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Issue No 86 Gardens Kedron Park, Carseldine campuses and Sunshine Coast centre

Graduates win Asian jobs Opportunities in business, building

QUT graduates in business accountancy, information technology and engi­neering are winning top jobs in south-east Asia.

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tions in the Office of Educational Serv- -ices Ms .Jennie Lang said the Singa­pore Economic Development Board and the National Computer Board of Singapore both recruited QUT gradu­ates.

One of last year' s overseas business accountancy graduates has written to his senior lecturer saying it took him "quite a long time" to analyse all the job offers he received on his return to Malaysia.

The graduate, Mr William Choong Cherng Thye, said that all of the over­seas students who graduated with him had found jobs within one month of starting applications. Most won posi­tions with tbe top si x accounting firms.

Mr Choong wrote to senior lecturer in the School of Finance Mr Nigel Sorby Adams thanking him for his teaching and for a letter of recommen­dation he wrote for him.

Mr Sorby Adams said Mr Choong was a very hard worker who graduated with a 5.75 grade point average (GPA).

"I gave him a very good reference because he was a very good student, hardworking, interested in his work and looking to get on as well as possible," he said.

"Our overseas students are building a very strong network for us through­out Asia, keeping in touch with each other after graduation. They work hard. I have found them to be very dedicated and committed students."

In his letter Mr Choong said that on his return horne he went for numerous interviews in both Malaysia and Singa­pore. Offers were plentiful but most were with medium-sized accounting firms.

After analysing his job offers, he accepted a position with KPMG Peat Marwick, of Malaysia, because he said he believed it would allow him a better future career path.

Mat Ng - was working in Australia. All others were working in commer­

cial areas and earning substantial sala­ries , he said.

Graduates from 1990 that he knew of also had gained employment with Price Waterhouse, KPMG Peat Marwick, Coopers and Lybrand, Arthur Andersen, Ernst and Young, and Deloitte Haskin Tohmatsu.

Mr Choong described the success rate of QUT graduates in south-east Asia as a great compliment to the busi­ness faculty and to the involvement of its teaching staff.

Head of &be School of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering Pro­fessor Walter Wong said QUT gradu­ates could work in Asia with interna­tional companies including Bosch, Molex, National, Panasonic and Tech-nics.

Positions also were available with major oil and engineering companies, particularly in Malaysia, Singapore, Hong Kong, Thailand and Taiwan.

Encourage Professor Wong said there was no

question that there was a demand for graduates in Asia.

"In fact, I certainly would encour­age graduates to work in Asia. I advise my own Australian graduates to do so because Asia is a very dynamic place in which to work," he said.

Many Australian consulting compa­nies had contracts in Asia, both in project and general engineering. They ranged from building dwellings such as high-rise apartment blocks to darns and bridges.

But Professor Wong warned that charging international students high fees could detract from the long-term benefits of havi ng them study in Queensland.

"These graduates, in a matter of five to I 0 years, will be holding very senior positions.

QUT Big Band member Melissa Jones practises for her Queensland Performing Arts Centre debut. (Photo: Tony Phillips)

Mr Choong said QUT's reputation was high in the Asian business world. Some of those who graduated with him now were working with major account­ing firms in Malaysia, Singapore, Tai­wan, Hong Kong, Sabah, and one - Mr

"They are so used to Australian specifications, machinery and equip­ment and they also recommend Aus­tralian consultants," he said.

The QUT Big Band will be raising the roof of the Queens­land Performing Arts Centre au­ditorium on Saturday 16 May.

Conducted by Mr Brad Millard, the 19-member Big Band - all Kelvin Grove students - will hit the stage at 8pm.

Thai govt turns -to QUT "Those long-term benefits are enor­

mous. We are talking about multi-mil­lion if not billion dollar projects."

The fees were looked at as a short­term issue. They were making money now for Australian universities but a reduction in fees could vastly improve the lqng-term benefits, he said.

The audience has been assured of an energetic, polished per­formance to please all tastes, from big-band swing to funk, with some extra surprises in­cluded.

Tickets for the performance c~t just $10, and are available from Dial'N'Cbarge by telephon­ing 846-4646.

QUT's School of Construction Management is help­ing the government of Thailand come to grips with a national property boom.

In the past few years land values have rocketed in Thai­land, and property speculation has become something of a national pastime. ·

But with a severe shortage of qualified land valuers and a limited title base, the Thai government has found it difficult to keep track of spiralling land transfers.

As a result the Thai government has instigated the Land Titling Project, which has been jointly funded by the World Bank, Australian International Development Assistance Bureau (AIDAB) and the Thai Department of Lands.

QUT Central Administration 2 George Street Brisbane 4000 Telephone (07) 864 2999

The project has been planned to span 20 years - over four five-year periods.

The principle behind the project is that when Thai people have official registered title, they will be able to borrow funds to improve their farms and properties through the formal fi­nancial system, rather than through blackrnarket loan opera­tors. The Torrens or registered title system, which also is used in Australia, has been in operation in Thailand since the turn of the century, but it has been hindered by an antiquated map producing process.

The Land Titling Project has been designed to assist the

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Inside: Daylighting device

grabs limelight

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Vice-chancellor's comment Quality new issue in education At this time of the year, the university is bringing together its educational

profile for the 1993-95 triennium for discussion with the Federal Govern­ment in August/September.

Elements of the plan include enrolments, course initiatives, capital works, equity, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander (ATSI) access and support, research, and quality. Of course, QUT already has developed attitudes to­wards these issues.

In bidding for growth, we must take account of the government's priority for growth in places for school-leavers (undergraduate programs), the huge unmet demand for QUT courses, the desire to expand postgraduate research enrolments particularly at PhD level, and innovations within faculties. The reality is we will not be able to meet all expectations within QUT.

Capital funding, in future, will be built into university annual operating grants, providing greater certainty than in the past. However, this will not help accelerate building programs necessary to overcome current overcrowd­

ing problems. QUT certainly will bid for a share of new campus de­velopment funds of $40 million pa nationally, for construction of the Sippy Downs (Sunshine Coast) campus.

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Plans for research, equity and ATSI will be updated but the im­portant new element for discussion is the Commonwealth initiative in the area of quality ... we will need to articulate mechanisms by which QUT ensures quality in its teach­ing and research programs. These mechanisms are now being con­solidated. Professor Dennis Gibson Nursing students behind bars see page 3

Engin~ering skills Student needed for growth support

Guest speaker at the Faculty of cil, he said: "Engineering is a vital Built Environment and Engineering component of Au~tralia' s skill base yet graduation Mr Dennis O'Neill it is undervalued, both as a career p ro g ram warned that more effective use of choice, and for the contribution it can engineering skills was essential if make to industrial competitiveness. Australia was to develop the indus- "More effective use of engineering trial structure necessary for contin- skills will be essential if Australia is ued economic growth. to develop the industrial structure nec-

Mr O'Neill is the chief executive essary for continued economic officer ofEvans Deakin Industries Ltd. growth." The graduation ceremony was held at Mr O'Neill said he was saddened the Queensland Performing Arts Cen- by the attitudes and policies which had tre on 29 April. sent Australia's manufacturing com-

Warning that there were positive panies into decline over the past 10 challenges ahead for all graduates as years. they developed their real life skills as "Through either ignorance or de­engineers, Mr O'Neill said it was easy sign, we have seen a reduction in the to be part of the "doom and gloom" number of our manufacturing based scenario. engineering facilities," he said.

