Staff notices

Robert Button
UTSpeaks - Harmony in Tibet?
UTSpeaks: Fuelling the Flames on the Roof of the World -
Can China’s policies create harmony in Tibet?

International attention galvanized around protests by Tibetans in China earlier this year in the lead-up to the Beijing Olympics. Yet the devastating earthquake in Sichuan in May diverted much of this attention away from Tibetan grievances with Chinese rule. Could the conflict escalate as the Games begin?

This public lecture explores how the Chinese Government has responded to the protests by intensifying implementation of the very policies that contributed to Tibetan anger and frustration in the first place, a decision that will have implications for the future of Tibetans, Chinese society, and China’s international engagement.

Dr Susette Cooke
Susette Cooke is Lecturer in China Studies in the Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences, University of Technology Sydney. She studied in Beijing 1978-80, and in Xi’an in 1993 for postdoctoral research on Tang dynasty history. Beginning in 1980 with an overland journey from Chengdu to Lhasa, she has travelled extensively as an independent researcher in Tibetan areas within the PRC, producing (with Steven D. Marshall) the encyclopaedic report Tibet Outside the TAR from field studies during 1995 and 1996 in the Tibetan autonomous areas of Qinghai, Gansu, Sichuan, and Yunnan provinces. Her current research focuses on the social history of northwest China, and on China’s national religious policies.

When
Wednesday 6th August 2008
6.00pm drinks for 6.30pm start
Ends 7.45pm

Where
UTS Building Two, Level 4 Room 429

Free Parking
For those who cannot find alternative transport
Peter Johnson Building basement car park 702-730 Harris St, Ultimo

You can travel to UTS by train or bus exiting Central Station or Railway Square

RSVP
Tuesday 5th August 2008
Register attendance with Robert Button
Email: robert.button@uts.edu.au
Tel: 02 9514 1734

UTSPEAKS: is a free public lecture series presented by UTS experts discussing a range of important issues confronting contemporary Australia

To become a regular subscriber to the UTSpeaks public lecture series register at http://sendstudio.itd.uts.edu.au
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Robert Button
UTSpeaks - Breaking the Ice
UTSpeaks: Breaking the Ice
Will we be able to live on an ice-free Earth?

Day by day our planet keeps warming. The rhetoric keeps flying – in the media, in politics, in science and among ourselves. Our icecaps are a crucial part of the weather system, and are pivotal in driving ocean currents and sustaining our sea life. What will happen to us when the ice breaks, melts and the Earth warms even more?

Presented by two outstanding UTS scientists, this not-to-be missed public lecture looks at the role the poles play in keeping our world working and what the implications will be if we must live on an ice-free Earth.

Associate Professor Peter Ralph
Professor Ralph is a marine botanist who leads a cluster of climate change researchers at UTS.
Professor Ralph and his team are examining the impact of climate change on the micro algae that
support vulnerable ecosystems including coral reefs, the Southern Ocean and Antarctic sea-ice.
Over the past 15 years he has worked with seagrasses, freshwater macrophytes, macroalgae
and terrestrial plants, with the scale of work ranging from whole organisms to cellular to
biochemical processes.

Professor Greg Skilbeck
Greg Skilbeck is Professor of Earth Sciences and acting UTS Dean of Science. His main research
focus is on past climate variability using the sedimentary record from coasts and oceans, with a
special emphasis on the El Ni o phenomenon. He has participated in several research cruises
during the past 15 years investigating patterns of marine sediment deposition arising from
atmosphere, land and ocean interaction in the climate system. He is currently an International
Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) project leader on the use of radioisotopes in the study of El Ni o.

When
Thursday 21st August 2008
6.00pm drinks for 6.30pm start
Ends 7.45pm

Where
UTS Great Hall
Level 5, UTS Tower, Broadway

Free Parking
Only for those who cannot find alternative transport
Peter Johnson Building basement car park 702-730 Harris St, Ultimo

RSVP
Wednesday 20 August 2008
Register attendance with Robert Button
Email: robert.button@uts.edu.au
Tel: 02 9514 1734


UTSPEAKS: is a free public lecture series presented by UTS experts discussing a range of important issues confronting contemporary Australia

To become a regular subscriber to the UTSpeaks
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Kumi Abeysuriya
What needs to change for women to get a fair go?
Gender equality and sustainable development

You are invited to attend the first Sydney forum of the ONE JUST WORLD series. The ONE JUST WORLD forum series on international development is brought to you by the International Women’s Development Agency, World Vision Australia and AusAID with local partner the Institute for Sustainable Futures at UTS.

SPEAKERS
Emele Duituturaga - International development specialist
Jane Sloane - Executive Director, International Women’s Development Agency
Conny Lenneberg – Acting Director of Policy & Programs, World Vision Australia

MODERATOR
Jenny Brockie – Multi-award winning journalist and documentary maker

ONE JUST WORLD is a free public forum series that aims to stimulate discussion and ideas and encourage action, because all of us have a contribution to make in helping transform the lives of the 800 million people around the world who are fighting to escape poverty and injustice.

