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Last updated: Tuesday, 22 May 2012
Student Misconduct and Appeals Awareness Session
Discounted Qantas Club membership
Green Week photo competition now open
Optometrist on Broadway campus – Prevue Eyewear
Diffuse Season 2: Charisma
Hunger strikes & political prisonerhood, 9 May
Name a robot and win an Android Google Nexus Phone
Free author talk by Pip Harry and Pam Newton
Top stories from U: magazine’s May issue
The Truth about Food lunchtime talk
Winter Wellness & Diabetes session - Kuringai cam
Peak cafe trading options during Graduations
CenSoC Lunchtime Seminar Series: Tues 15 May
Unisuper seminars
Volunteers wanted for PPT research
SSFS Financial Advisor
First Year Experience Forum - 10 May
2nd Call for Papers: Int. Disclosure Conference
Martinis, Massages and Manicures
Photographic Exhibition 'Shadowman' by Jonny Lewis
Changes to Student Rules - Graduate Research Study
Celebrity society taking ParisHilton Inc seriously
Action Learning Research Conference Sydney Sep 3-4
Professional development for UTS Staff
China Research Centre Seminar Series
Through a camera lens: Marko Kokic - Photographer
Global Exchange Fair 2012 - Tuesday 8 May
MDG Seminar: Professor Stewart Clegg - 3 May
Treating multidrug resistant cancer
Assistant Student Ombud (3 positions)
Privacy at UTS and Privacy Awareness Week
Trampoline survey needs volunteers!
Upcoming privacy training
Winter Wellness lunchtime talk
Innovation and Creativity - Talk it Up! Forum
Free author talk by Debra Adelaide
International Jazz Day on 2ser!
Research Seminar in Economics - 30 April
University Consulting Directive - Revision
TfC Lunchtime Series - 2 May
Reminder to lodge your vital records
Writing Features: UTS Short course held at night
Innovation and Entrepreneurship seminar series
UTS Staff Social Club – Golf Day 2012
Diffuse concert series
2% salary increase effective 1 May, 2012
Writing clinics are back!
Academic Staff Election - Equity Reference Group
Host Fairtrade morning tea on 10 May
2012 Harold Wyndham Memorial Lecture
10,000 steps challenge – get moving!
Lunchtime walking group
Analytics Lecture Series: Kalman+particle filters
Director, External and Research Engagement
Corporate credit cardholders - UTS business travel
UTS Insider submissions due 27 April
Internal Vacancy: International Relations Officer
Work from the UTS:Library Artist Residency
UTS Short Courses Venue – Level 7
Procrastination Support Group
Payroll deadline for the next pay period
Help us improve Bldg 1 lift service (and win!)
Queen's Birthday Bash tonight at The Loft
Universal Remote exhibition opening next Tuesday
Trial Shuttle Bus Services to begin 30 April 2012
ISF showcase at Australian Changemakers Festival
Loft and Glasshouse Bars closed next Monday
WildEndurance event volunteers
UTS wireless is changing
ABC Filming
Accommodation for visiting researcher
Seeking research participants
Academic Staff Election – Equity Reference Group
Nominate for Australian Alumni Awards in Indonesia
Opportunity to attend 1 day Carbon Trading Session
UTS forum led by world leader in breathlessness
China Research Centre Wednesday Seminar Series
Global Exchange Fair 2012
UTS Campus Guides
Building 1 lift breakdowns
Martinis, Massages and Manicures
Law - Teaching and Learning Seminar
Workshop on Biomedical Robotics, Bio-mechatronics
Shark Presentations
HELPS Academic skills program update
Co-op Bookshop Stocktake Closures
Reminder: Promotion to Senior Lecturer 2012
10 000 steps challenge
Expression of Interest - Business Analysts
Special Seminar on Education in Afghanistan
Green Renters Challenge
UTSpeaks: More Intervention
Java Programming Advanced (J2EE) Short Course
Yarning Circle: Too dark for the light horse
Call for reviewers for online learning journal
Writing for the web with Marcus O’Donnell
Celeb society taking Paris Hilton Inc seriously
UTS Alumni e-newsletter
Sydney - Domain Mother's Day Classic
Cognitive function research: call for volunteers
ESOS Information Session – The National Code
Accommodation for visiting academic wanted
UTS Business School, EDU Public Short Courses
Marketing Secondment Opportunity
Communication styles workshop
Report - Earth Hour performance
Amendment to pedestrian route to Thomas St
Safety and Wellbeing for supervisors
UTS Wellbeing Program
Time and venue changed for AAI Seminar tomorrow
New Injury Management & Return to Work Program
CCS Seminar on 2 May
Call for papers AARE-APERA 2012 Conference
Survey and submissions for UTS Insider
ALARA 2012 Conference call
TfC Lunchtime Series: 11 April
Tower lifts - Accessibility
Martinis, Massages and Manicures
SSFS Financial Advisor
Academic looking for 2 bedroom accommodation
SPECIAL LONG WEEKEND ITD NOTICE
New directive regarding concerning behaviour
Australia Quartet 10 April 2012
Do you know what's happening around you?
New venue Rightists in the eyes of Chinese artists
National Year of Reading free film screening
UTS Acupuncture and Chinese Medicine treatments
Building 2, level 3 balcony access changes
Career & Professional (CAP) Development Awards
Reminder - Casual Academics - ECDF Scheme
MDG Seminar: Immigrant entrepreneurs in Australia
Gallery talk on today - Wednesday 4 April 5.30pm
Martinis, Massages and Manicures
Melbourne to Cairns in 7 days for Cancer Council
Internal Vacancy: Development Coordinator
Volunteers for pressure pain threshold study
Easter/Anzac Day Payroll deadlines -reminder
AAI lecture series - Conditional random fields
Optometrist on Broadway campus – Prevue Eyewear
Reminder - register for Academic Processions
Announcing The SPARK Series
Discounted Royal Easter Show Tickets
China Research Centre Seminar Series
Top stories from U: magazine's April issue
New and revised UTS policies, procedures and rules
UTS:INSEARCH launches new website
Accommodation for visiting academic - June 2012
Internal Vacancy: Development Coordinator
Reviewers for online learning and teaching journal
Student Misconduct and Appeals Awareness session
TfC lunchtime seminar - 4 April
Peter Robb - CAL writer in residence
ACIJ April 2012 Writing courses
UTS Staff Social Club – Easter Morning Tea
Seminar: Social and technological determinism
2012 Singapore Australian Alumni Award
Value-based project portfolio management seminar
Tower lifts: new control system
Submissions now open for UTS Insider
Research seminar in economics
Research seminar in finance
Earth Hour this Saturday night, 31 March
Executive Certificate in Public Relations
Tower lifts - accessibility
Payroll deadlines for Easter/ANZAC Day pay periods
Furniture for reuse
Australia Quartet April 10, 2012
Professor Timothy Devinney Seminar
Reminder of seminar: Applying for OLT Citations
China Research Centre seminar series
Free movie tickets from 2ser! Be quick!
Research seminar in finance on 28 March
TfC Lunchtime seminar - 28 March
Reminder: PhD Comics Film
Andrew Liveris, CEO of Dow Chemical, at UTS
Executive Certificate in Positive Psychology
Sound and music design concert series
Heavy construction traffic: Thomas and Jones St
Reminder: Staff election - Equity Reference Group
Accommodation for visiting academic
The Co-op Bookshop Easter Trading hours
Looking back at the Indian student crisis
Register now: Academic processions at graduations
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The Earth Hour Story
Seminar: Applying for OLT T&L citations
Bell ringing ceremony
IML casual academic workshop: Interactive lectures
Expression of interest-Acting Manager Scholarships
Management seminar: Corporate alumni networks
Martinis, Massages and Manicures
iOS SDK workshops
AAI Study Group Lecture 4: The hidden Markov model
Teaching and Learning Seminar
Learn to fence classes
CenSoC Seminar Series: Wed 21 March 2012 at 12noon
National Close The Gap Lecture
Reminder to lodge your vital records
CCS seminar: Exploring Social Impact
Climate Justice and Food Security talk
Research Seminar in Economics - 19 March
Social media public lecture Dr Jose van Dijck
Research Seminar in Finance - 21 March
Printing and photocopying services
Writing clinics for UTS students
Short courses in writing
Collaboration Design & Country discussion panel
Seminar event at NMH
ACEN Forum
Sustainability Day and St Pats at Concourse Cafe
Are you a Business or IT staff member?
UTS Careers Fair - networking opportunites
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Staff nominations to equity reference group
Research Strategy Analyst – Internal Opportunity
Workshop: Preparing for promotion
St Paddy's Day City Campus
Reminder: promotion to senior lecturer 2012
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Call for papers: Incident Disclosure Conferenence
Student Misconduct and Appeals awareness session
What's happening around U?
National Year of Reading free film screening
Martinis, massages and manicures
St Paddy's Day - Kuring-gai
Business process management meets IIM
Workshop: Moving into science, tech, math research
Weight Watchers at Work
Workshops for new casual academics
Innovation and entrepreneurship seminar series
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UTS Union harbour sailing
Att: Casual Academics - ECDF Scheme
Recordkeeping Essentials training
Money 101, online financal education
Media Studies Seminar – Prof Jose van Dijck
Call for papers: 2012 Interstices
The hub trades late
Call for Papers: IEEE International Conference
Prepare for Earth Hour 2012
AAI Seminar - Risk analysis, analytics, business
Offshore Policy and Directives
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Lunchtime social sport competitions at the MPSH
Optometrist on Broadway campus – Prevue Eyewear
Responsible Academic Officers (RAOs)
Media Studies Seminar – Prof José van Dijck
PREEM/Mathematical Sciences Joint Seminar
Research Seminar in Economics - 12 March
Research Seminar in Finance - 14 March
Research Seminar in Economics - 15 March
Green Screen Climate Fix Flicks - Tuesday 13 March
Bell ringing postoned
Learn to fence with the UTS Fencing Club!
Applying for First Year Experience Grants
Top stories from U: magazine's March issue
Seminar by Dr Murray Smith on March 14 at 12noon
PhD Comics Film - 5 April 2012
Reminder - WW@Work
Teaching and Learning Seminar
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Student Misconduct and Appeals Awareness Session
Donate spare stationery to students in need
StudentJobs@UTS – $3000 Subsidy
Optometrist on Broadway campus
Promotion to Senior Lecturer 2012
TfC Lunchtime Seminar - 7 March
A new model for public education: Monday at 5.30
CMOS Seminars UTS Business School
ACELG administrative assistant - part-time
UTS Union presents the UTS Garden Party
Privacy training in March
Data roaming costs for staff travelling overseas
Vacancy - EA, International Engagement
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UTS Annual Report 2011
Design Exhibition 'Collaboration Design & Country'
New food court outlets for 2012 in building 1
UTS Insider submissions due 5 March
Joint Law, Engineering and IT Research Seminar
Building 2 air-conditioning
International Women's Day
X World 2012 - Call For Presenters
AUC Student Developer Scholarships
Exhibition Opening: The Baker's Dozen
Research Seminar in Economics: 5 March
Student and Related Rules
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NGO Media Forum: Wednesday 28 March
Community projects as student placements
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George Evatt, Marine Videographer presentation
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Research Seminar in Finance: 29 February
HELPS weekly workshops now available
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TfC Lunchtime Series start again
ESOS Info Sessions 2012 Program
Buddhism practices in Nepal
SSFS Financial Advisor
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AUC Cocoa Workshop
Future food: why should we care about GM crops
Voice training for radio & television - 27 March
ABDC Distinguished International Visiting Scholar
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O'day and O'fest disturbance
Free Capoeira in the Multi-Purpose Sports Hall
Innovation and Entrepreneurial seminar series
Manager, Graduate School of Health
REMINDER: CenSoC Lunchtime Seminar: Tuesday 21 Feb
New free car pooling service
Media training session Thursday 15 March
The 3rd Sustainable Phosphorus Summit
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CISCO certification short courses
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39th International Systemic Functional Congress
Help Women in Poverty
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Mapping the Opportunity Landscape in China
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AASG lecture series on pattern recognition
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GradCert in Higher Education Teaching and Learning
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New academic staff development program
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Carbon trading information session
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Printing for Autumn Semester
Chinese New Year: Year of the dragon
Short Course: Accounting for Non-Accountants
Talking India Series: 'When Farmers Die'
Reminder: Seminar on National T & L Grants
Online videos for new incoming students
Submissions now open for UTS Insider
The Great Recession: An examination of HRM
State of the Art Corporate Social Responsibility
Media-rich synchronous technologies for learning
39th International Systemic Functional Congress
Contributions sought for State of the Future 2012
Cloud computing - IIM evening event
EHS for Supervisors
Seminar: How can FIFA be held accountable?
Analyst Programmer position
Loft Bar Opens
Seminar: National Teaching & Learning Grants
Research Week 2012 - Book Now!
Orientation February 2012 Parents and Partners
Reimbursement of out-of-pocket expenses
Teeline Shorthand commences 6 March
NTEU - Classification Seminar - 7/2/2012
China now: key questions in debate
Feminism in academia: surviving and thriving
Position available - Fees Team Member
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UTSpeaks: Holes in the Net
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Short Course: Negotiation Stage 1
Getting started with UTSOnline training
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2012 Skills and Professional Development Program
Closure of Alumni Green (western half)
Submissions now open for UTS Insider
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Copyright - preparing teaching material for 2012?
Public forum with Les Murray 'Smuggled to Freedom'
Carbon Trading Information Session
Research Week 2012 - book now
Compliance position in UTS International
Research Ethics Administrator - Closes 18 January
Upcoming privacy training
Short Course: Accounting for Non-Accountants
Works Along Jones St and Thomas St Footpaths
Stanford Summer Institute for Entrepreneurship
Short Course: Lean Six Sigma Foundations - Sydney
Dean's Leadership in Innovation seminar series
Alumni Green: works update
Closure of Turner Lane
UTS AAI Bioinformatics Workshop 2012
Certificate 1 in Accounting with SAP ERP
Student Services Ammenity Fee
New and/ or revised Policies, Procedures and Rules
Orientation February 2012 Parents and Partners
Wellbeing at UTS - Money 101, Financal Education
Recordkeeping Essentials Training
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Temporary closure: escalators to Building 6
Research Ethics Administrator
| Andrea Thompson |
| Student Misconduct and Appeals Awareness Session |
| The Student and Related Rules were reviewed in 2011 and the changes came into effect on 27 February, 2012 to coincide with 2012 Autumn Semester. The changes relate to the definition of misconduct and the reporting of misconduct. The case for change was to remove inconsistencies, streamline the reporting and administration of misconduct and enhance consistent decision making. If you are interested in finding out more, a Student Misconduct and Appeals (SMA) Awareness session is being held: Date: Monday 14 May, 2012 Time: 10.30am to 12noon Location: Building 10, level 6, HR training room 1 (CB10.06.440) RSVP: misconductandappeals@uts.edu.au Further sessions are planned and will be held on: Wednesday 6 June, 10.30am to 12noon Thursday 5 July, 10.30am to 12noon (Kuring-gai campus) Monday 6 August, 10.30am to 12noon |
| Ann Leadbitter |
| Discounted Qantas Club membership |
| Staff travelling for business or a holiday can join the Qantas Club at a discounted rate by utilising UTS’ Qantas Club corporate membership scheme. To arrange your membership call 131 131 and quote the UTS Qantas Corporate Membership number 4673807. Under this scheme a one year membership is $505 a saving of $335 and a two year membership is $705 a saving of $515. You can also salary package this benefit. More information can be found at: http://www.hru.uts.edu.au/conditions/packaging/taxfree.html For further information contact Staff Services on ext. 1060 or Staffservices@uts.edu.au. |
| Seb Crawford |
| Green Week photo competition now open |
| Enter the Green Week photo competition to win great prizes - an afternoon on the job with ABC journalist Joel Werner creating an edition of “Off Track” for ABC Radio National, or $100 Co-op Bookshop voucher. Closes 28 May with the best 20 photographs exhibited. Competition details and entry guidelines at UTS GREEN http://www.green.uts.edu.au/initiatives/community/Green_Week_Photo_Competition_Guidelines.pdf |
| Catherine McHugh |
| Optometrist on Broadway campus – Prevue Eyewear |
| UTS staff and students receive special discounts at Prevue Eyewear, 13 Broadway next to the Co-op Bookshop. Receive $100 off complete glasses, 20% off contact lenses and sunglasses, and 2 pairs of glasses for $199 complete (conditions apply). Call 9211 5770 to book a bulk-billed eye test. All health funds welcome! |
| Jon Drummond |
| Diffuse Season 2: Charisma |
| Diffuse is a series of 8 weekly concerts running every Thursday from 3 May until 21 June, put together by Dr Jon Drummond, acting course director of the Bachelor of Sound and Music Design program in FASS. It incorporates staff, guest lecturers, collaborators and students from the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences and is a celebration of sound and music design at UTS. The second concert in the series, Charisma, features music by five contemporary Australian composers, including: UTS Professor Kirsty Beilharz, currently on sabbatical from FASS. Moya Henderson: G’Day Africa Katia Beaugeais: The Last Flight of Saint-Ex Wendy Suiter: Clarinet Calling Diana Blom: Fearless Dreams Kirsty Beilharz: Diamond Quills Charisma, Thursday 10 May at 6.30pm at Bon Marche Studio, 755 Harris Street, Ultimo Admission by donation at the door Enquiries: Jon.Drummond@uts.edu.au More information can be found on our website: http://diffuse2.wordpress.com/charisma/ or on facebook: http://www.facebook.com/Diffuse2 |
| IOSARN |
| Hunger strikes & political prisonerhood, 9 May |
| Please be invited to a seminar given by Professor Ujjwal Kumar Singh, who is currently the Rajiv Gandhi Chair Professor in Contemporary Indian Studies at UTS: 'Cat and mouse' games: Hunger strikes and political prisonerhood Date: Wednesday 9 May Time: 4pm to 6pm Where: Building 10, level 14, room 201 (235 Jones Street, Ultimo) RSVP: cornelia.betzler@uts.edu.au Political imprisonment is a useful frame and conceptual tool for a historical and ethnographical exploration of the modern state. The definition of political crime, and by implication, a political prisoner, has always been a matter of contestation. In this paper, an attempt has been made to examine this multilayered and contested terrain by focusing on the ‘hunger strike’ as a mode of resistance and reclamation of the self within totalising prison regimes. The manner in which hunger strikes are executed and the meanings they offer are varied. Correspondingly, the response of the state is also distinct for each group of prisoners, and different versions of the ‘cat and mouse game’ are played out with different intents, ranging from freeing hunger striking suffragettes from prison, only to re-incarcerate them, permitting Irish republicans to ‘court death’, the forcible feeding of socialist revolutionaries in India and a conundrum over how to respond to the Gandhian ‘fast’ to purge the nation. Hunger striking prisoners, in some cases, such as the Hindustan Socialist Revolutionary Army prisoners, and more recently Naxalites in India, have focused on changing repressive prison regimes and for a recognition of political prisonerhood; others like Anna Hazare and Irom Sharmila, have, albeit in different ways and to different effects, sought to draw attention to political wrongs, through their individual ‘fasts’. Please find more information on Professor Singh on our website: http://iosarn.com/ Free event. All welcome. Light refreshments will be provided. |
| Jenny Donovan |
| Name a robot and win an Android Google Nexus Phone |
| Always wanted to name a robot? The UTS Magic Lab has just taken possession of a brand new PR2 robot – and it needs a name! Suggest a name for our PR2 and be in the running to win an Android phone. We have assembled an esteemed panel that includes the Vice-Chancellor to select the top 5 names that we receive. The panel will select a name according to the following requirements: * Distinctive * Evokes a strong and positive personality and * Engaging for a broad audience. We like to think our robots have personality, so go ahead and suggest something that is fun and has lots of character. Visit http://robotics.uts.edu.au to find out how to enter. |
| Georgia Markakis |
| Free author talk by Pip Harry and Pam Newton |
| Wednesday 9 May at 12noon. 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. The second talk will be presented by Pip Harry author of 'I'll tell you mine' and Pam Newton author of 'The Old School'. They will be reading excerpts from their books and discussing their paths to becoming authors of award winning literary work. 'I'll tell you mine' and 'The Old School' will be available for sale at the talk and Pip and Pam will be signing copies of their books. So bring your lunch and join us for what promises to be an interesting talk. DATE: Wednesday 9 May TIME: 12noon to 1pm VENUE: City Campus Library, level 3, Learning Commons This is a free event. All are welcome. No RSVP or booking is required. For more details please visit: http://www.lib.uts.edu.au/news/18689/nyor-free-author-talk-pip-harry-and-pam-newton-wednesday-9-may-12pm |
| Katia Sanfilippo |
| Top stories from U: magazine’s May issue |
| The May issue of U: magazine is now on stands. Lead stories include: * Renew, restore, regenerate: A UTS Shopfront and Arts NSW initiative is using pop-up art projects to revitalise empty spaces http://newsroom.uts.edu.au/news/2012/05/renew-restore-regenerate * What we really think: Though politicians claim global warming is the greatest moral dilemma of our time, new research suggests everyday Aussies think otherwise http://newsroom.uts.edu.au/news/2012/05/what-we-really-think * Climate control: Senior Lecturer in the Faculty of Design, Architecture and Building Leena Thomas explains how climate-responsive architecture in India is offering the subcontinent alternatives to energy-intensive urbanisation http://newsroom.uts.edu.au/news/2012/05/climate-control You can read all U: magazine stories on the UTS Newsroom: http://newsroom.uts.edu.au/ Or pick up a copy from the campus stands. |
| Dominique Grady |
| The Truth about Food lunchtime talk |
| Interactive seminar on food myths, food do’s and don'ts and interesting facts on food products. When: Wednesday 9 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. |
| Dominique Grady |
| Winter Wellness & Diabetes session - Kuringai cam |
| As part of the UTS wellbeing program we will be holding a session at Kuring Gai campus. When: Wednesday 16 May, 2012 Where: KG02.02.42 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. |
| Geoff Brooke-Smith |
| Peak cafe trading options during Graduations |
| With UTS Graduations being held in the Great Hall three times a day over the next two weeks, the Concourse Cafe will at various times be at peak demand. UTS staff and students should consider using the Harris St Cafe, Building 4, level 1 or the Loft Bar (open from 930am each day for Coffee service) as alternatives. These outlets provide the same quality of coffee and tea service, have plenty of seating options and offer the same 10% discounts off regular prices to all UTS staff and students ($2.70 for a regular or $3.15 for a large coffee or tea). Both these outlets are still only a 2 minute walk from the Concourse ensuring you don't have to leave campus. Enjoy! |
| Frances Nolan |
| CenSoC Lunchtime Seminar Series: Tues 15 May |
| 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, ext. 9876 or email Frances.Nolan@uts.edu.au www.censoc.uts.edu.au |
| Roger Brewer |
| Unisuper seminars |
| Staff members are advised that Unisuper will be holding two seminars on Tuesday 15 May 2012 on the topics of Superannuation & Estate Planning and Transition to Retirement. To obtain more information about these seminars and to register your attendance please go to http://www.unisuper.com.au/members/seminars |
| Seong Cheah |
| Volunteers wanted for PPT research |
| The research team needs your support in the study of Pressure Pain Threshold (PPT). Who? Healthy adult aged between 35 and 65 and don’t suffer from musculoskeletal pain or disorder eg bone fracture and arthritis. When? For four 20-minute sessions on either Monday or Wednesday or Friday, according to your convenience. Where? UTS Acupuncture Clinic, building 4, corner Harris and Thomas Streets, Ultimo. What’s involved? PPT readings will be measured at 17 sites on your forearms, lower legs and head. PPT is when the pressure applied begins to be experienced as change from normal pressure to pain or discomfort (Hint: you may slightly and slowly pinch yourself to get a feel of it). An algometer is used to produce this pressure. An algometer is a spring loaded pressure gauge that is attached to a rubber plunger with a flat circular area of 1cm2 at its tip. It does not puncture the skin. To register or for more information, please contact Seong Cheah at Seong.Cheah@uts.edu.au. *Ethics approval for this study has been granted by the UTS Human Research Ethics Committee (UTSHREC2010-367A). |
| Paul Champion |
| SSFS Financial Advisor |
| State Super Financial Services will have one of their financial advisors available at the City campus on Thursday 31 May 2012. Appointment times are 9.30am, 11am, 12.30pm and 2pm. Venue: FSU, building 10, level 6. To reserve you place call 8295 7950. |
| Kathy Egea |
| First Year Experience Forum - 10 May |
| We invite those working with first year (FY) students from across the university, to a lunch-time forum designed to share practice on transition pedagogies in the curriculum. Topic: Early and low stakes assignments and strategies Format: Sharing practice both formally with presentations by FY academics and Simon Housego (IML) and informally in small groups activities. We welcome your contributions. Thursday: 10 May Time: 12 noon to 2pm Room: Building 6, level 4, room 40 (new collaborative space) Light lunch provided - RSVP (include any special dietary requirements) Please contact the First Year Experience Coordinator Dr Kathy Egea |
| Jenna Cave |
| 2nd Call for Papers: Int. Disclosure Conference |
| The 1st International Disclosure Conference 2nd Call for Papers Incident disclosure is of critical significance to contemporary health care communication. Research has shown that disclosure may re-establish patients’ and relatives’ trust in the system, support clinical processes being made safer, and prevent organisations and individuals from entering into time-consuming complaints resolution and expensive legal processes. To canvass these and related issues, the UTS Centre for Health Communication is hosting the 1st International Incident Disclosure Conference. The conference will be held at UTS on 4 and 5 October 2012. National and international speakers will present their research on progress in policy and practice reform. 2nd Call for papers: Abstracts are invited for 20 minute papers to be given during the Conference’s parallel sessions. Due date for abstracts: 1 May 2012. Notification of acceptance: 15 May 2012. For more details, go to the conference website: http://www.centreforhealthcom.org/incidentdisclosure2012 Contact for queries- Professor Rick Iedema: rick.iedema@uts.edu.au |
| 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. |
| DAB LAB Research Gallery |
| Photographic Exhibition 'Shadowman' by Jonny Lewis |
| Photography Exhibition 'SHADOWMAN' by Jonny Lewis running as a part of the Head On Photo Festival 2012 Opening Thursday 3 May, 6pm to 8pm All welcome. Gallery open Mon to Fri, 10am to 5pm 4 to 25 May, 2012 DAB LAB Research Gallery Level 4 courtyard DAB building 6 702 to 730 Harris St, Ultimo Ph ext. 8016 For more information please go to: http://www.dab.uts.edu.au/dablab Exhibition supported By ArtHead DAB LAB sponsored by Oysterbay Wines and Coopers Brewery |
| Richard Birrell |
| Changes to Student Rules - Graduate Research Study |
| At its meeting 12/2 on 18 April 2012, UTS Council resolved to approve amendments to the following Student Rules related Graduate Research Study: Rule 11.2 Course Requirements, Rule 11.7 Period of candidature, and Rule 11.15 Thesis requirements. These rule changes came into effect 1 May 2012 and can be accessed at: http://www.gsu.uts.edu.au/rules/student/section-11.html If you believe these changes may impact you, please access the full details which are to be found in the Official Notice (with additions bold underlined and deletions in strikethrough) at http://www.uts.edu.au/oth/noticeboard/rules/index.html |
| Daphne Freeder Manager CMOS UTS Business School |
| Celebrity society taking ParisHilton Inc seriously |
| When: 1 May, 2012 Time: 2pm to 3.30pm Room: Haymarket building 5, block C, level 1, room 29 (5C 01.29) Presenter: Professor Robert van Krieken The celebrity society: Taking Paris Hilton, Inc seriously RSVP: cmos@uts.edu.au |
| Shankar Sankaran |
| Action Learning Research Conference Sydney Sep 3-4 |
| The next ALARA Action Learning and Action Research Conference is being held in Sydney from 3 to 4 September at the Sebel Hotel, Surry Hills. The theme for this year is: Achieving sustainable outcomes through dialogue and engagement. Delegates at ALARA conferences frequently comment on the diversity amongst their fellow delegates, the strong sense of collegiality, and the personal and professional inspiration the event produces in them. For more information and call for presentations and papers please visit http://www.alara.net.au/public/home I plan to hold a research symposium at the conference. If you are interested in being part of this symposium please contact me at shankar.sankaran@uts.edu.au. |
| 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 May are below: Certificate IV in Training and Assessment Workplace Assessing - 1 to 3 May Train the Trainer - 8 to 10 May Plan and Deliver Training - 15 to 17 May Program Design - 22 to 24 May Diploma of Management Time & Resource Management 4 May Team Management - 7 May Risk Management - 18 May Operational Planning - 21 May Project Management - 25 May Performance Management - 28 May Visit the UTS website for a full list of TDS courses. http://www.tds.uts.edu.au |
| Claire Moore |
| China Research Centre Seminar Series |
| When: Wednesday 2 May 2012 Time: 12.30pm to 2pm Where: Building 10, level 5, FASS Conference Room (CB10.05.580) All are welcome. Professor Anita Chan presents: China’s labour protests and prospects for collective bargaining. During the past two years the All-China Trade Union Federation (ACTFU) has launched a campaign to set up trade union branches in as many workplaces as possible so that it can implement “collective consultation,” a less adversarial form of collective bargaining. Professor Chan argues that this call to reform in the hope of maintaining labour unrest is unrealistic. A series of labour protests and strikes since 2006 have shown that the ACFTU has no understanding of the fundamentals needed for collective bargaining. This is confirmed by evidence from the campaign and by the recent findings of a survey Professor Chan devised, regarding Chinese automobile workers’ attitudes towards the trade union and collective bargaining. |
| Jan McClelland |
| Through a camera lens: Marko Kokic - Photographer |
| Marko Kokic is the staff photographer and photo editor at the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC). For over a decade he has been photographing humanitarian issues around the world, including in countries such as Afghanistan, Lebanon, Haiti, Kyrgyzstan, Central African Republic and the Russian Federation. Marko comes to Australia from a photo assignment in Papua New Guinea. Join us at lunchtime on Friday 11 May to hear him speak about his work. For more details and to rsvp: http://datasearch2.uts.edu.au/acij/news-events/event-detail.cfm?ItemId=30817 This talk is supported by the UTS Australian Centre for Independent Journalism and the Australian office of the International Committee of the Red Cross. |
| Takayo Yoshida |
| Global Exchange Fair 2012 - Tuesday 8 May |
| UTS offers one of the largest Global Exchange programs in Australia to its students with over 150 partner universities in more than 30 countries. Advise your students to come and visit our annual Global Exchange Fair to find out how they can complete part of their UTS degrees overseas! Date: 8 May, 2012 Time: 10am to 2pm Venue: Tower building 1, level 3, Concourse Cafe Audience: All students and staff are welcome Cost: Free - no registration required. Please contact UTS International (studyabroad.exchange@uts.edu.au) if you require further information. |
| Sarah Kaine |
| MDG Seminar: Professor Stewart Clegg - 3 May |
| Topic: Idea work in organisations: A practice-based approach. Time:10.30am–12noon Venue: Haymarketm building 5, block B, level 4, room 38 (CM05B.4.38) RSVP: sarah.kaine@uts.edu.au Abstract: We propose the concept of “idea work” as a practice-based framework for analysing how the work done to ideas can mobilise action, shape social interactions, and generate new possibilities in organisations. Five core qualities of idea work are defined for this purpose: materiality; intertextuality; controversy; teleo-affectivity, and aesthetics. Together, these five qualities offer an analytical framework for exploring and comparing practices within and across organizations. The concept of idea work captures a broader range of practices, modes of knowing, and value creating logics than previous research on creativity, innovation, and knowledge work, which have emerged from a focus on respectively, the psychological, socio-economic, and information-capturing aspects of a more complex whole. Idea work weds the actualities of work with the potentialities of ideas. As such, idea work relates far more to practices than preconditions, to what it is that members of organisations actually do and potentially could do, rather than what, prescriptively, they should do. From practice we build theory rather than seeking to reform practice from theory. |
| Jim Franklin |
| Treating multidrug resistant cancer |
| The Royal Society of NSW is pleased to invite you to a talk on Wednesday 2 May by Associate Professor Mary Bebway. Title: Understanding multidrug resistant cancer: And how to treat it A major obstacle to the success of treating cancer with chemotherapy is the emergence of drug resistance to chemotherapy. In fact, drug resistance is the estimated cause of treatment failure in over 90% of patients with metastatic disease. An important type of drug resistance is multidrug resistance (MDR). This occurs when cells following exposure to a single agent become cross-resistant to many structurally and functionally unrelated drugs. Associate Professor Mary Bebway and co-workers have recently discovered a novel intercellular pathway for the acquisition and dissemination of MDR that plays a significant role in regulating trait dominance in cancer cells. These findings are of potential therapeutic significance and provide an alternative paradigm for understanding anticancer treatment failure and for alternative strategies to clinically circumvent MDR. The Speaker Mary Bebawy is Associate Professor of Pharmacy at the UTS Graduate School of Health. She specialises in the role and regulation of the xenobiotic cascade in drug disposition and in cancer multidrug resistance. Associate Professor Bebawy has 18 years experience in academic and research positions, including 2 years as Preclinical Drug Development Scientist with Johnson and Johnson, Research and one year in senior management as Associate Dean (Learning and Teaching) at the Pharmacy Faculty at the University of Sydney. She has consulted to academia and industry on matters concerning cancer cell biology, resistance and preclinical drug discovery and development. Date: Wednesday 2 May, 2012 Time: 6.30pm Location: LT024, New Law Building, Eastern Avenue, University of Sydney Audience: All welcome. There is a charge of $5 for non-members. Attendees are invited to dine with the Society after the talk. Map to the venue http://nsw.royalsoc.org.au/docs/New_Law_Building_Directions.pdf |
| Jenny Murphy |
| Assistant Student Ombud (3 positions) |
| 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; and 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 three UTS Academics to fill the roles of Assistant Student Ombud. The first position would begin 1 July 2012, the second position would begin 1 January 2013 and the third position would begin 11 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 ext. 2575 or Maxine Evers, Student Ombud on ext. 3765. Expressions of interest should be forwarded to Jenny.Murphy@uts.edu.au by Monday 14 May, 2012. |
| Deborah Naray |
| Privacy at UTS and Privacy Awareness Week |
| Privacy Awareness Week is April 29 to May 5. This is a good opportunity for staff to reflect on their responsibilities in relation to the collection, storage, use, disclosure, retention and overall management of personal and health information. As part of Privacy Awareness Week, the new Privacy at UTS website has been published. Along with information targeted at individuals about how UTS will manage their personal and health information, the new site includes information for staff about how they should manage privacy, from collecting information, to using or disclosing it. It provides staff with information that can be used to develop more specific procedures to manage privacy in relation to their business processes, develop privacy statements, or consider the impact a proposed activity may have on privacy. It also includes upcoming privacy training sessions, previously advertised through the University Records website. The new Privacy at UTS website can be found at: http://www.gsu.uts.edu.au/privacy/index.html Further information on Privacy Awareness Week can be found at: http://www.ipc.nsw.gov.au/lawlink/privacynsw/ll_pnsw.nsf/pages/privacy_privacy_privacyawarenessweek |
| Chris Chapman |
| Trampoline survey needs volunteers! |
| Do you enjoy trampolines? Or have you never experienced them? Well, now is your chance. We are looking for individuals to participate in a trampoline survey where you will get to jump on various types of trampolines. Your feedback on the motions you feel will help us find out what makes a trampoline 'exciting'. Where: Faculty of Engineering & IT Dynamics and Mechanics of Solids Lab. Building 2, level 3, room 18. When: By appointment, to arrange a time that suits you please contact Kenneth Bondoc (capstone student) at kenneth.j.bondoc@student.uts.edu.au. For other enquiries please contact Chris Chapman (lab manager) at c.chapman@uts.edu.au. |
| Deborah Naray |
| Upcoming privacy training |
| The next privacy training sessions for staff have been organised. Privacy Essentials (previously called Privacy Awareness) is targeted at all staff and covers the university and staff responsibilities relating to privacy and the management of personal information. If you are new to UTS, have not yet attended a previous session, or would simply like a refresher, please book into one of the following sessions: Session: Privacy Essentials Date: Wednesday 30 May, 2012 Time: 2pm to 3.30pm Location: Building 10, level 6, room 430 (HR Training Room 2) Session: Privacy Essentials Date: Thursday 26 July, 2012 Time: 1pm to 2.30pm Location: Building 10, level 6, room 430 (HR Training Room 2) Privacy Workshops have also been organised. These are designed to take participants through some case studies to identify privacy issues and required action. It provides an opportunity to draw on the principles learned from the Privacy Essentials session. Session: Privacy Workshop Pre-requisite: a Privacy Essentials or Privacy Awareness session Date: Thursday 26 July, 2012 Time: 2.30pm to 4.30pm Location: Building 10, level 6, room 430 (HR Training Room 2) Send your RSVP for any of the above sessions to: Deborah.Naray@uts.edu.au. |
| Dominique Grady |
| Winter Wellness lunchtime talk |
| 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. When: Thursday 3 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. |
| Georgia Markakis |
| Innovation and Creativity - Talk it Up! Forum |
| UTS Library will be hosting an exciting Talk It Up! Forum - Innovation and Creativity, on Wednesday 2 May at 1pm. Sydney is emerging as the hub for creative industries and innovation. We are familiar with the terms innovation and creativity but what do they really mean? And how does that translate to educating Australia's future generations as well as preparing them for positions as global leaders. What role will libraries like UTS Library play in establishing an environment conducive to inspiring innovation and creativity? A panel discussion investigating the current climate and exploring future possibilities will be lead by Hael Kobayashi, Mal Booth and Chris Gaul. So bring your lunch and join us for what promises to be a truly inspirational and innovative discussion. DATE: Wednesday 2 May TIME: 1pm to 2pm VENUE: Learning Commons, Level 3, City Campus Library This is a free event. All are welcome. No RSVP or booking is required. For more details please visit: http://www.lib.uts.edu.au/news/18702/innovation-and-creativity-talk-it-forum-wednesday-2-may-1pm |
| Georgia Markakis |
| Free author talk by Debra Adelaide |
| Thursday 3 May at 12pm. 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. The first talk will be presented by Debra Adelaide author of The Household Guide to Dying, published in 2009. Debra will be reading a piece of short fiction about reading as an obsession called 'In Bed with Flaubert' and discussing the topic of reading as it relates to her novel. The Household Guide to Dying will be available for sale at the talk and Debra will be signing copies of her book. So bring your lunch and join us for what promises to be an interesting talk. DATE: Thursday 3 May TIME: 12pm to 1pm VENUE: Learning Commons, Level 3, City Campus Library This is a free event. All are welcome. No RSVP or booking is required. For more details please visit: http://www.lib.uts.edu.au/news/18405/nyor-free-author-talk-debra-adelaide-thursday-3-may-12pm |
| Donya Nissi |
| International Jazz Day on 2ser! |
| 2ser 107.3 and On The Corner's Peter Nelson and Dave Sampson are celebrating UNESCO's first ever International Jazz Day with a live broadcast of On The Corner from The Loft Bar at UTS, at 7.30pm on Monday 30 April. Join us for the show at The Loft Bar or listen to the live broadcast from 7.30pm on 2SER, 107.3 FM, on the 2ser I-phone app, or streamed at http://www.2ser.com. Come early for a jazz parade, led by The Glorious Sousaphonics. Then, On The Corner really gets cooking with free live performances by hot young Sydney band The Cooking Club and National Jazz Award winner, Elana Stone. The Loft will also be cooking up a storm from 6pm with Kebabaque – all you can eat BBQ kebabs for just $9. |
| Lakmali Dias |
| Research Seminar in Economics - 30 April |
| Topic: Media market concentration and the advertising market Speaker: Simon Anderson University of Virginia Date: Monday 30 April, 2012 Time: 12noon to 1.15pm Venue: Building 5, block D, level 3, Room 3.01, 1-59 Quay Street, Haymarket Abstract: Standard media economics models imply that increased platform competition decreases ad levels and that mergers reduce per-viewer ad prices. The empirical evidence, however, is mixed. We attribute the theoretical predictions to the combined assumptions that there is no advertising congestion and that viewers singlehome. Allowing for crowding in viewer attention spans for ads may reverse standard results, as does allowing viewers to multi-home. Seminar paper can be downloaded from: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S016771871100110X |
| Richard Birrell |
| University Consulting Directive - Revision |
| The University Consulting Directive has recently been revised to reflect changed structures and responsibilities. The new Directive is now published on the UTS website at http://www.gsu.uts.edu.au/policies/universityconsulting.html Should you believe that this Directive may impact upon you or your work, please familiarise yourself with the Directive and any policy document to which it refers. These, along with all other UTS policies and directives, are available on the central policy website at http://www.gsu.uts.edu.au/policies. Further communication and education plans may be rolled out by the implementation officer, whose contact details are specified within the Directive. More broadly, if you require assistance in regards to a particular policy, you will find many useful links and details of relevant contacts within the relevant policy document(s) at http://www.gsu.uts.edu.au/policies For assistance with general policy questions or concerns, please contact policy@uts.edu.au |
| Transforming Cultures Research Centre |
| TfC Lunchtime Series - 2 May |
| You're invited to the 2012 TfC Lunchtime Series: Just Sleep Through It Transformation and Radical Hospitality Speaker 1: Meredith Jones, UTS Institute for Interactive Media and Learning, TfC When: Wednesday 2 May, 2012 Time: 12.30 to 1.30pm Where: TfC Bagel, building 10, level 5, room 219 (follow the signs to the 'TfC Bagel'), 235 Jones St, Ultimo, RSVP: Emma.Fraser@uts.edu.au Sleep has long been associated with transformation. Sleeping Beauty and Snow White wake to find they have been transformed into powerful queens. In contemporary science fiction film, sleep is a doorway to other worlds. Films likeMinority Report, The Matrix, Avatar and Source Code show protagonists becoming heroic while sleeping, using their bodies and intellects in extraordinary ways. In this paper Meredith will discuss these contemporary texts along with medical and managerial/corporate approaches to sleep (sleep pods, the power nap) that are designed to enhance workers’ output. In contrast, she will also introduce and analyse two pieces that represent sleep in transgressive ways: Julia Leigh’s film Sleeping Beauty, and Philipp Lachenmann’s video SHU (Blue Hour Lullaby). Meredith will argue that these works represent sleep as malignant, enchanted, and radically hospitable. Meredith Jones has published extensively about bodies, gender, media and popular culture. She is best known for her work on cosmetic surgery and is currently working on a large international project about cosmetic surgery tourism. In 2009 sheco-founded the innovative Trunk Book collections, the first of which was HAIR. The next volume in the Trunk Book series will be BLOOD. Meredith teaches media and cultural studies, with a focus on digital media, at the University of Technology Sydney. Speaker 1: Rowan Savage, Lecturer, UTS International Studies, TfC Autonomy, Intersubjectivity and the Desiring Self in the Age of Neoliberal Capitalism In contemporary discussions around radical sexuality, monogamy is often depicted negatively as a patriarchal, bourgeois, heteronormative practice conceptually based on property as a value – the opposite of freedom. Rowan argues the reverse – that non-monogamous practices, and their perceived radicality or transgressiveness, is premised on an individualist, neoliberal model of sexual and romantic relationships. While the central question for contemporary sexual radicals has been, "how can I get what I want?", the more genuinely anti-hegemonic move is to ask, "why do I want what I want?" This argument draws on the ongoing philosophical and pragmatic problems brought about by the arising, with the Enlightenment, of the modern subject –autonomous, rational-instrumental, liberated from the bonds of society and tradition, and ever more technologically mediated. The philosophical and countercultural quest for the 'Other of Reason,' sought in desire, in the body, in emotions, in sex and in altered states ofconsciousness, has emerged from this paradigm. Rowan will engage with Michel Foucault's 'repressive hypothesis,' Herbert Marcuse's concept of repressive desublimation, and Jessica Benjamin's work on intersubjectivity and mutual recognition, to argue that, in the postwar era, capitalism has subverted and commodified 'transgression.' The radical freedom and fulfilment posited by advocates of non-monogamy is premised on the capitalist desire-gratification complex; on freedom conceived in neoliberal terms as unfettered freedom of choice in the marketplace; and on a masculinist autonomy which wholly rejects the limitations of history and community, treats the Other instrumentally, and seeks to evade the productive tension of genuinely intersubjective and historical relationships. Please find the full TfC Lunchtime program for the Autumn Semester 2012 here: http://datasearch2.uts.edu.au/tfc/news-events/events-detail.cfm?ItemId=22302 |
| Sanchia Woolley |
| Reminder to lodge your vital records |
| All original signed agreements, contracts and deeds agreements and other vital records (excluding staff contracts), should be lodged with University Records as part of the university’s Vital Records Program. Faculties and business units who are in possession of the original signed document are responsible for lodgement with University Records. Working copies of agreements should be kept on the faculty or business unit’s official file with all other supporting documentation on the business activity or project. In instances where UTS is not in possession of an original signed contract, the first signed copy is to be treated as an original. Photocopies are also accepted in instances where the original is required to be on public display, eg certificate of registration of a business name. To lodge a vital record, please complete the Vital Records Lodgment form which can be accessed on the University Records website at http://www.records.uts.edu.au/forms/index.html Vital records include artwork loan agreements, bank guarantees, certificates of registration, certificates of title, CHESS holding statements and share certificates, funding & grant agreements, insurance policies, leases, maps and plans, legal and legislative exemptions, memorandum of understanding and exchange agreements, patents and trademarks, power of attorney, research contracts, service agreements, sponsorship and student placements. For further information on the Vital records program go to http://www.records.uts.edu.au/procedures/vital/index.html or by contacting Sanchia Woolley on extension 1243. |
| Jan McClelland |
| Writing Features: UTS Short course held at night |
| Quality feature writing combines journalism best practice with creative writing. This course is a step-by-step guide to researching, interviewing and writing techniques, which will assist you in structuring and presenting factual information within a compelling, creative writing format. You will learn how to develop story leads, introduce description and personality in your work, how to identify clear themes from multiple information sources and how to structure, edit and polish your finished product. Award winning journalist, Louise Williams, will deliver the course and act as your editor to assist you to produce publishable work throughout the course. UTS Staff and UTS students can attend this course at the discounted rate of $620. The course starts Thursday 17 May and runs over 6 weeks, each Thursday 6pm to 9pm. More information and to book: http://datasearch2.uts.edu.au/acij/shortcourses/detail.cfm?ItemId=28664 |
| Mary-Anne Williams |
| Innovation and Entrepreneurship seminar series |
| Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology University of Technology, Sydney IP Fundamentals and Intellectual Property in ICT This series seeks to provide the opportunity to discuss entrepreneurial challenges and opportunities in Engineering and information Technology. When: Wednesday 9 May, 2012 Time: 1.30pm to 3pm (light lunch will be served) Venue: Building 2, level 5, room 31 RSVP: Email Gunasmin Lye (Gunasmin.Lye@eng.uts.edu.au) Speakers: Mr Paul Massey (Principal) and Dr Julian Magarey (Associate) Spruson and Ferguson About the speakers: Mr Paul Massey practises predominantly in the fields of electrical/computer engineering and business methods. As a patent attorney, Paul has had extensive experience drafting and prosecuting patent applications in Australia, the United States, Europe and Asia for a wide range of clients in the areas of computer software and hardware technologies, data and graphics processing, digital transmission systems, control systems, and Internet business methods. Paul also brings considerable industry experience to his practice. Prior to joining Spruson & Ferguson in 1997, Paul worked for 11 years with the major resources company BHP , covering many facets of electrical and computer engineering. During his tenure with BHP, Paul was active in many research and capital projects including research into the effect of electro-magnetic transients on power systems and computer networks, as well as in the design and commissioning of process control installations within one of BHP’s largest Australian plants. Paul has been the author and co-author of a number of publications on Intellectual Property including the Australian chapter in the publication entitled “Patents 2004” published by the Global Competition Review and a recent article on the Limitations of Expert Evidence in Patent Proceedings’ published by Find Law Australia. Paul is also an active member of the Institution of Engineers Australia. Paul was appointed a principal of Spruson & Ferguson in 2003. Dr Julian Magarey joined Spruson and Ferguson from the Australian R&D subsidiary of a multinational imaging technology company, where he had spent six years as an in-house patent engineer drafting and prosecuting patent applications in Australia, the US, Europe, and Asia. Before that he had been a research engineer developing image and video processing algorithms for smart cameras. This encompassed four years of postgraduate studies in the Engineering Department of the University of Cambridge culminating in a Ph.D., two years of postdoctoral work for a Cooperative Research Centre in Adelaide, and three years of corporate research and development. Julian completed a Masters in Industrial Property at UTS before registering as an Australian Patent Attorney in February 2008. Julian’s principal experience lies in algorithms and specialised hardware for signal and image processing, including compression, classification, detection, recognition, and protection, and computer text and graphics rendering and analysis. |
| Rosa Bow |
| UTS Staff Social Club – Golf Day 2012 |
| The UTS Staff Social Club invites golfers and hackers to participate in our Golf Day 2012, which will be on Friday 18 May, 2012. It will be held at Moore Park Golf Course with the first tee off time being 7.30am. You will be teamed up to play Ambrose. There will be prizes for “nearest to the pin” on par 3 holes and the “longest drives.” Please register your interest here: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dDF5Ql8weV9lTG5yeGVkakxyNHhRYlE6MQ |
| Jon Drummond |
| Diffuse concert series |
| Diffuse Season 2: Clocks and Clouds Diffuse is a series of 8 weekly concerts running every Thursday from 3 May until 21 June, put together by Dr Jon Drummond, acting course director of the Bachelor of Sound and Music Design program in FASS. It incorporates staff, guest lecturers, collaborators and students from the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences and is a celebration of sound and music design at UTS. Diffuse Season 2 launches next week with Clocks and Clouds. Kraig Grady and Terumi Narushima will perform on pump-organ and custom-tuned metallic percussion instruments, hand built by Kraig Grady for his original compositions. These unique instruments — with their pure harmonic tuning — explore the beauty of room resonances via ancient sacred scales and multi-dimensional geometries. Clocks and Clouds, Thursday 3 May at 6.30pm Excerpts from 97 Fossilized Blossoms for Meta-slendro Vibraphone l & ll, Meta-slendro Harmonium and The Meru Bars @ Bon Marche Studio 755 Harris Street, Ultimo University of Technology, Sydney UTS Broadway - Bon Marche Building CB03.01.05 http://diffuse2.wordpress.com/clocks-and-clouds/ http://www.facebook.com/Diffuse2 http://www.anaphoria.com/clocksclouds.html |
| Raymond Holmes |
| 2% salary increase effective 1 May, 2012 |
| As part of the 2010 Support and Academic Staff Agreements, the next salary increase of 2% is effective from the 1 May, 2012. |
| Sang-Eun Oh |
| Writing clinics are back! |
| HELPS writing clinics now run 1pm to 5pm every Friday. What is a writing clinic? A writing clinic is an opportunity for UTS students to work on their assignments with HELPS advisors on hand to answer any questions. Why the writing clinic? The clinic offers a supportive and active learning environment that enhances students’ learning experience through developing academic literacy skills specific to their own assignment. For more information about timetable and venue details, please visit HELPS website http://www.ssu.uts.edu.au/helps/clinics If you think your students would benefit from this, please refer them to the website. |
| John Hartigan |
| Academic Staff Election - Equity Reference Group |
