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Last updated: Tuesday, 22 May 2012
Koalaland: Social Networking for Koalas
Classroom Organisation and Management Program
Australia Quartet - second free UTS concert
Discount Madame Tussauds, Sydney Aquarium tickets
Recordkeeping Essentials Training
Professional Development for UTS Staff
Creative Writing - Short courses
Seminar: Look out for your eyes
Extremely Large Scale Interaction Design
Staff Survey: Voice your views and WIN!
Call for nominations to HR promotions committees
U Tea S, Australia’s Biggest Morning Tea this week
Position vacant: NMH Marcomms Officer (full time)
Lunch with the Forensic Face and Body Unit
What’s happening with Unisuper?
Staff Survey response rate
HELPS: Exam preparation workshop
The Green Economy Debate: Tax mining till it hurts
Research seminar in economics - 21 May
Research seminar in finance - 23 May
Are you stressed? Learn Tai Chi for free
Expressions of interest: Equity Reference Group
Seeking EOIs to tutor media studies sub major 2013
Paid consulting opportunity
Fulbright information session - revised time
Seeing China documentary film screenings
China Research Centre Seminar Series
Author Talk by Anthony Macris
Salary Sacrifice of Leave Accruals on Termination
Martinis, Massages and Manicures
Seminar: Citizenship’s Globality
Staff Survey now open!
Call for nominations to HR promotions committees
Getting emotional about management
Seminar this Friday 4pm, CB04.5.01
IT desktop application training discounted voucher
UniSuper - Federal Budget 2012 Overview
Timor-Leste research event
Reminder CenSoC Seminar Series Tuesday 15 May 2012
7th UTS Ethics in Finance Panel Discussion
Volunteers needed
Healthy Heart Week challenges
International Students’ Info Day
Creative Writing - Short courses
MDG Seminar: The Blue/Green Alliance
Power Outages at UTS Library
Winter wellness & diabetes session - Kuring-gai
Everything you wanted to know about diabetes
Submissions for the next UTS Insider due Friday
Do you know what’s happening around you?
City power shutdowns: Building 5 incl. Library
UTS Staff Social Club Mother Day raffle
Research seminar in economics - 14 May
Research seminar in finance - 16 May
FYE forum - date change
UTSpeaks: Culturing innovation
UTSpeaks: Your certain death
Nominate your Green Hero for an award
New process for submitting screen content to MCU
AARE Grant writing workshop - 8 June, 2012
CHERE Research Review Day
Wear a hat for Hat Day for mental health
Interested in art on campus?
Vacancy: Director External & Research Engagement
Nurses wanted to participate in cognitive research
Assistant Student Ombud 2-3 Positions
Internal Vacancy: Student Centre Officers
Win for your charity - 10 000 steps challenge
Mother’s Day Classic
Lunchtime walking group
DAB LAB Research Gallery
Design Exhibition: Yardmaster - Wed 30 May
YARDMASTER: Reducing the effect of overcrowding in remote Indigenous housing. An exhibition of research by Christian Tietz, Tasman Munro and Greg Norman
Overcrowding results in Indigenous Australians utilising the yard areas surrounding the house as living environments. These areas are typically barren and lack facilities. Data from the National Indigenous Housing Guide shows less than half the housing has any outdoor cooking facilities and 16% of houses have no verandahs.
In response to these findings the Yardmaster utility unit was developed to introduce power, water, shelter, lighting, work benches, washing facilities and storage to outdoor living spaces.
Opening Wednesday 30 May
6 to 8pm
All welcome
Gallery open Monday to Friday,
10am to 5pm
30 May to 20 June, 2012
DAB LAB Research Gallery, building 6, level 4 courtyard
ph: ext. 8016
For more information please go to:
http://www.dab.uts.edu.au/dablab
DAB LAB sponsored by Oysterbay Wines and Coopers Brewery
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DAB LAB Discussions
Koalaland: Social Networking for Koalas
A discussion by Designer Mark Gerada
As the Australian Government classifies a national icon endangered, Mark Gerada shares his thoughts on how koalas and humans can live together in one of the nation’s fastest growing urban footprints, the Koala Coast of South East Queensland.
Discussing the challenges of working with an open brief, Mark works across social networking, illustration, planning recommendations and publication design in an attempt to develop a campaign that communicates to everyone - the people, government and the building industry. As a symbol of the survival of our own species, Mark asks, "Can we create communities where the needs of flora and fauna come first?"
Date: Tuesday 29 May, 2012
Time: 5.30pm
Venue: Interactivation Studio, DAB Building 6, level 4 courtyard
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Isabelle Golden
Classroom Organisation and Management Program
You are warmly invited to attend the Classroom Organisation and Management Program Seminar which will be delivered by Sue O’Neill.
Date: 23 May, 2012
Time: 12pm to 1pm
Venue: Conference room KG2.320, Kuring-gai campus
Look forward to seeing you there!
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Jacqui Smith
Australia Quartet - second free UTS concert
Needing some soothing, mid-semester free music? Come along to the next concert in the UTS chamber music series and hear the wonderful Australia Quartet, UTS Piano Quartet in Residence.
This year we will be presenting a series of four free Tuesday evening concerts at UTS and warmly invite you to join us on this exciting musical journey.
Tamara Anna Cislowska - piano
Veronique Serret - violin
James Wannan - viola
Thomas Rann - cello
F.X. Mozart - Piano Quartet in g minor
Sculthorpe - Landscape II for piano quartet (1979)
Dvorak - Piano Quartet in E flat Op. 87
Date: Tuesday 29 May, 2012
Time: 6.30pm
Venue: Bon Marche Studio
755 Harris Street UTS Broadway
Bon Marche Building CB03.01.05
Featuring acclaimed Australian pianist, Tamara Anna Cislowka (founder of the Mozart Piano Quartet in Berlin), ACO violinist extraodinaire Veronique Serret, renowned viola soloist and chamber musician James Wannan and internationally acclaimed cellist Thomas Rann, the ensemble promises to be an inspiring and colourful addition to the Australian musical landscape.
The program features music of the rarely heard FX Mozart, son of the more famous Wolfgang Amadeus, as well as piano quartets by the evocative Dvorak and well-known Australian composer, Peter Sculthorpe. The Sculthorpe will feature prepared piano.
Enquiries: australiaquartet@uts.edu.au
Entry by donation
Please like us on facebook.com/australiaquartet
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Paul Brien
Discount Madame Tussauds, Sydney Aquarium tickets
UTS Union Newsagency (702-730 Harris St, Ultimo), Broadway Union Store (Level 3 Tower Building), The Hub (Markets campus) and Kuring-gai Union Store now sell discounted Adult tickets to the very popular Madame Tussauds exhibition.
Also available are adult tickets to the Sydney Aquarium and spectacular Sydney Eye. Credit card and EFTPOS available (sorry no kids or concessions).
Take advantage of this great offer particularly if you have visitors to our beautiful city of Sydney.
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Sharron Baker
Recordkeeping Essentials Training
Recordkeeping Essentials (formerly known as Records Management Awareness) is designed to give staff an overview of the Records Management Program at UTS. The session covers staff responsibilities, legislative compliance, policies and procedures. This is a good opportunity to get insight into how the records system works and what is required from you to ensure records are created, captured and managed appropriately.
All staff are encouraged to attend a session, particularly if you are new to UTS, have not attended a previous session, or would like a refresher.
The next sessions are scheduled for:
Thursday 7 June 2012
2pm to 3pm
CB10.06.430 (HR Training Room 2)
Tuesday 7 August 2012
10am to 11am
CB10.06.430 (HR Training Room 2)
To reserve a place, RSVP to sharron.baker@uts.edu.au.
Further details are available at the Training link on the University Records website at http://www.records.uts.edu.au.
Recordkeeping Essentials will be followed by the Records Contact User Group Meeting specifically aimed at Records Contacts. Records Contacts attending should send an RSVP to sharron.baker@uts.edu.au.
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Training and Development Services
Professional Development for UTS Staff
Training and Development services offers short courses and qualifications to help accelerate your career. We are committed to enhancing client learning and assessment through delivery of exemplary training and flexible learning programs. A 10% discount is available for UTS staff.
To enrol in any courses email tds@uts.edu.au or call ext. 3828
Courses are held in Building 10, level 8, room 202. Courses throughout June are below:
Face 2 Face Skills for collabrative learning (4-5 June)
Continuous Improvement (12 June)
Risk Management (13 June)
Project Management (18 June)
Performance Management (19 June)
Financial Management (22 June)
Visit the UTS website for a full list of TDS courses. http://www.tds.uts.edu.au/
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Training and Development Services
Creative Writing - Short courses
From 2012 the UTS Centre for New Writing introduces its revised short courses program. Courses start in June and include:
Masterclass in Memoir (14 June)
To E or not to E (E-publishing course) (11 July)
UTS offers the largest postgraduate writing program in Australia as well as the largest number of professional writers on staff: John Dale, Debra Adelaide, Gabrielle Carey, Tony Macris, Martin Harrison, Margot Nash and Delia Falconer. Other part-time writing lecturers include Tom Gilling, Tegan Daylight, Barbara Brooks, Jean Bedford, Katrina Foster and Mark Mordue.