Date: 6 Aug 2008 - 6 Aug 2008, 6:00 PM - 7:30 PM
Location: City - Broadway, CB01 Tower, The Great Hall
Contact: Phone: 02 9806 6300

http://onejustworld.com.au
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Robert Button
Guest Lecture - Sustainability
SUSTAINABILITY: RESEARCH, LEARNING
& OUTREACH

Reflections and experiences from Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden and the Alliance for Global Sustainability

In this free lecture for UTS staff, students and alumni, Professor Greg Morrison will describe the strategic introduction of environmentally sustainable practices in a natural science and engineering-based university.

He will also discuss the important role played by the Chalmers Centre for Environment and Sustainability in bridging the groundbreaking work of seven professors in sustainability and an inspirational outreach program - the Alliance for Global Sustainability. This Alliance has become the world’s most influential and elite university collaboration on sustainability that includes ETH, MIT, University of Tokyo, Chalmers).

This is a not-to-be missed opportunity for anyone interested in applying international wisdom to their efforts in making UTS a leader in sustainability research and sustainable operation.


Presented by: Professor Greg Morrison, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Chalmers University of Technology

Friday 1 August, Room 6.3.22, from 10am to 12 noon

Refreshments included

Register with:
Mr Chris Davis chris.davis@uts.edu.au 9514 4957
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Peter Luscombe, Electoral Officer
Student Online Elections – Call for Nominations
Nominations have been called today, by broadcast emails to postgraduate and undergraduate students, to fill positions in the following Faculty Boards
for the term 2008 to 2009:

Faculty Board in Business
Faculty Board in Design, Architecture and Building
Faculty Board in Engineering and Information Technology
Faculty Board in Law
Faculty Board in Nursing, Midwifery and Health
Faculty Board in Science

Council has resolved that the Faculty Board in Arts and Social Sciences will continue in its present form until the end of 2008. Therefore, elections for that Faculty Board are not included in this round of elections.

Following Council approval, elections for Academic Board and Faculty Boards can now be conducted via an online election system. The Faculty Board elections mentioned above will be conducted via the UTS Online Polling Booth, a secure election system which has been developed by the UTS Web Team and the Governance Support Unit.

Staff positions on Faculty Boards will also be conducted via the UTS Online Polling Booth with nominations being called early in September.

Information concerning elections (including the UTS Online Polling Booth) can be seen at http://www.gsu.uts.edu.au/elections/index.html

Any queries about UTS elections should be directed to <elections@uts.edu.au>
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Lucy Hall
Position vacant: sustainability researcher
The Institute for Sustainable Futures (ISF) at UTS is a leader in applied sustainability research.
If you are a skilled researcher or practitioner interested in working on a range of exciting projects relating to urban sustainability we would like to hear from you. We are looking for individuals with experience in the area of sustainable energy and/or the built environment to become an integral part of our dynamic team.
Please apply if you have a good working knowledge of current policy and technical developments, plus skills and experience in several of the following areas: Sustainable urban planning; Sustainable infrastructure, including sustainable energy systems (solar, wind, cogeneration, energy efficiency); Sustainable commercial buildings; Sustainable housing; Policy analysis and development; Social research, behavioural change and stakeholder engagement; Sustainability education and communications
You will be able to clearly demonstrate aptitude to work in a team-based, project oriented environment. You will demonstrate the ability to work with researchers in different disciplinary areas, for example having experience in numerical or technical skills, while also having the ability interpret findings within the public policy and human dimensions of sustainability issues. Experience in both public and private sector environments would be considered an advantage.

Full details, including how to apply, are available from the ISF web site at:

http://datasearch.uts.edu.au/isf/newsevents/news-details.cfm?ItemId=11777&ItemDate=2008-07-24
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Michelle Lee
International Projects for Academic Credit
Youth Challenge Australia is a non-profit non-religious organisation that offers volunteer placements in the Central/South America & Asia/Pacific region. Volunteers work on health, education, environmental, infrastructure or conservation projects. All placements are eligible for academic credit with UTS. For more info go to http://www.youthchallenge.org.au
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Jann Joy
iExpenses Out of Pocket (petty cash) Training
iExpenses Out of Pocket (petty cash)training is for all staff who wish reimbursement of any money they have spent on behalf of the University. Any staff member requiring NEO access to iExpenses Out of Pocket must attend the appropriate training session.


Date:Thursday 14 August 2008
Time: 2-4.30pm
Location: Blackfriars Campus Laboratory
RSVP: 8 August 2008
Contact: Jann.Joy@uts.edu.au
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Peter Kandlbinder
Scholarship of Teaching with Research Outcomes
Date: 31 July, 2008
Time: 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Location: CB01 Tower. Room 27.15

In this seminar Darrall Thompson from the School of Design will explore the importance of a collegiate relationship with critical friends and mentors in the development of one’s own research journey.

