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WHILE most of the attention after September 11, 2001was focussed on ‘Ground Zero’ in New York, 184people lost their lives that day at the Pentagon inWashington DC.

Those people will be honoured with a memorial directlyopposite the point of impact, in the flight path of the fatefulplane. An international competition to design the memorialattracted more than 1,100 entries from around the world.

The field has been narrowed down to six finalists, five fromNorth America, and the sixth from UWA — AssociateProfessor of Landscape Architecture, Richard Weller and hisdesign company, Room 4.1.3.

The team, designers of the controversial Garden ofAustralian Dreams at the National Museum of Australia andwinners of many design awards, has developed a concept fromthe black box flight recorder.

“Flight recorders are potent symbols of the intersection ofthe tangible and intangible dimensions ofmemory,” Associate Professor Weller said.

Rememberingthe victims

UWA design for Washington memorial

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Proposedmemorial site

Point of impact

Associate ProfessorRichard Weller …mirrors in the ‘life

recorders’ will “pulldown the sky” into

each individual memorial

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“GOVERNANCE” — now there is a term to make theeyes glaze over pretty quickly on campus, let alone atcoffee time in the home kitchen!

But we should think seriously about the matter.

We all express an interest in how our country is governed,not least in these times of globalising change and internationalinstability. All of us are aware of governance issues and failedpublic companies. And then there is the matter of universitygovernance.

As the Crossroads Review has revealed — not only in thediscussion papers but also in the public submissions andconsultations — in the community-at-large there is bothconsiderable misunderstanding about how universities are nowgoverned and also concern that we have inappropriategoverning arrangements to deal with the business of big andcomplex modern institutions. We have a great challenge to getgovernance right in the changing environment of highereducation. And to convince community and government that wehave got it right.

As a start, we need to demolish myths that universitiescannot be business-like and efficient and accountable becausewe recognise traditions of academic practice and academicdress. We also need to explain, more fully and moresuccessfully than we have in the past, why a university governingbody cannot seriously be compared (invariably unfavourably)with a body of directors of a private business enterprise. Andwhy we have in fact come to create our own specialarrangements which are based in the culture of a university andwhich can be thoroughly modern, efficient and distinctive.

To those in business who so forcefully advocate the smallboard of directors’ model, focussed on shareholder dividend, Iusually gently reflect on two things. First, that the corporatemodel does not seem to have been infallible of late! But moreimportantly that universities are not businesses, with a singleprofit aim. We are fundamentally about the public good andoperate as public institutions. Ultimately we are the generators

and disseminators of knowledge’ — perhaps even a littlewisdom — through our graduates and our publications. MoreABC than Commonwealth Bank!

For those reasons, our governing bodies need to beinclusive of all the key stakeholders. So our Senate must betrustee for the University’s mission and resources, and be bestinformed by individuals who come from inside and outside theUniversity, with an appropriate balance for publicaccountability.

The 1999 major reforms of our Senate I believe broadly gotthat apex of university governance right. Within the Universitywe can also play our part by ensuring that we have ‘softstructures’ of policy development and advisory capacities whichmeans that UWA is a model of collegiality and professionalefficiency.

Within the University we can also play our part by ensuringthat we have ‘soft structures’ of policy development andadvisory capacities which means that UWA becomes a modelof collegiality and professional efficiency. The current AcademicBoard-led review of all committees, and the implementation ofnew academic structures through the Academic Board itself, istherefore doubly welcome.

Learning to work smarter is good for the efficiency andresponsiveness that the community now expects of us. Itshould also assist in maximising our time outlays at a timewhen all of us on campus are finding the sheer pressure ofinstitutional needs and demands ever growing.

The Academic Board’s discussion about it operation andinclusivity in its membership is also part of that process and willsurely be debated further in the future.

Finally — with the new Faculty and School structures, we allhave an opportunity to shape the forms of ‘local governance’which most affect our workplace. And I hope you will be takingthat opportunity to play a part in the governance of your areaof the University.

It was Winston Churchill who once wrote that the ultimatechallenge for all of us is how we manage our own individuallives.

Creating the right system of governance, at all levels of auniversity, takes up Churchill’s challenge for our campus.

Churchill’sChallenge

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THE UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA • 18 NOVEMBER 2002

The Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry has a newface. It’s the smiling face of Guhan Gunalan, the

faculty’s new receptionist.It is Guhan’s first position as a receptionist and his first full-

time paid job for nearly 10 years. He has been employedthrough the Diversity Job Bank, as part of the University’sWorkforce Diversity Strategy.

Coming to Australia from Penang as a child, English isGuhan’s second language. After some short-term traineeshipswhen he left school, Guhan found it difficult to get work andhas spent several years studying information technology atTAFE and working voluntarily with children with disabilities,teaching them computer skills.

The faculty’s representative on the Workforce Diversity

T he Australian Women’sWeekly is probably not a

publisher to which academicsusually aspire.

But Associate Professor AndrewPage, director of clinical training in theSchool of Psychology and co-director ofthe Robin Winkler Clinic on campus, isdelighted that his self-help guide toanxiety, phobias and tensions, has beenpicked up by ‘the Weekly’.

“The value lies in putting into broadcirculation an accessible way of helpingyourself,” said Professor Page. “I thinkthere is a huge problem with anxiety inour society and there are empirically-supported treatments available that arenot widely publicised. It’s the alternativetreatments that get publicity and whilewe don’t know if they are effective, weknow that our methods do work.”

Newface forthefacultyGuhan Gunalan and Stephen Lawrie getthe feel of the new reception desk

Andrew Page —“I think we shouldbe making a broadcommunitycontributionto people’swell-being”

Strategy Reference Group, Stephen Lawrie, said the facultydecided to go through the Diversity Job Bank, with the supportof UWA’s Diversity Project Officer, Malcolm Fialho, to find anew receptionist.

Guhan was on the books of employment consultant ShirleyRussell, from South Metropolitan Personnel (SMP), whichspecialises in placing people who have difficulty gettingemployment. Shirley is easing Guhan into his new job and willwork with him for as long as it takes for him to feel completelycomfortable and confident.

“SMP has been really great helping us to develop the job,”Stephen Lawrie said. “It’s a win-win situation for all of us.”

Guhan is on a 12-month business traineeship through theChamber of Commerce and Industry.

Reaching the communitythrough a popular publisher

Although it is not a research work,Don’t Panic is a product of research andrests on the foundation of research.Professor Page describes it as areincarnation of an earlier self-helpguide published, which is now out ofprint. It is now a four-step program tohelp control anxiety disorders and hesuggests it can be used by individualswith or without the help of clinicalpsychologists or a general practitioners.