"It is not so easy to see the chal- But he was heartened by the great lenges and to be positive about the ability and enthusiasm shown by future," he said. graduates who were challenged not to

The engineering profession had not allow past mistakes by governments, been granted professional status within employers, unions and the community the general community. It was only to put Australia and its engineering recently that qualified engineers had industry in further jeopardy. been recognised to witness passports. "In 1992 the situation is reversible.

Quoting part of a paper he prepared By the year 2002 it may not be possi­for the Prime Minister's science coun- ble," Mr O'Neill warned.

SME representative, Dr Gwan-Bin Yt.i (left), liaison librarian Ms Barbara Chesmond and university librarian Ms Gaynor Austen.

Donation to-litJrary The QUT library at Gardens Point last month received another donation

from the Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME). QUT has a longstanding arrangement with SME, in which the society

makes regular donations of books and other materials. In return, the li­brary is made available to SME members in Queensland.

Associate librarian Ms Janice Rickards said the latest SME donation involved about $1100 worth of books, serials and a report series on micro­fiche. Ms Rickards said the SME library deposit scheme was reviewed last year by its national committee, and QUT was one of the few libraries to continue to receive support. "We were visited by SME's national president, who was impressed by the way our library was handled. So, thankfully, the society's donations have continued," Ms Rickards said.

Page 2 INSIDE OUT, 12 May 1992

The School of Cultural and Policy Studies and the Key Centre in Stra· tegic Management have organised an ongoing joint student sponsor­ship progt:am.

As a result, one student will be spon­sored each time the Women in Man­agement course is run at QUT.

The first student to be sponsored under the program is Ms Glenda Mas­son, a community development officer with the Stephens Community Centre in the Albert Shire.

The course is run over three months but actually involves six days of full-time study plus a series of projects.

Ms Masson said that after one day spent in planning, the course students had a further three days' full-time study during April.

Topics were selected as a group and included leadership for the '90s, strategies for a new style of leader­ship, networking and mentoring, as­pects of quality management, com­munication skills and conflict resolu­tion, aspects of financial management, career path planning and the use of technology.

She was gaining skills which could be applied to her present employment and the course was opening up oppor­tunities which she might otherwise not have considered, Ms Masson said.

''There is a component of where it can take me, most definitely," she said.

Ms Masson said she also carried out unpaid work in the private sector, help­ing her partner in a small business, and much of what she was learning in the course would be very useful in that area.

"It is stimulating for me to be in an environment where women have goals and are aiming te achieve," she said.

"Coming into this environment and working with this group of people is so much a bonus."

The support that was available for participants of the course was out­standing.

A great deal of effort had gone into planning and the selection of present­ers, she said.

''The whole structure and support network that is available is really first class," Ms Masson said.

This issue Inside QUT asked students if community health promotions such as National Heart Week are effective?

ADAM GROSSETTI - BACH­ELOR OF ARTS (DRAMA)

"I think they are effective perhaps momentarily.

"For a short period of time the pro­motions are instilled in people's thoughts but it doesn't take long for people to stop thinking about these campaigns."

WENDY STAIB- BACHELOR OF EDUCATION

"I think it is important to promote these campaigns in schools.

"A lot more students are smoking and we should give them an under­standing of what will happen if they keep smoking.

''The majority of community health programs are effective."

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"I think promotions help margin­ally but they are not effective in let­ting people know what the Heart Foun­dation does.

"I think ads on television are better because more people watch TV. Not many people look at leaflets."

ROBYN EVANS - BACHELOR OF EQUCATION

"Some are effective like the slip slop slap campaign.

"It was brilliant. "Most campaigns are not good in

the way they teach facts but they are good in raising awareness."

Nursing students (clockwise from left) Holly Barke//, Peter Nessling, Marta Soberanas and Lorraine Venturato caught behind bars last week. (Photo: Tony Phillips)

PtiSon exJ:!SriencErfails to .deter nursing students

Two groups of QUT first-year nursing students ended up behind bars during recent field trips with a difference.

The students were accompanied by lecturer Mr Shayne Scarlett to experience the working environment of nurses employed in the health clinics at Boggo Rd and Brisbane women's prisons.

Ms Marta Soberanas, Ms Melanie Jones, Mr Alex Smith and Mr Peter Nessling visited Boggo Rd Correc­tional Centre, where they took the opportunity to meet with nursing staff and discuss some of the prob­lems they faced .

Fellow students Ms Holly Barkell, Ms Lorraine Venturato, Ms Maria Constantinescu and Ms Wendy Kennedy visited Brisbane Women's Correctional Centre, where they were also able to speak with the in­mates.

Mr Scarlett said the visits were part of the School of Nursing's policy to take first-year students into the community to let them experi­ence what it was like to work in various areas of the profession.

The prison visits were part of the Clinical Practice I A course, which has a community focus .

"They have a project where they are nominated a certain region in Brisbane, in which they must study the areas where nurses can be found working in the community," Mr Scarlett said.

_"My students received the West End-W oolloongabba-Annerley area,

which includes the women ' s and Boggo Rd correctional centres. So we contacted the chief nursing officer at the Corrective Services Commission and arranged for groups of students to visit."

Mr Scarlett said a particularly inter­esting aspect of the prison clinics was the broad range of services provided by the nurses, compared with those employed in public hospitals.

Prison nurses dealt with problems such as detoxification of newly-admit­ted alcoholics, drug addicts going through withdrawal, attempted sui­cides, and general broken bones, cuts and bruises. They also collected blood for HIV and Hepatitis B testing, and performed suturing.

Fascinating The Boggo Rd clinic is staffed by

three nurses during the morning, two in the afternoon and one at night, pro­·viding a 24-hour service.

"It was certainly a wide range of activities, which the students found fascinating," Mr Scarlett said.

"It was the fi rst time QUT nursing students had been taken inside the jails and it was certainly an eye-opening experience.

"The chief nursing officer at -the Corrective Services Commission was pleased that QUT had shown an inter­est in the work of her staff, because she felt that they tended to be hidden away from the public eye."

The students also were surprised to see fe male nurses employed in the men's prison at Boggo Rd.

"Apparently the relationship be-

tween the male prisoners and the nursing staff is quite amicable. There is a sort of unwritten code of ethics among the prisoners that says no­one touches the nurses," Mr Scarlett said.

"But the students were quite sur­prised. They thought they wou ld have had an all-male staff."

Although slightly fazed by the ex­perience, the students are now con­vinced they have chosen the right career.

"It was a little scary being sur­rounded by the prisoners but we found the nurses really helpful ," Ms Soberanas said. . .

"After seeing the work they do, I ·I··

think it would be really interesting ¥ to work in a prison." ~

Fellow student Mr Nessling said · the experience he had gained from the trip was well worth any appre­hension he may have felt.

"The prisoners gave us a rowdy welcome but the nurses were great. I think they appreciated us taking an interest in their work," he said. 11 ..

"I don't think I'd like to work l there, though." ~

Mr Scarlett said the prison visits ~ had given his students a wider ap- ' preciation of the nursing profession.

"I don't think they wanted to stay any longer in Boggo Rd than we did. It is certainly a threatening sort of environment,'' he said.

"But the experience they gained gives them a better idea of what could lie ahead and the options open to them."

Dayligliting device grabs the limelight

An invention by QUT physics lecturer Dr Ian Cowling could revolution­ise the interior lighting industry.

Dr Cowling has developed what he calls a "daylighting device", which enhances natural light to illuminate rooms and offices without the need to track the sun.