To enrol in any courses email tds@uts.edu.au , call ext. 3828 or visit the website http://www.communication.uts.edu.au/centres/new-writing/courses/index.html
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Dominique Grady
Seminar: Look out for your eyes
Macular degeneration is the leading cause of blindness and severe vision loss in Australia. 1 in 7 people over the age of 50 are affected in some way.
Topics: Symptoms, risk factors, treatment options and the importance of nutrition and lifestyle
Presenter: Macular Degeneration Foundation
When: Thursday 31 May, 2012
Time: 12.30pm to 1.30pm
Where: Building 10, level 6, room 430
Light lunch provided. To book your place, email dominique.grady@uts.edu.au.
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DAB LAB Discussions
Extremely Large Scale Interaction Design
A discussion by Dick Rijken
Dick Rijken will talk about Interaction Design at different levels of scale: what infrastructures can be envisioned for individual citizens, for neighbourhoods, cities, regions or countries and how can those be made or grown? He will talk about his research for the Dutch Cultural Council, where he advised the national government on ’media wisdom’ and ’e-culture’, with an emphasis on large scale facilitation of individual expression and reflection-’networks of meaning’.
He will also talk about several projects for libraries, archives and museums, about what the Open Design movement means at the individual level, and about his work at STEIM, a laboratory for electronic live performance in Amsterdam. But he likes a lively discussion more than a formal talk, so who knows what will happen?
Date: Thursday 24 May, 2012
Time: 5pm
Venue: Interactivation Studio, building 6, level 4 courtyard
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Jennifer Lacoon
Staff Survey: Voice your views and WIN!
The 2012 UTS Staff Survey opened on 14 May and 47% of you have already voiced your views. If you haven’t yet, please make sure your voice is heard. To complete the survey, go to
http://www.staffsurvey2012.uts.edu.au
The survey is completely anonymous and confidential. The information you provide – including any demographic data – is completely anonymous. On completing the survey, you’ll be eligible to enter the draw to win 1 of 3 iPads.
Voice Project is hosting the survey and our results will be benchmarked against 2500 organisations, including 35 other Australian universities, and our own 2009 responses.
For more information and access to our 2009 results, go to
http://www.pqu.uts.edu.au/tracking-performance/Staff-Survey.html
The staff survey closes soon. Please make sure you complete the survey before Friday 25 May.
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John Hartigan
Call for nominations to HR promotions committees
Nominations are invited to fill impending academic staff vacancies on the Academic Promotions Committees.
CLOSE OF NOMINATIONS
Tuesday 29 May, 2012 at 3pm.
POSITIONS AVAILABLE
· 4 Professors (2 males, 2 females)
· 4 Associate Professors (2 males, 2 females)
· 4 Senior Lecturers (2 males, 2 females)
The terms of office will be approximately 3 years.
Candidates should note that there are two terms of office, for each academic level. The terms of office are from:
· Declaration of poll – 30 June 2015
· Tuesday 1 January 2013 – 31 December 2015
Candidates are advised that there will be a position for a person from each gender, at each academic level and for each term of office.
ABOUT THE ELECTION
Election information and nomination forms for these positions are available on the UTS: Elections website at http://www.gsu.uts.edu.au/elections/schedule/staff.html
ELECTORATE
Who can be candidate?
Professor
Fixed term and continuing academic staff members of the University holding the position of Professor at UTS at the date nominations close can stand as candidates in this election.
Associate Professor
Fixed term and continuing academic staff members of the University holding the position of Associate Professor or above at UTS at the date nominations close can stand as candidates in this election.
Senior Lecturer
Fixed term and continuing academic staff members of the University holding the position of Senior Lecturer or above at UTS at the date nominations close can stand as candidates in this election.
Candidates will be elected by Academic Board members. Whilst candidates do not have to be members of Academic Board, they must be endorsed by nominators who are current members of Academic Board.
PLEASE NOTE: Academics appointed as Dean, Associate Dean or a member of the Senior Executive should not stand as candidates for these positions, as they may be called to serve on the committee as part of their role.
ABOUT NOMINATIONS
Only members of the Academic Board are eligible to nominate candidates or vote in this election, however, candidates do not have to be Academic Board members.
Nominations must be completed in accordance with the instructions on the nomination form. The nomination form is available on the GSU website at http://www.gsu.uts.edu.au/elections/schedule/staff.html.
If a candidate wishes to be nominated for election on more than one committee, a separate nomination form must be used for each position nominated. Further, if a candidate statement is to be submitted it must be forwarded by email concurrently with submission of the nomination form(s).
Completed nomination forms must reach the Electoral Officer by the close of nominations.
Late nominations will not be accepted.
BALLOT
If a ballot is necessary at the close of nominations, it will be conducted using the online election system commencing on Tuesday, 19 June 2012 and closing at 3pm on Tuesday, 3 July 2012.
FURTHER INFORMATION
For further electoral information, please contact the Electoral Officer on 02 9514 9811 or at elections@uts.edu.au.
John Hartigan
Registrar and Returning Officer
22 May, 2012
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Geoff Brooke-Smith
U Tea S, Australia’s Biggest Morning Tea this week
’Australia’s Biggest Morning Tea’ will be taking place Thursday 24 May from 8.30am to 11.30am on the Concourse level of Tower building 1. This Cancer Council event raises funds to support improved cancer research treatment, education and preventative programs, and to provide support services to patients and their families.
We will be serving up a regular espresso coffee, tea or hot choc with scones and condiments for $5, of which UTS Union will be donating $3 to the Cancer Council. Cash donations may also be made at this event, at any Union Cafe outlet or, if you are unable to attend the event, online at http://nsw.cancercouncilfundraising.org.au/personalPage.aspx?registrationID=424854
All Union cafe outlets including the Concourse Cafe, the Loft, Harris St Cafe, The Hub at Haymarket campus and the Kuring-gai Bar/Cafe will be also donating $1 per hot drink sold on the day.
While the Union has committed our support to this event for the past four years, this year our fundraising is in honour of Tom O’Sullivan, the late CEO of UTS Union and good friend to many at UTS.
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Nicole Scott
Position vacant: NMH Marcomms Officer (full time)
Applications are now open for the role of Marketing and Communications Officer (NMH).
This role is dynamic, creative and autonomous and would suit someone who is always seeking to improve the way things are done.
Reporting to the Marketing and Communications Manager, you will be responsible for ensuring the effective implementation of marketing and communication strategies for brand management, student recruitment and research promotion for the Faculty of Nursing, Midwifery and Health.
For more information and to apply, visit:
http://www.jobs.uts.edu.au/job/job_details.cfm?id=737145
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Meiya Sutisno
Lunch with the Forensic Face and Body Unit
The Forensic Face and Body Mapping Unit is inviting you to lunch!
Help us combat identity theft and terrorism and strengthen border security. Discover the science of face and body mapping! It has the potential for "identification" and not "recognition"!
We are seeking your participation. Volunteers are required for a forensic study of the face and body to develop innovative techniques of identification. UTS HREC approval number 2009-149A.
We are holding a pizza lunch (with fruits & drinks) for prospective volunteers on Wednesday 23 May, from 12noon to 2pm, in the level 4 Tea Room of building 4 (Thomas Street side).
While you enjoy lunch on us, we can find a time that suits you best to participate in our study!
Participating also gives you the chance to win $100 gift voucher of your choice!
Please RSVP for catering purposes to:
Jenna, Joey or Lyndsay at the "Forensic Face and Body Mapping Unit" by email at uts.forensicmapping@ymail.com, phone on ext. 4130 or mobile: 0450 069 381.
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Belinda Viset
What’s happening with Unisuper?
All UTS staff are invited to participate in a forum about super, hosted by the NTEU (UTS Branch). The National Tertiary Education Union (NTEU) is the union for all university staff.
What’s happening with UniSuper?
Where: Tower building 1, level 6, room 12D (above the Great Hall).
Date: Tuesday 29 May, 2012
Time: 12.30pm to 2pm
Guest Speakers:
· Grahame McCulloch (National Secretary, NTEU)
· Rosalie de Gabriele (UTS staff representative, Unisuper Consultative Committee)
· Representative from UTS to be confirmed
All welcome.
Contact Belinda on ext. 2760 or nteu@uts.edu.au for more information.