Don’t Panic includes contacts forpsychology clinics and other supportgroups around Australia, includingUWA’s Robin Winkler Clinic.

“I think we at the University shouldbe making a broad communitycontribution to people’s well-being,”Professor Page said. With about 15,000copies of his book in the first print run,he is standing by his words.

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“This memorial begins bytaking the mechanistic,factual nature of the black

box and seeks to make it personal.”The memorial has an individual black

box ‘life recorder’ for each of the 184people who died. The metre-squarewaist high granite forms are placed soas to appear to slightly hover about aplaza. The plaza of 184 boxes is abouthalf the size of a soccer field, set 30metres back from the Pentagon.

Each ‘life recorder’ is designed tocontain a well of calm water. Setunderwater is a mirror chamber whichnot only pulls down the sky but alsocreates the sense of infinite space insidethe black box.

Despite the commonly used name,‘black box’ flight recorders are actuallycoloured orange to aid in their recoveryfrom crash sites. Symbolising this is asmall bright orange locked compart-ment visible from the outside of eachblack box. “Relatives will be invited toplace a memento inside the orangecompartment which will then be

UWA design forWashington memorial

“As a piece of landscape

architecture, the whole design

doesn’t try to compete with the

Pentagon in terms of national

significance. The ‘life recorders’

stand for the individual, the

irreducible core of American

culture”

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permanently locked. These mementoswill not be made public and the keys tothe compartments will be kept in aspecial cabinet in the Pentagon,”Professor Weller said.

“As a piece of landscape architecture,the whole design doesn’t try to competewith the Pentagon in terms of nationalsignificance. The ‘life recorders’ standfor the individual, the irreducible core ofAmerican culture.” Professor Wellerexplained.

The final entries will be judged in lateDecember by a panel of eminentarchitects, academics, artists, military

personnel and relatives of the victims.Richard Weller’s design team has beengiven $US20,000 for drawings andmodels for the final judging of the$US2m project.

Room 4.1.3 (Directed by RichardWeller in Perth and Vladimir Sitta inSydney) make a point of working withdesign students and different experts foreach project they undertake. In thisinstance they are collaborating withNew Zealand academic Jacky Bowring,Australian set designer Peter England,UWA fourth year architecture studentMartin Musiatowicz and Tatum Hands, aPhD candidate at UWA and acommunications consultant.

“This project presents a real challengeinsofar as we are dealing with thingswhich are very high in the symbolicorder. Not only that, we are strugglingwith things which are in many waysbeyond representation. At this stage Ifeel like we have some good points ofdeparture but we have a lot of work todo if we are to make it work. Even if wedon’t win it, its good that UWA studentsand staff are involved - September 11 isa global event and design is a globalculture”. Professor Weller said.

An agreement with a CanadianUniversity could see UWAstudents studying in a 15th centuryEnglish castle.

The University recently renewed itsMemorandum of Understanding withQueen’s University regarding under-graduate exchange and signed newMOUs covering postgraduate exchange,data sharing and benchmarking. Queen’sPrincipal Dr Bill Leggett visited UWAfor the occasion.

Queen’s, in Kingston, Ontario, wasbequeathed Herstmonceux Castle in

Sussex and it has become theUniversity’s international studies centre.

Professor Paige Porter, Dean ofInternational Relations, said futureexchanges between the universitiescould result in our students takingcourses in the castle.

“We have been considering an inter-national studies certificate which wouldhave staff from both universitiesteaching there and students from bothuniversities studying there,” she said.

“But the most important part of ourrecent agreement is the data sharingand benchmarking. Queen’s is one ofCanada’s best universities and verysimilar to UWA, in terms of quality ofstudents and research,” ProfessorPorter said. “We have alreadyexchanged some data which we will beusing in our Quality Review next year.”

Six students from Queen’s studied atUWA during first semester this yearand three from UWA spent thesemester at Queen’s. A further six willswap places in first semester next year.

A castle fit for Queen’s

Queen’s Principal Dr Bill Leggett andProfessor Deryck Schreuder sign MOUs

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THE UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA • 18 NOVEMBERS 2002

Following on the heels of thePrime Minister’s Award of

Employer of the Year, theUniversity can now lay claim tobeing an Employer of Choice forWomen.

UWA was awarded the accoladeearly this month by the EqualOpportunity for Women in theWorkforce Agency (EOWA).

Beverley Hill, Manager Equity andDiversity, said the University’s claim forbeing an Employer of Choice forWomen rested on the significantadvancements it had made, over aperiod of 12 years, towards genderequity. This outstanding progress hadbeen achieved through a mixture ofinnovative and complementarystrategies and an inquiring, self-reflective process committed toorganisational transformation.

The submission to EOWA, compiledby the Equity and Diversity office,examined strategic areas of activity thathad earned UWA a national reputationas an innovative and committed leaderin dismantling systemic barriers towomen’s employment and careerfulfilment.

The submission pointed out that inresponse to the continuing under-representation of women at seniorlevels of university decision making, theLeadership Development for Womenprogram was developed. The programhas been stunningly successful and hasbeen afforded national and internationalrecognition.

A quick 1990 demographic snapshotillustrates the position of women 12years ago: 81 per cent of female generalstaff were employed at salary levels 1and 2, compared to 45 per cent of theirmale colleagues; and only two out of 13employees at level 8 or above werefemale.

In the academic stream, the picturefor female employees was even bleaker:the University had one of the lowestproportions of women on the academic

staff in the nation’s university system;there were two female professors outof a total of 74 (2.7 per cent); and only16 per cent of female academics weretenured compared to 59 per cent oftheir male colleagues.

By comparison, the University’s 2002demographic profile, while still offeringroom for further improvement, is atestimony to the effectiveness of a

decade of ongoing and concerted effortsto achieve equity in both therepresentation and distribution offemale staff in academic and general staffpositions.

Women now comprise 62 per centof general staff and 33 per cent ofacademic staff, the number of femaleprofessors has risen to 17 out of 148(11.5 per cent), and the university hasmade a significant contribution to therepresentation of female professors innon traditional disciplines including theappointment of the first femaleprofessor of Surgery in Australia, andthe second only Australian appointmentof a female professor of Chemistry.

“This accolade comes as the resultof the hard work, determination andchampionship of many members of staffboth past and present,” Beverley Hillsaid. “Some of those members of staffare: Joan Eveline, Senior Lecturer, Schoolof Business, Jan Stuart, SeniorConsultant, Strategic Policy, Jen de Vries,

UWAthewomen’s choiceCoordinator, Leadership Developmentfor Women Program, Maria Osman andSandy McKnight, Managers, Equitythroughout the period of change, TrishaTodd and Delys Bird: Gender andPromotion Report, Patricia Crawford andMyrna Tonkinson: The Missing Chapters:Women Staff at The University of WesternAustralia.”