| Nominations were recently called to fill staff positions on the Equity Reference Group. The number of nominations received exceeded the number of positions available and as such, a ballot must be held. ELECTORATE All fixed term and continuing academic staff members of the University, as at the close of nominations are eligible to vote in this election. VOTING Online polling is now open. Online polling is available from Wednesday 18 April to 3pm Wednesday 2 May 2012 at 3pm. The online polling booth will be available 24 hours a day between these dates. To access the polling booth log on to https://elections.uts.edu.au/ WHO ARE THE CANDIDATES? The candidates are listed in the following order in the online polling booth: • Leila Glolizadeh • Najah Nassif • Emma Patridge • Michelle DiGiacomo • Sally Inglis • Sara Lal To access the candidates’ statements log on to http://www.gsu.uts.edu.au/elections/voting/equityreference/staff-academic.html POLLING CLOSES At 3pm on Wednesday 2 May, 2012. For further information please contact the Electoral Officer at elections@uts.edu.au or call 9514 9811. John Hartigan Registrar and Returning Officer 26 April 2012 |
| Seb Crawford |
| Host Fairtrade morning tea on 10 May |
| Fairtade fortnight starts next week. To help promote Fairtrade, UTS GREEN is inviting staff to host a Fairtrade morning or afternoon tea with colleagues on Thursday 10 May. Choose a time that suits you and have fun. Collect a mix-and-match Fairtrade pack of tea/coffee/chocolate and more from the Food Coop. The Coop is open from 12noon to 5pm on Tuesdays, Building 2, level 3, room 25. The first 3 people to collect packs on Tuesday 1 May get free Fairtrade brownies cooked by me :) Chocolate only packs are $7, chocolate and tea $13, or chocolate, tea and coffee $24. All fairtrade. Why not include a bake-off with colleagues. Send UTS GREEN photos for your chance to win Fairtrade chocolate. The best looking baked accessory wins! Register your event and send photos to Seb.crawford@uts.edu.au. |
| Isabelle Golden |
| 2012 Harold Wyndham Memorial Lecture |
| You are warmly invited to the New South Wales Institute for Educational Research Wyndham Lecture for 2012, which will be delivered by Professor Mary O'Kane, NSW Chief Scientist, on: The 'good enough' education system: Does Australia have the education system it needs for a vibrant economic future? Date: Friday 11 May Venue: Australian Catholic University, Strathfield Campus Time: 5.30pm for 6pm RSVP and more information: http://www.acu.edu.au/about_acu/news_events/acu_events/strathfield/annual_sir_harold_wyndham_public_lecture/ |
| Dominique Grady |
| 10,000 steps challenge – get moving! |
| It’s time to dust off those joggers and get your pedometer, available for $23.99 from the UTS Union newsagent on Harris Street or major retail stores. The UTS 10,000 steps challenge 2012 starts on 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. 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. For more details on 10,000 steps, simply go to http://www.10000steps.org.au/ |
| 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 1102 or dominique.grady@uts.edu.au. Walking is good for the mind, body and spirit! |
| Ben Choy |
| Analytics Lecture Series: Kalman+particle filters |
| Advanced Analytics Study Group Lecture Series - an introduction to statistical pattern recognition with applications. Lecture 6 (final lecture): Kalman and particle filters Presenter: Professor Massimo Piccardi Date: Thursday 26 April, 2012 Time: 2pm to 5pm Where: Building 5 (CC05), Blackfriars, UTS City campus (CC05.GD.02). This is 5 minutes’ walk from the UTS Tower building (http://datasearch.uts.edu.au/about/mapsdirections/map.cfm). About this lecture series: Professor Massimo Piccardi at the iNEXT Research Centre at UTS has provided a lecture series on introduction to statistical pattern recognition with applications to image and video analysis, with the final to be delivered this Thursday. The contents of the six lectures cover: • Density estimation, • Dimensionality reduction, • Bayesian classification, • The hidden Markov model, • Conditional random fields, and • Kalman and particle filters. Slides for the lectures are available at Professor Massimo Piccardi’s homepage: http://www-staff.it.uts.edu.au/~massimo/ShortCourseSPR/index.html In the past several weeks, the first five lectures have been successfully given to audiences from the University. This week’s lecture on Kalman and particle filters will be the last one of the lecture series that Professor Massimo Piccardi is giving to us. About the Advanced Analytics Study Group: The Advanced Analytics Study Group, founded by UTS Advanced Analytics Institute, aims to learning and studying foundations in selected analytics areas including statistics, machine learning, data mining, artificial intelligence, and risk management, which are believed to be crucial for building a solid theoretical foundations for research and development in broad-based analytics field, such as business analytics, customer analysis, multimedia analysis, marketing analysis, bioinformatics, health/medical analytics, behaviour analysis, online and social analysis, and fraud detection, exception analysis, risk analysis etc. This open and interdisciplinary study group particularly welcomes first and second year postgraduate students, senior undergraduate students and industry/business people with opportunities to build a solid foundation for their future research and development in the analytics domain. Typical course presentations and materials are carefully selected from well-known books and courses; experienced lecturers and professors are invited to give talks/lectures in the study group regularly. Contact: Dr Yiling Zeng at yiling.zeng@uts.edu.au, Advanced Analytics Institute, University of Technology, Sydney |
| Cam Bellach |
| Director, External and 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 9514 1278 or email: cameron.bellach@uts.edu.au. |
| Audrey Bjazevich |
| Corporate credit cardholders - UTS business travel |
| Please notify the Commonwealth Bank before you go overseas to ensure that they accurately monitor transactions coming from your account and have updated contact details should they need to speak to you. The Commonwealth Bank may stop your corporate card if any suspected fraudulent activity is noticed. Please note that some countries require you to enter a PIN instead of signing for your purchase. So whenever you travel overseas, it is important that you have a PIN on your credit card, otherwise you may not be able to use it. The fastest and easiest way to create the PIN of your choice is through any Commonwealth Bank branch. Email: IBGOVT@cba.com.au Phone: 1800 020 306 |
| Tanya Gerrie |
| UTS Insider submissions due 27 April |
| It’s that time again! If you have anything happening that coursework students should know about please hop onto our submissions page http://www.mcu.uts.edu.au/our_services/utsinsider.html to check out the guidelines and contribute. Submissions for the next issue close cob Friday 27 April. Many thanks to those of you have taken the time to complete our survey. If you’ve not yet had time but are keen to provide feedback, the survey is open until cob of Friday 27 April: http://surveys.uts.edu.au/index.cfm?surveyid=7128. Your feedback will help us to refine our processes and procedures. |
| Alvina Mak |
| Internal Vacancy: International Relations Officer |
| UTS International is seeking a highly organised individual with experience in database administration and who is looking for a dynamic role in a busy international office environment to join their team as the International Relations Officer. Using your excellent organisational and communication skills you will provide administration support for the management, development and promotion of the University’s international relations activities, through the development of formal agreements. As the International Relations Officer you will assume responsibility for the timely and effective establishment of international agreements by liaising with faculties, institutes, units and external partners to ensure correct procedures are followed, and for the subsequent maintenance of records and agreements through a regular process of review. Your experience in the development of policies and procedures for partnership agreements will be highly valued in this role, along with your ability to manage databases and records effectively. In this role you will also have the opportunity to conduct initial research on potential partners and provide reports on activities with the partner universities to facilitate further relationship developments. This is a full-time continuing position. Level 6: $66,423- $71,919 per annum (effective from 1 May, 2012) + 17% superannuation. For further information and to apply, please visit the Careers at UTS website - http://www.hru.uts.edu.au/jobs/ |
| Chris Gaul |
| Work from the UTS:Library Artist Residency |
| I'm the UTS:Library Artist In Residence from March until August this year. I'll be exploring how art and design can be used to reveal unnoticed and unexpected details in the library and how play and discovery can be used to create moments of creative insight. Work, ideas and prototypes: http://www.chrisgaul.net/utslibrary/ Updates and links to interesting artworks: http://www.twitter.com/mrchrisgaul |
| Tuyet Nguyen |
| UTS Short Courses Venue – Level 7 |
| The new UTS Short courses venue located in Building 10, level 7 is now open for bookings. The new space available here at UTS has a distinctive technology rich facility for hosting a diverse range of university wide short courses for professional and executive education. We currently have the following rooms available for bookings: - Seminar Room 1 (24 people capacity) - Seminar Room 2 (24 people capacity) - Computer Lab (20 people capacity) - Laptop Lab (24 people capacity) For all inquiries relating to the Short Courses venue, please contact Tuyet Nguyen via email facilities.hire@uts.edu.au |
| Vivilia Widjaja |
| Procrastination Support Group |
| Registration for Procrastination Support Group is now open. It is run every Tuesday in May. If you know a student who may benefit from attending, please refer them to http://www.ssu.uts.edu.au/counselling/workshops/procrastination.html |
| Raymond Holmes |
| Payroll deadline for the next pay period |
| To all staff and supervisors, please note the payroll deadline for the next pay period (26/4/12): Due to the Anzac Day public holiday, the deadline for the online submission and approval of claims will be brought forward one day i.e. 10am Monday 23 April, 2012. Claims which are submitted/approved after this time will be processed in the following pay period. |
| James Stuart |
| Help us improve Bldg 1 lift service (and win!) |
| The Destination Control System has been up and running for over two weeks now and we want to find out how we can improve the system. http://surveys.uts.edu.au/surveys/helpusimproveutsbuilding1lifts/index.cfm Take out a few minutes from your day to complete this online survey, and go into the running to win 1 of 2 movie double passes. Why the survey? The DCS is a new, state-of-the-art vertical transport system that is being rolled out worldwide in some of the most iconic buildings around (such as the new World Trade Centre tower in New York). However, Building 1 is an older building with an ageing lift system and a lot of “quirks”: we’re looking for feedback as to exactly how we can make the DCS work best with what we’ve got. |
| Laura Earl |
| Queen's Birthday Bash tonight at The Loft |
| Although the Queen's official birthday is in June, her actual birthday is tomorrow and so tonight, Friday 20 April, The Loft is going to help her celebrate by holding an 'All things British' night! Starting from 5pm with Replika, an acoustic English covers band, at 7pm Black Diamond Hearts will move us into the U.K. Rock era followed by British dance DJ Turbo. There are free British snacks on offer. As the Queen herself said 'Keep Calm'... and carry on partying! The Loft is located at Broadway campus between building 1 and 3. |
| Holly Williams |
| Universal Remote exhibition opening next Tuesday |
| Oversized remotes, a dimly lit padded room and a chaise lounge, replete with flashing lights and sound, 'Universal Remote' is Wade Marynowsky’s unsettling critique on the position of technology in our daily lives. Through woodcarving, photography and installation, he ponders techno-fetishism and the promise of devices designed to make our lives easier. Where: UTS Gallery, Peter Johnson Building 6, level 4, 702 Harris St, Ultimo When: Exhibition opening launch Tuesday 24 April, 6pm to 8pm Exhibition continues from 26 April to June, 2012 Gallery open Monday to Friday, 12pm to 6pm Events: Tuesday 22 May, 5.30pm The artist in conversation with MCA curator Anna Davis More info: http://www.utsgallery.uts.edu.au/gallery/upcoming/universalremote.html |
| Ian McInnes |
| Trial Shuttle Bus Services to begin 30 April 2012 |
| Central Services are trialing three new Shuttle services between City and Kuring Gai Campuses. These are: Two services from City Campus to Kuring Gai at 7.10am and 6.30pm, and an evening service from Kuring Gai to City Campus at 6.05pm. Please note the new services are direct and will not be stopping at Building 5 (Markets). The initial trial period will be for the semester beginning 30 April until 29 June, 2012. For all details and downloadable timetable, follow link below: http://datasearch.uts.edu.au/about/mapsdirections/shuttle.cfm Any further queries you can call Ian on ext. 1013. |
| Chris Cooper |
| ISF showcase at Australian Changemakers Festival |
| The Institute for Sustainable Futures (ISF) are running a session of free interactive talks this Friday at the first ever Australian Social Changemakers' Festival. Come and hear about creative sustainability success stories happening right here in Sydney, and participate in the engaging processes being pioneered by these young Changemakers. Location: Weave Arts Centre, North Eveleigh Time: Friday 20 April, 2012, 12noon to 2pm Further information: http://www.changemakersfestival.org/node/47 12noon: Using art to engage the mining sector on sustainability - Aleta Lederwasch 12.45pm: Community renewables - an entrepreneurial climate change response - Nicky Ison 1.15pm: CrowdTV – producing the world’s first crowd-sourced documentary Kylee Ingram, founder and producer at Australian Documentaries |
| Geoff Brooke-Smith |
| Loft and Glasshouse Bars closed next Monday |
| Please be advised that the Loft and Glasshouse Bars will be closed for trade next Monday 23 April. We are taking the opportunity of the mid- semester break to sand and re-surface the wooden floors in these venues. We apologise for any inconvenience created by the closures and thank you for your understanding as we undertake this necessary maintenance work. |
| Marlene Zbinden |
| WildEndurance event volunteers |
| We’d like to invite you to a wonderful weekend in the Blue Mountains. WildEndurance 2012 is on from 5 to 6 May. If you would like to support the UTS Team by volunteering, please go to http://www.wildendurance.org.au/index.php?sectionID=12042&pageID=12404 for more information and to register your interest. We will accommodate and feed you, and be hugely grateful for your help!! Thanks a lot in advance. Marlene & the WildEndurance Crew |
| John Yasmineh |
| UTS wireless is changing |
| We will be switching off the ‘UTS-Wireless’ network on Thursday 26 April as part of measures to manage the connection of devices on the UTS network. Users will be advised to log onto ‘UTS-WPA’ a protected network that provides users with more security than the ‘UTS-Wireless’ network connection. The change is a precursor to a wireless expansion project which aims to add 380 new access points, primarily into university teaching spaces. |
| Karen Doherty |
| ABC Filming |
| The ABC will be filming in Building 10, levels 2 and 14 on 25 April, 2012 (ANZAC Day). If you happen to be on the campus on ANZAC Day please avoid these areas as best you can, however if you need to enter those areas, please call the Security desk on ext. 1192 for assistance. If you would like any further information, please contact Karen Doherty on ext. 7483. |
| Sandris Zeivots |
| Accommodation for visiting researcher |
| Do you have a spare room available from 14 September until 12 October, 2012 for an educational researcher from a Spanish background? She will be visiting the Research Centre for Learning and Change and requires somewhere to stay at modest cost within easy access to the City campus. If so, please contact David Boud at david.boud@uts.edu.au and he will put you in contact with her. |
| Jenna Cave |
| Seeking research participants |
| Have you experienced a mistake or error in hospital or other health care setting? Are you a relative or carer of someone who has experienced a health care incident? Would you like to tell us your story? If so, please visit http://www.centreforhealthcom.org/participating-in-schid to register your interest or for more information. The Centre for Health Communication at UTS is a leading researcher on hospital quality and safety and is currently undertaking a study about how health care practitioners communicate health care incident information to patients and their relatives. We are seeking participants, over the age of eighteen, who have experienced (either as patient, relative or carer) a mistake, error or incident in an Australian health care setting. For more information contact Dr Kate Bower, Kate.Bower@uts.edu.au or ext. 3922. This research has been approved by the UTS Human Research Ethics Committee (2011-460A). |
| John Hartigan |
| Academic Staff Election – Equity Reference Group |
| Nominations were recently called to fill staff positions on the Equity Reference Group. The number of nominations received exceeded the number of positions available and as such, a ballot must be held. Electorate All fixed term and continuing academic staff members of the University, as at the close of nominations are eligible to vote in this election. Voting Online polling is now open. Online polling is available from Wednesday 18 April to Wednesday 2 May 2012 at 3pm. The online polling booth will be available 24 hours a day between these dates. To access the polling booth log on to https://elections.uts.edu.au/ Who are the candidates? The candidates are listed in the following order in the online polling booth: • Leila Glolizadeh • Najah Nassif • Emma Patridge • Michelle DiGiacomo • Sally Inglis • Sara Lal To access the candidates’ statements log on to http://www.gsu.uts.edu.au/elections/voting/equityreference/staff-academic.html Polling closes at 3pm on Wednesday 2 May, 2012. For further information please contact the Electoral Officer at elections@uts.edu.au or call ext. 9811. John Hartigan Registrar and Returning Officer 18 April, 2012 |
| Angel Lin |
| Nominate for Australian Alumni Awards in Indonesia |
| UTS Alumni Relations Office is calling for nominations for the 2012 Australian Alumni Awards in Indonesia. Indonesian citizens who have studied in Australia for at least 12 months are eligible to be nominated. The Australian Alumni Awards are an annual award scheme designed to recognise outstanding talent, achievements and contributions made to Indonesia by Australian alumni living and working in Indonesia today. Award categories this year include entrepreneurship, research and innovation, media and culture, business leadership, excellence in education, contribution to public administration, sustainable economic and social development, excellence in defence and security. For more detailed Award descriptions, please visit http://www.ozmate.org To nominate a graduate of UTS, please contact Angel Lin in Alumni Relations Office on ext. 9864 or email Angel.Lin@uts.edu.au by Tuesday 24 April. |
| Anjana Regmi |
| Opportunity to attend 1 day Carbon Trading Session |
| Hosted by: UTS Business School: Executive Development Unit Date: Friday 20 April, 2012 Time: 9am to 5pm Cost: free* (* only 6 free seats are offered to interested UTS staff-first in first served. To register, please contact Anjana Regmi at ext. 3547 by 12noon on Thursday 19 April) Carbon Trading Scheme is an executive guide to Australian carbon trading, how the scheme works, what it means, and how it will impact your business. This short course includes a carbon trading simulation is to give participants hands on experience in carbon trading, as well as a selection of executive carbon tools. 1. Industry specific – this will allow key industry participants with the opportunity to learn about carbon, encourage collaboration and innovation in order to provide much needed leadership and guidance on carbon and to hasten and build momentum for change and innovation in the new carbon world. 2. Generic – this will provide the opportunity for cross industry collaboration and innovation. Concepts are explained and supported with a number of examples from a range of industries and there is time to explore the potential impact and adaption for one’s own industry/sector. Topics covered will include: * A good understanding of what carbon trading is and how it works * A sound overview of the Australian scheme, how it will operate and how it will impact business * Hands-on experience in trading carbon in a realistic market * A selection of carbon business impact and strategy tools to take away and apply to your business. |
| Nicole Scott |
| UTS forum led by world leader in breathlessness |
| UTS will be hosting an exciting forum on symptom measurement, management and outcomes for breathlessness led by Professor Virginia (Ginger) Carrieri-Kohlman, Emeritus Professor at the Department of Physiological Nursing, University of California, San Francisco. Ginger is currently on a Fulbright Senior Scholarship to UTS: NMH. Breathlessness has a huge impact on quality of life for patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and chronic heart disease. Professor Carrieri-Kohlman has pioneered an effective self-management program for breathlessness in the United States and will be sharing her experiences from both this work and other research at the forum. You are welcome to forward this invitation to colleagues in the health care system who may be interested in attending. Topic: Symptom measurement, management and outcomes: focus on breathlessness When: 4.30pm to 5.30pm, Monday 7 May, 2012 Where: UTS City campus, building 10, level 6, rooms 224/225 (235 Jones St Ultimo, please take the lifts up to Level 6) RSVP: RSVPs are essential – please email nmh@uts.edu.au by 4 May Professor Virginia (Ginger) Carrieri-Kohlman Professor Carrieri-Kohlman RN, DNSc, a Professor Emeritus in the Department of Physiological Nursing, University of California-San Francisco is currently a Fulbright Senior Scholar to the University of Technology, Sydney. Through her Fulbright, Ginger and UTS faculty colleagues will test the feasibility and efficacy of an Internet-based dyspnea self-management intervention for people with lung and cardiac disease in Australia. This program has been shown to be effective for people with COPD in the United States. If found to be effective internationally, this web-based intervention will transcend geographic barriers and provide tailored monitoring, education, exercise and skills training for people suffering from lung disease in all settings and all phases of illness. Ginger has won various awards and prizes, including being elected fellow of the American Academy of Nursing; election as Helen Nahm UCSF Distinguished Research Lecturer, UCSF School of Nursing; an American Journal of Nursing Book of the Year Award; and a Cornell University-NY Hospital School of Nursing 45th Reunion Distinguished Alumnus Award. She has also published extensively, primarily in the area of “dyspnea” or breathlessness management for people with COPD. |
| Claire Moore |
| China Research Centre Wednesday Seminar Series |
| The Velvet Fist in the Velvet Glove: New approaches to social and political control in China A public lecture by Professor Anne-Marie Brady Date:: Wednesday 18 April, 2012 Time: Drinks from 5.30pm for a 6pm start Where: Building 2, level 4, room 10 RSVP at: http://www.china.uts.edu.au/zzz-retired/events/RSVP.html "People in the West are often inclined to consider the lot of converted countries in terms of might and coercion. That is wrong. There is an internal longing for harmony and happiness that lies deeper than ordinary fear or the desire to escape misery or physical destruction." Czeslaw Milosz was writing of the Eastern Bloc in the early 1950s, but his words seem equally apt for contemporary China. Many outside commentators still assume China’s current one-party political system relies on force to stay in power. Yet Milosz’s words reveal that rather than fear, a craving for harmony and happiness might compel many individuals to accept the political status quo in societies which, to outsiders, may appear oppressive. Raven and French have identified five bases for social and political control: reward power, coercive power, legitimate power, referent power, and expert power. In recent years, the CCP leadership has clearly understood that in order to stay in power they need to emphasise policies that satisfy the human craving for stability and “harmony” and be selective as to when to display coercive might. It is surely not by chance that the Chinese government currently stresses Harmonious Society or that the 2006-2008 Olympic slogan targeted at Chinese citizens urged them to “Participate, contribute and be happy”. This research explores the question of how, in this globalised world, when liberal democracy is the dominant paradigm in the international system, the CCP government has managed to persuade the Chinese people to continue to accept the one-party state. In the talk I argue that political stability has been strengthened in recent years, because the Chinese government has increasingly adopted softer means of political and social control—what I call a velvet fist in a velvet glove. As Milosz predicts, this approach has a better long term success rate for political stability than brute force—though force is always a back up if softer means fail. Political control and legitimacy are the foundations of state security; and a secure state is a tolerant state. All insecure states—regardless of ideology—will adopt more draconian measures when required. Anne-Marie Brady is an Associate Professor in Political Science at the University of Canterbury. She is the author of "China's Thought Management" (Routledge, 2011) and "Marketing Dictatorship: Propaganda and Thought Work in Contemporary China" (Rowman and Littlefield, 2008) as well as numerous other scholarly publications on China's domestic and foreign policy. She is currently researching China's polar activities and the politics of ethnicity in China. |
| Takayo Yoshida |
| Global Exchange Fair 2012 |
| UTS offers one of the largest Global Exchange programs in Australia with over 150 partner universities in more than 30 countries. Advise your students to come and visit our annual Global Exchange Fair to find out how they can complete part of their UTS degrees overseas! Date: 8 May, 2012 Time: 10am to 2pm Venue: Tower building 1, level 3 Concourse Cafe Audience: All students and staff are welcome Cost: Free - no registration required. Please contact UTS International (studyabroad.exchange@uts.edu.au) if you require further information. |
| Mansi Narang |
| UTS Campus Guides |
| 2012 version of UTS Campus Guides are available with FMO. For requirements, contact Mansi Narang at mansi.narang@uts.edu.au or ext. 2835 |
| James Stuart |
| Building 1 lift breakdowns |
| Building Services advises lifts A, E and F are currently out of action. Schindler maintenance teams are on the job and we hope to get some of the lifts back up and running ASAP. The simultaneous failure of 3 lifts is unusual and is having a major impact on the lift service. We will update you shortly. In the meantime, if the DCS refers you to one of those lifts, it’s possible the system hasn’t yet recognised the lift is offline: please try again. |
| 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. |
| Debbie Paulides |
| Law - Teaching and Learning Seminar |
| Seminar: Resubmission of student work – Why not? Date: Wednesday 2 May, 2012 Time: 1pm to 2pm (a light lunch will be served from 12.45pm) Venue: Law Conference Room, Building 5, block B, level 3, room 18 (Haymarket) Presenter: Simon Housego, Senior Lecturer - Institute for Interactive Media and Learning, University of Technology Sydney has a long standing interest in the development of effective and efficient assessment practices, and the use of technologies to support learning. Abstract: Many assessment activities involve the grading of student work and the provision of feedback. For the feedback to be effective it needs to be timely, understood and applied. Research in assessment indicates that many students don’t understand their feedback and have no opportunity to apply it to the work submitted. In this seminar I will outline a model that teachers could use to encourage students to apply their feedback and resubmit their work AND gain a higher mark or grade. This model does NOT ask teachers to regrade the resubmitted work, and, in removing this barrier to resubmission, it promotes direct engagement by students with the feedback they have received. |
| Adel Al-Jumaily |
| Workshop on Biomedical Robotics, Bio-mechatronics |
| I'm organising a workshop on Biomedical Robotics and Biomechatronics For Rehabilitation and Health Technology at the 2012 International Symposium on Robotics and Intelligent Sensors (IRIS2012). It will take place in Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia, September 4 to 6, 2012. Important Dates Submission of Full Paper (deadline): April 30, 2012 Paper Acceptance: May 31, 2012 The Track 1 link http://www.iris2012.org/index.php?route=information/information&information_id=17 Special Session Paper Submission http://www.iris2012.org/index.php?route=information/information&information_id=9 Papers presented will be published in IRIS2012 Proceedings and indexed in IEEE Xplorer (in progress). The extended version of the papers will be published at the following journal: Journal of Mechanical Engineering (JMechE) (http://www.fkm.uitm.edu.my/jmeche/) - Indexed in Scopus International Journal on Smart Sensing and Intelligent Systems (IJSSIS) (http://www.s2is.org/) - Indexed Scopus, etc. Special Issue "Smart Robots for Smart Sensors" Int. Journal of Advanced Robotics Systems (ARS) by INTECH (ISI Thompson Impact Factor 0.326). Publication is indexed in: ISI, EI, IET Inspec, Scopus, Elsevier SciVerse, Engineering Village, and all major scientific database. The conference link http://www.iris2012.org/index.php?route=information/information&information_id=6 |
| Fudge Atshan |
| Shark Presentations |
| Come and join us for a fascinating series of talks about Australia’s sharks, the threats they face and what can be done to save them. Sharks are apex predators, which makes them vital parts of the aquatic ecosystems we love as divers. But shark fishing for fins, meat, oil, teeth and cartilage, poor fishery management, a lack of aquatic reserves and virtually non-existing protection for almost all shark species are pushing many to the brink of extinction. We have gathered together an impressive range of academics and conservationists who will be talking about some of the species you might meet in your dives: Grey Nurse sharks, Dusky Whalers, Port Jacksons and Great Whites (this one hopefully from behind the bars of a cage). We’ll also talk about the threat that shark finning and overfishing poses to sharks in our region. Speakers: • Professor William Gladstone, a marine biologist with research and teaching interests in marine conservation biology, fish behavioural ecology, and marine environmental management • Dr David Powter, a researcher with interests in Port Jackson shark biology • Karen Raubenheimer and Sean Barker from Spot a Shark, a non-profit dive community research project that has been established in conjunction with the Marine Ecology Group at Macquarie University with a focus on grey nurse conservation • Dave Thomas from EcoDivers, who will be talking about the Dusky Whalers and the Cabbage Tree Bay Aquatic Reserve • Speaker from Greenpeace, who will address the topic of overfishing in the Pacific. The talk will be followed by drinks and nibbles. Date: Wednesday 2 May, 2012 Time: 6pm to 8pm Venue: UTS Broadway, room to be confirmed Cost: $5 for members, $10 for guests RSVP: 30 April for catering purposes For further information, contact Sue Milthorpe at suzannemilthorpe@gmail.com or on 0408 582 396. |
| Sang-Eun Oh |
| HELPS Academic skills program update |
| Free Academic Skills workshops Registration open for Week 9, 10, 11, 12 & 13 Topics include critical writing; writing a essay & report; sentence & paragraph-level writing; presentation and pronunciation series; exam preparation and many more. For detailed timetable, venues, contents information including online registration, please visit http://www.ssu.uts.edu.au/helps/ Drop-in consultations The opportunity for students to seek English language and academic skills assistance without having to make an appointment. Students may be offered further consultation sessions when necessary. HELPS office (CB01.03.08) * Monday to Thursday, 12noon to 6pm * Friday, 12noon to 5pm Research Helpdesk in UTS Library * Tuesday to Thursday, 4pm to 7pm Student Services Unit (KG01.519) * Monday, 12noon to 3pm (Tuesday – consultations by appointment) For more information, please visit http://www.ssu.uts.edu.au/helps/consultations If you think your students would benefit from these, please refer them to the website. Thank you. |
| Catherine McHugh |
| Co-op Bookshop Stocktake Closures |
| Monday 23 April, 2012 - Harris Street and Jones Street stores closed Tuesday 24 April, 2012 - All 3 stores closed Wednesday 25 April, 2012 - closed for Anzac Day |
| Melissa Kowal |
| Reminder: Promotion to Senior Lecturer 2012 |
| All eligible academic staff are invited to apply for promotion to Senior Lecturer. Please note: There is a new Vice-Chancellor's directive for academic promotion. Please ensure you read the directive prior to starting your application. For information and advice about applying for promotion, including the criteria for promotion, please visit http://www.hru.uts.edu.au/for/academics/promotion.html. As part of the application process, we encourage you to have an early discussion with your supervisor to obtain an academic supervisor’s report. In addition, your Dean is required to provide a report. An application cannot be submitted without both reports. Please ensure you allow sufficient time for your supervisor and your Dean to prepare these reports before the closing date. Complete the online application form for Academic Promotion located at http://www.hru.uts.edu.au/manual/forms/promotion.html to ensure that the necessary information is supplied and in a standard format. Successful applicants will be promoted effective from 1 July, 2012. How to apply: Ten copies of your application are to be received by Melissa Kowal, Human Resources Unit, Building 10, level 6, marked "Confidential" no later than 5pm on Friday 4 May. In addition, please forward a soft copy of your entire application to melissa.kowal@uts.edu.au. Any enquiries can be directed to Kathleen Redenbach, HR Partner, on ext. 1067 or via email to kathleen.redenbach@uts.edu.au. |
| Dominique Grady |
| 10 000 steps challenge |
| It’s time to dust off those joggers and get your pedometer on again! The UTS 10 000 steps challenge 2012 is starting in four weeks time. This year’s challenge will run for 13 weeks, and is bookended by two of Sydney’s great walking/running events. The challenge will commence on Sunday 13 May to coincide with the Mother's Day Classic in the Domain (http://mothersdayclassic.com.au) and finish on Sunday 12th August, the day of the City to Surf (http://www.city2surf.com.au/). 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. Of course, you don’t have to enter either of these events to take part in our 10 000 steps challenge. All you need is a team and a pedometer (own expense). Teams consist of maximum seven people and you’ll need to nominate a captain. Once you have arranged a team and captain, please email me details of your captain’s name and email address and team name to dominique.grady@uts.edu.au If you don’t have a team I will try and find you one. For more details on 10 000 steps, simply go to http://www.10000steps.org.au/. This is also where you’ll need to go to register and enter your steps. All participants need to be individually registered before they can be placed in a team. If you have participated in 10 000 steps previously then your registration details should still be saved from previous year. There is a regular walking group that meet every Tuesday outside the Jones street glass doors of building 10 at 12.30pm if anyone 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. For further information please call Dominique on ext. 1102. |
| Julie Smith |
| Expression of Interest - Business Analysts |
| A large number of IT projects are approved each year through the IT Capital Management Plan (ITCMP). The funding for ITCMP is on an annual calendar year basis and the staff who work on these projects are a mixture of permanent and contract IT staff. There is often a need for Business Analysts (BAs) on a project by project basis, with positions difficult to fill at short notice. The point of this EOI is to identify staff across the University who have business analysis skills and who would be interested in a secondment arrangement on a fixed-term and potentially part-time or short term basis. Please note that we are not currently recruiting for any particular projects or time periods; the intention of this EOI is to create a shortlist of staff whom we could approach when the need arises. You will need the approval of your supervisor for a secondment opportunity so please discuss with them prior to responding to this EOI. Business analysis experience is highly desirable, particularly within the education sector, as is any relevant training. The skills we are looking for include: the ability to understand business objectives and target the main issues, the ability to be analytical and to deal with the abstract, the ability to get into the detail and be tenacious (following issues through to conclusion). One of the best skills a business analyst can have is to be able to reduce the complex to the understandable. If you are interested in responding to this EOI please submit a cover letter and resume to it-projects@listserv.uts.edu.au Selected applicants will be invited to an informal interview. |
| Nina Burridge |
| Special Seminar on Education in Afghanistan |
| The Cosmopolitan Civil Societies Research Centre invites you to attend a seminar: Ten years ago: Where we are now and planning for the future Presented by Dr Attaullah Wahidyar, Senior Advisor to the Minister of Education; Director Publication & Communication, Ministry of Education, Kabul. Date: Thursday 19 April, 2012 Time: 2pm to 4pm Venue: UTS City Campus, Building 10, level 5, room 580 This seminar is a free public event. Please RSVP to ccs@uts.edu.au |
| Georgia Markakis |
| Green Renters Challenge |
| "I can't do that - I rent!" Think you need to be a property owner making snazzy improvements to be able to live more sustainably? Not at all - we renters can do a lot. Come to our Ffree Green Renters Challenge session and learn about a whole range of tips and tricks for greening your lovely leasehold and enjoying a more green and healthy lifestyle. Light refreshments will be provided. Date: Tuesday 15 May, 2012 Time: 5.30pm to 7.30pm Venue: Lecture room 4.g, level 4 City Campus Library Register Now! http://www.nccnsw.org.au/green-renters Sponsored by: City of Sydney, Green Villages, Nature Conservation Council of NSW, UTS Green and UTS Library |
| Robert Button |
| UTSpeaks: More Intervention |
| Will the Government's Stronger Futures law reforms aid indigenous communities or further divide Australia's people? Date: Tuesday 24 April, 2012 Time: 6pm drinks and canapés for 6.30pm start, concludes 8.00pm Venue: University Hall, Building 4, 745 Harris Street Ultimo The Northern Territory Intervention was justified as a means to protect indigenous children from abuse. Despite attacks for having failed to deliver, proposed changes to the Intervention permit far wider Federal powers to intrude into and regulate the lives of Indigenous Australians – throughout Australia. Are we witnessing an 'apartheid by stealth' that further stigmatises and disadvantages Indigenous people while failing to improve their lives? With three UTS experts in Indigenous law reform, this public lecture traces the history of the Northern Territory Intervention and considers its successes and failures. It discusses the latest round of Government consultations with indigenous communities and questions the degree to which consultation truly took place. Finally it explores the implications and costs of the proposed new laws - laws that will disproportionately affect the first Australians. Speakers: Nicole Watson A Senior Researcher with the UTS Jumbunna Indigenous House of Learning, Nicole is a member of the Birri-Gubba People and the Yugambeh language group. She studied law at the University of Queensland and completed a master of laws at QUT. She became a solicitor of the Supreme Court of Queensland in 1999, has worked for Legal Aid Queensland, the National Native Title Tribunal and the Queensland Environmental Protection Agency. Nicole is also widely published. Alison Vivian A lawyer and Senior Researcher with the UTS Jumbunna Indigenous House of Learning, Alison Vivian was awarded a Fulbright scholarship in 2003/2004. Her primary research interests include Indigenous self-determination and governance, international human rights law and native title. She was one of the team of lawyers who assisted senior Aboriginal people from the Northern Territory to prepare a complaint to the United Nations Committee for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination in relation to the Northern Territory Intervention. Craig Longman Craig Longman is a Senior Researcher at Jumbunna Indigenous House of Learning and the Solicitor Director of NGIYA Litigation Ltd, a newly establish not-for-profit legal practice focused on the use of Strategic Litigation to address Criminal Justice and Human Rights issues faced by Indigenous people. He has acted in numerous high-profile cases on behalf of Aboriginal clients, including the defence of Palm Island Man Lex Wotton to charges of Riot, and the death in custody of Mulrunji Doomadgee. He is also a contributor to Tracker Magazine and The Conversation, and is the Producer/Presenter of the Thin Black Line. RSVP Monday 23 April, 2012 Register attendance with Robert Button Email: robert.button@uts.edu.au ext. 1734 UTSPEAKS: is a free public lecture series presented by UTS experts discussing a range of important issues confronting contemporary Australia |
| Liu Angelia Lawah |
| Java Programming Advanced (J2EE) Short Course |
| Faculty Engineering and IT is running the Java Programming Advanced (J2EE)short course When: Every Saturday from 5 May, 2012 to 23 June, 2012 (no class on 9 June) Time: 9am to 1.30pm Fee: $1300 Find out more about the course, including how to apply: http://www.it.uts.edu.au/courses/short/programming/j2ee.html |
| Jumbunna, EDU & TfC |
| Yarning Circle: Too dark for the light horse |
| The Yarning Circle: A place for listening and sharing with an Indigenous leader Jumbunna IHL, the Equity and Diversity Unit and Transforming Cultures Research Centre invite you to the first Yarning Circle in 2012: ‘Too Dark for the Light Horse’ Date: Friday, 20 April Tie: 12.45pm for 1pm start Venue: Building 10, level 7, Jones Room, Aerial Function Centre Light refreshment will be provided RSVP: atsievents@uts.edu.au by Wednesday 18 April. Join us in a yarn with our Guest and Circle leader Garth O’Connell from the Australian War Memorial in the lead up to ANZAC Day. There are only five known Aboriginal servicemen buried at Gallipoli. Yet it is estimated that between 500-800 Aboriginal diggers served during World War One. We may never know who these men were. In 1914, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples were not yet officially classified as Australian citizens, but that didn’t stop them from enlisting in the Australian Army. They proudly fought for their country - a country in which they were marginalised. They came from a section of society with few rights, low wages and poor living conditions. But once in the army, they discovered the battleground was an even playing field. They were paid the same as other soldiers, served alongside other races in ordinary units and were generally accepted without prejudice. Respect and understanding were fostered between the races. Indigenous servicemen who had for the first time in their lives experienced equality, returned to a civilian society that treated them with the same prejudice as before. White Australia was not willing to acknowledge Indigenous people as Australian people, let alone Australian War Veterans. The government deprived them of returned soldier support and services, and they experienced discrimination to the point of not being allowed to drink in the same pub with their fellow diggers. Today, the bodies of these invisible warriors fallen in foreign battlefields, lie unmarked far from their ancestral homeland. Guest and Circle Leader: Garth O’Connell Garth O’Connell is the Assistant Curator in the Military Heraldry and Technology section at the Australian War Memorial. He works within a very unique and captivating field, recording the lost histories of our Indigenous servicemen. Born in Sydney, Garth’s mother is Irish Australian and his father is a Kamilaroi man from Moree. Strongly influenced by his maternal family history, (military service in WW1, WW2 and Vietnam), Garth joined the army in 1992 and became a rifleman in the infantry. His active engagement in the army has taken him on several overseas deployments throughout the Asia Pacific. Garth holds a BA Applied Science in Cultural Heritage Management and is also the National Secretary of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Veterans and Services Association. Come and join us for a yarn with Garth about our ‘Invisible Warriors’ in the lead up to ANZAC Day. More information and invitation flyer: http://datasearch2.uts.edu.au/tfc/news-events/news-detail.cfm?ItemId=30667 |
| Mark Lee |
| Call for reviewers for online learning journal |
| In response to continual increases in the volume of manuscript submissions it receives, the MERLOT Journal of Online Learning and Teaching (JOLT at http://jolt.merlot.org/) is seeking expressions of interest from qualified individuals to join its panel of reviewers. JOLT is a peer-reviewed, open-access, online journal whose objectives are to: - Enable faculty to use technology effectively in online teaching and learning by learning from a community of researchers and scholars; - Enable academic programs to design and deploy academic technology to optimise online teaching and learning; - Build a community around the research and scholarly use of multimedia educational resources for online teaching and learning. JOLT welcomes papers on all aspects of online learning and teaching in higher education. Topics may include, but are not limited to: learning theory and the use of multimedia to improve online learning; instructional design theory and application; online learning and teaching initiatives; use of technology in online education; innovative online learning and teaching practices. All manuscripts submitted to JOLT are subjected to a prima facie evaluation by the Editor or Associate Editor before they are sent out for peer review. Those that pass this preliminary assessment are assigned to a minimum of two reviewers on the journal's reviewer panel, who are typically each given three weeks to submit their feedback. Every effort is made by the editors to match manuscripts to reviewers based on their areas of interest and expertise. The editors are responsible for collating the reviewers' feedback and rendering a final decision on the manuscript in light of the feedback. (Additional reviews may be obtained if necessary, for example, in cases where the reviews received contain conflicting recommendations.) Generally, JOLT strives to advise authors on the disposition of their manuscripts within six to eight weeks of the date of submission. Individuals interested in serving as reviewers for JOLT are asked to complete the form at the following URL: http://bit.ly/vZZGgo Prospective reviewers should possess a higher research degree (e.g., PhD) and/or have a strong publication record in online education, learning technology, or higher education teaching and learning. Previous experience performing reviews for scholarly journals is preferred but not essential. Although remuneration is not offered to reviewers, at any given time those who have completed at least one review in the past year will be acknowledged by having their names listed on the JOLT website. Any questions relating to JOLT should be directed to the Editors, Mark JW Lee, at jolteditor@merlot.org. |
| Tameera Pellegrini |
| Writing for the web with Marcus O’Donnell |
| When: Thursday and 26 and Friday 27 April Time: 9.30am to 4.30pm Cost: $585 for UTS staff, students and alumni (full fee $850) This course is aimed at people who write material for publishing on Internet sites or those needing to convert printed publications to web publications. It includes practical exercises on planning a website, writing styles for the web, how to target an audience, understanding digital media, using images, converting print publications to web publications and some fundamentals of design for presenting written content. Places limited to 12, so register soon. Full details: http://datasearch2.uts.edu.au/acij/shortcourses/detail.cfm?ItemId=28690, or call 9514 2488. |
| Daphne Freeder Manager CMOS UTS Business School |
| Celeb society taking Paris Hilton Inc seriously |
| Presented by Professor Robert van Krieken On television, in magazines and books, on the internet and in films: celebrities of all sorts seem to take up a lot of space. The crossover between the celebrity and politics appears to be intensifying, with actors and pop stars becoming politicians, politicians needing to function in the same way as celebrities, and increasingly rely on their association with celebrities for their political effectiveness. In business, management, and academic life, too, activity is very clearly organised around the production of celebrity CEOs, managers and researchers. The more one looks around the world today, the more one sees social, economic and political life being organised around celebrities. But we still understand very little about what different celebrities have in common with each other and what celebrity actually means. Date: 1 May, 2012 Time: 2 to 3.30pm, afternoon tea provided Venue: Building 5, Haymarket, level 1, room 29 (5C.01.29) Please RSVP to: cmos@uts.edu.au |
| Alumni Relations |
| UTS Alumni e-newsletter |
| The April e:Connect is now online http://www.alumni.uts.edu.au/econnect Story ideas are now being accepted for the May edition, email vanessa.marks@uts.edu.au. |
| Dominique Grady |
| Sydney - Domain 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 from 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 so. 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! |
| Sara Lal |
| Cognitive function research: call for volunteers |
| Calling for healthy volunteers aged between 36-65 to participate in dementia research at the Neuroscience Research Unit at UTS. This study is being conducted by doctoral candidate Louisa Giblin, supervised by Associate Professor Sara Lal. Data will be obtained to assess the association between cardiovascular and brain cognitive function for identifying predictive markers of mild cognitive impairment, with a view to delaying further development of cognitive impairment and Alzheimer's disease. All procedures are non-invasive and takes approximately one hour. This study has the approval from the Human Research Ethics Committee (HREC:2006-176A) at UTS. Contact Louisa Giblin at Louisa.Giblin@uts.edu.au for more details. |
| Des Petersen |
| ESOS Information Session – The National Code |
| UTS International is offering an information session for UTS staff who need to be aware of the National Code and how it fits in to the Education Services for Overseas Students (ESOS) Framework. The National Code is the essential reference for staff who interact with overseas students. It is a legislative instrument of the ESOS Act and sets out the standards that education providers must meet in relation to overseas students. All administrative and academic staff whose work includes international marketing, student recruitment, admission, enrolment and ongoing administration and support of overseas students must be familiar with the National Code. The session will assist staff to navigate the National Code, and includes discussion about: • The National Code principles • The National Code standards, and • Resources available to staff. Potential attendees would include staff in Student Centres, SAU, SSU, Faculties and UTS International, as well as Associate Deans and RAOs. This session complements the ‘Introduction to ESOS’ session and assumes some basic familiarity with ESOS. The session will take place: Date: Wednesday 2 May Time: 9am to 10.30am Venue: Building 10, level 2, room 450A (CB10.02.450A) If you wish to participate in the session, please register online at http://forms.uts.edu.au/index.cfm?FormId=252 (requires staff login). If you have any questions, please email the ESOS Compliance Officer on nima.sherpa@uts.edu.au. |
| Iain Duggin |
| Accommodation for visiting academic wanted |
| A visiting academic researcher is looking for 2 bedroom accommodation close to the city campus, for himself, his wife and a daughter from 1 October, 2012 to 1 July, 2013. If you can help, please email iain.duggin@uts.edu.au. |
| Anjana Regmi |
| UTS Business School, EDU Public Short Courses |
| Short Course: Carbon Trading Date: Friday 20 April, 2012 Time: 9am to 5pm Fee: $800.00 (10% discount for UTS staff and alumni, and 15% for more than 3 staff from the same unit) Carbon Trading Scheme is an executive guide to Australian carbon trading, how the scheme works, what it means, and it will impact your business. This short course includes a carbon trading simulation is to give participants hands on experience in carbon trading, as well as a selection of executive tools. For more information please email us at executive.development@uts.edu.au, or to register visit https://shortcourses-bookings.uts.edu.au/ClientView/Schedules/ScheduleDetail.aspx?ScheduleID=638 |
| Nicole Scott |
| Marketing Secondment Opportunity |
| Call for expressions of interest: NMH is seeking an internal applicant to fill the role of Marketing and Communications Officer for a two month secondment. If you have experience in marketing, communications or events and are interested in joining our friendly, tight-knit team for this period, please call or email Nicole Scott, NMH Marketing and Communications Manager on ext. 4694 or nicole.scott@uts.edu.au for more information. |
| Jann Joy |
| Communication styles workshop |
| In this workshop we will be using a particular model that can help you to quickly identify your own and others communication styles. Learning Outcomes: - gain insight into communication style differences - observe and read other people’s behaviour - "flex" your behaviour to be more effective when communicating with others Facilitator: Thistle Anderson Date: 1 May 2012 Time: 9am to 4.30pm Cost: $60 Location: Building 10, City campus Audience: Staff Email: Jann.Joy@uts.edu.au |
| Seb Crawford |
| Report - Earth Hour performance |
| Congratulations to all who took part in Earth Hour on 31 March. More than half the UTS buildings recorded a significant drop in electricity consumption with Building 5 leading the way registering an 11.7% saving, followed by Building 4 with an 8.4 % reduction. Despite the addition of two new buildings last year, the Multi Purpose Sports Hall and Yura Mudang student housing with more than 800 residents, the University’s overall energy consumption fell 5.4 per cent compared to Earth Hour the year before. This is a great result. Taking a longer term view the picture is even more impressive. UTS has a target of 11% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions on 2007 levels by 2012-13, and a 30% reduction by 2020-21. Total electricity consumption this Earth Hour was a massive 39.7% less than Earth Hour 2007, which shows just how much effort has gone into reducing energy consumption since 2007 despite new buildings and more students and staff. Thanks to everyone who turned off lights and computers in preparation for Earth Hour, and a special thanks to the building managers who volunteered their own time on a Saturday night to close down air-conditioning chillers and related energy saving activities. |
| Danny Hung |
| Amendment to pedestrian route to Thomas St |
| The current pedestrian route through the construction site on Alumni Green between Building 2 and Thomas St will be amended temporarily. The new route will direct foot traffic to access Thomas St at the new ramp (in lieu of the old ramp in the current arrangement). This arrangement will be in place from 12 April until 14 April. Signage and directions will be erected accordingly. From 16 April the current pedestrian route will be reinstated until the permanent solution is installed over the coming weeks. Please keep an eye out for any signage and follow any directions from site personnel. |
| Tina McDonald |
| Safety and Wellbeing for supervisors |
| This mandatory session is presented by the Safety and Wellbeing Branch. Target audience are support staff with supervisory or managerial responsibilities. The aim is to enhance knowledge and practical application of the health and safety system at UTS. Areas covered include: - legislation - supervisor and manager responsibilities - health and safety risk management approach at UTS - EHS planning process Date: Tuesday 1 May, 2012 Time: 10am to 11.30am Where: Building 10, level 6, HR training room 2 (CB10.06.430) RSVP to Leonie.Glasby@uts.edu.au For more information please contact tina.mcdonald@uts.edu.au |
| Tina McDonald |
| UTS Wellbeing Program |
