"In the part of this universe that we know there is great injustice, and often the good suffer, and often the wicked prosper, and one hardly knows which of those is the more annoying."

Bertrand Russell, philosopher, 1872-1970

Information Skills for Researchers and Postgraduates Workshop
This course is a good introduction to using the whole range of information sources which are available to you as a student or researcher at UQ. The course is designed to enhance your ability to access and manage the information required in your research. The workshop will be held at Ezone 3, The Library, Level 2, Duhig Building. Please note that the course takes 2 days.

Social Sciences
Saturday 31 July 9:30-1:00pm
Sunday 1 August 9:30-1:00pm

Humanities
Saturday 7 August 9:30-1:00pm
Sunday 8 August 9:30-1:00pm

For more details see www.library.uq.edu.au/training/. The course is free but you will need to book by phone 3365 6365, email bookings@library.uq.edu.au or internet www.library.uq.edu.au/training/booking.html.

UQCareerHub
The UQ CareerHub is a new online careers and graduate employment service for UQ students. The UQ CareerHub gives you 24 hour access to the following:

• full-time graduate employment vacancies
• other employment vacancies such as vacation employment, part-time professional employment, internships etc
• details of employers visiting UQ as part of the Graduate Recruitment Program
• details of careers and employment-related presentations and events
• fact sheets and links relevant to careers and employment-related topics which can assist you with career decision-making, preparing for employment and making the transition into the world of work
• items of NEWS to keep you up to date with careers and employment issues

Employment vacancies are listed in real time because information comes directly from the employer - so check UQ CareerHub regularly for the latest vacancies. Weekly emails will be sent to you featuring vacancies relevant to your discipline. UQ CareerHub is managed by Student Support Services with assistance from UQ faculty staff. Check out the site at www.careerhub.uq.edu.au.

UQ Union Student Employment Services Online
If you are looking for casual, temporary or permanent employment whilst studying, go to www.uqu.uq.edu.au/employment to register as a job seeker, to search employment vacancies, to be shortlisted for interviews with employers, and to have auto-emails with current vacancies sent to you.

Student Centre - Frequently Asked Questions
Many of your questions about enrolments, admissions, fees and charges, assessment, graduations, services and ID cards can all be answered on this webpage. So check it out and if you want further advice or it doesn't tell you what you need to know then come and talk to the staff at the Unit: www.uq.edu.au/student-centre/faqs.html.

Where are you from? On my father's side of our family we are Birri Gubba (Nebo) and Mullenjarli (Beaudesert) and on my mother's side we are German and Dutch. So we are a pretty multicultural mob!
Did you come straight to uni from high school? I did go straight from high school and with the benefit of hindsight I don't think that it was a good idea. The Bachelor of Laws degree is a very demanding discipline and at 17 years of age I did not have the maturity to dedicate myself to such a rigorous course. To this day I have no idea how I managed to pass my first year.
When did you start uni? I began my studies in 1991 and I finally completed the Bachelor of Laws degree in 1996. After a few years away from the books, I went back to QUT to study the LLM. I completed the LLM last year.
Why did you decide to come to uni? I decided to go to uni because I wanted to become a lawyer to do good work for our community. I was inspired by the civil rights lawyers of the 1960s and 1970s, both here and abroad. I used to read about the great American lawyers who worked for the NAACP and of course our own lawyers who had the bravery to resist the oppression of the Bjelke-Petersen regime. It was very exciting! I was also motivated by superficial considerations. Like any other teenager who grew up in the 1980s I watched far too many episodes of LA Law. I probably wanted to be just like Grace VanOwen.
What did you enjoy most about uni? The most enjoyable thing about uni was meeting other Indigenous students. Some of the people who I met in my first week at university are among my closest friends 13 years later. We probably did party too hard but we had the deadliest sense of humour on the entire campus.
What was the most difficult part of going to uni? The most difficult part was studying in a right wing faculty that had no respect for diversity. I remember attending my very first tutorial. We were discussing the Small Claims Tribunal. My tutor was very critical of the Tribunal and claimed that it had a predisposition to favouring minority groups. She said to the class that if a party was a 'one-armed Aborigine' he would win regardless of the merits of the case. I was the only student who didn't laugh. That set the tone for my entire degree - studying in an environment dominated by academics with contempt for difference.
If you had to give one piece of advice? The most important advice that I can offer to students is to support each other. Your peers will empathise with you during the bad times, laugh with you during the good times and lend a shoulder to cry on during the sad times. That support doesn't stop when you enter the workforce. It just keeps on going.
Do you have any study tips? Begin your exam preparation as early as possible and attend all of your tutorials.
Do you have any favorite memories from uni? I have a lot of drinking stories but none that I would ever want my nieces and nephews to find out about, at least not until they hit their thirties.
What are you doing now? I'm an Associate Lecturer in the School of Justice Studies, QUT.

• Archaeology of Art: Networks and Narratives
• The First Colonisation of Australia in Narratives of Human Evolution
• Networks and Narratives in Australian Indigenous Archaeology
• Heritage, Artefacts and Narratives
• Learning Archaeology
• Astride the Wallace Line: The Archaeology of Flores and Sunda
• Artefacts with Narratives and Objects with Agency

Send your 200 word abstract directly to the session organiser. Contact details, session abstracts, and proposal guidelines are available on the conference web site at www.une.edu.au/aaa/presentations.html. AAA2004 will be hosted by the Division of Archaeology and Palaeoanthropology at the University of New England in Armidale, New South Wales.

Norm Sheehan - Lecturer
Norm Sheehan (PhD Qld) has worked in Aboriginal adult education in New South Wales, Tasmania and Queensland since 1980. Norm recently completed a PhD in education entitled "Indigenous Knowledge and Higher Education: Instigating Relational Education in a Neocolonial Context". Norm is a Lecturer in the Unit and is currently planning a collaborative research project that aims to track high school teachers' experiences with Indigenous issues in their classrooms, schools and local communities.

Position: Coordinator of Services
Description: Wu Chopperen Health Service is a community controlled organisation delivering holistic primary health care for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in Cairns and surrounding districts. From July 2004, Wu Chopperen is resourced by Commonwealth funding to provide a high quality family support service for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people who are victims of family violence and sexual assault. The Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Regional Family Violence Support Service will be located in Cairns with co-located operations throughout the surrounding districts. Dynamic and committed individuals with a demonstrated understanding of program implementation and service delivery are invited to apply for the position of Coordinator of Services.
Closing Date: 2 August 2004
More Information: Leanne Knowles or Donna Dewis on (07) 4080 1036