She also acknowledged theUniversity’s senior leaders who havechampioned gender equity for the past12 years: Professor Fay Gale, UWA’sfirst female Vice-Chancellor (1990 to1997); Professor Deryck Schreuder, acommitted leader who continues tocarry the torch; and Professor AlanRobson, Deputy Vice-Chancellorthroughout the whole period of

change, and a tireless and effectivechampion of gender equity anddiversity.

Director of Human Resources, BobFarrelly, said the he hoped the newSchool structure would furtherincrease opportunities for women atUWA. “About half the new schoolmanagers recently appointed arewomen,” he said. “Having an equitablegender mix in these importantpositions will ensure that a range ofperspectives and ways of working, anddifferent problem solving and decisionmaking skills are being captured andutilised by the Faculties”.

Joan Eveline said it was important tocelebrate achievements like this awardbecause they were the result of hardwork by women across the board, notjust those ‘on high’.

“This University has moved a longway from the early 1990s but there arestill big gaps at the top. Challenges stillremain,” Dr Eveline said.

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THE UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA • 18 NOVEMBER 2002

A pilot exchange project for postgraduateagriculture students will create another

dimension in international collaboration.Over three years, 72 postgraduate students, as well as staff,

from four Australian universities and four European universitieswill take part in an exchange program in Agriculture, FoodSystems and Environment, combining the best aspects ofAustralian and European agricultural experience.

UWA is one of the four participating Australian universities,with Professor Lyn Abbott at the helm.

“This international exchange program is unlike individualstudent exchanges where our students go one at a time to anoverseas university and students from other countries comehere on their own. The scheme will be a coordinated exchangeof 36 students each year for two years among four Australianand four European universities. At the start of each year, allstudents will meet for a two to three week integrated unit,”Professor Abbott said.

The student exchanges will take place in 2004 and 2005.Four or five students from each Australian university will spenda semester at one of the European institutions, and the samenumber of European students will come to our universities.Next year will be a planning year when shorter staff exchangeswill put the program in place.

“This is a pilot study to establish an effective framework forfuture postgraduate exchanges between Australia and Europe,”Professor Abbott said. “It is a new dimension in internationalstudent exchange. The universities involved in Europe alreadyparticipate in a combined undergraduate program on ecologicalagriculture that is coordinated across 10 universities. So theirexpertise will be invaluable.”

The exchange program is called Learning Through Exchange– Agriculture, Food Systems and Environment (LEAFSE). Theother Australian universities are Western Sydney (Australia’slead institution), New England and Queensland. In Europe, thepartners are the Royal Veterinary and Agricultural University,Denmark (their lead institution), the University of Wales,Wageningen University, The Netherlands, and the University ofKassel, Germany.

Professor Abbott said universities had acknowledged theneed to move from their emphasis on production agriculture,towards more holistic, integrated and systems-orientedapproaches to food and fibre production.

Organic farming is to be used as a focal point for student

and staff exchange between Europe and Australia. In Europe,the practice of ecologically conscious farming, including organicfarming, has been progressing more rapidly than elsewhere. InAustralia, the biophysical and social aspects of agriculture arevery different from those in Europe and there are challengingissues to be addressed here.

“This program will allow students to gain a wider view ofpossibilities for appropriate agricultural land management. Manylessons from the respective situations are very relevant topostgraduate students on both sides of the world,” ProfessorAbbott said.

Professor Paige Porter, Dean of International Relations, saidthis was the first time a concentrated effort was being made bythe Australian and European Union (EU) governments to linkEuropean expertise with a similar group of universities inAustralia.

“In 1997, the EU and Australia signed a formal declarationaimed at promoting better links between both members. Thisinitiative, the European Community/Australia Pilot Cooperationin Higher Education, is intended to strengthen mutualcooperation in education and training,” Professor Porter said.

The aims of this pilot project are to develop and test aframework for student mobility; to develop and run a jointprogram of study that links the complementary interests andexpertise of the staff in participating universities; to design aninstitutional network, courses and learning approaches forstudent exchanges at Masters level; and to create aneducational model that can assure sustainability of the projectin the future.

… universities have acknowledged

the need to move from their emphasis

on production agriculture, towards more

holistic, integrated and systems-oriented

approaches to food and fibre production …

Professor Lyn Abbott says the exchange program will be very rich

Organicfarming from large scaleexchange

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THE UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA • 18 NOVEMBER 2002

Olympic research hots up

T eam sports are a greatAussie pastime: playing them,

watching them, competing in them.Australians go all over the world

playing sport. Athens in 2004 is the goalof hundreds of Australian athletes,where they will be competing inconditions much hotter than many ofthem experience at home.

Yet very little research has been doneto determine the best training, playingand recovery techniques for team gameplayers to cope with climate changes.

“There has been a lot of work doneon running a marathon and how itdehydrates a runner and what can bedone to counter these problems,” saidHuman Movement and Exercise Sciencelecturer and researcher Dr David Bishop.

“But there has been very littleresearch into team sports, whereplayers stop and start a lot. It’s verydifferent from the continuous effort of amarathon, and athletes need to prepareand recover quite differently,” he said.

Dr Bishop has just started trials with

young male volunteer team sportplayers to study optimising hydrationand acclimatisation strategies in gamesplayers while under heat stress. He isworking with Dr Neil Maxwell, a visitingresearcher from Britain.

They are trying to ascertain if thereis a critical threshold that demarcates adecline in intermittent sprint exerciseperformance. “We want to work outsimple markers that can detect thesechanges in hydration status, so coachescan use them and measure when theirplayers need a rest or a change of pace.”

A second study involves heatacclimatisation strategies. Both theSchool of Human Movement andExercise Science and the WA Instituteof Sport have climate chambers, inwhich athletes prepare beforecompeting in a different climate.

“Traditionally, athletes follow asubmaximal exercise strategy in thechamber, that is, not working too hard.But we want to try a different strategyfor team players. Obviously the

“…very little research into

team sports, where players

stop and start a lot. It’s

very different from the

continuous effort of a

marathon, and athletes

need to prepare and

recover quite differently…”

Olympic research hots up

chambers are not big enough for themto play a game of hockey or netball butwe will trial a series of exercises wethink will be beneficial and see how theyrate again the currently prescribedprogram,” Dr Bishop said.

The School is hoping to equip a newclimate chamber in the near future, at acost of around $150,000. “We areattracting some PhD students inthermoregulation research, so a newchamber would be beneficial.”

Dr Bishop said the School wasfocussing more on team sports. Dr BrianDawson concentrates on AustralianRules Football and Dr Paul Fournier isworking on diabetics and team sports.