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Jennifer Lacoon
Staff Survey response rate
Thanks to all staff who have completed the UTS Staff Survey. Our current overall response rate is 28%. If you have not had a chance to complete the Survey, please go to:
http://www.staffsurvey2012.uts.edu.au
The survey is completely anonymous and confidential. Individual responses are not identifiable and only results from areas with 10 or more responses will be reported. For more information and access to our 2009 results, go to:
http://www.pqu.uts.edu.au/tracking-performance/Staff-Survey.html
Your feedback counts, so please have your say and voice your views!
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Sang-Eun Oh
HELPS: Exam preparation workshop
"How do I prepare for my exams?"
"What kinds of questions will be asked?"
"What is the best approach to answer them?"
The exam preparation workshop focuses on practical approaches to revise and prepare for exams, the types of exam questions and how to plan strategically, so that students can tackle an exam more confidently.
When: Wednesday 23 May 11am to 12noon; repeat session Wednesday 30 May 11am to 12noon
For more information including online registration, please visit http://www.ssu.uts.edu.au/helps/workshops
If you think your students would benefit from these, please refer them to the website. Thank you.
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Georgia Markakis
The Green Economy Debate: Tax mining till it hurts
The theme for World Environment Day 2012 is The Green Economy: Does it include you?
To celebrate, UTS Green and UTS Library will be hosting a Talk it Up! Forum – The Green Economy Debate a debate between UTS Business School students and the UTS Debating Society exploring the topic: Tax mining till it hurts.
So bring your lunch and join us for what promises to be a lively and entertaining debate.
Date: Thursday, 7 June
Time: 1pm to 2pm
Venue: City Campus Library, level 3, Learning Commons
For more information:
https://www.lib.uts.edu.au/news/19241/green-economy-debate-talk-it-forum-thursday-7-june-1pm
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Lakmali Dias
Research seminar in economics - 21 May
Topic: What can we learn from Australia’s conscription lotteries?
Speaker: Peter Siminski, University of Wollongong
Abstract:
The Australian conscription lotteries of 1965-1972 are a unique and underutilised resource for studying the effects of army service and veterans’ programs. Drawing on many data sources and 25 years of related US literature, we present a comprehensive analysis of this natural experiment, examining indicators of health, personal economic outcomes, family outcomes and educational attainment. We discuss the numerous potential mechanisms involved and the limitations of available data.
Seminar paper can be downloaded from:
http://www.finance.uts.edu.au/research/seminars/economics/120524.pdf
Date: Monday 21 May, 2012
Time: 12noon to 1.15pm
Venue: Building 5, D block, level 3, room 1 (1-59 Quay Street, Haymarket)
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Lakmali Dias
Research seminar in finance - 23 May
Topic: Customers as advisors: The role of social media in financial markets
Speaker: Byoung Hwang, Purdue University
Abstract:
This paper investigates the extent to which peer-based advice transmitted through social media affects the stock market. We conduct textual analysis of articles published on Seeking Alpha, a popular social-media platform among investors. We find that the views expressed in these articles associate strongly with contemporaneous and subsequent stock returns, and help predict earnings surprises. The social media effect is stronger for articles that receive more attention and for companies likely to be neglected by traditional advice sources. The association remains strong for companies with no mentioning in the Dow Jones News Service in the week surrounding the publication of the Seeking Alpha article. Together, these findings point to the importance of social media as both a source of peer-based advice and a channel through which views become reflected in stock prices.
Seminar paper can be downloaded from:
http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1807265
Date: Wednesday 23 May, 2012
Time: 12noon to 1pm
Venue: Building 5, D block, level 3, room 1 (1-59 Quay Street, Haymarket)
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Shuai Zheng
Are you stressed? Learn Tai Chi for free
A UTS Postgraduate student is conducting a clinical trial to investigate the effects of six weeks of Tai Chi practice on anxiety in healthy but stressed people.
We are asking anyone who is stressed and interested in Tai Chi to partake in our research. If you are suitable you will be randomised into one of three groups, will receive 6 weeks of Tai Chi lessons or 12 weeks of free gym membership at the UTS Fitness Centre.
If you applied last year and missed out you are welcome to try again this year.
If you are interested please email taichiuts@y7mail.com and we’ll send you an information pack.
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John Hartigan
Expressions of interest: Equity Reference Group
Expressions of interest are invited from continuing and fixed term staff members, to fill a number of representative positions on the Equity Reference Group, a consultative Committee of Council.
The Equity Reference Group reports to Council on the University’s equity and diversity performance and provides advice on any action which might be taken by Council in terms of the University’s Equal Opportunity and Diversity policy.
Positions vacant:
There is a position vacant for a staff representative from the following equity target groups:
· women
· Australian Indigenous people
· people from non-English speaking backgrounds(NESB)
· gay and lesbian people
· people with disabilities
The term of office for these positions is continuing and the Equity Reference Group meets at least twice a year.
Expressions of interest for these positions must reach the Electoral Officer at elections@uts.edu.au by 3pm on Wednesday 30 May 2012.
When submitting your expression of interest, please clearly identify which equity target group you intend to represent e.g. John Smith for people from NESB.
If more than one expression of interest is received for any of the available staff representative positions, the successful candidate(s) will be determined by the drawing of lots. If required, the drawing of lots will take place on 5 June, 2012.
Late expressions of interest will not be accepted.
For more information regarding the Equity Reference Group, see
http://www.gsu.uts.edu.au/council/committees/equity-reference.html
For further information, please contact the Electoral Officer, call ext. 9811 or email elections@uts.edu.au.
John Hartigan
Registrar and Returning Officer
16 May, 2012
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Catriona Bonfiglioli
Seeking EOIs to tutor media studies sub major 2013
Expressions of interest are sought from academics interested in joining our already excellent team of Media Studies Sub Major tutors in 2013.
EOIs from people new to tutoring are also welcome where the applicant has professional media experience and/or research experience in media studies.
Please send a brief expression of interest and CV to catriona.bonfiglioli@uts.edu.au. Please note whether you are already on the FASS eligibility list, what subjects in the BA Communication, if any, you have taught before and what your availability in 2013 is likely to be.
Many thanks
Catriona ext. 2290
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Brian Leis
Paid consulting opportunity
accessUTS is a wholly owned entity and a commercial arm of UTS, sitting within the Commercial Division. We have a number of business lines, including the provision of all aspects of program management services for projects and programs of any size, including tenders.
accessUTS is currently pursuing a tender opportunity with a government body to deliver a population based inception cohort study of people injured following land transport related accidents in NSW. The study will consist of appropriately measured prognostic factors and outcomes. It will also include measures of claims and legal factors within the Compulsory Third Party (CTP) Personal Injury Insurance Scheme and other relevant NSW compensation systems. The study will have the capacity to identify successful strategies and interventions that could improve health and social outcomes particularly those that involve compensation factors.
Significant travel to major cities within NSW is anticipated.
If you feel you have the qualifications, experience and interest to be involved with this project, please email your one page expression of interest, detailing your qualifications and experience, to Rosemary.douglas@uts.edu.au as soon as possible.
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Cheryl Walker
Fulbright information session - revised time
Please find that the start time of the Fulbright information session for study or research in the United States in 2013 has been moved from 3pm to 4pm, to the new time of 4pm to 5pm on Monday 21 May, 2012.
A Fulbright Scholarship offers a unique opportunity to engage in study or research at a university or approved research centre in the US and provides the opportunity to build personal and professional networks that last a lifetime.
Who should attend: Honours and PhD candidates, Postgraduate and Postdoctoral researchers, Academic staff and PhD supervisors.
Date: 21 May, 2012
Time: 4pm to 5pm (Revised Time)
Venue: Building 4, level 2, room 34
If you would like to attend the information session, please email research.grants@uts.edu.au to RSVP by 18 May, 2012.
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Claire Moore
Seeing China documentary film screenings
"Seeing China: Documentary Films from the Yunnan Multi Culture Visual Festival (Yunfest)"
Dates: 1 to 8 June, 2012
Location: Building 2, level 4, room 4.11
The UTS China Research Centre, with generous support form the Australian Centre on China in the World Resources Grant program, is excited to present a series of five public film screenings and discussions on Chinese independent documentary film.
The series opens on Friday, 1 June, with a screening of new work by one of China’s most active female documentary filmmakers, "When the Bough Breaks" by Ji Dan (2011), and concludes on Friday 8 June with the internationally acclaimed documentary, "Petition: The Court of Complainants" by Zhao Liang (2009).
"Seeing China" will explore the range of contemporary practices in documentary filmmaking in China today with screenings of recent films selected from the Yunfest catalogue. Films in this series address contemporary issues ranging from migrant families and petitioners in Beijing to a country doctor and his clinic in rural Gansu Province to the search for joy and life’s purpose amongst art students in urban Kunming, Yunnan Province.