The IML hosts the Scholarly Teaching and Learning Seminars to help staff of UTS to plan, undertake and publish the results of projects focussing on teaching and learning in higher education. To attend, simply bring along your lunch and an idea for a project. Tea and coffee will be provided.

For seminar details contact Enza Mirabella on ext. 1669.
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Lisa Andersen
Community projects for student projects/placements
Students doing placement or project-based subjects can choose to do a community project through the University’s community program, UTS Shopfront.

See the list of community projects available for Spring semester at http://datasearch2.uts.edu.au/shopfront/projects/available/index.cfm
or contact Lisa Andersen on extension 2902.
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Aimee Purcell
C2S Walk - Sunday 27th July - Bondi to Watsons Bay
The last warm-up walk in the City 2 Surf series will be held on Sunday 27th July.
This time it’s from Bondi Beach to Watson’s Bay, with a 10am start and a FREE picnic provided at the end of the walk.
Registration is essential, to register please call 9514 1891 or email Aimee.Purcell@uts.edu.au by 5pm Thursday 24th July
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Andrea Myles
SEMINAR: Responding to Student Feedback Surveys
UTS:LAW Research Seminar Series

Student Feedback Surveys are familiar to us all. The surveys provide teachers with a lot of information about student perceptions of their learning experiences in your subjects.

Do you find the student feedback too generalised?

Do you have concerns about the undue influence of a few vocal students?

Do you wonder about the interpretation of the numbers?

Do you sometimes feel as if you’ve been unjustly ambushed by negative comments?

Do you feel sensitive about discussing your feedback with colleagues?


In this seminar we will discuss a range of practical strategies for responding to student feedback, by becoming more communicative with students and becoming more proactive in framing the agenda.


Presenter:

Simon Housego, from the university’s learning and teaching unit IML, has a long-standing interest in online teaching and learning, assessment design & administration.


Date: Tuesday 29th July, 2008.

Time: 12:45 PM - 2:00 PM

Location: Haymarket Campus, Cnr Quay Street & Ultimo Road.

Room No. CM05B.3.18

Audience: All Welcome

Cost: Free - light lunch will be provided

Response/reservation: not required

Contact: Andrea Myles

Phone: 9514 3753
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Aimee Purcell
City 2 Surf - Last Chance!
Entries for the 2008 City 2 Surf close this Friday 25th July!

Cost is $55 for Advantage Program Members and $60 for non, includes running shirt, registration fees and entry into UTS Marquee on Bondi Beach post-race. The race is on 10th August.

If you’d like to be part of Team UTS, please contact 9514 1891 or email Aimee.Purcell@uts.edu.au.
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Tania Creighton
UTS Gallery Roma Publications 1998 - 2008
Please join us for the new exhibition:

Roma Publications 1998 - 2008
An editorial project by Roger Willems & Mark Manders
29 July - 29 August
Opening Tuesday 29th July 6-8pm

Based in Amsterdam, Roma Publications has been expanding in an informal and dynamic way as a platform for the production of autonomous publications, in close collaboration with a growing number of artists, designers, curators & writers. This exhibition focuses on the convergence of art and design and will assemble over 100 objects including artist books, newspapers, catalogues, posters, prints, postcards and audio/visual projections.
Curated by Warren Taylor and Matt Hinkley

Accompanying free public events:
Forum: Books Make Friends
Autonomous publishing and collaborations in art & print
Tuesday 29 July at 4 pm

From artist-run periodicals to innovative design magazines, the participants in Books Make Friends will be discussing their own first-hand experiences working with independent publications.
With Yanni Florence, Pataphysics; Jaki Middleton, managing editor, runway; Marcus Piper, art director, Pol Oxygen; Mickie Quick. Chaired by Warren Taylor

Film Screening: Helvetica.
A documentary film by Gary Hustwit
Friday 29 August at 6pm

RSVP to the free public events here

Supported by The Narrows, Melbourne, the UTS Visual Communication course in the School of Design, the Creativity and Cognition Studios, Sydney and Roma Publications.

A Program Partner with Sydney Design 08. Powerhouse museum presents Sydney Design 08.
A parallel exhibition with the Biennale of Sydney 2008
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Linda Iacopetta
Advantage Cards for Staff
If you haven’t already picked up your Advantage card - don’t miss out!

Staff Advantage cards will be issued at the Union Info Desk from 10am - 3pm for the remainder of this week and between 9am - 5pm from next week and during semester. Staff at K-gai can pick up their Advantage card from the Union Bar in the Cafeteria. We encourage as many staff as possible to pick up their card this week before students return on campus.

PLEASE NOTE: All Advantage Program members (staff, students and alumni) must show their Advantage card to receive their discount at Union outlets. Staff working at those outlets have been instructed not to issue the Advantage Program discount without seeing your Advantage card so please ensure you have it with you at all times.