“I am trying to broaden Brian’s AFLresearch so it is applicable to soccer,basketball, netball and hockey,” he said.

“As well as being published inscientific journals, we aim to get thisresearch published in coaching magazines.It’s important that it filters down to thepeople who need the information butdon’t read scientific journals.”

Dr David Bishop (left) and Dr Neil Maxwell(University of Brighton) encourage avolunteer to sweat in the name of science

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THE UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA • 18 NOVEMBER 2002

Students crossat fee hikeproposal

The symbolic emptying of the pond

R efugee rights activistsscored a major victory

recently when students votedto declare the Guild a refugeesafe haven.

Nearly 900 students voted inthe half-day of polling last month, inwhat was a hotly contestedreferendum. As well as declaring theGuild a safe haven, students votedin favour of the Guild supportingthe demand to end mandatorydetention, welcoming all refugees,increasing the quota of refugeeintake above the current quota of12,000, and vastly increasing thespeed of processing refugeeapplications.

The students also agreed toassist the UWA Refugee RightsAction Network (RRAN) in raising$2,000. The only motion lost wasfor the Guild to support thedemand to close all detentionfacilities.

The result makes UWA the thirdAustralian campus to be declared arefugee safe haven. Vigorouscampaigns were run for both the‘yes’ and ‘no’ votes and the resultsof four of the seven questions wasclose.

RRAN activist Kiraz Janicke saidthe result was indicative of the“growing outrage at the Howardgovernment’s sickening treatment ofasylum seekers and of the policy ofmandatory detention which wouldbe viewed as one of the darkestperiods in Australian history.”

Campaigner for the ‘no’ vote,student David Solomon, argued thatmaintaining the independence andcredibility of the Student Guild wasan issue of far greater importancethat simply “making empty demandson an issue that had nothing to dowith the Guild in the first place.”

Referendumsupportsrefugees

“Over east, deregulation of fees hasled to some degrees being priced atmore than $100,000. We don’t wantthat to happen here,” said Susie Byers.

The students had also planned tocover the reflection pond with a giantcross, signifying the death of accessibleeducation and linking to the CrossroadsReport, a Federal Government reviewof higher education. “The Crossroadsreview’s recommendations would leavea university like UWA with the ability tocharge as much as it likes for highdemand courses not offered anywhereelse in the state, such as medicine,”Susie said.

Turning the pond into a crossroadsproved too difficult and the studentshung their cross and banners fromWinthrop Hall instead.

Students swapped books forbuckets, and symbolically

‘emptied’ the Winthrop Hallreflection pond recently, in protestat the proposed deregulation offees.

Susie Byers, co-ordinator of theStudent Guild Education ActionNetwork, said that the students hadhelped out the University in the 1930sby banding together to dig out andconstruct the reflection pond.

“It became a symbol of unitybetween the students and the universityadministration,” she said. “Now, thestudents are angry that their universityis not showing the same support forthem.”

The students protested againsteducation funding cuts by the FederalGovernment which have encourageduniversity administrations to supportderegulation of fees.

Students crossat fee hikeproposal

The symbolic emptying of the pond

INSET: Digging the pond in the 1930s

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THE UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA • 18 NOVEMBERS 2002

Travelling from Mandurah toUWA is a bit of a haul, but it’s

nothing to the travel that oil andgas graduate Justin Bettridge hasdone in his first years out ofuniversity.

France, Texas, New Orleans, andnow the Gulf of Mexico have beenJustin’s workplace and now his brothersare following in his wide-rangingfootsteps, from Mandurah to the world,via UWA.

Work and family used to be the two constants inAustralians’ lives.

Now, with uncertain labour markets and more frequentbreakdowns of relationships, Australia’s ‘social settlement’ isunsettled.

A group of researchers, based at the Centre for Public Policy,University of Melbourne, is working on a project to develop aframework for rethinking the future of social policy in Australia.

The group’s co-ordinators, Brian Howe (University ofMelbourne) and Linda Hancock (Deakin University), led a two-part seminar at UWA recently, co-hosted by the Discipline ofSocial Work and Social Policy in the School of Social andCultural Studies and the Institute for Advanced Studies.

Dr Sue Young, lecturer in social work and social policy, saidthe seminar focussed on two important issues, work and family,and income security.

“We had some very high quality debates, with members ofthe business community and trade unions joining with academicsin the quest for new social policy,” she said.

The sessions, chaired by Professor David Plowman from theBusiness School and Emeritus Professor Laki Jayasuriya (socialwork and social policy), were part of the national program to

Associate Professor Terry Edwards joins thebrothers (from left) Justin, Chris and Aiden,at Perth airport as Justin leaves to return toHouston

New directions

The seminar was chaired by Professors Laki Jayasuriya and DavidPlowman

analyse shifts in working life and household relations and totease out the implications of such shifts for social policy.

“We are currently consulting about the possibility of developingan introductory social policy unit for second year students (socialpolicy units are currently only available in third and fourth year).We are thinking about how we can broaden the social workstudents’ interest in social policy as part of their practice. And thisseminar was part of the process,” said Dr Young.

She said UWA would continue to be involved in the nationalprogram which hopes to arrive at a new set of policies aroundincome security, caring and family, workplace relations andtransitions that is responsive to our changed life course.

for a changing society

Following in footsteps across the world

Justin was one of the first graduatesfrom the Oil and Gas Engineeringdegree in 2000. His younger brotherAiden will complete the degree this yearand youngest brother Chris is finishinghis first year in the same course.

Justin’s mentor and lecturer in Oiland Gas (production and processengineering), Associate Professor TerryEdwards, said it was remarkable forthree brothers to follow each other soclosely.

After graduating from UWA withfirst class honours, Justin went straightinto a job with multi-national companySchlumberger. The company requiredhim and other recruits to do an in-house technical course and sit an examin France.

When he topped this course, Justinwrote to Professor Edwards that whathe had taught him had prepared himperfectly for the job and made what wassupposed to be a difficult course quiteeasy.

Justin has returned to Perth for twoshort breaks since starting work twoyears ago. Returning to Houston a fewweeks ago, Professor Edwards joined hiscurrent students, Justin’s youngerbrothers, to farewell him.

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THE UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA • 18 NOVEMBER 2002

His sharp mind, his genuinelove of research and his

endearing smile made John Evansan invaluable asset to theChemistry Department.

But now, as the ChemistryDepartment morphs into the School ofBiomedical and Chemical Science, John,the departmental administrativemanager, is calling it quits, after 25years.

The catalyst for his voluntaryredundancy is a combination of changesat the University and personal affairs.His partner June has been fightingcancer for 10 years and needs hissupport.