| MMay is Fork It and Walk It month! There are a number of wellbeing initiatives throughout May: * 10,000 steps challenge * heart matters for women * winter wellness * the truth about food * healthy heart week challenges * everything you wanted to know about diabetes * look out! Eye health Get involved: Visit the Safety and Wellbeing website for session dates, times and details (http://www.safetyandwellbeing.uts.edu.au/wellbeing/index.html). Contact tina.mcdonald@uts.edu.au to book your place. |
| Ben Choy |
| Time and venue changed for AAI Seminar tomorrow |
| Updated: AAI Advanced Analytics Seminar Series on 12 April Seminar Title: Hierarchical fuzzy systems Speaker: Professor Tom Gedeon, Chair Professor of Computer Science at the Australian National University Date: Thursday 12 April, 2012 Time: 1pm to 2pm Venue: Seminar Room: UTS Blackfriars Campus building 5 - CC05.GD.01 (5 minutes walk from Tower building of UTS) Street Address: 2-12, Blackfriars Street, Chippendale, NSW 2008 Seminar Chairman: Prof Longbing Cao (longbing.cao@uts.edu.au) Abstract: Fuzzy expert systems built with linguistic rules (which reflect uncertainty, or vagueness of concepts in natural language) have very wide potential application where human expertise is difficult to express in crisp mathematical form. For real problems many rules are required, which takes too much computing time to solve any but the simplest problems. We are developing techniques to reduce the number of rules required, and to partition them for more efficient computation. This will lead to a much wider range of applications of fuzzy systems, and reduce their computation costs significantly. In this talk I introduce the problem and sketch our overall solution, and discuss extensions to fuzzy interpolation. These extensions guarantee well formed conclusions, which is essential for multi-stage fuzzy reasoning. Short biography of the speaker: Tom Gedeon is Chair Professor of Computer Science at the Australian National University, and President of the Computing Research and Education Association of Australasia. He is formerly Deputy Dean and Head of Computer Science at ANU. He has worked previously at Murdoch University and the University of New South Wales. His BSc and PhD are from the University of Western Australia. He is a former president of the Asia-Pacific Neural Network Assembly, has been General Chair for the International Conference on Neural Information Processing (ICONIP) twice, has been nominated for VC's awards for postgraduate supervision at three Universities, and serves on a number of journal advisory boards as member, associate editor or editor. Tom's research focuses on the development of automated systems for information extraction, and for the synthesis of the extracted information into humanly useful information resources (hierarchical knowledge), mostly using fuzzy systems and neural networks, as well as by cognitive modelling based on biologically plausible information flow constraints. Application areas of the research include mining, reservoir characterisation, security and medical applications. Overview to This Seminar Series The Advanced Analytics Seminar Series presents the latest theoretical advancement and empirical experience in a broad range of interdisciplinary and business-oriented analytics fields. It covers topics related to data mining, machine learning, statistics, bioinformatics, behaviour informatics, marketing analytics and multimedia analytics. It also provides a platform for the showcase of commercial products in ubiquitous advanced analytics. Speakers are invited from both academia and industry. It opens regularly on every Friday afternoon at the garden-like UTS Blackfriars Campus. You are warmly welcome to attend this seminar series. |
| Virginia Thomas |
| New Injury Management & Return to Work Program |
| New procedures for the Workplace Injury Management and Return to Work Program are now approved and published in the HR manual at http://www.hru.uts.edu.au/manual/8heal/health.html#8.3 The new procedures incorporate: the HIRO notification system, amended roles and responsibilities, and general administrative changes. The Policies, Manual Handling and Communicable Diseases have been rescinded and removed from the UTS Policy website. Information about Manual Handling and Communicable Diseases has been updated and placed on the Safety and Wellbeing website together with information about other potential hazards. Information about hazards can be found at http://www.safetyandwellbeing.uts.edu.au/hazards/ Please familiarise yourself with the relevant documents. If you require further assistance or have general questions or concerns, please contact Safety and Wellbeing at http://www.safetyandwellbeing.uts.edu.au/branch/contacts/help.html |
| Jessica Min Li |
| CCS Seminar on 2 May |
| Seminar Topic: Volunteer sustainability in a sport context: observations from grassroots participation through to mega-events Date: Wednesday 2 May, 2012 Time: 4pm to 6pm Venue: Cosmopolitan Civil Societies Research Centre, level 3, MaryAnn House, 645 Harris Street, Ultimo RSVP: ccs@uts.edu.au, please include name, group or organisational affiliation & e-mail address. If you want to be on the CCS mailing list, please let me know. Abstract: Volunteers are the lifeblood of sporting organisations in Australia and globally. However, research has shown that there are differences between everyday volunteers for sporting organisations and volunteers at major sport events, and there are cultural differences to volunteering. More recently within major event research, legacy has become a significant focus of event organisers and local organising committees as a way of adding social value to the economic significance of the investment by host cities. This seminar will present three levels of volunteer engagement and discuss observations on legacy at: 1. The Vancouver 2010 Olympics and Paralympics; 2. The 2009 Sydney World Masters Games; and 3. Community development projects using sport events. The 2010 Vancouver Olympics and Paralympics together with the cultural Olympiad required a commitment by 20,000 volunteers in the high status mega-sporting event. Some 5000 volunteers assisted the Sydney World Masters Games to host more than 28,000 athletes across 72 venues predominantly in Western Sydney in one of the biggest multisport participant major events held in world. The research for both sport events involved pre-and post examination of volunteer motivations, expectations, experiences and legacy. Sport for Development Projects in Sri Lanka, Israel and the Pacific Islands utilise volunteers at a ‘grass roots’ level to guide and facilitate the creation of sport event activities designed to benefit people in disadvantaged communities or communities in conflict. In these contexts, international volunteers from outside of the community setting are used to facilitate the sport event. An interpretive qualitative approach to examining volunteer legacy was employed. The workshop examines volunteer legacy of these three sport events against Dickson, Benson and Blackman's (2011) framework for evaluating Olympic and Paralympic legacy. In doing so, the findings highlight volunteer management practices, motivations, experiences, challenges and volunteering legacies arising from these sport event volunteer programs. In a workshop format attendees will have an opportunity to discuss strategies for enhancing legacies for host communities and countries considering the cultural context of volunteering, sport and events. BIO: Simon Darcy is an interdisciplinary researcher with expertise in developing inclusive organisational approaches to diversity groups. His research has spanned a variety of contexts including parks, common domain, sport, tourism, events, volunteers, transport and the built environment. Simon has held grants with the Australian Research Council, Sustainable Tourism Cooperative Research Centre, the United Nations, and has carried out research studies for all levels of government and the private sector. Over the last decade, his body of work on accessible tourism has gained international recognition. Simon is actively involved in changing government and industry practice through implementing the outcomes of his research. He was recently appointed to the Disability Council of NSW, which is the ministerial advisory to the New South Wales Government's Department of Family and Community Services. Simon's research has been published in leading international journals, including the Annals of Tourism Research, Tourism Management, Journal of Sustainable Tourism, International Journal of Hospitality Management, Journal of Sport Management, Sport Management Review, European Sports Management Quarterly, Event Management and Disability & Society. He has been the recipient of the 2010 World Leisure International Innovation Prize and his work has been recognised for its rigour and innovation through other industry and human rights awards. Simon is a member of editorial boards and acts as an ad hoc referee for numerous top-ranking journals. Since incurring a spinal injury in 1983 Simon is a power wheelchair user and passionately believes in the rights of all people to fully participate in all aspects of community life. Dr Edwards joined the school in 2006 after previously working at the University of Western Sydney, Australia. Prior to pursuing an academic career in 1987 Deborah worked extensively in the hospitality and hotel sectors in Australia and overseas. She has been the principle investigator for a number of large projects focusing on tourism, community and destination management. She has written extensively on sustainable tourism including: Sustainable Tourism Planning Module; Sustainable Tourism Operations Management Module; Sustainable Meetings and Event Management Module; research agendas in private sector innovation, managing risk and crisis, corporate social responsibility, and tourism’s contribution to quality of life; and case studies on innovation for sustainable tourism. Her module on ‘Sustainable Tourism Planning’ is widely used by those working in communities in developing countries. A recent article on destination management was rated as the most downloaded tourism article for all Science Direct publications for the first quarter of 2009. For eight years Deborah has been an executive member of the BEST Education Network (BEST EN). BEST EN is an international consortium of university educators committed to furthering the development and dissemination of knowledge in the field of sustainable tourism. BEST EN acknowledges that the sustainable business has interdependent economic, environmental and social objectives, and understands that long-term viability depends on integrating all three objectives in decision-making. Her extensive industry experience underpins her philosophy as a researcher and drives her to ensure that academic research is communicated to industry and relevant stakeholders in a meaningful way. Deborah views industry liaison as integral to maintaining and building cooperative and strategic partnerships between industry, government and academia. Her PhD was on volunteerism at cultural attractions specifically urban museums and art museums. This study was innovative in Australia, making an important contribution to volunteering, organisation and cultural studies. Deborah’s current recent research is on understanding tourist expectations and the impacts that arise from tourism development. Dr Nico Schulenkorf works as a Lecturer for Sport Management at the University of Technology, Sydney (UTS). His research focuses on the social, cultural and psychological outcomes of sport and event projects, and in particular the role of sport in contributing to social development within and between disadvantaged communities. For several years, Nico has been involved in sport-for-development and health promotion programs in countries such as Sri Lanka, Israel and the Pacific Islands. He has been working with local and international NGOs, Government Agencies, Sport Associations and Ministries in developing capacities to implement, monitor and evaluate development projects. Nico has published his research in the leading sport management and sociology journals, including Journal of Sport Management, Sport Management Review and the International Review for the Sociology of Sport. For his long-term contribution to the advancement of social justice on an international level, Nico was awarded the 2008 UTS Vice-Chancellor’s Human Rights Award. |
| Sandris Zeivots |
| Call for papers AARE-APERA 2012 Conference |
| Call for papers now open! The AARE Conference Standing Committee invites abstracts and full papers for the AARE-APERA 2012 Conference to be held in Sydney from 2 to 6 December, 2012. Click here to submit an abstract or alternatively please visit http://aare-apera2012.com.au for further details. For registration information visit http://aare-apera2012.com.au/registration.php We encourage you to save the date now to be part of the AARE-APERA 2012 Conference! Speakers: Alan Reid is Professor Emeritus of Education at the University of South Australia where has been a teacher and researcher, as well as holding administrative positions such as Dean of Education and Director of Research Centres. His research interests include educational policy, curriculum change, social justice and education, citizenship education and the history and politics of public education. Arnetha F. Ball is a Professor of Education at Stanford University in the Curriculum Studies, Teacher Education, and Educational Linguistics Programs. She is currently the President of the American Educational Research Association, Director of the Program in African and African American Studies at Stanford University, and Consultant to the Sizemore Initiative in Urban Education at Duquesne University. David C. Berliner is Regents’ Professor of Education Emeritus at Arizona State University. He has also taught at the Universities of Arizona and Massachusetts, at Teachers College and Stanford University, and at universities in Canada, Australia, The Netherlands, Denmark, Spain, and Switzerland. Kuan-Hsing Chen is Professor in the Graduate Institute for Social Research and Cultural Studies, and also the coordinator of Center for Asia-Pacific/ Cultural Studies, National Chiao Tung University. Having taught in National Tsing Hua University for 20 years, he has held visiting professorships at universities in Korea, China, Japan, Singapore and the U.S. Conference office Level 1, 299 Elizabeth Street Sydney NSW 2000 Ph: +61 2 8251 0045 Fax: +61 2 8251 097 Email: aare@thinkbusinessevents.com.au Web: http://www.aare-apera2012.com.au Dates: Abstract Submission closes 14 May, 2012 Closing date for full paper 29 May, 2012 Early bird closes 29 August, 2012 For more information visit http://aare-apera2012.com.au/call-for-papers.php |
| Tanya Gerrie |
| Survey and submissions for UTS Insider |
| It's heading up to five months since UTS Insider was first published so we're reviewing all aspects of Insider with students and stakeholders. We'd greatly appreciate it if you could take 5 minutes to complete the following survey: http://surveys.uts.edu.au/index.cfm?surveyid=7128 Your feedback will help us to refine our processes and procedures. If you have an event, activity, opportunity, resource or important notice that’s relevant to coursework and research 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 by cob on Friday 13 April. |
| Sandris Zeivots |
| ALARA 2012 Conference call |
| The next Action Learning, Action Research Association (ALARA) Inc Australasian Conference will be held in Sydney on 3 and 4 September 2012. The Conference Organising Committee invites submissions for presentations/discussions about action learning and action research initiatives that have produced sustainable outcomes, as a means to creating inspiration and ideas for further discussions during the Conference. The Conference will be a two-day high-level networking and initiative generation event, including professional development workshops. There will be many opportunities for practitioners, theorists, clients and funding bodies to meet, pitch ideas and services, and explore real action possibilities with enough substance to take the strategies into realisation. Timetable: Monday 21 May, 2012: Submission of abstract for presentation to admin@alara.net.au Friday 15 June, 2012: Confirmation of inclusion of presentation Friday 1 June, 2012: Expression of interest for panel to admin@alara.net.au Friday 15 June, 2012: Confirmation of inclusion on panel For more information visit http://www.alara.net.au |
| Transforming Cultures Research Centre |
| TfC Lunchtime Series: 11 April |
| Winton Higgins, UTS Cultural Studies, TfC Hospitality Interchanges in Nuremberg around the first war-crimes trial When: Wednesday 11 April Time: 12.30pm to 1.30pm Where: TfC Bagel, Building 10, level 5, room 219, 235 Jones St (follow the signs to the 'TfC Bagel') RSVP: Transforming.Cultures@uts.edu.au I am researching for a novel around the first Nuremberg trial 1945-46. This unique international trial, under the auspices of the four-power International Military Tribunal, took place amid a shifting and always ambiguous interaction between the Nurembergers, the American occupiers, their German-POW workforce, and the 7000-strong cosmopolitan ‘trial community.' The latter included a vital subgroup: the world’s first corps of simultaneous interpreters. In his Of Hospitality, Jacques Derrida evokes the ambiguities embedded in the generic terms of this ancient discourse, not least hostis (Latin for both host and enemy, and the origin of such pertinent English words as hospitality, host, hostile and hostage) and l’étranger (French for stranger, but also foreigner and abroad). These ambiguities bedevil attempts to codify rights and obligations in the ethic of hospitality, and alert us to the way in which host and guest can exchange roles, especially as they negotiate such salient issues as physical needs for survival, language, and the right to be buried in an identifiablegrave. Derrida’s problematic illuminates the complex socio-cultural interchanges that permeated the trial process itself. Damian Spruce, HDR student UTS Cultural Studies, TfC La saldatura fra il razzismo di Stato e una xenofobia populare: building a recist infrastructure in the 2001 Italian election The nationalist myth of 'italiani, brava gente' created as part of a justification for the new nation's nineteenth century colonialist enterprises, portrayed the Italian people as generous, altruistic and hospitable. Exploitation and abuse of colonised subjects were seen as part of a well-meaning and beneficial process. The myth has endured as a self-image of Italy throughout the Fascist period and into the twenty-first century but over the last decade increasingly extreme anti-migrant political parties have grown in size and gained power in the parliamentary system. The generation of an explicitly xenophobic politics within mainstream public discourse has started to break down the capacity of the myth to continue to imagine Italians as an hospitable people. Instead, I will argue, a new set of racist 'infrastructures' have been erected within the political and media spheres that generate and justify racist sentiments and anti-migrant policies. Free event. All welcome. Please find the full TfC Lunchtime program for the Autumn Semester 2012 here: http://datasearch2.uts.edu.au/tfc/news-events/events-detail.cfm?ItemId=22302 |
| Arif Ongu |
| Tower lifts - Accessibility |
| The new destination control system for the Tower lifts are now in operation. The destination control system is very sophisticated and can be programmed to meet the specific needs of people with a disability. People with vision loss or limited dexterity may have particular issues with the new system. If you have had any issues using the new destination control system, or would benefit from having the system programmed to meet any special needs you may have please contact the Equity and Diversity Unit on ext. 1084 or equity@uts.edu.au. |
| 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. |
| Paul Champion |
| SSFS Financial Advisor |
| State Super Financial Services will have one of their financial advisors available at the City campus on Thursday 26 April 2012. Appointment times are 9.30am, 11am, 12.30pm and 2pm. Venue: FSU, building 10, level 6. To reserve you place call 8295 7950. |
| Sue Trodd |
| Academic looking for 2 bedroom accommodation |
| Visiting postdoctoral fellow looking for 2 bedroom accommodation, preferably close to city campus, for himself, wife and 2 daughters from 18 June, 2012 to 18 September, 2012. If you can help, please email Sue.Trodd@uts.edu.au |
| Kim Neville |
| SPECIAL LONG WEEKEND ITD NOTICE |
| IT services for staff over the Easter long weekend: IT Support Centres, Desktop Support, Printing and Audio Visual Services are all closed from close of business on 5 April. These services will reopen as normal on 10 April. Online requests and inquiries are open but will not be attended to until Tuesday 10 April, 2012. Servicedesk at https://servicedesk.uts.edu.au/ |
| Richard Birrell |
| New directive regarding concerning behaviour |
| A new directive called Concerning Behaviour Assessment and Intervention Team (CBAIT) has been published on the UTS website. Should you believe that the directive may impact upon you or your work, please familiarise yourself with the document. This directive, along with all other UTS policies and directives, is available on the central policy website at http://www.gsu.uts.edu.au/policies More detailed communication and education plans may be rolled out by the implementation officer, who is specified within the document. For assistance with general policy questions or concerns, please contact policy@uts.edu.au. |
| Jacqui Smith |
| Australia Quartet 10 April 2012 |
| Wishing everyone a wonderful Easter long weekend! Why not finish your first day back at work on Tuesday with a concert at UTS? Australia Quartet: UTS Piano Quartet in Residence UTS 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 Mahler: Piano Quartet in A minor Schnittke: Piano Quartet (after Mahler) Kats-Chernin: 'Winter' from The Seasons Suk: Piano Quartet in A minor Op. 1 Date: 6.30pm Time: Tuesday April 10, 2012 Venue: Building 3, level 1, Bon Marche Studio, 755 Harris Street, Ultimo 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 the passionate and rarely-heard Josef Suk Piano Quartet, which strongly evokes the sound world of Dvorak, together with tantalising works of Mahler, Schnittke and Elena Kats-Chernin for piano quartet. Enquiries jacqui.smith@uts.edu.au or jtp@cinqueartistmanagement.com. Please like us on http://www.facebook.com/australiaquartet Free entry, donations welcome. |
| Katia Sanfilippo |
| Do you know what's happening around you? |
| In this month's issue of U magazine: Staff Profile: Do you know which UTS staffer is in training for the 2016 Olympics for female boxing? http://newsroom.uts.edu.au/news/2012/04/packing-a-punch Around U: The Broadway Food Co-op can provide you with organic fruit and veggies every week from as little as $15 a box http://newsroom.uts.edu.au/news/2012/04/grow-share-eat News: The former Director of ABC International has joined the UTS Communications Law Centre's team http://newsroom.uts.edu.au/news/2012/04/a-law-unto-himself U: Keeping you in the know! |
| Claire Moore |
| New venue Rightists in the eyes of Chinese artists |
| Please note, the China Research Centre event 'Rightists in the Eyes of Chinese Artists', to be held on Sunday 15 April from 10am to 5pm, has a new venue. The exhibition and roundtable will now take place in building 10, level 2, room 470 (CB10.02.470), rather than the previously advised FASS Conference room. For more information about this event and to RSVP, please visit http://datasearch2.uts.edu.au/crc/news-events/events-detail.cfm?ItemId=30625 |
| Georgia Markakis |
| National Year of Reading free film screening |
| Continuing with the celebrations for the National Year of Reading 2012, UTS Library will be hosting a free film screening of Red Dog. Date: Thursday 12 April, 2012 Time: 6.30pm to 8.30pm Venue: City Campus Library, level 4, lecture room 4.g No booking necessary. For more information: http://www.lib.uts.edu.au/news/16887/nyor-free-film-screening-red-dog-thurs-12-april |
| Sean Walsh |
| UTS Acupuncture and Chinese Medicine treatments |
| We have a new group of talented interns in their final year of the Bachelor of Health Science (Traditional Chinese Medicine) program at UTS and currently in practice at the UTS TCM Outpatient Clinic located in Science (Building 4) opposite the Sports Centre. The Intern Acupuncture Clinic is open on Mondays and Wednesdays under supervision of qualified practitioners. The clinic is subsidised for UTS staff and students and offers treatment (using a combination of acupuncture, herbs and/or massage, cupping, laser and more) for a range of conditions, including musculo-skeletal injuries and dysfunction. To make an appointment or if you have further inquiries, please contact the clinic on ext. 2509. All welcome. |
| Danny Hung |
| Building 2, level 3 balcony access changes |
| Please note that the construction works currently happening on Alumni Green will be extended to the Building 2, level 3 balcony by way of a concrete path construction through the existing gardren bed in the area. These works will occur on 4 April for 1 day. Please take caution when in the area and follow directions from site personnel if directed. |
| Raelene Turner |
| Career & Professional (CAP) Development Awards |
| Are you a supervisor/manager with high-performing support staff? Why not consider submitting a nomination for one of your exceptional team members to your Dean/Director for consideration. The CAP Awards recognise and reward support staff with outstanding employee performance. The eligibility criteria are aligned to the University’s strategic priorities and reflect the behaviours considered critical for the University to be able to achieve its priorities. Nominations are now being accepted and must reach HRU by 19 April 2012. The nomination form can be downloaded from the Human Resources website at: http://www.hru.uts.edu.au/docs/performance/cap-nomin.doc. |
| Lisa Carroli |
| Reminder - Casual Academics - ECDF Scheme |
| The Early Career Development Fellowship (ECDF) Scheme was establish under the Academic Staff Agreement 2010 in order to provide a pathway for casual academic staff into an academic career at UTS. Expressions of Interest (EOI) to participate in the ECDF scheme are invited from eligible casual academic staff (eligibility criteria are provided on the ECDF Scheme webpage - see link below). The EOI process will close on 20 April, 2012. An ECDF is a full-time or part-time Level A or B position which will normally be for a fixed-term period of up to 2 years. By lodging an EOI, your details will be recorded on a Register and you will be contacted to apply for an ECDF position when one becomes available in a relevant organisational unit. To register, complete an "Expression of Interest Form for Early Career Development Fellowship" (available from the ECDF webpage, see link below) and lodge it electronically together with evidence of qualifications to the email address provided on the form. Further information in relation to the ECDF Scheme is available from the ECDF Scheme webpage http://www.hru.uts.edu.au/for/academics/ecdf.html, Jane Garnett at jane.garnett@uts.edu.au or ext. 1161, or Lisa Carroli at lisa.carroli@uts.edu.au or ext. 1079. |
| Sarah Kaine |
| MDG Seminar: Immigrant entrepreneurs in Australia |
| Topic: Immigrant entrepreneurs in Australia Presenter: Professor Jock Collins Date: Tuesday 17 April Time: 10.30am-12pm Venue: Haymarket building 5, level 5 Boardroom (CM05.5.03) RSVP: sarah.kaine@uts.edu.au Abstract: Australia is one of the world’s major immigration countries. Many immigrants become entrepreneurs who start their own business in Australia, particularly in the small business sector. Korean immigrant entrepreneurs have the highest rate of entrepreneurship in Australia – double the average. Korean immigrant entrepreneurs contribute to enterprise formation, economic growth, employment, innovation and trade in Australian to a greater extent than other immigrant communities. Like immigrant entrepreneurs from other ethnic backgrounds, Korean immigrant entrepreneurs also contribute to nation building at a neighbourhood level, changing the built environment and social environment in Australian suburbs and towns. Yet there is little research onto Korean immigrant entrepreneurship in Australia. The paper will present the results of a 2012 survey of Korean entrepreneurs who own restaurants in Sydney. It explores their immigration history and business experience in Australia, including the way that they use local and transnational Korean business and social networks. The paper also looks as the iconography of the restaurant design, the customer base, issues related to regulation, finance and employment generation. It also explores the barriers that Korean entrepreneurs in restaurants in Sydney face and their plans for the future. |
| Holly Williams |
| Gallery talk on today - Wednesday 4 April 5.30pm |
| Disrupting modernism: Sculptural interventions in contemporary interiors. Join us this evening in the gallery for a lively discussion led by Dr Sam Spurr with artists Samantha Whittingham and Bonita Bub as they discuss their practice which challenges the modernist notion of form following function and the delineation of practices and spaces. Inspired by modernist principles of design and architecture, particularly the use of screens and flexible partitions, Bonita Bub’s work sits between art, design and architecture. Whilst Whittingham’s sculptures focus on the transformation of architectural and domestic forms. Dr Sam Spurr, interior designer, theorist, critic and Director of Interior and Spatial Design at UTS whose research explores the growing field of performance, or performative practices, and spatial design. Held as part of 'The Baker's Dozen' exhibition: http://www.utsgallery.uts.edu.au/gallery/current/thebakersdozen.html All welcome. Free RSVP to: utsgallery@uts.edu.au When: Wednesday 4 April, 5.30pm Where: UTS Gallery, level 4, 702 Harris Street, Ultimo. |
| Laura Earl |
| Martinis, Massages and Manicures |
| Martinis, Massages and Manicures is on again tonight 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. |
| Jonathan Tyler |
| Melbourne to Cairns in 7 days for Cancer Council |
| Business School staff member Ann-Marie Hopps is embarking on a journey through the outback in mid April as a participant in the 2012 Cancer Council Rally. The Rally consists of 150 teams who pay less than $1000 for their car. As a result she will be driving 4000km in one week with no air conditioning. To show you care and help Ann-Marie raise $10,000 for the Cancer Council of NSW in their work in cancer research, prevention and support please make your tax deductible donation by visiting http://www.everydayhero.com.au/deckchairduo |
| Belinda Lake |
| Internal Vacancy: Development Coordinator |
| The UTS Development Office is seeking an organised individual with experience in administration to join their team as the new Development Coordinator. In this role you will have direct contact with key supporters and potential supporters of the University. Draw on your strong communication skills and general understanding of University fundraising to work closely with Development Managers and other UTS staff (particularly members of the Alumni Relations, External Engagement, and Events teams) to support Development objectives. Utilise your organisational skills and attention to detail to provide: • Project support by implementing specific projects designed either to build external relationships or facilitate donations to the University, • High-level administrative support, and • Support the organisation and implementation of events within Australia and internationally. This is a full-time position available on 3 year contract. Level 5: $56,138 to $64,223, plus 17% super. For further information and to apply, please visit the Careers at UTS website: http://www.jobs.uts.edu.au/job/job_details.cfm?id=706772 |
| Seong Cheah |
| Volunteers for pressure pain threshold study |
| The research team needs your support in the study of pressure pain threshold (PPT). PPT is when the pressure applied begins to be experienced as discomfort or pain. An algometer is used to produce this pressure. An algometer is a spring loaded pressure gauge that is attached to a rubber plunger with a flat circular area of 1-2cm at its tip. It does not puncture the skin. Who: If you’re aged between 35 and 65, don’t suffer from musculoskeletal pain, and are not pregnant. When: For four occasions (preferably Wednesdays and Fridays) with 30 minutes for each session. Where: UTS Acupuncture Clinic, building 4, level 1, cnr Harris and Thomas Streets, Ultimo. What’s involved: PPT readings will be measured at 17 sites on your forearms, lower legs and head. To register or for more information, please contact Seong Cheah at Seong.Cheah@uts.edu.au. *Ethics approval for this study has been granted by the UTS Human Research Ethics Committee (UTSHREC2010-367A) |
| Raymond Holmes |
| Easter/Anzac Day Payroll deadlines -reminder |
| To all staff and supervisors, please note the following payroll deadlines for the next two pay periods: Thursday 12 April, 2012 The deadline for the submission of manual claims and contracts is COB Tuesday 3 April, 2012. For online claims, it is advised that all claims should be submitted and approved BEFORE the Easter break. Thursday 26 April, 2012 The deadline for the submission of manual claims and contracts is COB Thursday 19 April, 2012. The deadline for the online submission and approval of claims will be brought forward one day, i.e. 10am Monday 23 April, 2012. Claims which are submitted/approved after the above deadlines will be processed in the next available pay period. |
| Ben Choy |
| AAI lecture series - Conditional random fields |
| Advanced Analytics Study Group Lecture Series - An Introduction to Statistical Pattern Recognition with Applications Lecture 5: Conditional random fields Date: Thursday 5 April Time: 2pm to 5pm Where: Blackfriars building 5 (CC05.GD.02), 5 minutes’ walk from the UTS Tower building (map) Content: Conditional random fields Presenter: Professor Massimo Piccardi About this lecture series Professor Massimo Piccardi at the iNEXT Research Centre at UTS is giving us a lecture series on introduction to statistical pattern recognition with applications to image and video analysis. The contents of six lectures cover: • Density estimation, • Dimensionality reduction, • Bayesian classification, • The hidden Markov model, • Conditional random fields, and • Kalman and particle filters. Slides for the lectures will be available at Professor Massimo Piccardi’s homepage: http://www-staff.it.uts.edu.au/~massimo/ShortCourseSPR/index.html prior to the corresponding lecture. Timetable & venue Each lecture lasts for about 3 hours, with a break in between. Four lectures on density estimation, dimensionality reduction, Bayesian classification, and the hidden Markov model have been successfully given to audiences from the university in the past few weeks. The timetable for the remaining lecture(s) is giving as below. About the Advanced Analytics Study Group The Advanced Analytics Study Group, founded by UTS Advanced Analytics Institute, aims to learning and studying foundations in selected analytics areas including statistics, machine learning, data mining, artificial intelligence, and risk management, which are believed to be crucial for building a solid theoretical foundations for research and development in broad-based analytics field, such as business analytics, customer analysis, multimedia analysis, marketing analysis, bioinformatics, health/medical analytics, behaviour analysis, online and social analysis, and fraud detection, exception analysis, risk analysis etc. This open and interdisciplinary study group particularly welcomes first and second year postgraduate students, senior undergraduate students and industry/business people with opportunities to build a solid foundation for their future research and development in the analytics domain. Typical course presentations and materials are carefully selected from well-known books and courses; experienced lecturers and professors are invited to give talks/lectures in the study group regularly. Contact: Dr Yiling Zeng at yiling.zeng@uts.edu.au. |
| Catherine McHugh |
| Optometrist on Broadway campus – Prevue Eyewear |
| UTS staff and students receive special discounts at Prevue Eyewear, 13 Broadway - next to the Co-op Bookshop. Receive $100 off complete glasses, 20% off contact lenses and sunglasses, and 2 pairs of glasses for $199 complete (conditions apply). Call 9211 5770 to book a bulk-billed eye test. All health funds welcome! |
| Jeannie Lau |
| Reminder - register for Academic Processions |
| Don’t forget to register by this Friday 6 April to participate in the academic processions. To register online, visit Academic Procession (http://www.gsu.uts.edu.au/graduation/academicprocession/index.html), and follow the link to the online registration form. An internal use only copy of the ceremony schedule is available at http://www.gsu.uts.edu.au/graduation/academicprocession/uts_2012_autumn_graduation_ceremony_schedule_update_150312.pdf Thank you to the UTS staff who have already registered for the academic processions at Autumn 2012 graduation ceremonies. |
| Simon Housego |
| Announcing The SPARK Series |
| These workshops showcase the different ways that SPARK is being used for self and peer assessment, to support & improve teaching and learning at UTS. The SPARK Series: 1. Group work and interpreting SPARK factors Date: Thursday 12 April Time: 10am to 1pm Venue: Building 1, level 27, IML room 13 This workshop should be of interest to everyone using, or considering using, SPARK to moderate assessment of group work. Group work has long been a hot spot for teachers and students. SPARK, a web-based application for self and peer assessment, can be an effective way to gauge individual performance, resulting in more equitable assessment of group work contributions. SPARK’s Performance (SPA) and Feedback (SAPA) factors can be used to inform and moderate individual marks for assessment, but their interpretation requires care and thought. In this workshop a range of scenarios will be used to show how the factors change, reflecting the different personas commonly seen in group work. 2. Benchmarking with SPARK Date: Thursday 26 April Time: 10am to 1pm Venue: Building 1, level 27, IML room 15 The Benchmarking feature, a recent addition to SPARK’s capabilities, is attracting a lot of attention because of its diverse uses. Benchmarking promises to be effective in improving the quality and effectiveness of assessment processes in several ways. Benchmarking can be used to provide a simple process for gauging the extent of variation in judgement between assessors (inter-marker variability) rating the same examples of work. The benchmarking mode can also be used directly by students to develop understanding of assessment criteria. When students rate examples of work against the criteria it creates an opportunity for discussion of criteria where ratings are most divergent indicating poorly understood criteria. In this workshop you will learn how and why SPARK benchmarking can be used to improve the quality of assessment. Further workshops in the series are being planned for May, 2012. We also plan to repeat the Series in Spring semester, 2012. Registration required - max 25. To register, email Enza.Mirabella@uts.edu.au, indicating clearly which workshop you’d like to attend. (i.e. Worskhop 1. Interpreting SPARK Factors) For further information, enquires & clarifications, contact Simon.Housego@uts.edu.au or on ext. 1661. |
| PAUL BRIEN |
| Discounted Royal Easter Show Tickets |
| The UTS Union Ltd is selling discounted Royal Easter Show tickets through the Harris St Newsagency, Broadway Union Shop, Kuring-gai Union Shop and the Hub at Haymarket campus. At the time of this notice they are the cheapest in Sydney and include admittance to the Royal Easter Show plus bus/train/ferry transport to and from the show. Prices are adults $31.50, children $20.50 and students $24.00. EFTPOS and credit card facilities are available. So get your discounted tickets now from the Union outlets mentioned above, and happy Easter everyone. |
| Claire Moore |
| China Research Centre Seminar Series |
| Rightists in the eyes of Chinese artists: Wang Xu, with Feng Chongyi, He Yuhuai, and Shen Jiawei in commemoration of the 55th Anniversary of the Anti-Rightist campaign. Date: Sunday 15 April, 2012 Time: 10am to 5pm Location: FASS Conference Room, Room 5.580, Level 5, 235-253 Jones Street, Ultimo Please RSVP at http://www.china.uts.edu.au/zzz-retired/events/RSVP2.html, no later than Wednesday 11 April 2012 (RSVP is required for catering purposes). All are welcome a one-day event hosted by the UTS China Research Centre in commemoration of the 55th Anniversary of the Anti-Rightist campaign. Part one is an exhibition of Wang Xu’s art work series The Silenced: from 1957 to Today, and includes portraits of Rightists and other related figures, photo collages of political campaigns and videos of interviews with Rightist survivors. The exhibition is an artistic meditation on how a population has been silenced, and reveals the many shocking and suppressed truths that lie hidden behind that triumphal veneer of national pride and economic success. “The Silenced” bears homage to those who have broken the silence by speaking out, while at the same time mourns for all of the victims of that silence. Part two will comprise a round-table presented by Feng Chongyi, He Yuhuai, Shen Jiawei, Wang Xu and Wang Yafa on the theme of the Anti-Rightist campaigns and other political campaigns in the wyes of Chinese artists. Together they will share with the audience reflections and insights on the interaction between cultural and intellectual life and social and political injustices in China. Wang Xu is an established Chinese artist living in Sydney. He was trained as an artist in China and migrated to Australia in 1989 in the wake of the Tiananmen Incident. After relocation to Australia he earned his Bachelor of Fine Arts with Honours and Masters of Fine Arts from the University of New South Wales. He has presented dozens of solo and group exhibitions. |
| Katia Sanfilippo |
| Top stories from U: magazine's April issue |
| The April issue of U: magazine is now on stands. Lead stories include: * From little things big things grow An Oxfam initiative has UTS students using their skills to create social change and engage the youth of today http://newsroom.uts.edu.au/news/2012/04/from-little-things-big-things-grow * Constructing future engineers Senior Lecturer Behzad Fatahi is using practical means to make civil engineers of tomorrow more research-orientated http://newsroom.uts.edu.au/news/2012/04/constructing-future-engineers * Top marks How do we measure a child's worth? John Buchanan discusses the feasibility of an efficient and equitable future funding model for education http://newsroom.uts.edu.au/news/2012/04/top-marks You can read all U: magazine stories on the UTS Newsroom: http://newsroom.uts.edu.au/ Or pick up a copy from the campus stands. |
| Roberta Haski |
| New and revised UTS policies, procedures and rules |
| The following updated policy and guidelines have recently been approved and published on the UTS website: - Fraud and Corruption Prevention and Public Interest Disclosures Policy - Fraud and Corruption Prevention and Public Interest Disclosures Guidelines These Policy and Guidelines may impact on the work of all staff, so it is important that you familiarise yourself with the relevant documents. Along with all other UTS policies and directives, these documents are available on the UTS central policy website at http://www.gsu.uts.edu.au/policies. More detailed communication and education plans for these policies and guidelines will be rolled out within the next few weeks. If you require further assistance in regards to a particular policy or have general questions or concerns, please contact policy@uts.edu.au |
| Nadia Morgan |
| UTS:INSEARCH launches new website |
| UTS:INSEARCH recently launched their new website http://www.insearch.edu.au They worked closely with all their stakeholders, including UTS Academics, to create a modern, accessible site that prospective students, parents and channel partners can easily navigate. It is a window into UTS:INSEARCH and enables students to map their pathway into UTS. The new website is the result of their recent brand development work and a critical part of their strategy to maintain a leadership position in an increasingly competitive environment. Their goal is to increase the number of fully prepared articulating to UTS by 25 per cent over the next five years. All feedback welcome at websitefeedback@insearch.edu.au |
| Professor Sandy Schuck |
| Accommodation for visiting academic - June 2012 |
| A visiting professor from Spain will be working at the KG campus for a month with staff from FASS. Professor Rosa Maria Rodriguez Izquierdo is arriving on 5 June and departing 30 June. She is seeking an affordable place to rent for the period, either on the North Shore, close to public transport, or in the city. If you have a house or unit that you would like house-sat or rented please contact Sandy Schuck: sandy.schuck@uts.edu.au |
| Belinda Lake |
| Internal Vacancy: Development Coordinator |
| The UTS Development Office is seeking an organised individual with experience in administration to join their team as the new Development Coordinator. In this role you will have direct contact with key supporters and potential supporters of the University. Draw on your strong communication skills and general understanding of University fundraising to work closely with Development Managers and other UTS staff (particularly members of the Alumni Relations, External Engagement, and Events teams) to support Development objectives. Utilise your organisational skills and attention to detail to provide: • Project support by implementing specific projects designed either to build external relationships or facilitate donations to the University, • High-level administrative support, and • Support the organisation and implementation of events within Australia and internationally. This is a full-time position available on 3 year contract. Level 5: $56,138 to $64,223, plus 17% super. For further information and to apply, please visit the Careers at UTS website: http://www.jobs.uts.edu.au/job/job_details.cfm?id=706772&from=direct |
| Mark Lee |
| Reviewers for online learning and teaching journal |
| MERLOT Journal of Online Learning and Teaching (JOLT at http://jolt.merlot.org/) is seeking expressions of interest from qualified individuals to join its panel of reviewers. JOLT is a peer-reviewed, open-access, online journal whose objectives are to: - Enable faculty to use technology effectively in online teaching and learning by learning from a community of researchers and scholars; - Enable academic programs to design and deploy academic technology to optimize online teaching and learning; - Build a community around the research and scholarly use of multimedia educational resources for online teaching and learning. JOLT welcomes papers on all aspects of online learning and teaching in higher education. Topics may include learning theory and the use of multimedia to improve online learning; instructional design theory and application; online learning and teaching initiatives; use of technology in online education; innovative online learning and teaching practices. Prospective reviewers should possess a PhD and/or have a strong publication record in online education, learning technology, or higher education teaching and learning. Previous experience performing reviews for scholarly journals is preferred but not essential. Remuneration is not offered to reviewers. Individuals interested in serving as reviewers for JOLT are asked to complete the form at the following URL: http://bit.ly/vZZGgo Any questions relating to JOLT should be directed to the Editor, Mark J. W. Lee, at jolteditor@merlot.org |
| Andrea Thompson |
| Student Misconduct and Appeals Awareness session |
| The Student and Related Rules were reviewed in 2011 and the changes came into effect on 27 February, 2012 to coincide with 2012 Autumn Semester. The changes relate to the definition of misconduct and the reporting of misconduct. The case for change was to remove inconsistencies, streamline the reporting and administration of misconduct and enhance consistent decision making. If you are interested in finding out more, come to the Student Misconduct and Appeals (SMA) Awareness session. Date: Tuesday 10 April, 2012 Time: 1pm to 2.30pm Location: HR training room 1 – CB10.06.440 RSVP: misconductandappeals@uts.edu.au Further sessions are planned and will be held on: Monday 14 May, 10.30am to 12noon Wednesday 6 June, 10.30am to 12noon |
| Transforming Cultures Research Centre |
| TfC lunchtime seminar - 4 April |
| All are welcome to the free 2012 TfC lunchtime seminar: Qingdao as holiday colony (1897–1914) Date: Wednesday 4 April Time: 12.30pm to 1.30pm Where: TfC Bagel, UTS building 10, 235 Jones St, Ultimo, level 5, room 219 (follow the signs to the 'TfC Bagel') RSVP: Transforming.Cultures@uts.edu.au Sabina Groeneveld, Lecturer UTS Cultural Studies/International Studies, TfC Qingdao as holiday colony (1897–1914) - host, guest and 'others' This presentation will examine the twisted host-guest relationship within the colonial context by discussing the case study of Qingdao, which was from 1897-1914 a German colony. During this time, many of the of just over 4000 German colonial actors connected emotionally with the occupied space and developed a second Heimat in China while the more than 50,000 local Chinese were given the role of subordinated Others. First, I will focus on a set of questions in regards to ownership and belonging and how these were addressed by groups of Chinese and Germans in a constantly changing Qingdao. This will set the background for the second part of my presentation: Qingdao as a holiday colony, which was widely promoted by the Germans as the Brighton of China, or alternatively in the German context as ‘das Noderney Chinas’. Please find the full TfC Lunchtime program for the 2012 Autumn Semester here: http://datasearch2.uts.edu.au/tfc/news-events/events-detail.cfm?ItemId=22302 |
| John Dale |
| Peter Robb - CAL writer in residence |
| A Voice in the Dark - Peter Robb, CAL Writer in Non-Fiction Seminar Peter Robb is the critically acclaimed author of Midnight in Sicily, winner of the Victorian Premier’s award for Non-Fiction, M, on the painter Caravaggio, winner of the National Biography Award, A Death in Brazil and Street Fight in Naples. His work has been translated into 10 languages. Funded by the Copyright Agency Limited (CAL) the Non-Fiction Writer in Residence program at UTS is the first of its kind in Australia and is intended to promote the study, recognition and wider appreciation of high-quality non-fiction Presented by The Copyright Agency Limited and UTS partnership (supported by the UTS Centre for New Writing, Creative Practices and the Creative Practices and Cultural Economy Research Strength) To attend this free seminar, please register with Millie So: Millie.So@uts.edu.au Date: 9 May 2012 Time: 6pm to 8pm Location:Bon Marche Studio, building 3, level 1 Audience: All welcome |
| Tameera Pellegrini |
| ACIJ April 2012 Writing courses |
| Writing Essentials with Jenna Price Date: 18 to 20 April Time: 9.30am to 4.30pm over three days – Wednesday to Friday Cost: $720 for UTS staff, students and alumni (full fee $1050) This course will enhance your writing skills and give the information needed to write clearly, simply and effectively. It covers grammar, defining news, structure and planning, identifying a target audience, headline writing, interviewing techniques, media releases and effective ways to communicate through the media. More info: http://datasearch2.uts.edu.au/acij/shortcourses/detail.cfm?ItemId=28696 Writing for the Web with Marcus O’Donnell Date: 26 and 27 April Time: 9.30am to 4.30pm – two days Thursday and Friday Cost: $585 for UTS staff, students and alumni (full fee $850) This course is aimed at people who write online content or those needing to convert printed publications to web publications. It includes practical exercises on planning a website, writing styles for the web, how to target an audience, understanding digital media, using images, converting print publications to web publications and some fundamentals of design for presenting written content. More info: http://datasearch2.uts.edu.au/acij/shortcourses/detail.cfm?ItemId=28690 Places are limited to 14 on above courses. A minimum 20 per cent deposit is required to secure your place. For further information please contact Tameera Pellegrini on ext. 2488, email acij@uts.edu.au or visit http://www.acij.uts.edu.au/shortcourses/index.html |
| Rosa Bow |
| UTS Staff Social Club – Easter Morning Tea |
| Members and non-members are invited to the UTS Staff Social Club’s first function of the year celebrating Easter at the DAB Cafe on Wednesday 4 April, 2012. The function starts at 10.30am and there will be various pastries, cakes and light refreshments. The cost for members will be $5 per person and $15 per person for non-members. Please RSVP by registering online at https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dDBXd2FyUTZLVXdoMHpFNTItSEwyZ3c6MQ by COB 2 April, 2012. |
| Sandris Zeivots |
| Seminar: Social and technological determinism |
| You are warmly invited to come along to the seminar 'Social and technological determinism in school education.' Date: 4 April, 2012 Time: 12noon Venue: Kuring-gai campus, building 2, room 320 The seminar will be delivered by Sandy Schuck, Matthew Kearney and Peter Aubusson. Please note the seminar is a response to the recent provocation paper by Neil Selwyn. Attendees are invited to read the Selwyn paper before the seminar. You can find paper: http://datasearch.uts.edu.au/rilc/news-events/events-detail.cfm?ItemId=30396 |
| Angel Lin |
| 2012 Singapore Australian Alumni Award |
| The Australian Alumni Award program, an initiative by Austrade Singapore, acknowledges graduates with professional excellence and leadership, along with a high level of commitment and contribution to Singapore's relationship with Australian and the world, to Australian education and to the wider community. All award recipients will receive a coveted award, which will be presented at the Distinguished Australian Alumni Celebrations to be held at the Australian High Commission in Singapore on 25 May, 2012. If you know any Singapore-based UTS graduates who are worthy of being nominated or for more information about this award, please contact Angel Lin at angel.lin@uts.edu.au by Thursday 5 April. We will need a copy of the candidate's bio, as well as a completed nomination form addressing the key criteria. |
| Catherine Killen |
| Value-based project portfolio management seminar |
| Picking the winners based on business value: Bringing a value focus to portfolio management. Hosted by the project portfolio management special interest group (PPM SIG): Date: Tuesday 3 April, 2012 Time: 5pm networking and refreshments for 6pm to 7pm seminar Venue: Building 10, level 2, room 450A Discussion leader: Peter Harrison, leader of the Value Management competency within IBM Australia. Overview: This interactive session will address a challenge most organisations face: how to practically manage their portfolio of IT-enabled investments based on business value. The PPM SIG is a networking forum for industry practitioners and researchers interested in project portfolio management. To RSVP or for more information please email Catherine Killen on c.killen@uts.edu.au. |
| Claire Sargent |
| Tower lifts: new control system |
| The new lift Destination Control System (DCS) will go live this Monday 2 April for the Tower lifts. This is part of the Tower core upgrade project. Lifts will now be numbered A-F (not 1-6) to comply with DCS system standards. The DCS will improve the way the lifts work in Building 1 but it’s important that everyone understands how to use them. How does the DCS work? • The DCS works by selecting your destination before you get into the lift. • You enter the floor you want to go to using the touchpad in the lift lobbies and the DCS panel will tell you which lift to catch. • UTS has put together an instructional video that you can view: http://youtu.be/z8lClEuWacM watching it will take a few minutes out of your day but will help you for Monday. Please note people will be on hand in the lobby on level 4 to assist next week. We appreciate your patience and cooperation with this new system. |
| Tanya Gerrie |
| Submissions now open for UTS Insider |
| 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. Submissions close at 5pm on Monday 2 April for the 10 April issue. Submit via our online form at: http://www.mcu.uts.edu.au/our_services/utsinsider.html |
| Lakmali Dias |
| Research seminar in economics |