A full program, film synopses, and venue map are available online at http://china.uts.edu.au.
All films are open to the public and free of charge.
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Claire Moore
China Research Centre Seminar Series
Professor Victor Sit presents "The New Global Economy and New Direction of China’s Urbanisation’
Date: Thursday 24 May, 2012
Time: 5.30pm for a 6pm start
Venue: Haymarket campus, building CM05B, lecture theatre 01.12 – located in the UTS Law Faculty on level 1 (street level). All welcome.
RSVP via http://datasearch2.uts.edu.au/crc/news-events/events-detail.cfm?ItemId=30355
"The New Global Economy and New Direction of China’s Urbanisation"
In this public talk, Professor Sit will analyse the main characteristics of the Chinese economy prior to 2008, and explore the impact of the unfolding new global economy on China’s economic restructuring.
It is argued that the Global Economic Crisis has led to a new economic dynamic in China: the Second Global Shift. This has already forced the Chinese government to take domestic demand as an important national development strategy. Both of these, together with the increasing stress on a low-carbon economy, bring new driving forces into China’s urbanisation. The dual forces of domestic demand and globalization will move China toward a more spatially balanced urbanisation in the coming thirty years. Thus, China’s new urbanisation of China will likely be embedded in a low-carbon economy and local forces in the context of the country’s transition towards a major global economy. This new urbanisation in China will be more coordinated, being a pre-planned development to minimise land consumption, with higher value-added industries, more skilled labour, more inter-regional interaction, and less trade creative.
Professor Victor Fung Shuen Sit was raised and educated in Hong Kong, and obtained his B.A. (Hon.) and M.A. degrees from the University of Hong Kong. During 1974-77 he studied at the London School of Economics in the UK where he was awarded a Ph.D. From 1977 to 2007 he held the position of Professor in the Department of Geography, at the University of Hong Kong. He is currently Founding Director of the Advanced Institute For Contemporary China Studies, Hong Kong Baptist University.
Professor Sit has authored and edited more than 40 books and published over 100 papers in international academic journals, with city, regional development, infrastructure and economic strategy their main themes. His publications demonstrate the fusion of perspectives and methodologies of the East and West. Besides being a dedicated teacher and researcher, Professor Sit has also participated actively in politics. He had been a member of the Preparatory Committee for the HKSAR, the Selection Committee for the Chief Executive of the HKSAR and in 1993-2008, served as Deputy of the National People’s Congress of China.
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Georgia Markakis
Author Talk by Anthony Macris
UTS Library will be hosting a series of free author talks throughout the month of May as part of the continuing National Year of Reading celebrations.
Date: Wednesday 16 May
Time: 12noon to 1pm
Venue: Blake Library, level 3, Learning Commons
The third talk will be presented by Dr Anthony Macris author of ’When Horse Became Saw’. Anthony will be reading an excerpt from his book and talking about the road to becoming an author and discussing his views on the importance of reading.
’When Horse Became Saw’ will be available for sale at the talk and Anthony will be signing copies of his book.
So bring your lunch and join us for what promises to be an interesting talk.
This is a free event and all are welcome. No RSVP or booking is required.
For more details please visit:
http://www.lib.uts.edu.au/news/18691/nyor-free-author-talk-anthony-macris-wednesday-16-may-12pm
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Virginia Thomas
Salary Sacrifice of Leave Accruals on Termination
Staff may salary package the value of their accrued annual or long service leave into their superannuation fund when terminating their employment with UTS. The payment of salary sacrificed leave accruals into superannuation will be available to full-time and part-time continuing and fixed-term staff, terminating after the 30 June 2012.
To access this arrangement you must have a salary packaging agreement in place and submit a salary packaging leave form to Financial Services Unit. Only the leave accrued from the date of receipt of the official Salary Packaging Leave form in the Financial Services Unit is eligible to be salary packaged.
Any leave you salary package into superannuation on termination is treated as a concessional contribution and will be included in the calculation of your concessional contribution balance for the applicable financial year. A salary packaging fee of $1 per fortnight is applicable.
Further information on Salary Packaging can be found at http://www.hru.uts.edu.au/conditions/packaging/index.html
For further information and to obtain the relevant forms please contact the Superannuation and Packaging Officer on ext.2853 or email superannuation@uts.edu.au
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Laura Earl
Martinis, Massages and Manicures
Martinis, Massages and Manicures is on again tonight (Tuesday) in the Loft starting at 5.30pm til 7.30pm.
Come and enjoy a delicious drink while relaxing with a manicure or massage for $15.
Bookings are essential on ext. 2345.
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IOSARN
Seminar: Citizenship’s Globality
Please be invited to a seminar given by Associate Professor Anupama Roy, Visiting Scholar from the Centre for Political Studies at Jawaharlal Nehru University, Delhi, India:
Citizenship’s Globality: ’simultaneous inhabitation’ or ’crisis’ in citizenship?
Date: Thursday 24 May
Time: 12.30pm to 2pm
Venue: UTS Building 10, level 14, room 201
RSVP: cornelia.betzler@uts.edu.au
The paper pegs itself onto the most recent amendments in the Citizenship Act of India(2003, 2005) which inserted the ’Overseas Citizen of India (OCI)’ as a separate category of Indian citizens. The OCI, it is argued, may be seen as embodying citizenship’s globality. Globality is postulated as a conjuncture, which is a point of coincidence of several indeterminate tendencies - a point - which may be seen as manifesting a condition of sustained and simmering volatility and liminality. The Citizenship Amendment Acts of 2003 and 2005 constitute a point of coalescence of diverse and dissonant strands in the practice of citizenship in India. In order to understand these dissonances and multiplicity of contested meanings associated with citizenship, the idea of the conjuncture as the volatile and dynamic moment in which the past, present, and future coalesce becomes important. Moreover, since globality represents a specific conjunctural condition which claims to hold out a promise of universality, it is important to identify the areas of tension that this promise generates in specific contexts. The paper, therefore, examines the category of the OCI as a peculiar product of globality, imbuedwith the promise of transnationality and freedom from spatial constraints that the global condition claims to have brought in, and the tensions that the resultant ’duality’ of citizenship brings in its wake. More significant, however, is the manner in which dual and transnational citizenship generate anxieties around a ’crisis in citizenship’, which is expressed differently in specific national locations with corresponding notions of resolution of crisis.
Anupama Roy is Associate Professor at the Centre for Political Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, Delhi, India. She obtained her PhD from the State University of New York at Binghamton, USA. She has taught earlier at Panjab University, Chandigarh, was Sir Ratan Tata Fellow at the Institute of Economic Growth, and a Senior Fellow at the Centre for Women’s Development Studies. She has been studying and writing on debates around citizenship. In this context she has been looking at changes in the laws relating to citizenship, shifts in its ideological basis, and the manner in which it has unfolded in practice. She is the author of the books Mapping Citizenship in India (Oxford University Press, 2010), Gendered Citizenship (Orient Longman, 2005) and has co-edited Poverty, Gender and Migration (Sage, 2006). Her research articles have appeared in various journals including Contributions to Indian Sociology, Indian Journal of Gender Studies, Economic and Political Weekly, Critical Asian Studies, Indian Social Science Review and Contemporary India.
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Jennifer Lacoon
Staff Survey now open!
The 2012 UTS Staff Survey is now open. To voice your views, please go to
http://www.staffsurvey2012.uts.edu.au
Your feedback is vital as it lets the university know what you think is being done well and what could be improved.
You will be asked about your experience of working at UTS and the feedback you give will help shape the future direction of the university.
The survey is completely anonymous and confidential.
On completion of the survey, you can enter the draw to win 1 of 3 iPads. In addition to that for every completed survey we will donate $1 to the Staff Giving Program. The program supports talented students who are struggling to complete their studies due to financial hardship.
Voice Project is hosting the survey and our results will be benchmarked against 2500 other organisations, including 35 other Australian universities, and our own 2009 responses.
For more information and access to our 2009 results, go to:
http://www.pqu.uts.edu.au/tracking-performance/Staff-Survey.html
Your feedback counts, so please have your say and voice your views!
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John Hartigan
Call for nominations to HR promotions committees
Nominations are invited to fill impending academic staff vacancies on the Academic Promotions Committees.
CLOSE OF NOMINATIONS
Tuesday 29 May, 2012, at 3pm.
POSITIONS AVAILABLE
· 4 Professors (2 males, 2 females)
· 4 Associate Professors (2 males, 2 females)
· 4 Senior Lecturers (2 males, 2 females)
The terms of office will be approximately 3 years.