Staff are eligible for a great range of benefits with their Advantage Card and these are listed on the Union website - http://www.utsunion.uts.edu.au/advantage/benefits.html

For further info about Advantage Program cards for staff please visit http://www.utsunion.uts.edu.au/advantage/utsstaff.html.
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Stephen Fardouly
Are your teaching materials copyright compliant?
If you wish to place copyright-protected material on UTSOnline or in the Library’s eReadings collection (e.g. journal articles, book extracts, lecture notes containing copyright-protected material, or images from websites that don’t state they are copyright-free), you must submit requests to do so to the UTS Digital Resources Register and Digitisation Service located in UTS Library.

Once you have submitted your request library staff will:
· check for copyright compliance and add a compulsory copyright notice
· convert material into PDF format, reducing file size for easy download and printing
· locate any material not supplied via Library resources or interlibrary loan
· place the digitised item in the Library’s eReadings if required
· send you an email containing a link to the digitised item which can be added to UTSOnline

Lecture notes for which you or UTS own the copyright may also be submitted for digitisation and conversion to PDF format.

For more information and access to our online request form visit the UTS Digital Resources Register page on the Library’s website.

http://www.lib.uts.edu.au/staff/learning-and-teaching/digital-resources-register
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Cameron Bellach
Online Password Reset Reminder
Should you in the future, forget your password, this facility makes the process of regaining access to UTS systems fast, efficient and hassle free, eliminating the need to contact the IT Support Centre.

If you have not set your Password Reset Questions now is the time to do it.

From 27 July UTS will begin a re-direct procedure from UTS Webmail to the MyAccount page, for those users who have not yet set their security questions. Here you will be required to set your security questions before gaining access to your Webmail account.

Please follow the steps outlined below to set your security questions

1. Open a browser and go to https://email.itd.uts.edu.au/webapps/myaccount
2. Log in using your staff ID/Number and password
3. Click on the tab ’MyPassword’
4. Click the ’Change Security Question’ button, located under ’Security Questions’
5. Select security questions and set answers - select 3 questions from the drop down lists and enter the relevant answers in the text boxes provided
6. Click the ’Set Security Question’ button to save your questions and answers

Tips to assist you with setting your Questions

Answers to your three questions can be numbers or letters but not symbols (for example do not use %$#*). Answers can not be more than 40 characters but may consist of more than one word.

Queries or Further Information

If you would like further information or need assistance with creating your Password Reset questions you can contact the IT Support Centre on Ext 2222 or if outside UTS - 9514 2222.
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Pamela Leuzinger
New Library website now live!
As announced in late June, the Library website has been undergoing a major redevelopment in response to feedback from UTS staff and students.
The new Library website is now live at

http://www.lib.uts.edu.au/

Features of the new website include:
- A client-centred interface design, consistent with the design of the UTS website.
- Information structured into client groups.
- Improved navigation and a prominent multi-search module on each page.
- Access to core Library services from the homepage.

Redevelopment work on the site continues and is scheduled for completion during Spring semester.

We welcome your feedback! Please send comments to Angela.Ball@uts.edu.au or via Ask a Librarian on the website.
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Suzanne Cronan
Positions vacant at ISF
INSTITUTE MANAGER
The Institute is seeking a highly motivated and experienced manager who enjoys the challenge of being responsible for the management, operation and ongoing development of support systems in a commercial environment.

The Institute Manager is a pivotal part of a dynamic team of 30 staff and 15 postgraduate researchers. To be considered for this lynchpin role you will demonstrate substantial knowledge of, and experience in, management within a medium-sized operation, including business planning, business development, financial planning and management and people management. Your extraordinary interpersonal, supervisory, communication, negotiation and numeracy skills will be pivotal in creating enthusiasm and change towards sustainable futures within this dynamic team.

For further details on the position, including how to apply, go to http://www.jobs.uts.edu.au/job/job_details.cfm?id=313243&from=direct

SYSTEMS ADMINISTRATOR

As a pivotal part of the ISF team, your role will enhance and maximise the Institute’s use of information technology for both its internal purposes and the work undertaken for its clients.

If you are looking for a challenging and dynamic role and have high level skills in database systems, project management and quality systems and extensive experience in computer applications such as Excel, Word, Filemaker Pro, web applications for the technical development of websites and Geographical Information Systems software, then we’d love to hear from you.

For further details on the position, including how to apply, go to http://www.jobs.uts.edu.au/job/job_details.cfm?id=313238&from=direct
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Ruolan Lan
An Afternoon of Choice Talks: Variance Components
Date: July 24, from 1.30pm to 4.30pm
venue: B518, Haymarket Campus, UTS
Enquiries: Ruolan Lan Ph: 02 9514 9745
Organised by: Centre for the Study of Choice
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DAB LAB research gallery
Exhibition 31st July- 22nd August
BAD DOGS : fashion creation without fabric waste creation

by Timo Rissanen

Timo Rissanen investigates through his practice-led PhD the opportunities for designing and making clothes without wasting fabric in a contemporary fashion design context.