| Topic: Favour exchange with stochastic costs Speaker: Virginie Masson, Unversity of Adelaide Date: Monday, 2 April 2012 Time: 12noon to 1.15pm Venue: Building 5, D block, level 3, room 3.01, 1-59 Quay Street, Haymarket RSVP: Lakmali.Dias@uts.edu.au by 30 April. Abstract: There are two salient features of favour exchanges that pervade our social life. First, exchanges are reciprocal; each agent regularly finds himself both giving and receiving favours. Second, each community develops norms regarding when it is appropriate to turn down a favour request, and when it is not. Such norms are enforced via the threat of discontinuation of the relationship, either bilaterally or multilaterally. Until recently, most of the scholarly work on the pattern of favour exchanges used pre-determined network structures as grids on which such interactions took place. These networks were meant to capture the frequency of contact and the flow of information between various subsets of agents. However, in a recent paper by Jackson et al (2011) a first attempt was made to simultaneously determine both the evolution of a network structure and the pattern of favour exchange on it. The paper showed, among other things, that stable networks have quilt structure when co-operation is sustained by threat of discontinuation of future relationship by local neighbours i.e., by agents who share links with both the parties involved in an exchange. In this paper we further explore the agenda pioneered by Jackson et al by considering co-evolution of network structure and social norms governing favour exchange. To this end we develop a model of informal exchange of favours in a network when the need for favours arises randomly and the costs of providing a favour are stochastic. Members in the network have a social norm whereby they approach the least cost provider in their neighbourhood. Moreover, when asked for a favour, they are required to provide it if the cost is not too high. A person refusing to adhere to this norm is punished by his neighbours who remove him from the network. This behavioural rule corresponds to the common sense idea that people will take a dim view of a non-provider only if he was seen to be refusing a favour in spite of having reasonably low a cost of obliging. Given a value “v” for performing a favour, our aim is to co-determine a network topology “g” and a social norm c*, such that given the norm the network topology remains unchanged, and given the network topology, each member finds it in his/her interest to adhere to the norm. We also characterise socially efficient environments. Efficiency in our framework takes two possible meanings. First, we consider what we refer to as traditional efficiency by which the sum of the expected utilities of all agents is maximised. While the second approach consists in identifying the conditions under which a high number of favours are performed. We show that for any network g and favor value v, a convention c* can be found such that all agents want to take part in the network, and that the resulting triplet (g, c*, v) is an equilibrium. When looking at efficient system, we find that traditional efficiency requires the convention adopted by the population to equate the value of the favor. We also find that the environment where the highest number of favors is performed requires the wheel topology. |
| Lakmali Dias |
| Research seminar in finance |
| Topic: Credit Lines as Monitored Liquidity Insurance: Theory and Evidence Speaker: Heitor Almeida University of Illinois Date: Wednesday 4 April, 2012 Time: 12noon to 1pm Venue: Building 5, block D, level 3, room 3.01, 1-59 Quay Street, Haymarket RSVP: Lakmali.Dias@uts.edu.au by 30 April Abstract: We propose and test a theory of corporate liquidity management in which credit lines provided by banks to firms are a form of monitored liquidity insurance. Bank monitoring and resulting credit line revocations help control illiquidity-seeking behavior by firms. Firms with high liquidity risk are likely to use cash rather than credit lines for liquidity management because the cost of monitored liquidity insurance increases with liquidity risk. We exploit a quasi-experiment around the downgrade of General Motors (GM) and Ford in 2005 and find that firms that experienced an exogenous increase in liquidity risk due to the GM-Ford downgrade (specifically, firms that were rated and that relied on bonds for financing in the pre-downgrade period) moved out of credit lines and into cash holdings in the aftermath of the downgrade. We also find support for the model’s other novel empirical implication that firms with low hedging needs (high correlation between cash flows and investment opportunities) are more likely to use credit lines relative to cash, and are also less likely to require covenants and revocations when using credit lines. Seminar paper can be downloaded from: http://www.finance.uts.edu.au/research/seminars/120404.pdf |
| Seb Crawford |
| Earth Hour this Saturday night, 31 March |
| To help prepare your building for Earth Hour this Saturday 31 March, as you leave on Friday or Saturday please turn off: - All non-security lights - Computers, printers, copiers, scanners, etc. - Kitchen appliances (except the fridge) - Any other non essential equipment Next week UTS Green will promote buildings achieving the greatest reduction. UTS has a greenhouse target to reduce emissions 7 per cent by 2012/13 based on 2007 levels. We are well on the way, but not yet there. Earth Hour can help. Thanks for all your efforts and don’t forget to light a candle and enjoy Earth Hour at home between 8.30pm and 9.30pm. |
| Eeva Routio |
| Executive Certificate in Public Relations |
| The Executive Certificate in Public Relations provides participants with an introduction to professional public relations and explains the main models of contemporary public relations practice, and the key activities that comprise this field of practice. The course covers media publicity, information publications, events and social media and explores specialist roles such as issues with management and crisis communication. Course content Over four full days, you will be guided by experts, obtain an Executive Certificate in Public Relations and develop skills in: • The foundations of PR • Models of contemporary PR • Specialist areas in PR • Developing a strategic PR plan • Setting objectives • Budgets and timelines • Managing media relations and publicity • Preparing a media kit • Using social media for PR • Handling a crisis • Ethics • Future directions About the presenters Professor Jim Macnamara has an award-winning 30-year career in media and communication practice and is the author of 12 books including leading texts on public relations and social media. Professor Macnamara and Judy Betts are experienced practitioners and senior academics at UTS and have designed a course to provide participants with an introduction to public relations. When: Four days - 16 and 23 June, 14 and 21 July Location: UTS Building 10, 235 Jones Street, Ultimo Cost: $3950, incl. GST To enrol please visit: https://shortcourses-bookings.uts.edu.au/ClientView/Schedules/ScheduleDetail.aspx?ScheduleID=759 For more information please contact UTS Training and Development Services on extension x3888 or email tds@uts.edu.au. |
| Arif Ongu |
| Tower lifts - accessibility |
| The new destination control system for the Tower lifts will be coming online on Monday 2 April, 2012. The destination control system is very sophisticated and can be programmed to meet the specific needs of people with a disability. People with vision loss or limited dexterity may have particular issues with the new system. If you feel you may have an issue using the new destination control system, or would benefit from having the system programmed to meet any special needs you may have please contact the Equity and Diversity Unit on ext. 1084 or equity@uts.edu.au. |
| Raymond Holmes |
| Payroll deadlines for Easter/ANZAC Day pay periods |
| To all staff and supervisors, please note the following payroll deadlines for the next two pay periods: Thursday 12 April, 2012 The deadline for the submission of manual claims and contracts is COB, Tuesday 3 April, 2012. For online claims, it is advised that all claims should be submitted and approved before the Easter break. Thursday 26 April, 2012 The deadline for the submission of manual claims and contracts is COB, Thursday 19 April, 2012. The deadline for the online submission and approval of claims will be brought forward one day, i.e. 10am Monday 23 April, 2012. Claims which are submitted/approved after the above deadlines will be processed in the next available pay period. |
| Ian McInnes |
| Furniture for reuse |
| We have the following items for reuse within the university: 1 x 4 draw file cab 1 x 2 draw file cab 1 x 4 draw lateral file cab (laminate timber finish) 1 x 2 door credenza 1 x bookcase (white laminate, 5 shelves) 2200(h)x900(w) 1 x paper shredder (self standing with bag) 1 x white board (brand new) 2100x1200mm 2 x boardroom table 3000x1800 timber, & 3600x1200mm laminate 3 x red office chairs (secretarial), no arms Any queries please call Ian on ext. 7485. |
| Jacqui Smith |
| Australia Quartet April 10, 2012 |
| Australia Quartet: Piano Quartet in-Residence UTS 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. Date: Tuesday April 10, 2012 Time: 6.30pm Venue: Bon Marche Studio, Harris Street, Ultimo Tamara Anna Cislowska - piano Veronique Serret - violin James Wannan - viola Thomas Rann - cello Mahler: Piano Quartet in a minor Schnittke: Piano Quartet (after Mahler) Kats-Chernin: 'Winter' from The Seasons Suk: Piano Quartet in a minor Op. 1 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 the passionate and rarely-heard Josef Suk Piano Quartet, which strongly evokes the sound world of Dvorak, together with tantalising works of Mahler, Schnittke and Elena Kats-Chernin for piano quartet. Free entry, donations welcome http://www.facebook.com/australiaquartet Enquiries: jacqui.smith@uts.edu.au |
| Daphne Freeder Manager CMOS UTS Business School |
| Professor Timothy Devinney Seminar |
| Publishing without perishing: The fundamentals to successful publishing. Date: Tuesday 3 April, 2012 Time: 12.30pm to 2pm Venue: Haymarket campus, Building 5, level 1, room 30 All very welcome, lunch provided. Please RSVP to cmos@uts.edu.au. |
| Katrina Waite |
| Reminder of seminar: Applying for OLT Citations |
| A workshop on applying for the national Office of Learning and Teaching "Citations for Outstanding Contribution to Student Learning" will be held on: Date: Wednesday 28 March Time: 12noon to 1.15pm Location: Building 1, level 27, IML Lab (room 13) The seminar is designed specifically for recipients of UTS Learning and Teaching Awards and Citations, who are intending to apply for a national citation. However, other staff members who may be considering applying for a learning and teaching award or citation in the future are also welcome. Please RSVP to: katrina.waite@uts.edu.au For further information, please call Katrina Waite on ext. 2480. |
| Claire Moore |
| China Research Centre seminar series |
| Andris Heks presents The Significance of Ai Weiwei: with a comparison of literary dissent in Communist Hungary Date: Wednesday 28 March, 2012 Time: 5.30pm to 7.30pm Venue: FASS Confernece Room Ai Weiwei is at once the most internationally celebrated Chinese artist, one of the fiercest critics of the Chinese regime and the most prolific Chinese digital activist, and Gyula Illyés’ poem ‘One Sentence About Tyranny’ was pivotal in inspiring both the crushed 1956 Hungarian Revolution against Leninist Communism and the non-violent transition of Hungary from communism to democracy from 1989. How can we compare literary dissent in Communist China and Communist Hungary? In what ways did outstanding poets and artists challenge dictatorships and struggle for freedom? In exploring these important issues, Andris Heks will conduct the seminar in an unconventional way, by first reciting his English translation of Gyula Illyés’ legendary poem above, arguably one of the most comprehensive exposés of Leninist/Stalinist dictatorship, to be followed by discussion. Then, in the second part of the seminar, Doug Chambers of Playback Theatre and Andris Heks will present Andris’ play: ‘Ai Weiwei’s Tightrope Act’, again to followed by a general discussion. Andris Heks lived the first 18 years of his life under Hungarian Communism. He has a background in political journalism (This Day Tonight and Four Corners, ABC National Television). His comedy on John Howard won two first prizes at the 2007 Blue Mountains Theatre Competition. He is currently researching for a proposed PhD under Chongyi Feng’s supervision about China’s Rise to Global Hegemony. |
| Donya Nissi |
| Free movie tickets from 2ser! Be quick! |
| 2ser have been offered an exclusive pre-release screening of the new Sean Penn movie 'This Must Be The Place’ on Wednesday March 28 at 6.45pm at Hoyts Broadway. Email win@2ser.com to secure your tickets, but hurry they're going fast! Tickets will need to be collected from our Broadway Studios (9-11 Broadway). In This Must Be The Place, Sean Penn plays Cheyenne, a retired and bored Goth rock star (think Robert Smith), who embarks on a life-changing road trip across America. Soundtracked by David Byrne and Will Oldham, This Must Be The Place is a unique film full of warmth, humour, profundity and lots of eye-liner. See the trailer here: http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLE562BF8CF3F388E7&feature=plcp |
| Lakmali Dias |
| Research seminar in finance on 28 March |
| Topic: Buyers versus sellers: Who initiates trades and when? Speaker: Tarun Chordia, Emory University Abstract: We study the relation between order imbalance and past returns and firm characteristics, and test a number of hypothesis including the disposition effect, momentum and contrarian trading, tax-loss selling and flight-to-quality hypothesis. These hypotheses make predictions about investors’ buy or sell decisions, but previous studies that test these hypotheses use turnover data that combine both buyer and seller-initiated trades. We find that investors behave as contrarians over short horizons and as momentum traders over longer horizons. We find strong support for seasonal tax induced trading but little evidence of flight-to-quality. Seminar paper can be downloaded from: http://www.finance.uts.edu.au/research/seminars/120328.pdf Date: Wednesday 28 March, 2012 Time: 12noon to 1pm Venue: Building 5, D block, level 3, room 3.01, 1-59 Quay St, Haymarket RSVP: Lakmali.Dias@uts.edu.au |
| Transforming Cultures Research Centre |
| TfC Lunchtime seminar - 28 March |
| Please be invited to the 2012 TfC Lunchtime Series: When: Wednesday 28 March, 12.30pm to 1.30pm Where: TfC Bagel, building 10, level 5, room 219, 235 Jones St, Ultimo (follow the signs to the 'TfC Bagel') RSVP: Transforming.Cultures@uts.edu.au Andrew Hurley, Senior Lecturer UTS Cultural Studies TfC: Habermas, communicative comity and the intercultural music 'meeting' Tony Mitchell, Senior Lecturer UTS Cultural Studies TfC: Rimur and Rap in Iceland: Turning tradition into hip hop To read the abstracts for both talks, please click here: http://datasearch2.uts.edu.au/tfc/news-events/news-detail.cfm?ItemId=30088 |
| Georgina Barratt-See |
| Reminder: PhD Comics Film |
| Hi staff Just a quick reminder that next Thursday 5 April from 6pm to 8pm we are screening the PhD Comics film (www.phdcomics.com) in the Aerial Function Centre, building 10, level 7. Please RSVP for catering purposes. And if you know of any new research students, make sure they're coming to the Orientation afternoon before the film, with some PhD student speakers, careers assistance and information about working as a casual academic. Students can RSVP for the orientation program here: http://surveys.uts.edu.au/surveys/researchstudentsorientation2012/index.cfm The film screening is brought to you by the University Graduate School, the UTS Union and the Student Services Unit. |
| Kate McKenzie |
| Andrew Liveris, CEO of Dow Chemical, at UTS |
| Andrew Liveris, Global CEO, The Dow Chemical Company, will be speaking at UTS on the Advanced Manufacturing Plan for Australia together with Professor Attila Brungs, Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research) and Professor Roy Green, Dean of UTS Business School and member of the Prime Minister’s Manufacturing Task Force. Date: Tuesday March 27 Time: 12:45pm to 2:30pm For full details and registration please visit: http://surveys.uts.edu.au/index.cfm?surveyid=7122 Andrew N. Liveris is President, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of The Dow Chemical Company, a $54 billion global specialty chemical, advanced materials, agrosciences and plastics company based in Midland, Michigan. An advocate for the criticality of manufacturing, Liveris serves as Co-Chair of President Obama’s Advanced Manufacturing Partnership, and is the author of Make It in America, a comprehensive set of practical policy solutions and business strategies for reviving this important sector. Liveris sits on the board of directors of IBM, is vice chairman of the Business Council, vice chair of the Business Roundtable and a member of the President’s Export Council. He serves as president and chairman of the Board of the International Council of Chemical Associations. A chemical engineering graduate, Liveris continues to support his alma mater as the inaugural chair of the University of Queensland in America Foundation. He recently became an international member of the UTS Business School Advisory Board together with Craig Arnold, MD of Dow Australia & New Zealand. |
| Christine Shao |
| Executive Certificate in Positive Psychology |
| This three-day course aims to facilitate participant knowledge and skills in: - Basic psychological principles of human behaviour - Fundamental theories underlying positive psychology - Strategies to enhance happiness such as optimistic thinking, building on strengths and more - Specific applications (e.g. personal and executive coaching) Who will benefit: - HR and L&D professionals - Managers and team leaders - Aspiring and established coaches - Related professionals such as psychologists and counsellors - Change agents Date: Wednesday 2 May, 2012 Time: 9am to 5pm Duration: Three days Cost: $2,970 (10% discount for UTS students, staff and alumni) Location: Sydney CBD To register to go: https://shortcourses-bookings.uts.edu.au/ClientView/Schedules/ScheduleDetail.aspx?scheduleid=604 For specific queries regarding course content, please contact Executive Development on ext. 3504 or email executive.development@uts.edu.au. Any enquiries regarding enrolment or payment, please contact UTS Short Courses on ext. 2912 or email short.courses@uts.edu.au. |
| Sandris Zeivots |
| Sound and music design concert series |
| Dr Jon Drummond, acting course director of the Bachelor of Sound and Music Design program in FASS, is putting together a sound and music design concert series (Diffuse Season 2) incorporating FASS staff, guest lecturers, collaborators and students. The concert series is intended to be a celebration of sound and music design at UTS. Please find below information relating to Diffuse Season 2. Also, please feel free to distribute widely. http://diffuse2.wordpress.com or http://www.facebook.com/Diffuse2 |
| Danny Hung |
| Heavy construction traffic: Thomas and Jones St |
| Please note the works on site commencing the week 26/03/12 which may disrupt traffic flow around Thomas St and Jones St. - Truck deliveries of plant, machinery and construction materials. Traffic controllers will be in place to direct traffic accordingly. - CB02 Level 3 balcony walkway closed for egress modification. Signage to direct pedestrian traffic will be installed. - Heavy construction traffic flow on Thomas St and Jones St removing soil from site. All precautionary measures via traffic and pedestrian safety controllers, and signage around the site. Please keep an eye out for hazards and adhere to any instructions from personnel on site. |
| John Hartigan |
| Reminder: Staff election - Equity Reference Group |
| Nominations are now invited from UTS staff members to fill impending vacancies on the Equity Reference Group. 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 equity and diversity policy. The terms of office for these positions will be 2 years commencing on Thursday 1 November, 2012 and ending on Friday 31 October, 2014. Close of nominations: Nominations close on Wednesday 28 March, 2012 at 3pm. Election information including nomination forms for these positions are available on the UTS: Elections website at http://www.gsu.uts.edu.au/elections/schedule/equityreference/index.html Positions available: · 1 Academic staff role · 1 Support staff role Electorate: Academic staff Fixed term and continuing academic staff members of the University as at the close of nominations, can stand as candidates, nominate candidates and vote for the academic staff position. Support staff Fixed term and continuing support staff members of the University as at the close of nominations, can stand as candidates, nominate candidates and vote for the support staff position. About nominations: A nominator must be within the same electorate as the candidate being nominated, as such, an academic staff member who wishes to stand as a candidate for the academic position must be nominated by two other academic staff members. Similarly, support staff members wishing to be nominated for the support staff role must be nominated by two other support staff 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/equityreference/index.html. If a candidate statement is to be submitted it must be forwarded by email concurrently with submission of the nomination form. Completed nomination forms must reach the Electoral Officer by the close of nominations. Late nominations will not be accepted. For further electoral information, please contact the Electoral Officer on ext. 9811 or at elections@uts.edu.au |
| Professor Sandy Schuck |
| Accommodation for visiting academic |
| A visiting professor from Spain will be working at the KG campus for a month with staff from FASS. Professor Rosa Maria Rodriguez Izquierdo is arriving on 5 June and departing 30 June. She is seeking an affordable place to rent for the period, either on the North Shore, close to public transport, or in the city. If you have a house or unit that you would like house-sat or rented please contact Sandy Schuck: sandy.schuck@uts.edu.au |
| Catherine McHugh |
| The Co-op Bookshop Easter Trading hours |
| The stores in Building 10 and Building 3 will be closed over the Easter period Friday 6 April - Monday 9 April, 2012. The stores will re-open Tuesday 10 April, 2012. |
| IOSARN |
| Looking back at the Indian student crisis |
| Please be invited to the following workshop held by IOSARN: Perceptions of 2009: Looking back at the Indian students' crisis Date: Thursday, 29 March, 2012 Time: 1pm Where: UTS Building 10 (235 Jones St, Ultimo), Level 14, Room 201 RSVP is required: Cornelia.Betzler@uts.edu.au About the workshop: 2009 was a period of crisis for many Indian students in Melbourne and Sydney. This crisis and its representation in the media of both India and Australia led to such strong tensions in the bilateral relationship that formal delegations were sent to India to provide reassurance. Perceptions of both countries were affected and Indian student numbers in Australia dropped. This workshop will examine the 2009 crisis; reflecting on lessons learnt and future strategies to strengthen relations between communities in Australia. Please find the program on our website: http://www.iosarn.com |
| Jeannie Lau |
| Register now: Academic processions at graduations |
| Registration is now open for academic procession at Autumn 2012 graduation ceremonies. To register online, visit Academic Procession (http://www.gsu.uts.edu.au/graduation/academicprocession/index.html), and follow the link to the online registration form. An internal use only copy of the ceremony schedule is available at http://www.gsu.uts.edu.au/graduation/academicprocessionuts_2012_autumn_graduation_ceremony_schedule_update_150312.pdf Registration is open from Friday 23 March, 2012 until Friday 6 April, 2012. Graduation ceremonies for Autumn 2012 will be held at: - Kuring-gai campus: Thursday 26 April to Friday 27 April - City campus: .Thursday 3 May to Friday 11 May All academic and other staff members are invited to support and celebrate the graduation of UTS students by participating in an academic procession during these ceremonies. Your attendance will add to the enjoyment and meaning of the ceremony for graduates, their families and friends, and help to showcase the University to a large cross section of the wider community. Staff members participating in the academic procession: - must register online by the specified closing date of Friday 6 April, 2012 - are required to wear the full academic dress. Academic dress for those with a qualification from UTS is available free of charge to UTS staff. There is limited availability of academic dress from other universities. |
| Sara Lal |
| Calling for nurse volunteers |
| Health professionals, aged 18-69, are wanted to participate in important research here at UTS, ‘Investigating cognitive and behavioural (stress and fatigue) associations in health professionals’. The testing is simple and non-invasive, and will take about 1-2 hours of your time. Contact Ty Lees by email: Ty.Lees@uts.edu.au or phone on 0423355251 for more details. This study has the University of Technology, Sydney Human Research Ethics Committee (UTS HREC) approval. Approval Number: 2006-176A |
| Georgia Markakis |
| The Earth Hour Story |
| UTS Library together with UTS Green, UTS Housing and UTS BUiLD, will be hosting The Earth Hour Story, Talk it Up! Forum. World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) are the lead organisers for Earth Hour and will this year be presenting The Earth Hour Story. They will discuss the history of how Earth Hour started in Australia and the magnitude of impact it has had on the international front. What Earth Hour has become today, and it's importance as a vehicle for the sustainability message and future opportunities. They will also be addressing the need for active global citizenry and the role that an individual can play in bringing about change in today's busy, inter-connected world. Finally, an overview of some of the conservation projects so crucial to the work that WWF carries out around the globe. The talk will be lead by Reece Proudfoot, the Project Manager for Earth Hour Australia. Accompanying Reece will be Marni Ryan, WWF National Manager and Tim Cronin, WWF Sustainable Forest and Palm Oil Manager. So bring your lunch and join us for what promises to be an interesting talk. Date: Wednesday 28 March Time: 1pm to 2pm Venue: City campus Library, level 4, lecture room 4.g This is a free event. All are welcome. No RSVP or booking is required. http://www.lib.uts.edu.au/news/16965/earth-hour-story-talk-it-forum |
| Katrina Waite |
| Seminar: Applying for OLT T&L citations |
| A workshop on applying for the national Office of Learning and Teaching "Citations for Outstanding Contribution to Student Learning" will be held on: Date: Wednesday 28 March Time: 12noon to 1.15pm Location: Building 1, Level 27, IML Lab (room 13) The seminar is designed specifically for recipients of UTS Learning and Teaching Awards and Citations, who are intending to apply for a national citation. However, other staff members who may be considering applying for a learning and teaching award or citation in the future are also welcome. Please RSVP to: enza.mirabella@uts.edu.au For further information, please call Katrina Waite on ext. 2480. |
| Michelle Maarhuis |
| Bell ringing ceremony |
| The rescheduled UTS Bell Ringing Ceremony will be held this Thursday 22 March from 4pm to 5pm. The nominees ringing the bell are: Patrick Cummins, nominated for his esteemed efforts in representing Australia in cricket. Alexandra Spicer, nominated for her outstanding role as a U:PASS leader, contribution to BUiLD, key leadership position with AIESEC. Codie Asimus, nominated for his role in the introduction of the Brennan Program and as president of the Law Students Society. Urmez Jesrani, nominated for his continued support, insight and intellectual contributions to the UTS Research & Innovation Office. See you on Thursday 4pm at the UTS Bell Tower, Blake Library. |
| Nicola Parker |
| IML casual academic workshop: Interactive lectures |
| Spaces remain in the final IML casual academic workshop week 2012: Interactive lectures The Institute for Interactive Media and Learning (IML) has been offering a series of workshops for casual academic staff this week to provide useful professional development opportunities early in semester. As seats still remain in this interactive session. Any casual academics or UTS staff members who are interested are warmly invited to attend Interactive Lectures Date: Friday 23 March Time: 1.30pm to 4pm Venue: Building 4, level 2, lecture room (ground floor of Science Building 4 – Thomas Street wing) If you would like to attend please RSVP for catering and planning purposes by contacting Enza.Mirabella@uts.edu.au as soon as possible. Workshop description: This workshop is designed to provide casual academic staff with the opportunity to examine their own experiences of lecturing. During the workshop participants will explore current models of student learning and focus on developing strategies for incorporating collaborative lecture-based activities that help students gain a deeper understanding of the material. The workshop will examine ways of explaining, increasing active participation and questioning techniques in large groups. |
| Daniel Quin |
| Expression of interest-Acting Manager Scholarships |
| Expressions of interest are invited from UTS staff members for the position of Acting Manager Scholarships, Student Administration Unit, for a period of six months. The position is HEW level 8 and supervises 3 staff. Responses by COB Friday 30 March. Please contact Daniel Quin on ext. 1189 or daniel.quin@uts.edu.au for the position description and details required in responses to the EOI. |
| Sarah Kaine |
| Management seminar: Corporate alumni networks |
| Date: Friday 30 of March Time: 10.30am to 12noon (morning tea provided) Venue: Building 5B, level 5, room 18 (CM05B.5.18) Presenter: Professor Emmanuel Josserand Topic: The Corporate Alumni Network Project Abstract: A corporate alumni network (CAN) can be defined as a network comprising former employees of a firm. There has been very little research on corporate alumni networks, and the only publications have primarily focused on human resource outcomes. The alumni project is a Swiss funded research project on corporate alumni networks. The objective of the project is to better understand how corporate alumni networks work and the implications of the development of such a practice. This seminar will be based on the preliminary findings of this multi-case research including interviews with CAN managers and alumni of 12 networks. It will also provide an examination of how CAN practices, as post-bureaucratic practices, contribute to perpetuating individuals’ subjectivation after they have left the company. Biography: Professor at the school of management and a Director of CMOS, Emmanuel is also a Professor at the University of Geneva. At University of Geneva, he served as the Head of the Steering Committee for the PhD in Management, the Director, Executive MBA and the Delegate of the Rectorate for e-learning. In addition to his academic work, he is the Scientific advisor of Self-leadership Lab, a collaborative venture with University of Geneva that specialises in innovative development method for managers. He was also formerly Associate Professor at University Paris-Dauphine. His writings and research have been published in numerous books, as well as peer reviewed journals. His current research interests relate to inter- and intra-organisational networks, identity and communities of practice. He serves as editor in chief of Management. His prior teaching experience includes post-graduate, undergraduate, executive and MBA at Paris-Dauphine University, the University of Technology, Sydney, Cairo University, San Francisco State University and Sierre University. Please RSVP to sarah.kaine@uts.edu.au. |
| Laura Earl |
| Martinis, Massages and Manicures |
| Martinis, Massages and Manicures is on again tonight 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 x1502 |
| Peter Regattieri |
| iOS SDK workshops |
| The AUC will be running three iOS SDK workshops in May 2012 as follows: • 4 to 6 May, Sydney, Cliftons Training Centre • 16 to 18 May, Melbourne, Cliftons Training Centre • 29 to 31 May, Adelaide, Cliftons Training Centre Full details on the workshops and the subsidies for travel and accommodation being offered is available at: <http://auc.edu.au/training/ios-sdk-workshops/> Applications close 16 April, 2012. |
| Ben Choy |
| AAI Study Group Lecture 4: The hidden Markov model |
| Advanced Analytics Study Group Lecture Series - An Introduction to Statistical Pattern Recognition with Applications Lecture 4: The hidden Markov model When: Thursday 22 March, 2012 Times: 2pm to 5pm Where: Blackfriars, City campus (CC05.GD.02) About this lecture series: The presenter, Professor Massimo Piccardi, of the UTS iNEXT Research Centre, is giving a lecture series on introduction to statistical pattern recognition with applications to image and video analysis. The contents of six lectures cover: • Density estimation, • Dimensionality reduction, • Bayesian classification, • The hidden Markov model, • Conditional random fields, and • Kalman and particle filters. Slides for the lectures will be available at Professor Massimo Piccardi’s homepage: http://www-staff.it.uts.edu.au/~massimo/ShortCourseSPR/index.html prior to the corresponding lecture. Timetable & venue Each lecture lasts for about three hours, with a break in between. Three lectures on density estimation, dimensionality reduction and Bayesian classification have been successfully given to audiences from the university in the past few weeks. The remaining lecture series is giving fortnightly as shown below. Topic: Conditional random fields Date: 5 April, 2012 Time: 2pm to 5pm Venue: CC05.GD.02 Topic: Kalman and particle filters Date: 26 April, 2012 Time: 2pm to 5pm Venue: CC05.GD.02 Blackfriars is a five minute walk from the UTS Tower building (http://datasearch.uts.edu.au/about/mapsdirections/map.cfm). Any further changes of the time and location will be noticed by the Advanced Analytics Study Group email list fortnightly. The Advanced Analytics Study Group, founded by UTS Advanced Analytics Institute, aims to learning and studying foundations in selected analytics areas including statistics, machine learning, data mining, artificial intelligence, and risk management, which are believed to be crucial for building a solid theoretical foundations for research and development in broad-based analytics field, such as business analytics, customer analysis, multimedia analysis, marketing analysis, bioinformatics, health/medical analytics, behaviour analysis, online and social analysis, and fraud detection, exception analysis, risk analysis etc. This open and interdisciplinary study group particularly welcomes first and second year postgraduate students, senior undergraduate students and industry/business people with opportunities to build a solid foundation for their future research and development in the analytics domain. Typical course presentations and materials are carefully selected from well-known books and courses; experienced lecturers and professors are invited to give talks/lectures in the study group regularly. Contact: Dr Yiling Zeng (yiling.zeng@uts.edu.au), Advanced Analytics Institute, University of Technology Sydney |
| Debbie Paulides |
| Teaching and Learning Seminar |
| Just a reminder to come along to an informative session on Class participation and student shyness Date: Wednesday 21 March, 2012 Time: 1pm to 2pm Venue: Law Conference Room, building 5B, level 3, room 18 (Haymarket) Presenter: Sharon Wesley – Lecturer in the Faculty of Law at the University of Sydney Abstract: UTS: Law utilises small group teaching in the first year foundation law subject Perspectives on Law. Class participation in this subject constitutes 20% of total marks. Shy students usually appear to be well or even over-prepared for class, but fail to capitalise on their preparation due to their reluctance to speak in front of their peers or teacher. For some students’, shyness is due to belonging to a collectivist culture that discourages speaking out. For others, shyness can be inherited, the result of inadequate nurturing or humiliating experiences. As a result of their reluctance to participate, shy or anxious students receive lower marks than their more outspoken or confident peers and may experience legal education as stressful or unsatisfying. As legal practice requires strong communication skills, on completion of their studies these students may find that their career choices are limited. Further, there is a tendency for sufferers of social phobias and shyness to view themselves as failures, which can lead to depressive illness. For these reasons, support for shy or anxious students is both an equity issue and a necessary component of the curriculum and lifelong learning. This project aimed to firstly determine the incidence and extent of difficulties faced by shy students in small group teaching with graded class participation. As the condition is treatable and exposure in supportive environments is thought to be helpful, the project’s further aim was to inform the development of teaching strategies, materials to support students who wish to develop their confidence and assertiveness and a resource lists for students who require therapeutic assistance. Bio: Sharon Wesley (BEc/LLB, M.Ed (Adult Learning)) is a Lecturer in the Faculty of Law, University of Technology, Sydney. She currently coordinates and teaches in the subject Perspectives on Law and has also taught in the Faculty’s Practical Legal Training Program. Prior to working at UTS she was a sole practitioner solicitor in suburban inner city practice. She holds qualifications in counselling and related disciplines and recently authored the ALTC funded Good Practice Guide to Threshold Learning Outcome 5: Communication. A light lunch will be served from 12.45pm. Please RSVP to Debbie.Paulides@uts.edu.au |
| Amy Isberg |
| Learn to fence classes |
| Session Dates: every Thursday afternoon during the period of 29 March 2012 and 26 April, 2012 Session Time: 4.15pm to 5.45pm (with exception on 12 April which will be held between 2.15pm to 3.45pm) Cost UTS Staff: $40 Venue: UTS Multi Purpose Sports Hall (MPSH), Broadway campus For bookings and enquiries please email amy.isberg@uts.edu.au or call 9514 1889. |
| Frances Nolan |
| CenSoC Seminar Series: Wed 21 March 2012 at 12noon |
| Speakers: Joffre Swait, Research Professor and Deputy Director, CenSoC, and Anthony Marley, Adjunct Professor, Department of Psychology, University of Victoria, and Distinguished Research Professor (part-time), CenSoC Topic: Probabilistic choice (models) as a result of maximising multiple goals Abstract: In recent years numerous probabilistic models of human perceptual, categorisation, and preference behaviour have been motivated in terms of maximising the (Shannon) entropy of the choices under constraints. In these applications, the Shannon entropy has been variously motivated as i) a cost associated with the collection of information about the available options; ii) a measure of attitude to risk (or uncertainty); iii) a measure of the overall attractiveness or “freedom of choice” or desire for variety – essentially equivalent expressions of choice set “quality” - of the decision maker’s choice context. We take a somewhat different approach in that we assume that a decision maker has multiple goals that he/she wishes to achieve – two important such goals are to maximise (expected) utility and to maximise opportunity for variety seeking. This approach leads to a vector optimisation problem, which we then convert to a scalar optimisation problem. We show that the solution of such scalar optimisation problems leads directly to probabilistic choice (models) with deterministic choice as a special case. As with earlier approaches, the simplest solution given by our approach is the multinomial logit (MNL). However, in contrast with earlier work, our approach has natural generalisations to more complex models in the generalised extreme value family (e.g. nested logit, generalized nested logit, GenL). We illustrate the more general models with the nested logit, which in our framework can be derived either as the solution of a global optimization problem or as the solution of a local “divide-and-conquer” optimization over specific sub-problems. Interestingly, whether the global and local solutions agree or not is determined by the classic “inclusive value” quantity. The general approach appears to have considerable potential for deeper understanding of the nature of probabilistic choice. It also proves useful as a means for motivating a wide class of probabilistic choice models from a plausible behavioural basis as opposed to usual stochastic assumptions. All welcome. Lunch will be provided. Date: Wednesday 21 March, 2012 Time: 12noon to 1.30pm Location: Seminar Room, level 3, 645 Harris Street, Ultimo For further information visit our website censoc.uts.edu.au, or please contact: Frances Nolan, CenSoC, on ext. 9799/ 9876 (direct) or at Frances.Nolan@uts.edu.au |
| Matthew Walsh |
| National Close The Gap Lecture |
| The Equity and Diversity Unit and Jumbunna Indigenous House of Learning are hosting an event to support National Close the Gap Day 2012. Thursday 22nd March 2012, 12.30pm - 1.30pm, CB01.04.06. Our key speaker Juanita Sherwood, Professor of Australian Indigenous Education at UTS, will be speaking on issues and initiatives of the Close the Gap campaign. Juanita has lived in rural, remote and urban communities throughout Australia for over 25 years, working in Aboriginal Health and Education. Oxfam is one of the leading campaigning organisations for Indigenous health equality. Here’s what they have to say: “Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples are still dying 10 to 17 years younger than other Australians. If you would like to attend this event please forward your RSVP to atsievents@uts.edu.au |
| Sanchia Woolley |
| Reminder to lodge your vital records |
| All original signed agreements, contracts and deeds including bank guarantees, artwork loan agreements, certificates of title, certificates of registration including trademarks and patents, funding agreements, leases, maps and plans, legal exemptions and exemptions from legislative requirements, memorandum of understanding, exchange agreements, insurance policies, power of attorney, research contracts, service agreements, share certificates or CHESS holding statements, sponsorship and student placement agreements and other vital records (excluding staff contracts), should be lodged with University Records as part of the university’s Vital Records Program. Faculties and business units who are in possession of the original signed document are responsible for lodging it with University Records. To lodge a vital record, please complete the Vital Records Lodgment form which can be accessed on the University Records website at http://www.records.uts.edu.au/forms/index.html Working copies of agreements should be kept on the faculty or business unit’s official file with all other supporting documentation on the business activity or project. In instances where UTS is not in possession of an original signed contract, the first signed copy is to be treated as an original. Copies are acceptable in instances where the original is required to be on public display for example, certificate of registration of a business name. Information about the Vital Records Program is available at http://www.records.uts.edu.au/procedures/vital/index.html For further assistance, please call 1243 or email Sanchia.Woolley@uts.edu.au |
| Jessica Li |
| CCS seminar: Exploring Social Impact |
| All staff are invited to attend the following seminar organised by Centre for Cosmopolitan Civil Societies. Exploring Social Impact: Effective tools and strategies in community based contexts Date: Wednesday 21 March, 2012 Time: 4pm - 6pm Venue: Cosmopolitan Civil Societies Research Centre, level 3, Mary-Ann House, 645 Harris Street, Ultimo RSVP: ccs@uts.edu.au (please include name, group or organisational affiliation and email address) Overview: Social impact planning and assessment has become significant in recent times. A recent Australian Federal Government productivity commission study found current social impact measures cannot fully account for the ‘spill over’ effects of program delivery (Productivity Commission, 2010). This observation triggers our point of inquiry as it is these 'spill over' effects that grassroots groups seeking to invoke long-term social change are driven to prove in order to validate their own effectiveness Highly sophisticated methods such as social return on investment and social accounting and auditing are increasingly a requirement for the receipt of funding from granting bodies and philanthropic organisations in Australia. Yet, given the large array of techniques and their relative complexity, how can small grassroots organisations, with limited resources, demonstrate their social impact? We report briefly on our pilot study with a small number of not-for-profit community organisations. In brief, the study revealed the barriers small community groups encounter in authentic measuring of their social impact. In response, we have developed a draft toolkit that aims to assist such organisations to demystify the processes involved in social impact planning and assessment. We present our findings and encourage participants to engage in an interactive session to entice experimentation with social impact assessment. About the Presenters Dr Melissa Edwards is an early career researcher and lecturer at UTS. Research interests centre on the emergence and development of community networks within the area of sustainability. She teaches in the areas of community management, sustainability and organisational change. She is a member of the Cosmopolitan Civil Societies Research Centre. Dr Nina Burridge is a Senior Lecturer in the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences at the University of Technology, Sydney. Her research interests centre on social justice issues in the context of civil society. She is on the management committee of the Cosmopolitan Civil Societies Research Centre at UTS. She sees herself as an academic whose involvement in community organizations and social action groups informs her professional work in Education. Dr Hilary Yerbury is a member of the Cosmopolitan Civil Societies Research Centre, with a background in Information Studies. Her background in European social and political cultures, information management, anthropology and development studies have given her a broad-based approach to the use of information in everyday decision-making and in social change. She has extensive experience in working with young people on development issues. |
| Climate Justice and Food Security talk |
| Explore the interactions between climate change and food security on low-lying Pacific Islands. Date: Monday 19 March, 2012 Time: 5.30pm - 8pm Venue: UTS, building 10, level 4, 235 Jones Street, Ultimo Room: CB10.04.470 Organisers: UTS/ Pacific Calling Partnership http://newsroom.uts.edu.au/events/2012/03/food-security-pacific-climate-talksuts |
| Lakmali Dias |
| Research Seminar in Economics - 19 March |
| Topic: Adverse Selection, Moral Hazard and the Demand for Medigap Insurance Speaker: Olena Stavrunova UTS Abstract: The size of adverse selection and moral hazard effects in health insurance markets has important policy implications. For example, if adverse selection effects are small while moral hazard effects are large, conventional remedies for inefficiencies created by adverse selection (e.g., mandatory insurance enrolment) may lead to substantial increases in health care spending. Unfortunately, there is no consensus on the magnitudes of adverse selection vs. moral hazard. This paper sheds new light on this important topic by studying the US Medigap (supplemental) health insurance market. While both adverse selection and moral hazard effects of Medigap have been studied separately, this is the first paper to estimate both in an unified econometric framework. We develop an econometric model of insurance demand and health care expenditure, where adverse selection is measured by sensitivity of insurance demand to expected expenditure. The model allows for correlation between unobserved determinants of expenditure and insurance demand, and for heterogeneity in the size of moral hazard effects. Inference relies on an MCMC algorithm with data augmentation. Our results suggest there is adverse selection into Medigap, but the effect is small. A one standard deviation increase in expenditure risk raises the probability of insurance purchase by 0.037. In contrast, our estimate of the moral hazard effect is much larger. On average, Medigap coverage increases health care expenditure by 32%. Seminar paper can be downloaded from: http://www.finance.uts.edu.au/research/wpapers/wp167.pdf Date: Monday, 19 March, 2012 Time: 12pm – 1.15pm Venue: Building 5, D block, level 3, Room 3.01, 1-59 Quay Street, Haymarket RSVP: Lakmali.Dias@uts.edu.au by 16th March |
| Catriona Bonfiglioli |
| Social media public lecture Dr Jose van Dijck |
| This public lecture looks at social media and the engineering of everyday life. Presenter: UTS Distinguished Visiting Scholar Professor Dr Jose van Dijck, Professor of Comparative Media Studies, University of Amsterdam When: 6pm for 6.30pm Tuesday 27 March, 2012 Where: CB02.04.11. Hear the latest research into social media from this international expert on society and social media. RSVP: Catriona.bonfiglioli@uts.edu.au More details: http://newsroom.uts.edu.au/events/2012/03/social-media-and-the-engineering-of-everyday-life |
| Lakmali Dias |
| Research Seminar in Finance - 21 March |
| Topic: Dividend-Protected Convertible Bonds and the Disappearance of Call Delay Speaker: Patrick Verwijmeren VU University Amsterdam Abstract: Firms have not historically forced conversion as soon as possible. Explanations for the delay rely on the size of the dividends bondholders forgo so long as they do not convert. We investigate an important change in convertible security design, namely that more than 95 percent of recent convertible bond issues are dividend-protected. Dividend protection means that the conversion value of the shares into which a bond is convertible is unaffected by dividend payments and dividend-related rationales for call delay become moot. We document that dividend-protected convertibles are called as soon as conversion can be forced. Seminar paper can be downloaded from: http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2012958 Date: Wednesday, 21 March, 2012 Time: 12pm – 1pm Venue: Building 5, D block, level 3, Room 3.01, 1-59 Quay Street, Haymarket RSVP: Lakmali.Dias@uts.edu.au by 16th March |
| Drew Sandford |
| Printing and photocopying services |
| Printing Services provides a comprehensive printing service that is digital, networked, on-line and on-demand. This includes high volume photocopying, single and multi-colour printing, digital imaging, poster printing and a wide range of bindery services including envelope insertion. For further information please call ext 1019 to discuss your requirements. Visit our website at: http://www.itd.uts.edu.au/services_facilities/printingservices.html |
| Sang-Eun Oh |
| Writing clinics for UTS students |
| HELPS is running writing clinics during peak periods – the weeks prior to a concentration of assignment due dates. What is a writing clinic? A writing clinic is an opportunity for UTS students to work on their assignments with HELPS advisors on hand to answer any questions. Why the writing clinic? The clinic offers a supportive and active learning environment that enhances students’ learning experience through developing academic literacy skills specific to their own assignment. For more information about timetable and venue details, please visit HELPS website http://www.ssu.uts.edu.au/helps/clinics If you think your students would benefit from this, please refer them to the website. |
| Training and Development Services |
| Short courses in writing |
| For more than 30 years, many of Australia's new, developing and established writers have studied writing at UTS. The Centre for New Writing is home to some of Australia's leading fiction and non-fiction writers, including Delia Falconer (Sydney), Debra Adelaide (The Household Guide to Dying), John Dale (Huckstepp), Gabrielle Carey (Puberty Blues), Tony Macris (When Horse Became Saw) and Tony Maniaty (The Balibo Five). The Centre for New Writing offers innovative writing courses in a range of genres which allow students to develop and expand their creative skills under the guidance of highly experienced writing lecturers. Courses offered throughout June, July and August 2012 are on the website. See below for a list of courses commencing from 13 July, 2012: * Writing for Crime * Masterclass in Memoir * How to fix a Broken Novel * Writing for Performance * To E or not to E Please enrol online - http://www.communication.uts.edu.au/centres/new-writing/courses/index.html |
| DAB LAB Research Gallery |
| Collaboration Design & Country discussion panel |
| Please join us for a discussion reflecting the design process and results of the Gandangara Local Aboriginal Land Council Biodiversity Strategies Media Project 'The Pathway: Building the track'. Discussion panel: Jason De Santolo from UTS Jumbunna Oliver Costello from UTS Jumbunna Clément Girault from UTS faculty of DAB Teresa Leung from Universal Favourite Jacqueline Gothe from UTS School of Design All welcome tonight, Thursday 15 March, from 5.30pm to 6.30pm at the Interactivation Studio, building 6, level 4 Courtyard, 730 Harris St Ultimo. Please contact ext. 8016 for more information. |
| Priya Nair |
| Seminar event at NMH |
| I am delighted to invite you to an exciting seminar event at UTS: Conducting culturally sensitive research with vulnerable populations led by Professor Adey Nyamathi, Associate Dean for International Research and Scholarly activities, UCLA. You are no doubt aware of the challenges of caring for people within vulnerable populations and this is a rare opportunity to discuss the issue with a world leader in the field. Topic: Conducting culturally sensitive research with vulnerable populations Date: Tuesday 20 March, 2012 Time: 4.30pm Where: UTS city campus, building 10, level 6, room 224/225, 235 Jones St Ultimo RSVP: priya.nair@uts.edu.au by 18 March, 2012. About Professor Nyamathi: Dr Adey Nyamathi is a Distinguished Professor and the first associate dean for international research and scholarly activities at UCLA School of Nursing where she also currently holds the Audrienne H. Moseley Endowed Chair in Community Health Research. Her research is focused on providing culturally-sensitive intervention programs to homeless and drug-addicted populations at risk for HIV, tuberculosis and hepatitis A, B and C infections. Dr Nyamathi is also Director of the NIDA-funded Ruth Kirschstein T-32 Pre-Post Doctoral Fellowship and the HRSA Vulnerable Populations Training grant. Dr Nyamathi has been a leader in the Fogarty AIDS International training and Research Program at UCLA serving as mentor for scholars from India and Africa. Dr Nyamathi has disseminated more than 157 published works nationally and internationally. She has received numerous honours and awards including Fellowship in the American Academy of Nursing and the Western Academy of Nursing; the Sigma Theta Tau Gamma tau Excellence in Research Award, the Sigma Theta Tau Distinguished Lecturer, the Philip Y. Hahn Lecturer, University of San Diego and the Distinguished UCLA Wellness Lecturer Award. |
| malcolm mckenzie |
| ACEN Forum |
| Registrations are now open for the forum on “Ethical Practices in Work Integrated Learning” organised by the NSW/ACT Chapter of ACEN (Australian Collaborative Education Network) on 14 May at the University of Canberra. This will be a cutting edge and thought-provoking forum with a number of excellent presenters who will speak on various aspects of ethics as it applies to work integrated learning. This event is free for all UTS staff as UTS is an institutional member of ACEN. You can register from: http://acennswforum.weebly.com/ Speakers and titles of presentations include: Professor Gerlese Akerlind, Director of the University of Canberra Teaching and Learning Centre. Professionalism, ethics and social responsibility; Matthew Campbell, Lecturer - Work Integrated Learning, Griffith Institute for Higher Education (GIHE). Educating for the ethical professional through work integrated learning; Dr Michaela Baker, Academic Director of Participation, Faculty of Arts and Jacqueline Mackaway, Program Research & Development Officer, Learning & Teaching Centre, Macquarie University. Choosing ethical partners: one institution’s efforts to engage in ethical partnerships; Dr Bill Boyd, Professor of Geography, School of Environmental Science & Management Chair, Southern Cross University. “First do no harm": Educating for ethical practice; Teresa Swirski, Postdoctoral Fellow (Practice-Based Education) and Stephen Loftus, The Education For Practice Institute, Charles Sturt University. From practice to praxis: ethics in workplace learning. For any enquiries please contact Freny Tayebjee, Chair NSW/ACT Chapter of ACEN at f.tayebjee@uws.edu.au. |
| Wayne Thomas |
| Sustainability Day and St Pats at Concourse Cafe |
| Friday 16 March is Sustainability Day and we are offering as part of the daily lunch specials menu a variety of dishes utilising sustainably caught hoki. This also falls on the day before St Pats day so take advantage of the luck o' the Irish specials on offer as well. See you there! |
| Georgia Markakis |
| Are you a Business or IT staff member? |
| Search the Gartner Database using the Library Catalogue or Find Databases. http://www.lib.uts.edu.au/databases/search_databases.py Gartner is the industry leading consulting firm providing independant research and analysis on a wide range of information technology topics. Garnter Core Research is an online information technology database. Research is conducted by highly skilled industry analysts producing over 150 000 documents. Providing insightful and practical advice from around the world and covering a varied set of topics including asset management, web services, emerging trends and technologies and regulatory compliance. |
| Julieane O'Hara |
| UTS Careers Fair - networking opportunites |
| The UTS Careers Fair is only 1 week away. I would like to invite you to attend the fair to meet exhibitors who are keen to strengthen relationships with UTS and recruit our students. Date: Thursday 22 March Time: 12noon to 4pm Where: Tower building, levels 4 & 5 For more information visit our site: http://scmapp.itd.uts.edu.au/scm/crpwebstd?a=2. If you would like to receive posters/flyers/lollipops/powerpoint slides etc to help promote the fair to students please contact me on ext. 7906 julieanne.ohara@uts.edu.au. Please note we will start setting up for the fair on Tuesday 20th March - I apologise in advance for any disruption caused. Hope to see you on the day Julieanne UTS Careers |
| Christine Shao |