Changes forChemistry

John Evans finishes his time just as the new Chemistry building heralds a new beginning

Blue ribbon athletes

“There has been a lot of change inthis University over the past 18 months.I would quite liked to have stayedaround and taken up the challenge ofthe restructure but with stress both atwork and at home, I have to offload oneof them,” John said.

Through his rise up the ranks fromlab assistant for the first year students(“I was the lowest of the low when Istarted!”), through scientific officer totechnical administrative officer andfinally departmental administrativemanager, John made himselfindispensable. Long term staff find ithard to conceive of chemistry withouthim and even the new Head, Professor

The UWA Sports Awards evening is an opportunity for our athletes toswap their sweaty singlets for something more glamorous, as their

sporting achievements for the past year are recognised.The 2002 UWA Sports Awards were presented last month in Winthrop Hall. Two

students were awarded Full Blues and seven students received Half Blues for theirsporting efforts and contributions to their clubs. A further two students received ClubService awards recognising outstanding service to their clubs while studying at UWA.

Hannah Ozturk and Kylie Wheeler were both awarded Blues for their achievementsin athletics.

Half Blues went to David Penter and Brett Jones (cricket), Jerome Bull and IanMcKerracher (flying disc), James Wong and Sherman Low (karate) and MontgomeryKing (rugby).

Philip Monaco and Simon Tiverios won club service awards for their contributions tothe hockey club.

In a strong field, Kylie Wheeler was awarded the UWA Sports Star of the Year forher silver medal performance at the Commonwealth Games this year.

The Hockey and Tennis clubs were awarded joint Champion Clubs after both hadoutstanding results in the 2002 year.

Sue Berners-Price, was eager torecognise his contribution, though shehad worked with John for only arelatively short time.

“It’s people who make this Universitytick and if they want something to work,they’ll find a way of making it happenwith or without structure and policy,”John said.

Dr Frank Lincoln, who has workedclosely with John for his entire 25 yearsat UWA, said John had greatmanagement, communication andpeople skills and he was sorry he haddecided to leave.

“He would have guided us wellthrough the restructure, I’m sure,” DrLincoln said. “But I understand why he’sgoing.”

He said John had brought bothtechnical expertise and chemicalexperience to his position, elevating thejob above and beyond its previousstature.

“He always knew how to get the bestout of people. He has an energy, apresence, almost an aura that is veryspecial.

“He really put tremendous effort intochemistry and I’m sorry he is going.”

At the age of 52, John says he hasenjoyed his early research years andmay study for his Diploma of Educationand become a chemistry teacher orsimply pursue postgraduate studieswithout a teaching goal.

Kylie Wheeler

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THE UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA • 18 NOVEMBERS 2002

Imagine being able to do yourChristmas shopping in your

lunch hour without leaving thecampus.

There are some bargains at both theLawrence Wilson Art Gallery and theVisitors’ Centre that could fit veryneatly into Christmas stockings.

The Gallery is changing its stock toembrace only Western Australian artistsand craftspeople’s work, so they arecutting up to 30 per cent off theircurrent stock to clear it by the end ofthe year.

The Ned Kelly lapel brooches have

been popular as have those that feature apair of pears. They are available alongwith hand-painted paper fans (ideal for useon hot nights during the Festival),Margaret River chocolates, mini jigsawpuzzles of classical paintings, a children’sbook of indigenous art, bookplatesfeaturing Lionel Lindsay designs andbeautiful soaps, handmade from natural oils.

The magnificent Federationexhibition catalogue is also on sale at agreatly reduced price. It’s a great giftfor an art-lover, chronicling Australianart and society from 1901 to 2001.

The Gallery is open Tuesday to

Collaboration is the theme offine arts students Tui Raven

and Gary Oak’s Honours project.They have worked together to

create a life size sculpture of themselveswhich they are now sharing with thebirds. Local parrots are unwittingpartners in the collaboration which willbe complete when the sculpture, madeof solid birdseed, is gone, totally eatenby the birds.

After making plaster body casts ofeach other, Tui and Gary modelled their

Shop for Christmason campus

Art is for the birds

The birdseed sculpture is about birdbehaviour as much as art

intimately posed sculpture from parrotseed, held together with bondcrete.Each figure has a long thin armature ofwood, and some metal wires help keepit in place on the roof of the porticowhich extends from the entrance to theSchool of Architecture, Landscape andVisual Arts.

They are using time-lapsephotography to record local parrots’visits to and sampling of the sculpture.

“At first, the birds were very wary.The sculpture works like a scarecrow

that initially frightens them away,” saidTui. “But they are gradually gettingbolder and they usually come in pairs tohave a look and a peck. Part of theproject is to see how long it take for theparrots to overcome their fear of the‘scarecrow’ and start to enjoy eating theseed.

“All the eucalyptus is in blossomnow, so they’re not so interested inbirdseed, but once that’s finished, wehope they’ll get right into it.”

Friday 11am to 5pm and Sunday 2pm to5pm.

From next year, the Gallery shop willbe featuring some unique works of artincluding hot glass creations by PeterBowles and Anne Clifton. StewartScambler from the Gallery said the giftson sale would be of the same standardof artistic excellence as the works of arton display. They will include enamel, silk,silver, wood, glass and ceramics.

The Visitors’ Centre is also clearingstock before Christmas. In collaborationwith the Callaway Centre, it is offering aselection of classical CDs from just $11.For Christmas presents with a universityflavour the Visitors’ Centre also has theentire range of UWA Press books aswell as quality UWA memorabilia.

A selection of Christmas goodies fromthe gallery

Stuart Scambleradmires hot glasscreations by PeterBowles and Anne

Clifton, some of thestock for the new-look

shop next year

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THE UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA • 18 NOVEMBER 2002

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For many University staff, the Senate, which isthe University’s governing body, is something ofa mystery. While they may be aware that it

exists and is an important body, their knowledge of whosits on Senate and what exactly it does is probablyrather sketchy. The Last Word offers an opportunity toprovide some brief information.

The University of Western Australia Act establishes theSenate and gives it responsibility for “the entire control andmanagement of the affairs and concerns of the University”- afairly daunting task! In order to fulfil its responsibilities, theSenate appoints the Vice Chancellor as its Chief ExecutiveOfficer and works in partnership with the VC. The Senatedelegates operational responsibility to the Vice Chancellor, andmonitors, guides and supports the VC’s work and that of theExecutive. It is ultimately responsible for ensuring byappropriate means that the Vice Chancellor and Executive areleading and managing the University effectively.

There has been considerable interest in University governingbodies over the past decade, stimulated by the significantchanges which have taken place both in the environment inwhich universities operate and in the nature of the academicenterprise itself. The report of a 1995 national review ofuniversity governance (the Hoare Report) stressed theimportance of clarifying the role of University governing bodies,

and this was also a key concern of the Senate’s own review of1999. The latter resulted in changes to the constitution andoperations of the Senate from 2001, and started an ongoingprocess of self-examination and change which has made thegoverning body of today very different from that of the past.