The prototype for the device was made from acrylic material, which was extruded to form an intricate screen which fi ts to the top of windows.

Sunlight is fi ltered through the screen and enhanced, before being dis­tributed throughout the room.

Dr Cowling has set up the proto­type in one of the rooms of the..Infor­mation Technology building on Gar-dens Point campus. 1• •

Early tests have shown the daylight device more than doubles the amount of natural light in the room, eliminat­ing the need for artificial light through­out much of the day.

"The device was designed prima­rily so that it would never have to track the sun. It is mounted permanently in the window," Dr Cowling said.

"It doesn' t matter if the sun is right down low on the horizon or high at midday, the light is still distributed throughout the room."

Dr Cowling began working on the project about three years ago, while on professional development program (PDP) leave in the United States.

He was awarded a research grant by the Energy Research Development Corporation (ERDC) and last year sub­mitted a report on his work at a scien­tific conference in Denver, USA.

The report attracted widespread in-

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terest in the device, particularly from architects, who realised the potential for utilising natural light in new build­ings as well as substantial savings in artificial lighting costs.

"Many people have commented about trying to brighten up dark rooms or other areas of their homes," Dr Cowling said.

"In some cases my device would not be applicable - it redirects light rather than manufacturing it - but in many situations it could be a solution.

"I think people prefer to live and work in natural light. I met a painter during a trip to the US who was fasci­nated with the idea. He thought it would be a great concept for hi s stu­dio."

International lighting company DEDECE is eager to become involved in the project and negotiations are underway to manufacture and market the product in a joint venture with QUT.

The device can be adapted to suit many building applications; from homes to high-rise offices, industrial warehouses, schools and hospitals.

Dr Cowling said he was working on various models, including one which would automatically adjust to compen­sate for changes in daylight intensity to produce a more uniform light.

He hopes his daylighting device will be brightening homes and offices within the next 12 months.

Or /an Cowling studies his daylighting device. (Photo: Tony Phillips)

Campus quickies During a recent address to arts and law graduation, actor Ms Dianne

Cilento told new graduates she had never let schooling interfere with her education. She empathised with their accomplishments, " parents' pride, planning, possibilities, potentia l, performance, permanence, progress, profit, prizes". But for new graduates, she said, first there was " practice, patience, perseverance, perspicacity, problems and probably privation and poverty to go through before you ' re completely p ... ed ofr'. Poised before a ' 'plethora of (career) possibilities" , their choosing the right moment and augmenting its potential required a mix of real­ism, optimism, opportunism, pessimism, intuition and rationalism. Graduations ran from mid-April to 7 May.

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"Sparing the rod" in schools is more likely to save the child than spoil it says QUT education lecturer Mr Roger Slee.

He described "the rod" - or beating students to achieve discipline- as "one of the elements in the equation of al­ienation in schools".

"I think teachers and students should be asking what the rod was doing there in the first place," he says.

Mr Slee is director of the School of Cultural and Policy Studies' leader­ship research concentration. He has just edited a publication Discipline in Australian Public Education. Pub­lished by the Australian Council for Education Research (ACER) it builds on an earlier edited publication Disci­pline in Schools published in 1988.

Mr Slee said while the earlier book dealt with issues of school discipline very well in the sense of understand­ing aspects of disruption it did not guide teachers in what they could do in a practical sense.

"What I wanted to address in this book was linking theory to practice," he explained.

"I invited one person from each state and territory from different levels of the education system to talk about what had happened in the area of discipline and policy development in the last 10 years. Peter Meadmore from the School of Cultural and Policy Studies analysed the situation in Queensland."

He said the decade had been inter­esting with most states abolishing cor­poral punishment. Queensland was one of the exceptions. Mr Slee described discipline in schools as a complex problem that teachers and the schools could not necessarily fix alone.

"Many people will say when they were at school discipline was much better, kids did as they were told, they respected their teachers, teachers had authority," he said.

" It seems to me, however, that peo­ple are leaving out of that equation a number of important factors. They're not talking about the numerous kids that dropped out of school, or just by being disruptive were squeezed out.

"And when that happened there was somewhere for them to go. There were unskilled jobs for them in the labour market.

"Now, what we're finding is there aren't those places for kids outside the school system so they're staying at school longer. But the prognosis isn't very good because for an increasing number of students school is failing in its basic promise, delivering opportu­nities in higher education and the mar­ketplace."

He said these were examples of is­sues that schools and teachers could not solve themselves.

Mr Slee said it was always assumed to be the child's fault if he or she was disruptive. Instead it might have more to do with other causes, such as the way schools were organised.

"These are things we can do some­thing about as teachers," he said.

"The book suggests we need to de­velop short-term and long-term strate­gies and workable codes of behaviour. Those that have been successful seem to be those that base themselves on more democratic models."

He cited the example of one Bris­bane headmaster who, upon arriving at a new school, symbolically burned the cane. The ashes were put in a mug and awarded each week to the class considered to have made the most achievement.

"I don't think children today are any worse than they were in our day," said Mr Slee.

"But the world has changed. We need to develop new ways of dealing with issues, not impose the old way."

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Ms Colleen Loos (right) and her family, baby Rohan, husband Russell and son Jacob. (Photo: Tony Philips)

Hardworking mum deserves a medal Health faculty medallist Ms Col­

leen Loos completed the last term of her three-year Bachelor of Ap­plied Science (Home Economics) course while preparing for the birth of her second child, and a house move.

Ms Loos, of Bellbowrie, achieved a grade point average of 6.70, made up of 19 high distinctions, eight dis­tinctions and five satisfactory passes.

She started the course in 1987 and,

after two full years of study, took a year off after the birth of Jacob, who has just turned three. She completed the final year part-time during 1990 and '91.

Rohan was born in January this year. Ms Loos discovered her academic

talents almost by accident. She decided she wanted to study

after a number of years doing clerical work.

"I went into the course expecting it

to involve cooking and sewing," she said. "If I had known it involved sci­ence I wouldn't have done it. "But that's the area_! really became inter­ested in, particularly the nutrition side."

A major course project on body fat . distribution resulted in a published article in the Australian Journal of Nutrition and Dietetics.

After taking another break to con­centrate on mothering Ms Loos would

National AIDs· archive resource for. educators

The National Aids Archive Col­lection program was launched at the Australian National University (ANU) last month by QUT's Profes­sor Cameron Hazlehurst.

Head of the School of Humanities at QUT, Professor Hazlehurst is chair­man of the program consultative panel. He said he launched the program on behalf of the Federal Minister for So­cial Security Dr Neale Blewett.

The program would run over the next five years funded by a budget of $150 000 provided by the Common­wealth Department of Health, Hous­ing and Community Services, Profes­sor Hazlehurst said.

The launch was part of an official announcement by Professor Hazlehurst of the renaming of ANU

archives in honour of its founder Pro­fessor Noel Butlin.

Professor Butlin accepted a senior research fellowship at ANU in 1951 , beginning an association that lasted until his death last year.

The facility now called Noel Butlin Archives Centre was founded in 1953.

Under the program the National AIDS Archive Collection is projected to become a major resource for educa­tors, historians, researchers and policy makers on the AIDS education proc­ess developed in Australia.

The collection will include material produced by the states and commu­nity groups as well as that developed through Commonwealth funding.

Such dramatic television commer-

cials as those featuring the Grim Reaper launched in 1987 will be part of the collection. It also will comprise brochures, posters, tee-shirts, videos, stickers and other educational docu­ments.