| Not-for-profit sector management development |
| Managers in the charitable not-for-profit sector face unique challenges. To meet these challenges this program will enable participants to learn and refresh with a range of 'management techniques and skills' which they can use in their business. Program Objectives: This three day course aims to give participants the knowledge and skills to: * Reinforce grant proposal success and advocacy * Make positive changes to their organisation * Build better teams within their business * Better knowledge of their business * Better external relationships * Better internal relationships Who Will Benefit? - Present managers - New managers - Potential managers Date: Wednesday 18 April, 2012 Time: 8.30am to 5.30pm Duration: Three days Cost: $1,800 (10% discount for UTS students, staff and alumni) Location: UTS Haymarket To register visit: https://shortcourses-bookings.uts.edu.au/Clientview/Schedules/ScheduleDetail.aspx?ScheduleID=674. For specific queries regarding course content, please contact Executive Development on ext. 3504 or email executive.development@uts.edu.au Any enquiries regarding enrolment or payment, please contact UTS Short Courses on ext. 2912 or email short.courses@uts.edu.au |
| John Hartigan |
| Staff nominations to equity reference group |
| Nominations are now invited from UTS staff members to fill impending vacancies on the Equity Reference Group. 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 equity and diversity policy. The terms of office for these positions will be 2 years commencing on Thursday 1 November, 2012 and ending on Friday 31 October, 2014. Close of nominations: Nominations close on Wednesday 28 March, 2012 at 3pm. About the election: Election information including nomination forms for these positions are available on the UTS: Elections website at http://www.gsu.uts.edu.au/elections/schedule/equityreference/index.html Positions available: • 1 Academic staff role • 1 Support staff role Electorate: Academic staff Fixed term and continuing academic staff members of the University as at the close of nominations, can stand as candidates, nominate candidates and vote for the academic staff position. Support staff Fixed term and continuing support staff members of the University as at the close of nominations, can stand as candidates, nominate candidates and vote for the support staff position. About nominations: A nominator must be within the same electorate as the candidate being nominated, as such, an academic staff member who wishes to stand as a candidate for the academic position must be nominated by two other academic staff members. Similarly, support staff members wishing to be nominated for the support staff role must be nominated by two other support staff 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/equityreference/index.html. If a candidate statement is to be submitted it must be forwarded by email concurrently with submission of the nomination form. Completed nomination forms must reach the Electoral Officer by the close of nominations. Late nominations will not be accepted. Ballot: If a ballot is deemed necessary at the close of nominations, it will be conducted using the online election system commencing on Wednesday 18 April, 2012 and closing at 3pm on Wednesday 2 May, 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 14 March, 2012 |
| Louise Wheeler |
| Research Strategy Analyst – Internal Opportunity |
| UTS aims to be a leading institution in collaborative research and a preferred research partner for industry, business, government and the professions. Our vision is to be a world-leading university of technology, and research is central to achieving this vision. The UTS Research Strategy 2010-2015 guides the direction and performance of research at UTS. The Research Strategy Analyst supports the Deputy Vice Chancellor (Research) and is responsible for the coordination, monitoring and implementation of the UTS Research Strategy. This includes monitoring UTS research performance against KPIs, rolling out new initiatives, and providing strategic advice on key elements of the strategy to the senior executive. In addition, the position will require the successful applicant to coordinate responses for government submissions, manage correspondence to and from the office of the DVC (R) and be the point of contact for Research Strengths. The appointee will specifically work on (1) the coordination of a number of elements of the UTS Research Strategy, such as the annual UTS Research Awards, the management of the Distinguished Visiting Scholars scheme and ongoing management of Research Strengths; (2) broader implementation of the UTS Research Strategy; and (3) managing the operations of the office of the DVC (R). This role will utilise your experience of: • Research administration and research data management, • The current Australian research and Higher Education environment • Implementing complex reporting guidelines A relevant tertiary qualification, exceptional communication skills and the ability to maintain strict confidentiality at all times are essential. In addition, the capability to manage and prioritise competing and urgent deadlines is critical for this position. The position is offered full time or part time for a period of 7 months, covering a maternity leave. Salary range: $80,841 to $98,805 per annum Closing Date: Friday 23 March, 2012 Please include details of two referees in your CV, and email your application to Louise Wheeler at louise.wheeler@uts.edu.au. If you require further information on the position contact Louise Wheeler on ext. 1793. |
| Jo McKenzie |
| Workshop: Preparing for promotion |
| Are you planning to apply for promotion to senior lecturer this year or planning for next year? Intending applicants and supervisors are invited to participate in a workshop with the Committee Chair, Professor Shirley Alexander, and Associate Professor Jo McKenzie, IML. We will discuss what the committee expects, ways of addressing the criteria and the qualities of a good application. Date: Monday 19 March Time: 12noon to 2pm Location: Building 10, level 6, HR Training Room 1. Please bring a copy of the Vice-Chancellor’s Directive on Academic Promotion, your draft application and your questions to this session. |
| Laura Earl |
| St Paddy's Day City Campus |
| Top o' the morning to ya! City campus will turn green this Friday night as we celebrate St Paddy's Day in style at the Glasshouse bar. The leprechaun scavenger hunt starts at 4.30pm with a hamper of goodies to be won. Irish music commences at 5.30pm, with Irish dancing between 6 and 7pm and at 8.30pm a DJ will be featuring Irish pop artists. A potato bobbing and Irish jig competition will give you the chance to win some great 'green' prizes. Free steak and Guinness pies and Irish cupcakes will be available. The bar will be all things Irish, as well, with Guinness, Green Beer and Irish liquor cocktails. Bring your students down and have a jolly ol' time! Proudly brought to you by the UTS Union. |
| Kathleen Redenbach |
| Reminder: promotion to senior lecturer 2012 |
| All eligible academic staff are invited to apply for promotion to Senior Lecturer. Please note: there is a new Vice-Chancellor’s directive for academic promotion - please ensure you read the new directive prior to starting your application. For information and advice about applying for promotion, including the criteria for promotion, please visit http://www.hru.uts.edu.au/for/academics/promotion.html. As part of the application process, we encourage you to have an early discussion with your supervisor to obtain an academic supervisor’s report. In addition, your Dean is required to provide a report. An application cannot be submitted without both reports. Please ensure you allow sufficient time for your supervisor and your Dean to prepare these reports before the closing date. Please complete the online Application for Academic Promotion form located at http://www.hru.uts.edu.au/manual/forms/promotion.html to ensure that the necessary information is supplied and in a standard format. Successful applicants will be promoted effective from 1 July 2012. Information and advice: A ‘Preparing for Promotion’ workshop will be conducted by the Committee Chair, Professor Shirley Alexander, and IML on Monday 19 March from 12noon to 2pm in building 10, level 6, HR Training Room 1. Please bring a copy of the Vice-Chancellor’s Directive and your draft application to this workshop. How to apply: Ten copies of your application are to be received by Melissa Kowal, Human Resources Unit, building 10, level 6, marked "Confidential", no later than 5pm on Friday 4 May. In addition, please forward a soft copy of your entire application to melissa.kowal@uts.edu.au. Any enquiries can be directed to Kathleen Redenbach, HR Partner, on ext. 1067 or via email to kathleen.redenbach@uts.edu.au. |
| Kim Neville |
| Problem with some staff IT accounts |
| There is currently a problem with some staff logging in to and using a number of UTS systems. This impacts a large number of staff accessing email, calendar, wireless and UTS core applications The University’s IT division is investigating this as a priority and aiming to have these working as soon as possible. If you know any staff in your area who is affected please advise them that we are working to have the problems resolved. For those who have some of their email service restored you will be prompted with options to select a temporary or old mailbox. When you are prompted with the option to use “temporary” or “old mailbox” please select to use “temporary”. You will then notice that emails that predate mid-morning today will not load into your mailbox. These will be restored by tomorrow morning. We apologise for inconveniences caused. If you need further information please contact the IT Support Centre on ext. 2222. |
| Eeva Routio |
| Call for papers: Incident Disclosure Conferenence |
| The Centre for Health Communication is organising the 1st International Incident Disclosure Conference that will be held at UTS on 4 and 5 October 2012. National and international speakers will present their research on progress in policy and practice reform. Incident disclosure is of critical significance to contemporary health care communication. Research has shown that disclosure may re-establish patients’ and relatives’ trust in the system, support clinical processes being made safer, and prevent organisations and individuals from entering into time-consuming complaints resolution and expensive legal processes. To canvass these and related issues, the UTS Centre for Health Communication is hosting the 1st International Incident Disclosure Conference. The conference will be held at UTS on 4 and 5 October 2012. National and international speakers will present their research on progress in policy and practice reform. Plenary speakers include: • Professor Thomas Gallagher, University of Washington • Ms Alicia Wood, Health Consumer • Professor David Studdert, University of Melbourne • Professor Prue Vines, University of New South Wales On 5 October Professor Thomas Gallagher will give a special Incident Disclosure Masterclass. The workshop encompasses theoretical, policy and practical components. Call for papers: Abstracts are invited for 20minute papers to be given during the Conference’s parallel sessions. Due date for abstracts: 1 May, 2012. Notification of acceptance: 15 May, 2012. Please visit the conference website for further details: http://www.centreforhealthcom.org/incidentdisclosure2012 Contact for queries: Professor Rick Iedema incidentdisclosure2012@uts.edu.au. |
| Anita Christofides |
| Student Misconduct and Appeals awareness session |
| SMA awareness sessions are being provided to give staff an overview of student misconduct processes and the recent changes to the Student Related Rules. The first session will be held: Date: Friday 16 March, 2012 Time: 10.30am to 12noon Location: Building 10, level 6, room 440 (HR Training Room 1) If you are interested in attending, please RSVP to: misconductandappeals@uts.edu.au. Future sessions will be held on 10 April, 14 May and 6 June. Notices will be sent closer to date. |
| Katia Sanfilippo |
| What's happening around U? |
| Are you keen to know what's happening around your university, as well as issues that might affect you? Keep up to date with U: magazine's Around U and News stories: The only way is up: The Tower upgrade will mean faster and more reliable lifts for staff - finally! (http://newsroom.uts.edu.au/news/2012/03/the-only-way-is-up) Capping it off: Which deserving staff member could you nominate for a CAP Award? (http://newsroom.uts.edu.au/news/2012/03/capping-it-off) All U: magazine stories are available to view on the UTS Newsroom: http://newsroom.uts.edu.au/ |
| Georgia Markakis |
| National Year of Reading free film screening |
| To kick off the celebrations for the National Year of Reading, UTS Library will be hosting a free film screening of Sherlock Holmes. Date: Wednesday 21 March, 2012 Time: 6.30pm to 8.30pm Venue: City campus library, level 4, lecture room 4.g For more information: http://www.lib.uts.edu.au/news/16887/nyor-free-film-screening-sherlock-holmes No booking necessary. |
| Laura Earl |
| Martinis, massages and manicures |
| Martinis, massages and manicures are on every Tuesday night, including tonight, in the Loft. Starting at 5.30pm come and enjoy a Martini and massage or manicure for $15. Bookings are essential on ext. 2345. The Loft - something for everyone |
| Laura Earl |
| St Paddy's Day - Kuring-gai |
| We would like to welcome all Kuring-gai staff to join us at the St Paddy's Day festivities on Friday 16 March starting at 11am. There will be live Irish music, free steak and Guinness pies and Irish cupcakes. Feel free to mention it to students in your classes. Sláinte!!! Proudly brought to you by the UTS Union. |
| Elyssebeth Leigh |
| Business process management meets IIM |
| The Institute for Information Management (IIM), Sydney Branch, extends a warm invitation to all IIM members and all interested information professionals to its March 2012 event. Process and information management: working together This session will see us explore the sometimes difficult relationship between BPM and IM. Jenepher Surbey’s presentation will outline a specific case study which saw BPM activities and IM activities work together to create a powerful common language across the business and consider: how it came about; reactions from the process management and records management camps; and how the common language was developed. We will also hear about some interesting current ideas from the land of BPM which demonstrates that content is starting to come to the fore (not before time, I hear you say!) • consider business process management and IM - their unique problems • linking classification and BPM to deliver unique value • an example from the private sector • interesting chatter from the land of BPM Jenepher Surbey has worked in Information Management for the last 10+ years, predominantly in government roles, most recently at the Australian Communications and Media Authority where her claim to fame is successfully (yes really) implementing TRIM across the business and then introducing SharePoint. Most recently Jenepher has worked at Unique World a Knowledge Management SharePoint Consultancy where she lead their Strategy practice. Date: Monday 19 March, 2012 Time: 5.30pm for 6pm start to 7.30pm (if arriving late, please contact Brian Bailey on 0402 115563) Note new venue: Building 10, level 5, room 580, 235 Jones Street, Ultimo Cost: free to members, non-members $10 for refreshment costs Register by midday on Monday 19 March at http://iimnswmar2012.eventbrite.com/. |
| Anne Gardner |
| Workshop: Moving into science, tech, math research |
| Workshop - Moving into science, technology, engineering and mathematics education research. Date: Friday 27 April Venue and time to be confirmed upon rsvp. This is the first in a series of two workshops whose purpose is to make practitioners more aware of what research already exists, how to present their own work as research that will be recognised by DIISR metrics and how to apply the results of research to their teaching. Workshops will be tailored to local needs and interests at each university but the general aims of this workshop will be to: • Identify local interests and expertise in STEM education • Introduce the norms and vocabulary of educational research • Identify local research opportunities and discuss potential approaches Please RSVP to Rosa Tay on Rosa.Tay@uts.edu.au. |
| Tina McDonald |
| Weight Watchers at Work |
| Join the New Precinct Weight Watchers Program WW@Work starting Wednesday 21 March. There's an information session regarding the program on Wednesday 14 March at 12.30pm in TAFE room D2.29 – building D (Library) up the Harris St steps. |
| Nicola Parker |
| Workshops for new casual academics |
| The IML Teaching and Learning Group is offering a series of workshops for new casual academic staff from Monday 19 March to Friday 23 March 2012. These workshops are designed to give casual academics (including casual tutors) useful professional development opportunities early in semester. Each casual academic who enrols in the program can be paid to attend up to 2 workshops. Priority will be given to casual academics who are new to UTS, and those who have not participated in previous UTS Casual Academics Conferences or Workshop Weeks (2008 to 2011). Workshop topics include: * Introduction to learning and teaching in tutorials * Teaching and learning in culturally diverse tutorials * Making collaborative learning work * Facilitating online learning activities in UTSOnline * Strategies for developing student writing * Assessment, marking and feedback * Collaborative lectures * Improving the laboratory teaching and learning experience * Introduction to UTSOnline. Workshops fill quickly so please register soon to avoid disappointment. More information and registration link are available at http://imlweb04.itd.uts.edu.au/iml2010/scholarship-research/casuals/workshops/2012.html Registration confirmations will be sent within three working days of submission of the registration form. |
| Mary-Anne Williams |
| Innovation and entrepreneurship seminar series |
| Creating a startup in IT: Challenges, pitfalls and opportunities When: Tuesday 13 March, 2012 Time: 12noon to 2.30pm (light lunch will be served) Venue: Building 2, level 5, room 39 Speaker: Reuben Coppa This series seeks to provide the opportunity to discuss entrepreneurial challenges and opportunities in Engineering and Information Technology Abstract: Creating an IT start-up is the ambition of many, however the realities and day-to-day can be somewhat different to the dream. Reuben will share his motivations for moving back into the entrepreneurial sphere as well as his experiences in corporate and consulting roles. The practicalities of establishing a company as well as the challenges, pitfalls and opportunities that present themselves will also be examined. About the speaker: Reuben is one of the founding partners of Coppa Almeida, a digital consultancy formed from the fusion of a strong background in developing and running consumer targeted websites and an analytical and data focused consultancy. Reuben is an IT graduate of UTS and has worked in business consulting and corporate finance roles in the investment banking and property industries. An experienced business consultant with a thorough understanding of information systems as a platform for business, he has specialised in business intelligence, performance management and analytics in pre-sales, sales and consulting roles across a diverse range of industries with clients such as CBA, Westpac, AMP, Nokia, Optus and Hudson. RSVP: please email Stephan Waibel at Stephan.Waibel@uts.edu.au. |
| Audrey Bjazevich |
| Reimbursement of out of pocket expenses |
| All staff reimbursements are processed via Neo UTS Internet Expenses (iExpenses). Access to iExpenses is granted to staff upon completion of training. Please complete the online registration tool for training via the following link: http://www.fsu.uts.edu.au/about/index.html#iexpenses Note, staff with access to iExpenses are welcome to attend a refresher training session. Registration is essential. |
| Amy Isberg |
| UTS Union harbour sailing |
| UTS harbour sailing is a fantastic opportunity to discover the beauty of Sydney Harbour. The yacht departs from Double Bay Ferry Wharf and takes you on a three-hour adventure providing you with views of many famous Sydney attractions including the Sydney Opera House, the Harbour Bridge and Darling Harbour. A fantastic afternoon out where you can sit back, take in the views, or get some hands-on sailing experience. When: Every Friday and Sunday afternoon from 1pm to 4pm Cost: UTS Staff/Alumni is $45 per person, others $60 per person Minimum cost of $115 for two people, maximum five people. For all enquiries, please contact Amy Isberg on ext. 1889 or email Amy.Isberg@uts.edu.au. |
| Lisa Carroli |
| Att: Casual Academics - ECDF Scheme |
| The Early Career Development Fellowship (ECDF) Scheme was establish under the Academic Staff Agreement 2010 in order to provide a pathway for casual academic staff into an academic career at UTS. Expressions of Interest (EOI) to participate in the ECDF scheme are invited from eligible casual academic staff (eligibility criteria are provided on the ECDF Scheme webpage - see link below). The EOI process will close on 20 April 2012. An ECDF is a full-time or part-time Level A or B position which will normally be for a fixed-term period of up to 2 years. By lodging an EOI, your details will be recorded on a Register and you will be contacted to apply for an ECDF position when one becomes available in a relevant organisational unit. To register, complete an “Expression of Interest Form for Early Career Development Fellowship” (available from the ECDF webpage, see link below) and lodge it electronically together with evidence of qualifications to the email address provided on the form. Further information in relation to the ECDF Scheme is available from: ECDF Scheme webpage - http://www.hru.uts.edu.au/for/academics/ecdf.html Jane Garnett, email jane.garnett@uts.edu.au or ext. 1161 Lisa Carroli, email lisa.carroli@uts.edu.au or ext. 1079 |
| Sharron Baker |
| Recordkeeping Essentials training |
| Formerly known as Records Management Awareness, Recordkeeping Essentials is designed to give staff an overview of how the records system works and what is required 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 yet attended a previous session, or would like a refresher. The next sessions are scheduled for: Date: Wednesday 11 April, 2012 Time: 2pm to 3pm Location: Building 10, level 6, room 430 (HR Training Room 2) Date: Thursday 7 June, 2012 Time: 2pm to 3pm Location: Building 10, level 6, room 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 need to also RSVP. Further details are also available from the University Records training page. |
| Tina McDonald |
| Money 101, online financal education |
| As part of the UTS Wellbeing program, a free online personal financial education package is available for all our staff and students. Money 101 helps you take control and plan for a safe and secure financial future. Money 101 can be accessed via the UTS Safety and Wellbeing website at http://www.safetyandwellbeing.uts.edu.au/. |
| Catriona Bonfiglioli |
| Media Studies Seminar – Prof Jose van Dijck |
| UTS distinguished visiting scholar, Professor Dr Jose van Dijck, Professor of Comparative Media Studies, University of Amsterdam, is presenting the next Media Studies Seminar. Who: A chance for media studies and cultural studies scholars (staff and research students) to workshop with Professor van Dijck, our distinguished visiting professor, hosted by the Social And Political Change Academic Group in FASS, UTS. Date: Tuesday 20 March Time: 1pm Venue: Building 2, level 7, room 5 Professor van Dijck’s research is at the cutting edge of analysing and theorising how social media are reshaping our everyday lives: from Facebook to Twitter, from Wikipedia to Google Scholar. Professor van Dijck will introduce concepts from her forthcoming book The Culture of Connectivity. Social Media and the Engineering of Everyday Life and discuss research approaches with participants. Please RSVP to Catriona.bonfiglioli@uts.edu.au@uts.edu.au for registration, more information and access to readings. |
| Sandra Karina Loschke and Kirsten Orr |
| Call for papers: 2012 Interstices |
| Immaterial materialities: materiality and interactivity in art and architecture Keynote speakers: Professor Jonathan Hill, The Bartlett - University College London Professor Philip Ursprung, Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich Materiality has recently claimed centre stage in architectural discourse and practice, yet its critical meaning is ever receding. Tropes like material honesty, digital materiality, material responsiveness and dematerialisation mark out an interdisciplinary field where scientific fact and artistic experimentation interact, and where what in fact constitutes materiality and immateriality is constantly re-imagined. As a reaction to developments in science, materiality came under scrutiny with the emergence of nineteenth century German aesthetics (Vischer, Schmarsow) and the early avant-garde projects (Lissitzky, van Doesburg). Initiating an epistemic shift in art and architecture, these works pointed to the connection between the material properties of objects and spaces and their interaction with the inhabitant through psycho-perceptual effects. These ideas re-emerged transformed in the work of the neo-avant-garde of the 1960s and 70s. More recent approaches deploy materials as mediators or activating agents that probe the relationship between audience/user and physical environment: Spatial investigations with phenomena-producing materials such as water, light, colour and temperature experiment with the viewer’s experience (Eliasson); responsive high-tech materials interact with audiences (Spuybroek); weather architectures (Hill), or atmo architectures (Sloterdijk) technologically re-create nature as spatial experience (Diller and Scofidio). Materials can give rise to seemingly incompatible connotations: photographic representations of Zumthor’s atmospheric concrete spaces reveal unexpected links with the post-industrial spaces of power plants and cooling towers (Ursprung). In the Pacific region, space has eminently temporal aspects and, particularly in indigenous buildings, rare walls are permeable and breathing. At the same time, the popular use of low-cost materials such as corrugated metal connects the wool-shed, the beach house and industrial estates educing trans-historical, cross-cultural, and climatic associations.In architectural practice and education, experiments in material-oriented computational design explore the design potential of conventional construction materials. All these approaches probe boundaries - between material and immaterial, art and science, practice and theory, representation and experience, tradition and innovation, and producer/object/user, giving rise to the following concerns: * What is the validity of different approaches to materiality in relation to the vital problems of our time? * Can materials be deployed to create environments which predict user behaviour and control social relations and experiences? * What trans-historical correspondences can be detected in contemporary approaches to materiality, and how do these challenge, imitate and expand on previous thinking? Please send a 500-word abstract and a short cv to Sandra Karina Löschke at sandra.loschke@uts.edu.au by 25 June, 2012. Notifications will be sent out by 23 July, 2012. Double-blind refereed abstracts, if accepted, will be published on the Interstices website (http://www.interstices.auckland.ac.nz). Selected contributions will be published. The symposium is followed by a call for papers for the Issue 14 of Interstices: A Journal of Architecture and Related Arts on the same topic. The symposium takes place at the University of Technology Sydney on 28 to 30 November, 2012. http://interstices.ac.nz/call-for-papers-3/. Conference organisers: Sandra Karina Loschke and Kirsten Orr |
| Paul Brien |
| The hub trades late |
| The Hub at Haymarket is now open until 8pm Monday to Friday. Enjoy a cup of our fresh new premium blend coffee for just $3 and don’t forget to flash your staff card to receive your 10% discount. Why not join the coffee club or keepcup promotion for more free coffees? |
| Mark Lee |
| Call for Papers: IEEE International Conference |
| IEEE International Conference on Teaching, Assessment and Learning for Engineering 2012 (TALE 2012) 20-23 August 2012, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong Theme: Fostering Innovation and Excellence in Engineering Education The IEEE International Conference on TALE will be held each year in the Asia-Pacific region (IEEE Region 10) beginning in 2012. It is intended to complement existing conferences sponsored by the IEEE Education Society, most notably Frontiers in Education in North America (IEEE Regions 1-7) and EDUCON in Europe/Middle East/Africa (IEEE Region 8). The aim of TALE 2012 is to provide a forum for academicians and professionals from various educational fields and with cross-disciplinary interests to network, share knowledge and engage in dialogue around the theme of fostering innovation and excellence in engineering education. To this end, both research and practice-oriented papers are invited that encompass all aspects of education in the engineering fields (including computing, computer science, information technology and cognate disciplines). The conference will feature traditional paper presentations, workshops, as well as keynotes by renowned educational experts and authorities. Conference topics: Topics of interest include but are not limited to: - Academic staff/faculty development - Accreditation and quality assurance - Assessment and evaluation - Online/e-learning and blended learning - Capstone projects - Computer-based learning and courseware technologies - Continuing education and lifelong learning - Curriculum design - Distance, open and flexible education - Educational games and simulations - Educational policy, leadership and administration - Entrepreneurship programs - Ethical and social justice issues (e.g., access, equity) - Gender and diversity - Generic skills (eg, communications, teamwork) - Industry linkages and partnerships - Instructional design - Interdisciplinary teaching approaches - Introductory engineering and computing courses - K-12 initiatives and partnerships - Laboratory experiences (on-campus and remote) - Learning analytics - Learning management systems - Marketing and outreach for engineering programs - Mobile learning - Open educational resources - Research training (undergraduate and graduate) - Service learning - Work-based and work-integrated education Paper submission, review and publication: Prospective authors are invited to submit papers of four to six A4 pages (including tables, figures and references) in standard IEEE double-column format. Papers will be accepted only by electronic submission through the conference website, from which submission guidelines and a template for papers are available. A blind-review process will be used to evaluate all submitted papers. Each full registration for the conference will cover a maximum of two papers; each student registration will cover a single paper only. All accepted and registered papers that are presented at the conference will be published in the conference proceedings (CD-ROM/USB) and uploaded to the IEEE Xplore database, which is indexed by Scopus. The proceedings will also be submitted for possible indexing to EI Compendex, ISI Thompson Conference Proceedings Citation Index (CPCI) and INSPEC. Awards will be presented to authors of the best papers presented at the conference. These authors, along with authors of other selected papers, may be invited to submit revised and expanded versions for potential publication in the IEEE Transactions on Education, and/or other refereed international journals. (The content of the expanded paper must be substantially different to that of the version submitted to the conference, and publication is subject to peer-review acceptance in accordance with the relevant journal's editorial policies and guidelines.) Important dates: Paper submission deadline: 30 April 2012 Notification of review outcomes: 7 June 2012 Final paper submission: 30 June 2012 Registration deadline: 30 June 2012 Conference dates: 20-23 August 2012 For more information, please see the conference website: http://www.tale-conference.org/tale2012/ |
| Eric Liyanage |
| Prepare for Earth Hour 2012 |
| Earth Hour presents an opportunity for those interested in environmental sustainability to contribute to the goal of reducing greenhouse gas emissions. Saturday 31 March between 8.30pm and 9.30pm is Earth Hour and UTS will be participating in a number of ways, including; • UTS Green is running a competition to see which building can beat their 2007 Earth Hour effort. • The Library is hosting a lunch-time talk on Wednesday 28 March between 1pm and 2pm by WWF entitled “The Earth Hour Story” on the history and importance of Earth Hour. • UTS Housing is hosting candle light celebrations on the rooftops of three student housing apartment buildings, with most lights switched off. As part of the Australian Technology Network, UTS has set targets of an 11 per cent reduction in greenhouse gas emissions on 2007 levels by 2012-13 and a 30 per cent reduction by 2020-21. So, here we are in 2012. Can we reduce our Earth Hour electricity consumption by 11% compared to Earth Hour in 2007? You can help! We will be asking all students and staff to turn off all non-essential lights, computers, and other energy-using equipment as they leave campus on Friday 30, or Saturday 31 March. More reminders will be circulated closer to the day, but in the meantime check out the Earth Hour http://www.wwf.org.au/earthhour/ If you need assistance with the switching off of lights or equipment in your area please email eric.liyanage@uts.edu.au, as early as possible. |
| Jinyan Li |
| AAI Seminar - Risk analysis, analytics, business |
| Advanced Analytics Seminar Series Speaker: Dr Warwich Graco, Senior Director, ATO Date: Monday 12 March, 2012 Time: 11am to 12noon Venue: Seminar Room CC05.GD.03, UTS Blackfriars Campus (2-12 Blackfriars Street, Chippendale) Seminar Chairman: Professor Longbing Cao (longbing.cao@uts.edu.au) Abstract: Risk analysis, analytics, business This presentation will explain how risk analysis assists analytics and business intelligence and how in turn analytics can assist risk analysis and business intelligence. Risk analysis is important in discerning risks that can harm an organisation and its activities and how the risks can be partially mitigated by the development of analytical models that identify high-risk entities in a population. These high-risk entities can then be treated using various management processes such as case management and work-item management. Analytics can also assist those who do risk analysis by segmenting a very large risk population into smaller digestible segments that can then be each risk analysed. The results of risk analysis and modelling can be presented to decision makers via the use of business intelligence products. This presentation will explain the relationships between these functions, how supervised and unsupervised learning can be employed to make them more efficient and how knowledge acquisition can be used to capture the thinking of those who do risk analysis. Specific analytical issues that will be covered include the use of clustering and other segmentation techniques, text mining, knowledge acquisition and rule-based work flows in the form of treatment strategies. This presentation will be of interest to those who want practice analytics in the workplace and those who want to develop newer and better analytical techniques that assist with the identification and management of risks. Short biography of the speaker: Warwick has worked in defence, health and taxation and has been involved in information technology and analytics for over 20 years. He is currently Senior Director of Operational Analytics in the Office of the Chief Knowledge Officer at the Australian Taxation Office. He is responsible for assisting with the embedding of modelling solutions within the business of the ATO. He has a BSc from the University of New South Wales and a PhD from the University of New England Australia. His professional interests include organisational decision making and analytics. Overview to the Advanced Analytics Seminar Series, it presents the latest theoretical advancement and empirical experience in a broad range of interdisciplinary and business-oriented analytics fields. It covers topics related to data mining, machine learning, statistics, bioinformatics, behavior informatics, marketing analytics and multimedia analytics. It also provides a platform for the showcase of commercial products in ubiquitous advanced analytics. Speakers are invited from both academia and industry. It opens regularly on every Friday afternoon at the garden-like UTS Blackfriars Campus. Each seminar is followed by a 30-minute afternoon tea, and then an open graduate study session teaching basic components in artificial intelligence, machine learning, data mining, business analytics and statistics. You are warmly welcome to attend this seminar series. Jinyan Li, Seminar Coordinator Associate Professor, Advanced Analytics Institute Faculty of Engineering and IT |
| Richard Birrell |
| Offshore Policy and Directives |
| A revised Offshore Policy and two Directives on Offshore Teaching and Learning Activities (one in general and one specific to programs taught in Modern Standard Chinese) have recently been published on the UTS website. Should you believe that the procedures and policy may impact upon you or your work, please familiarise yourself with the relevant policy document(s). These, along with all other UTS policies and directives, are available on the central policy website at http://www.gsu.uts.edu.au/policies. More detailed communication and education plans may be rolled out by the implementation officers, who are specified within the relevant documents. If you require further assistance, please refer to http://www.gsu.uts.edu.au/policies For assistance with general policy questions or concerns, please contact policy@uts.edu.au. |
| Ian McInnes |
| Furniture for reuse |
| Bob Crocker has a number of items of furniture that are in good condition and require a new home within UTS. The following items are available: 1 x mobile pedestal 8 x reception chairs 1 x coffee table 1 x credenza 2 x boardroom tables 1 x round table 1 x display shelf (laminate with credenza on the bottom) 5 x white boards 3 x office chairs For more information email Ian at bob.crocker@uts.edu.au. |
| Fudge Atshan |
| Lunchtime social sport competitions at the MPSH |
| The UTS Multi-Purpose Sports Hall is hosting a number of fun and social lunchtime sports for everyone in 2012! Lunchtimes between 12noon and 2pm a different indoor sport will be run; mixed volleyball, mixed futsal and mixed basketball are the sports for semester 1. Get involved and give yourself a chance to not only play the sport you love or try something new, but it’s a great chance to meet new people from all over UTS. If you want to get involved please email fudge.atshan-1@uts.edu.au to express your interest and don’t miss your chance to be a part of the many lunchtime activities run by UTS Sport. • Tuesday: mixed volleyball – $120 per team • Wednesday: mixed futsal – $120 per team • Thursday: mixed basketball – $120 per team Game Structure & Start Times • mixed volleyball = 12min x 2 (12noon, 12.30pm, 1pm and 1.30pm) • mixed & men’s futsal = 12min x 2 (12noon, 12.30pm, 1pm and 1.30pm) • mixed basketball = 12min x 2 (12noon, 12.30pm, 1pm and 1.30pm) Game Dates Week 1 – Week starting 27 March Week 2 – Week starting 3 April Week 3 – Week starting 10 April Week 4 – Week starting 1 May Week 5 – Week starting 8 May Week 6 – Week starting 15 May Week 7 – Week starting 22 May General Information • Played at UTS Multi-Purpose Sports Hall, building 4, UTS City campus • 7 weeks of competition, starting the week of 27 March and finishing the week of 22 May • All equipment, umpires and bibs are supplied by the competition • Registrations open on the 28 February for all sports and close on the 16 March • You can register as a team or individually, limited spots available for all sports so be quick to register • All results, tables, updates and competition information will be emailed out weekly • UTS indoor lunchtime sports competitions are open to all UTS students and staff, it’s a great way to get fit, have fun and meet new people. Registration Process • To register a team, contact Fudge on 9514 9956 or email on fudge.atshan-1@uts.edu.au with the sport you would like to register into. If spots are available for your chosen sport you will receive a registration form, you must fill this out, round up your team's money and hand the form and money into the UTS sports office located next to the gym in building 4 ASAP. • To register individually send your name, email, mobile number and sport you wish to register in to fudge.atshan-1@uts.edu.au so I can try and place you in a team. Individual registration places will be limited so be quick. If there are still places available you will receive an email back with a registration form attached; you must fill this out, and hand the form and money into the UTS sports office located next to the gym in building 4 ASAP. • For general questions about the comp please feel free to contact Fudge on the above number or email. |
| Catherine McHugh |
| Optometrist on Broadway campus – Prevue Eyewear |
| UTS Staff & Students receive special discounts at Prevue Eyewear (13 Broadway - next to the Co-op book store). Receive $100 off complete glasses, 20% off contact lenses and sunglasses, and 2 pairs of glasses for $199 complete (conditions apply). Call 9211 5770 to book a bulk-billed eye test. All health funds welcome! |
| Clerk of Academic Board |
| Responsible Academic Officers (RAOs) |
| RAOs are appointed by the Vice-Chancellor or Senior Deputy Vice-Chancellor on the recommendation of the Dean. Information regarding the responsibilities of RAOs can be found in the 2011 calendar (page 199). The current list of RAOs can be found at http://www.gsu.uts.edu.au/academicboard/raos/responsibleacademicofficers.html |
| Catriona Bonfiglioli |
| Media Studies Seminar – Prof José van Dijck |
| Media Studies Research Seminar – UTS distinguished visiting scholar, Professor Dr José van Dijck, Professor of Comparative Media Studies, University of Amsterdam. Who? A chance for media studies and cultural studies scholars (staff and research students) to workshop with Prof. van Dijck, our distinguished visiting professor, hosted by the Social And Political Change Academic Group in FASS, UTS. What? A workshop: presentation followed by Q and A. When? Tuesday 20 March at 1pm . Where? Building 2, level 7, room 5. Why? Professor van Dijck’s research is at the cutting edge of analysing and theorising how social media are reshaping our everyday lives: from Facebook to Twitter, from Wikipedia to Google Scholar. Professor van Dijck will introduce concepts from her forthcoming book The Culture of Connectivity. Social Media and the Engineering of Everyday Life and discuss research approaches with participants. Please RSVP to Catriona.bonfiglioli@uts.edu.au for registration, more information and access to readings. |
| Chris Poulton |
| PREEM/Mathematical Sciences Joint Seminar |
| This is to announce a joint seminar of PREEM and the School of Mathematical Sciences, to be held on Thursday 15 March. The talk will be given by Professor Albrecht Irle from the University of Kiel, and will begin at 11.am in building 1, level 16, room 11, following morning tea with the speaker from 10.30am in building 1, level 15, room 33. The title of Professor Irle's talk is "American Options with Guarantee". Abstract: We introduce a class of optimal stopping problems in which the gain is at least a fraction of the initial value which may be seen as a guarantee payment for the holder of an American option. It turns out that the optimal strategies are typically two-sided. If the driving process is a diffusion or a spectrally negative Levy process the optimal strategies can be characterised. |
| Lakmali Dias |
| Research Seminar in Economics - 12 March |
| Topic: A Geometric Approach to Mechanism Design Speaker: Jacob Goeree, University of Zurich Abstract: An important result in convex analysis is the duality between a closed convex set and its support function. We exploit this duality to develop a novel geometric approach to mechanism design. For a general class of social choice problems we characterise the feasible set, which is closed and convex, and its support function. We next provide a geometric interpretation of incentive compatibility and refine the support function to include incentive constraints using arguments from majorisation theory. The optimal mechanism can subsequently be derived from the support function using Hotelling's lemma. We first assume that values are linear in types and types are independent, private, and one-dimensional. For this environment we provide a simple geometric proof that Bayesian and dominant strategy implementation are equivalent by showing that the feasible sets that remain after imposing either type of incentive constraints coincide. Furthermore, we derive the optimal mechanism for any social choice problem and any linear objective, including revenue and surplus maximisation. As an illustration, we determine the optimal multi-unit auction for a class of value functions that exhibit decreasing marginal valuations. Other types of constraints, such as capacity constraints and budget balanceness, can be interpreted geometrically as well, which facilitates a unified approach to a range of social choice problems, including auctions, bargaining, and public goods provision. We discuss how our geometric approach extends to environments with value interdependencies, non-linear valuations, and correlated or multi-dimensional types. Specifically, we illustrate that with interdependent valuations the equivalence between Bayesian and dominant strategy implementation breaks down, and our approach naturally produces the second-best outcomes for both types of incentive constraints. Seminar paper can be downloaded from: http://www.finance.uts.edu.au/research/seminars/economics/120312.pdf Date: Monday 12 March 2012 Time: 12noon – 1.15pm Venue: Building 5, D block, level 3, room 3.01 RSVP: Lakmali.Dias@uts.edu.au |
| Lakmali Dias |
| Research Seminar in Finance - 14 March |
| Topic: Do independent directors matter? Speaker: Sheng Xiao, University of Minnesota Abstract: We analyse a newly available data set with the full employment history of independent directors at S&P 1500 companies and show that the proportion of independent directors with industry experience (IDIEs) is positively and significantly correlated with firm performance,but the proportion of independent directors without industry experience (IDNIEs) is not. We find that higher proportions of IDIEs are associated with fewer earnings restatements and more cash holdings. Firms with IDIEs have higher CEO pay-performance sensitivity, higher CEO turnover-performance sensitivity, and more patents with more citations. We also find that CEO power is negatively correlated with the presence of IDIEs. Seminar paper can be downloaded from: http://www.finance.uts.edu.au/research/seminars/120314.pdf Date: Wednesday 14 March 2012 Time: 12noon – 1pm Venue: Building 5, D block, level 3, room 3.01 RSVP: Lakmali.Dias@uts.edu.au by 12 March. |
| Lakmali Dias |
| Research Seminar in Economics - 15 March |
| Topic: Network effects, market structure and industry performance Speaker: Rabah Amir, University of Arizona Abstract: This paper analyses oligopolistic markets with network externalities. Exploiting a minimal complementarity structure on the model primitives that allows for pure network goods, we prove existence of nontrivial fulfilled-expectations equilibrium. We formalise the concept of industry viability, investigate its determinants, and show it improves with more firms in the market and/or by technological progress. These results enlighten some conclusions from case studies in the strategy literature. We also characterise the effects of market structure on industry performance, which depart substantially from ordinary markets. The approach relies on lattice-theoretic methods, supplemented with basic insights from nonsmooth analysis. Seminar paper can be downloaded from: http://www.finance.uts.edu.au/research/seminars/economics/120315.pdf Date: Thursday 15 March 2012 Time: 12noon – 1.15pm Venue: Building 5, D block, level 3, room 3.01 RSVP: Lakmali.Dias@uts.edu.au |
| Jan McClelland |
| Green Screen Climate Fix Flicks - Tuesday 13 March |
| An evening of environmental entertainment is on at The Ritz Cinema Randwick with the screening of The Traveller and other films, including the top shortlisted films from the 2012 Green Screen: Climate Fix Flicks competition. Some of Australia’s top climate scientists have joined forces with young film-makers and media artists to create short, punchy, positive messages about how we can all contribute to a low-carbon future. The Green Screen Climate Fix Flicks Festival and Competition is an initiative launched by climate scientists from Macquarie University, The University of Melbourne and Monash Sustainability Institute, and supported by the UTS: Australian Centre for Independent Journalism. Please register for free tickets at: http://greenscreengrandprize.eventbrite.com.au/ |
| Michelle Maarhuis |
| Bell ringing postoned |
| Please be advised that due to bad weather the Bell Ringing Ceremony scheduled for 4pm 8 March was postponed. New date to be advised shortly. Thank you for your understanding. |
| Amy Isberg |
| Learn to fence with the UTS Fencing Club! |
| Have you ever wanted to experience the art of fencing? The combination of both physical and mental abilities makes fencing a unique and dynamic sport often described as “physical chess”. Monday Class: 12, 19 and 26 March Time: 6.15pm – 8.15pm Cost: UTS Staff & Alumni $60; Others $100 Location: Sydney Boys High Stadium |
| Kathy Egea |
| Applying for First Year Experience Grants |
| We invite coordinators of first year subjects to apply for up to $4000 to implement projects which will support transition to university, academic success and retention. Projects need to be consistent with the aims of UTS's Widening Participation Strategy. Guidelines are available at http://www.iml.uts.edu.au/scholarship-research/resources.html. The site also provides examples of current projects. Project teams may include staff from professional support areas. Applications are due by 5pm, Monday 19 March 2012. For further information, please contact Kathy Egea ext. 1720. |
| Katia Sanfilippo |
| Top stories from U: magazine's March issue |
| It's a new year and U: magazine is back. Check out the March issue on stands around campus, or visit the UTS Newsroom: http://newsroom.uts.edu.au/ Top stories include: For the love of art: http://newsroom.uts.edu.au/news/2012/03/for-the-love-of-art A UTS Gallery project is helping create aspiration for disadvantaged students through visual arts education. Liquid gold: http://newsroom.uts.edu.au/news/2012/03/liquid-gold With human milk banking still new in Australia, a UTS researcher examines the benefits of donor milk in neonatal intensive care units. Falling through the net: http://newsroom.uts.edu.au/news/2012/03/falling-through-the-netIs Medicare meant for all of us, or only a privileged few? Kees Van Gool examines the holes in the health care safety net. U: Keeping you in the know |
| Gretchen Togle |
| Seminar by Dr Murray Smith on March 14 at 12noon |
| Title: "An economic feasibility study of municipal fluoridation" Date: Wednesday 14 March 2012 Time: 12noon, a light lunch will be served after the seminar Venue: 645 Harris St, level 3, conference room, Ultimo RSVP by Monday 12 March 2012 to reception@chere.uts.edu.au. Abstract: In the UK, the Water Act 2003 requires regional health authorities to consult with water suppliers over the technical feasibility of fluoridation of the public water supply in their region; this includes operability and efficiency. Municipal fluoridation can have beneficial impacts upon oral health in terms of preventing dental decay, and is considered to be highly effective relative to other dental health interventions because it is free at the point of use to the individual, and requires no behavioural change. Since fluoridation would be paid for from a health budget we examine whether or not municipal fluoridation is likely to be cost-effective in the East Midlands region of the UK. Presenter: Dr Smith is an econometrician with interests in microeconometric modelling and health informatics. Specifically, the development of statistical methodology for the modelling of variables associated with health and health-related behaviours. Data for his analyses are sourced from large, individual-based secondary datasets such as country-wide health surveys, hospitalisation episodes and morbidity records, and gp prescribing records. The experience that led to this direction of research had its origins at Monash University where, in 1983, he gained a first class honours degree in Economics majoring in econometrics and operations research. By 1987 he had gained his PhD having studied aspects of exact finite-sample statistical theory under the supervision of Grant Hillier. His first academic appointment was in the School of Economics at the University of New South Wales, and his second, spanning almost 20 years of service, was at the University of Sydney in the Department of Econometrics and Business Statistics. He then moved from Australia to the UK where he held the post of Senior Research Fellow at the University of Aberdeen in their Health Economics Research Unit from 2007-9. On 1 January 2010, he took up his current position at the Division of Social Research in Medicines and Health, School of Pharmacy,the University of Nottingham. |
| Georgina Barratt-See |
| PhD Comics Film - 5 April 2012 |
| Many staff may be familiar with the PhD Comics strip by Jorge Cham - http://www.phdcomics.com. In 2011, the PhD Comics team made a film based on the comic strip. The UTS University Graduate School, Student Services and the UTS Union are pleased to advise that we have secured the rights to show the film and wish to invite all UTS Staff to come to the screening. When: Thursday 5 April, 6-8pm Where: Aerial Function Centre Please RSVP here: http://tinyurl.com/UTSPhDComicsFilm NB: The film will be screened at the end of the UTS Research Students Orientation Day. If you are, or know of, any new research students, please encourage them to come to the Orientation Day. The RSVP is here: http://surveys.uts.edu.au/surveys/researchstudentsorientation2012/index.cfm |
| Tina McDonald |
| Reminder - WW@Work |
| New precinct WW@Work is due to start. An information session will be held at TAFE in room D2.29 – building D (library) up the Harris street steps - on Wednesday 14 March at 12.30pm. The 13 week program will then commence on 21 March and continue until 13 June 2012. The cost of the program is $246.35. Come along to the information session to find out more. |
| Debbie Paulides |
| Teaching and Learning Seminar |
| Come along to the next Teaching & Learning Seminar: Class participation and student shyness. Date: Wednesday 21 March 2012 Time: 1pm – 2pm (a light lunch will be served from 12.45pm) Venue: Law Conference Room, Building 5B, level 3, room 18 (Haymarket) Presenter: Sharon Wesley – Lecturer in the Faculty of Law at the University of Technology, Sydney Abstract: UTS: Law utilises small group teaching in the first year foundation law subject Perspectives on Law. Class participation in this subject constitutes 20% of total marks. Shy students usually appear to be well or even over prepared for class but fail to capitalise on their preparation due to their reluctance to speak in front of their peers or teacher. For some students’ shyness is due to belonging to a collectivist culture that discourages speaking out. For others, shyness can be inherited, the result of inadequate nurturing or humiliating experiences. As a result of their reluctance to participate, shy or anxious students receive lower marks than their more outspoken or confident peers and may experience legal education as stressful or unsatisfying. As legal practice requires strong communication skills, on completion of their studies these students may find that their career choices are limited. Further, there is a tendency for sufferers of social phobias and shyness to view themselves as failures, which can lead to depressive illness. For these reasons, support for shy or anxious students is both an equity issue and a necessary component of the curriculum and lifelong learning. This project aimed to firstly determine the incidence and extent of difficulties faced by shy students in small group teaching with graded class participation. As the condition is treatable and exposure in supportive environments is thought to be helpful, the project’s further aim was to inform the development of teaching strategies, materials to support students who wish to develop their confidence and assertiveness and a resource lists for students who require therapeutic assistance. Bio: Sharon Wesley (BEc/LLB, M.Ed (Adult Learning)) is a Lecturer in the Faculty of Law, University of Technology, Sydney. She currently coordinates and teaches in the subject Perspectives on Law and has also taught in the Faculty’s Practical Legal Training Program. Prior to working at UTS she was a sole practitioner solicitor in suburban inner city practice. She holds qualifications in counselling and related disciplines and recently authored the ALTC funded Good Practice Guide to Threshold Learning Outcome 5: Communication. Please RSVP to Debbie.Paulides@uts.edu.au by Monday 19 March for catering purposes. |
| Jann Joy |
| Coaching for performance and development |