The Senate has been reduced to 21 members: Chancellor(the Chair); Vice Chancellor and President; Chair of theAcademic Board; Warden of Convocation; President of theGuild of Undergraduates; President of the PostgraduateStudents’ Association ; four Governor’s appointees; threemembers elected by Convocation; three elected by academicstaff, one elected by general staff; one elected by students; andthree co-optees. The Chancellor (currently Dr Ken Michael) iselected by the Senate from within or outside its ranks, while thePro Chancellor (the Deputy Chair, currently the Hon JusticeChristine Wheeler) is elected from within the Senate. Themembership of Senate reflects the range of the University’sstakeholders- staff, students, graduates, and members of thecommunity. Current membership details are at:

http://www.acs.uwa.edu.au/reg/Senate/Members.HTMSenators have spent considerable time in recent years

considering the appropriate role for a contemporary Universitygoverning body. They have produced a Senate Charter, which,in essence, identifies the role as: broad overview of strategicdirections in the University; overseeing corporate governance;overseeing management of financial, human and physicalresources; performance monitoring; legislative responsibility;appointment of the Vice Chancellor, and support, guidance andperformance monitoring of the Vice Chancellor.

The Senate has taken many other steps since 2000 toimprove its efficiency and effectiveness. It has introduced aSenate Code, detailing members’ legal responsibilities,accountabilities and liabilities, and their general responsibilities.At the start of each year it establishes priority objectives anddetermines a Program of Activities for the year. The Programrelates to the priority objectives and also ensures involvementin all Senate’s core roles. The Senate reviews its achievementsannually against its priority objectives and engages in regularself-assessment of its performance.

The Senate has eleven meetings each year. Six are’‘ordinarymeetings’ devoted to normal business. The others are ‘specialmeetings’ at which special topics (eg staffing issues, responses toCrossroads) are considered.

External senators come from a variety of professionalbackgrounds including private industry, public service, the legalprofession and the school sector. All senators devotesubstantial amounts of time to the University. Apart fromserving on Senate, all are members of one or more Senatecommittees, and attend a variety of University events, such asgraduation ceremonies.

Those interested in more detail of what the Senate does arereferred to the Senate minutes (from 1993 on) which appear atwww.acs.uwa.edu.au/MINUTES/SENATE/INDEX.HTML

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By Wendy EdgeleyDirector, University Secretariat. Secretary of the Senate

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LIFT-OUT18 NOVEMBER 2002 Volume 21 Number 18

CAMPUS DIARY • RESEARCH GRANTS AND CONTRACTS • CLASSIFIED ADS • NOTICES • REDUNDANT EQUIPMENT

Compiled by Joanna Thompson

Telephone: 9380 3029Facsimile: 9380 1162

Email: joanna.thompson@uwa.edu.auinfoUWAnews

ResearchGrantsContracts

&AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OFABORIGINAL AND TORRES STRAITISLANDER STUDIES

Dr John K. Henderson, European Languagesand Studies: ‘Language diversity in the WesternDesert’—$25,002 (2002).

IAN POTTER FOUNDATION

Dr Jason D. White, Anatomy and HumanBiology: ‘Travel—To Monterotondo (Rome)December 2002’—$4000 (2002).

CONSERVATION AND LANDMANAGEMENT

A/Prof Lynette K. Abbott, Soil Science andPlant Nutrition: Phase farming with trees’—$10,000 (2002).

INJURY PREVENTION AND CONTROL(AUSTRALIA) LTD VIA NHMRC

A/Prof Mark R. Stevenson and Mr Peter G.Palamara, Public Health: ‘Western Australianyoung driver study—Injury Prevention and Con-trol (Aust) Ltd’’– $10,852 (2002), $11,735 (2003).

WESTERN AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTEFOR MEDICAL RESEARCH

A/Prof George Cheng Yeoh and A/ProfLawrence J. Abraham, Biochemistry; A/ProfJohn Kevin Olynyk, Medicine: ‘Identification ofthe hemopoietic lineage of liver progenitor cellsinduced by a carcinogenic diet’—$50,000 (2002).

WESTERN AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTEFOR MEDICAL RESEARCH

Dr Arthur W. Musk and Dr Grant W.Waterer, Medicine; A/Prof Matthew W.Knuiman and Dr Nicholas H. De Klerk,Public Health; Dr W. Cookson and Dr A. L.James, External; Dr J P Beilby, Biochemistry;Prof Peter N. Le Souef, Paediatrics:Epidemiological and Genetic Studies of Asthmaand Chronic Airflow Limitation—the BusseltonHealth Study’—$75,000 (2002), $75,000 (2003).

BERTHOLD TECHNOLOGIES

Dr Karin A. Eidne, WA Institute of MedicalResearch: ‘Berthold Technologies/UWA/collaborative agreement’—$30,000 (2002),$20,000 (2003).

DEPARTMENT OF NATURALRESOURCES AND ENVIRONMENTVICTORIA

A/Prof Arthur J. Conacher, Geography:‘Review Technologies and Methods used by eachGroup Working in Land ResourceAssessment’—$4800 (2002)

NHMRC

Prof L. V. Kalaydjieva, WA Institute of MedicalResearch and Dr F. Koentgen, external: ‘Afterthe cloning of the HMSNL gene: molecularpathogenesis of the gene’—$85,000 (2001),$85,000 (2002), $85,000 (2003).

Women are in demand forpsychological research.

Fiona Cartwright, working towards aPhD/Masters in Clinical Psychology, iscompleting a study of thought strategyon attitudes and behaviours towardspreferred foods, using women whodescribe themselves as chocolatecravers.

Women who love chocolate but arealso mindful of calorie intake arecompleting questionnaires and engagingin a given thought strategy for a fiveminute period, then undertaking acomputer task in which they may berewarded with chocolate.

Participants get to keep the chocolatethey earn. Fiona had an overwhelmingresponse from UWA staff to her call forvolunteers.

Chocolate and childrenWhat are your expectations?

But women volunteers are stillneeded by Kate Harwood for her studyexamining women’s perceptions ofparenthood. She is seeking women agedbetween 20 and 29, who are notmothers, to take part in research intoparenting expectations of women whoare pregnant with their first child.

She is interested in comparing theirexpectations with those of women whoare not mothers or about to becomemothers.

Participants will be asked to answer aquestionnaire assessing perceptions ofwhat life as the mother of an infantwould be like for them. It will takebetween 10 and 15 minutes.

If you are interested, please call Kateon 9380 3719.