Candidates should note that there are two terms of office, for each academic level. The terms of office are from:
· Declaration of poll – 30 June 2015
· Tuesday, 1 January 2013 – 31 December 2015
Candidates are advised that there will be a position for a person from each gender, at each academic level and for each term of office.
ABOUT THE ELECTION
Election information and nomination forms for these positions are available on the UTS: Elections website at http://www.gsu.uts.edu.au/elections/schedule/staff.html
ELECTORATE
Who can be candidate?
Professor
Fixed term and continuing academic staff members of the University holding the position of Professor at UTS at the date nominations close can stand as candidates in this election.
Associate Professor
Fixed term and continuing academic staff members of the University holding the position of Associate Professor or above at UTS at the date nominations close can stand as candidates in this election.
Senior Lecturer
Fixed term and continuing academic staff members of the University holding the position of Senior Lecturer or above at UTS at the date nominations close can stand as candidates in this election.
Candidates will be elected by Academic Board members. Whilst candidates do not have to be members of Academic Board, they must be endorsed by nominators who are current members of Academic Board.
PLEASE NOTE: Academics appointed as Dean, Associate Dean or a member of the Senior Executive should not stand as candidates for these positions, as they may be called to serve on the committee as part of their role.
ABOUT NOMINATIONS
Only members of the Academic Board are eligible to nominate candidates or vote in this election, however, candidates do not have to be Academic Board members.
Nominations must be completed in accordance with the instructions on the nomination form. The nomination form is available on the GSU website at http://www.gsu.uts.edu.au/elections/schedule/staff.html.
If a candidate wishes to be nominated for election on more than one committee, a separate nomination form must be used for each position nominated. Further, if a candidate statement is to be submitted it must be forwarded by email concurrently with submission of the nomination form(s).
Completed nomination forms must reach the Electoral Officer by the close of nominations.
Late nominations will not be accepted.
BALLOT
If a ballot is necessary at the close of nominations, it will be conducted using the online election system commencing on Tuesday, 19 June 2012 and closing at 3pm on Tuesday, 3 July 2012.
FURTHER INFORMATION
For further electoral information, please contact the Electoral Officer on ext.9811 or at elections@uts.edu.au.
John Hartigan
Registrar and Returning Officer
15 May, 2012
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Daphne Freeder Manager CMOS UTS Business School
Getting emotional about management
You are cordially invited to a seminar presented by:
Associate Professor Maw Der Foo, Management and Entrepreneurship, University of Colorado, Boulder USA
Seminar: Getting emotional about management
Date: 30 May, 2012
Time: 4pm to 5pm
Venue: UTS Moot Court (Haymarket Building 5, level 1, room B102)
To register your attendance http://www.ipria.org/events/seminar/2012/MawDerFoo/MawDerFoo.html
Please RSVP by: Wednesday 23 May, 2012
Refreshments from 3:30pm.
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Charlene Lobo
Seminar this Friday 4pm, CB04.5.01
Dr William Burke, School of Medical Sciences, University of Sydney
Why do we sneeze?: A tutorial on the physiology of sneezing
Date: Friday 18 May
Time: 4pm
Where: Building 4, level 5, room 1
A sneeze is caused by irritant material in the nostrils. According to textbooks, the function of a
sneeze is to send a strong blast of air through the nose to remove foreign bodies. More recent tests show that little or no air goes through the nose during a sneeze. However, a strong pressure builds up in the mouth and pharynx and this stimulates nerves in the roof of the mouth that in turn create the release of nasal fluid in the nostrils. The nasal fluid dilutes the irritant material and prevents it getting into the lungs. Pressure can excite nerves although this not the usual way they are excited. It is possible that sneezing evolved to deal with pollen which can cause bronchoconstriction in the lungs and difficulty in breathing.
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Maria Rodoreda
IT desktop application training discounted voucher
Do you require training in any of the IT desktop applications that you use in your day-to-day work?
Some of the applications covered by these vouchers are:
* MS Excel (3 levels)
* MS Visio (2 levels)
* MS Project
plus a range of Adobe courses and many more.
Key benefits of these vouchers:
· Discounted price
· Complimentary pre-course assessment
· Free course repeats (within 6 months)
· Access to eLearning course (for 6 months)
· Post-course helpdesk support (for 60 days)
· Qualified instructors
· Course manual to take home
HRU have New Horizon Learning Centre vouchers available for purchase.
For more information, and for the registration process, please visit HRU/OPD website: http://www.hru.uts.edu.au/professional/development/vouchers.html
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Paul Champion
UniSuper - Federal Budget 2012 Overview
UniSuper have released a fact sheet titled Federal Budget 2012 overview.
This fact sheet relates to the changes to superannuation proposed in last weeks budget. Please remember that these budget changes are subject to the legislation passing through the Federal Parliament.
The link is as follows:
http://www.fsu.uts.edu.au/superannuation/federal-budget-2012-overview.pdf
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Sarina Kilham
Timor-Leste research event
10 years of independence: A research event
Date: Saturday 19 May
Time: 10am to 2pm
Where: Building 2, level 5, room 31
Presenters include:
Dr Helen Hill: Alternative approaches to education and training in Timor-Leste
Carmeneza Dos Santos Monteiro: Timor solution: Can such agreements be good for states and asylum seekers?
Sara Pereira: Improving access to eye health services in rural Timor-Leste
Paulo da Silva: Energy sector development
Abel Pires da Silva: ICT Projects in least developed countries: Exploring the nature and effects of stakeholder interactions in project implementation.
Sarina Kilham: Biodiesel-opportunity or threat for subsistence farmers?
A light lunch will be served.
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Frances Nolan
Reminder CenSoC Seminar Series Tuesday 15 May 2012
CenSoC Lunchtime Seminar Series
Date: Tuesday 15 May, 2012
Time: 12noon to 1.30pm
Location: Seminar Room, Level 3, 645 Harris Street, Ultimo
The Centre for the Study of Choice invites you to a special seminar presented by Dr Tim Simpson, Professor of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering at Penn State and Director of The Learning Factory (http://www.lf.psu.edu/).
Topic:
Designing product families: An integrated approach to translate user requirements into commonality specifications
Abstract:
Many companies design families of products based on product platforms to create economies of scale and scope while satisfying a variety of market applications. Product family design is a difficult and challenging task, and a variety of methods and tools have been created to support platform-based product development. Unfortunately, many of these methods and tools have been developed and consequently exist in isolation from one other. In this talk I will discuss an approach to integrate several of these disparate tools into a framework to translate user needs and requirements into commonality specifications during product family design. The novelty of the approach lies in the integration of the market segmentation grid, Generational Variety Index, Design Structure Matrix, commonality indices, mathematical modeling and optimisation, and multi-dimensional data visualisation to identify what to make common, what to make unique, and what parameter settings are best for each component and/or subsystem in a product family. The design of a family of unmanned ground vehicles is used to demonstrate the proposed approach and highlight its benefits and limitations. The implications and limitations of the work will be discussed along with future research to encompass a wider range of tools and methods.
All welcome. Lunch will be provided, please RSVP for catering purposes.
For more information and to RSVP please contact Frances Nolan on ext. 9876 or email Frances.Nolan@uts.edu.au
http://www.censoc.uts.edu.au
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Gerhard Hambusch
7th UTS Ethics in Finance Panel Discussion
Discussion with Sydney financial industry professionals: CFA standards of professional conduct in practice
Date: 17 May, 2012
Time: 6pm to 8pm
Venue: Building 4, level 2, room 34 (across from ABC on Harris Street)
Please RSVP, http://datasearch.uts.edu.au/business/news-events/finance/event-detail.cfm?ItemId=31080
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Stephanie Fletcher
Volunteers needed
We need your help to study: The clinical relevance of enteric microbes in healthy individuals.
The research team needs volunteers for a study on enteric microbes in healthy adults.
You can help if you:
· don’t currently have diarrhoea
And don’t suffer from:
· irritable bowel xyndrome; or
· chronic diarrhoea or other bowel disorder
What is involved?
· You will need to visit the UTS Medical Centre; Tower Building, level 6.
· Complete a brief survey (less than 5 mins).
· Provide a fresh stool sample.
· Ethics approval for this study has been granted by the UTS Human Research Ethics Committee (UTS HREC 2011-228)
· All participant details are strictly confidential.
For more information, please contact Stephanie Fletcher at email: StephanieM.Fletcher@student.uts.edu.au
As an incentive you will get a movie ticket once you submit the specimen.
Thanks again for your help.
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Dominique Grady
Healthy Heart Week challenges
Fancy yourself as a bit of an athlete or just have a competitive nature?