Opening 31st July 5.30pm-7.30pm

Gallery open Mon - Fri 10am-5pm
1st - 22nd August 2008

DAB LAB research gallery

level 4 courtyard
DAB building 6
702-730 Harris st Ultimo
ph 95148016

For more information please go to:
http://www.dab.uts.edu.au/dablab
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Marianne Taylor
’Law for Educators’ Course at UTS:Law
The UTS:Law Professional Development Unit is excited to announce a ’Law for Educators’ course to be held in August 2008

This two day course is designed to provide an introduction to the legal issues that confront university administrators, managers and academics in Australia.

Presenters:
Dr Sally Vanham LL B, LL M (Hons) (VUW NZ), AdvCertTertTchg (WP NZ), PhD (UNSW )

Sally is a Senior Lecturer within the Faculty of Law at UTS. Her primary research interest is the law and education and she has completed Masters and PhD theses in this area.

Professor Jim Jackson LL B (UNSW ), LL M Hons, PhD (Sydney), Grad Dip in Education (Tertiary) (DDIAE )

Jim has over 30 years teaching experience in business and law schools. He was the foundation Dean of the Faculty of Law and Criminal Justice at Southern Cross University and is now Chair of Academic Board and a member of Council of that University.

Potential Participants:
*Legal practitioners
*Academics
*University administrators
*Researchers
*Education sector managers
*Education sector groups/organisations
*Unions and professional organisations

Dates:
Friday 15 and Saturday 16 August 2008

Cost:
$880 incl GST
25% discount for UTS staff members

Registration:
For further information and enrolment details, please see the following link:
http://www.law.uts.edu.au/courses/pdu/lawforeducators2.html
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Yusuf Pisan
Public Graphics Lecture: Paul Debevec
New Techniques for Acquiring, Rendering, and Displaying Human Performances.

Who: Paul Debevec
When: Monday 28 July, 6pm-8pm
Where: Theatre 1, AFTRS Sydney

http://www.aftrs.edu.au/aboutus/NewsEvents/News/aftrsandacmsiggraphpresentpauldebevec.aspx

AFTRS and ACM SIGGRAPH present Paul Debevec

The Australian Film Television and Radio School, in conjunction with SIGGRAPH Asia 2008 presents an evening of exciting insights into the world of computer graphics and interactive techniques with Paul Debevec.

Paul Debevec has developed many of the technologies used to create photorealistic virtual characters and environments for feature films and games.

He is the associate director of graphics research at the University of Southern California’s Institute for Creative Technologies (USC ICT) and a research associate professor in USC’s Department of Computer Science.

Paul will deliver a talk on New Techniques for Acquiring, Rendering, and Displaying Human Performances

which will include:

* insight into how to acquire, render, and display photoreal models of people, objects, and dynamic performances
* info on image-based lighting techniques for photorealistic compositing and reflectance acquisition techniques (which have used to
create realistic digital actors in films such as "Spider Man 2" and "Superman Returns".)
* Descriptions on image-based relighting with free-viewpoint video to capture and render full-body performances and new 3D face scanning
processes that captures high-resolution skin detail
* An investigation new 3D display that leverages 5,000 frames per second video projection to show autostereoscopic, interactive 3D imagery to any number of viewers simultaneously

When: Monday 28 July, 6pm-8pm
Where: Theatre 1, AFTRS Sydney

FREE
RSVP essential

To secure your place for this FREE talk email your name and phone number to
Cassandra at: rsvpdigi@aftrs.edu.au

AFTRS is NOW located at 130 Bent St, inside The Entertainment Quarter.

* Public Vehicle and pedestrian entrance to the Entertainment Quarter is via the main entrance on Lang Rd.
* The Entertainment Quarter is serviced by buses and Central railway station is a short bus ride away.
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Shirley Alexander
Library of the Future Open Forum
A reminder of the Library of the Future Forum to be held:

Date: Monday 28 July
Time: 12.00 – 2.00pm
Location: CB01.04.06


A light lunch will be provided. For catering purposes please RSVP to Tracy.Wild@uts.edu.au by Friday 18 July.


Earlier this year, staff were invited to participate in a survey about your use of the Library to help the University in designing a "Library of the Future".


Now, UTS is holding a forum to continue the discussions.


Professor Shirley Alexander, Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Teaching, Learning and Equity) will chair the forum and present the results of both the staff and student surveys.


Hester Mountifield (Kate Edger Information Commons/Grafton Information Commons Manager, University of Auckland) will present a case study of their new approach to meeting the needs to students, showcasing their state-of-the-art building and what they have learnt.


Alex Byrne (University Librarian, UTS) will discuss the changing role of libraries and innovations in the design of libraries and student spaces.
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Anne Maree Payne
Parkinson’s Support Group - 7 August
The Ultimo Support Group for people living with Parkinson’s disease will be meeting again on Thursday 7 August, from 10:15 till noon. The free meeting takes place at the Ultimo Community Centre, off Bulwara Street, on the corner of William Henry, in Ultimo.