The University of Western Australiainvites all graduates and other members of Convocation to attend the

Special Ordinary Meetingof

Convocation, the UWA Graduates Association

to consider proposed changes to Statute 20(Guild of Undergraduates)

which will be held on Tuesday 3 December 2002at 5.30 p.m. at University House

Please contactthe Office of Convocation,

the UWA Graduates Associationat 9380 1336 or email

uwaga@admin.uwa.edu.aufor further information or to RSVP.

Additional information also is available atwww.graduates.uwa.edu.au/vsu

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CAMPUS18 November – 2 DecemberDiary

DEADLINE PUBLICATIONWednesday Monday

November 20 December 2Note that December 2 will be the final

issue of UWAnews in 2002.

UWAnewsCopy deadlines 2002

editorial and advertising

Monday 18 NovemberASTHMA AND ALLERGYRESEARCH INSTITUTE SEMINAR‘Use of data on allele frequencies topredict population susceptibilities toallergy and asthma’, Prof Peter Le Souef,PMH. 12.30-1.30pm, Joske Seminar Room,Medicine, Fourth Floor, G Block, SCGH.

Wednesday 20 NovemberCMM/WACM SEMINAR‘New opportunities in biomedical andmaterials research by nanoscale ionmicroprobe (nanoSIMS 50) and fieldemission SEM application”, A/Prof. B.J.Griffin. ‘Spectroscopic Imaging Ellipso-metry for Opto-VLSI Engineering andNanotechnology Applications’, Dr. S.Hinckley. ‘Low temperature methods toinvestigate ultrastructural, elemental andphysiological aspects of biological samplesin TEM, SEM and SIMS instruments’, Dr. P.Clode. ‘The new JEOL 2011TEM at CurtinUniversity’, Dr. R. Hart. Centre for Micro-scopy & Microanalysis, UWA, SeminarRoom, 3-5pm Refreshments will beserved after the seminar.

Friday 22 NovemberYEAR OF THE OUTBACKSEMINAR‘Rural and Remote—but no longerisolated’, 12noon to 5pm, St Catherine’sCollege, $40.00 includes light lunch andrefreshments at 5pm. For further detailsand registration, phone/fax 9386 3570 oremail afuwwa@cygnus.uwa.edu.au

ASTHMA AND ALLERGYRESEARCH INSTITUTE SEMINAR‘Molecular mechanisms of pulmonaryfibrosis’, Prof Peter Geoffrey Laurent,Centre for CardiopulmonaryBiochemsitry and Respiratory Medicine,Royal Free and University College MedicalSchool, London. 12.30-1.30pm, JoskeSeminar Room, Medicine, Fourth Floor, GBlock, SCGH.

Monday 25 NovemberPLANT BIOLOGY SEMINAR‘Improvement of rainfed lowland ricesystems in South and Southeast Asia;interdisciplinary and collaborativeresearch at various levels of integration’,Len Wade, Plant Biology UWA, Agri-culture Lecture Theatre, 4-5 pm

Friday 29 NovemberCLIMA SEMINAR‘Potential benefits from interspecificcrosses: example of crossing canola and‘near canola quality’ Indian mustard’, DrJanet Wroth. 4pm, CLIMA Seminar Room.

CHAOS AND STATISTICSThis is a general talk which explores thebackground of chaos and its interactionwith statistics. Professor Howell Tong,Statistics, The London School ofEconomics and Political Science and TheUniversity of Hong Kong. Friday 29November 2002 at 3:00pm, BlakersLecture Theatre.

Saturday 30 NovemberPERTH MEDIEVAL ANDRENAISSANCE GROUP PARTYThe End-of-Year Party will be held at 440Guilford Road, Bayswater, starting at7.00pm (Dinner at 7,30pm.). Details andbookings to Charles Acland, telephone9423 9428.

Monday 2 DecemberASTHMA AND ALLERGYRESEARCH INSTITUTE SEMINAR‘Immunogenetics of drug hypersensitivityreactions’, Prof Frank Christiansen,Department of Clinical Immunology andBiochemical Genetics, Royal PerthHospital. 12.30-1.30pm, Joske SeminarRoom, Medicine, Fourth Floor, G Block,SCGH.

Finding the rightdirection for

innovationINNOVATION – it’s theword that comes after researchin the lexicon of the 21stcentury.

National Innovation System: Anopportunity for WesternAustralia is the theme of thisyear’s Brodie-Hall Address,CSIRO’s annual public lecture.

Catherine Livingstone, Chairmanof the CSIRO Board and achartered accountant, willpresent the address at 8pm onWednesday November 20 at theCity West Function Centre.

Ms Livingstone, as former CEOof Cochlear Pty Ltd, focussed oncommercialising the cochlearimplant during the 1990s, afterworking in Sydney and Londonfor Price Waterhouse.

Under her direction, CSIRO hasrecently completed itsassessment of national researchpriorities, to help create anational innovation system.

It is this system, and its need tocreate a technologically literatecommunity that can makeinformed decisions on issuessuch as risk, sustainable devel-opment, economic restructuringand social responsibility, that shewill explore in the lecture.

It is a free lecture. To re-ceive an invitation, pleasecontact CSIRO Centre forEnvironmental Life Scienceson 9333 6000.

Due to the Christmas/New Year break,the DEADLINE for all display advertisingfor publication in newspapers over theperiod from:

Saturday 21 December 2002to Saturday 4 January 2003

inclusive

has been moved to

Monday 16 December 2002

Kindly send all copy for typesetting anddesign to Joanna Thompson, PublicationsUnit (extension 3209, email: joanna.thompson@uwa.edu.au) by the abovedeadline.

Display advertising booking in 2003 willresume on Monday 6 January for pub-lication in newspapers from Saturday 11January onwards.

Note: Display advertising does not include jobadvertisements which are handled by HumanResources.

Early booking for

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Christmas& New Year

It pays to go tothe Festival

Staff at UWA can claim a tax benefit fromtaking part in the Perth International ArtsFestival.The Australian Tax Office has agreed toallow UWA employees to include ticketsfor the Festival in their salary packaging.Staff can buy up to $500 of tickets underthe agreement.Human Resources is putting theprocedures in place to manage the salarypackaging and will send out an all-staffemail with details as soon as they areready.Check out the Festival website and choosewhat you would like to see, while waitingfor arrangements to be put in place.

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• Graphic design and typesetting• Digital copying• General printing• Sale of course readers• Assistance with UWA and faculty

branding guidelines• On-campus copying• Daily delivery and pickup

Contact Ray Horn on 9380 8790 or David Prior on9380 8791 to discuss all your printing needs.