Come on down and bring your joggers and a cheer squad and test your fitness against the best in:
- Bike challenge
- Rowing challenge
- Skipping challeng
- Boxing challenge
When: Tuesday 15 May, 2012
Where: Tower Building 1, level 3, Concourse
Time: 12noon to 2pm
To find out more, email amy.isberg@uts.edu.au
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Vesna Siljanovska
International Students’ Info Day
The International Students’ Info Day is taking place on Wednesday 23 May 2012 from 11am to 2pm in the Tower Building, level 4.
At the event students can:
· Apply to study at UTS on the day and pay no application fee!
· Get expert advice from faculty representatives
·Talk to UTS:INSEARCH about English language options and preparing for university study
Please inform your contacts and students of this event, should they know of any prospective international students looking to study in Australia.
If you have any questions about the day, please contact vesna.siljanovska@uts.edu.au
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Training and Development Services
Creative Writing - Short courses
From 2012, the UTS Centre for New Writing introduces its revised short courses program. Courses start in June and include:
Masterclass in Memoir - June/July
To E or not to E (E-publishing course) - July/August
Writing for Crime - June/July
Writing for Performance - June/July
How to Fix a Broken Novel - June/July
UTS offers the largest postgraduate writing program in Australia as well as the largest number of professional writers on staff: John Dale, Debra Adelaide, Gabrielle Carey, Tony Macris, Martin Harrison, Margot Nash and Delia Falconer. Other part-time writing lecturers include Tom Gilling, Tegan Daylight, Barbara Brooks, Jean Bedford, Katrina Foster and Mark Mordue.
To enrol in any courses email tds@uts.edu.au , call ext.3828 or visit the website http://www.communication.uts.edu.au/centres/new-writing/courses/index.html
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Sarah Kaine
MDG Seminar: The Blue/Green Alliance
Jointly hosted with the University of Sydney’s (Work and Organisational Studies) ’Union Strategy’ group.
Topic: The Blue/Green Alliance – Greening the Ports: Unions and Green Groups working together for sustainable jobs
Presenters:
· Jeff Farmer - Director of Organizing for the International Brotherhood of Teamsters (IBT)
· Manny Valenzuela - Western Region Organizing Coordinator for the International Brotherhood of Teamsters
Date: Friday 1 June, 2012
Time: 10.30am to 12noon
Venue: Building 5, level 4, room 436)
RSVP: Sarah.Kaine@uts.edu.au
The Blue Green Alliance seeks to bring together unions and environmental organizations to form a powerful voice for building a cleaner, fair and more competitive economy.
The Coalition for Clean & Safe Ports in the United States is a unique partnership of environmental, public health, community, labour, faith, business, civil rights, and environmental justice organisations that promote sustainable economic development at ports coast to coast to make the port trucking system a less polluting, more competitive generator of good quality jobs for residents, workers and business alike. It’s membership includes over 150 organizations across the US.
Bios
Jeff Farmer is the Director of Organizing for the International Brotherhood of Teamsters (IBT), a union representing more than 1.4 million members throughout North America. For nearly two decades, Farmer has served in a leadership capacity in the Teamsters Union. He was hired by Teamsters General Secretary Treasurer Tom Keegel to work as Organizing Coordinator for Joint Council 32 in Minnesota. In 2002, General President Jim Hoffa asked Farmer to move to Washington, D.C. to create a new Teamsters Organizing Department, with the goal of making the Teamsters Union the largest, strongest and fastest-growing union in North America. He has helped build the department from a small staff of a dozen organizers to over 125 organizers who are focused on organizing workers throughout the global supply chain, including transportation, warehousing and logistics.
Manny Valenzuela has been a Teamster since 1976. He is a member of Local 848 in Covina California, which is a part of Teamsters Joint Council 42, the largest in the country. He has been the Western Region Organizing Coordinator for the International Brotherhood of Teamsters for the past decade.
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Georgia Markakis
Power Outages at UTS Library
Power outages at UTS Library and Building 5 will affect all electronic services, including the Library website, Databases and the Catalogue on the following dates:
· From Tuesday 15 May, 9.30pm, to Wednesday 16 May, 7am
· From Thursday 17 May, 9.30pm, to Friday 18 May, 7am
The Library will close at 9.30pm on those dates and all electronic services will be offline.
Students looking for teaching and learning facilities during this time can use spaces in level 4/5 of Building 1 and 2.
We apologise for any inconvenience.
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Dominique Grady
Winter wellness & diabetes session - Kuring-gai
As part of the UTS wellbeing program we will be holding a session at Kuring-gai campus.
When: Wednesday 16 May, 2012
Where: Kuring-gai building 2, level 2, room 42
Time: 10am to 11am
This combined session will cover two important wellbeing topics:
Winter Wellness
Keep yourself well in cooler times with this health-boosting session. Be it coughs, colds, backache or the blues, this session will help get you primed to fight off all the chilly weather can throw at you.
Diabetes
Why does it happen? Can we avoid it? What should we do once diagnosed?
Is the treatment so bad? What do you mean by diet, exercise, and self-monitoring of blood glucose?
To book your place, email dominique.grady@uts.edu.au.
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Dominique Grady
Everything you wanted to know about diabetes
Why does it happen?
Can we avoid it?
What should we do once diagnosed?
Is the treatment so bad?
What do you mean by diet, exercise, self monitoring of blood glucose?
When: Thursday 17 May
Where: Building 10, level 6, room 440
Time: 12.30pm to 1.30pm
Light lunch provided. To book your place, email dominique.grady@uts.edu.au.
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Tanya Gerrie
Submissions for the next UTS Insider due Friday
If you have an event, activity, opportunity, resource or important notice that’s relevant to most students, now is the time to submit for the next edition of UTS Insider, UTS’s fortnightly email newsletter for students.
Submit via our online form at: http://www.mcu.uts.edu.au/our_services/utsinsider.html
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Fiona Livy
Do you know what’s happening around you?
In this month’s issue of U magazine:
Two of U: Get the inside scoop on the father and son who are working on the Aviator thought-controlled wheelchair
http://newsroom.uts.edu.au/news/2012/05/family-ties
Staff Profile: Which UTS staff member has a haunting new play, Crushed, currently on show at Newtown’s New Theatre?
http://newsroom.uts.edu.au/news/2012/05/the-school-of-life
News: Find out who has been appointed as the first ever UTS Cochlear Research Fellow
http://newsroom.uts.edu.au/news/2012/05/fellowship-first
U: Keeping you in the know!
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James Stuart
City power shutdowns: Building 5 incl. Library
To enable installation of energy meters, Building 5 will undergo power shutdowns from 10pm to 7am as follows:
- Monday 14 May (air conditioning only)
- Tuesday 15 to Thursday 17 May (total power shutdown)
Members of the UTS community will need to vacate the premises from 9:30pm during total power shutdowns.
UTS Students using the teaching/learning spaces in the library and the Green Space (CM05A/B) will be able to use 24hour teaching learning facilities located in level 4/5 of Buildings 1 and 2.
REDUCING GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS
The shutdowns will allow UTS to install energy meters in Building 5. These energy meters will be monitor, analyse and improve UTS’s energy usage, as part of its ATN Energy Project.
This project is essential to UTS meeting its target in greenhouse gas emissions (an 11 per cent reduction in greenhouse gas emissions from 2007 levels by 2012-13 and a 30 per cent reduction on 2007 levels by 2020-21).
For more information on the ATN project, visit: http://newsroom.uts.edu.au/news/2011/03/uts-9-million-investment-to-hit-greenhouse-targets
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Rosa Bow
UTS Staff Social Club Mother Day raffle
The raffle was drawn at the Loft on Thursday 10 May at 1pm.
Congratulations to:
Bob Crocker from FMU – Orange ticket no F44
Tony Farrugia from FMU – Green ticket no D48
Greg Moore from FMU – Green ticket no D49
Karen Belista from FEIT – Orange ticket no F45
The winners will be contacted about their prizes.
We thank those of you who have participated.
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Lakmali Dias
Research seminar in economics - 14 May
Topic: The era of permanent financial crises: Origins, dynamics and exit
Speaker: Robert Leeson
University of Notre Dame
Date: Monday 14 May, 2012
Time: 12noon to 1.15pm
Venue: Building 5, D block, level 3, Room 1, 1 - 59 Quay Street, Haymarket
RSVP: Lakmali.Dias@uts.edu.au
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Lakmali Dias
Research seminar in finance - 16 May
Topic: The valuation of hedge funds’ equity positions
Speaker: Gjergi Cici
Mason School of Business
The College of William and Mary
Abstract:
We provide evidence on the valuation of equity positions by hedge fund advisors. Reported valuations deviate from standard valuations based on closing prices from CRSP for roughly seven percent of the positions. These deviations are economically significant for about 25 percent of the hedge fund advisors. Advisors with more pronounced valuation deviations show a stronger discontinuity in their reported returns around zero, manage a higher fraction of potentially fraudulent funds, show smoother reported returns, self-report to commercial databases, and are domiciled in offshore locations. Additional tests suggest that the documented equity valuation deviations respond to past performance.