| This workshop is for supervisors (level 7 and above) and is about developing your skills as a manager coach. These skills assist you when you are developing your staff, harnessing their strengths, improving their performance and encouraging them to take responsibility for their own performance and development. Developing staff for performance allows you to equip your staff with ongoing career development skills and that is a win/win situation for staff and supervisors. Learning outcomes: · develop an understanding of the theories and techniques used in coaching · apply these techniques in a co-coaching practice session · enhance existing skills Facilitator: Liz Hurley When: Tuesday 27 March Time: 9am - 5pm Where: Building 10, level 6, room 440 Recommended for supervisors and managers. To register, please email jann.joy@uts.edu.au |
| Vanessa Marks |
| e:Connect now online |
| The March edition of the UTS alumni e-newsletter is now available on the alumni website https://www.alumni.uts.edu.au/econnect. If you would like to submit a story for the April e:Connect, please email Vanessa.Marks@uts.edu.au by 22 March. |
| Laura Waibel |
| Engineering & IT high school outreach program- Reg |
| Dear Colleagues The FEIT Outreach office and Women in Engineering & IT Program would like to bring to your attention a suite of planned events in 2012 whereby we warmly encourage your school-aged children (years 8-12) to participate. We also warmly encourage you to pass on the attached information to your children's school. Key dates as part of the Faculty Outreach calendar are as follows: * Friday 27 April, Women in Engineering & IT Hands on Day, 8.30am - 3.15pm, UTS Broadway * Thursday 19 July, Discovery Day (both genders), 9.00am - 3.15pm, UTS Broadway * Friday 17 August, Women in Engineering & IT Hands on Day, 8.30am - 3.15pm, UTS Broadway * Friday 30 November, Discovery Day (both genders), 9.00am - 3.15pm, UTS Broadway Up to 280 places are available at each of these events and they are filling very fast. If you would like to register your child/niece/nephew to attend, please do so at the link below or via email. Please also mention our programs to your child's school teachers. http://surveys.adsroot.uts.edu.au/engine/survey.cfm?SessionId=EA45AD39-5056-AE6C-84F890D8C9878CBD&CurrentPage=1 Hard-copy flyers detailing the 2012 Outreach Program as well as past programs outlining activities can be picked up from the Outreach office in building 2, level 4. please do not hesitate to contact us for further information. Best regards FEIT Outreach team and Women in Engineering & IT Program Bronwyn Holland, Tracey Grinter, Jenny Donovan, Laura Waibel, Elizabeth Kuo, Karen Belista, Santi Botross. Tel. 9514 2666 Email. FEIToutreach@uts.edu.au |
| Catherine McHugh |
| DAB cafe re-open |
| The cafe, conveniently located in blg 6 courtyard has undergone a minor upgrade. Open from 7am weekdays. Speak with John or Scott for any catering requirements ph: 9514 8887 |
| Michelle Maarhuis |
| Bell ringing nominations announced |
| UTS Bell Ringing Ceremony Date: Thursday March 8 Time: 4pm Thank you to all the staff and students who sent through nominations! The nominees ringing the bell: Patrick Cummins, nominated for your esteemed efforts in representing Australia in cricket. Alexandra Spicer, nominated for her outstanding role as a U:PASS leader, contribution to BUiLD, key leadership position with AIESEC. Codie Asimus, nominated for his role in the introduction of the Brennan Program and as president of the Law Students Society. Urmez Jesrani, nominated for his continued support, insight and intellectual contributions to the UTS Research & Innovation Office. See you on Thursday 4pm at the UTS Bell Tower, Blake Library. |
| Andrea Thompson |
| Student Misconduct and Appeals Awareness Session |
| The Student and Related Rules were reviewed in 2011 and the changes came into effect on 27 February, 2012 to coincide with 2012 Autumn Semester. The changes relate to the definition of misconduct and the reporting of misconduct. The case for change was to remove inconsistencies, streamline the reporting and administration of misconduct and enhance consistent decision making. If you are interested in finding out more, a Student Misconduct and Appeals (SMA) Awareness session is being held: On: Friday 16 March, 2012 Time: 10.30am to 12noon Location: HR training room 1 – CB10.06.440 RSVP: misconductandappeals@uts.edu.au Further sessions are planned and will be held on: Tuesday 10 April, 1pm to 2.30pm Monday 14 May, 10.30am to 12noon Wednesday 6 June, 10.30am to 12noon |
| Jessica Hill |
| Donate spare stationery to students in need |
| The UTS Students' Association is starting up a Student Survival Centre to assist students in need. We are looking for donations of stationery items that would otherwise be discarded or go unused from departments or individuals. Any items that would be useful to a student would be greatly appreciated. Second hand items are fine if they are in good working order. Note pads, pens, pencils, erasers, sharpeners, liquid paper, plastic sleeves, document pouches, staplers, staples, calculators, rulers, highlighters are all useful items. So if it has been a while since your stationery storeroom has been cleared out or if you don’t know what to do with all those excess items, they could help a student who otherwise could not afford them. For more information contact Jessica Hill at students.association@uts.edu.au or phone x1155 Please send items through the internal mail to Jessica Hill (stationery drive) UTS Students Association level 3, Tower Building 1 |
| Helen McNairney |
| StudentJobs@UTS – $3000 Subsidy |
| The StudentJobs@UTS initiative, managed by the Careers Service, allows students to register interest in casual and part-time work on campus and contributes to overall UTS objectives regarding employability and development of graduate attributes. In addition, the StudentJobs@UTS Subsidy means faculties and divisions employing students in newly created, additional, replacement or relief positions may be eligible to receive up to $3000 per student, per calendar year. Our database holds a candidate pool of 2300 talented and skilled students ready to assist you. These students have created unique employment profiles detailing their area of study, previous tertiary qualifications, industry experience, skills competencies and abilities as well as job interest on campus. As a UTS staff member, when you need to fill a part-time or casual role consider accessing the StudentJobs@UTS Database to view student employment profiles that match your specific criteria. UTS staff already utilising the StudentJobs@UTS Database confirm the ease and time saving benefits this online staffing solution provides and to date have employed students as administration assistant, customer support, enrolment assistant, IT & technical support, labo assistant, lending services assistant, marketing assistants, Notetaker, research assistants, survey officer, video production assistant. Register now to access the StudentJobs@UTS Database and search for your next potential candidate. Visit the Careers website for more detail: http://www.ssu.uts.edu.au/careers/staff/studentjobs.html |
| Catherine McHugh |
| Optometrist on Broadway campus |
| Prevue Eyewear is located on the Broadway campus at 13 Broadway (next to 2SER). Special offer for staff: $100 off complete glasses and 20% off contact lenses ph: 9211 5770 |
| Kathleen Redenbach |
| Promotion to Senior Lecturer 2012 |
| All eligible academic staff are invited to apply for promotion to Senior Lecturer. PLEASE NOTE: THERE IS A NEW VICE-CHANCELLOR’S DIRECTIVE FOR ACADEMIC PROMOTION - PLEASE ENSURE YOU READ THE NEW DIRECTIVE PRIOR TO STARTING YOUR APPLICATION. For information and advice about applying for promotion, including the criteria for promotion, please visit http://www.hru.uts.edu.au/for/academics/promotion.html. As part of the application process, we encourage you to have an early discussion with your supervisor to obtain an academic supervisor’s report. In addition, your Dean is required to provide a report. An application cannot be submitted without both reports. Please ensure you allow sufficient time for your supervisor and your Dean to prepare these reports before the closing date. Please complete the online Application for Academic Promotion form located at http://www.hru.uts.edu.au/manual/forms/promotion.html to ensure that the necessary information is supplied and in a standard format. Successful applicants will be promoted effective from 1 July 2012. INFORMATION AND ADVICE: A ‘Preparing for Promotion’ workshop will be conducted by the Committee Chair, Professor Shirley Alexander, and IML on Monday 19 March from 12-2pm in building 10, level 6, HR Training Room 1. Please bring a copy of the Vice-Chancellor’s Directive and your draft application to this workshop. HOW TO APPLY: Ten copies of your application are to be received by Melissa Kowal, Human Resources Unit, building 10, level 6, marked "Confidential", no later than 5pm on Friday 4 May. In addition, please forward a soft copy of your entire application to melissa.kowal@uts.edu.au. Any enquiries can be directed to Kathleen Redenbach, HR Partner, on ext. 1067 or via email to kathleen.redenbach@uts.edu.au. |
| Transforming Cultures Research Centre |
| TfC Lunchtime Seminar - 7 March |
| Please be invited to the first event as part of the 2012 TfC Lunchtime Series: When: Wednesday 7 March from 12.30 to 1.30pm Where: TfC Bagel, UTS building 10, level 5, room 219, 235 Jones St, Ultimo (follow the signs to the 'TfC Bagel') RSVP: Transforming.Cultures@uts.edu.au Panel on Hospitality II Professor Anne Cranny-Francis, Professor of Cultural Studies at UTS, Director TfC: The laying on of hands: touch, hospitality, ceremony and law About: This paper addresses the fundamentally embodied nature of all social practices, which include the institution of the law and the ceremonies that have developed to signify, communicate and reinforce it. The paper begins by introducing a situation from the tv series, Glee, in which ceremony, touch and the meaning of hospitality are interrogated. It then explores the etymological basis of the word ‘hospitality’ – derived from the Old French word, hospes, or host, which means both stranger and enemy, as well as its multiple variants including the word for the Christian host, or body of Christ. In this ceremonial act of communion the Christian subject is realised as one who is, through his/her being-with the host. Which is to say, not in an act or ceremony signified by or as a relation of ‘self’ to ‘other’ but rather in a being-with that precludes any singular notion of (Christian) being. Using Jean-Luc Nancy’s writing on being as fundamentally relational, as being-with, this paper interrogates the meanings of ceremonies that represent and articulate the law, whether theological or secular, their relationship to notions of hospitality, and to a particular conception of being that might fruitfully be challenged. And it finally returns to Glee where the ceremony of a wedding becomes a site for an act of socially activist hospitality. Free event. All welcome. Please find our full program here: http://datasearch2.uts.edu.au/tfc/news-events/events-detail.cfm?ItemId=22302 |
| Jan McClelland |
| A new model for public education: Monday at 5.30 |
| Co-operative Trust Schools: A new model for public education Mervyn Wilson, CEO of The Co-operative College UK, has led the development of co-operative school ownership models in the public education sector in Britain. In Britain, Sweden and the United States, a major trend is underway in which many public schools are being transformed by acquiring the benefits of greater autonomy and flexibility in curriculum and culture, while remaining free or non-fee public schools. Co-operative Trust Schools are a rapidly growing area of state education in the UK with over 200 state schools converted to multi-stakeholder co-op ownership models and another 100+ in the pipeline. Co-op schools are the biggest sector after church run schools in the UK - outstripping the private academy chains. With the hand down of the Gonski Review this is a timely debate about the new frontiers between public and private management of schools. Join business journalist Anne Lampe in conversation with Mervyn Wilson on the new models in public education. Date: 5 March Time: 5.15 for 5.30pm to 7pm Place: UTS Arial Centre, building 10, level 7 This is a FREE event as part of the International Year of Co-operative's Big Co-op Conversations Series. http://www.australia2012.coop/news-and-events/big-co-op-conversations Sponsored by The Co-op Bookshop |
| Daphne Freeder Manager CMOS |
| CMOS Seminars UTS Business School |
| Friday 16 March 2012 Location: UTS building 5, level 2, room 2.44: 10.30am - Dr Jane Le: Conflict and Strategy implementation. (morning tea is included) 12noon - lunch 12.30pm - Dr Paul Spee: A strategic planning exercise in a university, and a study on reinsurance trading comparing practices in London and Bermuda. Please RSVP to cmos@uts.edu.au. All welcome. |
| Nuha Saad |
| ACELG administrative assistant - part-time |
| The ACELG is a research centre within the UTS. It is a unique consortium of universities and professional bodies that have a strong commitment to the advancement of local government. Further information about ACELG is available on the Centre’s website: http://www.acelg.org.au. ACELG is currently seeking to employ a part-time administration assistant to work in the Centre’s small but busy office. The successful applicant must have strong computer and communication skills, a mature approach and capacity to work with limited supervision. The administration assistant will generally be employed for three half days (approximately 12 hours) per week preferably Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday mornings. This is a casual appointment until December 2012. Wages will be approximately $28 to $34 per hour depending on experience. Position Requirements: General Position Guidelines * Maintain the Centre's office systems and procedures, including filing and provision of general administrative assistance as required * Maintain office and kitchen supplies * Ensure office equipment is maintained * Prepare correspondence and memoranda * Provide administrative support to ACELG Secretariat senior staff * Maintain ACELG Secretariat hard copy files * Act as point of contact for visitors and program partners as required * Provide administrative assistance and logistic support for board, staff and program co-ordination meetings and other events. Personal Attributes/Skills * Mature outlook and reliability * Strong attention to detail and deadlines * Comfortable working with limited supervision * High quality interpersonal and communication skills * Ability to adapt quickly to new tasks and situations * Capacity to acquire additional skills * Ability to use initiative and be flexible. Selection Criteria: * Demonstrated high level computer skills – MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint, etc * Prior experience in a similar role * Demonstrated high level written communication skills. How to Apply: Candidates should email their CV, a covering letter, and a statement outlining how their skills and experience meet the requirements stated in the selection criteria. Applications should be forwarded to jobs@acelg.org.au. For enquiries please email Nuha Saad on jobs@acelg.org.au. Applications close Monday 19 March at 5pm. |
| Amy Isberg |
| UTS Union presents the UTS Garden Party |
| Come and enjoy the finer side of life at Midweek High Tea! Wednesday 7 March 12pm to 4pm Alumni Green Tea, coffee and sandwiches will be served. Teapot cocktails and champagne also available. Live entertainment – great chillout! |
| Deborah Naray |
| Privacy training in March |
| The next privacy training sessions have been organised. A Privacy Essentials session (previously called Privacy Awareness) will be held on 20 March 2012. Privacy Essentials is targeted at all staff and cover the university and staff responsibilities relating to privacy and the management of personal information. If you are new to UTS, have not yet attended a previous session, or would simply like a refresher, please book into the following session: Session: Privacy Essentials Date: Tuesday 20 March 2012 Time: 9.30am to 11am Location: Building 10, level 6, room 430 (HR Training Room 2) RSVP: Deborah.Naray@uts.edu.au A Privacy Workshop will also be held on 20 March. Workshops are designed to take participants through some case studies to identify privacy issues and required action. It provides an opportunity to draw on the principles learned from the Privacy Essentials session. Session: Privacy Workshop Pre-requisite: a Privacy Essentials or Privacy Awareness session Date: Tuesday 20 March 2012 Time: 9.30am to 11am Location: Building 10, level 6, room 430 (HR Training Room 2) RSVP: Deborah.Naray@uts.edu.au |
| Mark Green |
| Data roaming costs for staff travelling overseas |
| Telstra have expanded their range of international data roaming packs, as well as the countries covered by these packs. China is now one of the 25 countries covered. International data roaming is expensive but bill shock can be avoided if staff traveling overseas select an appropriate data roaming pack and follow some simple tips for reducing their data traffic. For general information about international data roaming, please visit http://www.itd.uts.edu.au/services_facilities/telsupport.html#roaming_data_plan Or contact Edith Espinola on ext. 1442 |
| Sophie Lu |
| Vacancy - EA, International Engagement |
| International Engagement Office has a great opportunity for an experienced Executive Assistant to contribute to the smooth operation of the office by providing executive and project support to the Director of International Engagement. This role will see you take on a range of responsibilities including email and diary management, travel arrangements, event management, and support for administrative and finance functions within this small team. With your sound experience in handling sensitive information, managing multiple tasks, and event management, this role offers an excellent development opportunity and exposure across the university. This is a full-time continuing position. Closing Date: 12 March, 2012 Please contact Liz Treacy on ext. 2767 or liz.treacybascunan@uts.edu.au if you have any queries. For further information, including the position description and to apply, please visit the Careers at UTS website: http://www.jobs.uts.edu.au/job/job_details.cfm?id=713266 |
| Tina McDonald |
| Weightwatchers@work |
| A new program of our successful precinct WW@Work is due to start. There will be an information session held at TAFE in room D2.29 – building D (library) on Wednesday, 14 March. The 13 week program will then commence on 21 March and continue till 13 June 2012. The cost of the program is $246.35. Come along to the information session to find out more. |
| Jacqui Smith |
| UTS Annual Report 2011 |
| The UTS Annual Report 2011 is soon to be published online and in hard copy. The Governance Support Unit will be distributing the annual report. Faculty staff above the level of associate professor will automatically receive a copy of the Annual Report, as will senior managers and directors. In order to reduce print costs, if you do not require a hard copy of the Annual Report and prefer to use the online version, please email publications@uts.edu.au. In addition, if you have any external contacts (industry contacts, professional associations, etc) that you would like additional copies for, please send through their address details. Please provide this list electronically as an Excel spreadsheet that can be used to generate labels. Also, if you wish to keep a small number on hand to give to visitors please advise the quantity you would like. Orders should be submitted by Monday 12 March 2012 to publications@uts.edu.au. The Annual Report is published online at: http://www.gsu.uts.edu.au/publications/utsannualreport |
| DAB LAB Research Gallery |
| Design Exhibition 'Collaboration Design & Country' |
| 'Collaboration Design & Country' An Indigenous-led new media project with UTS Jumbunna and Communicating Shared Traditional Knowledge exhibited by designer Jacqueline Gothe. 'The Pathway: Building the Track' documents Gandangara Local Aboriginal Land Council as it considers BioBanking on a Mill Creek site in Menai. Opening Wed 7 March 6pm to 8pm Discussion Thur 15 March, 5.30pm All Welcome Gallery open Mon to Fri, 10am to 5pm 7 to 30 March 2012 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 DAB LAB sponsored by Oysterbay Wines and Coopers Brewery |
| Geoff Brooke-Smith |
| New food court outlets for 2012 in building 1 |
| As of next Monday the 5 March, the UTS building 1 food court on level 3 will be featuring three new operations to serve the dinning needs of the UTS community. In addition to Sushi Roll and Uni Brothers 2 we now have Little Asia offering the best of various hot Asian meals, Picante Mexican Kitchen serving Mexican favourites plus baked potatoes, vegetarian meals and salads and Roma Pasta and Salad offering various pastas, pizza, salads and more. These experienced operators will be offering great value, variety and quality to the UTS student and staff community and we encourage you to give them all a try. Also in the food court the Broadway Eatery will continue to serve pre made and made to order sandwiches, confectionery, pies, fresh juices, health snacks, salads, quiche, fruit salad, whole fruit, yoghurts, confectionery lines, slushies, ice creams and a large range of cold beverages. A 10% discount applies to all food and beverage prices in this shop to UTS students and staff upon showing their UTS ID card on payment. |
| Tanya Gerrie |
| UTS Insider submissions due 5 March |
| If you have an event, activity, opportunity, resource or important notice that’s relevant to all coursework students, now is the time to submit for the next edition of UTS Insider, UTS’s fortnightly email newsletter for students. Please submit via our online form at: http://www.mcu.uts.edu.au/our_services/utsinsider.html by Monday 5 March for the 12 March issue. |
| Mary-Anne Williams |
| Joint Law, Engineering and IT Research Seminar |
| 'Computable Contracts’ Harry Surden Associate Professor of Law, University of Colorado, Boulder, U.S.A When: Wednesday 14 March 2012 Venue: Faculty of Law, level 3, room 3.18, block B, building 5, cnr Quay St & Ultimo Rd, Haymarket Time: 12pm to 1.30pm (light lunch will be served) RSVP: to Gunasmin.Lye@uts.edu.au essential for catering purposes by 3pm March 12, 2012 Abstract: This seminar discusses “computable contracts.” A contract is a legally binding promise to perform some activity under particular terms and conditions. A “computable contract” is a contractual obligation that has been deliberately formulated by the contracting parties so that one or more terms and conditions can be automatically resolved by a computer system. The reason that the computer systems are able to do this is that the essential terms of the contractual agreement have been “translated” and expressed – not through written language on paper – but rather, via computer data. In such computable contracts, the “meaning” of the underlying obligation can be effectuated via computer rules that have access to data about the world, and are able to measure or ensure compliance with the specified conditions of the contract. A simple and possibly familiar example of such a computable contract comes from the world of finance. There, financial contracts – such as equity options contracts – are routinely represented, not on paper, but solely within data records in computer databases. The terms and conditions of the contract are stored within data records, and the computer trading systems are automatically able to determine compliance with one or more conditions (e.g. whether the option contract has expired), and in some cases, initiate automated steps to effectuate the underlying meaning of the contract (e.g. initiate a sell order for a stock). Firms are increasingly representing some portion of the contractual obligations using this data-oriented approach, in a variety of industries ranging from finance to intellectual property. From a legal perspective, this is surprising because there are a variety of assumptions about the inability to automate any aspect of substantive engagement with the law. As this talk will note, many contractual arrangements, or aspects of contracting are not amenable to computation on this approach. This talk will also discuss those limitations from a legal orientation. Speaker Brief Bio: Harry Surden is Associate Professor of Law at the University of Colorado School of Law, in Boulder, Colorado (U.S.A). His scholarship centers upon intellectual property law with a substantive focus on patents and copyright, information privacy law, and the application of computer technology within the legal system. Prior to joining CU, Professor Surden was a resident fellow at the Stanford Center for Computers and Law (CodeX) at Stanford Law School. In that capacity, Professor Surden conducted interdisciplinary research with collaborators from the Stanford School of Engineering exploring the application of computer technology towards improving the legal system. He was also a member of the Stanford Intellectual Property Litigation Clearinghouse and the director of the Computer Science and Law Initiative. Professor Surden was law clerk to the Honorable Martin J. Jenkins of the United States District Court for the Northern District of California in San Francisco. He received his law degree from Stanford Law School with honors and was the recipient of the Stanford Law Intellectual Property Writing Award. Prior to law school, Professor Surden worked as a software engineer for Cisco Systems and Bloomberg L.P. He received his undergraduate degree with honors from Cornell University. Professor Surden is currently a Visiting Research Professor in the Faculty of Engineering and IT at the University of Technology Sydney (UTS). For a list of publications, please see his faculty webpage at: http://lawweb.colorado.edu/profiles/profile.jsp?id=316 |
| Raja Natt |
| Building 2 air-conditioning |
| Bld 2 air-conditioning level 4 - 7 is temporarily off due to failure of air supply fan controller. Technicians are working on the problem. Estimated time of repair approximately 2-4 hours. Building Services apologises for any inconvenience caused. For further information call Dency/Fleur on ext 7476/7477 |
| Joanna Leonard |
| International Women's Day |
| Celebrate International Women’s Day with Women@UTS - join friends and colleagues for lunch and support Sydney women helping Sydney women. Your $10 donation will benefit the Sydney Women’s Fund - working for a community where all women and girls achieve their potential, live safely without fear of discrimination or disadvantage, and enjoy the full benefits of life in Sydney. Speaker: Helen Wiseman is chair of Shine for Kids, and board member of the Sydney Women’s Fund (SWF). Helen will report on A Portrait of Women & Girls in Greater Sydney, the first and only comprehensive look at the status of women and girls in our region, and other great projects supported by SWF. When: Thursday 8 March, 12.30 – 2.00pm Where: Tower building, level 5, Balcony Room Great Hall. RSVP: http://goo.gl/8jnX1 by Friday 2 March or contact Dinah Cohen on ext. 7612. Cost: $10 donation to the Sydney Women’s Fund. |
| Peter Regattieri |
| X World 2012 - Call For Presenters |
| X World is the AUC's major training event for OS X and iOS system administrators. It takes the form of a 3-day conference from 4 to 6 July 2012 at UTS and will feature keynote presentations, hands-on workshops, lecture presentations and a number of social events to facilitate networking. X World 2012 will cater for up to 200 attendees, and is the largest single training event the AUC will undertake this year. The AUC is seeking offers for sessions and workshops from University staff and students willing to present at X World. If you have a background in the installation, configuration, deployment, or on-going administration of OS X based systems, or experience in iOS deployment, management and app development, or if you work in related areas, they would really like to hear from you. X World presenters will be supported with: • Return economy airfares to Sydney from their nearest major airport • Accommodation in Sydney at a nominated hotel for up to 4 nights • Free registration to X World 2012 • Special presenters dinner Submissions close Wednesday 18 April 2012. You will receive an email confirming receipt of your submission, and the AUC will follow up with you shortly thereafter. Submissions can be made by completing the form located at: http://auc.edu.au/?p=3272 Registrations for X World will open in May 2012. |
| Peter Regattieri |
| AUC Student Developer Scholarships |
| The AUC is seeking up to three students who have a talent for, and demonstrated experience in, programming on Mac OS X and/or iOS, a strong academic record, and an innovative project idea that doesn't reinvent the wheel. This is a golden opportunity for top-tier student developers to further their development skills and produce a great software product. The Scholarships are valued at nearly $10,000 over a two year period and includes travel to Apple's World Wide Developers Conference, a MacBook Pro, access to the latest developer tools through the Apple Developer Programs and much more. More information about the Student Developer Scholarships is available at: http://auc.edu.au/sds. Applications close on 23 March 2012. |
| Holly Williams |
| Exhibition Opening: The Baker's Dozen |
| Please join us for the first exhibition opening of the year, next Tuesday 6 March 6-8pm at UTS Gallery for 'The Baker's Dozen'. The show celebrates new directions in geometric abstraction and spatial relationships by some of Australia's most dynamic artists. Featuring painting, collage, sculpture and installation by 12 established and emerging artists (with one more thrown in for good measure), find out more about the exhibition here: http://www.utsgallery.uts.edu.au/gallery/upcoming/thebakersdozen.html UTS Gallery is located at Building 6, level 4, (702 Harris Street). Open Monday to Friday 12-6pm. The Baker's Dozen runs from 6 March to 5 April 2012. |
| Lakmali Dias |
| Research Seminar in Economics: 5 March |
| Topic: Smooth politicians and paternalistic voters: a theory of large elections Speaker: Marco Faravelli, University of Queensland Abstract: We propose a new game theoretic approach to modeling large elections that overcomes the “paradox of voting” in a costly voting framework, without reliance on the assumption of ad hoc preferences for voting. The key innovation that we propose is the adoption of a “smooth” policy rule under which the degree to which parties favour their own interests is increasing in their margin of victory. In other words, mandates matter. We argue that this approach is an improvement over the existing literature as it is consistent with the empirical evidence. Incorporating this policy rule into a costly voting model with paternalistic voters yields a parsimonious model with attractive properties. Specifically, the model predicts that when the size of the electorate grows without bound, limiting turnout is strictly positive both in terms of numbers and proportions. Further, the model preserves the typical comparative statics predictions that have been identified in the extant costly voting models such as the underdog effect and the competition effect. Finally, under the case of selfish agents, we are able to extend Palfrey and Rosenthal’s (1985) zero turnout result to a general class of smooth policy rules. Thus, this new approach reconciles the predictions of standard costly voting, both in terms of positive turnout and comparative statics predictions with the assumption of a large electorate environment. Seminar paper can be downloaded from: http://www.finance.uts.edu.au/research/seminars/economics/Faravelli_Paper.pdf Date: Monday 5 March 2012 Time: 12pm – 1.15pm Venue: Building 5, D Block, level 3, room 3.01, 1-59 Quay Street, Haymarket RSVP: Lakmali.Dias@uts.edu.au by 1 March. |
| John Hartigan |
| Student and Related Rules |
| At its meeting 11/7 on 23 November 2011, Council resolved to approve amendments to the Student and Related Rules (Rules) and the Standing Delegations of Authority relating to Student Misconduct and Appeals (SMA). The Rules and the Standing Delegations of Authority have been promulgated and will take effect from Monday 27 February 2012. The official version of the Rules is found on http://www.gsu.uts.edu.au/rules/student-index.html and the Standing Delegations of Authority on http://www.gsu.uts.edu.au/delegations/index.html#delegations Related changes to the Rules appear in the 2012 Calendar under Table of 2011 Changes to the Rules of the University and on the website http://www.uts.edu.au/oth/noticeboard/rules/index.html. Training has been established for relevant staff members and any enquiries should be directed to SMA at misconductandappeals@uts.edu.au. |
| Sophie Lu |
| Vacancy - EA, International Engagement |
| International Engagement Office has a great opportunity for an experienced Executive Assistant to contribute to the smooth operation of the office by providing executive and project support to the Director of International Engagement. This role will see you take on a range of responsibilities including email and diary management, travel arrangements, event management, and support for administrative and finance functions within this small team. With your sound experience in handling sensitive information, managing multiple tasks, and event management, this role offers an excellent development opportunity and exposure across the university. This is a full-time continuing position. Closing Date: 12 March, 2012 Please contact Liz Treacy on ext. 2767 or liz.treacybascunan@uts.edu.au if you have any queries. For further information, including the position description and to apply, please visit the Careers at UTS website: http://www.jobs.uts.edu.au/job/job_details.cfm?id=713266&from= |
| Jan McClelland |
| NGO Media Forum: Wednesday 28 March |
| Registrations are now open for the 2012 NGO Media Forum 'Stories that matter in a changing media landscape' brought to you this year by the Australian Council of Social Service (ACOSS) and the UTS Australian Centre for Independent Journalism. Join Walkley award winners ABC reporters Sarah Ferguson, Suzanne Smith and Trent Dalton (Courier Mail), Sydney Morning Herald's Adele Horin, The Punch Editor David Penberthy and co hosted by Wendy Bacon and Tom Morton from the Australian Centre for Independent Journalism. Building on from last year's inaugural forum, this year's forum will extend the opportunities to share ideas and strategies with a whole day event. The title of this year's forum - Stories that matter in a changing media landscape - has been chosen to reflect the central focus of Australia's vital third sector learning to adapt to a new media environment as it tries to get stories told and find new ways to tell its own narratives. It brings together working journalists from mainstream and new media outlets in Australia, with professionals from the wider community sector, and government officials, to dissect how they are each adapting to this changing landscape. We explore the new tools and spaces opening up with the internet and social media, and ponder the pitfalls and opportunities for the journalistic profession and the community sector. Date: Wednesday 28 March 2012 Venue: NSW Teachers Federation, 23-33 Mary Street, Surry Hills Cost: $95 (includes full catering, with vegetarian options) Program and registration: http://www.acoss.org.au/media/media_and_communications_forum/ |
| Lisa Andersen |
| Community projects as student placements |
| Staff teaching placement subjects or project-based subjects may wish their students to work with community organisations through UTS Shopfront Community Program. Community projects available for students are listed at <http://www.shopfront.uts.edu.au/projects> or contact Shopfront on ext. 2900. |
| Laura Earl |
| Glasshouse and Loft Events |
| There is something for everyone at UTS this year with the introduction of the Weekly Event at the Glasshouse and Loft bars. Loft: Kebabbq (Monday, 6pm) - $9 all you can eat chicken and beef kebab with sauces and salad Martinis, Manicures & Massages (Tuesday, 5.30pm)- $15 for a martini and either massage or manicure. Bookings essential on ext. 2345 On Stage (Wednesday 6pm) – UTS very own song comp, unknown performers with original music. Come and vote for who will make the finals. Sundown Sessions (Thursday and Friday, 6pm) - Acoustics followed by late night DJ’s Glasshouse: Monday Movie Madness (7pm) – Every week majority votes movie with free popcorn Tuesday Pool Comp (5pm)– free entry, drinks prizes every week plus an end of semester $500 winner Wednesday Bingo and Wikid Wings (5pm)– Fun bingo with 10c hot and mild chicken wings Thursday (5pm) – Trivia followed by cover bands til late. Mini pizzas are also now available at the Loft for $6. See the UTS Union website calendar for more details http://www.utsunion.uts.edu.au/ |
| Georgia Markakis |
| Research Week feedback |
| The Library recently held our Research Week from the 6 to 10 February. We have already started planning for our second Research Week which will be held in the middle of the year - but we can’t do it without you! Please let us know what you liked, disliked or would like covered in our next Research Week. Attended a session? If you attended one or more sessions at Research Week, please fill in our feedback form. It should take about five minutes of your time. http://surveys.uts.edu.au/engine/survey.cfm?SessionId=A84F16AF-5056-AE6C-8445515C5D160A95&CurrentPage=1 Couldn’t attend? We would also love to hear from you if you could not attend any of our Research Week Sessions. Please send us some feedback on how we can improve the event for next time: http://surveys.uts.edu.au/engine/survey.cfm?SessionId=A84F65D8-5056-AE6C-848D6F591C778510&CurrentPage=1 http://www.lib.uts.edu.au |
| Aimee Purcell |
| George Evatt, Marine Videographer presentation |
| Long time Diving Organisation of UTS (DOUTS) member and well-known marine videographer George Evatt has been shooting underwater for more than 20 years. A specialist natural history producer/director, he's won multiple awards for his underwater cinematography. George will be speaking about his recent trips to Canada and Italy and will present underwater footage of these trips. Date: Thursday 22 March, 2012 Time: 7.30pm Venue: Building 4, level 2, room 34 Soft drinks and nibbles will be available from 7 p.m. Cost: $5 Members and other guests all welcome. For catering purposes, please register and pay online by contacting Rose at rose@rmplanning.com.au |
| Nuha Saad |
| Research Officer (Part-Time) ACELG |
| The Australian Centre of Excellence for Local Government (ACELG), a national and independent research centre based at UTS, has a diverse role in supporting the advancement of local government in Australia and internationally. ACELG produces applied research which responds to key issues relevant to the local government sector and aims to inform policy development by local government decision makers. This position is fixed-term part-time (3 days a week) for 1 year, with the possibility of renewal for a further year. Salary Range: $56,138 - $65,121 per annum depending on experience, (pro-rata) plus superannuation Key aspects of the role: The Research Officer will bring high quality research and writing skills to the ACELG Research and Policy Foresight Program. The successful candidate will have a degree qualification with substantial experience as a researcher, ideally within the local government sector, or with other government agencies. The Research Officer will draw on knowledge of Australian local government and its broader governmental context and help identify opportunities for research into Australian local government and allied fields, including opportunities for collaboration with other research organisations. Strong written communication and interpersonal skills, experience in planning, managing and delivering projects, and sound computer and administrative skills are required for the role. Application procedure: Email acelg@acelg.org.au for a position description and selection criteria. Email your completed application to acelg@acelg.org.au Please address selection criteria and include details of two referees in your CV. For more information on the position, please contact acelg@acel.org.au Applications close at 5pm on Friday 9 March, 2012 and it is expected the appointee will commence work by mid April, 2012. |
| Lakmali Dias |
| Research Seminar in Finance: 29 February |
| Topic: Board Structure and Monitoring: New Evidence from CEO Turnover Date: Wednesday 29 February, 2012 Time: 12pm to 1pm Venue: Building 5, D block, level 3, room 3.01, 1-59 Quay Street, Haymarket Speaker: Ronald Masulis Australian School of Business University of New South Wales Abstract: This paper uses the mandatory changes in board composition brought about by the new exchange listing rules following the passage of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX) to estimate the effect of overall board independence and nominating committee independence on forced CEO turnover. We find that firms that are forced to adopt a majority independent board or a fully independent nominating committee experience statistically significant increases in sensitivity of forced CEO turnover to firm performance after SOX relative to firms that are already in compliance with the two rules before SOX respectively. For a CEO in a hypothetical average firm of our sample that makes either board structure change, the increase in implied probability of the CEO being fired when firm performance falls from the 75th percentile to the 25th percentile of the sample is about 2 to 14 times higher in the post-SOX period than in the pre-SOX period. Furthermore, we find no evidence that the quicker firing of CEOs in the post-SOX period indicates premature firing. Rather, we find that stock and operating performance improves following these CEO firings. Thus our evidence suggests that greater representation of independent directors on board and/or nominating committee leads to more effective monitoring. Seminar paper can be downloaded from: http://www.finance.uts.edu.au/research/seminars/120229.pdf RSVP: Lakmali.Dias@uts.edu.au by 27 February |
| Sang-Eun Oh |
| HELPS weekly workshops now available |
| Our weekly workshops information is now available on the HELPS website http://www.ssu.uts.edu.au/helps/workshops/. The workshops cover over 20 topics that can improve study/ reading/ writing/ speaking & presentations skills for UTS students. For detailed timetable, venues, contents information including online registration and a printable program leaflet, please visit our webpage. For further enquiries, please contact Sang, HELPS Operations Manager, on ext. 2361 or email sang-eun.oh@uts.edu.au |
| Katia Sanfilippo |
| U: magazine delivered to your door |
| U: magazine returns this year, starting with the March 2012 issue. If you would like copies of U: delivered via internal mail for reception or communal areas, please contact Katia Sanfilippo in the Marketing and Communication Unit on ext.1971 or email Katia.Sanfilippo@uts.edu.au |
| Transforming Cultures Research Centre |
| TfC Lunchtime Series start again |
| Please be invited to the first event part of the 2012 TfC Lunchtime Series: Date: Wednesday 29 February Time: 12.30pm to 1.30 PM Venue: TfC Bagel, UTS Building 10, level 5, room 219 (235 Jones St, Ultimo - follow the signs to the 'TfC Bagel') RSVP: Transforming.Cultures@uts.edu.au Panel on Hospitality I Dr Jeffrey Browitt, Senior Lecturer UTS Cultural/International Studies, TfC Member: Mobile territorialisation and the legitimation of cultural rights in an era of multicultural governmentality About: Through a philosophical notion of hospitality, this paper places in productive dialogue two studies – the cosmopolitanism ‘from below’ of the Caribbean; and the way one group of Mexican indigenous peoples justifies its land claims in and against the state via ceremonially based place-making. Both highlight some of the negative historical legacies of modern nation-state formations and the discursively codified legal structures which underpin them and both highlight socio-cultural phenomena in which hospitality exceeds the law. Mobility and the performance of geography are key factors. Dr Elaine Kelly, UTS Chancellor's Postdoctoral Fellow Cultural Studies, TfC Member: Without Rights: Migration and Climate Change About: In Australia, the recent High Court decision regarding the illegality of the ‘Malaysia Solution’ brings to light a tension at the centre of contemporary border practices: while governments seek to retain or recoup a sense of ‘sovereign right’ over their borders and the conditions of entry available, universal norms move between supporting this statist frame and demanding its contingent openness. Against this backdrop, I move into a preliminary discussion of the ways in which the emerging issue of climate migration requires a reconsideration of our prevailing categories and understandings of sovereignty and rights. In Of Hospitality (2000), Derrida remarks that a paradox underlies formulations of hospitality: “If he was already speaking our language, with all that that implies, if we shared everything that is shared with a language, would the foreigner still be a foreigner and could we speak of asylum or hospitality in regard to him?” (2000, 15/17). In this paper, I would like to extend this paradoxical approach to the laws of hospitality, the double movement of comprehensibility, translated into right, and foreignness (introducing questions of justice) , to begin to unpack the emerging issue of climate migration. How has this been configured in the literature, and how can it be re-oriented? My aim is to start to rethink ‘rights’ with reference to ‘just mobility’ in the context of climate change. Free event. All welcome. Please find the full program for the autumn semester on our website: http://datasearch2.uts.edu.au/tfc/news-events/events-detail.cfm?ItemId=22302 |
| Des Petersen |
| ESOS Info Sessions 2012 Program |
| The 2012 ESOS Info Session program offered by UTS International is available at the following location: http://forms.uts.edu.au/index.cfm?FormId=252 If you wish to register to attend any session, please log in and follow the prompts. The first session will be held on 7 March, 9am to 10:30am, and is an introduction to the ESOS legislative framework. It is a requirement that all staff who interact with or make decisions affecting international students must be aware of the compliance standards set by the legislation. |
| Binod Shrestha |
| Buddhism practices in Nepal |
| Venerable Khenpo Vagindra Shila is the founder chairperson of Triyana Dharma Center (http://www.triyana.org/ )in Kathmandu, Nepal. He was awarded the title of Khenpo and designated as a spiritual teacher in Nepal by H.H. Sakya Trizin Rinpoche. He is also currently the president of Nepal Buddhist Federation. He has travelled to many parts of Nepal, India, Bhutan, Spain, Italy, England and the USA to deliver Dharma teachings. Talk program: Buddhism practices in Nepal Date: Wednesday 29 February 2012 Time: 12pm to 2pm (Light refreshments will be provided) Venue: Glass House Bar, level 3, building 1 Entry: Free Please RSVP: Amina.Singh@student.uts.edu.au |
| Paul Champion |
| SSFS Financial Advisor |
| State Super Financial Services will have one of their financial advisors available at the City campus. This service is presently for SSS, SASS and First State Super members aged 55 and over. Date: Thursday 29 March 2012 Appt. Times: 9.30am, 11am, 12.30pm and 2pm. Venue: FSU, level 6, building 10 To reserve you place please call 8295 7950. |
| Jane Garnett |
| Manager, Graduate School of Health. |
| We have an exciting opportunity to contribute to the establishment and sustainability of the new Graduate School of Health. Drawing on your strong administrative skills and your extensive knowledge of university systems and policies you will ensure the effective and efficient use of resources and provision of administrative support for teaching, learning and research activities of academic staff. For full details on this role please follow the link: http://www.jobs.uts.edu.au/job/job_details.cfm?id=711007&from= |
| Peter Regattieri |
| WWDC Scholarships |
| The AUC is offering Scholarships to UTS staff and students to attend this year's Apple World Wide Developers Conference (WWDC) being held in the USA in 2012.* To be eligible to obtain a competitive scholarship, you should be a staff member or student of UTS and have a background in programming (Mac, Unix or Windows) and an interest in learning about the latest OS X & iOS development. Successful Scholarship recipients in 2012 receive a financial subsidy to assist in covering the cost of: - Return economy airfares to San Francisco, USA from Australia or New Zealand. - Twin-share accommodation in San Francisco at a designated hotel for up to 7 days. - WWDC 2012 E-Ticket Staff and Students interested in the Competitive Scholarships must apply by completing an application form available on the AUC website http://auc.edu.au/wwdc. Applicants are asked to contact Peter Regattieri ext. 2477 to discuss your application. Applications close 23 March 2012. For more information about the WWDC 2012 Scholarships please visit the AUC website. * Dates for WWDC 2012 have not yet been confirmed by Apple Inc. |
| Jann Joy |
| Welcome to New Staff |
| The next Welcome to New Staff session is being held on Tuesday 6 March 2012. The welcome is for recently appointed staff. This session is an opportunity for you to hear Peter Booth, Senior Vice-Chancellor discuss the University and its strategic direction. A number of services available to you as an employee will be on show in an expo after the presentation. The morning also serves as an occasion to meet other new staff, to ask questions and to meeet many of the senior staff of UTS over morning tea. To confirm your attendance please contact jann.joy@uts.edu.au by 28 February 2012. |
| Peter Regattieri |
| AUC Cocoa Workshop |
| The AUC is pleased to announce 20 scholarships to the annual AUC Cocoa workshop to be held at the UNSW Kensington campus from 11 to 13 April 2012. This workshop is aimed at developing an understanding and appreciation of Cocoa, iOS and other OS X development technologies and is for students and staff who have an interest in programming on OS X or iOS. Spaces are limited and applicants will need to complete an application form and pay a deposit to be considered for this workshop. Applications close on 16 March 2012. More Cocoa workshop information is available from: http://auc.edu.au/training/cocoa-workshop/ |
| Nicole Eng |
| Future food: why should we care about GM crops |
| Unlike conventionally bred crops, genetically modified (GM) crops are created in the lab by inserting genes from an entirely different species (like soil bacteria) into the plants and foods that we eat. The problem is we do not fully understand the impact of GM crops on our health or the environment. This is particularly worrying given the ease with which GM crops contaminate conventional crops in the field. Professor Gilles-Eric Séralini is a European expert on GM organisms (GMOs), and part of one of the world’s most published teams investigating the effect of GMOs and pesticides on animal and human health. In this talk, Professor Seralini will share the results of his research on the effects of GM food and pesticides on health. When: Monday 27 February 2012, 4pm start, concludes at 5pm followed by light refreshments. Where: Lecture theatre 2.40, Level 2, Building 4, City Campus. All welcome, please register at: http://www.science.uts.edu.au |
| Tameera Pellegrini |
| Voice training for radio & television - 27 March |
| Want to improve the way you speak? Voice training for radio & television will give you the tools and techniques to work in broadcasting and use your voice to communicate successfully in a professional media context. If you'd like to work as a broadcaster in radio, television and online - news, current affairs or entertainment - our course will help you. With better breathing, stronger voice support and broadcasting insight, it will give you the edge on how to best use your voice in a professional media context. The course lecturer Shane Fitzgerald is a professional voice trainer to broadcasters and students, and has been the Sydney based voice coach at ABC News/Current Affairs since 2005. Shane has worked as a presentation skills trainer for the past 15 years. She has taught in various institutions, and worked as a broadcaster, performer and performance coach. Dates: 27 March to 14 June over 12 Tuesday afternoons OR evenings. Class 1 is from 3.30pm to 5.00pm and Class 2 from 5.45pm to 7.15pm (select preferred class via below link). Cost: $700 (UTS staff and students), $1050 (full fee) For further information please visit: http://datasearch2.uts.edu.au/acij/shortcourses/detail.cfm?ItemId=28688, email acij@uts.edu.au or call ext. 2488. Payment plans available on request. A minimum 20% deposit is required to secure your place. Places are limited to 14 in each class. |
| Kate McKenzie |
| ABDC Distinguished International Visiting Scholar |
| Australian Business Dean’s Council presents: Professor Peter Lorange, President and CEO, Lorange Institute of Business Zurich Professor Peter Lorange became President of Lorange Institute of Business Zurich in 2009. Peter has been associated with several leading business schools during his stellar career, including IMD, the Norwegian School of Management in Oslo, the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania and Sloan School of Management (MIT). Peter received his undergraduate education from the Norwegian School of Economics and Business, was awarded an MA degree in Operations Management from Yale University, and his Doctor of Business Administration degree from Harvard University. He serves on the board of directors of several corporations. Professor Lorange has written or edited 20 books and some 120 articles. His area of special interest is Global Strategic Management, Strategic Planning and Entrepreneurship for Growth. He has conducted extensive research on multinational management, strategic planning processes, and internally generated growth processes. Future of Management Education Date: Friday 9 March Registration: 9:30am Seminar time: 10am to 11:30am Lunch: 11:30-12:30pm How will business schools continue to adapt to meet changing needs? Venue: UTS Business School, ‘Moot Court’, building 5, block B, level 1, cnr Quay & Ultimo St Haymarket RSVP: http://bit.ly/PeterLorange Succeeding in Turbulent Times Registration: 3pm Seminar: 3:30pm to 5pm Drinks Reception 5pm to 6pm How can businesses better understand their customers to innovate faster? Venue: Australian School of Business UNSW CBD campus level 6, 1 O’Connell Street SYDNEY RSVP: http://www.asb.unsw.edu.au/events/pages/eventdetail.aspx?campid=e067ba1b-ca56-e111-af75-005056830908 Limited Spaces. Book early to avoid disappointment Please RSVP by March 2 separately to each event via the appropriate link |
| Gary Potter |
| Emergency procedures awareness |
| UTS is concerned for the safety and welfare of students, staff and visitors. It's up to all of us to know what to do. Please take the following action: * visit the FMU Emergency Website and view the "Escape from UTS" video. link http://www.fmu.uts.edu.au/security/emergencies/index.html * review the Emergency Procedures wall posters located within buildings * identify your local building warden * Lecturers should ensure that all students have viewed the "Escape from UTS" video. A link to the video is displayed on all lecture room desktops. Note: Viewing the video is an annual requirement. Building evacuation exercise are planned. |
| Danny Hung |
| Hoarding installation CB02 |
| Hoarding installation works will be undertaken over the coming week along the CB02 podium balcony facing Alumni Green. This is to provide site protection and noise mitigation on the Thomas St / LRS Excavation project. Works zones will be cordoned off, so please keep an eye out for trafficable areas. Signage and on site directions will be in place accordingly. Current accesses routes between CB02 and CB10 will be maintained at this stage. Any changes will be notified in due time. Please do not hesitate to contact myself (ext 2511) if you have any queries. |
| Laura Earl |
| O'day and O'fest disturbance |
| O'day and O'fest will be this Wednesday, 22 February. Stalls will be bumped in Tuesday, 21 February and out again Wednesday and Thursday. There will be approximately 5000 students on campus for the stalls day. The O'festival starts at 3pm in the Glasshouse and Loft bars. BOTH bars will be closed all day on Wednesday 22 February until kick off at 3pm. Offices near the Loft may be able to hear the music although we have acoustics playing until 5pm to try not to disturb too much. There will NOT be access to Broadway or Harris St through the Glasshouse bar after 2.30pm on O’day. (Building 1) The Level 3 Union Eatery will close at 4pm and Level 3 Union Newsagent will be closing at 3pm on Wednesday 22 February. The Concourse Cafe will be open usual hours. There will be games and music on the Alumni Green from 9am to 4pm as well as club presentations on level 3 by the Concourse Cafe. We would like to invite you to the O'day/Fest activities and apologise for any inconvenience this may cause. If you have any questions please don't hesitate to contact the Union. |
| Aimee Purcell |
| Free Capoeira in the Multi-Purpose Sports Hall |
| The UTS Capoeira Club will be running some FREE Capoeira trial lessons for UTS staff and students in the Multi Purpose Sports Hall next week. Tuesday 28 February: 6.30pm to 7.30pm Wednesday 29 February: 12pm to 1pm Saturday 3 March: 12pm to 1pm Registration is essential - email marianacapoeira@gmail.com or contact http://www.australiacapoeira.com.au/index.php/about-us/uts-capoeira-club/ |
| Mary-Anne Williams |
| Innovation and Entrepreneurial seminar series |