Please contact Chris Davis on ext. 4957 or Chris.Davis@uts.edu.au if you’d like to ask about the Support Group, which is part of Parkinson’s NSW. Web address for further information http://www.gangart.com/usg
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School of Marketing
Research Seminar Series
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All interested in research in marketing are invited to attend the next presentation in our 2008 Research Seminar Series.
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Seminar Details

Date: Thursday, 24th July 2008

Time: 12:00noon – 1:30pm

Venue: B439, Graduate School of Business, UTS Haymarket Campus

"Retaining incomplete data records for discrete choice estimation: CART non-parametric tree based imputation for datasets with missing values"

presented by Ingo Bentrott(PhD Candidate, UTS)

For further information or for a copy of the seminar abstract please contact Amanda Moroney via marketing.seminars@uts.edu.au.

Lunch will be provided. For catering purposes please RSVP via email.
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Gretchen Togle
CHERE Seminar Thurs, 24 July at 445pm
You are invited to attend a seminar hosted by the Centre for Health Economics Research and Evaluation (CHERE) at the UTS Haymarket campus.

THE ISRAELI HEALTH CARE SYSTEM: ISSUES AND ’LESSONS LEARNED’

Professor Amir Shmueli, Hebrew University, Israel

This talk will describe the competitive National Health Insurance system which was introduced in 1995, in which risk adjustment plays a major role.

Amir Shmueli is a professor of health economics with the Hebrew University-Hadassah School of Public Health in Jerusalem, Israel, and a senior researcher with the Gertner Institute of Health Policy Research. He has been the Israeli Country Coordinator in the Risk Adjustment Network (RAN) since its establishment. He served on several public committees which have shaped the reformed Israeli health system. In addition to capitation contracts and risk-adjustment, Amir’s recent main research interests include solidarity in health care, equity and inequality in health, and health technology adoption and diffusion.

Date: Thursday 24 July, 2008

Time: 4:45pm
Room: 5C.02.46. Located in the UTS Business Faculty, Quay St, Haymarket.

See map http://www.uts.edu.au/about/mapsdirections/citymap.html

Room 2.46 is located on the second floor. Enter building 5 via entrance C.

The seminar is free. Light refreshments will be served afterwards.

RSVP by Wednesday, 23 July 2008, to gretchen.togle@chere.uts.edu.au

For more information contact: stephen.goodall@chere.uts.edu.au
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Jann Joy
EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATIONS SKILLS WORKSHOP
Emphasis in the current organisational climate is on working in teams and developing partnerships. Interacting with people at work requires more than just a set of interpersonal skills. The focus in this workshop is on helping you to develop/improve your skills in non-verbal communication, listening, questioning and constructive feedback.

Learning Outcomes
· Improved listening skills
· Improved questioning skills
· Enhanced understanding of the importance of body language
· Respond appropriately when receiving feedback
· Give constructive feedback to others.

Facilitator: Thistle Anderson
Date: Thursday, 7 August 2008
Time: 9:00 am to 1:00 pm
RSVP: 1 August 2008
Contact: Jann.Joy@uts.edu.au
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Jann Joy
LEADING AT UTS: LEADING AND MANAGING CHANGE
*5 Vacancies only*

Change is important for the renewal of the University and for the continuous improvement in the quality of its programs and support services. The need for change can stem from external pressures such as shifts in funding or student demand or the introduction of new technologies. As a manager you need to be able to effectively lead your team through change.

Learning Outcomes
* Identify the main changes impacting on society and UTS
* Understand individual differences in responding to change
* Understand the 8 steps to successful change
* Develop strategies to help your team adapt to change
* Be able to plan and implement effective changes

Facilitator: Liz Hurley
Date: Tuesday, 29 July
Time: 9:00 am to 5:00 pm
RSVP: 25 July 2008
Contact: Jann.Joy@uts.edu.au
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Kristle Abraham
Welcome to New Staff
A Welcome To New Staff Session for recently appointed permanent and fixed term contract staff is being held on 24 July 2008.

If you would like to attend and have not already received an invitation, please contact
Kristle.Abraham@uts.edu.au by Monday 21 July 2008.
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Les Kirkup
Curriculum Renewal Enhancing Science Communication
Talk by Dr Roger Moni of Griffith University on Thursday 31st July from 3.00 pm to 4.00 pm in room 2.34 of Building 4 on the Broadway campus.

Roger will share his experiences of planning, implementing and evaluating curriculum renewal activities designed to enhance the communication skills of science students across all years of an undergraduate course. He will describe three case studies which demonstrate how such skills can be successfully embedded and sustained in large enrolment science subjects. This talk will be of direct interest to teachers in all disciplines who are looking for ways to improve the communication skills of students.
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Aimee Purcell
C2S Walk - Bondi to Watsons Bay - 27th July
The last warm-up walk in the City 2 Surf series will be held on Sunday 27th July.
This time it’s from Bondi Beach to Watson’s Bay, with a 10am start and a FREE picnic provided at the end of the walk.
Registration is essential, to register please call 9514 1891 or email Aimee.Purcell@uts.edu.au.
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Jann Joy
iExpenses Out of Pocket Training
iExpenses Out of Pocket (petty cash)training is for all staff who wish reimbursement of any money they have spent on behalf of the University. Any staff member requiring NEO access to iExpenses Out of Pocket must attend the appropriate training session.