Some of the material on display at the launch included the Grim Reaper commercial and the "beds" commer­cial targeting people in relationships which was released in 1988.

There also was a poster from the W A AIDS Council promoting a mobile needle exchange, an AIDS edu­cation program for Aboriginal and Torres Straits Islanders, a safe sex poster for teenagers published in 1990 and a 1989 Victorian AIDS Council poster for a gay men's safe sex cam­paign.

Indonesian editor-visits QUT has contributed to better re­

lations between Australia and Indo­nesia by sponsoring a Brisbane visit by a leading magazine editor.

The editor, Mr Goenawan Mohamad, is a highly-regarded Indo­nesian journalist. He founded the coun­try's leading news magazine Tempo in 1971 and still is its editor-in-chief.

Tempo, published weekly in Indo­nesia's capital Jakarta, has a circula­tion of 167 000.

An expert at treading the "fine line", Mr Goenawan has keeps the magazine coming out each week, despite tack­ling sensitive issues such as the mas­sacre of East Timorese people by In­donesian soldiers in November last

year and allegations of corruption against members of the family of Presi­dent Suharto.

Tempo was banned for three months in 1986 but has not missed an issue since.

The two-month visit of Mr Goenawan to Australia was organised last year by QUT senior lecturer in journalism Dr Errol Hodge. Dr Hodge then was a lecturer at the Royal Mel­bourne Institute of Technology (RMIT).

On his appointment to QUT, Dr Hodge asked Mr Goenawan to extend his visit so that he could lecture at Queensland universities.

Mr Goenawan told students and staff

at QUT, the University of Queensland and Griffith University that Austral­ians believing Indonesia was a mili­tary dictatorship were mistaken.

Indonesian armed forces were in­fluential but their numbers small com­pared to the country's population of 180 million. He also said it was wrong to believe that Indonesia's press oper­ated under tight censorship. But secu­rity officers did give "guidance" to the press.

Before founding Tempo he headed the ABC bureau in Indonesia. Next semester three Indonesian television journalists will study advanced sub­jects at QUT in the Bachelor of Busi­ness (Journalism).

like to become involved in public health education, perhaps at a vol­unteer level initially ·~ust to keep up to date". She could then embark on a higher degree.

Ms Loos' degree makes her the second QUT prize winner in the fam­ily. Her husband, Russell , graduated as an accountant from the then QIT in the mid-seventies topping his year and winning the Australian Society of Accountants' prize.

Lectures go hi.gh-tech

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Closet Steven Spielbergs in the School of Civil Engineering can test their potential on a nifty piece of high-tech gadgetry that is certain to add new zest to lectures.

The school is the proud owner of QUT's first video-visualiser.

Apart from being a fun toy for lecturers its specific value is that it allows large classes in a crowded lec­ture room to see details of small­scale experiments on a video display screen.

Fluid mechanics lecturer Mr Robin Black is credited with con­vincing the school of the advantages of the visualiser.

It can do tricks as diverse as zoom­ing in on an object as small as a two dollar coin or focusing on a person asking a question in a conference situation.

He first saw the unit in an Ad­elaide T AFE college during an engi­neering education conference last Christmas. It was being used as a main camera in a small studio for distance education.

"It's the best advance in confer­ence or lecture technology since the advent of the overhead projector," said Mr Black.

"In a lecture situation you can focus on a picture in a book or the detail of a demonstration that a large class could not otherwise see."

The $6000 Canon RE-552 video visualiser is a perfect example of Japanese design. It pac)ss down into a briefcase-size carrybag with a han­dle.

Mr Black said the school was pre· pared to consider requests to bor­row the machine.

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Thai government enhance its existing skills to automate its mapping system and improve the country' s land title base.

As part of the project, two Thai stu­dents are studying a property econom­ics course at QUT.

The students, Ms Malee Pengjun and Ms Kanidtha Somwung, have been . selected by the Thai government to undertake training to become property valuers. They hope to complete their Bachelor of Applied Science degree in three years, before taking up duties with the Thai Department of Lands.

QUT property economics lecturer Ms Lynne Armitage said the students had fulfilled rigid qualifying standards before being selected by their govern­ment.

'"They needed a certain number of years' service in the Thai Department of Lands, a degree, and an adequate grasp of English," Ms Armitage said.

'"They have encountered the usual problems settling in and are finding the course a bit of a struggle, but they are working very hard and I'm confi­dent they'll do well."

Before joining QUT a year ago; Ms Armitage spent five years working for the Land Titling Project in Bangkok.

She developed the first property valuation course in Thailand and her work has been carried on by graduate students returning from project schol­arships in Australia.

'The project's policy is that the Thai students should be sent to a variety of institutions in Australia, so that they are given a broad approach to the pro­fession," Ms Armitage said.

"After all, they will be at the fore­front of their profession in Thailand. Until recently, when the country be­came more industrialised, there was very little transfer of land."

Head of the School of Construction Management Professor David Scott said the selection of QUT as one of the universities involved in the Land Titling Project was evidence of the high regard held for its construction management, quantity surveying and property economics courses.

'"The property economics course is currently teaching its first final-year students," Professor Scott said.

"It's a fairly new course that came out of a demand from the industry. It looks at both ends of the construction process - from appraisals before any building designs are done, to the man­agement of the building investment once completed.

"What's happening more and more around the world is owners are no longer saying 'we need more space, let's build something'. They are now saying 'we need more space, let's look at the assets we already have and re­habilitate if we can."

Professor Scott said the challenge for QUT was how to make its courses applicable not only to Australia, but to the whole of south-east Asia.

He also believes Australian univer­sities should be developing closer re­lationships with south-east Asia at postgraduate and research levels.

"At QUT we have a very well founded set of undergraduate courses but it's important we realise Queens­land is part of that south-east Asian region, and we should work with those countries as partners," he said.

"Wherever I go in south-east Asia, they say they want to set up their own courses which are directly applicable to their area.

'"That's where we should be direct­ing our attention. We should be work­ing wi$ them more closely at post­graduate and research level, where we can all benefit from each other's ex­pertise."

lnf9/tech strategy sought to match university's growth

Discussion sessions have been held on all campuses following the circu­lation of a green paper aimed at de­veloping QUT's future strategy in information technology.

The green paper was prepared by the Computing Planning Committee, a sub-committee of the Planning and Resources Committee of the Council. The Computer Planning Committee is chaired by Mr Alan Baxter.

Most of the work on the green pa­per was done by Mr Baxter, the direc­tor of the Division of Information Serv­ices Mr Tom Cochrane and the direc­tor of the Computing Services Depart­ment Mr John Noad.

Mr Cochrane explained that it was now quite common for large organisa­tions such as government departments, private corporations and universities to develop an information technology (IT) strategy linked with their overall strategic plan.

"When QUT amalgamated it was particularly important to try to deal

A QUT staff member is one of a group of volunteers who give their free time to entertain chil­dren in hospital through Radio Lollipop.

A concept that evolved from the UK, Radio Lollipop is a series of in­house radio stations set up in chil­dren's hospitals.

Brisbane is the only city in the world to have two Radio Lollipop operations.

Prizes and publications officer for the Faculty of Built Environment and Engineering Ms Joanne Venturato is a volunteer coordinator and part -time announcer for Radio Lollipop at the Mater Children's Hospital.