Email uniprintjobs@admin.uwa.edu.au Website www.uniprint.uwa.edu.au

Redundant Equipment for Sale

Schools are reminded that all University equipment available for sale must be advertised in the UWAnews. Receipts should be PeopleSoft account coded490 (computing with barcode), 491 (non-computing with barcode) or 493 (items with no barcode). If equipment has an existing barcode please contact

extension 3618/2546 for details.

CONDITION refers to the general condition of item ( 1 = as new; 2 = good; 3 = serviceable; 4 = unserviceable). AGE refers to the nearest year.

Bids should be accepted by Monday 2 December with schools to have first option

ClassifiedsTO LET

ALBANY HOLIDAY ACCOMMODATION,large apartment in renovated house. 2brm(double), fully equipped, 5mins to town.Available 9 Dec—20 Jan, $400 per week; $90per night. Ph: 0407 500 126

32 LEURA STREET, NEDLANDS, near UWA.3brm + sleepout, beautifully presented,polished floorboads, available 30 November.Suitable for professionals or mature students.Ph: 9386 2487 (after hours), mobile: 0421 486277.

FLOREAT 2 brm + sleepout, lounge, birs, largeoutdoor entertainment area. From $220 perweek ono. Suitable for academic couple or smallfamily. Contact Ellie on ph: 9447 1768.

HOUSE-SITTERS AVAILABLE

PROFESSIONAL COUPLE seek house-sittingarrangement for any part of January andFebruary 2003. Preferably close to PMH. Non-smokers, extremely neat and willing to lookafter pets and plants. Excellent referencesavailable. Ph: (250) 656 2065, email:tonseth@attglobal.net.

WANTED

VISTING PROFESSOR FROM USA, 2 adultsand 3 children arriving 9 Feb and leaving 23 June2003, require at least 3 bedrooms, withinwalking distance of UWA. Around $400/week.Call Brenda 9380 2360 or email brendac@cyllene.uwa.edu.au.

ACADEMIC WITH YOUNG FAMILY onsabbatical seeking an affordable and furnishedhouse, preferably near UWA campus betweenJan1–July1. Also willing to house-swap with afully-furnished 3 bedroom two-storey house inLaunceston. Contact: Marshall.Clark@anu.edu.au or (02) 6262 8226.

15L ENGEL 12/240V CAR FRIDGE, anycondition as long as it works. Phone Graeme9380 3020

SAND ANCHOR to suit 5m tinny, PhoneGraeme 9380 3020

SMALL LOCKABLE CABINET required by theCentre for Microscopy suitable for storingpoisons. Contact Steve Parry at 9380 8057 oremail sparry@cmm.uwa.edu.au.

ITEM PRICE AGE COND. CONTACT EXT/EMAIL

Epson Stylus Colour 600 Printer with newblack and colour cartridges, PC/Mac $100 3 1 Danielle 2174

40x iMac 233MHz/32MB/4GB $450 4 2 Joe Sandon 3457

76x Celeron 433MHz/128MB/8GB,10/100 network, 17" monitor,Linux/Windows 2000 $500 3 2 Joe Sandon 3457

Power Mac 7200/120 $70ono 6 2

Power Mac’s 7200/75 Offers 7 2 Miho 2080 mmasel@arts.uwa.edu.au

Apple Macintosh LC I/II/III x5, Offers 8 to 10 3 Mark Secker 1855 mark@ecel.uwa.edu.au

Apple Macintosh 7200/120, Offers 5 2 Mark Secker 1855 mark@ecel.uwa.edu.au

Apple Macintosh 7300/200 Offers 5 3 Mark Secker 1855 mark@ecel.uwa.edu.au

Apple Macintosh II VX Offers 10 2 Mark Secker 1855 mark@ecel.uwa.edu.au

Apple Macintosh 7LC 530 Offers 9 2 Mark Secker 1855 mark@ecel.uwa.edu.au

Apple Macintosh Duo Dock Desktop dock station Offers 9 2 Mark Secker 1855 mark@ecel.uwa.edu.au

Apple Macintosh monitors 14" & 15" x5 Offers various 2/3 Mark Secker 1855 mark@ecel.uwa.edu.au

Apple Macintosh 7200/120 Offers 5 2 Mark Secker 1855 mark@ecel.uwa.edu.au

Apple Macintosh Apple LaserWriter Plus x2 Offers 15 4 Mark Secker 1855 mark@ecel.uwa.edu.au

Apple Macintosh laserWriter Pro Offers 10 5 Mark Secker 1855 mark@ecel.uwa.edu.au

Nominations are now called for the election of academic staff and general staff to the AcademicBoard. Elections will be carried out by postal ballot in these two categories. Those holdingprimarily research appointments should apply in the relevant category according to whether theyhold an academic or general staff appointment.

Further details of the requirements in each category, nomination forms and optional proformasfor summarising prior experience may be found at the following address: http://www.acs.uwa.edu.au/reg/AC-BOARD/BD_NOMIN_ACA_GEN. HTML

Given that there is considerable gender imbalance on the Board, nominations from women areencouraged. Completed nomination forms, together with optional experience summaryproformas, must be returned to Bernadette Ferns in the Secretariat by 5pm on Friday 15November 2002.

If you have any queries regarding the above or would like further information on therole of the Academic Board, please do not hesitate to contact me by email onjmassey@admin.uwa.edu.au or by telephone on extension 2457.

Jackie Massey, Deputy University Secretary, University Secretariat.

CHANCELLOR’SMEDALS

CALL FOR NOMINATIONS FORAWARDS AT GRADUATION

CEREMONIES IN 2003This call is for nominations for the award ofChancellor’s Medals at GraduationCeremonies in March/April and September2003.

A Chancellor’s Medal may be awarded for anoutstanding contribution, or sustainedcontributions, to the University such as toenable the University to discharge itsteaching, research and communityresponsibilities more effectively.

The Medal may be awarded to outstandingUniversity citizens who have given sustainedand outstanding service over many years butfor one reason or another have not receivedadequate recognition in other appropriateways. Such awards will normally be madeafter retirement.

Nominations for the award of a Chancellor’sMedal may be made by any personassociated in any way with the Universityand should be accompanied by a briefstatement of the case in favour of the award,together with a citation which sets out theperson’s achievements. Nominations shouldalso be signed by a seconder who is amember of the Senate or of the staff of theUniversity. Nominations must not becommunicated to the nominee.

Nominations, accompanied by the briefstatement and citation required by theGuidelines above, should be forwarded toMrs Wendy Edgeley, Registrar’s Office, by5pm on Monday, December 23.

Wendy Edgeley, University Secretary,Secretary, Honorary Degrees Committee,ph: 9380 2450, email: wedgeley@admin.uwa.edu.au.

CALL FOR NOMINATIONS TO ACADEMIC BOARD