Date: Thursday 7 August 2008
Time: 10am to 12.30pm
Location: Online Training Room at the Library at Kuring-gai
RSVP: 1 August 2008
Contact: Jann.Joy@uts.edu.au
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Jann Joy
iExpenses Credit Card Training
iExpenses Credit Card training is for staff who have a UTS Credit Card and wish to begin the monthly acquittal process. Any staff member requiring NEO access to iExpenses Credit Card must attend the appropriate training session.


Date: Thursday 7 August 2008
Time: 2 - 4.30pm
Location: Online Training Room at the Library at Kuring-gai
RSVP: 1 August 2008
Contact: Jann.Joy@uts.edu.au
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Jann Joy
iExpenses Credit Card Training
iExpenses Credit Card training is for staff who have a UTS Credit Card and wish to begin the monthly acquittal process. Any staff member requiring NEO access to iExpenses Credit Card must attend the appropriate training session.


Date: Monday 4 August 2008
Time: 2 - 4.30pm
Location: Blackfriars Campus Laboratory
RSVP: 28 July 2008
Contact: Jann.Joy@uts.edu.au
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Bob Crocker
Auction of Photographic Equipment
The following Equipment is for sale to the highest bidder.
(Priority will be given for re-use within the University).

Ademco 1620 Dry Mounting Press

Bray E Series Film Processor


Bids will close at 12 noon Tuesday 22nd July, 2008.
For further information please "Email" Bob.Crocker@uts.edu.au or
phone 9514 7485.
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Daniel O'Neill
UTS Ally Program Launch
Professor Shirley Alexander,
Deputy Vice- Chancellor (Teaching, Learning & Equity), has pleasure in inviting you to join her, the UTS Allies and the Lord Mayor of Sydney, Clover Moore MP, at the official launch of the UTS Ally Program.

DATE: Tuesday 5 August 2008
TIME: 12.30pm -2pm
VENUE: The Foyer, Level 4
Tower Building 1, Broadway
Lunch will be provided.
RSVP: bianca.roberts@uts.edu.au by
Friday 1 August 2008

Ally: Celebrating and Supporting Sexual and Gender Diversity at UTS

For more information on the UTS Ally Program, please contact Dinah Cohen (x7612) or Daniel O’Neill (x1085).
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Des Petersen
Academic Review Options Paper
Academic Board Review 2008 -- Options Paper

An Options Paper has been made available for members of the University community wishing to comment on the future composition of Academic Board.
It outlines details of two possible models for a new Academic Board.
If you wish to comment on the proposed options, or on any other aspect of this review, please go to http://www.gsu.uts.edu.au/academicboard/review/2008review.html where you will be able to link to the Options Paper. This page also has an email link for your feedback. Please make any email comments and suggestions re the Options Paper before Friday 25 July. Thanks.

Des Petersen
Clerk to Academic Board
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Derretta Branche
Sleep Workshops - City Campus
Toss and turn through the night? Busy mind? Feeling tired all day?
Want to find out how to experience better sleep at night and feel refreshed and alert for the day?

The quality of your sleep can make an enormous difference to how well you feel and how productive you can be.
With this in mind Environment, Health and Safety, HRU is organising a free SleepEasy TM Workshop for UTS staff.

This half-day workshop will run on the morning of Wednesday 6 August 2008 (9am-1pm) and on the afternoon Wednesday 29th October 2008 (1pm-5pm) in the Hr Training Rooms. Please confirm WHICH session you wish to attend. Places are limited. (minimum numbers are also required for the session to go ahead).

To book your place on this workshop please email Dominique.Grady@uts.edu.au
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Ruolan Lan
An Afternoon of Choice Talks
An Afternoon of Choice Talks: Variance Components in Choice

Date: 24th of July from 1.30pm to 4.30pm
Organised by Centre for the Study of Choice
This is a free event. Please RSVP your attendance to ruolan.lan@uts.edu.au so that a proper venue will be booked and announced later.
Enquiries: Ruolan Lan Ph: 02 9514 9745
The following topics will be presented for about 30 minutes each:

1. "Latent Variable Modeling of Consumer Brand Preferences Using Best-Worst Experiments" by Len Coote

2. "Structural Models for Choice Experiments." By Cam Rungie

3. "Separating the Variance in Choice Within and Between Individuals: A Significant Proportion of So-Called Preference Heterogeneity Is In Fact Due To Variability Within Individuals" by Jordan Louviere and Towhidul Islam

4. "Modeling Heterogeneity in Consumer Choice Behavior: the G-MNL and MM-MNL models" by Michael Keane and Nada Wasi

5. Statistical Properties of Consideration Sets by Richard Carson and Jordan Louviere

6. "Best-Worst Choice Models for Individuals" By David Pihlens
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Lindi Todd
TfC lunchtime talk: Guita Hourani
18th July, 12:30 - 1:30, TfC Bagel (Building 3, Room 4.02)

Currently the Director of the Lebanese Emigration Research Center at Notre Dame University (Beirut) and a member of the University’s Research Board. She is appointed an expert on migration for the Maronite Patriarchal Synod.
Guita Hourani’s current work encompasses the citizenship and naturalization laws of Lebanon, remittances of Lebanese migrants, the role of Lebanese migrants in homeland investments, insecurity and migration, the legal framework of the relations between the Lebanese government and its migrants.