She described Radio Lollipop as an international charity for children which was run completely by volun­teers. As a coordinator she takes care of around 80 volunteers who spend time in the wards ~ith child patients

By Jim Simmonds

with this because of things including the sheer size and the fact that there were a lot of disparate systems that needed to be brought together," he said.

Information technology was chang­ing and was changing the perspective of educators.

"While there are a lot of potentially interesting developments there are a lot of potentially expensive mistakes, too," Mr Cochrane warned.

"So there is a need to be coherent about it."

In the first year of reorganisation everyone agreed that a strategy needed to be developed, so extensive discus­sion and planning had taken place over the past few months, he said.

The green paper aimed in part to summarise what had happened to date, since early 1991.

"I think possibly the most interest­ing part of it is the attempt to look at

as well as broadcasting to them. '"They run competitions and get in­

volved with the children. All the kids have phones next to their beds and they can ring us and request songs, so it's just like a normal radio station," Ms Venturato said.

Apart from the two Radio Lollipop stations in Brisbane there was one in Perth which had been running for about seven years and one opened in Sydney October last.

"It originally started in England about 14 years ago," she said.

'There are about eight or nine around the UK. Here, we'll eventually go Aus-

what the future holds in the three main areas of teaching, research and admin­istration," Mr Cochrane said.

After considering the likely future the green paper went on to examine the present stage of information tech­nology at QUT and what concrete things needed to be considered for fu­ture development.

"This is where some of the hard bits come in, like how many dollars it might take to do certain things that will move us towards the sort of fu­ture depicted in the vision," he said.

Attractive There were some phrases appearing

in the green paper that people might find useful in thinking about the fu­ture, Mr Cochrane said, such as the idea of a "network culture". This was particularly attractive in a multi-cam­pus university which had to work hard at making sure that people in different locations felt as if they were part of the one organisation.

"Certain kinds of experience should

tralia-wide." All Radio Lollipop operations were

financed through voluntary contribu­tions.

In Brisbane, Radio Lollipop was started by a combined effort of all ra­dio stations who ran a radiothon to raise the necessary funds.

"It was about three years ago and it raised $200 000 to set the two stations up," Ms Venturato said.

"Since then everything has been fi­nanced through fund-raising."

Those who would like to contribute to Radio Lollipop can do so and have a great night out at a charity ball being

-be available to you if you are a stu-dent, no matter where you are, not just at different campuses but also at home," he said.

"In the end the netwoi:k is a trans­parent thing. If I live, say, in Bracken Ridge and I dial the university net­work for a lesson or some other serv­ice, whether it be from the library, bookshop or elsewhere, really I am talking to QUT.

"Like the telephone service as it is now. If someone calls from outside, they don'tknow whether they are talk­ing to one of the four campuses, they just know it's QlJT."

The green paper had been circulated throughout the university community for a few weeks and information/dis­cussion meetings had been held on all campuses.

Mr Cochrane said the Computing Planning Committee was keen for discussion on the information tech­nology strategy to be as wide as possible.

held in the Hilton Hotel's grand ball­room on 6 June - Queensland Day.

The ball starts at 7.30pm. Music will be provided by the Geoff Oaks Band. Tickets, at $55 per person, in­clude a three-course gourmet dinner, plus beer, wine and soft drinks.

Dress for the ball is formal. Raf­fles run througout the night will sup­port Radio Lollipop. Bookings should be made by 29 May.

Tickets are available through the public relations section at the Mater Children's Hospital or from Ticketworld on (07) 223 0444 or FAXTIX (07)265 8330.

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Certificate program to spread wings

QUT's Key Centre in Strategic Management aims to spread its op­eration to regional centres through its Management Certificate Pro­gram (MCP).

In the MCP annual report program director Associate Professor Tim Robinson describes the offering of cer­tificates in regional centres as a major objective.

This mode of study will involve aca­demic staff visiting regional centres about three times in each semester to deliver lectures and tutorials.

Professor Robinson said many Mas­ter of Business Administration (MBA) applicants were seeking to enhance their chances of gaining entry to the course by first completing a graduate certificate.

Those who successfully completed a management certificate and gained a place in the MBA program were eligi­ble to apply for credit for the subjects completed in the certificate.

This reduced the number of MBA subjects to be studied from 16 to 12. The same provision for the awarding of credit for subjects studied in the MCP also applied to students who sub­sequently gained a place in under­graduate programs.

During 1992 a total of 164 students had enrolled in the MCP. Of these 77 are undergraduates and 87 postgradu­ates. By the end of last year 31 under­graduates and 15 postgraduates had successfully completed the MCP. The graduate certificates were accredited from I January, 1992.

In July last year the MCP received a $50 000 grant from Queensland Terti­ary Education Fund (QTEF). The grant was made to assist development of the program, particularly its expansion into regional centres, through the em­ployment of a program coordinator and the printing of promotional material.

Professor Tim Robinson

QTEF funding, the MCP turned­over $266 546 during 1991. This year it has so far generated $174 960, including the second $25 000 of QTEF funding.

Another initiative was a special cer­tificate in advanced commercial man­agement devised for CITEC which first was offered in the second semester of last year. Weekly lectures have been delivered at the Brisbane premises of CITEC.

Professor Robinson said it was an­ticipated that this mode of delivery would become more popular. Off-cam­pus delivery in the Brisbane region was seen as a precursor to the delivery of certificates in regional centres.

He al so said a number of employ­ers, both public and private sector, continued to sponsor suitable employ­ees participating in the MCP.

Ms Veronica Horgan was appointed program coordinator in September 1991.

A conference to bring visual art and design educators up-to-date with the latest techniques and de­velopments in their field has been described as a "resounding suc­cess".

and tertiary art educators this •--------------..

As a full-cost recovery program, stu­dents pay a tuition fee of $600 per subject. Including the first $25 000 of

Professor Robinson said the pro­gram had provided the Key Centre in Strategic Management with an educa­tional arm which helped to fulftl its aim of bringing management educa­tion to the business community.

A convenor of the Art and De­sign in the Real World conference, QUT senior art education tutor Ms Jan Leo, said the organisers had received ''incredibly positive re­sults" from feedback sheets from the event run at Carseldine cam­pus from 21 to 25 April.

Because the conference had been so well received consideration was being given to holding others on a regular basis, she said.

The last such event had been the Australian Institute of Art Educa­tion conference run by the Queens­land Art Teachers' Association at University of Queensland in 1987.

Aimed at primary, secondary

year's conference was supported by QUT, the Queensland Art Teachers' Association, the Depart­ment of Education, the Board of Secondary School Studies and TAFETEQ~

The 140 delegates attended art­ists' workshops on subjects such as kite making, telecommunica­tions, computer graphics and video imaging, photography, and design and fabrication.

Papers were delivered on a vari­ety of topics. They emphasised the need to address new cultural reali­ties in the classroom and develop conceptual frameworks for art and design in the future.

Delegates came from through­out Queensland and interstate.

Ms Leo said students of art at all levels would be the real beneficiar­ies of the conference.

