychology Unit at UTS. We have the longest working hours of any country, people are spending less time with their families and this can cause strain.

Pauline Webber (21 March 2006)
Humanities and Social Sciences
Inner Western Suburbs Courier
Foreign film festivals are thriving in Sydney. "Food and film are undoubtedly two ways to experience a new culture," says Pauline Webber, a lecturer in the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences at UTS, "and I don't care how middle class that sounds," she added.

Dr Tanja Dreher (22 March 2006)
Humanities and Social Sciences & Shopfront, Humanities and Social Sciences
MX (Sydney)
UTS lecturer Dr Tanja Dreher, who has a PhD in media studies, has researched racism over several years. She says an "us and them" mentality harboured by many after the Cronulla Riots and tensions involving Bulldogs fans have caused Muslim women to fear going out.

Mark Roxburgh (22 March 2006)
Design, Architecture and Building
The Australian
Article by Mark Roxburgh from UTS on the surge in private sector courses, a bonus for universities. UTS's visual communication degree celebrates its 30th anniversary this year with an exhibition of prominent alumni work. The exhibition Work/Play: 30 years of Visual Communications at UTS runs in Sydney until Friday.

Associate Professor David Wilson (22 March 2006)
Information Technology
Computerworld Australia
UTS Faculty of Information Technology Associate Dean, Professor David Wilson, said even though IT enrolments took a slight dip this year, UTS has had consistent demand for the four previous years. The newest offering is a combined IT and business degree introduced for the 2004 intake which has become increasingly popular.

Professor Martin Nakata, Director (23 March 2006)
Jumbunna
National Indigenous Times and Koori Mail
Indigenous leader and activist "Uncle" Chicka Dixon is being awarded a Doctor of Letters, honoris causa, by UTS during its May graduation ceremonies. The champion of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander rights has worked closely with the University's Jumbunna Indigenous House of Learning from its inception in 1987, until his retirement in 2000. Professor Martin Nakata said Chicka was one of the great heroes of the Indigenous rights movement in Australia.

Professor Jordan Louviere (23 March 2006)
Business
Business Review Weekly
A group of senior academics has completed a serious study into what Australian consumers will want from space tourism. Jordan Louviere, Professor of Marketing at UTS is one of the research team. The project's advisory board included the second man to walk on the moon, Apollo 11 astronaut Buzz Aldrin.

Sue Halbwirth (24 March 2006)
Humanities and Social Sciences
The Australian
Sue Halbwirth is a Lecturer in Knowledge Management in the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences at UTS and also works for Austrade managing its information services. Knowledge management has grown as an approach to looking at an organisation in terms of what knowledge there is within it and how to capture that information into containers such as databases and libraries., she says.

Dr Lydia Ievleva (26 March 2006)
Business
Sun Herald
Peace of mind has a price tag. Whether it's the crack of thunder or an indoor water feature that helps you loosen up, technology has the answer. Dr Lydia Ievleva, a UTS lecturer said, "Most of the technologies mentioned have documented benefits, for example, they increase alpha brain waves, which are associated with relaxation."

Professor Ross Gibson (27 March 2006)
Design, Architecture and Building
Australian Financial Review
UTS has launched a new media creative workspace for researchers and academics. The UTS New Media Virtual Studio aims at empowering scientists, economists, engineers, designers, cultural theorists and others to experiment, collaborate and publicly exhibit UTS's wide ranging work in new media online. UTS New Media and Digital Culture Professor Ross Gibson said the studio had been developed in three layers - the core was a private "artists studio" the middle was a group workroom and the outer edge was a public showcase.

Professor Shirley Alexander, Director (27 March 2006)
Institute for Interactive Media and Learning
Australian Financial Review
UTS recently set up an online discussion board for its Masters of Education e-learning course to combat the loneliness that has long troubled distance learners. "New technologies are the building blocks for e-learning," says Shirley Alexander, the Director of the Institute for Interactive Media and Learning.

Associate Professor Len Perry (27 March 2006)
Business
ABC Radio National
Associate Professor L J Perry of School of Finance and Economics at UTS talks about the growing importance of India both politically and economically.

Professor Jane Hall (27 March 2006)
Nursing, Midwifery & Health
Radio Adelaide
Professor Jane Hall, Director of the Centre for Health Economics Research and Evaluation at UTS, says she does not believe Medicare needs major surgery, although the safety net initiative has cost more than predicted. Hall is giving a free public lecture on health reform at UTS.

Professor Ashley Craig (28 March 2006)
Science
ABC Riverina (Wagga Wagga)
Discussion about talking on mobile phones while driving. Professor Ashley Craig from UTS will pull over before answering. He says the brain is like a computer - the more function you ask a brain to conduct the less capacity it has to give to each individual task. Craig finds it difficult to believe using a mobile phone would enhance your capacity while driving.

Professor Cathrine Fowler (29 March 2006)
Nursing, Midwifery & Health
The Australian
Tresillian nurses have moved on to campus. "It's a growing field and the type of employment for the nurses is changing," says Cathrine Fowler, the new Tresillian Professor of Child and Family Health at UTS. The joint appointment is part of a deal between the family health organisation and UTS where registered nurses undergo Tresillian training at the university.

Professor Larissa Behrendt (29 March 2006)
Jumbunna
ABC Radio National
Larissa Behrendt, Professor of Law and Indigenous Studies at UTS says the problem with big ideas is that when they go wrong they are big disasters. She cites examples like communism and globalisation. She says the idea of reconciliation is a big idea but works best when it is applied on the small scale. "It's not the size of the idea that matters but the context in which it flourishes."

Dr Garry Glazebrook (30 March 2006)
Design, Architecture and Building
Radio 2GB
Talking with Garry Glazebrook, Transport Planning Consultant and expert from UTS who says you cannot have a growing city without adding extra infrastructure. Glazebrook says $10 billion in motorways have been added but public transport has lagged behind, though the Government has announced certain things like the north-west/south-west rail link.