| Creating a start-up in IT – challenges, pitfalls and opportunities This series seeks to provide the opportunity to discuss entrepreneurial challenges and opportunities in engineering and information technology When: Tuesday 13 March 2012 Time: 12pm to 2:30pm (light lunch will be served) Venue: Building 2, level 7, room 7065 Speaker: Reuben Coppa Abstract: Creating an IT start-up is the ambition of many, however the realities and day-to-day can be somewhat different to the dream. Reuben will share his motivations for moving back into the entrepreneurial sphere as well as his experiences in corporate and consulting roles. The practicalities of establishing a company as well as the challenges, pitfalls and opportunities that present themselves will also be examined. About the Speaker: Reuben is one of the founding partners of Coppa Almeida, a digital consultancy formed from the fusion of a strong background in developing and running consumer targeted websites and an analytical and data focused consultancy. Reuben is an IT graduate of UTS and has worked in business consulting and corporate finance roles in the investment banking and property industries. An experienced business consultant with a thorough understanding of information systems as a platform for business, he has specialised in business intelligence, performance management and analytics in pre-sales, sales and consulting roles across a diverse range of industries with clients such as CBA, Westpac, AMP, Nokia, Optus and Hudson. He has also built and sold a successful web development company specialising in unique product development. All welcome RSVP: Email to Stephan Waibel (Stephan.Waibel@uts.edu.au) |
| Jane Garnett |
| Manager, Graduate School of Health |
| We have an exciting opportunity to contribute to the establishment and sustainability of the new Graduate School of Health. Drawing on your strong administrative skills and your extensive knowledge of university systems and policies you will ensure the effective and efficient use of resources and provision of administrative support for teaching, learning and research activities of academic staff. For full details on this role please follow the link: http://www.jobs.uts.edu.au/job/job_details.cfm?id=711007&from= |
| France Nolan |
| REMINDER: CenSoC Lunchtime Seminar: Tuesday 21 Feb |
| Dr Rachael Morton, Research Fellow, Health Economics Sydney School of Public Health, Sydney Medical School at the University of Sydney, will present “dialysis preferences of patients with CKD and family caregivers: A discrete choice study”. Abstract: Dialysis modality preferences of patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) and family caregivers are important, yet rarely quantified. A prospective, unlabeled, discrete choice experiment, with random parameter logit analysis, was performed among adults with stage 3-5 CKD and caregivers from eight Australian renal clinics. Preferences for and trade-offs between the dialysis treatment attributes of life expectancy, number of hospital visits per week, ability to travel, hours per treatment, treatment time of day, subsidised transport service, and flexibility of treatment schedule were calculated. Results will be presented as odds ratios for preferring home-based or in-centre dialysis to conservative care. Trade-offs in life-expectancy for improvements in other dialysis related attributes will be discussed. Location: Seminar Room, Level 3, 645 Harris Street, Ultimo. When: 21 February, 12-1.30pm. All welcome. Lunch will be provided, please RSVP for catering purposes, or for further information, please contact: Frances Nolan by email at Frances.Nolan@uts.edu.au, or on ext.9799/9876 (direct). |
| Seb Crawford |
| New free car pooling service |
| UTS has joined Jayride, a free online program to help staff and students arrange car sharing to and from university. Members log-on to arrange and organise trips. For more information: O-Day stall: UTS Green stall in the multipurpose sports hall, Wednesday 22 February Information session: Thursday 1 March, 1-2pm, building 2, level 5, room 37 (CB02.05.37) Information session: Tuesday 27 March 1-2pm, building 10, level 6, room 430, training room 2 (CB10.06.430) UTS Green website: http://www.green.uts.edu.au/initiatives/transport/existing_initiatives.html Jayride's UTS Green website page: http://Jayride.com.au/UTS Share a ride to UTS and save money, reduce your environmental footprint and enjoy the conversation. |
| Terry Clinton |
| Media training session Thursday 15 March |
| The UTS media team leads half-day basic training sessions to help academic staff, and others with a public communication role, to better understand the needs of the media and how to forge productive and positive relationships with journalists and producers. The sessions are fun, insightful and interactive! The first 2012 media training session will be held on Thursday 15 March from 9.30am until 1pm in HR training room 1, level 6, building 10, 235 Jones St. Each session includes discussion of what makes news, how to effectively communicate with the media, contributing your voice to public debate and dealing with media inquiries. It also gives hints and tips on getting the most out of media interviews. Journalists from 2SER are now assisting in the training, engaging participants in a number of mock interviews to give fun and safe experience of the interview process. There will be another guest from the news and academic opinion portal The Conversation to talk about how you can contribute. Our objective is to both foster your greater confidence in dealing with the media and your interest in contributing your expertise and opinion in the public arena. To book a place please email your RSVP to Terry.Clinton@uts.edu.au or phone ext. 1623. We look forward to giving you a useful, insightful and enjoyable time. |
| Charlotte Cambier |
| The 3rd Sustainable Phosphorus Summit |
| The Global Phosphorus Research Initiative and the Institute for Sustainable Futures invite you to the 3rd Sustainable Phosphorus Summit. Without phosphorus, we cannot produce food. The summit will make a major contribution to ensuring phosphorus is used sustainably to support food security, ecosystem functioning and rural and urban livelihoods. The summit will bring together key international science, policy and industry stakeholders from different parts of the food production and consumption chain concerned about phosphorus availability, accessibility in relation to global food security, and the role of phosphorus in the environment. Location: Aerial Function Centre, building 10, level 7, enter at 235 Jones St Dates: Wednesday 29 February to Friday 2 March 2012 Cost (all GST inclusive): $500 full registration $199 student full registration $220 full day registration $120 student full day registration For more information and to register online, please visit: http://sustainablepsummit.net/ |
| Helen McNairney |
| StudentJobs@UTS - $3000 Subsidy |
| This initiative, managed by the Careers Service, allows students to register interest in casual and part-time work on campus and contributes to overall UTS objectives regarding employability and development of graduate attributes. In addition, the StudentJobs@UTS $3000 Subsidy means faculties and divisions employing students in newly created, additional, replacement or relief positions may be eligible to receive up to $3000 per student, per calendar year. The StudentJobs@UTS Database holds a candidate pool of 2100 talented and skilled students ready to assist you. These students have created unique employment profiles detailing their area of study, previous tertiary qualifications, industry experience, skills competencies and abilities as well as job interest on campus. As a UTS staff member, when you need to fill a part-time or casual role consider accessing the StudentJobs@UTS Database to view student employment profiles that match your specific criteria. UTS staff already utilising the StudentJobs@UTS Database confirm the ease and time saving benefits this online staffing solution provides and to date have employed students as Administration Assistant, Customer Support, Enrolment Assistant, IT & Technical Support, Laboratory Assistant, Lending Services Assistant, Marketing Assistant, Notetaker, Research Assistant, Survey Officer, and Video Production Assistant. Register now to access the StudentJobs@UTS Database and search for your next potential candidate or visit the Careers Website for more detail http://www.ssu.uts.edu.au/careers/staff/studentjobs.html |
| Annette Moore |
| Vice-Chancellor's Visits |
| Beginning next week, the VC will visit all faculties and divisions to update staff on matters affecting the sector and UTS this year. Each visit will include an opportunity for staff to ask Ross questions. All staff are encouraged to attend. If you are unsure of the time and venue of your visit, please check with your supervisor. Any Kuring-gai staff who are unable to travel to the city campus for their faculty’s or division’s visit, are welcome to join the Nursing, Midwifery and Health session on Tuesday 28 February from 10 – 11.30am in the NMH Boardroom. If so, please be sure to advise Sue Trodd (sue.trodd@uts.edu.au), as the venue will need to change if numbers grow. |
| Bryce Hutchinson |
| Temporary closure of Turner Lane |
| Please be advised that Turner Lane (off Harris Street, between buildings 3 and 4) will be closed from Monday 20 February to Monday 5 March. This is due to urgent, essential works that must be completed in Turner Lane and access will not be possible during this time. UTS apologises for any inconvenience. For queries please contact: Bryce Hutchinson on ext. 7491 or by email at Bryce.Hutchinson@uts.edu.au |
| Julieane O'Hara |
| UTS Careers Fair, 5 weeks today |
| The Careers Fair is a great opportunity for students to meet potential employers and discover the options available to them after graduation. Please help raise awareness of this fantastic event by encouraging student attendance. When: Thursday 22 March 12-4pm Where: Level 4 and 5 Tower Building Who: Over 100 leading companies. For a full list of exhibitors visit: http://scmapp.itd.uts.edu.au/scm/crpwebstd?a=2&my_id=65 How: Pre-registrations will be taken from Monday 12 March at the Library and UTS Careers or students can simply come along on the day. If you have any questions or would like to request marketing material such as PowerPoint slides or leaflets contact Julieanne O’Hara at julieanne.ohara@uts.edu.au or ext. 7906. |
| Tanya Gerrie |
| Submissions now open for UTS Insider |
| If you have an event, activity, opportunity, resource or important notice that’s relevant to most students, please submit for the next edition of UTS Insider, UTS’s fortnightly email newsletter for students, by COB Monday 20 February. Submit via our online form at: http://www.mcu.uts.edu.au/our_services/utsinsider.html |
| Liu Angelia Lawah |
| CISCO certification short courses |
| These courses are offered by the UTS Regional CISCO Networking Academy: CCNA Stage 1: Networking basics CCNA Stage 2: Routers and routing basics CCNA Stage 3: Switching basics and intermediate routing CCNA Stage 4: WAN technologies IP telephony and voice over IP For more details on the courses: http://www.it.uts.edu.au/courses/short/cisco/index.html Each course fee: $1200 (10% discount for UTS students/staff/alumni and ACS members) |
| Robert Button |
| UTSpeaks: Shapeshifters - The New Creatives |
| Is the global innovation movement challenging us to re-discover the innate creativity in all of us? Can a holistic, trans-disciplinary approach to creativity improve our ability to solve problems, collaborate and share knowledge? How should we translate ‘creative thinking’ into ‘doing’? The 21st century presents us with a complex and competitive world, where nations are searching for processes that deliver innovation, creativity and solutions to our biggest challenges. Can Australia compete? In this public forum, dynamic presenters, who embody a hybrid of creative industries and technology, investigate Australia's position and future in creative innovation. Hael Kobayashi (MC) Hael Kobayashi is the Associate Director, Creative Industries Innovation Centre and the Executive Director, Creative Innovation at UTS. 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 for Oscar winning “Happy Feet”. For the past seven years, Hael has worked with government, education and industry leaders in North America, Europe, Asia and Australia to develop and implement creative economy strategy. Dr Jochen Schweitzer Jochen Schweitzer is Lecturer of Strategy and Marketing at the UTS Business School and co-founder of u.lab, a multidisciplinary innovation hub. He has worked as a management consultant, production-planning engineer and cultural program coordinator in Australia, Europe, Central and South America. He has extensive experience in business planning, organisational transformation and change management. His focus now is on teaching and strategic management research, collaboration, entrepreneurship and innovation with a special interest in design thinking and social enterprise. Dr Joanne Jakovich Joanne Jakovich is a Senior Lecturer in the UTS Faculty of Design, Architecture and Building and co-founder of u.lab. She is a design educator and researcher exploring the intersection of collective creativity and cities. She has exhibited work in Japan, Australia, Taiwan and the Netherlands, in architectural and artistic contexts. She is the catalyst and producer of a new generation of urban engagement projects spanning entrepreneurship, social innovation and architecture. When: Wednesday 7 March, 6.00pm drinks and canapés for 6.30pm start, concludes 8.00pm. Where: The Great Hall, level 5, Tower building RSVP: Tuesday 6 March 2012. Register attendance with Robert Button by email at robert.button@uts.edu.au or on ext. 1734. UTSPEAKS: is a free public lecture series presented by UTS experts discussing a range of important issues confronting contemporary Australia. |
| Robert Button |
| UTSpeaks: Staying Sane |
| How do we achieve emotional health despite stress and alienation in today's challenging world? Is life more stressful today than ever before? Is the rapid pace of change leaving many of us feeling powerless, frustrated and blocked from achieving the happy lives we all aspire to? People are now under all kinds of pressure to work harder, pursue careers, build wealth, raise families and sustain perfect personal relationships. We have concerns about our personal and global financial stability, our safety and frightening environmental issues. In this public lecture, distinguished clinical psychologist Dr Antony Kidman explores strategies and useful tips to help us gain personal control in an increasingly complex, nerve-wracking and fast-paced age. Dr Antony Kidman AM Antony Kidman is the Director of the UTS Health Psychology Unit. He has conducted research and lectured for more than 30 years and engaged in clinical practice 25 years. As a biologist and clinical psychologist his earlier research focused on the brain and nervous system, and psychological aspects of cancer. However for the past 10 years he and his colleagues have been working with teenagers and young adults suffering from a range of mental health disorders. He has also established outreach programs in schools and runs community service seminars on mental health. Dr Kidman was awarded an Order of Australia in 2005 for his contributions to clinical psychology. He is a regular commentator in the media and his most recent book just published is entitled Staying Sane in the Fast Lane: Emotional Health in the 21st Century. When: Thursday 29 March, 6.00pm drinks for 6.30pm start, concludes 7.45pm. Where: The Great Hall, level 5, Tower building. RSVP: Wednesday 28 March 2012. Register attendance with Robert Button by email robert.button@uts.edu.au or on ext. 1734. UTSPEAKS: is a free public lecture series presented by UTS experts discussing a range of important issues confronting contemporary Australia. |
| Peter Kandlbinder |
| UTS Learning and Teaching Technology Showcase |
| Date: Friday 17 February Time: 10am to 12.30pm Venue: IML, Tower building, level 27, room 2715 A range of technology is available to support learning and teaching at UTS. This showcase provides a series of 20 minute sessions in which you can get a closer look at which technologies you might use in your teaching. Sessions include: * Campus Pack ePortfolio * Chalk & Wire ePortfolio * Creating Quick and Easy Animations for Youtube * Creating Youtube Videos on your Phone * Digital Assignment Submission & Management * GradeMark * PowerPoint for lectures * ReView * Self & Peer Assessment Kit * Turnitin Assignments To register, please contact Enza.Mirabella@uts.edu.au or call ext. 1669. |
| Sandris Zeivots |
| 39th International Systemic Functional Congress |
| Deadline extended! 39th International Systemic Functional Congress Date: 16 to 20 July, 2012 Venue: University of Technology, Sydney, Australia Theme: 'to boldly go... ' The conference theme encompasses expanding fields of enquiry, modalities, typologies, and voices in evolving theory insystemic functional linguistics and social semiotics. The main themes of the conference are language and knowledge, context and variation, learning language, language in education, typology and translation, multimodality. Presentations on other topics are also welcome. Plenary Speakers include: • Beatriz Quiroz, University of Sydney / Pontifical Catholic University of Chile • Chris Cléirigh • Ladjane de Souza, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Florianopolis • Karl Maton, University of Sydney • Maree Stenglin, University of Sydney • David Rose • Geoff Williams, University of British Columbia and University of Sydney • Michele Zappavigna and Bandar Alhumaidi A Almutairi, University of Sydney • Shoshana Dreyfus, University of Sydney • Clare Painter, University of Sydney Key dates: • February 29: Abstract submission deadline • March 20: Notification of acceptance sent • April 30: Early Bird Registration deadline The conference will be preceded by the Pre-Congress Institute on 9 to 13 July 2012, at the University of Sydney. Further information available on the conference webpage: http://www.fass.uts.edu.au/research/conferences/isfc39/index.html |
| Emma Cannen |
| Help Women in Poverty |
| Emma Cannen, a casual academic and Phd Student here at UTS is walking 10,000 steps (approximately 8kms) per day for a week in mid March as part of CARE Australia's Walk In Her Shoes Challenge. This campaign will help raise money for women and girls in developing countries. Women and girls make up 60 per cent of the 1.4 billion people currently living in poverty. Millions walk over six kilometres a day in search of food, water and firewood. This leaves little time for school, accessing health services and earning an income. See Agne's story here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V9GJ2H6SpKI At the moment Emma is one of the top fundraisers in the country! Please visit her fundraising page and donate to HELP WOMEN IN POVERTY at: http://walkinhershoes.org.au/emma_cannen Every dollar counts and is tax deductible. Go on, you know it is a good cause! |
| Roger Brewer |
| Seminar - Introduction to Unisuper |
| All staff members are advised that Unisuper will be commencing it's annual program of information seminars. First seminar will be "Unisuper 101 - an Introduction". This seminar is designed to provide an overview of the basics of Unisuper membership and is invaluable to both new and current Unisuper members. Date: Wednesday, 29 February 2012 Time: 12:15pm Venue: CB04.03.27 Those wishing to attend should register at http://www.unisuper.com.au/members/seminars |
| Dr Michelle Zeibots |
| Short course in Transit Network Design |
| This two-day course offered by the Institute for Sustainable Futures and visiting presenter Jarrett Walker provides a unique opportunity for participants to become fluent in the language and concepts of transit network design enabling them to prescribe and provide feedback on the appropriateness of transit services for communities. The course is built around a series of step-wise exercises where participants work in teams to design transit networks for a fictional city. The exercises and guidance provide instruction in the concepts and principles of transit network geometry and design, interaction with land-use patterns and urban form, service frequency, right-of-way and basic operating costs. For more information or bookings: https://shortcourses-bookings.uts.edu.au/ClientView/Schedules/ScheduleDetail.aspx?ScheduleID=747&EventID=714 |
| Broadway Organic Food Co-op |
| Open for organic fruit & veg box orders |
| Why not start the semester with a boost for health and well being by ordering fresh fruit and veggies from the Organic Food Co-op and make it a weekly routine? We're now officially taking orders for fruit & veggie boxes and freshly baked sourdough bread. The first box day: Tuesday, 21 February. Online order deadline: 5pm Friday 17 February Online order and information on box sizes and bread: http://broadwayfoodcoop.wordpress.com/ordering/order-form/ General information: http://broadwayfoodcoop.wordpress.com/about/ Besides fruit and veggies, the Organic Food Co-op also has a range of dry food. Visit us and explore the shop: room 25, level 3, building 2, city campus New shop opening times: Tuesday: 12pm to 5pm Thursday: 4pm to 7pm |
| Belinda Lake |
| Vacancy – Business School General Manager |
| Would you like to be part of the Business School senior management team, contributing to strategic and operational planning around core teaching, research and engagement activities? The General Manager reports to the Dean, manages the broad portfolio of professional/administrative functions, and make a distinct contribution to strategic and operational planning, including the transition to our new Frank Gehry designed Dr Chau Chak Wing building. To be successful in this challenging and important role, applicants require the following characteristics: • Extensive experience in business/administration and financial management, • Evidence of effectively leading and developing teams, • Well-developed skills in communication, consultation and negotiation, • Sound experience in strategic planning and process improvement. Your ability to think strategically will enable you to develop and implement an ethos of continuous improvement to ensure the Business School is supported within its resources to meet its operating needs and strategic aspirations. As a member of our Senior Staff Group, a competitive salary package will be negotiated with the successful applicant. Closing date: 5 March 2012 For further information, including the position description and to apply, please visit the Careers at UTS website: http://www.jobs.uts.edu.au/job/job_details.cfm?id=711448&from= |
| Belinda Lake |
| Vacancy – International Activities Coordinator |
| Do you have strong international networks and a proven track record in the international education sector? UTS Business School is seeking a highly motivated and enthusiastic person to join its dynamic international area. The Business School is a globally connected, innovative and internationally accredited education provider. The International Activities Coordinator is a high profile position responsible for: • Implementation of the School’s International Strategic Plan, • Working with international agencies on student exchange, study abroad and visiting partner arrangements, • Providing support for a wide range of Business School international engagement strategies and activities, • Compiling business intelligence reports on a range of international activities. This full-time position is fixed term for three years. Salary range: $71 859 – $79 493 per annum plus 17% superannuation. Closing date: 5 March 2012. For further information, including the position description and to apply, please visit the Careers at UTS website: http://www.jobs.uts.edu.au/job/job_details.cfm?id=711861&from= |
| Donya Nissi |
| Free 2sSER show tomorrow at the Loft Bar |
| What, in your mind, might be a great way to spend a fabulous afternoon in February? In our mind, it'd be 2SER's Live at the Loft with Richard in Your Mind, this Wednesday 15 February at 5pm. 2SER's Live at The Loft is our monthly series of live performances from a range of artists held at The Loft - a venue housed in the University of Technology and found right behind 2SER itself. After kicking things off late last year with the reformed Hummingbirds and a special Christmas show from Darren Hanlon, our first for 2012 is from Sydney's cosmic pop travellers Richard In Your Mind. Can't make it? Tune in to 2SER 107.3FM at 5pm on Wednesday, 15 February to hear the performance broadcast live. Reserve your spot by emailing: liveattheloft@2ser.com |
| Frances Nolan |
| REMINDER: CenSoC Seminar Series, 16 February |
| I am pleased to announce that John Roberts, Professor of Marketing, School of Management, Marketing and International Business at ANU, will present the next CenSoC Seminar on Thursday 16 February from 12pm-1.30pm in the seminar room on level 3, 645 Harris Street, Ultimo. Abstract Strategic Marketing Metrics to Guide Pathways to Growth John H Roberts (1), Rajendra Srivastava (2), and Pamela D Morrison (3) Measuring marketing effectiveness has become a major issue for both academics and organisations over the past ten years and marketing metrics have had some success in assisting senior managers establish accountability for the firm’s marketing actions. In this paper, we argue that these successes have primarily been in what we call operational areas: assisting organisations to improve the efficiency of their existing products in current markets, often assuming stationary environments. For marketing metrics to gain greater traction in the boardroom, they must focus on the issues that are exercising the minds of the CEO. This includes managing through the different stages of product-market life cycles, identifying new product-markets, and balancing resource allocation and performance across the firm’s product-markets and over time. We look at the issues involved in each of these very different challenges, and propose metrics to most appropriately inform management decisions in each. In particular, we argue the need to balance econometric (extrapolative) analysis with market research (forward looking) information and provide a framework for doing so. (1 Australian National University and London Business School, 2 Singapore Management University, 3 Australian National University) All welcome. Lunch will be provided, please RSVP for catering purposes. For further information, please contact Frances Nolan, CenSoC, on ext. 9799/9876 (direct) or email at Frances.Nolan@uts.edu.au. |
| Colin Wise |
| New Position – UTS Short Course Centre Coordinator |
| The role is responsible for managing the operations of the new UTS Short Course Centre on level 7, building 10 at UTS. This role will:- • Manage the new state of the art Short Course Centre at UTS, build a team to support and assist operate the Centre which may operate up to seven days per week. • Clients will be primarily internal UTS Faculties that conduct short courses. Excellent service and communication skills will be paramount. • Market the Centre throughout UTS (and to some extent externally). • Achieve financially positive outcomes in conducting the UTS Short Course Centre business. • Other duties as required for the success of the business. The successful applicant will ideally have prior short course experience and short course venue management understanding. The position will oversee the four classroom Centre (two of which are computer labs) and manage part time staff dedicated to the smooth operation of the Centre. Close liaison with UTS Facilities Hire will be essential in driving the Centre bookings. Subsequent quality management of and high level service to clients on the day will lead to a successful business. Understanding and proficiency with AV equipment and computer set up in the labs will be a top priority. There will also be the need to coordinate catering arrangements for course attendees. Salary Range is from an HEW level 5 ($58 834 plus superannuation) with ultimate award level dependant on experience and value that can be brought to the role. This is a nine month fixed term position until the end of 2012, at which time the role will be reviewed. As the role may involve shift work, UTS shift work conditions apply. Please apply by email and attach your CV to Colin Wise at Colin.Wise@uts.edu.au by 5pm Monday 20 February 2012. For further information please contact Colin Wise on ext. 9978 or by email. *Please note: only shortlisted applicants will be contacted* |
| Georgia Markakis |
| Get copyright clearance for your teaching material |
| Now is the time for academic staff to submit requests to the UTS Digital Resource Register (DRR) to obtain copyright clearance for online teaching material. Contact DRR staff at UTS Library if you would like a past resource re-activated or subject readers made available to students in digital format. http://www.lib.uts.edu.au/teaching/drr-ereadings Check your subject page to ensure past resources are still available to students: http://www.lib.uts.edu.au/find/my-subject-resources Not sure about copyright? Find more information and take a quick Copyright Self Audit: http://www.iml.uts.edu.au/elearning/copyright.html eReadings are a collection of online teaching resources including journal articles, book excerpts and lecture notes. Use the Search the Catalogue box to search for eReadings by subject name or number or lecturer. http://www.lib.uts.edu.au |
| Danny Hung |
| Temporary Closure Alumni Green to Jones St |
| On Tuesday 14 February 2012 and Wednesday 15 February 2012, the pedestrian access between Alumni Green to Jones St (accessing CB10) will be temporarily closed for 2 days. An alternate route will be in place to access CB10 via Thomas St. Appropriate signage will be erected to direct foot traffic accordingly. Further details can be found at: http://datasearch.uts.edu.au/fmu/news-events/masterplan/news-detail.cfm?ItemId=29164 If you have any queries, please do not hesitate to contact Danny Hung at danny.hung@uts.edu.au or ext. 2511. |
| Audrey Bjazevich |
| Neo iExpenses - updated substitute receipt form |
| When a tax invoice has not been provided by the supplier, a substitute receipt is to be used in Neo iExpenses. Staff may download the updated version of the substitute receipt form via the following link: http://www.fsu.uts.edu.au/iexpenses/substitute-receipt.pdf |
| Anne-Lise Daniel |
| Vacancy - Administrative Assistant - FEIT APO |
| The Academic Programs Office in the Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology is looking for an enthusiastic and pro-active team player to step into the position of administrative assistant (HEW5). The role is for a five-month secondment, from late February 2012 until late July 2012. Responsibilities include: • Organising all aspects associated with the conduct of: - the faculty’s distance education program; and - postgraduate distance examinations. • Answering students’ enquiries that may involve input or resolution from academic staff. While the role is not complex, it is busy at times and requires good time-management skills and attention to detail. Well-developed verbal and written communication skills are also expected to ensure clear and positive communication with academics and students. Previous experience in an administrative role at UTS, knowledge of the university’s information systems (e.g. CASS; MSA+; CIS) and familiarity with rules and policies related to UTS students will be an advantage. For further information and a position description, please contact Anne-Lise Daniel, Academic Programs Office Manager, on ext. 2671 or email Anne-Lise.Daniel@uts.edu.au. Applications and expressions of interest (including a recent CV and a one-page claim covering the criteria) must be sent by email to Anne-Lise by COB Friday 17 February 2012. Internal applicants, please note the standard UTS policies on secondment apply. Please refer to 6.14 Staff Secondments and Exchanges Vice-Chancellor’s Directive for further information. |
| Andrea Myles |
| Mapping the Opportunity Landscape in China |
| The Australia-China Young Professionals Initiative presents: Mapping the Opportunity Lamdscape in the Asian Century with special guest Heather Ridout. Date: 22 February 2012 Time: 6.30pm Venue: Australia China Business Council Shanghai Room Level 13, The Gateway 1 Macquarie Place Sydney NSW 2000 Join us for an evening of discussion and Q&A on the future of the Australia-China economic relationship. With Heather Ridout, Chief Executive of the Australian Industry Group & newly appointed Board Member of the Reserve Bank of Australia. In conversation with Christian Edwards, Senior Correspondent at Xinhua Daily News. In 2011 Heather Ridout was rated #9 in the Australian Financial Review’s annual ‘Covert Power’ list, and is widely recognised as one of Australia's most influential and highest profile business leaders. Heather has been with the AIG and its predecessor, the Metal Trades Industry Association, for over 25 years. In that time she has become one of the most respected voices of the business sector and a leading figure in Australia’s public policy debate, with particular interest in the fields of economic policy, industry innovation, and education and training. In April, Heather leaves Ai Group and will take up position as the fourth woman ever to be appointed to the Board of the Reserve Bank of Australia. Heather’s other current appointments include Member of the Prime Minister’s Taskforce on Manufacturing and Member of the Federal Government’s Business Roundtable on Climate Change. Entrance fee payable at door (cash only) $15/$10 for ACBC members (includes refreshments) RSVP essential: acypi.eventbrite.com |
| Professor Suzanne Benn |
| CPA Australia CSR Discussion Group Event |
| UTS staff are invited to attend, part of the UTS/E&Y 'Leadership & Change for Energy Efficiency in Accounting & Management' project funded by the OEH NSW and NSW DET. Title: Management accounting in a low-carbon economy: Practical examples of how accountants can show leadership to deliver business value in the transition to a low carbon economy. Date: Friday 24 February 2012 Time: 12 noon to 2 pm Location: CPA function room, level 3, 111 Harrington St, Sydney Presenters include Dr Paul Brown PhD MBA CPA (University of Technology) and Patrick Crittenden (Director of Sustainable Business Pty Ltd). RSVP: Anthony.Krithinakis@uts.edu.au |
| Hilary Yerbury |
| Early Career Researcher Connect Program |
| The ECR Connect program is a new UTS initiative for early career researchers. The program provides a series of structured activities to assist individuals in the development of knowledge and skills which are central to a successful research career. It also gives participants the opportunity to create social and scholarly links with others at a similar career stage. Applications for the first intake close 22 February. For more details, go to http://www.gradschool.uts.edu.au/researcher-skills/early-career.html |
| Danny Hung |
| Temporary Closure Alumni Green to Jones St |
| On Monday 13 February 2012, the pedestrian access between Alumni Green to Jones St (accessing CB10) will be temporarily closed for 1 day. An alternate route will be in place to access CB10 via Thomas St. Appropriate signage will be erected to direct foot traffic accordingly. Further details can be found at: http://datasearch.uts.edu.au/fmu/news-events/masterplan/news-detail.cfm?ItemId=29164 If you have any queries, please do not hesitate to contact Danny Hung: danny.hung@uts.edu.au (ext 2511). |
| David Hughes |
| Building 1 ramp opening Tuesday |
| Please be advised that building 1 car / loading ramp will be open from Tuesday the 14 Feb and that building 2 car / loading ramp will no longer be in use from this date. The parking on level 1, building 5 will remain closed, opening date still to be confirmed. |
| Sang-Eun Oh |
| HELPS has arrived! |
| HELPS – Higher Education Language & Presentation Support – is a newly created student support service within SSU. It aims to provide English language and academic literacy skills assistance to UTS students. Programs and services are free and non-award. Topics addressed will include weekly study/ reading/ writing/ speaking skills workshops, daily drop-in consultations, individual consultations by referral/appointment, writing clinics, conversations@UTS, and intensive academic English programs. Details of HELPS programs and services will be provided shortly. HELPS is located in building 1, level 3, room 8. Any enquiries can be directed to Sang, HELPS Operations Manager, ph. 9514 2361 sang-eun.oh@uts.edu.au |
| Keryn Regan |
| Student Services Amenity Fee |
| On 11 October 2011 the Australian Parliament passed the Student Services and Amenities Fee allowing universities to charge a fee for student services and amenities of a non-academic nature. Due to the introduction of the SSAF UTS Union will no longer be running the Advantage Program and as such has undertaken a review of its campus benefits. The Union will be supporting both UTS students and staff through the four following areas: 1. Campus discounts – 10% discount across all UTS Union food, beverage and retail outlets 2. Clubs & societies – additional programs, subsidies and funding support 3. Events & programs – additional weekly events for students and staff, further support of student and staff sports 4. Grants & scholarships – continued support of athletes, the arts, student competitions & clubs, The introduction of the SSAF will ensure we can expand upon and re-introduce a range of student and staff services. For further information follow this link http://www.sau.uts.edu.au/fees/other/service.html |
| Gunasmin Lye |
| Dean's Leadership in Innovation Seminar |
| Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology Title :Control and Information Architectures for Formations Date: Friday 10 February 2012 Time: 1pm (light lunch will be provided) Venue: Harris Room, Aerial Function Centre, level 7, 235 Jones Street, Ultimo 2074 Speaker: Professor Brian Anderson Distinguished Professor Research School of Engineering College of Engineering and Computer Science Australian National University RSVP: Gunasmin.Lye@uts.edu.au |
| Frances Nolan |
| CenSoC: Lunchtime Seminar Series |
| Strategic Marketing Metrics to Guide Pathways to Growth Date: Thursday 16 February 2012 Time: 12pm to 1:30pm Location: Seminar room, level 3, 645 Harris Street, ULTIMO (off campus) Speaker: John Roberts, Professor of Marketing, School of Management, Marketing and International Business, Australian National University John H. Roberts1, Rajendra Srivastava2, and Pamela D. Morrison3 Abstract: Measuring marketing effectiveness has become a major issue for both academics and organizations over the past ten years and marketing metrics have had some success in assisting senior managers establish accountability for the firm’s marketing actions. In this paper, we argue that these successes have primarily been in what we call operational areas: assisting organizations to improve the efficiency of their existing products in current markets, often assuming stationary environments. For marketing metrics to gain greater traction in the boardroom, they must focus on the issues that are exercising the minds of the CEO. This includes managing through the different stages of product-market life cycles, identifying new product-markets, and balancing resource allocation and performance across the firm’s product-markets and over time. We look at the issues involved in each of these very different challenges, and propose metrics to most appropriately inform management decisions is each. In particular, we argue the need to balance econometric (extrapolative) analysis with market research (forward looking) information and provide a framework for doing so. 1 Australian National University and London Business School 2 Singapore Management University 3 Australian National University All welcome. Lunch will be provided, please RSVP for catering purposes. For further information, please contact: Frances Nolan Centre for the Study of Choice Phone +61 2 9514 9799/ 9876 (direct) Fax +61 2 9514 9897 Email Frances.Nolan@uts.edu.au Web censoc.uts.edu.au |
| Christine Shao |
| Short course: Decision making tools using Excel |
| This program has been designed to provide participants with foundation business qualitative skills and techniques. On completion of the course students will have sufficient understanding of these skills and techniques to facilitate their progress through the UTS, Executive MBA program. Course Objectives: -Have a good working knowledge of Microsoft Excel 2007 -Be able to manipulate large data sets -Be able to Construct data tables -produce column, line and scatter plots -Understand the role of equations Who will benefit: This course has been designed specifically for students commencing the UTS Executive MBA program. UTS undergraduate and or postgraduate students or other wishing to improve their Skills in Business are welcome to apply provided they are at an introduction level to Excel/DMT program content. Date: Friday 25 February 2012 Time: 9am to 5pm Duration: Two(2) days Location: UTS Haymarket campus Fee: $1,500 (50% discount for UTS students and alumni) To register visit: https://shortcourses-bookings.uts.edu.au/ClientView/Schedules/ScheduleDetail.aspx?ScheduleID=744 For specific queries regarding course content, please contact Executive Development Unit on ext.3504 or email executive.development@uts.edu.au Any enquiries regarding enrolment or payment, please contact UTS Short Courses on ext.2912 or email short.courses@uts.edu.au |
| Nicola Parker |
| Casual academics: Professional development |
| Attention casual academics: Professional development opportunities. Did you know that the Institute for Interactive Media and Learning (IML) offers learning and teaching development for casual academics? Casual staff are warmly invited to participate in forthcoming IML sessions which are part of the orientation and development for new academic staff. You are also welcome to participate in the Graduate Certificate in Higher Education Teaching and Learning sessions. 1. New academic staff development program The Institute for Interactive Media and Learning (IML) offers a series of workshops in the development program for new UTS lecturers and associate lecturers. The workshops will run from 15 to 17 February and be held in IML rooms 27.13 or 27.15 (level 27, Tower building). For details on the workshops, please visit http://www.iml.uts.edu.au/develop-career/orientation.html To register, please contact Enza.Mirabella@uts.edu.au or call ext. 1669. 2. GradCert in Higher Education Teaching and Learning The Graduate Certificate in Higher Education Teaching and Learning (GradCertHEd) helps academic staff at UTS reflect on their teaching in ways, which are underpinned by their own experiences and those of their students and colleagues, as well as by the research on learning, and teaching in higher education. Sessions in the GradCertHEd are open to all UTS staff . The course introduction and advice on developing a reflective teaching portfolio will be held on Friday 17 February from 1.30 to 4.30 pm in room CB01.27.15.. You can register your interest in attending by contacting Enza.Mirabella@uts.edu.au or call ext. 1669. For more information see http://www.iml.uts.edu.au/develop-career/gchetl/index.html |
| Dr Yiling Zeng |
| AASG lecture series on pattern recognition |
| Advanced Analytics Study Group Lecture Series: An introduction to statistical pattern recognition with applications Speaker: Professor Massimo Piccardi at the iNEXT Research Centre at UTS Abstract: An introduction to statistical pattern recognition with applications to image and video analysis. The contents of six lectures cover: • Density estimation, • Dimensionality reduction, • Bayesian classification, • The hidden Markov model, • Conditional random fields, and • Kalman and particle filters. Slides for the lectures will be available at Professor Massimo Piccardi’s homepage: http://www-staff.it.uts.edu.au/~massimo/ShortCourseSPR/index.html prior to the corresponding lecture. Each lecture lasts for about 3 hours, with a break in between. Timetable: Title: Density estimation Date: 9 Feb Time: 2pm to 5pm Venue: CC05.GD.02 Title: Dimensionality reduction Date: 23 Feb Time: 2pm to 5pm Venue: CC05.GD.02 Title: Bayesian classification Venue: Date: 8 March Time: 2pm to 5pm Venue: TBA Title: The hidden Markov model Date: 22 March Time: 2pm to 5pm Venue: TBA Title: Conditional random fields Date: 5 April Time: 2pm to 5pm Venue: TBA Title: Kalman and particle filters Date: 19 April Time: 2pm to 5pm Venue: TBA Any changes made to the time and location will be addressed by the Advanced Analytics Study Group email list fortnightly. About the Advanced Analytics Study Group: The Advanced Analytics Study Group, founded by UTS Advanced Analytics Institute, aims to learning and studying foundations in selected analytics areas including statistics, machine learning, data mining, artificial intelligence, and risk management, which are believed to be crucial for building a solid theoretical foundations for research and development in broad-based analytics field, such as business analytics, customer analysis, multimedia analysis, marketing analysis, bioinformatics, health/medical analytics, behaviour analysis, online and social analysis, and fraud detection, exception analysis, risk analysis etc. This open and interdisciplinary study group particularly welcomes first and second year postgraduate students, senior undergraduate students and industry/business people with opportunities to build a solid foundation for their future research and development in the analytics domain. Typical course presentations and materials are carefully selected from well-known books and courses; experienced lecturers and professors are invited to give talks/lectures in the study group regularly. Contact: Dr Yiling Zeng (yiling.zeng@uts.edu.au), Advanced Analytics Institute, University of Technology Sydney |
| Peter Kandlbinder |
| UTS learning and teaching technology showcase |
| A range of technology is available to support learning and teaching at UTS. This showcase provides a series of 20 minute sessions in which you can get a closer look at which technologies you might use in your teaching. Date: Friday 17 February Time: 10am to 12.30pm Venue: IML, Tower building, level 27, room 2715 You get to choose from a series of demonstrations which will run at the same time. The information in each session will be presented by people experienced in using technology at UTS and there will be opportunities to ask questions on which technology is appropriate to your learning and teaching context. To register, please contact Enza.Mirabella@uts.edu.au or call ext. 1669. |
| Peter Kandlbinder |
| GradCert in Higher Education Teaching and Learning |
| The Graduate Certificate in Higher Education Teaching and Learning (GradCertHEd) helps academic staff at UTS reflect on their teaching in ways which are underpinned by their own experiences and those of their students and colleagues, as well as by the research on learning and teaching in higher education. The course introduction and advice on developing your reflective teaching portfolio will be held on Friday 17 February from 1.30 to 4.30 pm in room CB01.27.15. Sessions in the GradCertHEd are open to all UTS staff. You can register your interest in attending by contacting Enza.Mirabella@uts.edu.au or call ext. 1669. |
| Katrina Waite |
| OLT T & L Grants - Call for applications |
| Funding Round 1 of the OLT (Federal Government Office of Learning and Teaching) Innovation and Development Program, the Leadership for Excellence in Learning and Teaching, and Seed Projects is now open. There are a number of differences between these programs and those offered by the ALTC. These include new opportunities for smaller pilot projects (Seed Projects), for large sector-wide projects funded at a higher level than previously, and for Extension Grants which would allow UTS to invite Project Team Members from completed ALTC projects to run workshops or other activities at UTS. The UTS deadline for most Round 1 applications is 23 March, with submission to the OLT by 1 March. Extension Grants due at the OTL by 2 April. If you are intending to apply, please send an email to katrina.waite@uts.edu.au with a brief outline - a sentence of two - about your proposed grant. You will then be contacted to ensure that you are aware of any changes to the schemes since last year, the 2012 requirements for supporting documentation and institutional endorsements, and to arrange any assistance with the preparation of your application. Further details are at http://www.olt.gov.au/grantsandprojects and http://www.iml.uts.edu.au/grants-awards/national.html or call Katrina Waite on Ext: 2480. |
| Peter Kandlbinder |
| New academic staff development program |
| New academic staff development program The Institute for Interactive Media and Learning (IML) offers a series of workshops in the development program for new UTS lecturers and associate lecturers. The workshops will run from 15 to 17 February and be held in IML rooms 27.13 or 27.15 (level 27, Tower building). For details on the workshops, please visit http://www.iml.uts.edu.au/develop-career/orientation.html To register, please contact Enza.Mirabella@uts.edu.au or call ext. 1669. |
| Peter Kandlbinder |
| Learning and teaching in tutorials and lectures |
| Many academics approach the beginning of a new semester with a mixture of excitement, anxiety and a desire to help students learn as well as they can. In this workshop we will explore ways of teaching in tutorials and lectures that encourage effective learning from the beginning of semester. Date: Wedneday 15 February Time: 1.30 to 4.30pm Venue: IML, Tower building, level 27, room 2715. The workshop is open to all UTS staff involved in lecturing or tutoring, including casual or sessional teaching staff. To register, please contact Enza.Mirabella@uts.edu.au or call ext. 1669. |
| Peter Kandlbinder |
| Designing, assessing and co-ordinating subjects |
| This workshop is for academics who are co-ordinating a subject at UTS for the first time and for others interested in discussing and refreshing their understandings of subject and assessment design in the context of UTS policies and procedures. We will discuss ways of designing subjects and assessment to encourage student learning and resources available for subject outlines, assessment, group work and learning support. Date: Thursday 16 February Time: 9.30 to 12.30pm Venue: IML, Tower building, level 27, room 2715 To register, please contact Enza.Mirabella@uts.edu.au or call ext. 1669. |
| Peter Kandlbinder |
| A brief introduction to UTSOnline |
| UTSOnline is the university's online course management system. UTSOnline is now being utilised in the large majority of subjects being taught across the university to support students in their learning. In this short session the most significant uses and features of UTSOnline will be introduced within the context of a discussion about effective and practical uses, and what you'll need to know to start using it. Date: Thursday 16 February Time: 1.30 to 3.30pm Venue: IML, Tower building, level 27, room 2713 To register, please contact Enza.Mirabella@uts.edu.au or call ext. 1669. |
| Donya Nissi |
| Free movie screening: Shame |
| 2ser subscribers are invited to an exclusive evening preview of Shame on Wednesday February 8 at the Palace Verona Cinema, Paddington. Shame, the new movie from Steve McQueen, is a compelling examination of the nature of need and how we live our lives Brandon is a young and successful New Yorker, who as a distraction from day-to-day life juggles a string of doomed romances and one-night stands. The tightly controlled rhythm of Brandon's life begins to collapse when his wayward, unruly sister Sissy arrives for an unannounced visit, propelling Brandon further into New York's dark underbelly. To attend tomorrow's free screening, email donya@2ser.com or come to 2ser: 9-11 Broadway to pick up your double pass. |
| Michelle Maarhuis |
| Opening of Year Bell Ringing - nominations open |
| Student Engagement and Development on behalf of he university team host a bi-annual Bell Ringing ceremony. UTS students and staff are nominated by their peers to prestigiously ring the bell during the ceremony, which is a great honor and UTS tradition. We would like to invite you to nominate a colleague or student who has contributed to UTS. Previous nominees have included students and staff who volunteer their time to the community on behalf of UTS, students who have represented UTS at sporting and cultural competitions. Please submit your nomination by Monday 20 Feb http://surveys.uts.edu.au/index.cfm?surveyid=6701. For more information please follow the link: http://datasearch2.uts.edu.au/ssu/news-events/event-detail.cfm?ItemId=19663 |
| Richard Lum |
| Internal vacancy with Scholarships |
| The International Sponsored Student and Scholarship Officer is responsible for managing the procedures and administration associated with all coursework and research scholarships available to international students offered through, or managed by, UTS International. This role has responsibility for overseeing admission requirements, including application assessment, scholarship eligibility, and coordinating placement of individual scholarship candidates into a course. Additionally, the role includes monitoring academic progression of all international students on scholarship, providing specialist support to students and effectively managing international student sponsorship contracts. The incumbent must be sensitive and responsive to the cultural differences of scholarship holders, while balancing the aspirations and needs of individual students against the contractual requirements and conditions of the scholarship. The officer must maintain a thorough knowledge of all contractual requirements and monitor compliance in service delivery, from initial recruitment stages through to the graduation and departure of the student. The role requires a thorough and up to date working knowledge of Australian and overseas government regulations relating to all sponsored students. This is a ten month secondment position. Salary Range: HEW level 6 $65,121 - $70,509 (+ 17 % Super) Application procedure: Obtain the position description by contacting Richard Lum richard.lum@uts.edu.au or ext. 1538. You will need to address the selection criteria in your application. Closing Date: 13 February 2012 (5pm) |
| Jemima Mowbray |
| Reminder: Les Murray - Smuggled to Freedom |
| Public forum with Les Murray ’Smuggled to Freedom’ The UTS Anti-Racism Collective is proud to co-host, with Refugee Action Coalition NSW, this timely forum featuring Les Murray, SBS soccer commentator who (with Dateline) recently returned to Hungary to meet the people who helped him and his family flee in 1956. Other speakers include: Mike Grewcock, author of Border Crimes and UNSW law lecturer; Edwina Lloyd, lawyer for Indonesian boat crew jailed on ’people smuggling’ charges; and Hadi Hosseini, an Afghan Hazara detained on Christmas Island and in Darwin who will talk on his experience of being ’smuggled’. When: Monday 13 February Time: 6pm to 8pm Venue: UTS Haymarket campus, room B111, Quay St (next to UTS library, opposite Paddy’s Markets) No RSVPs, so please come early to ensure you get a seat! Please contact Mark 0422078376 or Jemima 0433584050 or email jemima.mowbray@uts.edu.au for more information. |
| Christine Shao |
| Carbon trading information session |
| This information session gives an overview of what the course is about. Program topics covered will include: 1. A good understanding of what carbon trading is and how it works 2. A sound overview of the Australian scheme, how it will operate and how it will impact business 3. Hands-on experience in trading carbon in a realistic market 4. A selection of carbon business impact and strategy tools to take away and apply to your business This program is particularly useful for: - Team leaders - Supervisors - Managers - Executives - Directors Date: Monday 20 February 2012 Time: 12.30pm to 1.30pm Location: UTS Haymarket campus Fee: Free To register please go to: https://shortcourses-bookings.uts.edu.au/ClientView/Schedules/ScheduleDetail.aspx?scheduleid=637 For specific queries regarding course content, please contact Executive Development Unit on ext.3504 or email executive.development@uts.edu.au Any enquiries regarding enrolment or payment, please contact UTS Short Courses on ext.2912 or email short.courses@uts.edu.au |
| Rosalie Degabriele |
| Unisuper - Defined Benefit Fund Members |
| As promised earlier in 2012, we're holding an information session for all staff who are members of Unisuper, focusing in particular on the Defined Benefit Fund. This meeting is in light of various articles in the press during December 2011. The session will have the same content as the 6 January meeting. The meeting is restricted to Unisuper members only, however, almost all employees are Unisuper members. Date: Thursday 16 February at 12.30pm Location: CM05C.01.31 An RSVP is not required. For more information, contact your Unisuper Consultative Committee representatives: Rosalie.Degabriele@uts.edu.au (for academic staff) and Andrea.Thompson@uts.edu.au (for support staff). |
| Drew Sandford |
| Printing for Autumn Semester |
| Semester commencement is only two weeks away, so please submit your printing requests as soon as possible! Printing Services is here to assist you with your printing and imaging requirements. It is important that you get your printing requirements underway in preparation for semester commencement. Printing Services provides a comprehensive printing and imaging service. This includes high volume photocopying, course notes and subject reader production, single and multi-colour printing, digital imaging, large format printing, CD / DVD duplication, scanning and other related services. Please call ext 1019 to discuss your requirements, or for further information please visit our website at: http://www.itd.uts.edu.au/services_facilities/printingservices.html |
| Laura Earl |
| Chinese New Year: Year of the dragon |
| Come and enjoy some Chinese food and culture at the UTS Union's Lantern Festival. Date: Monday 6 February Time: 11am to 3pm Venue: Concourse Don't miss the Lion Dance at 2.30pm! |
| Christine Shao |
| Short Course: Accounting for Non-Accountants |