Hear her speak on some of these and related topics in our TfC lunchtime talk.

http://www.tfc.uts.edu.au/news_events/
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Tameera Kemp
Maxwell McCombs speaks on agenda setting 17 July
ONE PUBLIC TALK IN AUSTRALIA ONLY

PROFESSOR MAX MCCOMBS

The founder of media agenda setting theory will be speaking this Thursday 5.30 pm for 6 pm at the Australian Centre for Public Communication, UTS on ’Agenda Setting: From Chapel Hill to Web 2.0’.

This is Professor McCombs’ first public visit to Australia and a rare opportunity to meet and hear one of the most eminent media scholars of our time.

FREE to UTS staff and research students.
$30 for other guests.

Register online at http://www.acpc.uts.edu.au/events/event_detail.html?ItemId=11505&ItemDate=2008-07-17
or e-mail angela.aldred@uts.edu.au
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Sarah Gardiner
CLOSING: Official Welcomes - Academic Procession
You are invited to take part in the academic procession for the UTS Official Welcomes for commencing students on Monday 21 July 2008.

Undergraduate students
Time: 10.00am
Where: Great Hall, Level 5, Tower Building

Postgraduate Students
Time: 5.00pm
Where: Great Hall, Level 5, Tower Building

To register to attend either or both ceremonies, and to order your academic dress, please RSVP to sarah.gardiner@uts.edu.au by COB Wednesday 16 July.

If you have any questions, please contact Sarah Gardiner on 9514 1250.

For more information on the Official Welcomes:
http://www.orientation.uts.edu.au/
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David Knight
Secondment Opportunity: FEIT
PROJECT LEADER, INDUSTRY PARTNERING UNIT (IPU),FACULTY OF ENGINEERING & INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (FEIT)

If you have a flair for customer service and building strong and collegiate relationships with members of industry and the professions, the IPU invites you to submit an expression of interest for a 6 month secondment opportunity for the Project Leader role. In this role, you will be responsible to the Director, IPU for the management of undergraduate engineering student internships and for securing undergraduate scholarships to support the Bachelor of Engineering, Diploma in Engineering Practice Program.

In this busy and varied role, your day will be spent liaising with representatives of the engineering industry and profession to support the engineering internship and scholarship programs and identifying and establishing new opportunities in these areas, in collaboration with industry. You will also play an advisory role to students and current scholarship holders in relation to internship opportunities assisting them with their overall internship experience and ensure that the scholarship programs operate to the satisfaction of current scholars and their sponsors.

This opportunity is available for 6 months to cover staff maternity leave from 1 September 2008 to 1 March 2009. The position is remunerated at HEW7. Intending applicants must also obtain permission from their current supervisor to undertake the secondment well in advance of the start date, if successful.

Intending applicants should contact the Director, IPU, Mr Pat Jenkins for a copy of the position description on ext. 2592 or Pat.Jenkins@uts.edu.au . Please then submit a one page statement to Pat Jenkins on how you meet the selection criteria and attach a recent version of your CV by Friday 18 July 2008.
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Jann Joy
iExpenses Credit Card Training
iExpenses Credit Card training is for staff who have a UTS Credit Card and wish to begin the monthly acquittal process. Any staff member requiring NEO access to iExpenses Credit Card must attend the appropriate training session.


Date: Monday 4 August 2008
Time: 2 -4.30pm
Location: Blackfriars Campus Laboratory
RSVP: 28 July 2008
Contact: Jann.Joy@uts.edu.au
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Lindi Todd
TfC Lunch Time talk: Anna Obradors Pineda
"Building a Critical Approach to Social Exclusion"

Tuesday, 15th July, 12:30 - 1:30 at the TfC Bagel [UTS Bldg 3, Room 4.02]

Anna will be discussing how she understands the processes of social exclusion and inclusion from a multidimensional relational perspective that focuses on the power dynamics and the agency-structure dialectic to explain these phenomena. Furthermore, she will present a few ideas on how this alternative theoretical understanding relates to the current approaches sustaining the European National Action Plans for Social Inclusion (NAPIS), and why their frame evaluation from a critical perspective is relevant to improve their orientation and effectiveness.

Anna is currently a visiting scholar with TfC.
http://www.transforming.cultures.uts.edu.au/news_events/Visiting_scholars.html
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