STAFF MOVEMENTS FROM 14/4/92 TO 26/4/92 RESIGNATIONS Natasha FAN Personnel Assistant Personnel KG Shao JIN Postdoc Res Fellow Research Section GP Ann LESKE School Admin Off Nursing KG Anne NEWELL Snr Librarian Library GP Deborah SKELLY Technician AEMF - Science GP Margaret SMITH School Admin Off M Mech Engineering GP Emma WILCOX Secretary Academic Staff Dev GP RETIREMENTS Edward HOLMES Groundsperson Campus Registrar KP Ralph POINTON Security Officer Security and Traffic GP APPOINTMENTS Christine BRUCE Snr Research Assistant Soc Bus and Env Educ KG Katharina GRGIC Librarian Library C Martha LUDWIG Postdoctoral Fellow Life Science GP Warren TEALBY AI Director, User Serv Computing Services GP Stephanie W ALKEM Productions Co-ord Academy of Arts KG Roger WIMSETT Internal Audit Mgr Planning and Budget GP

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Visual Arts student Ms Nicole Sylvestre with one of her creations. (Photo: Tony Phillips)

Poppy field recreated

French-born QUT visual arts stu­dent Ms Nicole Sylvestre recreated a piece of her homeland at the Queensland Art Gallery (QAG) for Anzac Day this year.

Using ceramic poppies she formed herself, she brought the fields of Flan­ders into the QAG sculpture courtyard. The poppy has become the traditional symbol of the battlefield where count­less soldiers, including thousands of Australians, died during world war one.

Ms Sylvestre is a third-year student majoring in ceramics. She was born in the French winter sport resort town of Grenoble. She has lived in Australia for about 19 years.

"I am fascinated by the way repeti­tion changes the quality of an image and our perception of it," Ms Sylvestre said.

"How familiar images are inter­preted in different ways, sometimes opposite ways within different cul­tures.

"If the poppies are for the French people a mere flower growing in the countryside, they are for the Austral­ian people flowers planted in Flanders on Anzac Day as a commemoration to those who lost their lives during the first world war so far away from home."

She described her field of ceramic poppies as a very simple image to il­lustrate a very deep feeling.

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service to QUT staff, students and mem­bers of the Convocation and Alumni. No more than ONE advertisement per person can be accepted for each issue. Typed advertisements should be sent or faxed to Inside QUT, Public Affairs, Level3 U Block, Gardens Point campus (Fax 210 0474).

Envelopes must be clearly marked CLASSIFIED SECTION. No advertise­ments will be acceP.ted by telephone.

All advertisements must be accom­panied by the name and contact tel­ephone number of the advertiser (not for publication). Names and contact numbers for publication should be in­cluded in the advertisement copy. The closing date for the next issue of Inside QUT is 19 May 1992.

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HUMAN MOVEMENT STUDIES

• Sports science update for sport media, 26 May, 2 and 9 June or 28 May, 4 June

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

• Unix system: an introduction, shell programming, advanced unix, 3-5 June

NURSING

Free weekly research forums 12 noon Kelvin Grove campus. • The beliefs and practices of people

who use alternative cancer therapies,

19 May • Post caesarian analgesia- effective

pain management, 26 May

This is a summary of action taken by the Vice-Chancellor, Council and committees since the II March 1992 Council meeting, including these committee meetings: Coun­cil (21 April), Academic Committee (27 March), Research Management Committee (6 March), Staff Committee (23 March and 13 April), Planning and Resources Com­mittee (26 February), Computing Planning Committee (13 March and 6 April), Vice­Chancellor's Advisory Committee (10 and 24 March), Vice-Chancellor's Staff/Student Liaison Committee (10 March), Connvocation Standing Committee (6 A ril) ift€h6i•l§ul§,j

Campus security In 1991, QUT engaged Mr Michael Pol­

lard of Pivotal Consulting to review secu­rity on all QUT campuses and develop a strategic security plan. Council has accepted the consultant's security strategy and plan in principle and has asked the Registrar to begin implementation. Major recommen­dations include:

• that QUT staff its own security force; the report specifies core functions

• that the security force be responsible to a security manager functionally located within the Finance and Facilities Depart­ment

• that security on all campuses be con­trolled by central administration; the report calls for close operational liaison between senior security staff and campus registrars

• that the position of Security Manager be filled in the latter part of 1992 so that the appointee can proceed to design a manual of procedures for introduction from 1993

• that the goal of the security unit be: to achieve and maintain a secure environment for all persons on campus and to provide appropriate protection for the property of the University and its staff, students and visitors from theft and damage, in accord­ance with all relevant Australian law and the lawful instructions of the University.

QUT Christmas welfare fund The Vice-Chancellor's Staff/Student Li­

aison Committee is looking at setting up a Christmas welfare fund which would pro­vide an opportunity for staff to contribute to charity.

Kelvin Grove and public transport The Vice-Chancellor' s Staff/Student Li­

aison Committee is looking at public trans­port services and travel concessions avail­able to QUT students.

Public transport is becoming a major is­sue at Kelvin Grove campus where trans­port services have not kept pace with rapid growth and parking is limited.

During 1991 the Vice-Chancellor set up a working group of nominees from local Kelvin Grove institutions, nominees from State and local transport departments, and State Government and Brisbane City Coun­cil members to discuss transport issues at Kelvin Grove. The institutions and govern­ment members strongly supported the inner city rail loop which, with one additional station, could service the transport needs of all the institutions in the area. The transport departments were less supportive of this solution. Subsequently the State Govern­ment has ruled out the possibility of the rail loop for the next few years.

Out of the rail loop discussions the trans­port departments set up a working party to look at options for Kelvin Grove. The work­ing party has surveyed students and is ex­peeled to report in due course.

Meanwhile the Brisbane City Council is finalising a number of studies for the Kel­vin Grove and Herston area which will high­light the public transport and parking prob­lems for QUT. When these studies are fi­nalised the Vice-Chancellor intends to resume his efforts to encourage the State Government to opt for the rail loop solu­tion.

Committee memberships Ms Carol Windsor from the Academic

Staff Association has been elected to Aca­demic Committee.

Ms Rosalie Boyce was elected to Aca­demic Committee from among postgradu­ate students, and Mr Paul Hilder, Mr Krista Single and Mr Phillip Jackson were elected from among undergraduate students.

Academic Committee nominated Ms Carol Windsor and Mr Robin Black to fill one-year vacancies on Equity Board and Access for People with Disabilities Com­mittee respectively.

Council agreed to amend the member­ship provisions of Biomedical Ethics com­mittee so that the committee will be chaired by a senior academic staff member nomi­nated by Vice-Chancellor's Advisory Com­mittee. Currently, the committee is chaired by the Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Research and Advancement).

Council appointed Ms Elaine Harding, Carseldine Campus Registrar, to serve on

Staff Committee. school positions in Economics and Public Convocation activities Policy, Chemistry. The Convocation Standing Committee Professorial positions in information se-

is exploring options for Convocation par- curity and neural computing, and associate ticipation in QUT's decision making-proc- professorial positions in drama, nursing (two esses including representation on Planning positions), human resource management, and Resources Committee and participa- occupational health and safety, information tion in the University's quality assurance security, aerospace engineering and com-processes. f puter systems engineering also have been

Convocation's annual general meeting advertised. is scheduled for 14 July 1992. "-. Position classification standards

Ms Suzanne Parker has been nominated Council noted a paper on position classi-by the Convocation Standing Committee to fications standards for academic staff. The serve on the Arts Facult;t Academic Board. paper follows negotiation between the Un-Mfle61e19Wli1•Ui¥GUA6UIUUI.M ion of Australian College Academics and

Unit review and quality assurance the University on terms to be used in aca-Planning and Resources Committee fi- demic award structures. The paper is the

nalised terms of reference for the Science first in the development of a series of QUT Faculty review which is scheduled for 18 to documents on classification standards for 20 May. appointment, probation and promotion.