| Accounting for Non-Accountants focuses on basic accounting concepts and processes. By establishing a foundation of knowledge of the accounting process, participants will be better armed to make informed management decisions. This one-day course aims to facilitate participant knowledge and skills to: -Understand accounting terminology -Understand accounting processes and practices used to measure and record business transactions -Understand the process of preparing financial statements -Analyse and interpret financial statements -Identify ways of using financial statements to acquire an insight into improving business operations. Who will benefit: -Managers of larger organisations -Small to medium business owners -Bookkeepers or accounts clerks -Professionals. Date: Friday 17 February 2012 Time: 9am to 5pm Location: UTS Haymarket campus Fee: $850 (10% discount for staff and alumni) To register please visit: https://shortcourses-bookings.uts.edu.au/ClientView/Schedules/ScheduleDetail.aspx?ScheduleID=580&EventID=562 For specific queries regarding course content, please contact Executive Development Unit on ext. 3504 or email executive.development@uts.edu.au Any enquiries regarding enrolment or payment, please contact UTS Short Courses on ext. 2912 or email short.courses@uts.edu.au |
| IOSARN |
| Talking India Series: 'When Farmers Die' |
| Please be invited to our first Talking India Seminar in 2012: When Farmers Die: India's agrarian crisis and the rise of inequality. Date: Friday 10 February 2012 Time: 12:30pm Where: UTS building 10 (235 Jones St, Ultimo), level 5, room 425 (China Research Centre Meeting Room) Abstract: Over a quarter of a million Indian farmers have taken their lives between 1995 and 2010 according to the National Crime Records Bureau, a part of the country's Union Home Ministry. This is the largest single wave of suicides within an occupational group ever recorded. Millions have also quit agriculture altogether. The reports of the National Commission of Farmers on the issue lie untouched and undiscussed in Parliament. Yet India's agrarian crisis is policy-driven - and set to get worse. The Speaker: P. Sainath is India’s most highly-awarded journalist with over 40 international and national awards for his investigative and social sector reporting. He is the Rural Affairs Editor of The Hindu – a 133-year-old daily with a circulation of over 1.6 million. Sainath was the first Indian journalist in 25 years to win the Ramon Magsaysay Prize in 2007 for his “passionate commitment as a journalist to restore the rural poor to India’s national consciousness.” He won the United Nations Food & Agriculture Organization’s Boerma Prize in 2001 and was the first reporter in the world to win Amnesty International’s Global Human Rights Journalism Award. Sainath’s book Everybody Loves a Good Drought, now in its 33rd printing, has remained a Penguin non-fiction best-seller for years. RSVP: Lola.Davidson@uts.edu.au |
| Katrina Waite |
| Reminder: Seminar on National T & L Grants |
| Intending applicants and others interested in applying for national Office of Learning and Teaching (OLT) grants are invited to this seminar/workshop. The OLT now administers the grants schemes which were previously administered by the ALTC. The session will include an informal discussion and an overview of the OLT granting schemes for 2012. Participants will be able to talk with others about their ideas, and to determine which is the most appropriate grant scheme for their project. Session Details: Date: Friday 3 February 2012 Time: 12noon to 1pm Venue: IML Lab, building 1, room 27:13 Lunch will be provided. Please RSVP to Enza.Mirabella@uts.edu.au Applications for the first 2012 grant round are now open. The UTS deadline for the first round is 10am Thursday 23 February. First round grant details are now available on the OLT website http://www.olt.gov.au. For further information please contact katrina.waite@uts.edu.au or ext. 2480. |
| UTS International |
| Online videos for new incoming students |
| Some of you may be interested in some new online videos which were recently uploaded onto youtube. These were produced specifically for international students, but can be useful for all new and incoming students. Transport - getting to and from uni http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UbBleBufhk0 Study and social spaces at UTS http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eSwrfSZADTY |
| Tanya Gerrie |
| Submissions now open for UTS Insider |
| 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 by Monday 6 February for our next issue. |
| Daphne Freeder Manager CMOS |
| The Great Recession: An examination of HRM |
| The ‘Great Recession’ – an examination of HRM and industrial relations in multinational companies in a highly internationalised economy Date: 17 February, 2012 Time: 10:30am Venue: Business School Boardroom B503 Speaker: Patrick Gunnigle, Professor of Business Studies and Director, Employment Relations Research Unit, Kemmy Business School, University of Limerick, Ireland RSVP: cmos@uts.edu.au CMOS UTS Business School |
| Daphne Freeder Manager CMOS |
| State of the Art Corporate Social Responsibility |
| Seminar: State of the Art in Corporate Social Responsibility Date: 23 February 2012 Venue: Haymarket, building 5, level 2, room C2.45 Time: 10:30am to 12pm Presenter: Professor Dirk Matten is Hewlett-Packard Chair in Corporate Social Responsibility and Professor of Strategy at the Schulich School of Business, York University, Toronto. He won the 'Max Weber Award' of the Institut der Deutschen Wirtschaft for his bestselling textbook on Business Ethics (with Andy Crane, OUP). He was recently ranked among the ‘Top 100 CSR Leaders’ in an independent poll by CSR International. RSVP: cmos@uts.edu.au CMOS UTS Business School |
| Mark Lee |
| Media-rich synchronous technologies for learning |
| Synchronous learning technologies are transforming the way many students learn and academics teach, but exactly how are they being used? We are looking for tertiary educators from Australian and New Zealand institutions who have used synchronous technologies in their teaching to participate in an Australian Learning and Teaching Council (ALTC)-funded project titled, "Blended synchronicity: Uniting on-campus and distributed learners through media-rich real-time collaboration tools". The project will explicitly consider how three media-rich synchronous technologies, in particular videoconferencing, web conferencing and virtual worlds, can be best used to support activities that engage students and teachers in real-time collaborative learning irrespective of their location. If you agree, we would greatly appreciate approximately 15 minutes of your time to complete an online questionnaire, which is accessible via the link provided below. Should you choose to provide your email address when you complete the questionnaire, you will be placed in a draw to win a $300AUD gift voucher for a retail outlet of your choice, as a token of our appreciation. At the end of the questionnaire, you will also be given the opportunity to express interest in (i) joining the collaborator network for the project so that you can find out about and share your latest developments in the field; (ii) being one of six partners with whom the project team will work to implement and evaluate case studies involving the use of media-rich real-time collaboration tools for uniting on-campus and distributed learners (a $2500AUD honorarium is available if you are selected as a case-study partner); and (iii) receiving a copy of the final report. More information about the project has been provided on an online information statement at the beginning of the questionnaire. The questionnaire is available at the following URL: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/blendedsynchronicity The questionnaire will be kept open to accept responses until 20 February 2012. For further information, comments or questions please contact Project Officer, Jacqueline Kenney at jacqueline.kenney@mq.edu.au. Additionally, as part of the project we are conducting a comprehensive literature review of the area; if you and/or your colleagues have published one or more article(s) of potential relevance, please email details to the Jacqueline. |
| Sandris Zeivots |
| 39th International Systemic Functional Congress |
| Date: 16 to 20 July 2012 Venue: University of Technology, Sydney, Australia 'To boldly go... ' The 39th International Systemic Functional Congress will be held at the University of Technology, Sydney, from 16th to 20th July 2012. The conference theme 'To boldly go...' encompasses expanding fields of enquiry, modalities, typologies, and voices in evolving theory in systemic functional linguistics and social semiotics. The main themes of the conference are language and knowledge, context and variation, learning language, language in education, typology and translation, and multimodality. Presentations on other topics are also welcome. Plenary Speakers include: • Beatriz Quiroz, University of Sydney / Pontifical Catholic University of Chile • Chris Cléirigh • Ladjane de Souza, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Florianopolis • Karl Maton, University of Sydney • Maree Stenglin, University of Sydney • Geoff Williams, University of British Columbia and University of Sydney • Michele Zappavigna and Bandar Alhumaidi A Almutairi, University of Sydney • Shoshana Dreyfus, University of Sydney • Clare Painter, University of Sydney Key dates: • February 15: Abstract submission deadline • March 20: Notification of acceptance sent • April 30: Early Bird Registration deadline The conference will be preceded by the Pre-Congress Institute on 9 to 13 July 2012, at the University of Sydney. Further information available on the conference webpage: http://www.fass.uts.edu.au/research/conferences/isfc39/index.html |
| Chris Riedy |
| Contributions sought for State of the Future 2012 |
| The Institute for Sustainable Futures is seeking contributions to the Millennium Project’s 2012 State of the Future report. This is an opportunity to promote any future-oriented research you are involved in to an international audience. The Institute for Sustainable Futures is the Australasian node for the global Millennium Project (http://www.millennium-project.org/). The Millennium Project is an independent non-profit global participatory futures research think tank of futurists, scholars, business planners, and policy makers who work for international organizations, governments, corporations, NGOs, and universities. Each year, the Millennium Project produces a State of the Future report (http://www.millennium-project.org/millennium/publications.html) that compiles contributions from around the world on emerging trends and issues. Contributions are organised around 15 global challenges facing humanity (http://www.millennium-project.org/millennium/challenges.html): 1. Sustainable development and climate change 2. Clean water 3. Population and resources 4. Democratization 5. Long-term perspectives 6. Global convergence of IT 7. Rich-poor gap 8. Health issues 9. Capacity to decide 10. Peace and conflict 11. Status of women 12. Transnational organized crime 13. Energy 14. Science and technology 15. Global ethics. In 2012, we are seeking short contributions (5 pages) on emerging trends and issues relating to each of these challenges in the Australasia region. Submissions will be due by the end of April. If you are interested in contributing, please get in touch with Chris Riedy (christopher.riedy@uts.edu.au or x4964) for more details and to register your interest. In 2013, we are hoping to work towards a more substantial State of the Future publication for Australia that could be published as an edited book or special issue of a journal. |
| Elyssebeth Leigh |
| Cloud computing - IIM evening event |
| The Institute for Information Management (IIM), Sydney Branch, extends a warm invitation to all IIM members and others interested information professionals to their event 'Navigating Cloud Computing and its Impact on IM'. Cloud computing is impacting business and computing strategies all over the world but for many of us, the intricacies of the phenomenon are obscured, well, by clouds. IIM NSW has lined up two of the most knowledgeable and engaging experts to walk us through the finer points of cloud computing and its IM ramifications: * Rob Livingstone is Principal, Rob Livingstone Advisory Pty Limited and a Fellow of University of Technology, Sydney. * Mark Cotterell is Managing Consultant at UXC Consulting. Date: Tuesday 7 February 2012 Time: 5.30 for 6pm start to 7.30pm Venue: UXC Consulting, HSBC Building, 580 George St, level 29, Sydney Cost: IM Financial Members - FREE Non-Members - $10 (payable at the door) RSVP: 5pm Monday 6 February 2012 here: http://iimnswfeb2012.eventbrite.com/ NB: IIM will invoice those who register but do not attend, unless booking is cancelled within 24 hours of the event commencing. |
| Tina McDonald |
| EHS for Supervisors |
| This mandatory session is presented by the Safety and Wellbeing Branch. Target audience are support staff with supervisory or managerial responsibilities. The aim is to enhance knowledge and practical application of the health and safety system at UTS. Areas covered include: - Legislation - Supervisor and manager responsibilities - Health and safety risk management approach at UTS - EHS planning process Date: Tuesday 14 February 2012 Time: 10am to 11.30am Where: Building 10, level 6, HR training room 2 (CB10.06.430) RSVP to Leonie.Glasby@uts.edu.au For more information please contact tina.mcdonald@uts.edu.au |
| Marie dela Rama |
| Seminar: How can FIFA be held accountable? |
| You are invited to a joint Management Discipline Group and Centre for Corporate Governance seminar featuring Roger Pielke, CIRES Center for Science and Technology Policy Research, University of Colorado, Boulder,USA. Date: Monday 6 February Time: 4pm to 5.30pm Venue: Building 5b, level 5, room 17 Abstract: The Fédération Internationale de Football Association, or FIFA, is a non-governmental organisation responsible for overseeing various international competitions, including the quadrennial World Cup football competition, and other aspects of international football. The organisation, long accused of corruption, has been increasing criticised by observers and stakeholders for its lack of transparency and accountability. This paper draws on literature in international relations to ask and answer the question: how can FIFA be held accountable? The paper’s review finds that the answer to this question is “not easily.” The experience in reforming the International Olympic Committee more than a decade ago provides one model for how reform might occur in FIFA. However, any successful reform will require the successful and simultaneous application of multiple mechanisms of accountability. The FIFA case study has broader implications for understanding mechanisms of accountability more generally, especially as related to international non-governmental organisations. |
| Conrad Frankland |
| Analyst Programmer position |
| The Flexible Learning Team in ITD seeks applicants for the position of Analyst Programmer. Primary responsibilities include administration, technical support and operational application support for UTSOnline and Service Desk. For further information please contact Conrad Frankland at Conrad.Frankland@uts.edu.au. |
| Laura Earl |
| Loft Bar Opens |
| As of Monday 30 January the Loft bar will reopen for 2012. Come and enjoy a cocktail or beer and utilise your 10% on-campus discount (just flash your staff card). Weekly events will recommence at the Loft from 28 February. |
| Katrina Waite |
| Seminar: National Teaching & Learning Grants |
| Intending applicants and others interested in applying for national Office of Learning and Teaching (OLT) grants are invited to this seminar/workshop. The OLT now administers the grants schemes which were previously administered by the ALTC. The session will include an informal discussion and an overview of the OLT granting schemes for 2012. Participants will be able to talk with others about their ideas, and to determine which is the most appropriate grant scheme for their project. Session Details: Friday 3 February, 12noon to 1pm IML Lab, building 1, room 27:13 Lunch will be provided. Please RSVP to Enza.Mirabella@uts.edu.au Applications for the first 2012 grant round are now open. The UTS deadline for the first round is 10am Thursday 23 February. First round grant details are now available on the OLT website http://www.olt.gov.au. For further information please contact katrina.waite@uts.edu.au or ext. 2480. |
| Georgia Markakis |
| Research Week 2012 - Book Now! |
| Calling all researchers to UTS:Library’s Research Week! Come along from 6 to 10 February, 2012 and develop knowledge and skills to save you time, make you famous and keep you sane. Sessions include: - Getting inside the UTS Doctoral Framework - Advanced database searching - Research reading and writing skills - Data management and visualisation - Publishing and self-promotion - Managing your stress levels and your supervisor - Understanding research ethics - Obtaining research funding See the full program and book into sessions via the UTS:Library website: http://www.lib.uts.edu.au/news/6118/research-week-2012 |
| Rachel Yasmineh |
| Orientation February 2012 Parents and Partners |
| During Autumn Orientation, the Orientation team runs a session aimed at the parents and partners of the soon-to-be UTS students to give them an idea of what their partners or children will be doing at UTS. There will be presentations that focus on both the academic and social aspects of student life and give insight into what students will learn in the classroom as well as the challenges they may face while at university. Following the formal part of the evening there are refreshments. If you are a parent or partner of a student currently studying at UTS in 2012, we would love for you to come along to the refreshment part of the Parents and Partners information evening on Thursday 23 February 2012 from 7pm to 7.30pm to mingle with the attendees. While we don’t expect that you come to the formal part of the session which will be held from 6pm to 7pm (although you are more than welcome), it would be great to have experienced parents and partners available at the refreshments for attendees to ask questions of what it is like to be a parent or partner of a student studying at UTS. If you are interested in this opportunity to give your valuable insight, please fill out this form:http://surveys.uts.edu.au/index.cfm?surveyid=6830 For any further questions, please contact Rachel.Yasmineh@uts.edu.au |
| Audrey Bjazevich |
| Reimbursement of out-of-pocket expenses |
| All staff reimbursements are processed via Neo UTS Internet Expenses (iExpenses). Access to iExpenses is granted to staff upon completion of training. Please complete the online registration tool for training via the following link: http://www.fsu.uts.edu.au/about/index.html#iexpenses Note, staff with access to iExpenses are welcome to attend a refresher training session. Registration is essential. |
| Tameera Pellegrini |
| Teeline Shorthand commences 6 March |
| Teeline Shorthand beginners course at the Australian Centre for Independent Journalism – limited places available. Teeline Shorthand is for anyone wanting to learn fast writing skills. Participants will learn to omit unnecessary letters and streamline longhand letters. Advanced principles of speedwriting are covered from week 11. On completion, speeds of around 40 to 60 words per minute can be expected. Dates: 6 March to 12 June (15 weeks) Time: 6pm to 9pm Special discounted staff rate for UTS staff and students $440 (full fee $770) On successful completion participants will receive a certificate under the Australian Standard 2907. Full details and how to enrol at http://datasearch2.uts.edu.au/acij/shortcourses/detail.cfm?ItemId=28681 For further information please call 9514 2488. |
| Belinda Viset |
| NTEU - Classification Seminar - 7/2/2012 |
| All UTS Support Staff and interested NTEU members are invited to attend an interactive seminar on position classification, including: -the history of classification for support staff -work level descriptors and how they interact with position descriptions -entitlements and processes for reclassification at UTS -question time When: Tues 7 February 2012 Time: 12pm to 1pm Where: Tower bldg, level 6, room 12D Are you an NTEU member? You are also invited to a union members’ training session on support staff position classification from 1pm to 1:45pm. Please RSVP to Belinda Viset (Branch Organiser), x2760 or nteu@uts.edu.au Presenters: Jo Kowalczyk, NTEU State Organiser, and Michael Thomson, NTEU President and General Staff member University of Sydney. W: http://www.nteu.org.au/uts NTEU - the Union for all University Staff |
| Claire Moore |
| China now: key questions in debate |
| The China Research Centre, as part of the City of Sydney's Chinese New Year Festival, invites you to join them for “China Now: Key questions in debate”, featuring guest speakers Jenny Haywood-Jones (The Lowy Institute), Christian Edwards (Xinhua) and community historian Helen Fong. In what will be a lively evening, China scholars, industry professionals and media experts discuss key questions on development, aid and migration in China. The first conversation, between the China Research Centre’s Dr Lai-Ha Chan and the Lowy Institute’s Director of The Myer Foundation Melanesia Program, Jenny Haywood-Jones, looks at the China’s growing role in development and aid. While in the second discussion between Xinhua’s Australia Correspondent, Christian Edwards, Community Historian Helen Fong, and Dr Graeme Smith of the China Research Centre, the focus will shift to the question of China’s role in global migration. Date: Wednesday 1 February, 2012 Time: 6.00pm to 8.30pm Venue: UTS Moot Court, Haymarket campus, level 1, block B Cost: free RSVP: Claire.Moore@uts.edu.au or 02 9514 1591 For more information visit the China Research Centre website at http://datasearch2.uts.edu.au/crc/news-events/events-detail.cfm?ItemId=29561. |
| Elaine Swan |
| Feminism in academia: surviving and thriving |
| Jointly run by the Centre for Research in Learning and Change and the Communication Studies academic group, this seminar is designed to enable a small group of academics to discuss their own relation to feminism in its various guises in teaching, research and organisational practices. Dr Kate Bower, UTS, Australia, Dr Kate Sang, University of East Anglia, UK and Dr Deborah Jones, Victoria Management School, New Zealand, will give short papers on their research on feminism and feminists in academia across a range of disciplines from education to business. On the day, we also want to explore in our discussions feminism’s response (or lack of response) to critical race theory and other theories of difference. There will be opportunities for discussing and theorising experiences and for sharing surviving and thriving strategies and tactics. Date: 8 February, 2012 from 2 to 5pm Venue: Building 10, level 14, room 201 (10.14.201) RSVP: As numbers are limited please contact Elaine Swan on Elaine.Swan@uts.edu.au by 1 February if you would like to attend. |
| Daniel Quin |
| Position available - Fees Team Member |
| UTS: Student Administration Unit is seeking a self-motivated candidate to join the Admissions, Scholarships and Fees section. This full time role will initially assist the Fees team, to undertake a range of processes throughout the fees lifecycle. The successful applicant may also undertake duties within other areas of the team. The role is broad banded Level 4 to Level 6 with the appointment being made at a level commensurate with experience and qualifications. The position description is generic to this area of operations. The salary range is $51 648 to $70 509 pa, plus 17% employer superannuation. Application procedure: Apply on-line via: http://www.jobs.uts.edu.au/job/job_details.cfm?id=705459 Please include a brief cover letter with your CV outlining your suitability for the role. Internal applicants only. Closing Date: 31 January, 2012 Ref No. R170112 |
| Vesna Siljanovska |
| Recommend an international student to be profiled |
| Do you know any inspirational international students? UTS International is looking for international students to be profiled in the following areas: Design - Undergraduate Comms - Undergraduate and postgraduate Education - Undergraduate and postgraduate International studies - Undergraduate and postgraduate Law - Postgraduate If you know a promising student in one of the above areas, please email their details to vesna.siljanovska@uts.edu.au Deadline: Friday 27 January, 2012 Many thanks, UTS International |
| Robert Button |
| UTSpeaks: Holes in the Net |
| Is Medicare still meant for all of us, or only a privileged few? With a second review of the Medicare Safety Net now concluded, how should policy makers, health professionals and patients respond to the many costly flaws that have been exposed? For how long should taxpayers bear the consequences of a system with loopholes allowing some health care providers to charge massive fees for services used mainly by a wealthy minority? This lecture details the failings of Australia's Medicare Safety Net. It reveals a system with perverse incentives, prone to misuse and manipulation. It discusses the difficulty and confusion of the vulnerable in the community in accessing vital health services and the frustration of bureaucrats in delivering a universal health care system that works. It finally considers pathways for a more sustainable system for all Australians. Dr Kees van Gool Kees van Gool is a health economist with extensive experience in international, national and regional health policy research. He has contributed to and managed projects for the Commonwealth Department of Health and Ageing, MBF and the Senate Community Affairs References Committee. Currently, he is a chief investigator for an NHMRC research project on the cost-effectiveness of chemotherapy protocols as well as a capacity building grant on the use of econometric techniques in health technology assessment . Kees recently completed his PhD at UTS which examined aspects of out-of-pocket costs and health care access. He is a member of Cancer Australia’s National Research Advisory Group and a regular contributor to the Bertelsmann Foundation’s Health Policy Monitor series. Date: Wednesday 1 February, 2012 Time: 6pm drinks and canapés for 6.30pm start. Concludes 7.45pm Venue: The Great Hall, level 5, UTS Tower, Broadway, Ultimo RSVP: Tuesday 31 January 2012 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 |
| Richard Birrell |
| Award course approval & reaccreditation procedures |
| New award course approval and reaccreditation procedures which support the related policy have recently been published on the UTS website. Should you believe that the procedures and policy may impact upon you or your work, please familiarise yourself with the relevant policy document(s). These, along with all other UTS policies and directives, are available on the central policy website at http://www.gsu.uts.edu.au/policies. More detailed communication and education plans may be rolled out by the implementation officers, who are specified within the relevant documents. If you require further assistance, please refer to http://www.gsu.uts.edu.au/policies For assistance with general policy questions or concerns, please contact policy@uts.edu.au |
| IOSARN |
| Short term accommodation for visiting professor |
| The Indian Ocean and South Asia Research Network is looking for short term accommodation for a visiting professor and his wife who will be in Sydney from mid-February to mid-June. If you or someone you know has suitable accommodation available during the above period, please email cornelia.betzler@uts.edu.au or call x2768. |
| Christine Shao |
| Short Course: Negotiation Stage 1 |
| This two-day program is an incisive exploration of the fundamentals of the complex world of business negotiation. It offers a holistic and inclusive framework that can be adapted to many negotiation settings industries and dynamics. It raises the awareness of the participant so they have a better understanding of what they already do that does and does not work. It gives them practical options for immediate improvement, all of which allows them to have better awareness and control of the negotiation process. It is based on sound and time tested principles that alerts negotiators to the critical steps in the process and gives them free practical skills that can be used in negotiation everyday. Date: Tuesday 28 February 2012 Time: 9am to 5pm Duration: Two (2) days Location: UTS Haymarket campus Fee: $1,980 (10% discount for UTS students, staff and alumni) To register please visit: https://shortcourses-bookings.uts.edu.au/ClientView/Schedules/ScheduleDetail.aspx?ScheduleID=677 For specific queries regarding course content, please contact Executive Development Unit on ext. 3504 or email executive.development@uts.edu.au Any enquiries regarding enrolment or payment, please contact UTS Short Courses on ext. 2912 or email short.courses@uts.edu.au |
| Jann Joy |
| Getting started with UTSOnline training |
| UTSOnline is a web-based learning tool used in many UTS subjects. It can be accessed from inside and outside UTS via most web browsers. This session is a ’getting started’ resource giving an overview of administration, support and some ’how to’ practise using the tool. Staff who are interested in discussing the learning and teaching side of using UTSOnline are advised to visit the Institute for Interactive Media and Learning website: http://www.iml.uts.edu.au/about Date: Thursday 9 February 2012 Time: 1.30pm to 4.30pm Where: IT training room CB10.6.431 To register email: Jann.Joy@uts.edu.au |
| Annie Wong |
| Union Broadway Eatery has opened |
| The Broadway Eatery has opened for the year 2012 and all staff receive a 10% discount by showing their staff card. The trading hours during semester break are 8am to 4pm. Bon appetit! |
| Jann Joy |
| 2012 Skills and Professional Development Program |
| The Human Resources Unit offers a range of skills and professional development workshops related to supervision, communication skills, project management and corporate IT systems. Details of the 2012 program are now available through the HRU website: http://www.hru.uts.edu.au/professional/development/index.html If you have any questions or wish to register for a workshop, please contact jann.joy@uts.edu.au. |
| James Stuart |
| Closure of Alumni Green (western half) |
| As part of works associated with the Thomas Street Building and Library Retrieval System excavation, Alumni Green is affected in the following manner: • The western half of Alumni Green (grassed area only) is now closed to allow soil testing ahead of the main excavation works • This section of Alumni Green will remain closed until completion of the project in 2014 • Access conditions to and from building 2 will not change until mid/late-February • The eastern half of Alumni Green is currently undergoing an upgrade, including the provision of outdoor furniture, shading and planting. It will re-open in early February • Permanent hoardings and site sheds will be erected in mid/late February, pending authority approvals • A stair from the building 2 terrace onto Jones Street will be erected to allow possession of the entire Alumni Green site UTS has now appointed contractor Hansen Yuncken to complete this excavation, who is targeting completion by September 2012. For more information on the projects, visit the Master Plan website http://www.fmu.uts.edu.au/masterplan For specific project enquiries, contact the project manager, Dane Sinclair ext 8426. |
| Tanya Gerrie |
| Submissions now open for UTS Insider |
| 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 |
| Katrina Waite |
| Reminder: UTS VC’s Learning and Teaching Grants |
| A reminder that the deadline for the UTS Vice-Chancellor's Learning and Teaching Grants Scheme 2012 is 10am Monday January 30. Guidelines are available at http://www.uts.edu.au/teachlearn/ltpf/index.html. If you have questions or would like further assistance with the preparation of your application please contact Katrina Waite in IML on x2480 or email katrina.waite@uts.edu.au. |
| Matthew Noble |
| Copyright - preparing teaching material for 2012? |
| Information concerning copyright requirements in teaching materials is available at: http://www.lib.uts.edu.au/about-us/policies-guidelines/copyright-and-uts/staff-and-copyright Further information for staff, students and researchers concerning copyright requirements under Australian law can be seen at: http://www.lib.uts.edu.au/about-us/policies-guidelines/copyright-and-uts (refer to the links in the column on the right) |
| Jemima Mowbray |
| Public forum with Les Murray 'Smuggled to Freedom' |
| The UTS Anti-Racism Collective is very proud to co-host, with Refugee Action Coalition NSW, this timely forum featuring LES MURRAY, SBS soccer commentator who (with Dateline) recently returned to Hungary to meet the people who helped him and his family flee in 1956. Other speakers include: MIKE GREWCOCK, author of Border Crimes & UNSW law lecturer; EDWINA LLOYD, lawyer for Indonesian boat crew jailed on ‘people smuggling’ charges; and HADI HOSSEINI (Afghan Hazara detained on Christmas Island and in Darwin) on his experience of being ‘smuggled’ When: Monday 13 February Time: 6pm to 8pm Venue: UTS Haymarket campus, room B111, Quay St (next to UTS library, opposite Paddy's Markets) Please contact Mark 0422078376 or Jemima 0433584050 (jemima.mowbray@uts.edu.au) for more information. |
| Christine Shao |
| Carbon Trading Information Session |
| Carbon Trading Scheme is an executive guide to Australian carbon trading, how the scheme works, what it means, and it will impact your business. This short course, which includes a carbon trading simulation, is to give participants hands on experience in carbon trading, as well as a selection of executive carbon tools. Date: Monday 20 February, 2012 Time: 12.30pm to 1.30pm Location: UTS Haymarket campus Fee: Free Who should attend: - Executives looking for information on carbon and the business impact - CFO's looking to understand the financial impact of carbon - GM Strategy looking to understand the carbon impact to their business strategy - Carbon traders looking for knowledge and experience in buying and selling carbon credits - Sustainability managers looking to understand the Australian scheme and how it fits with sustainability - Educators and academics looking to understand this new area - Students looking for the latest information on this new business opportunity To register please visit: https://shortcourses-bookings.uts.edu.au/ClientView/Schedules/ScheduleDetail.aspx?scheduleid=637 |
| Elizabeth Mulhollann |
| Research Week 2012 - book now |
| Calling all researchers to UTS:Library’s Research Week! Come along from 6 to 10 February, 2012 and develop knowledge and skills to save you time, make you famous and keep you sane. Sessions include: - Getting inside the UTS Doctoral Framework - Advanced database searching - Research reading and writing skills - Data management and visualisation - Publishing and self-promotion - Managing your stress levels and your supervisor - Understanding research ethics - Obtaining research funding See the full program and book into sessions via the UTS:Library website: http://www.lib.uts.edu.au/news/6118/research-week-2012 |
| Des Petersen |
| Compliance position in UTS International |
| UTS International is seeking expressions of interest from staff who would like to work in the compliance area. There is a vacancy for an Administrative Officer, Compliance (HEW Level 5) who is primarily accountable for monitoring compliance of the delivery of the UTS Foundation Studies program at Insearch. The Administrative Officer, Compliance collaborates with a range of people within the university as well as outside authorities to seek information and resolve issues. Specific tasks include: - Run PRISMS reports – such as welfare arrangements, course and fee variations, identifying discrepancies and escalating matters as appropriate. - Liaise with UTS and Insearch staff to ensure there are no breaches to visa conditions relating to attendance or satisfactory course progress; and assist in the management of packaged Foundation students. - Monitor implementation of the Compliance Manual and the Operations Manual for the UTS Foundation Studies program and recommend updates as required. - Check publications, particularly those that relate to the UTS Foundation Studies program; assist with the updating of relevant information and communication broadcasts to students who are affected by course changes. - Provide secretariat support for the UTS and INSEARCH Compliance Panel for UTS Foundation Studies. The role would be suitable for a self-starter who is able to work with broad direction, who has a good eye for detail and excellent communication skills. Training and ongoing support will be provided. Please lodge your expression of interest by email before cob Friday 27 January, 2012 to des.petersen@uts.edu.au listing your current position, briefly summarising your relevant skills and experience and stating why you would like to be considered for this role. If you have any queries about the role, please contact Des Petersen directly on ext. 8009. |
| Racheal Laugery |
| Research Ethics Administrator - Closes 18 January |
| The Research and Innovation Office is seeking a Research Ethics Administrator to join its research ethics team. Applications close on January 18, 2012. Please contact Racheal Laugery (ext. 9772) if you have any queries. Full details are at UTS Careers: http://www.jobs.uts.edu.au/job/job_details.cfm?id=700921 |
| Deborah Naray |
| Upcoming privacy training |
| The Privacy Training Program has been organised for 2012. The first Privacy Essentials session will be held shortly (please note these sessions used to be called Privacy Awareness Sessions). Privacy Essentials is targeted at all staff and cover the university’s and staff responsibilities relating to privacy and the management of personal information. If you are new to UTS, have not yet attended a session, or would simply like a refresher, please book into the following session: Date: Monday 23 January, 2012 Time: 2pm to 3.30pm Location: Building 10, level 6, room 430 (CB10.06.430 - HR Training Room 2) RSVP: Deborah.Naray@uts.edu.au Further details are available at the Training link on the University Records website at http://www.records.uts.edu.au. |
| Christine Shao |
| Short Course: Accounting for Non-Accountants |
| Financial reports are an increasingly invaluable tool for businesses. More than just a summary of statistics, financial statements provide an instrument to analyse business operations by its financial performance. Accounting for Non-Accountants focuses on basic accounting concepts and processes. By establishing a foundation of knowledge of the accounting process, participants will be better armed to make informed management decisions. Date: Friday 17 February, 2012 Time: 9am to 5pm Location: UTS Haymarket campus Fee: $850 (10% discount for UTS students, staff and alumni) Who will benefit: - Managers of larger organisations who want a good understanding of financial reports and the ability to utilise this information productively. - Small to medium business owners who want more involvement with their company finances, enabling closer monitoring and control of its financial performance. - Bookkeepers or accounts clerk who wants a greater appreciation of accounting terminology and processes. - Professionals who are working in, or wish to work in general management and are required to use and understand financial reports. To register please visit: https://shortcourses-bookings.uts.edu.au/ For specific queries regarding course content, please contact Executive Development Unit on ext. 3504 or email executive.development@uts.edu.au Any enquiries regarding enrolment or payment, please contact UTS Short Courses on ext. 2912 or email short.courses@uts.edu.au |
| Dane Sinclair |
| Works Along Jones St and Thomas St Footpaths |
| Works will commence on Monday 16th January along the Jones Street and Thomas Street footpaths to locate and survey the existing underground services. This will be done by digging small trenches in the footpaths starting on Jones St and progressing around to Thomas St. Pedestrian barriers and pedestrian traffic management will be in place. Works will be from 7:30am to 5pm, and will last for approximately 2 weeks. These works are required for the Thomas Street excavation project, due to commence on site in January. |
| Mary-Anne Williams |
| Stanford Summer Institute for Entrepreneurship |
| The Stanford Graduate School of Business Summer Institute for Entrepreneurship (SIE) is a four-week business program for current non-business master’s, PhD, MD students and post-docs which examines the process of turning an innovative idea into a successful venture. Current graduate students with backgrounds in engineering, medicine, science, and humanities are offered the unique opportunity to build the analytical and practical skills critical to business management and entrepreneurship. Students from outside the US can apply. A student from Wollongong studying PhD in health psychology at the University of Wollongong was successful previously - http://m.zdnet.com.au/stanford-encourages-oz-entrepreneur-339329585.htm SIE dates: June 17 to July 13; full-time The deadline for applying to SIE is March 15, 2012; there is no application fee. Note: A complete application file includes a submitted online application of personal information, an uploaded resume or CV, responses to four essay questions, and the names and contact information of two references. Application information We appreciate the time and energy you devote to your application. Should you have any questions, please contact Program Director Aimee Slobin at 650-724-4336 or sie@gsb.stanford.edu. You may log in and access the application to add or edit answers as many times as you like prior to submission. Once all the required fields have been completed you may submit the application electronically. You will not be able to make changes to your information using the online system after you have submitted. |
| Christine Shao |
| Short Course: Lean Six Sigma Foundations - Sydney |
| Date: Monday 13 February, 2012 Time: 8.30am to 5.30pm Location: UTS Haymarket campus Fee: $890 (10% discount for UTS students, staff and alumni) Lean Six Sigma is widely recognised as the world best practice methodology for business improvement. It aims to create perfection for every product, process and transaction within an organisation. This disciplined, evidence-based approach aims to transform business performance by improving quality, reducing costs and creating new opportunities. Companies equipped with Lean Six Sigma methodologies pursue excellence, consistency, customer responsiveness, speed and lower costs. Who Will Benefit: - Executives - Senior managers - Project managers - Improvement project facilitators or coaches - Members of business improvement project teams To register visit: Lean Six Sigma Foundations - SYDNEY For specific queries regarding course content, please contact Executive Development Unit on ext. 3504 or email executive.development@uts.edu.au Any enquiries regarding enrolment or payment, please contact UTS Short Courses on ext. 2912 or email short.courses@uts.edu.au |
| Mary-Anne Williams |
| Dean's Leadership in Innovation seminar series |
| Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology Towards Connecting Big Data with many People The Dean's seminar series was established in 2011 to provide the opportunity for distinguished researchers to initiate conversation around relevant high impact research that demonstrates leadership in engineering and IT innovation. The ninth in the series, this highly topical seminar focuses on big data for preference understanding, context-award and on-demand data mining using crowd intelligence. It is organised jointly by the Centre for Quantum Computing and Intelligent System in the Faculty of Engineering and IT. When: Thursday 9 February 2012 Time: 12pm to 2:30pm (A light lunch will be provided) Venue: City campus - Broadway CB10 level 4, room 460 Speaker: Professor Jian Pei, Simon Fraser University, Canada Abstract: Big data, which refers to data sets that are too big to be handled using the existing database management tools, is emerging as an issue in many important applications, such as Internet search, business informatics, social networks, social media, genomics, and meteorology. Big data presents a grand challenge for database and data analytics research. In this talk, I review some of the exciting research in my group under the central theme of connecting big data with many people in various ways. In particular, I will showcase our recent progress in user preference understanding, context-aware, on-demand data mining using crowd intelligence, summarization and explorative analysis of large data sets, and privacy preserving data sharing and analysis. About the Speaker: Jian Pei is currently a Professor of Computing Science at Simon Fraser University, Canada. He is interested in researching and developing effective and efficient data analysis techniques for novel data intensive applications. He is currently working on various techniques of data mining, Web search, information retrieval, data warehousing, online analytical processing, and database systems, as well as their applications in social networks, health-informatics, business and bioinformatics. His research has been extensively supported by governmental funding agencies and industry partners. He is also active in developing industry relations and collaboration, transferring technologies developed in his group to industry applications, and developing proof-of-concept prototypes. Since 2000, he has published one textbook, two monographs and over 170 research papers in refereed journals and conferences, which have been cited thousands of times. He has served on the organization committees and the program committees of over 160 international conferences and workshops. He is the associate editor-in-chief of IEEE Transactions of Knowledge and Data Engineering (TKDE), and an associate editor or editorial board member of the premier academic journals in his fields, including ACM Transactions on Knowledge Discovery from Data (TKDD), Data Mining and Knowledge Discovery, Knowledge and Information Systems, Statistical Analysis and Data Mining, Intelligent Data Analysis, and Journal of Computer Science and Technology. He is a senior member of the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) and the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), and an ACM Distinguished Speaker. He is the recipient of several prestigious awards. All Welcome RSVP: Email to Gunasmin Lye (Gunasmin.Lye@eng.uts.edu.au) For appointments with Professor Pei, please send email to Professor Xingquan Zhu (Xingquan.zhu@uts.edu.au) |
| Claire Sargent |
| Alumni Green: works update |
| Work starts next week (16 January to 25 January) to improve the green above the sports hall so it can be used while the other half of Alumni Green (Jones Street side) closes for the excavation of the new Thomas Street Building and Library Retrieval System later this month. Access between building 1, level 3 and building 4 will be closed temporarily from 16 January to 25 January. The green above the sports hall will also be closed during this time. UTS is working to complete the improvements before Semester begins. We apologise for any inconvenience. To find out more about what's happening on Alumni Green visit: http://datasearch.uts.edu.au/fmu/news-events/news-detail.cfm?ItemId=29430 Contact: Ranjan Chandrasena, Project Director, on ext 3144 or Ranjan.Chandrasena@uts.edu.au |
| Gary Potter |
| Closure of Turner Lane |
| Turner Lane, between building 3 and building 4, will be closed to all traffic from 7am Friday 13 to Wednesday 18 January, to allow critical repair works to be safely undertaken. Building Services apologises for any inconvenience. |
| Jinyan Li |
| UTS AAI Bioinformatics Workshop 2012 |
| Date: 12 January 2011 Time: 9am to 6pm Venue: UTS Blackfriars Campus, building 5, 2-12 Blackfriars Street, Chippendale (5 minutes walking distance from the Tower Building) Workshop Facilitator: Associate Professor Jinyan Li, Advanced Analytics Institute (AAI), University of Technology Sydney (UTS) Fees: Free admission Timetable: 9am: Opening address by AAI’s director, Professor Longbing Cao and Dean’s Welcome by Prof Hung Nguyen, Dean of FEIT, UTS 9:15am: Keynote, A Novel Principle for Childhood ALL Relapse Prediction, by Professor Limsoon Wong (Head of Computer Science, School of Computing, National University of Singapore) 10:15am: Tea break 10:30am: Invited talk, On Improving the Power of Tests for the Detection of Differential Expression via Mixture Models, by Professor Geoff McLachlan (Director, Centre for Statistics, The University of Queensland) 11:15am: Invited talk, Rewiring the Dynamic Interactome, by Professor Mark Ragan (ARC Centre of Excellence in Bioinformatics, and Institute for Molecular Bioscience, The University of Queensland) 12:00pm: lunch 1:30pm: Invited talk by Professor Pablo Moscato (Co-Director - Priority Research Centre for Bioinformatics, Biomarker Discovery and Information-based Medicine, The University of Newcastle) 2:15pm: Invited talk, Information Discovery for Biomedical Applications, by Professor Phoebe Chen (Chairman, Computer Science Dept, La Trobe University) 3:00pm: Tea break 3:30pm: Invited talk, Improving similarity scores of comparing motifs, by Dr. Uri Keich (School of Mathematics and Statistics, The University of Sydney). 4:15pm: Host talk, Water Exclusion and Inclusion in the Prediction of Protein Binding Hotspots, by Dr. Jinyan Li (Advanced Analytics Institute, University of Technology, Sydney) 5:00pm: Concluding remarks by Professor Mary-Anne Williams (Associate Dean, FEIT, UTS) to be confirmed |
| Christine Shao |
| Certificate 1 in Accounting with SAP ERP |
| Date: Friday 3 February, 2012 Time: 5.30pm to 9pm Duration: Six(6) days Location: UTS Haymarket campus Fee: $2995 (10% discount for UTS UTS students, staff and alumni) Earn a competitive advantage in the job market. SAP ERP (formerly known as my SAP ERP) skills are becomingly increasingly necessary for more and more positions in accounting and finance. The vast majority of large and medium-sized international and local organisations use ERP software for financial accounting, and software giant SAP is the market-leader both locally and overseas. This six-day course introduces you to SAP ERP. It provides advanced skills in configuring and using the financial accounting components and assists in understanding the integration of accounting and other components in SAP ERP. Who Will Benefit? - Accountants who want to gain access to new segments in the accounting job market or new positions within their current organisations - IT/IS experts who want to gain a better understanding of the core business/accounting processes in SAP ERP - Middle and lower managers who want gain a better understanding of the accounting and control functionality of SAP ERP and how SAP accounting can deliver value for an organisation To register visit http://www.business.uts.edu.au/pg/edu/sap.html">http://www.business.uts.edu.au/pg/edu/sap.html For specific queries regarding course content, please contact Executive Development Unit on ext. 3504 or email executive.development@uts.edu.au Any enquiries regarding enrolment or payment, please contact UTS Short Courses on ext. 2912 or email short.courses@uts.edu.au |
| Keryn Regan |
| Student Services Ammenity Fee |
| On 11 October, 2011, the Australian Parliament passed the Student Services and Amenities Fee (SSAF). The SSAF allows universities to charge a fee for student services and amenities of a non-academic nature. Due to the introduction of the SSAF, UTS Union will no longer be running the Advantage Program and as such has undertaken a review of its campus benefits. The Union will be supporting both UTS students and staff through the four following areas: 1. Campus Discounts – 10% discount across all UTS Union food, beverage and retail outlets 2. Clubs & Societies – additional programs, subsidies and funding support 3. Events & Programs – additional weekly events for students and staff, further support of student and staff sport 4. Grants & Scholarships – continued support of athletes, the arts, student competitions and clubs The introduction of the SSAF will ensure we can expand upon and re-introduce a range of student and staff services. For further information follow this link http://www.sau.uts.edu.au/fees/other/service.html. |
| Richard Birrell |
| New and/ or revised Policies, Procedures and Rules |
| The following policies and procedures have recently been approved and published on the UTS website: * Admissions Policy and Procedures * English Language Policy * Procurement Policy It should be noted that there are also consequential changes to the Student and related Rules of the University, specifically Section 5 – Admissions, due to the new Admission Policy and Procedures. Should you believe that any of these may impact upon you or your work, please familiarise yourself with the relevant documents. These policies along with all other UTS policies and directives are available on the UTS central policy website at http://www.gsu.uts.edu.au/policies. Whilst the amended Rules can be found at http://www.gsu.uts.edu.au/rules/index.html More detailed communication and education plans for these policies and procedures may be rolled out by the implementation officers, who are specified within the relevant policy document. If you require further assistance in regards to a particular policy, you may find many useful links and details of relevant contacts within the relevant policy document at http://www.gsu.uts.edu.au/policies For assistance with general policy questions or concerns, please contact policy@uts.edu.au |
| Rachel Yasmineh |
| Orientation February 2012 Parents and Partners |
| During Autumn Orientation the Orientation team runs a session aimed at the parents and partners of the soon-to-be UTS students to give them an idea of what their partners or children will be doing at UTS. There will be presentations that focus on both the academic and social aspects of student life and give insight into what students will learn in the classroom as well as the challenges they may face while at university. Following the formal part of the evening there are refreshments. If you are a parent or partner of a student currently studying at UTS in 2012, we would love for you to come along to the refreshment part of the Parents and Partners information evening on Thursday 23 February 2012 from 7pm to 7.30pm to mingle with the attendees. While we don’t expect that you come to the formal part of the session which will be held from 6pm to 7pm (although you are more than welcome to), it would be great to have experienced parents and partners available at the refreshments for attendees to ask questions of what it is like to be a parent or partner of a student studying at UTS. If you are interested in this opportunity to give your valuable insight please fill out this form: http://surveys.uts.edu.au/index.cfm?surveyid=6830 For any further questions please contact Rachel.Yasmineh@uts.edu.au |
| Tina McDonald |
| Wellbeing at UTS - Money 101, Financal Education |
| As part of the UTS Wellbeing program, a free online personal financial education package is available for staff and students at UTS. Money 101 helps you take control and plan for a safe and secure financial future. Money 101 can be accessed via the UTS Safety and Wellbeing website. |
| Sharron Baker |
| Recordkeeping Essentials Training |
| Recordkeeping Essentials (formerly known as Records Management Awareness) is designed to give staff an overview of the university's records management program, staff responsibilities, legislative compliance, policies and procedures. All staff are encouraged to attend a session. This is a good opportunity to find out how the records system works and what is required from you to ensure records are created, captured and management appropriately. If you are new to UTS, have not yet attended a previous session, or would like a refresher, please book into one of the following sessions: Tuesday 7 February, 2012 10 to 11am Location: CB10.06.440 (HR Training Room 1) Wednesday 11 April, 2012 2 to 3pm Location: CB10.06.430 (HR Training Room 2) E-mail your RSVP to Sharron.Baker@uts.edu.au. Further details are available at the Training link on the University Records website: 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 need to also RSVP. Further details are also available from the University Records training page. |
| Sara Wilkinson |
| Staff member looking for short-term accommodation |
| I have just started at UTS and I am looking for a room to rent in Sydney whilst I get to know the city and find permanent accommodation. If you think you have something suitable please contact me on the above email address. |
| Brandon Bell |
| Temporary closure: escalators to Building 6 |
| Please note that the escalators and overpass from the Central Station walkway / Ultimo Pedestrian Network (UPN) into Building 6 will be closed this week from Tuesday 10 January to Saturday 14 January. The closure is due to the installation of the facade to the Building 6 Podium Extension. Please follow directional signage to enter Building 6 and Yura Mudang (the student housing tower) which can still be accessed from the UPN-side during this time. To assist with this temporary closure, the central stair of Building 6 (levels 2 to 4 only) will re-open from Tuesday 10 January to Friday 13 January, closing again until 31 January. Directional signage has been provided for alternate routes to Summer School areas and available toilets. Lift access will not be available. For more information on the Building 6 podium extension works, please visit: http://datasearch.uts.edu.au/fmu/news-events/masterplan/news-detail.cfm?ItemId=29165 |
| Suzanne Wood |
| Research Ethics Administrator |
| The Research and Innovation Office is seeking a Research Ethics Administrator to join its research ethics team. Applications close on January 18. Full details are at UTS Careers - http://www.jobs.uts.edu.au/job/job_details.cfm?id=700921 |
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