Seminar paper can be downloaded from:
http://www.finance.uts.edu.au/research/seminars/120516.pdf
Date: Wednesday 16 May, 2012
Time: 12noon to 1pm
Venue: Building 5, D block, level 3, room 1, 1 - 59 Quay Street, Haymarket
RSVP: Lakmali.Dias@uts.edu.au by 11 May
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Kathy Egea
FYE forum - date change
Please find that the FYE Forum, topic: early and low stakes assessment and strategies, is moved from Thursday 10 May to Thursday 24 May, 12noon to 2pm.
FYE forum is designed to enable those that are involved in teaching and supporting both First Year students as well as those students in transition from other pathways, e.g. TAFE, to share practice and discuss different and possibly new ways of doing things.
Curriculum is the ’glue’ that binds all first year students together (Kift, 2009) and this is supported by Transition Pedagogy. This underpins these discussions.
If you are interested in being part of this discussion, and are involved in practice with the first year students, please write to Kathy at Kathryn.egea@uts.edu.au.
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Robert Button
UTSpeaks: Culturing innovation
Is today’s hyper-connected world changing the way we create?
Is the threshold between the public and private sectors disappearing as use of social media soars? How is innovation shaping and changing our understanding of culture and humanity? How should
we navigate a world of accelerating change and increase our understanding of creativity and the importance of taking risk?
This next ’shapeshifters’ interactive public forum explores how creative industries embrace multiple disciplines from design to technology and science, driving innovation and the creative economy and it asks what impact is this having on global culture?
Hael Kobayashi (Forum Moderator)
Hael Kobayashi is the Executive Director, Creative Innovation at UTS and the Associate Director, Creative Industries Innovation Centre. He has more than 30 years’ experience in film, digital and new media, design and performing arts, held senior management roles with Lucasfilm’s Industrial Light + Magic and DreamWorks Animation. He was a producer for Animal Logic’s Oscar-winning Happy Feet. Hael is a senior adviser to INDEX: Design to Improve Life in Copenhagen, and a member of the international advisory panel of DesignSingapore.
Professor Dick Rijken
Dick Rijken is a professor of Information Technology and Society at The Hague University of Applied Sciences in The Netherlands. He is Director of Studio for Electro-Instrumental Music. He is the chairman of the e-culture committee of the Dutch Culture Council, co-chair of the European Union working group on Cultural and Creative Industries, and a board member of NoAcademy - Laboratory for Art & Society, a post-graduate program in social design.
Craig Davis
Craig is revered as a creative leader world-wide. He is Co-Chairman and Chief Creative Officer, Australia and New Zealand at Publicis Mojo and founder of the world’s first brand-centric social media platform, Brandkarma.com. He is Chairman of AWARD and a board member of the Communications Council whose mutual mandates are to champion commercial creativity. Craig was the former Worldwide Executive Creative Director for JWT and Regional ECD at Saatchi & Saatchi Asia. He is an Adjunct Professor at the UTS Business School and a lifelong shapeshifter with a personal mission to improve the quality of life for all.
Dr Theresa Anderson
Theresa Dirndorfer Anderson is a Senior Lecturer with the UTS Centre for Creative Practices and Cultural Economy. Her research explores the relationship between people and emerging technologies with a particular interest in how information systems and institutional policies might better support creative-analytic activities. Theresa designs and delivers courses in the Communication and eLearning Programs at UTS. In 2010 she was awarded a national teaching prize for sustained innovation in relation to her socio-technical curricula.
Date: Wednesday 23 May
Time: 6pm drinks for 6.30pm start, concludes 8pm
Where: The Great Hall (Building 1, level 5)
RSVP: Tuesday 22 May, 2012. Register attendance with Robert Button by email at robert.button@uts.edu.au or phone on ext. 1734.
UTSPEAKS: is a free public lecture series presented by UTS experts discussing a range of important issues confronting contemporary Australia
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Robert Button
UTSpeaks: Your certain death
How can we maintain control of our end-of-life experiences?
That death comes to us all is certain. But what are not certain are the circumstances of our deaths and the experiences we and our loved ones must share at the end.
How can we prepare for death? How should we plan for long, painful or debilitating terminal illness? Is it essential that we communicate our most profound wishes on how we choose to die to our family and carers?
This public lecture asks us to confront some of the most significant questions we might consider as individuals, carers and health professionals. With expert UTS speakers from nursing and medicine, it deals with the myths and realities of dying and touches the euthanasia debate. It explores how we can maintain power and choice at the end of life and will conclude with a moderated interactive forum.
Professor Patricia Davidson
Patricia Davidson is Director of the UTS Centre for Cardiovascular and Chronic Care. Her research addresses the vulnerabilities that patients and their extended family experience in coping with and adjusting to chronic health problems. She is also actively involved in policy and health service development to meet the needs of the increasing number of Australians living with a chronic illness. In particular, she advocates for integrating a palliative approach in care models to improve advance-care planning and symptom management.
Professor David Currow
David Currow is Professor of Palliative and Supportive Services at Flinders University and the Chief Cancer Officer and CEO of the Cancer Institute NSW and Adjunct Professor with the UTS Faculty of Nursing, Midwifery and Health. Previously he was foundation Chief Executive Officer of Cancer Australia, the Australian Government’s national cancer control agency. He is widely published, is senior associate editor of Journal of Palliative Medicine and on the advisory board of the Journal of Pain and Symptom Management. David is a former president of Palliative Care Australia and a former president of the Clinical Oncological Society of Australia.
Date: Wednesday 13 June
Time: 6pm drinks for 6.30pm start, concludes 8.15pm
Where: Building 4, University Hall (745 Harris Street, Ultimo)
RSVP: Tuesday 12 June, 2012. Register attendance with Robert Button by email at robert.button@uts.edu.au or phone on ext. 1734.
UTSPEAKS: is a free public lecture series presented by UTS experts discussing a range of important issues confronting contemporary Australia
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Seb Crawford
Nominate your Green Hero for an award
Nominate your fellow students, staff or alumni for a UTS Green Hero Award this year and help recognise and celebrate people’s individual sustainability efforts.
Nominations are easy and quick via the online link below. Nominations close 28 May.
Prizes include:
- A dive/snorkel excursion for two with Ecodivers to Cabbage Tree Bay Marine Reserve with experienced conservation diver Dave Thomas.
- $100 gift voucher from the Co-op Bookshop
Winners announced during Green Week on Monday 4 June.
Nominate now at http://www.green.uts.edu.au/initiatives/community/green-hero/greenheronomination.html
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Katia Sanfilippo
New process for submitting screen content to MCU
A new MCU mailbox has been created for content submissions to the campus screens.
From now on, please send your content to: screens@uts.edu.au
Note: this is only for the screens MCU manage. There are other screens across campus with their own administrators.
See the campus screen guidelines for the various other screen locations and contacts: http://www.mcu.uts.edu.au/corporate/resources/PDFs/Guidelinesforscreens.pdf
This new mailbox also applies for all computer lab wallpaper submissions. See guidelines for the wallpaper specifications here:
http://www.mcu.uts.edu.au/corporate/resources/PDFs/student-labs.pdf
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Sandris Zeivots
AARE Grant writing workshop - 8 June, 2012
New AARE workshop "Tips for a Successful ARC Application" will take place on 8 June, 2012. This is the first in a series of workshops run by AARE on writing a successful ARC grant application.
Date: Friday 8 June, 2012
Time: 9am to 12noon
Venue: Building 10, level 5, Conference Room 580, 235 Jones Street, Broadway
Member Fee: $65.00
Non-member Fee: $95.00
This workshop will be conducted by Martin Mills. Martin is a Professor of Education and ARC Future Fellow in the school of Education, University of Queensland. He was Director of Research in the School of Education until 2012. He is the lead CI on two current ARC Discoveries and an ARC Linkage.
Martin will discuss some of the issues in putting together an ARC Discovery and Linkage Application. Whilst the ARC process sometimes appears to be a mystery, there are some common pitfalls in constructing a grant application. These will be considered. The workshop will provide an outline of what has worked and not worked in the past. There will be an opportunity in the workshop to discuss with others potential ideas for a submission. It will also consider what it means to engage in partnerships as part of a Linkage application.
Participants are invited to bring their ideas for ARC applications to the workshop for development and feedback during the workshop.