PRC also ratified nominations of exter- When the series of documents has been nal members to review committees. Law developed Staff Committee will submit it Dean from the Australian National Univer- to Council for approval. sity Professor Dennis Pearce and partner A ward restructuring - general staff with Cannan and Peterson MrGreg Vickery On Staff Committee's advice, Council will serve on the Law review. Dean of Sci- will ask the Australian Higher Education ence at Monash University Professor Ian Industrial Association (AHEIA) to seek as-Rae will serve on the Science review. surance from the Commonwealth Govern-

In August this year an academic auditor ment of continuing funding for reasona5le from the UK Professor George Gordon will salary outcomes ratified by the Australian visit QUT to conduct an academic audit. In Industrial Relations Commission consiS'i-British higher education the Academic Au- ent with the total process of restructuring dit Unit tests the effectiveness of institu- awards in the general staff area. tiona! quality assurance systems by look- Future staffing needs report ing at four areas: the provision and design In 1991 Academic Committee asked of courses; teaching and communication Staff Committee to consider methods; academic staff; and external ex- recommendations in the Higher Educa-aminers' reports, student views and views lion Council's report Higher education: the of external professional groups. challenges ahead dealing with future

Professor Gordon will present his pre- staffing needs in institutions. .. liminary findings at this year's senior staff Academic Committee referred Staff conference which will focus on quality. Committee' s response to Equity Board and

Capital development Research Management Committee to con-The new nursing building at Kelvin sider sections relating to increasing post-

Grove will be officially opened by the graduate study generally, and for women in Queensland Premier in July. particular.

A date for the official opening of the Adjunct professors information technology and engineering Council agreed to invite the following to building at Gardens Point has not yet been serve as adjunct professors in the Faculty determined. of Business

Construction of the B Block replacement building at Kelvin Grove will commence later this month. The building will be fin­ished in December or January.

Planning has started on the health stage 2 project and the administration and com­murrity precinct at Kelvin 6 rove.

There have been a number of stories in the press about the University campus on the Sunshine Coast and a timeline for con­struction. QUT is currently teaching from the Nambour Community College which has adequate facilities for the time being.

The State Government has supported construction of a QUT campus at the Sippy Downs Sunshine Coast site. In its capital submission to the Commonwealth for the 1992 to 1994 triennium QUT

• indicated its ongoing commitment to service demand on the Sunshine Coast

• requested funds to carry out a review of the Sippy Downs site master plan pre­pared by the State in 1990.

The Commonwealth will make decisions about capital funding for 1994 later this year. .

Infurmation technology plan Computing Planning Committee has de­

veloped a green paper information technol­ogy strategic plan which has been circu­lated throughout QUT for comment by 22 May.

Cost recovery on computing services Computing Planning Committee is look­

ing at introducing a cost recovery policy for selective computing services.

Computing Planning Committee will submit a comprehensive policy statement on this issue to a future meeting of the Vice­Chancellor' s Advisory Committee for dis­cussion.

Action plan process In future the chairperson of Academic

committee will review action plans on the Committee's behalf and according to crite­ria a~oved by the committee.

Staff Senior appointments Professor Greg Bamber has started as

Director of the Key Centre in Strategic Management.

Professor Brian Hansford is expected to start as Head of School of Curriculum and Professional Studies early in July.

Professor Tony Parker will start as Head of School of Human Movement Studies on 13 July.

Professor Nellie Arnold will start as Head of School of Marketing Advertising and Public Relations on l June.

Professor Vicki Sara has accepted QUT' s offer of appointment as Head of School of Life Science. She will start on I January next year.

Still under consideration are the head of

• Professor logo Petzke of the Univer­sity of Technology at Wurzburg­Schweinfurt (from 20 July to 28 November 1992)

• Dr David Carson from the Department of Language Literature and Cornmunica­ian1'1rRensselaer Polytechnic Institute (first

semester 1993). Council also agreed to invite Associate

Professor Robert Hooten from the Depart­ment of Civil Engineering of the Univer­sity of Toronto to be an adjunct professor in the Faculty of Built Environment and Engineering from mid August 1992 until mid December 1992.

Teaching and research 1992 awards for distinguished academic

service Academic Committee granted awards for

distinguished academic service to the fol­lowing staff in recognition of excellence in one of the four areas of academic life.

·Ms Gay Clarke, Law Faculty and Dr Cal Irons, Education Faculty for teaching performance and leadership

·Dr Stuart Cunningham, Business Fac­ulty and Dr Graham Smith, Science Fac­ulty for research and scholarship

·Mr Robin Black, Built Environment and Engineering Faculty for academic leader­ship

·Mr Alan Crawford and Ms Jennifer Mitchell, Health Faculty and Mr Peter MacFarlane, Law Faculty for professional leadership.

Awards, which include a $5000 grant, are being presented at this year' s gradua­tion ceremonies.

Academic awards Academic Committee made awards to

1991 graduands including awards with dis­tinction, awards with honours and the fol ­lowing postgraduate research awards.

·Doctor of Philosophy - Mr Milos llic ·Master of Applied Science (Research

and Thesis)- Mr James Mitchell, Ms Jilyana Cazaran, Mr Stewart Carswell , Ms Paul Whitman, Mr Greg Low, Mr Chris Pattison, Ms Sharon Hamill

·Master of Engineering - Mr Sean Wilkinson, Mr Guoquin Lin, Mr Ashley Conroy.

University medals were awarded to 17 graduands.

Academic Committee has asked Aca­demic Processes and Rules Committee to consult with faculties and advise on the number of medals which may be awarded in future . This is currently not specified in University policy.

1993 courses proposal Council approved preliminary proposals

for the following courses planned for intro­duction in 1993

• Bachelor of Technology (Mechanical)

• Graduate Certificate in Environmental Construction

• Master of Business (Design and Engi­neering)

• Professional Doctorate in Business • Graduate Diploma in Education (Edu-

cational Management) • Bachelor of Education • Graduate Certificate in Education • Bachelor of Applied Science/Bachelor

of Laws • Bachelor of Arts/Bachelor of Laws • Bachelor of Applied Science (Exercise

Science). Faculties have been asked to address a

number of specific concerns regarding in­dividual course proposals in the course ac­creditation submissions.

Council has already granted preliminary approval to the following courses planned for introduction in 1993

• Doctor of Education • Doctor of Juridical Science • Master of Business (Communication)­

journalism specialisation • Master of Engineering Science (Engi-

neering Management) • Master of Health Science • Master of Quality • Bachelor of Arts • Bachelor of Information Technology. Course discontinuations Council approved discontinuation of the

following courses: • Associate Diploma in Business (Indus­

trial Relations). The faculty will introduce a major in industrial relations in the Bach­elor of Business course in 1993. The asso­ciate diploma course will be transferred to TAFE.

• Associate-Diploma in Electrical Engi­neering and Associate Diploma in Mechani­cal Engineering. 1992 is the last year of student intake into these courses.

• Associate Diploma in Business (Com­puting) from 1993.

Course discontinuations policy Council agreed to delegate to Academic

Committee its power to discontinue courses. Academic Committee will advise Council of any discontinuations.

Research concentration area policy Academic Committee approved a policy

amendment which will enable faculties to submit research concentration area propos­als outside of !lCti.on planning, although notification of proposals will still be made in action plans.

Academic committee review Academic Committee set up a working

party to review the functioning of Academic Committee and its constituent committees. The working party will address in particu­lar

• the size, membership and nomencla­ture of Academic Committee and its stand­ing committees

• the role, terms of reference and mem­bership of Academic Processes and Rules Committee

• the need for a forum on teaching and learning policy and practice

• the number, form and content of fac­ulty reports and related submissions to Aca­demic Committee

• the approval and reaccreditation proc­esses for postgraduate coursework and re­search courses, and policies and procedures relating to the development of postgradu­ate studies.

Visiting fellowship awards Research Management Committee set up

a working party to develop policy for a QUT visiting fellowship award scheme.

The scheme will form part of a strategy to broaden the University 's international perspective and focus its research activities in the international as well as local and na­tional communities. The awards are in­tended to bring international researchers to QUT for short periods of time for collabo­rative research projects.

Four awards of approximately $12000 will be available for competitive bidding.

Vice-Chancellor's research initiatives At the Vice-Chancellor's request, Re­

search Management Committee has devel­oped draft procedures for a new research initiatives program which will recognise research potential.

The central theme of QUT's long-term research strategy is concentration and se­lectivity in the deployment of research sup­port to areas of recognised research strength and developing areas of potential.

The research initiatives program will sup­port three new research groups at QUT dur­ing the years 1992 to 1997 which have the potential to become international centres of expertise in their field and to be acknowl­edged leaders in their particular research areas in Australia.

Biomedical Ethics Committee Council accepted a report by Biomedi­

cal Ethics Committee on its 1991 activities.

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Scholarships The following scholarships are clos­

ing in May and June. For further de­tails contact Ms Janet Murphy, Re­search Students' Office, Gardens Point. Tel: (07) 864 2932

German language scholarship, Ger­many, undergraduate, German lan-guage, 15 May. ·

Italian government scholarship, Italy, postgraduate, science, humanities, mu­sic, 15 May.

Goethe Institute language course scholarships, Germany, 15 May.

Commonwealth Government schol­arship and fellowship plan (southern hemisphere), Australia and OS, post­graduate, all fields, 22 May.

World Environment Day youth award, Australia, undergraduate, envi­ronmental, 26 May.

AMIC student medal, Australia, undergraduate/postgraduate, environ-. mental, management/engineering, 31 May.

Prevention research bursaries, Aus­tralia, undergraduate/postgraduate, pre­vention of alcohol and drug abuse'; 31 May.

Australia Japan Society Queensland scholarships, Japan, undergraduate, all fields, 31 May.

Apex Foundation for research into intellectual disability studentship, Australia, undergraduate, all fields, 31 May.

Australian Minerals and Energy En­vironment Foundation, Australia, un­dergraduate/postgraduate, planning and landscape, civil eng, geology, elec and electronic systems, social, business environment education, 31 May

IBM Conservation Award, Australia, postgraduate; conservation, environ­ment, 1 June.

Australian Institute of Jewish Affairs grants, Australia, postgraduate, sociol-ogy, history, 1 June. ·

Special overseas postgraduate fund, Australia, postgraduate, all fields, 3 June.

World Health Organisation, Aus­tralia, postgraduate, public health 14

- June. French Government scientific fel­

lowships, France, Postdoctoral, science, 15 June.

Scuola Superiore Enrico Mattei, Italy, postgraduate, economics, busi­ness, 15 June.

Postdoctoral scientific medical re­search fellowships, Australia , postdoctoral, medicine, 15 June.

French Government scholarship, France, posgraduate, unspecified, 15 June.

Arhthritis Foundation of Australia ARA Heald fellowship, USA/Canada, postdoctoral, science, medicine, 28

,June. Arthritis Foundation of Australia

Michael .Mason fellowship , UK, postdoctoral, medicine, 28 June.

World Health Organisation all WHO fellowships, postgraduate, public health, medicine, 29 June. •

DAAD Germasn academic ex­change service scholarship, Germany, postgraduate, all fields, 29 June.

Damon Wells scholarship, Yale USA, postgraduate, postdoctorate, ge­ology, 30 June.

National Asian languages scheme, Asia, undergraduate, language, 30 June.

Asian studies postgraduate scholar­ship scheme, Asia, postgraduate, Asian language & studies, 30 June.

Drama students (from left) Glen Taylor, Ettiene Fourie, Joshua Fry and Martin Odger in A Manual of Trench Warfare

The Academy of the Arts will present a controversial view of Australian soldiers in World War I when it stages the play A Manual Of Trench Warfare this week.

The play, written by Mr Clem Gorman, is set in the trenches of Gallipoli in 1915.

But the play challenges some of _ the traditional images of the Aussie

diggers at Gallipoli, who have been immortalised by legendary tales of

, courage and mateship. A Manual OfTrench Warfare reveals

some of the hidden elements of life in the trenches; the fears, the doubts and the guilt. One of the four characters in the play is a homosexual, who offers modern audiences a fascinating insight into what it was like for a gay man

struggling to cope with his sexuality in those most "masculine" of times.

Third-year drama students Martin Odger, Joshua Fry, Ettiene Fourie and Glen Taylor will perform in the play, to be directed by senior drama tutor Mr Sean Mee.

All the technical staff involved in the production also are third-year stu­dents at Kelvin Grove.

a rat no-n~ ru cou-ntdown to big race

QUT's Brisbane Marathon team is looking good for Sunday's event. Around 15 mean, lean and hungry runners have been training under the guidance of Dr Andrew Hills, of the School of Human Movement · Studies.

With prize money of $10 000 on the line and the Queensland Asthma Foundation as the benefiting char­ity, a large entry is expec~ed. Most of the QUT team will be running the half-marathon. All finishers will re­ceive a specially struck medallion, finisher's tee-shirt and certificate.

The race starts and ends in the Brisbane Botanic Gardens. Starting time for the marathon is 6am. The half-marathon starts at 6.30pm.

The course follows scenic areas in­cluding Coronation Drive, Riverside Drive and the Central Business Dis­trict.

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The play opens at 8pm tonight at the Woodward Theatre, Kelvin Grove campus, and will be per­formed each night until Saturday. A matinee performance also will be staged at 2pm on Saturday.

Adult tickets cost $15 and con­cessions $10, and are available by telephoning Dial'N'Charge on 846-4646.

What's on QUT business students have

been invited to participate in a combined trade show/seminar at the University of Queensland, Gatton College, on Tuesday 19 May.

The trade show, Innovations in Management Technology, has been organised by final-year hos­pitality and tourism degree stu­dents at UQ.

Guest speakers will include A TC chairman Sir Frank Moore, QUT's director of Interactive Technology and Programs Dr Roy Lundin, and Mr Warren Gibson of The Outlook Training and Re­search Centre.

Students will be able to browse through trade displays featuring areas such as education and train­ing, information technology, com­puter technology, and communi-cation technology. .

Anyone interested should con­tact Ms Trina Robbie (senior ad­ministration officer, Faculty of Business) or Ms Marilyn McDowell (Dept of Information Technology at UQ) for further in­formation.

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tre's lunchtime seminars continue at Gardens Point campus this month.

Publication--details---The next seminar on Friday 22

May features Mr Trevor Parminter of the Queensland Department of Transport and Mr John Miles of Rankine and Hill, who will speak on The Eastern Corridor Planning Study.

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Student Robert Priddey in training for Sunday's half-marathon. (Photo: Tony Phillips)

The seminar will begin at 12.30pm in room L50 I A of the Ci vii Engineering Building. Cost is $2, with sandwiches, tea and coffee pro­vided. Contact Ms Lynne Johnson (Tel: 864 1538 or Fax: 864 1515) for details.

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