Places available: 40 (with preference given to members until Thursday 10 May, 2012)
Full details about the workshop can be found on the AARE Website at:
http://www.aare.edu.au/live/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=19&Itemid=21
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Gretchen Togle
CHERE Research Review Day
The Centre for Health Economics Research and Evaluation (CHERE) invites you to their Research Review Day. This is an opportunity to see the range of research underway, as well as to meet the Centre members. At the meeting an overview of their current reseach programs, including brief presentations on a range of current research projects will be provided.
Date: Friday 25 May, 2012
Time: 1.30pm to 4.30pm (followed by light refreshments)
Location: Seminar Room, level 3, 645 Harris Street, Ultimo
Be at CHERE for an interesting afternoon. Please RSVP to Gretchen Togle, Gretchen.Togle@chere.uts.edu.au by Monday 21 May.
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Ian Franks
Wear a hat for Hat Day for mental health
Hat Day is Australian Rotary Health’s newest fundraising event and first community action and awareness day.
By taking part in Hat Day 2012, you’ll be helping the four million Australians who are affected by a mental health issue. By donating to Hat Day for Mental Health Research, you are helping us fund the research that will find new treatments and potential cures for mental illnesses such as depression, anxiety and schizophrenia.
We’re hosting our Hat Day on Monday 21 May 2012 in Building 6’s Student Centre (Peter Johnson Building) just over the walkway from Building 1. We’ll be holding a cake stall from 11am so come over and make a donation and buy a cake for a good cause. If anyone would like to make baking donations that would also be appreciated.
http://www.hatday.com.au/
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Holly Williams
Interested in art on campus?
Sign up the the UTS Gallery and Art Collection e-news and stay up to date with our activities on campus:
http://eepurl.com/eV5kw
New subscribers go in the draw to win a special art lovers prize pack (closing on 31 May)
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Cam Bellach
Vacancy: Director External & Research Engagement
We are currently seeking applications for the role of Director, External and Research Engagement.
Play a pivotal role in planning, implementing and evaluating strategic and highly specialised external and research engagement activities and special events for the University.
Providing leadership and direction to a small team of specialists, you will work with senior and executive staff at UTS to set the strategy for the University’s external engagement. With extensive local and international networks, experience in internal and external stakeholder management and a demonstrated ability to cultivate, develop and sustain relationships, your role will aim to raise our profile and reputation and to secure research income.
This is a unique opportunity to use your strategic relationship management and networking experience across business, community and government sectors to develop and implement external relations and research engagement strategies.
For further information and details please refer to: http://www.hru.uts.edu.au/jobs/index.html or contact Cam Bellach on ext. 1278 or email: cameron.bellach@uts.edu.au.
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Sara Lal
Nurses wanted to participate in cognitive research
To help with our research on ’Investigating Cognitive and Behavioural (stress and fatigue) associations in health professionals’, we’re after health professionals aged 18-69 to test and investigate associations between cognition and physiology.
The testing is simple and non-invasive and will take about one to two hours of your time. By participating in this study, each individual will go into the draw to win one of two $100 cash prizes. The winner will be drawn when the study ceases, and the winner will be notified by email or phone (depending on their preferred method of contact).
For more details, contact: Ty Lees
Email: Ty.Lees@uts.edu.au
Phone: 0423355251
This study has the University of Technology, Sydney Human Research Ethics Committee (UTS HREC) approval.
Approval Number: 2006-176A
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Jenny Murphy
Assistant Student Ombud 2-3 Positions
Reminder that expressions of interest are called for the position of Assistant Student Ombud from continuously appointed full-time academic staff of the university. The Student Ombud and Assistant Student Ombuds play an important role at UTS by providing students with a confidential means of having their problems and concerns addressed.
Established by the University in 1989, the Student Ombud Office acts under a Terms of Reference, to impartially and objectively resolve student’s problems and concerns when all other UTS dispute resolution processes have failed. The Student Ombuds Office deals with requests for assistance from students who have a grievance related to any administrative and some academic decisions and attempts to resolve any difference in order to reach a reasonable solution.
The Student Ombud’s mission is to ensure that all members of the University community receive fair and equitable treatment within the university system. The Office also acts to recommend any systemic changes arising from a grievance. Issues dealt with by the Student Ombuds Office include such general categories as: appeals; assessment; fees; conduct of staff or student; use of University property; breach of confidence; lectures/teaching timetabling.
For more information please visit the Student Ombuds Office web site at http://www.ombuds.uts.edu.au/
The Office is currently seeking 2 - 3 UTS Academics to fill the roles of Assistant Student Ombud. The first position would begin 1 July 2012, the second and possible position would begin in January 2013. Anyone who is interested in UTS policy and procedure and has a commitment to confidentiality and professional ethics are asked to submit an expression of interest.
The positions are for a two-year term with a possible 12 month extension. In your application you will need to address the selection criteria and outline the length and nature of your experience at UTS and indicate how you believe you can contribute to the work of the Student Ombuds Office. Applicants should discuss their application with their Supervisor and/or Dean.
The position attracts $8,000 reimbursement to your Faculty for your contribution. Past members of the Office have negotiated with their supervisor to use this money for teaching relief, marking relief, conference registration and attendance, or other academic pursuits.
Application procedure: For further information or to obtain the selection criteria please contact Jenny Murphy, Student Ombuds Office Administration Manager on #2575 or Maxine Evers, Student Ombud on #3765.
Expressions of interest should be forwarded to Jenny.Murphy@uts.edu.au by Monday 14 May 2012.
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Jude Forder
Internal Vacancy: Student Centre Officers
The Student Administration Unit has a number of Fixed Term Student Centre Officer Positions and is seeking applications from motivated and professional staff who have a commitment to excellence in customer service.
To succeed in this role you need to possess excellent organisational, time management and administrative skills; excellent interpersonal and communication skills; a strong eye for detail; strong computer skills and the ability to apply policies, implement procedures and exercise initiative, judgment and discretion.
This is a great opportunity to develop a career in the tertiary education administration sector and extensive training will be provided for successful candidates.
Selected applicants will be invited to a formal interview.
Applications close on Friday 18 May, 2012.
Level 5: $56,138 to $64,223, plus super.
For further information and to obtain a copy of the PD please contact Jude Forder, Manager Haymarket Student Centre at jude.forder@uts.edu.au or call 9514 4182 (X4182)
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Dominique Grady
Win for your charity - 10 000 steps challenge
Time is running out to get your team together for the UTS 10 000 steps challenge 2012.
The challenge starts this Sunday 13 May 2012 and runs for 13 weeks.
Form a team of 7 and nominate a captain. Contact Dominique Grady at dominique.grady@uts.edu.au for more information on registering teams.
Teams need to be emailed to me no later than this Friday 11/05/12.
The UTS team with the most steps at the end of the 13 weeks will win not only the admiration of all but a prize of $500 donated to a charity of their choice.
Pedometers are available for purchase for $23.99 from the UTS Union newsagent on Harris Street or major retail stores
For more details on 10 000 steps, simply go to http://www.10000steps.org.au/
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Dominique Grady
Mother’s Day Classic
The UTS 10 000 steps challenge for 2012 will be commencing on 13 May 2012, so why not take part in the lead up event ’The Mother’s Day Classic’ and get off to a great start with your stepping.
The Mother’s Day Classic is an opportunity to do something active and fun on Mother’s day, while remembering those who have been affected by or who are living with breast cancer and raising money for breast cancer research. It involves a 4km and 8km walk or run around The Domain.
Where: The Domain, Art Gallery Road, Sydney.
When: Sunday 13 May, 2012
Time: 6.30am to 12noon
To join the UTS team, please enter via the online registration system and pay individually. The team name ’UTS’ will automatically appear in the team drop down box ready for new team members to select when registering. Please ensure that you select the ’UTS’ team name when prompted to do.
For more details on the Sydney Domain event and registration closing dates see the website for more information.
http://mothersdayclassic.com.au/event/nsw/sydney-domain
Hope to see all there for a great charity event - and don’t forget to wear plenty of pink!
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Dominique Grady
Lunchtime walking group
Kickstart your 10 000 steps challenge or sign up for the Mothers Day Classic on 13 May, 2012 in the Domain (http://mothersdayclassic.com.au) by joining the regular lunchtime walking group. We meet every Tuesday outside the Jones Street glass doors of building 10 at 12.30pm for anyone that would like to participate.
These are half hour walks taking in the surrounds of Ultimo, Glebe and Darling Harbour.
Why not try some of our UTS campus walks found on our website http://www.safetyandwellbeing.uts.edu.au/wellbeing/body/steppingout.html) or come up with your own and let us know.
Please encourage each other to get out and about and away from your desks. Use the stairs instead of the lifts if health and time permits.
For further information please call or email Dominique Grady on ext. 1102 or dominique.grady@uts.edu.au.
Walking is good for the mind, body and spirit!
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